Jud

Originally uploaded by artgirly

Materials:

Hannah Grey Products:
Metal Niche
Beetle
Weasal Bone
Jewel Beetle Wings
Hannah Grey Collage Sheet
Mica
Little Fork and Spoon
Rusty Wire
Golden Heavy Gel Matte
Golden Paints ( Phthalo Green, Quinacridone/ nickel azo gold)

other materials:
nail
E6000 glue
white gel pen
old Mardi Gras beads
tyewriter
Old Name from work outfit ( Jud)
wing stamps and stamp pad
hammer

Instructions:
Begin by painting your niche with acrylic paints. I layered the Phthalo Green and the Quinacridone/ nickel azo gold on top of eachother.

Glue Beetle wings in a pretty arrangement along the top and glue your name patch in the middle of them with E6000 glue.
Wrap wire around the weasal bone and hang from a nail that you embed in the metal of the niche with a hammer.

Glue the fork and spoon with the E6000 glue to the sides and give them a rusted look with a light wash of the Quinacridone/ nickel azo gold paint.

Glue the collage sheet inside the window with the Matte Gel and put a small amount of the gel on the back of your piece of mica and glue it on top of the collage sheet.
Stamp wings onto the mica sheet and glue beetle on top with the E6000 glue.

Cut mardi gras beads to fit around the mica sheet and glue into place.

Type R.I. P. or other title on a piece of paper and glue to the bottom of the niche. Embellish the finished piece by drawing on it with the white gel pen.

Wa- LA you have a nice memorial for a beetle that if he was lucky lived 275 days ( the longest they live).

                                                                                                     Materials

HG bamboo tile

HG decorative paper

HG Kiss QDD collage sheet

Wooden box  5 x 6

Red leather, heart pattern, red thread, cotton batting

Love text burnt around the edge’s

straight pins, pearl headed

black cording, silver wire

neg film

liquid nails, clear

rebar ties

silver pen, twigs

staple

1. Glue HG decorative paper to the back of a painted black wooden box.
2. Cut heart shape pattern, transfer to the red leather, cut and sew, I used a blanket stitch. Right before you take your last few stitchs to completely attach the front and back heart, stuff the leather heart with batting, then finish sewing the rest of the heart together.
3. Wrap the silver wire aroung the ends of the cording, make a loop at the end to attach the pearl headed straight pins.
4. Burn the edges of the text word Love, glue to the center of the leather heart.
5. Staple the heart to the top of the wooden box, so the heart hangs in the center.
6. Color the HG tile with a silver paint pen.
7. Glue HG kissing couple, to the center of the tile.
8. Wrap the negative film around the tile. Glue with the liquid nails. ( You can remove the dark coloring from a  negative with bleach and  a Q-tip)
9. Stick the rebar ties through the holes in the tile and curl the ends and wrap with black wire. Glue to the bottom of the box.
10. Color the twigs with a silver paint pen and glue the sides of the box.

                                                                                                        Materials

6 X 4 wooden panel

copper strip, metal alphabet stamp set

acrylic paint- green, yellow, white

mat board, select text

HG crow image from Birds of a Feather collage sheet

HG tagua nut vegetable ivory

eye stamp, black Stazon ink

metal grid, copper wire

nature items- twig, small feather, seed pods.

1. Paint the wooden panel with green, yellow and white.
2. Stamp the word ORACLE on a small piece of copper. Glue to the top of the wooden panel.
3. Glue text to a small piece of mat board. Wire the meal grid using the copper wire to hold into place.
4. Stamp the image of an eye onto the tagua nut, using the black stazon ink. Glue this to the top of the metal grid.
5. Cut out the crow image and glue to that to the bottom metal grid, overlap the image so it runs outside the grid. Glue the mat board and metal grid to the wooden panel.
6. Wire a twig to the the left side of the wooden panel.
7. Wire your other nature findings like a feather and tree pods with copper wire and a few seed beads.

                                                                                           Materials

HG leather trim

HG watch lens

1 copper button

3 resisters

burnt soda can

small metal alaphbet stamp set

old family photo, copied on copy paper.

3 1/2 X 2 1/2 coffee stained cotton fabric

Red thread and needle.

