Paper arts,gardening,NASCAR
This is an 81/2 x 11 1/2 Canvas featuring my paternal Grandmother and the children she raised alone after her husband died in a hunting related accident.
Third from top is my Dad and below that is my Dad with my Auntie Maude. They were very close all their lives.
The document shown is a scan of the original marriage licence. I still have it in the Family Bible.
I feel very fortunate to have these photos and to be able to do something creative to showcase part of my heritage.
From my stash.
This is an older photo album purchased in a used book store/
It is 
like a child’s board book. Pages are rigid. Cut outs are already cut to hold photos etc.The image loads from the top.
Pages are 5×8 inches.
The objective is to use this book to alter.
This is the page above after lightly sanding and coating with gesso.
One page complete.
serendipity [ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪtɪ]n the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident
When I found this paper,I immediately remembered this stamp.-serendipidous
My take on the sketch.
The images were gifted to me by a friend who owns the stamps. That would be “My pal Kal”. I will find out the maker and insert it later.
How it developed.
I chose the images first. Next I chose the papers. The orangey background came included in a copy of Stampington Studio. Each image is mounted on bamboo design then Asian mat design paper.
I then chose the colors for the Geisha.
Copic markers were used for coloring.
Stamps by Beeswax Stamps
I purchased the film strip die by Tim Holtz.
Of course I just had to play.This involved downloading images of Audrey Hepburn from the internet. Saving and sizing the images to fit the openings in the film strip. I used double sided tape to adhere the film strip sections to the background The sprocket holes along the edge were sticky from the adhesive so I used fine clear glitter to cover the tape. Doesn’t show on the scan, but it is there.
This started out as a colored image downloaded from the internet and saved.
I uploaded it into Digital Imaging (Graghics program)
I then went to the “effects” command and made it black and white.
I then made it into the negative. Played with the contrast a bit and this is what it looks like.
The original.
This card is for a swap on OSA (Oriental Stamp Artists)
The stamp is by About Art Accents.They have just released four mini sheets honoring The Year of the Rabbit.Lots of layering but kind of unconventional.
There is a link to About Art Accents on the home page of this blog.
Below,I will post the other cards I made for Year of the Rabbit.
Fan blade template from Stampington Studio website,
Choose heavy card stock and trace and cut out 6-8 fan blades.
I used one main image and several background images.
Make all blades the same. Fasten with a brad .
Add an embellishment to cover the brad if you wish
Tassels and fibers are nice.
I created a case to hold the fan.’
What is a Scrappling?
A folded card made of scrap paper resulting other projects.
Size 1 1/2 “x 8 1/2 “,folded to become 1 1/2x 4 1/4 inches.
Gift tags perhaps?
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