Monday, 6 August 2018

Explore the Wonders by Dorthe Hansen


Here am I with a new Monday post, for That`s Crafty!
and this time I used one of the wonderful Chunkies, the middle size.

While still on the sheet, I painted it all with white and when dry 
I used the stencil Flourish with Texture Paste, on both the front and back.
I left to dry and then put together the Chunkie, using adhesive.
I sprayed with the beautiful new Lustre Spray Aubergine all over the Chunkie, first one side and left to dry, then the other and the side panels.

This is the front  - I had been gifted a tea bag from my dear friend Lynne
and it was also sprayed with Aubergine - look at the big difference of color tones,
the materials show the tea paper really soaking up the color.


This is the back, using Ingrid's stamp of beautiful flowers. 
All things were stamped using Archival Ink - 
I sprayed a piece of teabag paper from the Journal set, with Aubergine and Red too,
diluting with water and when dry I stamped the flowers and fussy cut them.
They were adhered to the back panel.  
Onto scraps left from the tea bag paper, I stamped two of Lynne`s beautiful Affirmations, cut out and 
adhered to front and back. 

The tea bag now dry, was sprayed again but this time with the Lustre Spray Gold,
giving this amazing golden shine. When dry, it was adhered to the front page,
also adhering another of the lovely flowers and some scrap of
paper and lace, also sprayed and I adhered some glass pearls to the lace.


Onto the back side I also adhered scraps of old paper and a piece of fabric, together with a 
fabric button, all which had been sprayed too.
Both front and back were then given a layer of the wonderful Interference Gold on top of the 
stenciled pattern.


This is the side with silk ribbons to hang the Chunkie, adhered with a 
Greyboard butterfly, also sprayed with the Lustre in Gold. 


The last thing to do was add some dried lavenders from my garden to the bag.
You could use all kind of dried things or you could use flowers stamped onto 
a stiffer piece of cardboard, it is all up to you and your imagination.

This was it, I hope you could understand my "how to"  :-)

Hugs and love 
Dorthe 

Materials used:

From my stash: Dried lavenders, teabag, lace and fabric, old papers, sari silks

20 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Dorthe, amazing texture and lovely rich colours. Tracy ❤️❤️

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    1. Thank`s a lot, Tracy ,- for your lovely words.- Hugs,- <3 xx

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  2. Dear Melina , thank you so much , for your loving words,- I will look forward seeing your creation using them. Hugs- <3 xx

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  3. Dorthe this is just gorgeous, beautiful colours and textures xx

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    1. Thank you so much Sue, and for your visit on my blog too :-)
      Hugs, Dorthe xx

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  4. Loving the aubergine colour, a lovely make
    Love
    Amanda x

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    1. Thank you Amanda, the aubergine is gorgeous, and so is the gold spray, too
      Hugs from me- xx

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  5. A really beautiful chunkie Dorthe and love the subtle spraying of the aubergine and the teabag makes a lovely holder for your dried lavender. Gorgeous textures too.
    Fliss xxx

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    1. Dear Fliss, thank you so much, I think the aubergine is my new favorite :-) thank you for your kind words .
      Hugs, xxx

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  6. Dorthe you have spoilt us today with not one one but two projects all delicately wrapped with that gorgeous aubergine ribbon. The greyboard butterfly is a sweet edition.
    Such a clever way to hold those dried lavenders a beautiful display.
    Thank you for sharing with us all.
    Creative hugs & wishes Tracey xx

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    1. Dearest Tracey, thank you sweet friend, for your beautiful words, and also for your lovely visit to my blog- you are such a lovely lady .
      Hugs from me- xx

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  7. A work of art on both sides Dorthe! How beautiful~ The colors & neutrals both are so rich and deep. The textures are signature : ) and inspiring too; with your mix of stenciled paste, fabric, the tea bag, ribbon . . .sigh* Love your work~ Hugs, karen o

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    1. Oh thank you dear Karen, so sweet of you, to be here, and your words so kind, making me glad. Hugs Dorthe xx

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  8. I am in awe of the dried lavendar project and how amazing the textures and colours are choosen and created Dorthe! I can't believe how many wonderful projects you create -one stunning project after the other
    ! It is such a unique talent toinspire other creative people !
    I really love your fantastic style and hope to see many more of you!!!

    Hugs, Susi

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    1. Dear Susi, you are so sweet, thank you for your so loving words about my creations, I really treasure your opinion, and appreciate your comments.
      Hugs
      Dorthe xx

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  9. Gorgeous colors and textures throughout this lovely piece, Dorthe!

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    1. Thank you so very much Heather , so kind of you .
      Hugs, Dorthe

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  10. Love,love,love this sweetest Dorthe, it’s just so elegant and feminine....just like you really, wonderful creation from you ❤️❤️❤️
    Hugs
    Donna xx

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    1. My dearest Donna, so sweet of you, -you always makes me feel special , what a gift :-) Thank you from my heart. <3 <3 <3
      Hugs, Dorthe xx

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  11. Dorthe!
    This is Absolutely exquisite!! OMGosh! I truly love every detail of this piece- Bravo!
    Jackie xx

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