Inspired by Helen Chilton

Evening, I hope you’re having a splendid Saturday.  I didn’t get as much time as I’d hoped to make anything today, but I managed to make two cards using some of Helen Chilton’s great techniques on the PaperArtsy blog this week.

DSCF5487

I made the backgrounds using:

  • Portfolio Oil Pastels,
  • Fresco Finish paints; Snowflake, Nougat, Mermaid, Beach Hut, Eggplant
  • Stamping; Lynne Perella stamps LPC001 & LPC 015.  Minis 61 & 72
  • Stencilling
  • Washi tape
  • Treasure Gold
  • Ferro texture paste.

DSCF5495

 

The images were stamped onto acetate as per Helen’s instructions, I love how you can see the background through the acetate.

I scraped the copper coloured Ferro paste through a stencil on one background & used a palette knife to add some to the other.

DSCF5493

If you haven’t already done so, please visit the PaperArtsy blog to see Helen’s gorgeous creations.  She has given us so many ideas this week & I want to attempt some more of them tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.  Until next time,

Love & light

About these ads

11 thoughts on “Inspired by Helen Chilton

  1. Helen says:

    Great idea to make cards, love the colours!

  2. Gayle says:

    Wow! So artistic, what beautiful pieces :)

  3. gillian12 says:

    Awesome backgrounds Kirsten, thanks for being inspired to join in the fun. x

  4. craftytrog says:

    Stunning cards Kirsten! x

  5. Looks absolutely intriguing – way outside anything I’ve tried.
    Paula (PEP)

  6. Sarita says:

    Wow. Wow!! Wht a talent you have! Beautiful!
    I will for sure forward this to Joan!

  7. ceparie says:

    Great play on Helen’s techniques, your backgrounds really compliment the portrait stamps.

  8. Jo says:

    I really like these, the backgrounds are so rich with colour and texture, but don’t distract from the images. Jo xx

  9. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Both of these are exceptional! The quilt like background is eye candy, and fab images too!

  10. Wow I love the colours and textures in your background. That’s fantastic!

  11. Minxy says:

    What gorgeous backgrounds xx

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s