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Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
I found the cutest little canvas boards at the craft store a few weeks ago! I’ve used the larger sizes for a long time and was thrilled to find these mini ones. I personally like boards instead of stretched canvas for a lot of projects, they are sturdy and “firm”, you don’t have that sagging in the middle of a regular canvas.
I thought they were the perfect size for magnets so I made a couple of birds and a fairy one too. Perfect for a little art on your fridge or file cabinet.
These are currently available in my Etsy Shop.
-Heather
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, bird, blue, boards, canvas, cnavas, collage, fairies, fairy, mixed media, yellow
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Here’s my latest collage piece inspired by Tim Gunn’s famous Project Runway quote: “Make it Work!”. The painted wooden tag in the middle has a paper dress with a tiny vintage button that’s hanging on a little wire hanger with a paper tag. I used a lot of vintage sewing items to embellish it like part of a tape measure, spool and wooden clothes pin. The background paper is vintage music sheet.
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, brown, canvas, clothes pin, collage, dress, hanger, mixed media, project runway, quote, seamstress, sewing, spool, tan, tim gunn, vintage, wood, wooden
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Awhile ago at an antique shop I picked up a stack of vintage Jello mould tins and have been staring at them trying to figure out what to make. Here’s my first idea, I turned them on their sides and put captured fairies in them with a ribbon loop at the top to hang them from. I added some vintage paper at the back and some faux grass at their feet. I think they turned out pretty sweet.
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, blue, captured, caught, collage, fairies, fairy, jello, mixed media, mould, ornament, tin, trapped, vintage, yellow
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Here’s another collage inspired by Emily Dickinson. This one is on a chunky canvas and I tried something new for the background, I stitched organza fabric onto of the vintage music paper. I think it adds a nice soft romantic touch. The focal point is a stained wooden tag with vintage book paper, a silhouette on canvas, the quote and a bird charm. I also added a muslin flower with a vintage button and wrapped some lace around the canvas too.
Tags:3D, art, assemblage, bird, canvas, collage, emily dickinson, fabric, flower, lace, mixed media, organza, painted, paper, quote, tag, vintage, wood, wooden
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Here’s another recent collage. Guess I’m on a quote kick, this one is inspired by a William Blake quote. It’s on 5″ x 7″ canvas board painted grey with vintage music sheet background. The cage is on a transparency and it’s embellished with a silver bird charm, metal key, metal clip, vintage measuring tape and letter beads.
Tags:3D, art, assemblage, beads, bird, cage, clip, collage, fly, gray, grey, key, mixed media, paper, quote, silver, soar, vintage, william blake
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
I adore Emily Dickinson’s poetry. This collage was inspired by one of her most famous quotes. It’s on a 5″ x 7″ canvas board. The main images are of a bird cage and womans silhouette with a bird sitting on top of the cage. I embellished it with vintage measuring tape, a flower I made from muslin and a vintage button and a fountain pen nib.
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, bird, cage, canvas, collage, distressed, emily dickinson, flower, hope, measuring tape, mixed media, paper, pen nib, quote, shabby, tattered, vintage
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
I am in love with my latest creation using my Silhouette machine! I used white heat flocking material, die cut everything and ironed it onto a long sleeve t-shirt. The font is Constantia and the wand image is from Silhouette. Isn’t it awesome!?
Tags:die cut, die cuts, die cutting, harry potter, ollivander's, shirt, silhouette, t-shirt, tee, wand, wands
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Friday, July 1st, 2011
For while I’ve been admiring an art style that I can only describe as “primitive mixed media girls”. It’s a mixture of paint, paper, embellishments, etc. hand draw and cut into the shapes of girls with a very “prim” look. I’ve decided even though I don’t think I’m very proficient at drawing (or even painting) that I’d like to give this style a go. This is my first attempt at it, so please don’t be too harsh 🙂 I’m pretty happy with the results for a first try, I need to work on my painting techniques for sure!
Since I love Alice in Wonderland so much I thought she’d be a good place to start. On watercolor paper I drew the basic shape of the girl with a pencil then painted her in with acrylic paints and highlighted with Gelato sticks. I then cut out her clothes, glued them down and traced over all the edges with a fine tip black micron pen. Then I cut her out adding a bow and vintage button. Next I glued her to a painted canvas, adding the definition for “curious” cut from a vintage dictionary.
Tags:, alice, canvas, collage, curious, cut out, mixed media, paint, paper, prim, primative, wonderland
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Playing around my my Silhouette die cutting machine and some black heat transfer material. I ironed the images onto unbleached muslin (which is hard to tell from the photo, the glass has some glare) and then put them in simple black frames. The deer image is from Silhouette, the fox is an independent file from the Wishblade Yahoo group, the font is called “elephant”, I love that font!
hanging above my Twilight calendar in my studio:)
Tags:black, deer, die cut, die cutting, fabric, fox, foxy, framed, heat transfer, muslin, silhouette
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Melting wax that is. I decided I hadn’t played with bees wax for awhile so I got my little crock pot out and played around with it the other day. I made some more captured fairy in a jar art cards, like I did in the past, dipping the collaged jars into the bees wax, they always turn out cute. I also did a bird collage I’m really happy with. I started with a wooden tag and collaged vintage music sheet and images of a bird and egg and the word “fly” cut from a vintage book. Then I took a brush and covered the tag with the melted wax. One of the cool things about wax is it can be remelted. So in a couple spots were it was too thick and cloudy I used my heat tool and melted it a bit to thin it out. You can also use a mini iron to melt the wax as well. I then added some game pieces that spell “egg” and faux grass for a nest. I covered a 5 x 7 canvas board in vintage dictionary paper, mounted the tag in the middle on cardstock and then added a few vintage buttons.
Here’s a couple of my fairy art cards:
doesn’t he look shocked to be captured?:
and this is my bird and egg collage:
Tags:ACEO, art, art card, ATC, bees wax, beeswax, bird, buttons, canvas, captured, collage, egg, encaustic, fairy, fly, jar, mixed media, paper, tag, vintage, wood, wooden
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