Archive for the ‘Collages on Canvas’ Category
Saturday, July 13th, 2013
I’ve been holding on to a bunch a sea shells from a trip to Florida years ago and now I know why I saved them! I stamped the mermaid image from “Stampendous” and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and added glitter to her tail with a clear Starburst gel marker from Sakura. I adhered vintage map pattern paper from CTMH on a 5″ x 7″ canvas board and inked the edges with a sponge and brown stamping ink and then layered the mermaid image on top. Then using a strong clear glue I added the shells around the edges along with a brass star fish charm and also added some real beach sand under her with the same glue. I laid out my shells before I glued them down to make sure they looked nice and would fit. I also added a snippet of text cut from a vintage book that says “Under the Sea”. I think she turned out really lovely.
This piece is currently for sale in my Etsy shop.
Tags:3d assemblage, art, beach, collage, cottage chic. little mermaid, fantasy, markers, mermaid, mixed media, nautical, ocean, sea shells, seahorse, shells, spectrum noir, stamped, stamping, summer, under the sea
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Sunday, June 30th, 2013
The Queen of Fairies!
collage on small canvas.
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, butterfly wings, canvas, collage, crown, fairy, fairy queen, fantasy, lady, mixed media, monarch, prim, primitive, queen, shabby, vintage, wings, woman
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Just wanted to share a quick post with a new bird cage collage.
Tags:, 3D, altered art, art, assemblage, bird, blake quote, brd cage, cage, caged bird, collage, collage art, ephemera, free bird, paper, quote, vintage, william blake, yellow bird
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
A while ago a friend cleaned out her craft closet and gave me lots of cool stuff to play with. One of the things she gave me was a bag of angel wings she’d removed from some old ornaments. It took awhile to figure out what I wanted to do with them but I got the crazy idea to mount a small canvas on the front and I came up with…The Queen of Flight. There’s layers of vintage paper, felt, rhinestones, book text, a vintage button and a charm dangling from the bottom too. I think she’s ready to take flight!
Tags:3d assemblage, altered, angel, art, button, canvas, coin, collage, crown, fairy, flight, fly, mixed media, paper, queen, steampunk, victorian, vintage, wings
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
For this collage I used the raven and skull stamp from Inkadinkado on vintage book paper, it’s embellished with a binder clip and ink pen nib that’s dripping ink. The bottom border is black mesh ribbon, crepe paper and an embossed metal plate that says “nevermore”. I tied some hemp string with a hand and heart charm around the plate. I almost didn’t want to sell it I love it so much but I’ve listed it in my Etsy shop 🙂
Tags:art, assemblage, canvas, collage, crow, edgar allan poe, etsy, goth, gothic, halloween, mixed media, poe, shabby, skull, the raven, victorian
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
This week over on Craft Gossip I did a review of Pentel art supplies.I really liked everything I tried especially the tube watercolors and the Hybrid technica pen. I used them to make a primitive witch collage for Halloween. I drew her in pencil on watercolor paper, used a Pentel water brush and watercolors to color her in then went over my pencil lines with the Hybrid pen, her hair was done with their Pocket Brush pen. I cut her dress, mask and hat from pattern paper.
I also used some of their gel pens and markers for a couple of cards.
This card uses stamps from Lawn Fawn colored with markers.
These stamps are from Inkadinkado and colored with gel pens.
Here’s a link to my complete review over on Craft Gossip if you’d like to check it out.
Tags:art, art supplies, butterflies, canvas, cards, collage, gel pens, gnome, insects, lady bug, mixed media, paints, pens, pentel, primitive, review, stamp, water color, witch
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Continuing with an ocean theme, I made this mermaid collage. I’ve done lots of collage art with fairies inside jars and I thought why not a mermaid? So I turned the jar on it’s side and put actual sand in the bottom. I also added a background of vintage inspired map paper, a label, some actual small sea shells and a real working compass. Then I wrapped the entire canvas in some netting. I love how it turned out. I need to think of more things to capture in jars 🙂
This collage is currently available in my Etsy shop.
-Heather
Tags:, 3D, altered, art, assemblage, beach, canvas, captured, caught, collage, compass, fantasy, jar, map, mermaid, mixed media, ocean, paper, sand, sea, sea shells, trapped
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Thursday, July 19th, 2012
I got out my bees wax last week and made some encaustic collages.
The first is on a small 3×3 canvas with a blue bird and cage on vintage music sheet paper and a quote from William Blake. I coated the entire front with melted wax and then wrapped the edges with ribbon and added a vintage wooden game piece.
This next one I wanted to look like a page from a naturalists notebook. It’s a small canvas board on top of a larger canvas board, both covered in wax. The quote is on fabric and I added some faux grass for the nest, some scrabble tiles, part of a wooden measuring stick and ink pen nib.
Tags:, altered, art, bees wax, bird, blue, canvas, collage, eggs, encaustic, mixed media, paper, quote, vintage, willam blake, yellow
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
I found the cutest little canvas boards at the craft store a few weeks ago! I’ve used the larger sizes for a long time and was thrilled to find these mini ones. I personally like boards instead of stretched canvas for a lot of projects, they are sturdy and “firm”, you don’t have that sagging in the middle of a regular canvas.
I thought they were the perfect size for magnets so I made a couple of birds and a fairy one too. Perfect for a little art on your fridge or file cabinet.
These are currently available in my Etsy Shop.
-Heather
Tags:3D, altered, art, assemblage, bird, blue, boards, canvas, cnavas, collage, fairies, fairy, mixed media, yellow
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Wanted to share a couple of William Blake inspired collages I made recently. I love this quote!
The first one is available in my Etsy shop, the smaller one has sold already.
-Heather
Tags:altered, art, assemblage, bird, blue, cage, canvas, collage, crown, crowned, fly, mixed media, music sheet, paper, quote, soar, tape measure, vintage, william blake, yellow
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