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The DyeHard group I belong to is doing a project called Color Play. The object is to create an apx. 4" X 6" piece using only one color at a time. As I get easily bored and I have 14 to do, I chose to do 3 each of 5 different colors. Oh and, by the way, since most of my pieces have heavier objects on them I have all of them attached to Stiffy (like Timtex) to give them some foundation.

Let's begin with BROWN

LOW TIDE

This represents a dock in the sand when the tide is out. Here are the ingredients! Started with a brown hand dyed. Painted background vertical stripes with a 1" foam brush and Jacquard Neopaque brown - also one horizontal stripe at the top of the piece. Then I used a Jacquard Lumiere bronze (that LOOKS brown!!) and highlighted the vertical posts and highlighted the dock with a very light brown acrylic paint. I used the same very light brown acrylic to paint the sand in at the bottom. While it was still wet I got sand from our grandson's sand box and pressed it into the "beach" and let it dry. Then I used regular toothpicks to further emphasize the posts. Added the graduating brown buttons to break up the straight lines.

COFFEE TIME

Again I started with a brown hand dyed. First I stamped wavy lines in the center to represent steam rising from a hot cup of coffee. Then I printed a picture of a French press coffee maker and a cup of coffee in brown tones. Using Misty Fuse I fused brown tulle over the right half of the piece then rubbed a little Jacquard bronze lumiere over the picture to tone it down a bit. The left top corner is tan wool and on it I stamped a curly motif to again represent the wonderful aroma of steam rising of a cup of coffee. The edge of the wool is bordered with real coffee beans. The upper right corner is three brown buttons and under them is a piece of a wrist watch band - for the "time" part of the title!

CHOCOLATE DROPS

Named this one because I just couldn't do a brown color play without something chocolate. Started with the same brown hand dyed. Then glued on the three vertical pieces of dark brown ribbon. Painted a very light brown acrylic on the vertical ribbons to give it a downward motion feel. At the bottom of each ribbon is a brown button dropping from the top of the piece. The top is a brown eyelash fiber and above it is a group of 7 wooden skewers that I cut off for another project. The three ascending items are brown gar scales. In the bottom right are three stamps of a celtic design in a dark brown to represent chocolate bon-bons.

Now on to the next color - YELLOW

SUNSHINE AND FLOWERS

Started with a yellow hand dyed. Painted it lightly with Jacquard yellow neopaque. In the top left corner I glued a pale yellow paint sample square from the hardware store. On it I drew swirls with Tulip yellow puff paint and heated it with a heat gun. These are the "sun" motif along with the yellow transparent button that is threaded through with yellow eyelash fiber and underneath it is a yellow flower on a charm. On the right side is a part of a yellow plastic watch band and in the center are 5 yellow flowers from some of my flower pins. NOTHING is safe around this studio when I get started on a project. Whatever meets the criteria gets put to use!! Beside the watch band are two silk roses and a yellow flower button.

DAISY BUTTERFLIES

Same yellow hand dyed for the base. First brushed it with some yellow acrylic with some yellow PearlEx added. Made a puff-paint daisy with a yellow button center. Used some tumbled glass pieces left over from another project and glued those from one corner to another. Daubed a darker yellow acrylic around the daisy and above the glass. Below the glass I stamped with the yellow acrylic/yellow PearlEx mixture three symbolic butterflies in the lower right corner. The larger "butterfly" above the stamps is made from a yellow piece of bag that some cookies came in. No painting....just melted it with a heat gun and glued it on.

CROSSING THE YELLOW LINE

Same yellow base fabric. I have a CD insert for a drawer that I don't use (at least not for THAT purpose!!) I placed the fabric on the bottom side of the insert and rubbed it with the side of my yellow paintstick. The left upper corner is Tyvek painted yellow and melted. Using Misty Fuse I fused yellow nylon netting to the right half of the piece. Glued on a progression of yellow buttons to cross the lines of the rubbing. In the upper right corner I fused on a different color yellow hand dyed piece of fabric and outlined it with puff-paint. You can't really see it in the picture but I wrote a "y" on the yellow square with a yellow fabric marker.