1. Coffee stain a piece of white cotton fabric, sew a random pattern with red thread on a sewing machine.
2. Sew leather trim to ATC, I glued this down first to hold in place till I sew it.
3. Glue old family photo to the back of the watch lens. Then glue this onto the ATC.
4. Stamp the word ancestry to a burnt soda can using the metal alphabet stamp set. Glue this to the ATC.
5. Glue metal button to the upper left hand corner.
6. Glue down the resisters then sew them in place.
7. Sew batting and back piece to finish out the ATC. I used a running stitch to finish it all out.

                                                                                                                     Materials

HG Heat Pendant

HG assorted Yarns

choice of fabric

assortment of beads

suede green and flesh colors

copper wire

batting

pin closure

My Doll  Body measures a total of 3 1/2 X @ 2 1/2

1.  Draw a wild women form on scrap paper. You can make her any size you like and can vary the shape to suit yourself.
2. Transfer your pattern onto your choice of fabric, and corresponding  suede backing.
3. Sew on a sewing machine the front and back doll form right sides facing each other. Leave a small opening on the bottom to stuff with batting.  Turn doll. Stuff with batting. Seal opening after you have achieved the firmness you want.
4. Sew small beads to form eyes, one buggle bead to form nose and one medium size bead to form a mouth onto a circle of flesh colored suede. Sew this to the doll form.( I used a blanket stitch )
5. Cut 1/2 inch strips of the corresponding suede color you used for the backing as legs and arms. Cut at a diagonal to form hands and feet. Wrap copper wire around suede strip to form knees and elbows.Sew onto doll form.
6. Sew heart charm over the heart.
7. Sew assorted yarns to the head to form crazy hair.
8. Sew pin closure on the back.
9. Wear with pride your wild women on a coat or sweater.

Let’s start with the original tutorial to make the bag.

I did partially make the bag before I started to paint. As you will see from the photos I didn’t finish the front flap until after it was painted.

Items used from Hannah Grey

• Stewart Gill paint in Vermillion, Cerise, Seaspray and Kingfisher.
• Heidi Swapp masks in Daisy and Mini Daisy and Carefree for grungeboard
• Moon Shadow Walnut Ink in Phantom Fuschia
• Black India Ink stamp pad (by special order)
• Tim Holtz grungeboard plain shapes set
• Sari Silk Waste Fiber
• Golden gel medium

Other items needed

• Jeans (the size of the jeans determines the size of the bag)
• Tapes of various widths (automotive supplies are a good place to find them)
• Sponge
• Letter stickers
• Sharpie
• Cardboard stencils
• 1″ cotton webbing (for strap)
• fabric glue
• rubber stamps
• Brown stamp pad
• Scrap of scrapbooking paper
• clear packing tape

Front bag flap

Using a glue stick, place letter and number stencils (you will need to do this when you are ready to paint to prevent them from sticking permanently or use a temporary glue-stick). Lay out tapes in the various widths, varying as you go. Lay down Heidi Swapp stencils. It should look like this.

Using a damp sponge, sponge on Stewart Gill paints, alternating between the Vermillion, Cerise and Seapspray. Be careful to not dislodge any of the stencils/masks/tape. You don’t want this to be too runny so that it doesn’t run underneath any of your stencils/masks/tape. Once it’s entirely covered and dried, peel everything off. It should look like this.

At this point I finished off the front flap and made the strap. I made the jean straps wider than it says as I inserted 1″ cotton webbing to make a sturdier strap. I lined the webbing up along the seam so that it was sewn in and wouldn’t shift. I trimmed the excess seam allowance. It does take longer to turn it inside out but I think the final strap made the extra effort worth it. Here’s what it looked like as I was sewing it.

And here is the bag flap sewn on from the inside.

The back of the bag

The back was created using cardboard stencils, rubber stamps and hand lettering. Grungeboard was stamped and adhered to the back using fabric glue.

Stewart Gill in Kingfisher was used for the stencilling of Q&A and DNA. Black India Ink was used to stamp 441, the paragraph of writing and the various words as well as the grungeboard. A red Sharpie marker was used for the hand lettering. A damp sponge with Stewart Gill in Kingfisher and Cerise was dabbed around the pockets and on top of the grungeboard.

Round pieces of grungeboard were stamped and then the Carefree Heidi Swapp stencils were laid on top and Stewart Gill in Seaspray was sponged on. They were then adhered to the front flap. A tag was made and attached using sari waste threads by poking 2 holes in the front and tieing the tag onto the front.

