Textures and Colours

I got my old rolling stamps out to make some new backgrounds for the purple book I am now working on. The colours on the rollers looked really nice so I thought I would take some photos of them [they don't look quite as good in the photos - click on image to enlarge]

I have a separate page on this blog showing how to make rolling stamps [right hand column].

These are some of the papers I created, I used other mark making materials too such as a gel printing plate, flat stamps, stencils, texture plate etc

Art Work to Fabric

This is one of the Spoonflower fabric swatches I sent for recently.

Below is what it looks like as a repeat pattern.

The design started out as a piece of art work, as shown below, I used a rolling stamp to make the pattern.

The fabric is available in my Spoonflower shop, the link is in the right hand column.

Blue

Take a word - the challenge word this week is blue. I made my digital collage from pictures of my handmade rolling stamp samples.

I also altered this photo which was taken a few years ago in Spain. The original picture is below too.

click on the images to enlarge

Hand Embroidered Painted Fabric

The fabric [butter muslin] started as a wrapping cloth for steaming digitally printed fabrics so it had some colour and stains on it. I then used a handmade rolling stamp to add more colour and painted it when it was dry. I've used running stitches, French knots, bullions and some other embroidery stitches for decoration. Click on the image for a better look. I'm wondering what to do with it now - a book cover maybe?

Boats - Collage, Rolling Stamps 72-75

A recent visitor said she quite often has problems with my blog freezing up and not behaving and I was wondering if anyone else has had problems too?

Pages from sketchbook 15, all about boats, sea etc

The boat above has been painted on fabric and a stitched outline. I attached the fabric to the page with stitching after I ripped the page out of the book, then reattached the page with hand stitches.

Below is a collage of vintage postcards and a found image. I removed the card backing from the photo by soaking it in water and then peeling off. It doesn't always work to well, hence the ragged look.

A visitor said she quite often has problems with my blog freezing up

Rolling Stamps 72-75

I've used textured wallpaper for all of these, some are the same wallpapers but different sections of it.

See my article in Cloth Paper Scissors about making rolling stamps, free download here

Numbers [TAW] and Rolling Stamps 68-71

The Take a Word challenge this week is 'Numbers'.

The numbers I drew in a sketchbook individually, the background was created with a rolling stamp and paint. Then the numbers and background were digitally joined together and altered.

Click the image to enlarge.

The top two rolling stamps were made from fun foam, etched with something sharp, and the lower two are textured wallpapers.

See my article in Cloth Paper Scissors about making rolling stamps, free download here

Flowers in a Jug, Rolling Stamps 62-67

The top three rolling stamps are made from wine bottle stoppers - corks or plastic 

The cork one directly below has not been carved, it is shaped, so I used it as it is.

The three below have been cut from fun foam and stuck on rollers

For a free download to see how to make rolling stamps such as these click here.

 [Printing Technique number 4] They were featured in Cloth, Paper Scissors magazine.

Shape Challenge Pattern and Rolling Stamps

This colourful pattern was created using a found object, a metal thing with a shaped hole in it. The same pattern was altered digitally, below.

Rolling Stamps 59-61

This one is made from fun foam

this one from a small piece of table protector

and this one is just cling film

I had an article in Cloth, Paper Scissors about making rolling stamps a couple of years ago. The article is now available as a free download from CPS available here

Doorways and Rolling Stamps 53-55

This is to take part in the Three Muses challenge which this week is 'Doorways'.

I photographed this wonderful doorway at Belsay Hall, Northumberland way back in 2003 and it was an entrance to a room full to bursting of linen.  The nurse wasn't there. Some more photos of the room and another doorway into it shown below.

More rolling stamps - the first & third are made from fun foam, the second from wallpaper