last minute lace love heart stamps!

Okay – so how many hours until Valentine’s day?

Yes - it's me – doing last minute craft….AGAIN! When will I learn? But maybe you need some last minute inspiration and ideas too? Or you can tuck the idea away for another time. Next year. It comes around fast enough.

Using mostly recycled materials I’ve made some last minute love heart lace stamps. Here's how:

Look at the doilies and find bits that would fit together to be a love heart. The scalloped edgings are great for the top of the heart. Any square or rectangle doilies have corner bits that work for the point. Don’t worry about gaps in the puzzle. It still works.

I only had two bits of wood blocks left over from the skirting boards at our house. I also used box lids.

For the stamping I used acrylic paint. Because that's what I had. I added a bit of water too.
I placed the paper* on top of the stamp and pressed down.

Add any extra designs with a sharpie or other stamps. i had some letter stamps.If you are still making something for your Valentine, may the Saint be with you and enjoy! Is there anything better than making something homemade for your loved ones?

*I love this paper that my Mum made from recycled paper. She passed away almost two years ago and this is pretty much the last of her paper I have left.

Cut and Paste

 I've been a collage girl from way back - to my school  days of folders covered in  images. Yesterday I opened my treasure tub of collected of paper, music, magazines, wallpaper....

 

Inspiration

Sometimes you come across artwork that is so breathtaking - both inspirational in the design and mind blowing in the care and craft required to make it.

Elsa Mora is a paper artist and her work just blows my mind! I can't imagine ever having such skill and talent. Her work is intricate, detailed and exquisitely realised.

Her story is really interesting too - read about her life here...

She says,"Sometimes life is hard but with all the things that I learned from my past in Cuba, I try to find the positive in the negative.......In the end each one of us has the power to be what we really want to be, that's what our journey is all about. I just want to keep going on this journey for as long as it lasts."

Check out her papercuts and sculptures here on flickr, check out her blog here and her etsy store here! Hope you find it inspiring!

posted by Julianne Sister outlaw