SPYING EYE

Rusted paper,fabric paper and copper border sticker strips surround a square image of Lina on a hand dyed watercolour paper back-ground,with added rusted cog and dragonfly embellishments.

I love the rusty metal doo-dads...especially when used on sepia toned images.

It is easy to rust paper and metal doo-dads...all you need is one of the old "Willow" brand tin Swiss roll baking trays,which has seen better days and has already begun to rust.If it hasn't, just get stuck into it with a sharp instrument and give it a good going over! I suggest you rust the tray up first to get better results with the paper.
Mix 2 parts brown vinegar to 1 of water,lay the paper (or metal doo-dads) into the tray and just cover with the mixture. You can also add a little bleach and salt to hasten the procedure but it won't take long anyway.It also helps to add objects that are already rusty,like nails,screws,washers etc.
This MUST be done outdoors and be left out to rust.

Hang the papers to dry and either brush off excess rust powder or seal with a clear spray.

CHEEKY DREAMS

At first glance, these two appear very similar; which they ARE, in lay-out.

But isn't it interesting how the two faces give a different feel to them individually? Is there no end to the variations that can be found of beautiful Lina's face??? These two are images of Fornasetti plates....worth looking up on Google.

Not much of the background can be seen, but I used rusty coloured hand dyed paper then added strips of assorted designs, including a strip of my hand dyed Reflex paper, which is over-sprayed with Shadow Mist that unfortunately doesn't show up in scans.If anyone ever invents a scanner that does ,not only will she/he become very wealthy but I will be one of the first to get one!

The harlequin patterned paper is one I scanned from some wrapping paper and printed out....love the effect of that pattern...it's always handy to have in the paper box.