By the Sea 6 X 6

#artfulevidence (A Facebook group created by Rachel Black. A theme is given every week on Saturdays and creations must only conform in size. All 6 X 6 works are then welcome to be shared in the group by uploading a photo to the proper album. It's just for fun and inspiration!)

Inspiration challenge for this week was Vintage. I have plenty of vintage ephemera so collage was going to be it this week. But sometimes when I collage, I end up without a focus; without a set theme. I usually end up with items with a similar color palette but not really linked any other way. So I tried to change that.

I felt so good about my work for the challenge that I created three others just to use up the scraps. If I must be absolutely honest, I fell in love with the baby blue papers. Once I found a poem that was printed on a postcard about the sea, I knew I had it all together.

Here's the 6 X 6 for the challenge:

Beach Blue:  When I think of Vintage I so often turn to shades of brown and ivory. But I wanted pastel colors...shabby chic. I found this baby blue cardstock in my stash. It was 12 X 12 and I don't keep much of that size anymore. I figured I could make it work. The patterned paper was from an unopened pack of paper I had purchased at a dollar store a few years back. The papers were made for each other. My theme was inspired by the vintage lighthouse and the words from a poem. I cut the poem apart to use little phrases as I saw fit and the postcard they were printed on had two purple seahorses that you'll see in another piece.

Since I had so much fun with this and liked it so much, I decided to just use up those blue papers and make 4 on a similar theme. 

Take a look at the rest of them.

A seashell and sea glass I had in my stash. Perfectly beachy blue.

I also got to use some foreign postage stamps that I has in my stash. I pulled out some of the blue ones.

I'm not really sure why I purchased these little sea charms but they sure worked well here. How could I not have an octopus?!

So there's my non-Halloween work.
Thanks for taking a peek!
-Wy
"Sittin' on the dock of the bay; wasting time."

Winter canvas: Flurries?

I was given a challenge/inspiration by my sisters. One sister posted a picture to my FB wall and the other commented that I could certainly make my own. While artists don't like to hear that their work can be easily duplicated, I always consider the challenge in it. I would never be able to duplicate it and no one ever really can. Everyone has differing tastes, styles, and supplies. I certainly didn't have the supplies the artist had used but I did have some motivation to get going.

And a blank canvas.

I wish I could show you the inspiration but without being able to link it to somewhere, namely the artist, I'd rather not. It was shared on FB by the Sizzix company because it used their dies. I couldn't find it in a blog post on their company site, nor could I find the direct link to the artist's blog. So I'll just move along...

Without getting into a whole lot of description, I am very pleased with the result. This canvas was probably one of my favorite background I've done. The soft blues were from Lindy's Starburst sprays and a couple stencils from Joggles. But the process of using my chipboard snowflakes (Creative Embellishments) as masks for the sprays got me really excited about the background. Because the Lindy's spray so fine a mist and the chipboard pieces were so detailed, the white "ghosts" of the snowflakes added an extra layer without anymore work. I will keep this in mind for future projects.

I went with a collage and just pulled out matching blue items from my stash. When I found the Santa, I decided this canvas would be a bit more than just "winter". I hesitate to call it "blue Christmas". I may settle for "Flurries".

Thanks for dropping in for a look!
-Wy