Sunday, April 26, 2009

skinny swap


there is a text inspired skinny swap that a friend of mine is hosting. i wasn't quite sure what i wanted to do for it and as usual, when i sit down at my art desk, i never have a clue what i'll do. on my art desk i always have a white sheet of paper to work directly on which also in turn protects my craft sheet. i love when i get marks, paint, glue, etc on it because i love to use it in my art when it gets really messy. so when i sat down all that mess just called to me and even tho there were still some bare spots on it i used acrylic paints to paint over it and then i cut it up into my 3 x 5 pieces. i had a few text stamps i had pulled off the shelf earlier but when i saw the paper i just felt like i wanted to do a bird. so i grabbed my bird text and stamped it, then i stamped the bird and i created the bird cage around that text block so it would look like the bottom of the bird cage. it's hard to see but i sewed the bird cage bars all with gold thread. i used a punch at the bottom to replicate a piece of paper being ripped out of a book.

13 comments:

  1. I thought of doing that ,but my paper always gets too, messy and gluey!I actually have a manilla file folder I use,because I can open it up !It might make a good postcard!

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  2. How fun that I found your blog... I just happened to click on a link over at Flickr...
    I think we traded a few ATCs over at ATCards (when it was still up and running) a long time ago... sorry if I'm just imagining things here...
    Love the crow, by the way.

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  3. You are one of the most prolific people I know, roc! I love visiting here 'cause I know I will always find something new and interesting - have a good week ahead ~ Deb

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  4. Love the way you described your creative process, and love the finished piece!

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  5. Very nice, I love birds and birdcages:-)Thank you for commenting on my article!

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  6. It's so lovely Roc! It was fun to read how you work too!

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  7. Turned out great, lovely quote also;o)

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  8. You are an awesome artist....I'm always blown away with your creations!
    Peace and Love, Dar

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  9. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! it is gorgeous.....

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  10. Roc,
    I am going to miss you on May 3rd at class. Please make me and Laura a sample! Thank you see you at the end of the month.
    Miss you,
    Jenn

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  11. Hey Roc! Great idea and lovely card!
    Smiles-
    Melissa

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  12. 0Oh Roc! You are a girl after my own heart! I started using scrap card a while ago for using in my art projects - remember that birdie page a while back? Yep I used my scrap for that, it has threads and all sorts of messy bits on it. Now I find I'm just chucking as much paint around as I can handle!!! The easiest background technique of them all I think :)* This crow skinny is awesome!

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