Hope you had an exciting Independence Day!
Even though the moon is waning, my creativity just doesn't want to slow down.
Here are pictures of two new collages I have started. Plus several new ATC's.
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| New Rubber stamp from Hobby Lobby. On sale for only $4.28.Sta |
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| Stamped with Martha Stewart Black Pigment Ink on scrapbook paper. | Over glazed with pearlescent acrylic paint. |
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| Same technique as previous image on different scrapbook paper and different color of acrylic paint. |
The next two pictures are of the substrate I will be using for the new collage projects.
I used 140 lbs. cold press watercolor paper, and grabbed my grand-daughters extra large set of watercolors. Both substrates need to be pressed flat before I add the ephemera and stamped image.
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| Substrate for collage. Watercolor under pearlescent acrylic paint, then scraped with a frosting designer tool. |
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| Substrate for collage. Same technique as previous substrate with different colors and frosting tool. |
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| Ephemera I will make the collage with before I add the stamped image. |
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| Experimental background for a third collage. Made with the same techniques as the first two. The raised areas give an impression of embossing. I used gesso with some floral stencils, then over glazed it all with pearlescent gold acrylic paint, wiping the acrylic from the gessoed areas. I really love this effect. |
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| Several ATC's being made along with the collages. |
These last sets of pictures are of my new craft area. My husband and I started and finished hanging the white shelves last November. There is a great deal of work needing to be done since I have to share this space with our exercise equipment and the grand-childrens toys and such.
But
it is a work in progress. Once we shift furniture from several other
rooms to our storage unit, then the exercise equipment gets moved to my
husbands office. And that means lots more room for my craft supplies.
The yarn storage components are made with recycled heavy cardboard
boxes. I taped them together on the front and back with brown packaging
tape. Then, secured the top and bottom with a liberal amount of
horizontal strips of the packaging tape. I think I will put pretty
little curtains over the front to keep the yarn dust and debris free.
Right now the material is kind of bunched up: folded nicely in plastic keepers, and wrapped with a flannel sheet to protect it from dust, or stored in recycled zippered bed sheet bags. I really have to find a more satisfactory solution in storing the fabric. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
I've
stored lots more fabric, and clothing I plan to recycle into projects,
in our storage unit. And that will come out soon to find a new home in
my craft room.
This is my messy work table for now. I usually work on our dining room table where I have a wonderful eastern window with excellent lighting. However, the dining room table was nearly covered with all my supplies while I was making my Mixed Media Summer Solstice Art Tags, and I thought it would be nice to actually use the table for dining for a while before I begin my next big projects.
Which by the way, the Art Tags and most of my other crafts are on sale through July. Please go to:
You may just find something you really, really love and want to buy it.
Just thought I would add this collage. It is a fairly recent project and the one I use as the main attraction picture for my Artfire shop. It is acrylic on canvas, with bits of thread sprinkled throughout, and vintage floral stickers decoupaged upon the acrylic. I especially like the imprint of the stamped bubble wrap at the bottom. You will see more of that technique in the two new collages. Maybe even the third.
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That is all for now. Thanks for reading and viewing!
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