Friday 31 December 2010

Itineraries 51 & 52

Well, as it's the last day of the year I thought I had better post my last two Art Journal Caravan pieces. I have just returned from visiting family so I haven't had time to create mixed media pages for the last two weeks, but here are my digital pages.

Credits: T Baxter & A Sexton @ SBG; overlay by Flergs @ SBG

Credits: T Baxter & A Sexton @ SBG

Monday 27 December 2010

Abstract art


I created this piece by pasting some tin foil onto a piece of foam-board and then drawing some patterns into it. I then used acylic and metallic paints to decorate it.

Sunday 26 December 2010

Santa plaque

Happy Boxing Day, everyone!


Well, I hope Santa visited and brought you something nice!

Saturday 25 December 2010

Happy Christmas!

Credits: Nativity scene - Dover; greeting - Pringle Hill.

Friday 24 December 2010

Memory box

I finished this a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't been able to take a photo of it until now because the light has been so poor!

It started out as a plain brown papier mache box, 12 x 12 inches.

I started by gluing crumpled brown paper onto the lid, to give some texture. I primed the entire box with gesso and then painted it with acrylic paint. Then it started getting interesting, first adding the collage and then using various colours of acrylic and metallic paints to give it a shabby chic look. To finish I added the picture and lined the inside base. Hope you like it!



Thursday 23 December 2010

Wintry pages

Credits: journal & words from 'Snowfall' by Rosey Posey @ SBG; scene & penguin from 'Winter Serenade' by Totally Wild Dezinez @ Deviant Scrap

Credits: All elements from 'Snowfall' by Rosey Posey @ SBG

Wednesday 22 December 2010

Sunday 19 December 2010

Santa

This is my digital piece for Sunday Postcard Art this week.

Credits: trees - Totally Wild Dezinez @ Deviant Scrap; Santa - Dover; greeting - Pringle Hill; background - Sherrie JD @ Deviant Scrap

Saturday 18 December 2010

Art Journal Caravan 50

Well, I can't believe there are only two weeks to go! Here are my two, very different, pieces for week fifty (a little late), firstly mixed media and then digital.


Thursday 16 December 2010

Metal postcard

Here is a postcard I made for a swap.


I started by colouring and stamping the postcard and adding the tape down the right-hand side. I then embossed the metal by running it through my Cuttlebug with a Ten Seconds Studio mould. I tore it across the middle, attached it to the postcard and then tidied the edges by running a patterned wheel tool over them. The butterflies were made by sticking the metal to card and then die-cutting and embossing them. Colour was added to both the butterflies and the sheet of metal by lightly swiping over the raised surfaces with alcohol ink. This removed the coloured surface and added the greeny turquoise colours. To finish, I made a hole in the top left-hand corner, attached an eyelet and threaded ribbon through it.

Wednesday 15 December 2010

The odd couple

A tongue-in-cheek digital collage for The Three Muses who wanted us to portray an odd couple. Can you imagine these two running an amusement arcade?!!

Credits: all elements from Junk Yard by Sherrie JD @ Deviant Scrap; overlay from V Lim

Monday 13 December 2010

Take a Word 7

Childhood is the word this week and I have created a digital autumnal piece (a bit out of season, I know!) of children playing with leaves. As a child I always used to enjoy walking through piles of dropped leaves and kicking them up (and occasionally still do!).

Blowing in the Wind kit by Studio Berna & Scrappie Irene @ SBG

Sunday 12 December 2010

Robin

This is my contribution to Sunday Postcard Art this week.

Credits: Trees - Totally Wild Dezinez @ Deviant Scrap; background & icicles - Rosey Posey @ SBG

Friday 10 December 2010

Itinerary 49

This week we were given the challenge to make our pages in the shape of a gothic arch. The prompt was 'nurture'. First, my mixed media page.


And now my digital one.

Credits: T Baxter & A Sexton @ SBG

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Flowers

Credits: flowers from 'Fieldnotes' by T Baxter @ SBG

This is my piece for the Three Muses this week. Hope you like it!

Monday 6 December 2010

Take a Word 6

Mail is the word this week and I have made a piece of mail art. I started off with an acrylic background that I made a while ago. I then applied some digital filters and printed it out onto sticky labels. I stuck three of these labels onto a plain postcard and outlined them in black and finished it by signing it.

Sunday 5 December 2010

Toys

That's what Sunday Postcard Art wants us to focus on this week. Here is my digital piece.

Credits: girl & frame - Ruby Rynne; words - Totally Wild Dezinez @ Deviant Scrap

Mabel looked as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but she was actually very naughty and kept throwing her toys away, except for her doll, her rubber duck and a couple of dice.

Saturday 4 December 2010

Itinerary 48

As you will see, the prompts from Srt Journal Caravan this week were about blue moons and gazing. First my mixed media piece, for which I used an acrylic background and then soft pastels, water-soluble pastels and pens.


Now for my digital piece.

Credits: T Baxter & A Sexton @ SBG

Thursday 2 December 2010

ACF 98

For their last challenge of the year Art Creations Friday have supplied this background.


I have used two copies in my piece, but changed them rather substantially by applying various filters. The background creates the lovely texture in my background.

Credits: elements - Blowing in the Wind kit by Berna & Scrappie Irene @ SBG; overlay - V Lim

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Movies

When The Three Muses announced the theme this week as movies I was stumped as I don't have any elements directly related to films, but then I started thinking! One of my favourite films is Roman Holiday, featuring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. She is a Princess who 'escapes' for a day and has a lot of fun doing normal touristy things. So I decided to go for a piece with a flavour of happy memories in Rome. Hope this suits!

Credits: Travel around the World kit by Studio Manu @ SBG