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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Hello crafty friends!!!  I hope your all having a fantastic day.  Today I wanted to share a collage that I created for a dear friends daughter.  She's 16, and I felt that she might need some positive affirmations during those tough teen years.  I created this collage by doing a base coat of mod podge and old pattern tissue.



The next thing I did was to add some Faber Castell gelato's color, by rubbing the color all around the piece.  Then I took my fingers and just smeared them all together.  I like it to look very messy.



I used all different colors randomly and didn't try to make any sense of it.  I then rubberstamped all over the piece with Stazon ink.  Then I like to take bubble wrap and apply paint with a brush to the bubble wrap, and then apply the bubble wrap to the canvas.  I like there to be tons of layers on a piece.

My next step is to use Flexible modeling paste applied to a brass stencil that I taped down on the corners to add some dimensional flowers.  Once that dries I like to apply chalk ink to the top of the stencil to color it.  Sometimes I add stickles glitter on top of that.



I then added some cute doiley stencil's by Martha Stewart to the other corners with white craft paint.  I also took the lid of the bottle of paint applied paint to it and applied that to the canvas as well.



I next like to apply rub ons all over the canvas.  For Sarah's art piece I added all inspirational quotes to inspire her to believe in herself.  After all that base stuff is done with it's time for the embellishments. I made the flowers with various craft punches.  The angel is from Christy Tomlinson's She Art Girls class that she has on her website.  I'm so inspired by all of her fantastic knowledge, and am so grateful that she is willing to share that wisdom with her fans.  I hope you all enjoy Sarah's art piece, I know I loved creating her.  Have a great day, and happy crafting!




 

8 comments:

  1. that's fabulous! I love the way you used the colours after making the base collage

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    1. Thank you Wendy! Sometimes when your creating a collage, you never know how it will turn out until the end, but I too love the colors. I really loved using the Gellato's on top of the pattern tissue paper. It was so much fun, and was a lot like finger painting!

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  2. Hello Kathy! I found your blog via GYB and would like to wish you every success in your blogging adventure - you've got a new follower and a blogging friend now :). Your mixed media piece is absolutely beautiful - so cheerful and happy! Have a fabulous weekend and a happy GYB! x
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    1. Thank you guys so much! Its funny, I live in a rural area so I don't get around much, so it's nice to hear that someone appreciates your hard work. I think the GYB is an amazing opportunity, and I am truly grateful.

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  3. Kathy i am visiting via GYB party. You are very creative and I love that collage. It started out so simple and by the time you finished it is spectacular. I don't know how to do that but would love to learn. I make jewelry but looking for other crafts to get into. Thanks for sharing. I am a new follower!

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    1. Thank you Dawn! I'm so glad you decided to become a follower. I'm hoping to include more information and instructions on how I created my collages. I learned quite a bit by taking classes from Christy Tomlinson. She is a great teacher, and so easy to learn from, and you can find her at Christytomlinson.typepad.com. I hope to hear from you soon!

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    1. Thank you Patty! I checked out your blog and was in love with your altered wedding couples. That's such a fantastic idea, and I may have to try and make one myself. I have the most beautiful picture of my mom at 17 in her wedding dress.

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