Easy Embellished Strips

Add a little mixed-media layer to your fiber art with these embellished strips designed by artist Beryl Taylor.

materials

• Glue
  
• Jewelry gems
  
• Paint brushes
  
• Punches; flower and circle
  
• Ribbon
  
• Watercolor paints
  
• 140# Watercolor paper

optional

• Sewing machine and thread

directions

1. Cut a piece of previously painted watercolor paper into 3/4″ wide strips of whatever length you chose.
   
2. Lay a thin piece of ribbon on top and either glue or machine-stitch onto paper strip.
   
3. Punch 3/4″ diameter circles out of contrasting color paper with a circular punch.
   
4. Punch flowers out of contrasting color paper with a flower punch.
   
5. Glue the flowers to the circles.
   
6. Glue a small jewelry gem onto center of flower.
   
7. Glue the finished circles onto the ribbon-decorated strips.