OWL ART- NEW COLLAGE SHEET "INTO THE WOODS"

Owls are my absolute favorite bird.  I think it must be the round head and big eyes that draw me to them.  These art pieces showcase the images in my latest collage sheet.  All of the images on the piece above are from the new sheet.  As a further embellishment, I added sugared mini blooms and moss.  To keep the moss from falling apart I spray it with aerosol hairspray.  I suggest aerosol as the spray is finer than a pump spray.

The owl and rabbit are from the new sheet and the dark leaves are from my Falling Leaves collage sheet.  I coated the dead tree cut-outs and the leaves with Diamond Dust.  The snowflakes were cut from snowflake garland.  I stamped the background paper with a bare tree rubber stamp. 

INTO THE WOODS COLLAGE SHEET

The collage sheet features owls, squirrels, rabbits, leaves, acorns, pine cones and mushrooms.   Click on the image below to purchase.

FALL ART

I started these two fall-themed pieces last year.  I kind of got stuck on how I wanted to finish them so I put them aside and moved on to Christmas art.

I used images of leaves and birds, leaf trim, sequin leaves, and beads to decorate the piece.  The door in the back is a rub-on transfer I made.  Also in the background is an image of a picture frame that I cut in half.  Most of the images for both of the pieces are from my collage sheets.

The green man at the top and border at the bottom are made of paper clay.  For the green man, I used a brass piece to make a mold.  For the bottom piece, I stamped the clay with a rubber stamp.

For a tutorial on making your own molds click here.

The music and tree in the background of this piece are again rub-on transfers that I made.  Click here for a tutorial on how to make your own rub-on transfers.

As embellishments, I used images of leaves a bird & squirrel, embossed oak leaves, leaf sequins, acrylic leaves, pine cones and a glitter texture mixture for sparkle.  The violin is a rub-on from my stash.

Fall Themed Altered Bottle

This is a project that has been sitting around forever waiting to be finished.  The inspiration came from the pine cone stopper which I found at Crate and Barrel about 3 years ago.  It’s a Christmas ornament which was only 99 cents and when I saw it I thought what a great stopper it would make.  The pine cone is covered in microbeads.

I colored the gold brass leaves with a combination of Patina & Copper Gilders Paste and Ranger Patina Metal Paint (the color is Amethyst).  I bent them some to make them wrap around the bottle.  I also added something called “Dazzlers” to the bottom leaf.  They are like glitter but a little larger.  I purchase them from the Glitter Art Institute who makes all kinds of fabulous glitter products.

The copper leaves and swirls are metallic copper sticker.  You’ve seen me use the gold and silver versions on many projects.

 Around the bottom and the neck of the bottle are beaded trims.

Fall Art, New Collage Sheet & a Giveaway

I think fall colors are some of my favorites.  I had lots of fun creating the 3 collage pieces pictured above.  

The bases of these pieces are chipboard leaves. 

 

I created additional depth on flowers by using microbeads.  The images are from my new collage sheet “Falling Leaves”.

FALLING LEAVES COLLAGE SHEET

This sheet contains lovely ladies dressed in 1920s fall clothing with coordinating flowers and leaves.

Autumn In Paris

This piece is for a swap in the VintagePhotoImageATCs group on Yahoo.  The leaves are made of paper.

Paris Memories

The background is a collage of various pieces of vintage ephemera.  The Eiffel tower is a rub on transfer I made using Grafix Rub-Onz Transfer film.  Click here for the tutorial.  At the bottom of the piece is an image of a vintage piece of jewelry.  I gave it dimension by adding Ranger Glossy Accents and crystals.