Look what Sara just did on her live! She flipped one of 2 matching connectors upside down and put rows of 3 little beads between them!
Then she added a dangle!
Jun17
Opposing Connectors
Jun6
Something interesting with tape, paint and wax paper
I have been painting all kinds of media to use as materials for the 100 day challenge. I found two different rolls of medical tape in our first aid drawer. I placed a piece of each on wax paper so I could peel them off later. I painted each with Ceramcoat Gleams acrylic paint in Fuchsia PRL.
There was already gold metallic acryllic paint on the wax paper. When the tape dried, I carefully pulled it away from the wax paper. It brought the gold paint with it.
Any place on the tape that was sticky could be used to pull more gold paint off the wax paper.
I have got to think about how I can put this to use!
Apr6
100 Days!
I am participating in the 100 days project on Facebook. During this project, you are challenged to focus on one aspect of your creativity every day for 100 days. I chose the creation of collage pages. This experiment is to see if I can copy and paste the Facebook posts to this blog. Here goes!
the100dayproject2022, Day1, I think my focus will be on paper manipulation. This page is based on momigami, a Japanese folding and oiling technique. I stop short of fully saturating the paper with oil, photograph it (I like the impressionistic look it gives the photo) and then add metallic paint to the creases. This page is from the Oct, 2017 issue of Southern Living Magazine. #100daysofcollagepapers
Jan16
Try, Try, Again
I recently tried dissolving inks with Citrasolv, a degreasing agent I discovered on You Tube. The artist using the solvent was Froyle Davies, and I have become a big fan of her collage work.
After watching her video. I immediately ordered a small bottle of Citrasolv on Amazon, together with a few empty little spray bottles.
Froyle, along with several other You Tube artists, I learned, dissolves the ink from the pages of National Geographic Magazine. The ink moves and makes bubbly designs.
I didn’t have any Nat Geo’s on hand, so I searched for glossy pages from other publications.
I tried three colorful catalog pages, one from Southern Living and one from glossy South Park Magazine, as well as a local sales circular.
I laid them all out on a plastic trash bag in the garage and gave them a good spritz of Citrasolv. I checked them in 20 minute intervals to see what happened. Basically, they went from wet to dryer to dry. The ink didn’t move.
The Citrasolv did make the garage smell like an orange processing plant!
Jan2
Horizontal Lines
You need them for journaling. I got this idea for a stamp from Nastasa at Treasure Books. https://youtube.com/c/TreasureBooks
I was cutting flaps off boxes to cover for storage, (I got lots over Christmas!) and decided to see if I could use Natasa’s idea. I fell the day after Christmas and skinned myself up pretty good. Skinning cardboard was no problem! It didn’t even hurt!
Dec4
The Christmas Shopper
I have recently formed an addiction to junk journaling videos. I am especially intrigued by those that show journals made from brown paper bags.
I got the idea that a journal made from a standard lunch size paper bag might make a good shopping list/wallet.
The inside needed a note pad, and I added a ruled 3×3” sticky that I “grunged“ with Tim Holtz distress inks.
In fact, most of the embellishments are from Tim Holtz. As for the others, the gold heart is from wrapping paper, the saying is from a magazine, the angel from a catalog, her star is a sticker, the red star is punched from a toothpaste box!
I left the bag open, and the top makes a pocket for credit cards, coupons and/or cash.
I trimmed it with Dollar Tree lace.
A pen was supposed to tuck in here, but it kept “the wallet” from closing neatly.
So, I tucked the pen, from Amazon, under the tie on the front. The baker’s twine is from Dollar Tree. The pen clip helps hold the wallet shut. Ta Da!
Nov21
Changing Crows
I hope to change this primitive looking plaque and cover the ominous “counting crows” saying with something else. I am thinking a small wool appliqué project.
I got this beauty for $6 at Michaels as part of their Halloween clearance. I plan to make it less morbid and more colonial.
Nov21
Frequent Attacts
Nov11
Envelope Obsessed
I have, in fact, gone paper and glue crazy!
This is my latest magazine page envelope.
I have lots of ribbon…
so I added a bit!
Oct27
Covered Box
It’s finished (when it dries!)
It took days, but I didn’t have to buy a thing.
I had the paper, the glue and the spray paint. Amazon supplied the box. I was pleased to see that the box came from Carolina Container in High Point, NC! I was still shipping (shopping) local!
The ribbon trim still had it’s 75 cent Hancock Fabrics Clearance sticker. I am not a hoarder. I am an investor!”