Goodbye CJS2014

OK, I think this will be my last project for CJS.

Again, it is using squashed bubble wrap as the background behind the vintage photo.

Other stuff: metal embellishments by Prima (Finnabair).

CJS ice skater on bubble wrap

Another project using squashed bubble wrap and packing tape transfer ...

for more details see Creative Jump Start 2014.

More CJS2014

Something else created for Creative Jump Start 2014 ...
 

This page was started at the very beginning of CJS and finished at the very end!

Lots of ordinary stuff used to make the background, including, plastic grippy mat, bottle tops, old credit card, sink strainer.

Bubble wrap recycled

Again, coming to you, via inspiration from Nathalie's CJS2014 another simple technique using bubble wrap, and there's plenty of that around here!

More from CJS2014

You did come here to see some "art", didn't you?

Well, CJS2014 has provided some fabulous inspiration with which to start the new year!

Here's some more ...

These pages were made by a simple monoprinting method using,

 wait for it ... a breadboard and a plastic bag! Too easy! I embellished a few of them with some equally simple stamped images ...

 

 

Creative Jumpstart continues

with more interesting techniques, one of which involved re-purposing a (plastic) citrus juicer, which had slotted holes in it. (Actually, I think it might have been the juicer from a food processor, because of the holes in it.)  Anyway, I didn't have one, so I looked for another household item which might fit the bill, and look ...

an old fashioned sink strainer has holes! I can spray something through this!

And then use those bottle caps and plastic gear (from roller tape) to print with!

 

which eventually led to ...

 

Inspiration found at Creative Jump Start 2014. 

WOYWW look away now

if you are of a delicate or fragile disposition,

 because this might just tip you over the edge

 

without going into details, most everything you can see is leftover

(or still being used) from CJS2014 (see link on right)

except for that pink plastic thingy (which came free with a magazine).

It is supposed to help fold cards and envelopes. We'll see.

 

What am I doing showing you this?

If you don't know, please visit

 Julia at the Stamping Ground.

more "jump starting"

Here's another little something I made after some inspiration from

Nathalie's Creative Jump Start 2014

 

I've used the packaging tape transfer method (and some more masking tape background).

 

 

Other stuff used: stamps, distress inks, lace, Prima flower, other flowers, gel sticker, German scrap, "flower jewels", die cut scraps.

Creative Jump Start 2014

Creative Jump Start 2014 

has really provided inspiration ...

to jump in, start something

and ... finish it!

Here's something I started a few days ago ...

The background is a sort of bleached hessian with a layer of "jointing compound".
(The hessian and the Spakfilla were both stashed in my laundry.)
Other stuff: Lumieres, twinkling H2Os, die cuts, a wine bottle cap
and a button (from the Gigantic Button Collection).

Creative Jump Start 2014 tag No.1 finished

Another instalment of  my Creative Jump Start 2014 projects.
 I have managed to narrow down too many ideas, possibilities and directions and actually finished one of those tags (see below) featuring the masking tape background.

  The embellishments were all leftovers from other projects.

 

WOYWW and CJS2014

Forgive me for combining two subjects, but they are both connected, naturally :)

First of all, today is the day for snooping admiring other desks and workspaces.

This simple, but oh so popular idea, is brought to you by Julia at the Stamping Ground.

Pop over there for all the details. You won't be disappointed.

 

And because it is January, I'm joining in with Nathalie's Creative Jumpstart 2014.

(Some previous posts are about this too, if you are interested.)

 

 

On the left is a piece of hessian-like fabric which has a background layer of compound filler (Spakfilla, in this part of the world), with some Lumiere paints randomly applied.

The tags have a masking tape background with some distress inks and stamping.

Neither is finished, but hopefully will be soon.

Catch you on a desk nearby.

Watercolour Waste

Another instalment in Creative Jump Start 2014. Here's another canvas I just finished.

 I used household stuff (that would normally be discarded),

 and embellishments from my Room of Stash.

One of the really great things about CJS is that I do not need to purchase anything!

Stuff used: old book page, sticky mesh (from the laundry, previously used to block the drainage holes in bonsai pots!), ring pull tabs from drink cans, buttons, lace, an old pencil and a wasted tube of cheap watercolour paint. (And some "genuine embellishments" too.)

For colouring I have mainly used twinkling H2Os and some polished pigments.

more Creative Jump Starting

Here's a few things I have started.
 

Masking tape background on shipping tags ...

Now for something different. Joint compound on hessian ...

Last, but not least, one pic, two projects ...

On the left is another Finnabair type canvas, and the empty container on the right is about to be ... yes, you guessed, "altered". Don't forget that the theme of CJS14
(see link on side bar) is to make art with ordinary household items.
 

Back soon.

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OK, back sooner than I thought.
I just came across this rather nice PIF idea
on Kate Palmer's blog and decided to join in. Here are the details:

Pay it Forward 2014

The first five people to comment on this post and tell me that they want to play, will receive from me, sometime in this calendar year, one random gift ... it will probably (almost certainly) be a little something which I have made.

There will be NO warning, no schedule or timetable, it will be sent to you whenever the mood strikes me. It could be next week, or next month, or ? So, what's the catch?

If you decide to participate, you MUST make the same offer on your blog and randomly send a gift to five other people. If you are one of my first five commenters (on this post), I will need your postal address. (Please do not post it here for all the world to see. Let me have it privately at rosk8anneatyahoodotcomdotau)
I will post the names of the five lucky people when I have them all.

This is supposed to be fun and give the participants a little treat in the mailbox instead of bills and junk mail. (And I will not use your email/address for any other purposes.)

Please do not comment if you do not intend to follow through.
 Of course you can comment on this post if you like, just let me know that you DO NOT want to play.


 

WOYWW - it's a "Creative Jumpstart"

Two for one day ... first of all it's Wednesday and you know what that means. It's time for joining up with Julia at the Stamping Ground as we have a peek at lots of creative spaces, all around the world. What fun! And because I am joining in with Creative Jump Start 2014 (brought to you by Nathalie Kalbach - see link on side bar),
you get even more today ... well, sort of ... 

actually what you get is more (creative) action and less (creative) procrastination.

Now, a close up of that canvas. I'm not sure whether it is "finished" yet.
I've used some everyday, household items including a wine bottle cap,
a plastic paper clip and plastic tags from bread packages. (And some chipboard scraps which anyone else really would have thrown out.)
The colouring is mainly polished pigments and twinkling H2Os.
 

It wasn't finished ...

to my satisfaction.  But it is now ...

The main point of this exercise was to use ordinary household objects for the background,
which I did. They included, an old credit card, a scrap of grippy rubber, sequin waste, cosmetic sponges and a piece of Lego.
    For more creative ideas, why don't you check out  Creative Jump Start 2014?

"CJS - Creative Jump Start 2014"

I'm playing along with "Creative Jump Start 2014" which is brought to you

by the talented Nathalie Kalbach and many other creative persons.

The first inspiration from CJS involved using household stuff to make a background ... here's how it went ...

 

Here's the almost finished page which still needs some minor fixes ...
which I'm working on ... right now.

 

 

 

And, after some inspiration from Finnabair let's use up some more household junk ...

which includes a wine bottle cap, plastic bread wrapper clips, a plastic paper clip,
 leftover chipboard scraps, etc. I'll show you the finished piece ... soon.