A Pretty Pink Dress - 4 x 4 mixed media collage.

I was intrigued by a old pink dress clip I found in a magazine. I covered the entire background with a page from an antique textbook page. The 2 little French soap labels were perfect additions, some ribbon and a vintage button, and finally a final glaze with gloss decoupage medium mixed with a touch of metallic gold paint.

Lilac Dreams - 4 x 4 mixed media collage.

A just for fun piece. I loved the image of the old house and liked the contrast of the flowers with the greens. background is printed scrapbook paper on a chipboard canvas. Images are all magazine clips.

Aztec Princess. Mixed media collage on art board.

For this piece I used a scrap of masonite covered with printed scrapbook paper. I then matted and added my favorite image from the Images of the Feminine collage sheet - this sheet is from my original photos taken in Mexico. I then added bits of matching scrapbook papers and 2 bone beads with turquoise beads added with jewelry glue. Finally the entire piece was sealed with a clear gloss decoupage medium.

Artist Trading Card.

I used a matt board ATC canvas and covered with printed scrapbook paper. Image of woman in hat is from the 1950's hat ladies collage sheet on Fabrik-Paper which is slightly translucent. I then added a bit of lace to the bottom and a shell bean with a fiber thru it.

Artist Trading Card.

I used a matt board ATC canvas and covered with printed scrapbook paper. Images are from the Mardi Gras #3 and Vintage Children Images #3 collage sheets. I ran a fine line of glue across the top and added some fur style fibers to give this card a whispy curtain.

"at the edge of the mist "

7 x 10 inch collage, mixed media done on a recycled book cover that was layered with paint, old text pages and gel medium, images are magazine clips. Silver lace is a floral trim that I embedded in the gell medium..

 

Art Deco Style Artist Trading Card.

I used a matt board ATC canvas and covered it with one of the floral backgrounds from the Art Deco #3 collage sheet. I then glued the poster image from the French Art Deco collage sheet to a muted background piece of scrapbook paper that I edged with metallic gold paint. This I then glued to the ATC. I overlaid the 2 corners with a soft metallic lace (floral supply) I covered the are for the lace first with a coat of gloss medium and laid the lace into the wet medium, waited until it had dryed and added another coat over the lace to secure it firmly.

"Fairy Square"

4x4 Art square on matt board. I first covered the matt board using the wrapped background technique with the green floral scrapbook paper then using deckle edge scissors I cut a strip from another scrapbook paper than had the fancy writing, glued that down and added the image from the Vintage Opera cards collage sheet and the wing from the Black on Tan wings #2 transparency sheet. I edged the 4x4 piece with cording. I then took the same script paper and covered a 5x5 masonite board and mounted the 4x4 on it.

 

"Christmas Morning"

4x4 Art square on matt board. I first covered the matt board using the wrapped background technique with a scrap book art paper with an old ledger background, then used a magazine clip for the left edge. The image of the little girl is on vellum from the Vintage Photos of Children #2 collage sheet. Finished off with a cut out stamped image from Art by Moonlight and a bit of fiber on the right.

 

Oversize Tag using an image from the Italian Scrap Valentines collage sheet.

I covered the tag with a script print scrapbook paper, Gingham heart is from a Sommerset art paper and the little girl with her wagon of valentines is from a Bmuse collage image sheet.

 

"the Birds and the Bee"

8x10 inch mixed media collage on book board.

This is a colage I made using a old book cover covered with a large piece of background patterened scrapbook paper. The paper had an aged look which I added to with a grey ink and some Fresco Cream Golden Glaze. The bird images are from the Songbirds and Eggs collage sheet the calendar in the cornor is from the ATC collection paper pack and the bee is a great magazine clip I found. The round calendar stamp is from an unknown vendor the "aspire to be" stamp is from Inkadinkadoo.

Oversize Tag using an image from the Collage Art Dolls image sheet.

Tag was first stamped with a leaf background stamp then aged with Distress inks. Heart image is from a Sommerset Art paper, lady with rose hat is from the Bmuse Collage Art Dolls image sheet. Tag was finished with a ribbon and an antique button attached with a glue dot.

 

Collage on 4x6 masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a piece of printed art paper. Then the image from the Antique Cookbook Covers collage sheets and a spice cake recipe from a vintage cookbook. Covered entire collage with a decoupage sealer varnish and added the real buttons with a glue dots.

 

Magazine Collage Paper Art Dolls I did on vacation.

Desperate for some art time and with only a couple magazines, scissors, glue stick and some watercolor stock I created these in the hotel room in Mexico.

There is now a new collage sheet of these dolls - Collage Art Dolls on the Altered Fashion collage sheets page.

 

Magazine Collage Paper Art Dolls I did when I returned from vacation.

They were just too fun to stop making them.

There is now a new collage sheet of these dolls - Collage Art Dolls on the Altered Fashion collage sheets page.

 

Small wall hanging. Collage on masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a piece of printed scrapbook paper. The seed box image is from the Spring Planting collage sheets. The flower pots are from a magazine clip. I then added fabric daisies and tiny buttons for centers.

 

Collage on 4x6 masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a piece of printed scrapbook paper. Then the image from the 1901 Catalog Pages collage sheets. I then added the flower and butterfly image clipped from a magazine. Covered entire collage with a decoupage sealer varnish and added the real button with a glue dot.

 

Collage on 5x5 masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a piece of printed scrapbook paper. Then the image from the 1901 Catalog Pages collage sheets. I then added the ruler and small corner buttons from other sheets of printed scrapbook paper. Covered entire collage with a decoupage sealer varnish and added the real button with a glue dot.

 

Collage on 5x5 masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a textured handmade paper lightly gilded with gold acrylic paint.

The Image of the Japanese woman is from Japanese Art Collage Sheet #2. Tag is from scrapbook paper sand flowers are cut from Origami Paper.

Collage on 4x6 masonite art board.

The art board was first covered with a textured Japanese book cloth which I stained badly in doing this with glue - I "fixed" this by staining the entire surface with gold acrylic paint which produced a aged look.

The Image of the Japanese woman is from Japanese Art Collage Sheet #1. Text frame and lotus flower are from scrapbook papers. The wrapped fiber embellishement uses several fibers together found on the Art Fibers page.

Art Square - Clown with circles. Done on 4x4 watercolor canvas. The background is a piece of old ledger paper.The main image is from the new Clowns and Jokers collage sheet. I used circles punched from a bright magazine page, fabric flower and button and gold netting.

4x4 Mounted Art Square - "In a Jeweled Garden". Done on 4x4 matt board canvas. The background is composed of some scrapbook paper The main image is from the new French Art Deco Ad Posters collage sheet. Other images are cut from magazines. It is further embellished with a bit of ribbon and flower bead held on with a metal brad The entire 4x4 piece was then mounted onto a 5x5 masonite art board that was covered with a coordinating scrapbook paper.

Art Square - Vintage French Theme. Done on 4x4 matt board canvas. The background is composed of some scrapbook paper and old French Text. The main image is from the new French Art Deco Ad Posters collage sheet. It is further embellished with bits of tumbed art glass and old postage.

This is an Artist Trading Card that I mounted on a small masonite strip that was stained with Distress Inks to match the colors on the ATC so that it could be used as a small wall hanging. The background of the ATC was a piece of patterened paper that I further distressed with inks, and a floral stamp by Art By Moonlight. To blend in the image of the woman from Catspaw Studios collage sheet I used a blender pen to soften the edges.

Art Square "Vintage Chicago Travels." Done on 4x4 matt board canvas. Background is an old map of downtown Chicago with an image from See America First collage sheet. Further embellished with old buttons and art fiber.