WooHoo I am not sure if i should be in the kitchen or at my craft desk. This is for Sabrina's fun "Ways to Use it" challenge....things from the kitchen.
I made the modeling paste by mixing half a cup of baking soda, with 2 tablespoons of school glue and 2 tablespoons of white acrylic paint.
To make it really kitcheny, I added rock salt and ground black pepper to some rusty coloured acrylic paint, followed by a very good dash of Worcestershire sauce (to darken the colour). After I painted the background with the gritty paint, I dabbed it with a textured paper towel.
Once the background was dry I stencilled on the kitchen-made modeling paste. While that was drying I fussy cut the steampunk lady from a sheet of Grapic45 dp, blackened her hat with Wink of Stell brush and dabbed some pink distress ink on her cheeks.
I used a measuring cup to trace around the outer edge to make hand rolled flowers - approx 3" diametre, cut around and around like peeling an apple.
Add fence, die, words...job done. To give it a real kitchen feel I photographed it on some paper that looks like a marble chopping board.
The fence, bike and wings extend past the edge of the card, but this isn't going anywhere....sniffer dogs at the post office would have a field day.
Thank you for looking, I had heaps of fun making this.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015 GMT Views: 2311
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Accessories: Baking soda, white schoo, glue, acrylic paint, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, kitchen paper towel, spider wed stencil, brick wall die cut used as a stencil, bike die, hand made flowers, Graphic45 steampunk lady, liquid pearls
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60382
Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 4:47 PM
You get my vote too! It's sad that I never thought of anything in the kitchen to use, but it isn't 'my' room!! Who would've thought of Worcestershire sauce? Only you! I like how this looks, very clever.
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Thu, Feb 05, 2015 @ 7:22 PM
Susie, this adventurous trip into your kitchen cabinets to pull out anything that even remotely looked MIXABLE has me laughing so hard, the tears are running down my legs!! I can only imagine how fantastic this looks - and SMELLS - in real life. No wonder you were worried about the sniffer dogs at the post office! This is weird - and I LOVE IT!!
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!
A girl after my own heart! I have been known to use a lot of things in the kitchen on my cards......but never Worcestershire sauce! That's golden! Love the card.
Registered: February 1, 2015 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 18
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 @ 6:18 AM
WOW Susie, this is AMAZING!
I LOVE the card and the sentiment, they go so well together.
I had to write your recipe down for the paste.
From now on I think I'll move the condiments and spices from the kitchen to the craft room....they will get more use out of them for sure.
------------------------------ Elisabeth Being creative is not a hobby, it's a way of life!
Wow! You really got into this challenge! I don't know weather to look at your card or eat it! ;) Love how it all came out. Your flowers are amazing. Your whole card is amazing!
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40437
Sat, Feb 07, 2015 @ 5:02 PM
Susie, this is steampunk art at it's best!!! Your amazing bg - I can imagine how it smells LOL - the gorgeous rolled flowers and your fussy cut lady, along with the added die cuts, all incredible!!
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