The Diva is having a guest blogger one time a month and this month it is Charlotte Carpentier. Charlotte says "Find something to use for a stencil, gather your dye and spray, sponge, Q-Tip, etc. and make yourself a string. Revel in the discovery that different natural dyes, like wine or hibiscus tea, will look different on different papers. Then tangle them. You can even stay inside the lines if you like or go completely outside!"
I've been wanting to buy tan tiles, but haven't. And I've been wanting to do Balo in the same way Hsin-Ya Hsu did in her step out on this pattern (which was on a tan tile). After I learn a pattern, I don't usually replicate patterns as shown. But Hsin-Ya Hsu's example was so pretty. This challenge inspired me to create my own tan tile so I could hopefully get the same look.
I used coffee to stain my tile. It was Folger's moca swirl, so if you get real close to it, you can smell chocolate. A true multi-sensation experience!
Unlike Carpentier, I am not string averse. As a matter of fact nothing stops my creativity faster than a blank tile. So I masked off certain areas of the tile to look like String 156 (tanglepatterns.com) before staining. Note to self: be careful when you pick up the glue stick. No, Elmers glue cannot be substituted for "post-it note"- type adhesive.
When I went to peel away the mask, I was left with a sticky mess. I was able to rub off most of it, but not all. My microns cried out! I had to switch to a fine sharpie. Both my Micron 01 and 05 died. I can't say it was all because of the glue. They had both been skipping a bit for a while. I had been using them for 5 months for a total of 127 tiles plus some other projects. I can't complain.
In addition to Balo, I used Flez by Lori Howe and Printemps (Z (r).
For more details, visit the Diva Challenge website.
I've been wanting to buy tan tiles, but haven't. And I've been wanting to do Balo in the same way Hsin-Ya Hsu did in her step out on this pattern (which was on a tan tile). After I learn a pattern, I don't usually replicate patterns as shown. But Hsin-Ya Hsu's example was so pretty. This challenge inspired me to create my own tan tile so I could hopefully get the same look.
I used coffee to stain my tile. It was Folger's moca swirl, so if you get real close to it, you can smell chocolate. A true multi-sensation experience!
Unlike Carpentier, I am not string averse. As a matter of fact nothing stops my creativity faster than a blank tile. So I masked off certain areas of the tile to look like String 156 (tanglepatterns.com) before staining. Note to self: be careful when you pick up the glue stick. No, Elmers glue cannot be substituted for "post-it note"- type adhesive.
When I went to peel away the mask, I was left with a sticky mess. I was able to rub off most of it, but not all. My microns cried out! I had to switch to a fine sharpie. Both my Micron 01 and 05 died. I can't say it was all because of the glue. They had both been skipping a bit for a while. I had been using them for 5 months for a total of 127 tiles plus some other projects. I can't complain.
In addition to Balo, I used Flez by Lori Howe and Printemps (Z (r).
For more details, visit the Diva Challenge website.