Saturday, 1 June 2013

A Darcy(ish) Coaster for PaperArtsy

It's a new week at Paperartsy Towers and the wonderful Darcy has certainly filled me with inspiration.  She kicked off with some altered cork coasters. OK coasters duly 'borrowed' from coaster pile....
I followed Darcy's instructions right up to the 'rub with baby wipe' and I rubbed, and rubbed and nothing came off. So I rubbed a bit harder and bits of cork came off! So I painted over them and started again :-) One is in Baltic Blue, Sky, Orchid, and Sherbet, and the other in Haystack Autumn Fire and Smoked Paprika.
Next they were sprayed with Denim and Cranberry Colour Washes. I left everything to dry naturally the second time rather than blasting with the heat gun.
Stamped and rubbed again and this time it brought all the colours out from the previous attempt - and took the ink off. Never mind, I liked the background so I stamped it again using the JOFY 12 set and coloured in a bit with Zesty Zing, Limelight and Autumn Fire
These were great fun to make, and I love that if it all goes wrong you just paint over and start again.
Thanks very much for looking and enjoy your weekend x
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15 comments:

  1. Valerie-Jael1 June 2013 at 14:55

    I love how they have turned out, and I am glad I am not the only one where things sometime go wrong! Hugs, Valerie

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  2. Kathi1 June 2013 at 15:12

    These are wonderful and worth the time and tribulation of the trial/error process.

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  3. sam21ski1 June 2013 at 16:15

    Oooh fab coasters Sue, they look great with those stamps

    Sam xxx

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  4. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans1 June 2013 at 16:31

    Fantastic Sue, wonderful backgrounds and love the flowers. Tracy x

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  5. Rita1 June 2013 at 16:38

    Wow Sue, these coasters look wonderful. So nice and colourful too. Hugs Rita xx

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  6. Darcy Marshall1 June 2013 at 19:55

    Well I love the end result, sometimes we have happy accidents and things turn out way better than we think they are going to.

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  7. Anonymous1 June 2013 at 22:18

    They look great, the colours are fab.

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  8. Julie Lee1 June 2013 at 22:41

    They look lovely! Well done and it's nice to know that when things go wrong it's not necessarily the end of the story - success can be round the corner! x

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  9. chrissie2 June 2013 at 07:38

    These are terrific coasters Sue.

    Love Chrissie xx

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  10. Cocofolies2 June 2013 at 08:17

    Wonderful coasters, I love your technique and your stamped images on it.. Fab tiny work !! Happy Sunday Sue. Coco xxx
    (and I subscribed to your posts by email too since I love your work... Thanks for the possiblity to follow you by this way, it's the best for me !)

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  11. jojo792 June 2013 at 13:03

    Wow these are lovely. I am glad that I am not the only one where things go wrong.

    Jo
    x

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  12. Silvia(Barnie)2 June 2013 at 16:15

    Beautiful coasters.

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  13. Words and Pictures2 June 2013 at 17:01

    Love your take on the coasters... well worth pushing through as the end result is lovely!
    Alison x

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  14. Jane Wetzel3 June 2013 at 21:27

    well, they came out really cute! love how you are so honest! lol great job!

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  15. Karin3 June 2013 at 21:45

    The coasters look fabulous!
    Groetjes karin

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