Inspirational Paper Bunting Flags

I shared some of my bunting flags on my Shells Sunday Snippets blogpost but I thought I would show them all to you and give you a mini-tutorial to answer some of your questions.

1. Make a template using thin cardboard from a cereal box - mine are 13cm/5" wide and 21cm/8 1/2" long:

You could make square or rectangles....

2. Collage and or paint some watercolour/scrapbooking paper.

Here I have glued old sewing patterns on to watercolour paper then I painted an acrylic wash over it.

I added some gold dots and inspirational words to mine.

3. Use you template to cut out your bunting flag shape and then hole punch some holes in it:

4. Then thread some string/twine through the holes - I found that they hung beautifully without the need of gluing.

Here they are hanging up:

Shell's Sunday Snippets

I have come down with a cold and am feeling really tired - I should just down tools and go to bed but I keep on going.... I have been working on some large paintings for an exhibition at the end of October but decided this weekend was not the best time to be working on them so I decided to make some bunting as it seems to be popping up in my art circles.  What am I going to do with them???  Well I make take them with me to Squam Fall to decorate my cabin/Squam.

They all have postive, inspiring works on them such as Be Bold, Be Brave, Love, Trust....

I hung them up over our fireplace to see how they looked and my husband got very worried that I was redecorating the house which gave me an idea for decorating our house for our 25th Wedding Anniversary in December...

They were very easy to make - I started out using some watercolour paper that I had painted on with leftover paint a few weeks ago, I also used scrapbooking paper and have some collaged and painted flags drying. I decorated them all with gold dots  to tie them all in and give them a similiar feel.

I used a hole punch to make holes in them all and threaded them with twine/string giving them an organic/natural feel.  They can be made in any size you like, I didn't want them too big and wanted to get the most out of my papers.

On Wednesday Neil Elliot's Mixed Media Workshop started up again and here are the beginnings of some artwork...

I did some carving into a painted wood block and then put a wash over it.  I don't like my end product but this was my first time using new tools and it was totally experimental. If you have a design in mind then this is good technique.

I went out to lunch with my husband on Friday whilst the rain had stopped and the sun was shining - this afternoon we have wild weather here - high winds and rain.

Brewer's Tasting Plate for Two:

We had one beautiful sunset this week...

Playing along with {tinniegirl} and {sunday snippets} - you week in pictures but mine came with words this week.  :D