Card and canvas

One birthday card for a man... using some Citra Solv paper and Basic Grey packaging. The recipient is back in college get his second degree and is taking some very high level math courses. I thought the normal curve table page was fitting.

This canvas is now on it's third life. 

Every time I get tired of it I just spread some gesso over the top and start over. This time I added some modeling paste for texture and then some of my rusted lace fabric. I trimmed down an 8x10 print of digital art.

Rust and white pages

Elizabeth has gotten her pages and says she loves them...

Hooray!
Don't know why but these "colors swap" pages are giving me fits. Couldn't tell you why if I tried.
Maybe I just do better with a theme instead of a list of colors to use.


Page 1 front:
Butterfly fly

Page 1 back:
untitled abstract

Page 2 front:
Starlight, Starbright

Page 2 back:
Rusty flowers

Rusty sneak peek

I'll be getting my package ready to mail off to Elizabeth today.

I can only show you a tiny snippet or two of  her rust and white pages until she receives them.

I used both rusted fabric

and rusted paper to create my pages.

I hope Elizabeth likes them!!

Before I let you go, I just had to share these flowers...
I picked all of them from my yard.
Did I mention that I love flowers!?!?

Rusting result

I just couldn't wait any longer. I had to unwrap the fabric.

I'm going to leave them to dry in the yard for a little while.

Just look at all the rusty goodness...

And this...

Love it!!


My question now is...do I rinse the fabric or leave it as is? I love the look of it right now but don't want to endanger myself or others if it should be rinsed.

Rusty things

My husband brought me home a great gift...one I've been asking for.

Rusty stuff!  Two brake shoes and a baggie of iron filings. Woohoo!

Of course while we was wondering around looking in the parts bins everyone kept asking him what on Earth he was doing. To which he explained that his wife wanted to rust fabric and paper. HUH!??!! Was the most common response. She's a little nuts. Yeah, he knows but loves me anyway.

I got carried away and started work wrapping things before grabbing my camera.

I pre-soaked the fabric in vinegar and salt.

This bundle is a lace work table cloth scrap wrapped around a brake shoe with a length of scrap fabric wound around to keep it all in place.

This one is done  in a very similar fashion.

I shook out the box on top of it before starting the wrapping process. Lots of good rust flakes in there.

I put both bundles in a ziploc then sprinkled a little iron filings on top for good measure.

I'm going to let them sit in the shed for a week or so.