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Thursday, 9 June 2011

Work in progress

For the last couple of days I have mainly been making little textured backgrounds for some of my seashore art cards.  (Apart from a trip to London yesterday that is - the Saatchi Gallery and Tate Modern with my eldest - we had a lovely day but yes, my feet are quite tired now!)

The process is a lot of little steps with a fair bit of waiting for things to dry in between - I have been taking photographs all the way along so I can write a tutorial if anyone is interested?  But in the meantime, these are on my windowsill at the moment, drying out once again.

 

Just waiting for me to select the right piece of seaglass for each background.
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 June 2011 at 16:01

    they look great, looking forward to seeing them finished :)

    Thanks for adding your images to my Craft Blog Flickr group!

    x Hilary

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  2. Amy, the Greedy Crocodile9 June 2011 at 16:09

    These are beautiful! I'd love to see how they're done :-)

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  3. Bluebell Design 9 June 2011 at 16:21

    love the colour choices xx

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  4. somewhere on the avenue9 June 2011 at 16:46

    Would love to see a TUT on these, they are fab! x

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  5. Heather Leavers9 June 2011 at 21:12

    Tutes are always appreciated ;-)

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  6. Catherine Bird11 September 2016 at 18:18

    I would love a tutorial on these - love the idea and think it is a great way to use seaglass, I have a collection of it which has just been sitting in a bag at the bottom of my wardrobe for ages! hope to try these out soon...

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    1. Helen Smith11 September 2016 at 18:26

      Hi Catherine, It's nice to know my old posts are still being read! I did write a tutorial for these, it is in 2 parts here http://thiscraftinglife.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/making-textured-paper-backgrounds-part.html and here http://thiscraftinglife.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/making-textured-paper-backgrounds-part_15.html
      I hope you find them useful!

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    2. Catherine Bird12 September 2016 at 12:54

      Thanks that is great. I had to start a blog for college and am glad that some people still read the older posts - just wish more people commented haha.

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Helen Smith, artist and maker in glass, print and stitch.