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!!

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!!

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

Button Fairy

I framed and added rub-on words to a button fairy made earlier this year! This is some cool back ground paper that I found at Mish-Mish the art store in Blacksburg, Va for Virginia Tech. I love it with the button fairy.

Say Hello to Jelly Jane!!

She is made of a single Jelly mold wired to an old spool and then a bead and shank button below and behind the head. Her legs are wired on and are two of those test tube things for individual flowers to water them. I filled them with chenille yarn. This was a fun project at my Wednesday Angela's Altered Artist group!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! These are the two postcard sized decorations I did for our kitchen this month! It is fun to do one for each season! Nothing fancy just some cut out images glued on paper background that is torn and edged with ink. Top of the Mornin to Ya!!

Sample page from Claudine Hellmuth workshop

This was the result of a fun workshop I took last Saturday at Angela's Happy Stamper with Claudine Hellmuth. We got to use the Claudine Hellmuth paints, gesso and gel medium for each square. I really like using gesso as a resist with a foam stamp and then going over it with paint. (see top left) We learned to do a transfer too! It was a great class and now I have this to decorate my studio! Thanks to Debbie Reif for taking the class with me!