Altered Place Matt's

I was asked if I had any place matt's with birds & butterfly's as a theme. Well the answer was no, but I could make some. And this is what I did. Sorry for the quality of photo the sun was very bright for a change and they look a little over exposed but they are all wrapped up & ready to be delivered so these will have to do.

 I coloured and added wings to these images.

It took me a while to decide what on earth I would do. It's a shame these photos are so washed out. The back grounds are painted, stamped with more paint & ink and painted again, they are so bright and vibrant. I do hope my customer likes these (fingers crossed) Thank you as always for taking time to stop by and any comments you leave, I read every one! And welcome to all my new followers how lovely of you to join in my crafty journey. Dxx

Memories

This is a Collage/Painting on hard board 14x9 I was thinking about family & memories and you know, it came to me. Memories good or bad make us who we are. I wanted to put this down and got to work it began in my art journal Here. I have changed a few things, but I am happy.

I am happy with the quote, and with how it looks on the hard board. The birds are my own doodles and I really love the creation process just as much the second time around.

Hope you like these lovely birds. I am also going to enter this in to PPF I do hope you like this and have time to leave a comment have a wonderful weekend Dxx

Shine

I hope you all had a lovely BH weekend and are managing to have some ARTY time to yourself. This is what I spent my BH Monday doing. I used 12x12 recycled cardboard and as it was Easter I decided to do a religious painting.  I got to work painting the background first and then while I was waiting for this to dry I did some journal pages which you can see Here.

the quote is from the bible Ephesians 5:8 it says 'Don't shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you others can see HIM' I have used some metallic paints to get a spiritual feel.

I hope you had a lovely week end. Thank you for your comments and stopping by. I always read all comments and where possible return to the blog the comment came from. I love to see what every one is up to artistically, I find you all so inspiring. Love Dawn xx

Cat!

Another one of my art works. This is 14x14 inch 36x36 cm this is inspired by one of my cats Dude (in my side bar) Saying that, he could easily be one of your cats. I have taken the character of my cat 'DUDE' He's a fat cat He's a large sturdy cat and is cute in his own masculine feline way ;) 

He sits & stares at you for ages. When he want's something he talks to you, that could be for food, water, to go out or to say, hey 'Stroke me' He has a really loud purr which I find SO comforting, it relaxes me so much. He has so much love in his heart I had to depict it with hearts everywhere. And he loves to spend time with you on his terms (obviously, he's a cat!)

Here are some close ups of this inspired piece I do hope you like the story behind Cat! I painted the background with a limited pallet and then stensiled and played with stamps etc. then drew my cat and decided to colour some parts in and leave the rest, I then got  some more eco paint and painted all around to show the picture up. This is my newest piece for sale in my folksy shop HERE Hope you're having a lovely day. Dawn xx

More Post Cards

Hello again, what have you been up to this week so far? Told you I had the bug to make more PCs and here they are. Totally different from the painted ones from Tuesday. 

I did go for thicker card for this (Home sweet home set of three) I have used Mount board, so very sturdy, therefore will not be easily bent in the post. Again pretty paper on the back so messages can be written. 

I really enjoyed spraying, stamping & doodling all the houses, trees etc. Who would of thought it? I was looking at stamps I have and thought  these would be great if they were bigger, then I thought, "I can draw them bigger", so I had a go and this is the result. 

I am really pleased with these little creations. Don't forget that on the 1st of each month I have a journal challenge Here no matter your skill level ALL are welcome to come and play each month. Hope to see you soon. Thank you for stopping by and any comments you leave (I read them all) I love an excuse to pop to a blog new/old to me I don't mind. I love to see what you have been creating. Love Dawn xx

Post Cards

I have been PLAYING working very hard and it's been "Such Fun" as Miranda would say. I got some paints out and just slapped them Creatively painted them on A4 card stock, stamped, added various bits & doodled then cut them in to four (post card size 6x4) and look what I came up with. I am loving this and I really like what I have ended up with.

