Leather masks

I have been working on three leather masks lately and a commission order of a couple of bird masks, I can't show these yet though as they have to be ok'd by the company.

Here are my leather masks, and they are now available in my Etsy shop.

They have been designed by me "Debbs Elliman" and hand cut from veggie tanned leather.

I then wet molded them into shape and when they dried out I hand painted them with acrylic paints.

The first one is black with a metal spike, it ties with long black organza ribbon and only covers one eye! 

The next one is more of an armour style mask, with pewter metallic paint work making it look almost metal! 

It is comfortable to wear and ties with long black ribbon! 

And then there is this gorgeous crimson red leather mask, with a black leather heart attached to one side, this is easily removed.

It's the perfect mask for any Valentine masked event, and suits both men and women! 

Treasury on Etsy

Hi There, 

my latest handmade peacock mask has been included in this fab treasury on Etsy, please go and check out all the gorgeous items! 

All sorts of items from bags to jewellery ..perhaps you may find something towards your Christmas gift shopping list! :) 

Click on the link and feast your eyes! 

Catching my beady eye!

Where has the year gone?

This year is flying past and already we are into September, ..almost time for my weekend at the National Space Centre Creator Fair 19/20th Sept

I love this event, as all types of crafters will be there ..from Jewellery makers to electronic! 

Here are some of my latest makes, the masks above with the metal cogs has now sold and so has the bronze powertex cat just below! :) 

This mask is gorgeous and even better still in the fact that the butterfly is fitted with a flashing LED

Please visit my Face Book page to see it in action, just follow the link!

https://www.facebook.com/PanicTuesday/videos/vb.154363741418651/427670427421313/?type=3&theater

I also love making or decorating these little hats, the little bowler hat was pre-made, so I decorated it with net, feathers and ribbon roses, it has a crocodile clip so you can attach it to your head on the angle ...looks so sweet!

I just love my mini top hat, I made this one myself and covered it with this super skull fabric, ribbon, roses and feathers, it is attached on the angle to an Alice band, is very comfy to wear and looks fantastic!

This is my summer garden mask, isn't it pretty? 

Last of all is the mini witch hat for Halloween, this was ready made blank so I have decorated it with feathers, spider ribbon and witch themed metal charms.

All these items can be found in my Etsy shop, I pack well for postage and get the orders out no later than the next day unless you check out from sat midday, then I post on the monday!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MasksbyDebbsElliman?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Thanks for checking out my blog!

Debbs

Masks galore! I have been busy

 Fabric drenched in stiffener layered over a mask base and painted silver.

 Veggie tanned leather wet moulded and shaped.

 Hand painted in black, gold and silver, with added gems.

 Gold and purple mask with lots of glitter, a real carnival stunner.

 Shimmering black fabric mask with feathers and veiling.

 Navy blue masquerade mask with fluffy feathers and lots of bling.

 Witchcraft mask, feathers, ribbon and stiffened natural fibers, decorated with witch themed metal charms and cobweb ribbon.

 Scarecrow mask ..made with hessian and black feathers, I used fabric stiffener on the hessian and painted it in copper brown and black.

Leather mask

I have now finished my leather mask, (I love making these!) I need about a week to make one as the drying out can take a day or two, can't be rushed. I have gently shaped it around my styro head and then painted the leather black and decorated with three metal studs.

I could use leather dye but it appears that dyes fades quite quickly so I prefer to work the paint into the front side leaving the back natural.

 

 The edges have tints of pewter colour and it ties with long black ribbon.

 

 It is comfortable to wear, lightweight and 1.2 - 1.6 mm in thickness.

 

Fabulous fancy dress costume accessory

SALE!!!

Good morning!

Almost the end of 2014 so I have decided to have a little sale in my Etsy shop, please take a look at the SALE page!

 

This fab SUPERHERO style mask in black and gold is just one of the reduced masks!

