Wednesday 11 July 2012

I Recipe Thee!

... aha, something slightly different to the I Challenge Thee is afoot! Oh yes, a new challenge has been thunked up by me and Ellen... create a crafty recipe... and see what comes of it. This time the recipe was devised last Sunday, during a Skype sesh and, whilst we didn't finish the pieces during the sesh, it has been the best fun playing with stuff that I have been ignoring for a while.




The recipe was to make a Hanging using:

5 Mini Canvas
Screw Eyes
Dimensional embellies - must include metal!
Sari Silk
Tape - any flavour
Stencils with medium of choice
Book Text
Words/Message of choice
Paint
Ink Sprays
Butterflies
Any additional embellies that we couldn't live without
AND... Something old or neglected from our stash.

I have to say... this pic of the hanging all together is truly cack itself. For some reason, no matter how I tried to take the photo, it has come out all diddy and daft... so, I took the liberty of taking a load more pics... so you can see all the details in full.



My neglected piece of stash was a sheet of acetate printed with butterflies that I bought about 382 years ago and have never used. The old bit of my stash is my Altered Originals Spray - now called Dylusions. It is the most gorge orange colour... I know... me... using orange... the day after using pink! Whatever next??? Lime green perhaps??? Anyways... I will shut up now so you can look at the pics....








Please do hop on over to see Ellen's totes-amazeballs creation... I just love the fact that we have the same recipe and come up with something so different from each other... As I just uploaded the pics I have seen that I have done a boo-boo... I forgot to edge four of the canvases with Black Dabber... doh! I shall go and rectify that now! Thanks for looking... have a lovely day! TTFN

Hels x

25 comments:

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!! The texture is amazing and makes you want to just touch it! Gorgeous orange...my fav!!! Love lOve love your collaboration with Ellen...jealous for sure...lol! Fab work Hels!!!!

Pat said...

I love the colours in this. You always achieve such wonderful dimension. What are the curly green bits I keep noticing you using? Do you make them yourself? Fantastic work as usual
Pat xx

Helen said...

What fun you have together!! Your canvases look fabulous. Love the orange.

rachel said...

beautiful work Hels - really gorgeous xx

Julia S-W said...

Wonderfully inspiring - now feel a mini canvas or 5 coming on. . . !!!
Juliaxx

Aquarius said...

What a lengthy list of ingredients - if that was in a cookery book I'd have turned to a simpler recipe!!! This is amazing as always and so much detail - something to look at again and again. Love it.

CraftygasheadZo said...

Totally gorgeous, love the colours. Zo xx

Astrid Maclean said...

Am loving your new pink and orange phase, that box yesterday was totally yummy too. I am really looking forward to these recipe challenges the pair of you come up with! Happened to be over at Ellen's already and hers is totally wowser too!!

Joanne said...

You wouldn't believe orange could look so darn good. The different sizes of canvases add to this too.
Hugs Joanne xx

snazzyoriginal said...

Well the only colour I avoid more than pink would be orange but... I love this and by the time I had drooled over all the layers and detail I had forgotten about the orange altogether lol xx

ellen vargo designs said...

Delish! Love the orange! And those acetate butterflies are gorgeous! Let's face it, I just love the whole thing, and especially the tiny metal frame at the top - adorable! And since you mentioned it maybe we can include "lime green" in our next recipe! :) Hugs! Els xxx

Redanne said...

Really love the orange Hels, love the flowers too, and the butterflies and, and, and everything. It is truly gorgeous and so is Ellen's, so different but wonderful too. Can't wait to see what the lime green might involve! A x

Shazza said...

it is amazing Hels, off to see Ellen's now x

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Beautiful, lovely colours and layout and the butterflies are gorgeous as are your flowers. Tracy x

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! That is seriously beautiful.

Words and Pictures said...

Wow! Completely love it... (and I'm not an orange-lover either!). Spectacularly lovely.
Alison x

Karen Petitt said...

it's gorgeous Hels. have to admit i don't use much orange either - just now and again i have an idea for some orange card stock i purchased a long time ago - why i bought it i don't know but i'm making sure it gets used! can't wait to see if you do work with some lime green lol hugs Karen x

Carole Z said...

Loving the texture and colours, the whole piece is brilliant! Carole Z X

Inkypinkycraft said...

This is a fab piece, youhave made a wonder with your orange!! Another stunner! Trace x

Carol Plume said...

oh wow I love the use of those canvas' - sayings and flowers and embellies are all just fabulous...what a great challenge you and Ellen give each other...two very creative peeps together...xx

Barb Cady said...

You can just tell how much fun you had doing tlnis! I loves orange (especially in foil covered in chocolate and you have to tAp to unwrap!) Gorgeously fandabadosy my dear Hels. ps. hope your dear Grim isnt working too hard but is enjoying himself? xx

Jenny Marples said...

Love this Hels. I could even be persuaded to like orange!! Hugs, Buttons x

Alexandra said...

Absolutely gorgeous piece Hels. Though it was my fav'colour (and fruit) when I was little (donks ago), orange isn't a colour I use much either but I do LOVE this.

Gillian said...

Only one word for it Hels
GORGEOUS xxxxxx

Carol said...

Wow! this is wonderful, i like the colours and just going over to Ellen's site.

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