Posts Tagged ‘yellow’
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
Here are my last Mermaid themed cards for Mer-May. I’ve made two more card using the Seas the Day stamps and dies from Hello Sweetums. They are an Australian based company but not to worry if you’re in the US you can get them on-line at Simon Says Stamp and Butterfly Reflections Ink.
For my first card shown above I created a fun scene inspired by The Little Mermaid during the “Under the Sea” scene, using the seaweed to create a wreath around my mermaid adding in all the sea creatures and shells swimming around. I colored my images with alcohol based markers and white heat embossed my sentiment.
For my next card I wanted it to look like you were looking out of a porthole on a submarine at a mermaid swimming by and being a Beatles fan I used yellow cardstock for a Yellow Submarine. I made my porthole with 2 concentric circle dies and brads. Opening the card shows the entire underwater scene inside on an ink blended background with torn cardstock sand. I colored my images with alcohol based markers adding touches with a white gel pen.
-Heather
Tags:card, card making, die cutting, hello sweetums, ideas, little mermaid, mer-may, mermaid, stamped, stamping, stamps, submarine, yellow
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
I love to incorporate stamping with my mixed media collages. Here’s some more info on how I made these fun Halloween wall decorations.
Using a vintage BINGO card as a base I stamped tiny stars all over in black ink. I made a copy of a vintage photo and tinted the girls clothes with alcohol markers, added witch hat brads to their heads and also some vintage book text. I layered this onto black cardstock trimmed with deckle edge scissors and adhered it to my bingo card. For the medallion I layered a plain punched circle from yellow cardstock onto a scalloped circle from black cardstock and on top of that I adhered a black cat which I stamped onto white cardstock, embossed using black embossing powder and cut out. To the top corners of the bingo card I added some large eyelets and tied some ribbon to hang it from.
For this card I did similar treatments on the photo, card and hanger but instead of the medallion I added some triangles cut from purple and yellow cardstocks and added stamped letters to each flag to spell out “BOO!”.
Both of these (and a few other Halloween themed collages) are currently available here in my Etsy shop.
Tags:altered art, art, bingo, collage, decor, decoration, etsy, halloween, hand made, hanging, home decor, magic, mixed media, paper, purple, recycled, upcycled, wall hanging, witch, witches, yellow
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Thursday, July 19th, 2012
I got out my bees wax last week and made some encaustic collages.
The first is on a small 3×3 canvas with a blue bird and cage on vintage music sheet paper and a quote from William Blake. I coated the entire front with melted wax and then wrapped the edges with ribbon and added a vintage wooden game piece.
This next one I wanted to look like a page from a naturalists notebook. It’s a small canvas board on top of a larger canvas board, both covered in wax. The quote is on fabric and I added some faux grass for the nest, some scrabble tiles, part of a wooden measuring stick and ink pen nib.
Tags:, altered, art, bees wax, bird, blue, canvas, collage, eggs, encaustic, mixed media, paper, quote, vintage, willam blake, yellow
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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, June 7th, 2012
Wanted to share a couple of William Blake inspired collages I made recently. I love this quote!
The first one is available in my Etsy shop, the smaller one has sold already.
-Heather
Tags:altered, art, assemblage, bird, blue, cage, canvas, collage, crown, crowned, fly, mixed media, music sheet, paper, quote, soar, tape measure, vintage, william blake, yellow
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
Here’s a card I made recently for my mom for her birthday, she loves fairies as much as I do and she loves bees and gardening so I thought she’d love this little pixie and bee from Sweet November stamps. The sentiment is from MFT and the pattern paper is from Echo Park.
-Heather
Tags:bee, card, cards, crafts, echo park, fairies, fairy, floral, flower, greeting, MFT, paper, pixie, stamped, stamping, sweet November, yellow
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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, February 1st, 2012
Here’s a few Art Cards I made with a cool new bird cage stamp. In the first two I used a template and patterned paper and cut out the bodice of a dress and added it to the top of the cage so it would look like a vintage “cage” dress form. I added a bird inside the cage and a tiny wire hanger to hang it from.
This card uses a quote from William Blake and I added a blue bird and some tiny black alphabet beads.
-Heather
Tags:ACEO, art, art card, artist trading cards, ATC, bird, blue, cage, caged, collage, dress, etsy, fly, form, mannequin, mixed media, quote, red, soar, william blake, yellow
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Just a quick post to share a sweet little Art Card. It’s a fairy holding out her pretty dress to show it off, she’s got big yellow wings and a bow on her head with a rhinestone. I added a stamped plaque with the word Dream. It’s on green cardstock and paper torn from a vintage French text book.
Tags:ACEO, art card, artist trading card, fairy, green, yellow
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