HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!! Guess what? I am arting on teabags today, making thank you cards after a wonderful Thanksgiving.. Here check them out!
The items needed are.
Old tea bags
cardstock
clear gesso (created from a previous post here)
fineliner (optional)
watercolors
micron pen (optional)
glitter and metallic paper inclusives
rubber stamps
archival ink pad
paint brush
painters tape
Xacto pen knife
Under usual circumstances you would need to brew a batch or so of tea and let the bags dry out.. remove the tags…gently open the bags and remove the tea remains. You are then left with a lightly tinted tea bag papers. Grabbed my clear gesso I made from a previous Helmar post found here, where I took the Helmar PVA with Fredrix Marble dust and made clear gesso.
(photo from previous post)
I use the clear gesso specifically to prime the used tea bags without taking away any color. The painters tape was use to create super clean edges.
I also added some angels wings, hoping to add a lil organic look back to the pictures.. I hoped the color wild bleed a little into the teabag paper.. that was a fail.. :) but not really..
That last picture wasn't very flattering, but that's ok.. That's when you *work thru the uglies*, haha. I think all art has a less then flattering look at one stage or another and you just vision through it all.. and keep creating.
This is the point where I grabbed some stamps and ink to add an owl from a third page of teabags and cardstock. and popped it on the page with some Helmar Super Tac. I added a lil glitter and some metallic paper inclusives (fancy glitter for handmade paper making) Then I took out my watercolor pots by ColourArte and added even more shimmer and color.
Here are just a few more close ups..
