Tag : mixed-media
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Feeling the need to do something creative, I cleaned off my workspace and grabbed my pile of book text scraps. The substrate is cardboard packaging that I obsessively save.
I decided to try out my UHU glue stic for this experiment. I knew I wanted to play with my watercolor crayons but have had issues with other glues releasing the papers from the substrate after getting wet. While wet there was a slight amount of lifting or warping but to my great delight, it dried completely flat! I believe I have found a new glue for this technique.
I’m loving the layered look. I used watercolor crayons, paint, correction pen, metallic marker, colored pencil, China crayon and rubber stamps on this piece.
I found these bowls at my folks house and asked if I could have them. I didn’t mention what I intended to do with them. I’m guessing I wouldn’t have been given the blessing to take them if mom had known I’d be breaking them.
I put on a face shield and went to work over the outside garbage can with my tile nippers. Cutting up dishes is a messy job!
I started with the Merlot bowl since we don’t like Merlot. It was my trial piece. I was able to figure out how the bowl would break without ruining the ones I intended to use.
I knew I wanted to use this frame.
It previously looked like this.
It hung by the front door for several years but now my collage frame hangs in the spot. That meant it was time for a makeover.
I made the cut and am one of two new UHU Gluers!
What does that mean, you ask. (I heard you…)
It means I’m part of their design team.
**Doing the happy dance over here.**
I found out yesterday but have been waiting to say anything until my project and step-by-step instructions was posted on the UHU blog.
Thanks so much UHU for issuing the challenge. I’m looking forward to working with UHU for as long as they will have me.
This is the latest page in my AB101 book. Still not back on track with working on the lessons I missed but there is lots of room left in the book.
These flowers were cut from a cute little hat my daughter wore. She completely wrecked it at some point and it was recently discovered under her bed. Hmmm… Wonder how it got there. Busted! The little stinker.
The journalling reads:
Free to dream, to reach for the sky.
May each and every one of us have that great opportunity set before us and have the strength to grab hold.
Well, as much as I can share for now.
Stay tuned…
These are a bunch of thirft store frames that I attached together to form one large grouping. I then sprayed the whole unit black. Then the whole works sat in the storage room for WAY LONGER than I care to mention until today.
I put together some pictures I had laying around with a pressed flower piece I threw together and TA-DA, something new for the wall. See what happens when you have a cold and rainy day!!
Get it!?! Awh, never mind. My sense of humor is a little dry at times.
I used punches to create the leaves and flowers. I had a great book about the Caribbean that provided the colorful images. The yellow was a spectacular tropical fish.
I only used a spot of glue in the center of each of the punched pieces. The glue made them curl a little which unexpectedly gave them great dimension.