• Blog - Crafts

    Little bits of creativity

    September 8, 2011 - By 

    I’ve been working on a few things over the last couple weeks.

    I made the cover for my ABC_alteredbookclub 8th Anniversary swap book. I’m waiting on the last page to arrive before binding.
    I used Citra Solv paper for the background then cut the flower from a photograph I took a few years ago.
    I added the paper flower and “Joy” brad for interest.

    Since we have a few September birthdays in our family I’ve been busy making cards. This one is for my mom. She loves butterflies and flowers.

    Lastly, I’ll share a little peek at a mixed-media painting I’ve been working on. It’s not finished…definitely a work in progress.

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    Painting…Tests of Significance

    May 2, 2011 - By 


    I had been planning to stain the deck today…well actually we were going to start yesterday…but it’s been  so cold that at times there are snow flurries in the air.

    I already had “painting” on the brain, so I decided to work on a canvas that I’d covered over the previous painting with gesso and left for the past…well, forever.

    Earlier today I took this photo while trying to decide what else it needed.

    I took a “type” rubber stamp to it in a couple of places and then decided I hated it. I then grabbed a wet rag to try to scrub the ink off in places. As I was scrubbing I was liking the effect. More scrubbing and I was liking it even better.

    After all the scrubbing, I did go back and add a few more bits of paint here and there.

    There are lots of layers on this canvas…just the way I like them. Lots of wrinkles from tissue paper, some modeling paste, book page scraps and the found text that has become the title of the piece.

  • Art - Blog - Creativity

    Quote pages

    March 6, 2011 - By 


    After a little nudge…I thought I’d show some of my pages. Some of these have been shown on the blog before quite a while ago. The rest were made in my pre-blogging days.

    I’m only showing my pages as I didn’t ask permission from the others to display their work.

    Please forgive the weird formatting…not sure whats up with the pictures and why they won’t go where I want them!