Hanging Out in the Sun

Ξ August 19th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Altered Art, Art-tastic, For The Kingdom, Supplies/Techniques, The Great Outdoors! |

♥ Hanging out in the Sun ♥

This is a shadow box created using an upcycled paper towel roll. I sliced the roll lengthwise with scissors and used my spray mister to lightly moisten the cardboard. (don’t get it too wet or the layers will come apart.) I then flattened it out using a towel which also helps to absorb extra moisture. I layered the cardboard with text pages from a discarded cheesy novel using matte finish mod podge. Once the sheet of mod podge was dry I made a box out of the cardboard … I intentionally made it “imperfect” so I’d have a shabby chic box when I was done.  After the box was complete I added extra strips of text papers to disguise the cuts and folds in the box. Next came the paint. I overloaded my brush with blue paint and globbed it at the inside top of the box. Then using my spray mister again I misted the paint just enough to get it to drip down the inside of the box. After this was dry I used a lighter shade of blue to finish the box.


I used twine to create the clothesline and made a flower from pieces of ripped collage papers. I enhanced the papers with acrylic paints, glitters and rhinestones, and added torn leaves to finish it off. Using a miniature clothespin I hung the flower from the twine.

For the bottom of the box I used Beadz and Martha Stewart confetti. I used a paper rose that I had which I painted yellow and highlighted with orange… I glued on a leave and added a twist of wire. I tucked some dried flowers along side the rose and put this all on top the ripped leaves that I had glued to the backing.

To finish it off I added the “dream” which is ripped from a torn paper tissue and then sprinkled the back of the box with some purple and blue rhinestones.

I love how this turned out. It was a really raw experience to create this as I started with “garbage.” You really and truly can go from Trash to Treasure. This will be on Etsy later today so I hope you drop in to smell the flowers…  The dried purple Statice is scented with lavender oil so it’s truly a feast for the senses!

 

Toys, Toys, and more Toys!

Ξ August 9th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, ATC, Journal Jazz, Supplies/Techniques, Tammy's Toys |

♥ This Just In! ♥

YAY! Just in time for a play date! I’m very excited about all of these goodies. I’ve been eying these art journals for about a year now and found them on sale at Jerry’s so I plucked two from the heap and tossed them in my online cart! What a joy. I’ve not been journaling at all since finished my last journal. I tried a Moleskin journal but I really was unimpressed. I favor the spiral journals for their versatility and ease of use, and now I have two to keep me busy for a good long while.

I’m in the middle of packaging and varnishing some orders that I got over night so I’m rather rushed. I do have a toy to share today other than the ones I just got via UPS. I bought this to varnish for my hubs boss… He makes large scale model airplanes… this is a thank you as he gave us a beautiful antique desk that will be used by our college boarder come autumn. I’ll take a picture of the gorgeous desk tomorrow. =)

Until then…. Come fly with me! Come fly, come fly away!  See you tomorrow with more chatter.  =)

 

Laguna Ice Poppies

Ξ August 3rd, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, ATC, Etsy, Supplies/Techniques, The Great Outdoors!, Whispering Wednesday |

♥ Laguna Ice Poppies ♥

Here’s the ACEO of the day. This is done with illustration board, paints, papers, tissues, texture medium, silver tinsel glitter, gesso and a glass of cold iced tea (for the creator!) I absolutely love this one! The colors just speak to me. I’m taking this to a bigger level today too. I grabbed a big flat canvas I’ve had for …ever… and started in. I’ll photograph as I go.. it’s drying right now… see!

This is 16″ x 12″ and it’s going to be a very beautiful mess while I create… I have had blues and greens and yellows on my hands for the past few days… it’s gotten down into the beds of my fingernails…yep, I DO fingerpaint! Sometimes the fingers are the best blender brushes  you’ll ever find. And their always on hand! See what I did there? That would earn a much deserved groan in my house. But they’re used to me and actually wait for comments like that now. They know I’m out of sorts if I don’t make an odd comment now and again…. and again, and again.

I doubt this will be framed as it’s somewhat of a shabby chic style so I’ll likely drill holes and use fibers to hang it. I’ll probably put some fringe around the bottom too. I just love the textures of fibers, ribbons, stings and jutes, and yum! I think you know what I mean.

My Whispering Wednesday entry this week has arrived!

  • I’m taking a nap for lunch today. I was up REALLY late due to some ‘kids’ in the back area parking lot causing a ruckus.
  • My anxiety has been reeling it’s ugly head the past few weeks. I hope it’s not a sign of more to come.


