Painting on Cloth with Iridescents

I think I have a new addiction: I really get a kick out of watching the Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents powders effervesce in water. It is the most beautiful sight — really! If powder could be happy, I’d say THIS powder is really happy when it is introduced to water. Today I am happy to share with you 3 of the 30 gift bags I beautified by painting on cloth with Iridescents powders.

Materials:

• Ann Butler Iridescent Powders by Earth Safe Finishes: Pearl, Onyx, Bronze, Leaf, Sunshine, Rose
• ColorBox® Crafter’s™ ink by Ann Butler: Ocean Breeze, Lilac
• cloth gift bags
• sentiment stamp
• water
• bling
• brushes

Instructions:

Striped Bag –

1. I painted a thin line of each of the powders by dipping my brush into water and then picking up a bit of powder on the tip of the brush and blending it on a pie plate.  In order from right to left: sunshine, rose, pearl, (sunshine/rose), bronze, leaf, onyx.
2. I painted the drawstring with a mixture of onyx and bronze.
3. Add a row of bling

Ombre Bag

1. Starting in the bottom right corner I painted pure leaf
2. I added a little sunshine, dipped my brush in water, and painted another small area in the direction of the top left corner.
3. Add a little more water and paint some more
4. Keep doing step #3 until you reach top left corner.
5. Paint drawstring
6. Using ocean breeze, stamp your sentiment and then gently daub some of the ink onto the surface of the cloth rose. Add a small amount of lilac ink. Dip your brush in water and spread the ink onto exposed fabric, creating several tones of the color.
7. Using bronze powder, water, and a thin brush, add some definition in-between the folds of the flower and then add some highlights with pearl and water.

Modernist Bag

1. Using combinations of leaf, sunshine and rose, paint random squares/rectangles on the surface of the bag
2. Paint the flower with a combination of rose and pearl.
3. Paint the drawstring with sunshine and rose
4. Attach flower

Thank you for stopping by today.  Please visit me on my blog, DecorablesArt, for more inspiration.