Soul Blossom No. 2 ~

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Here’s the base fabric, embellished. I’m hoping these photos show the textures a little bit more than before.  And I neglected to mention in the earlier post, about using punchinella too.  I bought some of it awhile ago… (forgot where I put it–lol) so it was fun to rediscover it! (always an upside?!)  I have it in circles, stars, hearts, …

New Stamps — New Stencils — New Fabric!

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I’m still at it, and it still… feels good!  I am loving playing with fabrics from my hand dyed ‘experiments’ stash.  This piece was dyed last summer; a sunprinted fabric, using Setacolor greens and aqua blue paint-dyes ordered from Dharma Trading Co. The circle stencil below was used for that sunprinting. I’ve also had my eye on Julie Fei Fan …

Liquid Pearls for Embellishment

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Liquid Pearls… are, to me, liquid magic!  And I love using them in my pursuit of embellishment! I love pearls.  I love texture.  And I love color. And it all comes together in a beautiful colored, and textured, paint application. All of this is packed into a cute, tiny little bottle. They are fairly easy to apply, with a nice …