 

 

 How about this stunning bling encrusted butterfly style mask, looks super on!



 

Or this gorgeous little black number, just perfect with that little black dress!

 

There are others too, so pop along and see if there is something for you!

 

 

Butterfly Mask

A red butterfly mask, that stands out from the rest, unique and unusual!

 Hand painted and decorated with lace and feathers, gold accent beads, acrylic gems and glitter!

 Looks great on as it hugs the face and all the glitter and beads shine

Yay for red! :)

Snow Queen mask

I made another Snow Queen mask,

 this time I added purple accent beads

 And purple and silver glitter

 It ties with white shiny organza ribbon

It sold the same day I listed it! yippee! :)

Masquerade butterfly mask with fluffy feathers and sparkle

Here are my two latest party masks, hand painted and decorated with glitter, ribbons and sparkly gems.

The sea green turquoise mask has green and blue sparkly gems with shiny gold detail and glitter. The focal butterfly is a gorgeous blue green and nestles in with ribbons and black fluffy marabou feathers.

 

 The purple is a nice blue purple almost petrol like with hints of pink and gold around the edges. shiny gold detail and large lilac purple acrylic gems add a nice sparkle. There is a purple fabric butterfly nestling within the fluffy dark pink marabou feathers and spirals of gold wire pop out for added interest.

 

Both these masks are available in either my Etsy or Folksy shops.

They are one of a kind and ready for delivery.

LED carnival Mask masque masquerade carnival masked ball

Wow! I can not believe it's been about five months since my last post, where does all that time go?

I have been doing lots of craft fairs this year and my last one was at The National Space Centre for the Creator Fair weekend.

It was great meeting lots of people and one of the stalls there was run by Kitronik!    http://www.kitronik.co.uk

They introduced me to their E-Textiles & Conductive Thread which is amazing as you can sew LED lights into textiles such as handbags, clothing and toys.

I was really tempted and treated myself to their Electro-Fashion Deluxe E-Textiles Pack £14.95
 https://www.kitronik.co.uk/2728-electro-fashion-deluxe-e-textiles-pack.html but was still unsure how I could incorporate the lights into one of my masks.

I was very kindly sent a sample box as I had chatted with the guys from Kitronik and expressed an interest in using their product in some way on one of my masks.

Well...after a bit of thought I decided to add some lights to a butterfly that would be the focal of a gold masquerade mask with fluffy feathers.

I was going to use three lights but realised this would be a bit of a squash on the back of the butterfly and the thread might touch causing the lights not to work.

 After I pierced the holes in the ends of each wing, I chose my needle, not too thick but not so thin either as the thread is quite thick, it is suggested that you thread your needle with the aid of a needle threader as it is made up of several strands and frays out quite quickly, Also ...this is so much easier than trying to just push the thread through the eye of the needle.

I attached the small coin cell holder to the bottom part of the wing with the conductive thread...
  making sure that I went through the holes at least half a dozen times as this gives the lights a good strong connection once the battery is added.

I then carefully stitched along the pattern of the butterfly so that the conductive thread wouldn't intrude too much on the design side. I sewed through the negative hole of the LED that I had earlier curled into small hoops with my round nose pliers once again going through several times and then continued to stitch across the butterfly until I reached the negative hoop of the opposite LED.

After placing a small square of sticky backed felt carefully over the negative connection, I then sewed in the same way again but joining the positives together. I put the felt over the thread as I knew the positive thread was going to touch the negative side and this would mean the lights not working.

 

 

The coin cell battery was placed into the holder and I was very pleased with the effect.

Once I had finished the mask I attached the butterfly to the side amongst the feathers and WOW!

 

 I love it!

 

 

The battery is easily accessible and should last long enough for an evening at a  Masquerade Ball!

 

Please visit Kitronik's website and take a look at the Electro-fashion E-Textiles.

You can find them on Facebook and Twitter too!

 https://www.kitronik.co.uk/