Next comes GREEN

MRS. GREEN IN THE GARDEN

The name was inspired by the game CLUE. I knew I wanted to call her Mrs. Green and the rest just came from that. Started wiht a green hand dyed . Painted with green acrylic paint in a rather wispy style. I had the lady left over from a session of gel medium transfer and she definitely had a green cast to her. Above yer is a green leather piece of a watch band. Surrounding her picture is green tumbled glass. On the bottom right but doesn't show in the picture is some light green fringe fiber covered with some darker green organza. Stamped a leaf on the organza first with dark green acrylic paint and then overstamped it with green Jacquard Lumiere paint. Glued some fancy multi green ribbon over the edge of the organza. Added a green skeleton leaf and a large beautiful green button and two other buttons to balance it all out.

TRAVEL BY SURREY

The title was inspired by the fringe at the top -- get it???? and the slight road appearance of the green ribbon layout. Same green hand dyed base painted with green acrylic in a swirly motion - kinda like a comma. Stamped an image on the left side with Jacquard green lumiere paint and it looks more like gold against the green fabric. It's like only the shiney part of the lumiere paint showed up. Inside two of the circles on the stamp I glued two halves of a broken multi green bead. The green fringe across the top I found at a local antique store over a year ago. Then glued some dark green ribbon at an angle. On top of that I glued two lighter pieces of green ribbon on top of the dark green ribbon. (Actually they are the "leaves" I cut off some ribbon roses that I am using in other color play pieces and had to lose the green!) On top of the center piece of ribbon I glued a large piece of tumbled glass, the third lighter green piece of ribbon "leaf" and a smaller piece of tumbled glass.

GREENLEAF

From the beginning of thinking about this project and finding the green skeleton leaves I have had in my mind the great poet John Greenleaf Whittier. As an abolitionist I was considering his committment to freedom. Freedom is something I love about mixed media surfacing so this is "his" piece. Same green hand dyed with daubed green acrylic paint as the base. Green melted Tyvek rubbed over with green Jacquard Lumiere paint and then I added a small piece of green tumbled glass. On that is an oval button and, of course, the green skeleton leaf. Three pieces of chenille fiber topped with a green button (ok, I broke the rule just slightly with the little bit of gold on the button. But in honor of FREEDOM...I added it anyway....just for the symbolism.)

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FRI

SEP

2007

More Color Play

By Kelly

Red is next

RED SKY AT NIGHT

The title for this one was inspired by the red moon button. Red sky at night - sailor's delight. Started with a red hand dyed. Fused on a piece of netting from an old woman's hat. The red felt leaves on the netting were more true red before I ironed them. These represent the fish and fishing net. Used the adhesive I have for foiling to stamp on stars and before it dried sprinkled on the red glitter. glued on the red moon button. The red tumbled glass at the bottom represents the sea on this red night.

FIRE IN THE BELLY

Some of you remember those belly button rings some of us orderd a while back? Well, I found ONE use for them. The inspiration for piece! Same red hand dyed. Glued on a wide red satin ribbon. Glued three red belly button rings on the ribbon. On the bottom I used red acrylic paing with a 1" foam bursh and lightly brushed the paint up from the bottom edge to resemble flames. Further emphasized the flame theme with some red 3D paint I had around. Ended up keepin this one rather simple. Every time I auditioned something else to add it just didn't fit. It told me it was DONE!

ORIENTAL SPICE

This wasn't the original title. It changed when I found the red peppercorns in the pepper grinder at lunch time! Don't know if they will survive in transit for the swap but they are cool for now! Started with the red hand dyed. "Painted" a piece of white tissue paper with red Jacquard DynaFlow and fused it to the right side of the piece with Misty Fuse. Stamped a red border with red acrylic paint. Glued on two red ribbon roses and an oriental looking bead. On the left side, foiled a stamp of the oriental symbol for FRIENDS. Over stamped with the same symbol in red acrylic paint. Glued on the red peppercorns.

And finally - BLUE

BLUE BUTTERFLIES

Started with a blue hand dyed and fused on a blue skeleton leaf with Misty Fuse. Then foiled on a blue foil butterfly. Learned that the Misty Fuse comes through a skeleton leaf so just stamped on a butterfly with blue Jacquard Neopaque. Then added some more butterflies with the same stamp and paint. Lightly brushed the piece with the blue paint left on my foam brush. Glued on two ribbon roses and a really cool blue button.

SURF'S UP

Same blue hand dyed. Glued on a piece of a denim watch band. Glued on some blue beads and a blue glass "stone". The blue Tyvek I had from another project some months ago. Painted on an extra "wave" with Jacquard Neopaque to emphasize the wave aspect. Drew on seagulls with my blue Pigma brush pen. Mixed some white Jacquard Neopaque with the blue and painted on the clouds with my finger tips.