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    A second look: Dream world

    September 2, 2016 - By 

    Today I’d like to give a second look to the art piece that I eventually edited to become my blog banner.

    I know I’ve said it before about some of my other artwork but this is one of my favorites. I guess I should say that I have lots of favorites. Different mediums, styles, challenges, etc…they all seem to have a stand out for me. A piece that I’m happy to share over and over. Obviously, I’m happy with this one otherwise it wouldn’t have become my banner.

    Take a look….eyes

    11/9/2009

    I love playing in this board book. I’ve been using a Kelly Rae inspired background technique on all the pages. The book has no other theme or direction. Maybe I should call it Random Inspiration. Hey, I like that!

    The little girls came from a sewing book. The watering can girl reminded me a Alice in Wonderland. It all came together in my mind after that.

    It feels a little trippy to me. All it needs is the caterpillar with his hookah.

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    And that boys and girls is how my blog banner came to be. 🙂

    Thanks for taking time out for Second on the 2nd this month hosted by Elizabeth.

    Secondlook

    I know I’ll be checking out the posts that others have dug up from their archives as well.

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    Random Inspiration

    November 13, 2009 - By 


    This entire book used scraps of book pages glued to the board book in a random fashion. I then use paint, stamps, markers, correction fluid and colored pencils to create my backgrounds.
    This is a Kelly Rae Roberts technique that I have absolutely fallen in love with.

    Before becoming a member of the UHU design team, I used to think gel medium was the only glue that I could use for this technique. After getting my sample glues, I discovered that the UHU twist & glue works perfectly! No more messed up brushes or the oh so wonderful…walked away and left the top off the jar of gel medium. I was famous for that one. Did I mention I’m easily distracted…?

    I tried something a little different with the spine. I sewed 2 scraps of fabric together using decorative stitches on my machine. I put a couple of large eyelets near the top so I could attach some fun fibers and charms. I used the UHU twist & glue to attach the fabric spine to the front and back covers.

    I love how it turned out!

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    Fanciful Butterflies

    November 12, 2009 - By 

    I’ve now finished all the interior pages of my Random Inspiration board book.

    This here is the latest.

    The covers have yet to be done and I’d like to try something new and fun for the spine but haven’t quite that figured out yet.