For the Birds?

I created this nature shrine for an art challenge i signed up for. It's made from a little wooden hinged box and i cut a piece of foam core to make a shelf and found some blue/green eggs to add to the bottom with moss from our woods behind the eggs. The top shelf has a tiny bird image that i glued onto a piece of foam core and then carefully cut out with a craft knife so it is 2D and the image behind the little bird in front is 2D also and glued to foamcore and then cut out after it dried so its has depth. The other side has an image of a nest and i glued moss to make a realistic birds nest and cut an egg in half and adhered it inside the "nest",added some tiny paper flowers and the wording. The front cover of the box is also collaged and the technique i used for the paint base was so much fun! I painted the entire box a robins egg blue let it dry (actually speed up the process by using a heat gun lol) and then i rubbed petrolyem gel on diff spots so that when i gessoed over the blue the gessoe would not adhere to the places i added the oil based gel and you end up with a very weathered surface with paint looking like it has been bubbling under the hot sun for years. after the gesso drys you rub off the paint with a paper towel where you used the petro gel. Next stop to post this photo to be voted on, how exciting!!

Hark the Herald , Angels sing!!!!!!

This was SOO much fun to make! It is for an ornament swap I'm in a One on One. I used a flat bulb and cut the angel image from Inka's Christmas collage sheet ,But first i added some angelina fibers in gold to the bottom of the bulb and then curled the image and inserted it and then had to use all kinds of stuff and finally got the image the way I wanted using wire(!). I edged around the bulb with rub n buff in gold and added stickles to the wings and headband before inserting the image. I glues the top metal cap on with glue so it won't come off. I used organza ribbon in light pink shimmer and attached an aged tiny tag to the top using another tiny image from the same sheet. It is really sparkley in person and i'm pleased with the outcome! I Love the christmas collage sheets Inka has! I Love angels at Christmas time. The way she sits in the bulb makes you wonder how she got in there! I took a gold krylon paint pen and wote the words "peace,joy and love " on the back, its subtle but there like angel whispers :) The next Angel ornie i make is going to have a white fluffy feather in the bulb to !! The ideas never stop!

a Tad of Whimsy in the air.......

OHH Looky A Charlie in a box!!! He was created out of paperclay and a purchased paper mache box ( I feel uncomfortable calling a circle container a box!). This was inspired by a book and one of my favorites too! The book is by one of my favorite artists known for her whimsical arty ways , Sandra Evertson and the name of the book escapes me right now and seems to have been pulled from my book collection. I have both of her books and they are wonderful! The other book is whimsical paper flowers and is filled with emphera and ideas and directions to make paper flowers! These are not your ordinary tissue paper flowers either. Take A peek on Amazon, I'm sure you'll enjoy the eye candy as well. Just type in the Artists name in the search bar.
Hope you enjoy him as much as I did creating him!

New News

I'm soo excited I can finally write about this.... I was asked to be on Inka Stamps design team!!! This is such a wonderful opportunity for me and will be a challenge I'm looking forward to. Inka emailed me and if you mention the design team when ordering she will give you a 30% discount on rubber stamps!!! OMGosh could it get any better then that??? Fly over to Inka Stamps
She's also got awesome collage sheets and long awaited Cut Glass in shapes of houses and so you can either make 2-D houses for ornaments or 3D houses to make your own little village!! I'm so thankful to all my friends and how suportive you've all been to me during difficult times. My Mom is having alot of problems with her memory and I can't leave her alone at all anymore, Less sleep as i wake up when i hear her get out of bed. She stood at the fridge the other day and was making a racket and came in to me in the living room telling me she couldn't figure out how to open the fridge and tore the panel for the water and ice dispencer off trying to get the fridge open. She is terribly bothered by this and worrys that she will lose her memory completly. I took her to the dr and they want to do some tests and she has to see another neuroligist, I am late mailing everything out as being sick myse3lf and taking care of mom kinda threw a wrench in the works. I apoligise for anyone waiting for mail from me. it will be taken care of asap.
Many Blessings,
Dawn

Bee's wax??

This is a very small piece of art, 3"x 4" and was really fun to do! I wrapped hannah silk ribbon around the outside edges of the canvas with the bow at the top. My grandma would have loved this! I love to do work on a small scale,But really want to try something big. I have a blank canvas just sitting there waiting for the "someday". I've got so many things swirling in my head, But i've decided to quit for the nightand start fresh in the morning!! I'm helping mom make all of our christmas cards this year and already have a good start.



This is the first time I've used bee's wax to collage with and I'm so pleased with the results!! I started with a 9x12 canvas and then used emulsion paints to create the background. I LOVE the smell of bee's wax when its melted and even when it hardens it has the faint sweet smell. I used the hot pot to melt the wax in and it worked Great! I call this collage "born innocence". The look on the little guys face makes me want scoop him up and cuddle him! Enjoy !!!

It's that time of year......

I'm SOO excited for Christmas!! I am determined to be prepared this year and start early on my cards and gifts. I wont be able to post ALL the gifts I make untill people receive them,but I am taking pictures to post! The above card was made using one of the New Christmas collage sheets from Inka Stamps and the photo corners and the ticket were made using stamps by Inka! I stamped the ticket on patterened scrapbook paper and using a hole punch to indent the corners and a bit of inking and I made myself an aged ticket! I love using the paper edgers they have out to make paper look well worn. I have more stamps by Inka and am excited and inspired to use them all!! I made an ornament with another image from a collage sheet of an angel (which I will post later) using Inkas Christmas collage sheets and enclosed the image in a glass flat bulb ornament. I've never tried image transfer and am looking forward to trying it soon to make my own polyclay dominos or pendants. I put my order in for the NEW Glass houses Inka has on her site and can't wait to get them to create my own little village and for gift giving. The link to Inka stamps is under my list of favorite places to shop or you can click this link. www.inkastamps.com
Back to creating.. so many ideas and so little time!
Hugs!!!

Sorry

I was going to update and redue some things on my blog,but have not been able to do so yet. enjoy!!