I made some fun Valentines. The wood was painted and text was transferred to create a soft background. Then I added polymer hearts, birds and vintage buttons and tied with a hand-dyed silk ribbon. For the pendants I used glass blanks and transferred vintage photos and hand-tinted the color. For a dimensional accent, a tiny flatback Swarovski crystal was added to the front.
My neighbor has a beautiful yard that blooms every spring with an amazing array of lovelies. Last year I took my camera over and snapped some flower shots. Finally was able to use them in a vellum, paint, paper, collage. The dots give cohesion and serve as a motif. A versatile new series.
Last night I got to go to an art event for the art docents at my child’s school. It was hosted by Susan Cyr at Seahorse Studio. Susan does beautiful silk paintings and specializes in undersea scenes. She also teaches art classes. She led us through an exercise for producing abstract work- and it was thoroughly fun.
Working on a new series where I start with an acrylic wash. Then I add text and object elements. I took the photos of the hydrangea and cupcake myself then enhanced with white pencil to give a sketchy look. Not sure what another word/theme could be since I like to have a trio in each series…
I’ve just finished some line art that I’m going to carve into stamps. After the stamps are carved, I’ll be able to decorate the envelopes for my card sets. I’m through with using store-bought stamps for my designs.
UPDATE: Here they are carved and stamped on paper. I like how the stamp material comes through the design with rough artifacts. They also look good on colored paper. I got the carving blocks from MisterArt.
Here’s a collection of images that I had printed into stickers at MOO.com. They turned out great and I plan to use them as envelope seals for my cards. The cool thing about Moo is that they can print a sheet of tear out stickers with different images on each sheet. So fun!!!
I made these cards for my sister to give out after she receives baby shower gifts. I work in layers of paint and paper and then combine illustrative or photographic elements for a soft, textured look.
I’m doing some cards for a friend of mine who recently rescued a beautiful Golden Retriever from Homeward Pets. Here is the first of three designs. I started with photos that I took of flowers and then with some pictures of Kayla. I printed the images out on vellum to give them a softer look. I played around with collaging the paper images on a painted background and then scanned them. I think the cards have a sweet, vibrant look that matches Kayla herself.
This lovely lady was transferred using an inkjet printed transparency that was rubbed onto a painted scrap of wood with a bone folder. I love how she came out looking like a delicate pencil sketch.
