Create your own "Spirit of the
Rainbow"
In addition to basic equipment you will need. Coloured
rainbow paper for backing, felt tips, damp brush,
coloured pencils, fine pen with sepia ink, gold
peel-offs and
gold ink or paint. Start
with the fairy herself Draw
face, arms, hands and hair
with sepia ink. Indicate the
general outline of her
dress
with a white pencil. On
reverse of parchment, colour face, arms and hands with
white pencil.
Turn parchment right side up and colour and
shade these areas.
Once again working on reverse and using felt
tips, colour the
dress in rainbow bands. Blend edges
of colours with damp
paintbrush. Emboss
as per illustration and add a scattering of estralina
flowers. Emboss
shaft of wand. On right side of parchment, paint hair gold. Perforate
and emboss wings using a multi-coloured pencil for a
suggestion
of colour. Fix
to easy grid and perforate border leaving spaces where needed.. Emboss and cut
crosses. Finally,
using peel-offs and some spare parchment, cut
out and colour butterflies.
Glue these together with some
flowers
to form a cascade from her wand.
"Spirit
of the Rainbow Template"
These instructions apply to all designs so that each
individual
design will just show its own additional
instructions.
1
Where there is a central design with a grid-work
border, work
the central section first. This makes it easier
for
fitting the grid-work around it.
2.
For the gridwork itself, fix the parchment to the easy grid
with
a fine i" sequin pin at each corner.
3. I have used a single needle tool (PCA Unibold) for
perforating
all gridwork; it's quicker than trying
to
fit multi-needle tools. Please remember that the diagrams are for lay-out purposes only....use the Grid!
4. All colouring (unless otherwise stated) is done on
reverse
of parchment.
5. Don't panic if you have made an error or two in your
perforations....often
what can't be corrected can be
camouflaged!
6. Faces.....the stumbling block for many a good
design. None
of these designs has a face large enough to
require
a lot of detail. Just a suggestion is far better.
One
golden rule is to avoid drawing heavy outlines UNDER the eyes.
7. I
favour a hard rubber mat for embossing; the
parchment
tears less easily.
8 When
using the paintbrush for blending felt tips,
use
the minimum amount of water and have a tissue
at
the ready!
10. This is the most important guideline of all! Try
not to
stick too slavishly to these designs. Introduce
some
of your own individuality. We all see things in
different
ways. Enjoy yourselves and give your imagination free rein.
You will notice that nowhere do I use the word 'trace'.
The diagrams
can be traced if you wish but there is a great deal
of
enjoyment to be had from trying to draw the shapes yourself.
Equipment.
This is a list
of all the equipment I used to produce
these
designs. You will have your own
preferred alternatives.
Parchment
Easy Grid
Fine sequin pins
Assorted perforating tools
Assorted embossing tools
Coloured Card
Parchment offcuts
Peel-off stickers
Felt tipped pens
Coloured pencils
Soft eraser Glue (Super Glue is quick
and easy!)
Various inks
A damp paintbrush (for blending felt tips)
Fine pens - Rotring pens are ideal if you find using
mapping
nibs irksome
Parchment scissors or snips
Punches
Embossing mats
Each individual
design will need :-Parchment, easy grid, single needle tool, large, medium and
small embossing tools, fine pins and scissors or
snips.
These are not
listed for each design as they can be taken
for
granted! Only additions or
variations are listed.
SUPPLIERS All the materials used in producing these designs is obtainable
from
Centagraph of Harrogate and Craft Creations of Cheshunt.
Both offer an excellent mail order service.
We would like to thank Joan for
lending us her wonderful collection of cards, which only a small selection we
have managed to published here.