Postage
Stamp Flowers
I love postage stamps. There is something
about them that is close to my heart. One of my grandfathers had a large
collection, all carefully mounted in albums and it was a treat when he let me
help with them. My own postage stamp
collection contains no precious stamps, but is simply the result of buying
large mixed bags for little money. I love looking at them, seeing stamps from
countries that no longer exist and pictures of historical events now long forgotten.
And if you have been following my art on my blog you will know that I don’t
mount my stamps in albums but instead add them to my art. I really went to town
with them on this spread!
1.
Start by covering 2 sheets of
A4 paper with postage stamps using regular gel (gloss)
both under and over the stamps. Let dry completely.
both under and over the stamps. Let dry completely.
2.
Gesso 2 pages in Dylusions or
equivalent journal.
3.
Scrape on various blue paints
(I used an iridescent one in among the selection) to the top half of the pages,
and remove paint through stencil Traci Bautista's Circles Circles stencil with a baby wipe.
4.
Repeat step 3 using green
paints and Cecilia Swatton's Pressed Leaves stencil on the bottom of the page.
5.
Grab a few pages from a vintage
book (I used a wild flower one) and paint with a variety of green paints
(one of mine was iridescent again).
(one of mine was iridescent again).
6.
Trace the various flower shapes
from stencil Terri Stegmiller's Bold Flowers stencil on the back of the 2 postage stamp sheets you made in step 1
and cut out. Try and get as many as you can from each sheet.
7.
Cut out triangular strips from
the green painted paper (from step 5)
and glue onto the bottom of the pages using matte medium.
and glue onto the bottom of the pages using matte medium.
8.
Glue on the postage stamp
flowers (using regular matte gel)
and intersperse with more of the triangular green paper (see step 7).
and intersperse with more of the triangular green paper (see step 7).
9.
Outline the postage stamp
flowers with water soluble colouring pencils (I used Inktense ones)
and activate with a water brush.
and activate with a water brush.
10.
Outline green stems with a
black marker.
11.
Glue on vintage text after
edging it with blue (I used Broken China Distress Inkpad).
12.
Edge the pages with the same
blue.
love this, so bright and happy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful idea! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is just wonderful! I love Frieda's ideas and execution :o)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! Now I know what to do with all the stamps I've been saving for years!! :) Thanks for the inspiration...
ReplyDeleteI've had people at work giving me "interesting" stamps that they receive, and stashing them away -- for some miscellaneous use. Now I know why I've been saving them! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pages! I love the way you used the stamps, and it was fun to see your process!
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous flowers! I love this technique!
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