There is a place for detailed cards (no doubt about that) but they can be heavy and cost extra because they are thicker than your average card. So here is my thinking, OOAK (one of a kind) Post Cards (they have pretty paper on the reverse that can be written on). But they still say you care as they are individual. So you could use a wedding colour/theme and pop all the details on the back, engagement cards possibilities are endless. I am trying to be frugal as we have so little for any kind of luxuries but I do like the personal touch, and that often costs extra.

These cost practically nothing to make and you still get your crafty art fix as you can be as creative (or not) as you like. I have just put these on A4 card if you want to pop them in an envelope (if invitations etc) but I am thinking thicker card just to pop through as they are I am already working on some so you may will see some more from me soon.

I have to say I am thinking magazine pieces scrap papers all sorts and I am excited by it. Have you done this before? Is it just me (I doubt that) let me know what you have been playing creating lately. Love Dawn xx

Decorate your wall with a pretty 3D hanging

If you visit here often, you will know my fave muse is French/Paris.  And here we go again with another go at a theme I never tire of. I have bought a couple of these to alter. I'll share the other another time as it's a completely different theme and it's not quite finished yet.

The wood was covered in gesso, then my fave fresco paint in nougat. I added lots of stamping in various Distress inks. Some images from the Graphic Fairy (link on my sidebar). I love the pebbles from Prima. I was determined to keep the theme of make do & mend in my head from my previous posts, so all the things I have used for this are old apart from the wood & paint. I really am enjoying altering things again, my mind seems to be fresh with ideas at the moment so I will have to keep going, for who knows when I will be on a crafty low in the mix media department lol. Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been upto. Love Dawn xx

Thinking of warmer times

....Yes indeed I am. I thought I would dream of warmer weather and to get me in the mood some lovely paints (my new faves) Fresco from PaperArtsy. All slapped lovingly on one house shaped wood substrate. I gessoed everything first, after this dried I began to play.

So here they are. I was thinking of breaks we have had in Cornwall. This is what came to mind when I saw these bare wood houses. I drew windows & doors on card coloured them in with coppics and added them, this will make a lovely key holder for the hall. Love Dawn xx

Altered Wooden Birds

Well it's been a while since I did any mix media, I have been concentrating on my stitching projects and still am really. So it's been a while since I got full of paint & ink and I spent most of the day doing just that. I bought these wooden birds a while ago along with some other things to alter. But I had fun with these. I gessoed them and painted them with a new paint (new to me) I have seen it alot  but they had some colours I really wanted to I bought a few at the same time I really like the coverage of these Fresco finish Chalk paint Guacamole This is the colour I used (see link)

I stamped  each side different, one side has script & the other music, then I added more paint Nougat so as not to make the stamped image too in your face. I thought to give them a little character by adding big eyes drawn on with my  Derwent coloured pencils another good thing about the matt paint easy to stamp/draw on.

Here's some close ups. I don't know what I will be doing with these as yet. I really enjoyed my play time though, I got some other things started and some journal pages prepared so it was fun all round. Any suggestions for my birds? what would you use them for? Love Dawn xx

Grungy Monday 14

Hello it's getting late here in UK 9.30pm. I haven't been around much because the weather has been SO wonderful, I love the sun ;0) So I have been catching up with some reading I have read four books in the last ten days really good fun to read. Any way Monday is here and I have to go and play with Linda from Studio L3 and Tim the master of grunge ;0) And this challenge was lots of fun this week especially playing with Perfect Pearls (PP) & Distress Ink Refills (DIR) so much fun and really great product!

I liked playing with the PP & DIR so much I had to do two at the same time and aren't they vibrant colours, the pigment is fab! One tag is kinda soft steam punk and the other? Well ladies and butterfly's what else is needed, so yummy ;0) You can see the backgrounds in these close ups and the resist technique works really well, so don't forget to pop along to Tims for the technique. I also did some extra stamping coloured with Copics and cut out then added to a tag (Butterfly) and on the other I added some more of Tims goodies as well as a vintage pocket watch face (enamelled) to help give different textures and 3D appearance. Thank you for stopping by, I always appreciate your comments and encouragement. Love Dawn xx