 

Chaos in Pink

Ξ July 26th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Chatter, Supplies/Techniques, Tammy's Toys |

Yes… another Spam can completed. I used text pages for this one. I let my paintbrush lead me on what colors to use. … actually I used a baby wipe for application on this. I used some paper flowers I had in a light blue that I painted turquoise and purple… and the bling in the middle of each flower is literally a “Bling” sticker by Jolee’s. I glued them on as the sticky stuff on the back of the stickers has a tendency to get old and fall off over time. Glitter paint by Martha Stewart is brushed onto the flowers and the rim is painted with purple nail polish… and trimmed with some purple ribbon. And done! These can hold anything! Pencils, pens, any “desk/school” related item. They would also make awesome windowsill planters for herbs or small tabletop planters for nightstands, desks, tables, etc to accent your bedroom, dorm or girl cave. Each one has pretty much created itself so far and I’m working on the forth one today… Think Day of the Dead… Oh yeah! Talk about fun and funky.

Here’s the Chaos in Pink that I’m dealing with today. I have a ton of “little” projects going which makes for more mess than I can deal with. I tried to clean it up yesterday and had part of it done when I got a second wind of creative energy and all the cleanliness just hopped out my window… (that’s what I get for always having my window open!)  I really need to get some of these things wrapped up and taken care of because it’s messing with my brain’s feng shui.  I’ll have to get this cleaned tomorrow for sure… if not this evening. Today’s toy is my hippy headband… This is like a Where’s Waldo picture with cheats… if you look close enough you’ll see the beaded band I put around my hair when it’s driving me nuts and the fan is on blowing it in my eyes.

That’s it for today… I have many irons in the fire today so I need to go check to see if paints and glues are dried so I can move forward again. Until tomorrow! I hope you’re in a beautiful mess too!

 

Psalm Sunday

Ξ July 24th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Art-tastic, Challenges, For The Kingdom, Psalm Sunday, Supplies/Techniques, The Healing Garden |

♥ Psalm 2 ♥
I thought using a map for today’s Psalm was the perfect choice given the promise from God. This is from the NIV Bible and can be read here.  I used the TP cardboard and covered it with torn map pieces, tissue paper, paints, a golden moon sticker and a sprinkling of gold star confetti. I also rubber-stamped some countries onto the map before layering my tissue over them. I have a stack of these TP treasures piling up and will be laying some this coming week with vintage sheet music and some text pages from old books. It’s a very therapeutic process prepping the surface for creating on. It’s somehow very calming. I really enjoy it.

It’s going to be another hot day again today… bleh! (I so love when it rains!) I think I’ll hang out on the sofa with my Kindle in front of the air conditioner! So I’ll see you again tomorrow and hopefully it will be a tad cooler out.

Happy Sunday and God Bless You!

 

Toilet Paper Treasures!

Ξ July 15th, 2011 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Challenges, Chatter, For The Kingdom, Supplies/Techniques |

Using up-cycled toilet paper rolls I’m creating something that will be posted on Sunday… This is for my new Category that I hope will become a weekly posting. I took the TP roll and cut it with scissors lengthwise. Using a spray bottle with water I misted it until it was just pliable and flattened it using my hand. Then I did the same on the opposite side. I let them dry before applying layers of printed papers. I used a Trader Joe’s newsprint fryer for these. Next time I’m using vintage sheet music. After they dried I started by using very crumpled tissue paper and mod podge. I gently flattened out the tissue and used a mist of water from the spray bottle and adhered with mod podge on both bottom and top. Let dry again… and then the fun really began! Using different color schemes I used baby wipes, paper towels, fingers, paint brushes, bubble wrap and other found objects to apply paints. With some you can apply when they are both wet but with others because of the color difference it’s best to let them dry between coats or the colors become muddy.

After you’ve complete that part of the process you can pull out your embellishments and have fun! As these are not done yet I will give more detail about each one when I post them individually. As you can see in the photo the blue/green one has wet mod podge on the umbrella so I’m in play mode right now. I just wanted to take a bit of time to tell you not to toss the TP!  You can make ART on EVERYTHING!  Back tomorrow with an update on one thing or another… until then… God Bless You!

By the way… I got this idea from Hands and Heart and want to share her link.

