Tag Archives: Collage

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Paper design frenzy

October 14, 2009 – 3:17 pm

I have a chronic need to start from scratch. I try to fight it, but inevitably end up succumbing to the urge. Take the twelve weeks holiday art making journey, which I embarked upon earlier in the month. I started making a Halloween banner, but couldn’t possibly use anything ready made—oh no. Instead, I had [...]

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Free autumn background paper

October 7, 2009 – 2:54 pm

It’s raining outside and, for the first time in weeks, it feels really autumnal. If truth be told, I fancy some pear and chocolate crumble, and damn the diet I always want to go on (but never really do). Perhaps this is why I felt compelled to put some pears in this paper? I just [...]

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Blast from my artsy past

July 23, 2009 – 1:29 pm

When I was little, I had a pencil virtually glued to my hand. I made ‘art’ every day, several times a day, Even though I was no great talent, there was nothing I enjoyed as much as drawing, except reading. Growing up, I fell in love with the written word, and, while I kept busy [...]

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