Author Archives: Carla

Look what I have just stumbled upon…

May 21, 2010 – 1:46 pm

…a lovely piece of floral ephemera which I had forgotten all about. Can’t wait to use it…

Posted in Blogging | Comments (0)

Postal flower fairy

May 19, 2010 – 4:57 pm

Orange. I have a difficult relationship with bold colours and none more so than orange. It is too vivid, too bright, too much. The last time I recall using it in a collage was at the beginning of the autumn, when I made a seasonal background paper. So when Wednesday Stamper announced its Orange challenge [...]

Posted in Collage | Tagged , , | Comments (5)

Inspiring me today

May 18, 2010 – 12:49 pm

A deep spring, churning water, a thick, verdant forest. What’s inspiring you?

Posted in Announcements | Comments (0)

Child’s play with soft pastels

May 17, 2010 – 11:25 am

A couple of months ago, I gave in to impulse and bought myself some Faber Kastell soft pastels. But, as it often happens with impulse buys, I never used them and felt horribly guilty about having made a useless purchase. So when I read that Mixed Media Monday’s next challenge was Child’s Play, I knew [...]

Posted in Collage | Tagged , , , | Comments (9)

Three lessons I learned from making an inchie

May 14, 2010 – 7:37 pm

I am usually up for an art challenge, and Michelle Ward, of Green Pepper Press, is particularly good at coming up with one. So it remains a mystery to me why I have never taken part in one of her GPP Street Team ‘crusades’, as she calls them. Until now. Today, I took the plunge. [...]

Posted in Collage | Tagged , , | Comments (14)
Related Posts Widget for Blogs by LinkWithin