Tag

The tag was created by cutting out a tag shape from a manila folder. It was given a wash of Moon Shadow walnut ink in Phantom Fuschia. The background was stamped using a brown ink and 441 was made using a brown sharpie and a cardboard stencil. Put the clear packing tape onto the scrap of paper and burnish well. Run under warm water to remove the back to create a transfer. Using Golden Gel medium, adhere to tag. Use packing tape to cover entire tag making it waterproof and sturdier.

Here is a view of the attached tag from one side.

For more detailed views of any of the pictures, please visit my online album.

• Items used from Hannah Grey:
• Stewart Gill Paint
• Light bag done with Seaspray, Vermillion, Chlorophyll
• Dark bag done with Seaspray, Vermillion, Kingfisher
• Heidi Swapp mask - Carefree
• Moonglow Glitz Spritz in Tumbleweed Sage and Sunset Pink
• Large velvet flower
• Other materials
• Sponge
• Sturdy fabric to paint on
• Fabric for the inside of the bag

This is the pattern that I used to make the bag. I suggest you look it over before starting to insure you have enough fabric before you begin. Also, if you want particular painted elements to be lined up on the straps or pocket (I didn’t, but in case you do), mark the patterns before painting.

Tote pattern

For the record, I used a dark pink corduroy as my base fabric. I found it gave a nice depth with the paint and stencils due to the slight pile of the fabric. I was very happy that the sticky side of the Heidi Swapp stencils held up so well as I had to re-position these MANY times in this project. I’d lay down each of the stencils in a pleasing arrangement, and then using the sponge (dipped in water and wrung out so that it didn’t absorb too much paint) dipped in one colour, I dabbed randomly over the masks. I’d then pick up another colour and repeat, allowing the paints to blend as I went. Once the area was covered, I moved the stencils again to the next area and repeated. I randomly sprayed the glitz spritz as I went. Here is a re 2 pictures of the fabric during the process.

Once the fabric is finished, allow to dry thoroughly and then heat set for permanence. It is best to do this before cutting up the fabric since it’s easier to iron a large piece of fabric versus fiddly little pieces. I painted the dark and light bag on the same hunk of fabric. The following are pictures of the completed piece of fabric. Pictures were taken outside to TRY and show how sparkly the fabric is in person but, as always, it never comes across as cool as it does in person.

I chose a fun fabric for the inside of the totes. I also decided to use the light fabric pocket on the dark bag and the dark fabric pocket on the light bag. I used fabric glue to attach the elephant applique and the large velvet flower. You should wash the bag by hand. The Stewart Gill paint IS washable but I don’t believe the Glitz Spritz is, therefore, whenever you wash the bag, be sure to apply a few squirts of the Glitz Spritz if you want to maintain the cool sparkly appearance. Here are pictures of the finished tote.

You may view more detailed photos in my online albums.

Hannah’s House

Originally uploaded by Julee Herrmann

This fun piece is a hybrid of stuff I love!

First, the house shape I totally love… its from Hannah Grey and is so versatile. Also from Hannah Grey are the cool papers and trim that I used - German Scrap and decopage papers that were the Leonardo and the Papal papers. The focal image of the lady in red is from Leondardo di Vinci decopage paper and the background is a paper so pretty that I had a hard time using it! Gorgeous products, all, if you haven’t been to HannahGrey’s online shop you’re truly missing out!

The thing I love about this shop is the variety of things you see and how they always seem to be a step ahead with innovative cool products!

Have Fun!
xoxo
jul

Ancestors Shrine

Originally uploaded by Julee Herrmann

This recent shrine is included in my series of Feng Shui shrines and it represents the ancestors or elders Yin Wood area of the Feng Shui map… I had a blast with this piece.

Hannah Grey Ingredients:
Frozen Charlotte doll
Golden Paints
Moonshadow Inks in Golden Doubloons

Other Ingredients:
vintage German text
German Scrap Butterflies
beads
wire
Spanish Moss
Hand made paper
Vintage Patter Paper
chandelier crystal

To make this little gem you can either join me during a class this Fall and Winter where we discuss all of the fine points of Feng Shui and assemblage or you can put it together in your own way!

First build house structure, put all of your fabulous items inside and seal with love!

Have fun!
xoxo
julee herrmann
http://www.heartcollective.blogspot.com

We loved our booth at the Original Rubber Stamp Convention in Napredak hall on October 24th, 2008.  The economy has kept a few people away from the booths, and the ones who attended were uncharacteristically restrained.  But it was nice to not have the frenzied pace of previous conventions so that we could actually talk to the customers about the samples and the products.