I had some fun layering and stitching this little collage together. No glue was used and it’s 99% machine-stitched! I relented and sewed the top centre button on by hand, but I even managed to get the needle through the little “Hand made with love” heart charm! Patient, I was!!
Most of this collage is recycled [...]
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I have been working on several projects that I can’t share here on my blog – some for submission and some for Guest Hosting! Plus, of course, there are presents to make for Christmas too! But this evening, I was intrigued by SaWo’s challenge to “scratch it”!! Basically, it’s about using crayon or oil pastels [...]
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That’s the challenge today at Saturday’s Workout – Altered Cutlery. Here are a couple of large spoons that I have in the Seventh Wave Gallery in Bude… I still have some Zombie spoons to finish for the Halloween window, but like everything else, it takes time!
I love altering cutlery and probably the most complex part [...]
Filed under: Altered art, Personal stuff, challenges, collage, recycling, vintage | Tagged: Altered art, Altered Cutlery, collage, Mixed Media, recycling, SaWo, Ten Two Studios | 12 Comments »
SaWo this week asked us to show Zentangles or the “Zen of doodling…” I have been doing these since last year and thoroughly enjoy it. I don’t really follow the ‘proper’ zentangles, but I get the monthly newsletter and find the new patterns fun to try. I have doodled aentangles all over this domino – [...]
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SaWo’s choice this week is Sandy’s fascination with art journalling… I haven’t journalled for quite some time, so this was the perfect prompt! I have spent the last 2 days in an altered cutlery frenzy, as the pieces I took to the Gallery have sold and I had a message waiting on Thursday evening when [...]
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It’s been a beautiful day here today and I have been nusy doing chores like 2 loads of washing; grooming the GSD (German Shepherd Dog); clipping the Yorkie; cooking and baking; and the dreaded housework… So, feeling pretty righteous, I decided to have a go at the “Texture Painting” challenge from Sandy at Saturday’s Workout.
Instead of [...]
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Sandy showed us a video of Tim Holtz’s technique and asked us to use it in this week’s SaWo challenge artwork. I found out a lot trying this out… my cardstock base is a bit dark; choosing Rust doesn’t show through too well; the cardstock was too smooth and the spritzed water became a waterfall! [...]
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What fun! Splatter backgrounds (for Saturday’s Workout), are very appealing when I’ve got unused paint on my paper plate… here’s a quick ATC, using an image from Ten Two Studios Little Blue Things sheet, plus some random deictionary definitions to go with her pretty, wistful face!
Hope you’re all having a great weekend… I finally got [...]
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Interestingly enough, the Saturday’s Workout challenge was to use bandages/muslin/cheesecloth to stamp/create backgrounds with… I think! Anyway, whilst clearing out one of the kitchen drawers and packing this afternoon, I came across a sticky bandage we have (for the dogs) and cut a piece off to make a background and use as a stamp.
I painted [...]
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As soon as I saw this magazine image, that melody popped into my head. So thanks Sandy (SaWo), for prompting yet another journey into my subconscious. I used DD’s stamp on the lower right-hand portion of the image – an obsession I’d say! I don’t even know where magazine background begins and art journal ends, [...]
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