Designed by Design Team member Liz Borer
Our design team have been tasked this month with creating something using the new Cosmic Shimmer Fabric Paints. Liz has used her paints to create this pastel tie dye effect with these stunning silhouette butterflies and plants.
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Step 1. I decorated both sides of the bag ,so insert a piece of
card covered with cling film inside the bag to protect the other side while
painting. I coloured the whole of the fabric with the Cosmic Shimmer Fabric Paints, which were thinned
with water before applying them . I found it helped to dampen the fabric first
and then start applying the first colour in random patches . Pick up a bit more
water and blend the colour out onto the fabric .
Step 2 In exactly the same way add the other colours . I used
Golden Lime , Antique Copper , Sea Green and Royal Purple . As the colours are
blended out they mix with each other creating new colours . I mixed Royal Purple and Sea Green together and painted the handles . If both sides are to be decorated, dry
the first side before starting on the other.
Step 3 Mix Atlantic Blue and Graphite Noir and stencil the polka
dots randomly over the bag.
Step 4 Mix Golden Lime , Atlantic Blue and Sea Green together to
make a bright green . Stencil the Peacock feather design up from the bottom of
the bag.
Step 5 Use French Pearl and stencil the swirls from the All
Stirred up mask randomly over the bag.
Step 6 Here you can see that I extended the swirls up onto the
handles .
Step 6 Using the leaf stamp from Summer Meadow and Graphite Noir
paint , stamp leaves over the bag to start the vines . Because the same paint
is used it's possible to stamp the stems over the the leaves of the previous
image without it showing so the leaves can join together to form a vine . It's
interesting that where the black goes over the stencilled colours they
partially show through creating a nice texture.
Step 7 The stem of the flower from the Wild Flowers set can be
curved to the right or left when stuck on an acrylic block . Stamp the flower
as though it was growing from the vines . Curving the stem creates movement in
the design. Remember to leave space for some butterflies ( from Butterfly Splash ) which are stamped
with the same paint .
These final two pictures show the finished bag ,
including the butterflies , from both sides . I didn't try to make the sides
match , it's more fun to have them looking slightly different !
I really enjoyed using these fabric paints , they are
lovely and thick for painting solid areas areas and stamping . They can also be
diluted to create washes and still retain the pearly lustre .
