Sustainable Crafting

 

Hi everyone, today to share with you Handy Holder with Envelope pockets PaperArtsy blog project. I chose this project because it is a fun way to remake and reuse the parcel packages and direct mail envelopes and a little less waste. It's also a great way to spend my time working with lovely designer Tracy Scott stamps and my favourite Frescos  colours.

The first step was to make a master boards. Fresco paint was printed on a thick sheet of printing paper using a Gelli Plate. Using the technique I learnt in Tracy Scott's workshop 'Index Card Art 2', I spread a thin layer of the above Fresco Chalk Acrylic (Banana, Cerise, Cerulean and Electric Violet in my case but any colors you like your choice then one colour at a time print.) onto a Gelli Plate. Mist with water using a spray bottleon the Gelli Plate, use a brayer to blend the water and paint, then use an eyedropper to drip Isopropyl Alcohol in places and print on paper. A circle like this will appear where the alcohol has been dripped. Repeat this process until I got the shade I like and I have some master boards. As always, this process is very enjoyable, with many happy accidents.

The next step is to make a cover for the holder using a stamp from my favourite designer Tracy Scott. I cut a used parcel package to the size of the holder. I then used two sheets of Jelli print papers in similar shades and stamped Tracy Scott set 054 and 057 (TS054, TS057) randomly in Ranger Archival ink (Leaf Green, Blue Violet) to cover and pasted the holder base. Next stamp three mandalas of (TS055) with Ranger Archival ink (Jet Black) on a Smoothy (Heavyweight) A4 white card. On the same piece of paper, paint Fresco Chalk Acrylic (Cerulean, Electric Violet and Zucchini) and stamp a small mandala of (TS055) in Ranger Archival ink (Jet Black), cut and stick it in the holder as shown in the picture. Size of the holder-Length 8 1/4" (21cm), Height 5 1/4" (13cm), Depth 3/4" (2cm).

I wanted a slightly darker colour so I added Fresco Chalk Acrylic (Southern Skies).

The majority of the paper is used for the dividers and bellows of the holder itself, leaving some for the envelope collage.

This is the front, I put a clasp on it.--Using Fresco Chalk Acrylic (Cerise) and Tracy Scott set 005 (TS055) and black elastic band.

And the back. 

The holder itself is useful enough, but I made a pocket in it that can be removed using a direct mail envelopes. I thought it would be fun to make a collage on top of it and remake it. Each envelope was coated with White Gesso and once dry, the same technique was used to print the envelopes with the Gelli Plate.

I used my fingers to apply Fresco Chalk Acrylic (Banana, Cerise, Cerulean and Electric Violet) on a Smoothy (Heavyweight) A4 white card.I then stamped Tracy's lovely floral stamps, Fuchsia, Magnolia and Mandala in Ranger Archival ink (Jet Black) on them and cut them to use as the focal point of each envelope. Also I used masterboard leftover as a rectangular or circular cutlayer.

The final touch is the addition of a sentiment from Emma Godfrey's flower set 14 (EEG14) to the holder. 

The theme of Sustainable Crafting was a bit abstract for me, but I thinking about how to reuse limited resources and and I have to use up lots of my old supplies too. Also I made this today because I think it's about being able to collaborate and create work with stamps and stencils from wonderful designers then turned it into something good. And then share it with people and have fun connecting the time.

I hope you enjoy it, Thank you so much for visiting.

Etsuko xxx