Dress Form Collage

Remember the necklace from the last post? Well, I thought I needed a place to showcase the piece.

I've had this dress form since our trip to Carolina Moon during CHA-S 2007. (Bless Cecile's little heart for taking us there. Boy, can that girl drive!! )Sometimes I need time to think about how to use something...no kidding.

And yes, the butterflies are really that vibrant. They were from a piece of Collage papers in Somerset magazine. I don't know why you can't click on to enlarge the back...over my head.

Keys are t!m's, Idea-ology, there are pieces from Vintaj, Maya Road, Grungeboard, Grungepaper, Distress Stickles, and various vintage pieces I've collected. The white knob on top was aged by using alcohol inks. It was too bright for me....so....ink it!

And the papers are 7Gypsies tissue paper I've hoarded for years over several layers of paints that were wiped off and added again until I got a really old look.
I know that look when I see it....I see it every day in the mirror!!!!!

Have a great day!
L

MORE METAL

Played with more metal last night. Late into the night. Had to watch the weather as I AM the storm watcher for the family!!! They know they can go to bed and sleep without worry because I WILL be up making sure no one gets caught unaware!!! Yep, that's my job. Night Protector of the Storms....

Anyway, I painted 3 wooded letters with metallic acrylic paints by Plaid. Then I traced the letters onto 36g aluminum metal from Ten Seconds Studio. Emboss and deboss with tools. Attach the heavy duty adhesive to the back, and THEN cut out the letter. Very important tip there, it works best that way. Peel off the backing and lay the letter on top, carefully placing evenly around the edges. Burnish the edges with a wooden skewer or bone folder.

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You can buy Ten Seconds Studio metal and tools online here.

http://tensecondsstudio.com/onlineretailers.html

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And it's done!!! Place in a prominent place in your home or studio, or give it to a budding artist as a gift!

Check out Wendy's blog for exciting information on HER OWN STAMP LINE FROM STAMPER"S ANONYMOUS!!!! YEA, WENDY!

My Interview with The Dabbling Mum

I just received an email that Alyice Edrich of the Dabbling Mum has published her interview that she took with me earlier on her site. If you have time, check it out. She has some wonderful interviews with people in all kinds of mediums and will have several more to come.

My interview is at: http://thedabblingmum.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-05-26T10%3A37%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=3. And her personal blog made my day with her comment.... Create Art for the Right Reasons!
http://www.alyiceedrich.com/2008/05/25/creativereasons . Thanks, Alyice!


Here is the Garden Angel that Erin and Poppie made with Grungeboard on it. The angel has a golden Grungeboard butterfly and beaded body. Don't you love the sweet face Erin made for the lovely lady...and her white scalloped collar? The wire hair was a collaboration! And the butterfly is holding up great in the outdoors!

And I finally got the battery charged enough to get the birdhouse picture taken. I used really great foamies by Making Memories ! Really crisp for a foam stamp...and the wrens are enjoying the unit!

Be well.....keep Wendy's Rick in your thoughts and prayers as he is still recovering from his eye surgery...hang in there Rick!!!!!!

Published in Altered Arts!

Boy this has been a long time in happening, but what can you say. This is a collage box that I did with Collections vintage photos, a metal canvas corner and lots of beads and wire. I really love doing this type of project. The wooden trim is from the dollhouse section in the hobby store and painted with various acrylic paints. The eyelets have wires joining the pictures together and mounted on wooden blocks to bring the images forward.

I can post it now that the May/June issue of Altered Arts has arrived at my doorstep. Thanks to everyone there for using my little work of Altered Art!

And if you have time, I'm on the Vintaj blog page featuring my journals. They did a nice job there....appreciate that, girls! http://www.vintaj.com/wpblog/

St Louis Tag Book Class

The class for Mar. 30th at For Keep Sakes has a bit of a change. The Sketch book has been discontinued, and so we had to go looking for another book to add our little Fragments to. And here it is!!!! The 7Gypsies tag book!!! It's a bit larger, with tag shaped pages, and it still has between 11 and 12 Fragments that will fit on the front. These are made with just scraps of paper from other projects, and lots of "junk" hanging on the spine....Grungeboard, chipboard, wooden letters, beads, and other surprises. Plenty of Stampers Anonymous stamps here. The baby is by Endless Creations, and ART by Hampton Art.Altered is by Stamping Sensations and the star is from Collections. Then to fill in, I added dots!!! Lots of white accents to contrast with the dark distress ink. Lots of tips and techniques to be in this fun class.

Mini Misters Holder

DH made me a holder for my Mini Misters ! Very simple, according to him and pretty crude, but it works for me. He used the drill press for the holes and I had to add some Crackle Paint and embossed metal to the sides. Getting ready for classes, and tomorrow is Wendy's classes in Bloomington. Will be great fun! Hope to see some of you there....you should not miss these!!!

Have a great day...and create!

Happy Birthday Michelle!

Today is my oldest daughter, Michelle's Bday! And we did Christmas, too, since we have people in the service sector that have to work on Christmas Eve. Here I am with the 3 oldest grandkids in my studio CREATING!!! We used Grundgeboard, Crackle Paints, flowers, brads and painted wood boxes, frames and a mini clipboard. Alex LOVED the Crackle paint, especially when he finally got to hit it with the heat tool!

We have our good duds covered with our paint shirts so we don't get in trouble with the mom's. Emma, the 3yr old, has already done her "Aut Prawject" and is back with Dora the Mermaid doll. Erin is the master of dots with paint and Brit has the designing eye for color and simplicity. We had a GREAT time and they were Nana's little angels all day!

All Crackled out for the day!

Here are just a few of the things I crackled late last night. Still thinking about what to put on canvas, it's way too cool to cover up!!! Will maybe just look at it for awhile first....and enjoy...as no one else could! HA! The colors are not very true, no matter what I did, the Mahogany Crackle Paint looked burnt orange. But those of you who know the true colors will understand. The green star looks gold...not understanding this at all...Rachel where are you?!??! The Faded Jeans crackle REALLY looks faded! Thought I'd take it with some daylight today, but there is nothing but sheets of rain coming down...absolutely no sun today!

Be sure to check out Tim's blog...it's a gift in unto itself!!!!