Linoleum printing - first attempt and a rustic rusty fabric tulip cuff

A while ago I was looking for some not too expensive solution to make stamps with my own design to use it on my fabric cuffs. First I wanted the easier way (not proud of it though :)), I make a drawing and someone makes some stamps for me. My light bulb moment happened when while surfing the net I remembered that Mitsy aka Artmind had once a lovely little tutorial on how to make your own stamps. That's it! There was the answer: linocut! :)

I ordered some basic material to start with, the 3 in 1 lino Baren Kit and some discs to make stamps. I found some great linoleum print tutorials on the web, like the one by Sunberst, and I just cut away! :)
I started with my tulip:

I am pretty pleased with the result, can always better of course :)

So I took my brand new fresh stamp and I printed some fabric too. Because the lines on the linoleum are not totally smooth I though of something rustic, so I recycled an old linen pair of pants picked out a rusty brown color and made this cuff:

My creative space - roman empire

Today I will make a fabric cuff for this week's EST challenge hosted by Ingermaaike with the theme: the Roman Empire. A little while ago I bought some Jacquard printable cotton sheets, they are pretty cool, you can put them in your inkjet printer and just put you own design on a fabric what you can use for anything you like. Because I didn't wanted to waist any inch of the fabric, I also put on some more images from my mother's paintings for future use.



I really hope I can finish my challenge piece till the deadline considering all the obstacles in the way like world cup match Netherlands against Denmark tomorrow afternoon:)

Do you want to show your space? Hop over to Kootoyoo's to play! It's fun! :)

EST Weekly Challenge - Self Portrait

This weeks European Street Team challenge was hosted by the lovely Dawn from LaTouchables and although she gave us "free hand" in interpreting our self portrait: "For example, you could be your favorite stone, your favorite colours, your favorite materials, the things that are closest to your soul, what you think is the core of who you are...with a twist...make it really YOU!" I took it literally and I actually took my picture and turned it into wearable art and made a fabric cuff.

I recycled an old shirt of my son, added some Japanese glass beads and two dragonflies.








If you would like to see what the other members of the team made for the challenge, please visit Dawn's blog.

Audrey Hepburn and my flickr favorites

Last week the theme of the weekly EST challenge was Audrey Hepburn. I chose her famous black and white outfit from the movie My Fair Lady as an inspiration, and I made a lovely fabric cuff. I used a silk embroidered white lightweight fabric and a black satin ribbon with floral motives.

And because it's Tuesday, of course my flickr favorites, to balance the elegant black and white I chose bright colors this time:

1. Untitled, 2. the field - fore !, 3. Mass Ascension Balloons, 4. Ladybug on a peony 2

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

If you also would like to play the mosaic game, please feel free to join at Artmind's blog!

European Street Team's weekly challenge - Bird

So, the theme is birds. Lovely theme chosen by the lovely Hungarian artist, Krisztina, who makes beautiful jewelry from seed beads.

And here is my entry, a denim based fabric cuff, embellished with Japanese seed beads, organza and satin:

New choker/cuff & today's flickr favorites

New design, a choker what can be used as a cuff also:

colors on flickr:

1. Gumdrops, 2. Fall Apples, 3. Pepper-ers, 4. 38 of 365

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

European Street Team's weekly challenge - My flowers

This week's theme is "my flowers" given by Karuski.

My entry is something very new for me, what I never made before: a bracelet made of fabric!! :) Recycled and upcycled, I used an old pair of jeans as the base, a piece of lace I found in my sawing box, I used my sawing maching (for the first time in two years :)) and some fabric paint to give them a trendy look, and I made a beautiful sheer flower from organza and satin, and gave a touch of luxury with some Swarovski crystal beads.