Upcycled Coiled Basket Galore

 

After a long Summer of 'hard' working, here we are with at least one post dedicated to my latest obsession: coiling basket, made mainly of upcycled materials, such plastic bags, old bed linens and lots of fabric strips (I started with leftovers and then I finally started putting a dent on my large collection of any kind of fabric I had in my stash for years). Yesterday I just finished my first ever coiled vessel. Why on earth I thought it would be simpler and quicker than the flat large ones... :-D:

Here's a quick recap of the process:

And then a squared very large basket (40 cm) made with a sort of pattern and limited palette:

And the very first baskets made in July, how wonky is the small basket? But it is ok... 

How to start a coiled basket:

 

The first coiled basket:

VideoTutoral: Mini Art Supplier Holder with GrafixArts

Welcome back everyone! Today a new video tutorial made in collaboration with GrafixArts, simple but effective and even useful: a way to bring some art supplies with you to create on the go. Enjoy :-)

Paintbrushes, watercolours, stencils and blank tags:

And a mini pen holder:

New Monthly stencil: 'Romantic Umbrellas'

 

Welcome back everyone and welcome September! New monthly stencil featuring some whimsical and romantic umbrellas, hoping it will be a rainy, wet month after such a long draught. Here's some cards I've made:

The lovely lady is Edina Altara, a very famosu Sardinian artist back in the fabulos '30:

And some details of the Bullet Journal spread:

Stencil 'Romantic Umbrellas' available in my Etsy shop

New Stencils Tamara and Modern Times

Hi everyone! Here's the second post featuring the new Tamara and Modern Times stencils! Let's start!

Some grunge cards using black embossing paste on gel printed background:

Mixing old and new stencil:

Some steampunk vibe:

And more Tamara de Lempicka inspired stencil cards (my favourite one of this realease)

The new stencils are already available in my Etsy shop:

Video Tutorial: New Stencils Tamara and Modern Times

Welcome back everyone :-). After a long break here we are again, with cooler temperature (finally!!), a new video and new stencils! These are inspired by Tamara de Lempicka and 1930 geometric patterns. I hope you like them:

I've created a triptych faux tag out of a A4 gel printed sheet, love this how it turned it out.

The new stencils are already available in my Etsy shop:

Monthly stencil: It's all in your Hands

Welcome August and the 8th monthly stencil of this year: 'It's in Your Hands'. I liked so much this design that I decided to make two stencils, same design but with one hand larger, and with a different text, suitable especially for Art Journaling. Let's dive into some samples:

A couple of cards with a grunge, gel printed background:

Two large cards made with Distress Oxide:

Here's I used the second stencil 'Hold my Hand':

And a black, large  tag:

Both designs are already available in my Etsy shop: