Thursday, March 20, 2014

Dress Swap 4x6 for Arsty Mail



Today I am sharing with you a 4x6 post card I did for a group.  I had to have a dress on it and it had to be 4x6.  You could put the dress on it any kind of way you wanted to and believe me I thought of at least 2 dozen ways to do so. :)  I told myself to use what I had!  Don't go out buying things.  You have more than enough supplies to pull this off.. Now sit your behind down and figure out what method you plan to use.  I thought about painting directly on the page and collaging papers; I thought about origami folks since I had just done over 80 dresses courtesy of a video I just watched by Michelle aka The Paper Addiction, but I also decided to just attach them to the backs on my postcards and envelope my cards instead sending them like postcards.
 


 

 Anyway.. I decided to do some mixed media painting on a watercolor paper with my DecoArt Acrylic neon paints..  A little lightweight stenciling with some punchinella with black Stazon and high lighting with my white Signo gel pen. added bling and adhered to a black dress form, with my favorite Helmar Craft Glue, then I  also added more doodling on it..

I placed it on top of a book page I gessoed with DecoArt Gesso and again using the neon paints, black stazon stamp pad, and white gel pen, in the background.  I also added the black Gloss Enamel paint on the edges to  loosely {frame} it where I again doodled!  This was fun to work with!!


My swap partner Terri .. I didn't know much about her.. so I looked on her FB page and saw she spent a lot of time at BSU.. (colors are Blue and Orange; adhered this dress with Helmar's Craft Glue to back of the other dress)  Hope she likes this.. :)  Especially since I am soooo not a dress chick.. lol!


Thank you.. for stopping by!!

14 comments:

  1. You are amazing me miss Tamiko, way to go girl...I love your blogs more and more great sucess.

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    1. Thank you so much Sharon.. have fun with the great grands!!

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  2. I don't even have words for this, Tamiko! (Is your nickname Meko?) It is THAT gorgeous and creative!!

    I want to thank you for coming by the Playhouse and joining as a follower! I have returned the flavor and will happily introduce you to my other followers on my next post, prolly on Sunday. I hope you have a great weekend! Hugs, Darnell

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    1. You are so kind!! I just read what you wrote and I have to thank you!! I don't post often.. a bad habit I am trying to break.. :) Thank you again for your kind words!! I totally appreciate them.. :)

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  3. wow stunning found your ssite Via iDarnell what stunning colours and tthank you rexplaining how you did it great work will be back to see more thanks crafty hugs Andrea x

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    1. Thank you so much for coming by! I love visitors!! :) Ms Darnell is a very kind and talented person!! I just read the passage that sent you guys over my way to say hello.. for that I am very thankful.. :)

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  4. Absolutely beautiful dress. I too absolutely love bright colours. Found your site thru Darnell, another beautiful crafter. I will follow you thru Feedly so I can feast on your colourful ideas. Just perfect

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    1. Thank you as well for coming by.. I am glad I am not alone in the bright colour admiration department! :) I appreciate your kindness. :)

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  5. You are simply amazing, and I just LOVE that neon dress, it is sooooooooooo you, whether you are a dress kind of gal or not!

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  6. That dress is so adorable and creative! Now you have me wanting to go make a dress...smile.

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  7. So beautiful! Love the colorful dress! I am a new follower, hopped over from Darnell's blog. :)

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    1. Thank you so much for following me!! I will check your blog out as well! Thanks for your compliment!! I do appreciate it!

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