Wednesday, December 29, 2010

More Christmas Canvases!

This one was layers over a canvas primed with yellow ocher. Next paper that has been embossed with clear embossing powder on patterned stamps was spritzed with liquid paint to add the green and purple shades. Star embossed on additional purple paper. Isn't she sweet?

Merry Christmas!!!

I was very busy making 4 x 4 canvases this Christmas. Most have Mary or an Angle on them! This one was custom made for someone who did their entire family room in aqua for Christmas - it was stunning! She even painted Nutcrackers aqua on the red parts! Canvas primed with black gesso then touched with luminears paints. Angle hair and glitter at bottom. Mary cut our from artwork purchased from Lisa Vollrath at

Sunday, May 30, 2010

More Hokie Art



Two more Hokie Colleges - using ticket stubs, bits and pieces of anything maroon and orange. Canvas was base painted with splotches of gold, orange and maroon. The pieces of napkins, photos, scrapes of paper and fabric were glues on with gel medium. They were originally made for my son's apartment at Virginia Tech but since he claims it is fully decorated we kept them for our Hokie basement!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Angel Beeswax Collage

Wednesday our Altered Art group played with beeswax! What fun! I made this 5X7 canvas with some Cavallina paper in the background. Angel is from the web and dove from a catalog. Whispering Hope was from a sharing friends hymnal! Paper Flower and brad and button too for dimension - wax held these with no problem!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

My Latest - HOKIE ART

This is my latest Hokie Art series. I have done 3 but need to finish up the last two. I first painted the canvas with patches of color hokie style and then added napkins, scraps, ticket stubs and other orange and maroon embellishment. I then used distress ink to darken the true whites. Finally, I used rubber stamps with grids, numbers, and manila folder closure patterns to add depth and texture. I will post the next two soon! Happy Easter!!

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Merry Christmas!!

I made this last year for a Christmas swap with our marriage group! Forgot to take a picture of it so after a party at the home of the recipient I have a picture! 4x4 canvas painted with black gesso and layers with fibrous papers stamped with music, an embossed yellow star and the scroll pattern at the bottom. Mary and baby Jesus were purchased from Lisa Vollrath and I added gold ink to the halo on each!! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Halloween Fun

Happy Halloween!! These are two shadow boxes I made at my Wednesday Altered Art Group at Angela's Happy Stamper! I used some old toys found when cleaning out my husbands basement. Rub-ons were used on the glass to give added depth! FUN FUN!!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! Linda