It's not cheating...it's mindfulness

With Hubby coming and going, and Junior a tad more

 stressy than even he is used to, Arting has been near

impossible.

Fortunately I was invited to join a FB group set up by 

a digi artist friend (Dezinaworld) who has been sharing 

collections with us to play with.

Here are a few of  my endeavours :D

Sometimes we start with a colour palette...

(Burgundy/Mustard/White)

other times a single word

(Double)

(Freedom)

and sometimes I just play with my imagination :)

Now I know some people don't consider digi manipulation

 "Art"

but having tried to make my own png's I am in awe of

the skill and time required to produce a single image.

So if you like making collage pieces in the real world

you will enjoy digi collage too.

After all, anything to pass time during lockdown  has

got to be helpful...and you can always print them out to

use as physical collage sheets later.

Like this journal cover I started (got a day in my shed)

Stay Safe, but Stay Sane!

Enjoy XXX

The Power of Four!

The further adventures of Lady Ophelia Pendleton (Darcy's postcard Challenge) will continue on Sunday 30th September

Today I wanted to share a little wall hanger I made for The Game Challenge#10 Four Squares, that represents the four seasons :D

I started by cutting a 4"x4" piece of grey board, and putting it through my Cuttlebug to add texture.

Then I selected 4 images from my Dezinaworld Mono Ladies, Faux stamps sheet 1, and cut them out with a 1" square die.

Next, added the colours of the seasons...

blended with a little iridescent paint, and cut out some plain frames, which I painted with metallic acrylics.

Decided on a Diamond alignment, and glued images + frames in place.

I have some tiny alphabet beads, and thought they would make a more unusual caption. I threaded them onto a piece of wire...

and then made holes with a pokey tool to thread the wire through to the back.

Was looking a bit ...not quite...so I added Inca Gold to the edges(see 1st photo). It doesn't show in the pics, but the surface is all shimmery.

why not pop over to The Game blog and join in...they have prizes :D

Enjoy XXX

Papillon Faerie, opening my mind...

When I first started blogging I was drawn to collage work by a blog called Mind Wide Open. They closed their challenge last year, but now they are back!!!!

Their challenge each month is to create using a given image...

I cropped and printed the little girl image onto iron-on transfer paper, along with a pair of wings from a Dezinaworld collage sheet.

Images cut out...

and ironed onto lining fabric.

Next I separated the images on double thickness of fabric...

and stitched around the images...

with right sides turned inwards.

Leaving a gap so they can be turned right side out :D

Then it was a simple matter of stuffing with wadding, sealing openings and stitching wings in place...

I added a piece of braid to hang her from, and I think I shall be adding danglies  :D

Enjoy :D XXX

(bit behind this week so postcard will be late sorry)

MASKerade !!

Today's post is for Inspiration Avenue's Blog party(which hasn't come on line yet so I will have to re-link later)

They are celebrating reaching 500 followers, so being a prodigal follower I thought I'd better give them a good plug :D

They are partying all week, so there will be lots of inspiration to encourage you to join in(they have even given us some free digi stuff to work with)

Inspired by these(and Butterfly Effects theme for next week Masks) I have made a party mask :D, using a packet of old left over christmas masks(50p!!!)

I recovered the mask template with the Inchie background paper freebie(new printer software, forgot to set size and ended up with 3 inch squares instead of 1 inch, doh!)

Then overlaid some Mono Women from June at Dezinaworld(printed onto vellum )

Added a few feathers, and the butterfly cut from the same inchies background sheet......

and VOILÀ!!!!

Beautifully modelled by Mabel

Celebrations at Dezinaworld!!

Over at Dezinaworld, June is getting ready to celebrate reaching 500 followers with a prize draw.

Not only can you be in with a chance of winning this glorious Shabby Chic background set...

but she is also adding 3 beautiful collage sheets !!!

If June manages to get 550 followers before the draw date, july 15th, she will draw 3 lucky winners instead of 1!!! How generous is that??

So why not pop over to Dezinaworld and take a look for yourself?

:D XXX

You want HOW MANY for tomorrow?!??!!

Todays post was inspired by Flourishes' Timeless Tuesdays Challenge#93 "Just get on with it!". A timely reminder that Christmas will soon be upon us, and that it's no good putting things off any longer. I have been good this year and made most of my cards already, but I never quite get round to making any gift tags(and have to buy at last minute:( ), so today I have made a batch of 10 quick tags.

I have used one of June's collage sheet tags from Dezinaworld, and added party hats with one of June's new Png sets, printed 10 out onto 1 sheet of A4 card. I then coloured and added peel offs and ribbon. Took me half an hour to make all 10!!
I am also entering this project in Sir Stampalot's "Christmas Traditions" challenge, with paper crowns and Red/Green/Gold colour combi :D XXX

More Collage!

I won another collage sheet from Dezinaworld this week "WOO HOO!" I chose "Autumnal 1" and made this Tag . What do you think of it?

Love as always XXX

What I do with Collage Sheets!

As some of you know I have 2 blogs. This one for cards, atc's scrapbooking etc, and another for what my hubby calls "art for arts sake". It is still papercrafting but the pieces I make are a little more sereal. For this challenge we have to produce a piece of art 3"x5" with the theme "blue and White". The background. butterfly and fairy are all cut from Dezinaworld collage sheets (yes I did cut out the fairy with scissors, she measurse 1.5 inches in height!) All the pieces I make are A6 or smaller(down to 1"square, yes cut out images that small!!). I can use these pieces for card toppers or altered art projects, but at the moment i just keep them to look at haha! Collage sheets are a great resource for paper crafting with all sorts of image styles, I just like fairies haha! You can print of a whole sheet to have ready or crop the individual image you want with your graphics programme. You can check out my other blog here if you like , but please be aware some of the pieces have a "heavier" vibe.

Enjoy!

Love as always Gina x x x