Catching up on a little art

After resting and cleaning house, I actually got a few artsy things finished this week.

Here are two more "quirky collages." The first is done with images from collage sheets from mischief circus.com. The second uses a head from Joanne Hodges'  free collage sheet paired with a body and dress from a clothing catalog. I'm still loving these - they are relaxing to do when you don't want to "create from scratch."

Next week will be my online group's annual retreat in Grapevine (usually held in July but rescheduled to April this year). The theme this year is "typography/fonts/letters."

We each have to create a tag for a swap and the tag must contain some letters.  For my tag I collaged the entire background with various letters cut from magazines, lightly gessoed over it and then used Distress Oxide inks for color.  I stamped the word on deli paper and adhered it to the background - you absolutely cannot tell that it is a separate piece. Then I layered an assortment of ephemera with a piece of measuring tape and a Tim Holtz paper doll.  The metal gears and arrow added a finishing touch.

We will each be creating a book with our own personal theme (using letters on each page). Mine will be Alice in Wonderland and I am busy gathering supplies for that.

I am also making a canvas project for a make-n-take during the retreat but I'm not yet able to share that. Busy, busy!

Quirky Collage #4 - Veronica

Another collage from Joanne at crafty hodges. Her name is Veronica. I basically followed along with Joanne and did exactly what she did. There's a little bit of stenciling with Distress ink in the background, colored pencil work and details with a Micron pen.

 I am loving these little collages! There are still two weeks to go in the series and next week we will be using magazine images along with the collage sheets.

It's going to be a little quiet on here for the next week or so. I am leaving tomorrow to go to Albuquerque to babysit the two boys while their parents are gone for the weekend. Then I will fly home Saturday night (my hubby will be staying on to do babysitting duty thru Sunday) and Sunday driving to a small week-long retreat in Taylor, TX. There will be seven of us and everyone does a project (and meal) for a day. So looking forward to this! I will share our projects when I return.