 

Work in Progress

Ξ July 8th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Chatter, For The Kingdom, Supplies/Techniques, The Great Outdoors! |

♥ Work in Progress ♥

Here’s something off the beaten path that I usually travel. I found a tutorial with flowers in it and fell in love so I thought I’d try to make the flowers with this painting. You know how much I adore texture… I’m having a lot of fun layering and painting, and layering again! I adore bright and cheerful colors and might even find a place in the living room to hang this if it turns out the way I want. If this turns out as good as it is fun to create I’ll be over the moon happy!

I’m using a piece of beaten up wood that I gesso’d about three times. Then I layered it with super crumpled tissue paper, torn up decorative paper napkins and started with acrylic paints. I’m using torn circles using decorative papers and enhancing them with paints and stamps and whatever takes me creative eye. So far I’ve used acrylic paints, mod podge, gesso, and watercolor crayons and I’m not even half done.

Our weather is thankfully cooler again today and I’m so happy about that. I love opening the window, turning on my desk fan and wearing a hoody! I adore the chilly air. I could live outside with a campfire to keep me warm and a shelter to sleep in if I had to… as long as I had art to keep me company!

I’m fighting with my broken glasses today but at least I can *sort* of see unlike yesterday’s fiasco! I pray that my new specs come back perfect next week… and I also pray it IS next week… she made it sound like it could run into the following week… OY!  Okay enough complaining I guess… I’m going back to painting. God Bless you and thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!

 

Button, Button, Who’s got the Button!

Ξ June 30th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Challenges, Supplies/Techniques |



♥ Pencil Paradise ♥

Or whatever else you can imagine putting into a shabby chic, creatively crafted upcycled Spam can. Using  a brown paper bag I crinkle it up and semi smoothed it out and mod podged it to the can. Then I used a stencil and with orange and pink paints…. following up with black charcoal and a Q-tip for blending. I used the same technique around the edge that I used on the Jealous Heart can with the black nail polish. I then accented with some “sticker style tape in orange.” I sponged the bottom rim with waterproof black ink and used some black hemp to lace the circle themed button as the main accent.

These cans are going to be great for all room in your home as well as your office. They make great planters for small pop’s of greenery… great for Q-tips, Toothpaste and Toothbrushes in your bathroom, awesome for office supplies and cute for shelfs to hold things like matches for your candles, or anything that you want handy and readied at your fingertips in a classy container!

This is number 2 in a series of God only knows how many! I’ll have to Google Spam recipes so that the family won’t tire of the stuff and I’ll have my tin canvases to work with. Until tomorrow! God Bless!

 

Tiny Tiles

Ξ June 18th, 2011 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Big Eyed Girls, Challenges, Etsy, For The Kingdom, Greetings Line, Les Petite Dolls, Photography, Supplies/Techniques |

♥ Tiny Tiles ♥

Just one of the things I’ve made so far with my Tiny Tiles. I pinned this one to my “messenger-bag-style” purse.  FUN. I’m thinking I could make a mobile with these too!

That’s it for today. I just wanted to touch base and say hi. Tune in tomorrow for a preview of my latest WIP.

 

And the Winner is!

Ξ January 7th, 2011 | → 3 Comments | ∇ Around The House, Art-tastic, Big Eyed Girls, For The Kingdom, Fun with Food, Les Petite Dolls, Supplies/Techniques |


♥ Winner Winner Chicken Dinner ♥

Congratulations to Giggles for winning the give-away. Please contact me and let me know which painting you’d like to receive as your prize and I will be needing your address as well. I want to thank everyone who entered the give away and encourage you to keep coming back as I’ll be having more of them throughout the new year.

My work in progress is coming along nicely though I’m working at a slow pace as I’ve got other irons in the fire as well. Here’s this mornings peek at what I’ve done since the last look… She will be done this weekend. As I go… ideas grow and she decides her own fate so that’s what’s happening with her now.

If you read this blog often you already know of my space dilemma. I’ve purchased half of the bins I need to organize my hutch. And I’m in LOVE with them. Here they are in all the pinkness and glory!

I absolutely ADORE these bins. And I plan on putting like minded supplies in each one and making fancy tag art to attach to them so I know what’s in which bin. Not only will it be efficient but it will also be GORGEOUS! But then again… You know me and PINK! At $10.00 each I’m spreading out the purchase of these bins over the course of two weeks as to not break the piggy bank.

Here’s an FYI to make you drool. I’m making roasted chicken tonight with cottage potatoes. The perfect dinner for very cold January day. And… to make the evening even better.. there will be a brand new episode of Merlin tonight on SYFY! Finally! Happy TGIF to my fellow bloggers! Have an awesome day!

 

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