Bundles

My latest project involves letting nature run its course. There is an art movement centred around bundling together paper, metal and other found objects and leaving them outside to let the rain and snow and sun alter them. Once their time is up, depending on what has happened, I plan on using these elements in my other art. I read an interesting article in a Cloth Paper Scissors issue I picked up at the store the other day about this, and just had to try it. I collect so much stuff that just sits around, waiting, and I thought this would be a perfect way to use them up.

This first one is all bits of paper, envelopes, some metal hinges, feathers and plastic bits.

 

I'm still building this next one, but I started by liberally spraying a bunch of scrap paper with Ranger colour wash in every colour I own. Then I bundled all these papers together, cut the bundle in half, and secured each half to some cardboard. I still might add more paper or other little bits, but it was really fun to just spray and make a mess with no plan in mind!

I'll give you an update on my bundles (there will probably be another one at least, for a total of three) in a month or so. I'm interested to see how each one disintegrates and how different the process will be depending on what I included in the bundle.

later skater alligator

to do...

figure these guys out...

dress up...

make more of these little ladies...

(congrats to whoever won this beauty last night!!...update...YAY GINGER!!)

I did nothing but blog and webber around last night...boo-urns. And then I went to bed "early" to be at the store this morning bright and early. I do love NSD...all the ladies are so excited to be in the store and cropping. Plus somebody else feeds me lunch and snacks and I get to hang out with my friends...who could ask for more!

Check out the TNT Blog for another sticker letter layout...and a little Spock action.

later skater alligator

Etsy Update

a little make-you-own mini book. I had lots of fun making the example for this kit...except I forgot about how the book would go together once complete, so all the pages are in the wrong order! HA! It's only $3...you should check it out!

Pictures...at last!

So the last time I did any scrapbooking was Saturday at the store...getting some last minute Mother's day gifts in! And I did a page...if I remember correctly. Lucas is getting sick (he has the weirdest sounding voice right now - all froggy like!), and I have been really tired this week, so we are just taking it easy. And that means no scrapbooking. I did catch up on some dishes last night. I think it must have been a week's worth!

But here are some photos...Blogger was giving me a hard time last time I tried to load them! But success has come at last!


The present I made for Nadine...a sneak peek!


Me and my girls at our 10 year High School Reunion on Saturday. My camera (the old one) has a smudge on the lens care of Lucas, so all my photos are turning out really smudgy. And I look awful.

Lucas in the latest trend: Pullups and Winter Boots. All the cool kids are doing it!

Look! it's David Beckham!! on the big screen! Russ and I went to the "friendly" game between his L.A. Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps on Tuesday. I have never before watched a game of real "football" on TV or otherwise, so it was a treat for me! The weather was crap (spotty rain and cold wind all night!) But I got a giant slice of pizza and lots of pickles and a yummy pretzel, and Vancouver won, and every time Beckham touched the ball everyone would cheer!

Calling all HandyWomen! I totally went out and bought a coat-hook-deal this morning at IKEA and then installed it (by myself...power tools and all) this afternoon. I still have two shelves I bought over 2 years ago sitting in my basement waiting to be hung. But I was determined to put this one up, so I did!! And it hasn't fallen down!!

I bought an Organizing magazine the other day so I have a list of things to purchase, or clean, or move around. We'll see how far I get! This little coat hanger was my first attempt at trying to better organize my "mud room." You see, the people in the magazine have mudrooms, and pantries, and bedrooms that are the size of the entire upper level in my house...not exactly organizing for the masses, but it has some good ideas in it that I will have to try and adapt to fit my meager budget and small space!

more home art

here are some pieces I finished today. and they are even hanging up in their current homes in my home! wow! I actually saw this one through from start to finish! woot!

the first is a little guy I whipped up to put in my kitchen. I alcohol ink-ed the knife (just one out of my drawer...I have 2 sets of "silver"ware in my house.), did Juli's technique on the butterfly (with Ranger's Red Pepper alcohol ink and Forever Red perfect pearls) and used some garbage I found at TM (the leftovers from some pop-dots). Then filled in some of the holes with shiny buttons, added some Heidi Swapp chipboard numbers and hung it up with some ribbon I got in my Goodie Box last year. The background is a page out of a Prima chipboard album covered in Ranger Colour Wash (Red Pepper and Butterscotch) and some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Daffodil). It was just a fun thing to try while I waited for other projects to dry! Plus I wanted to see what the colour washes and the glimmer mist looked like together.




This next one is something I have been "planning" for a couple of months now, but never had just the right stuff to put on it. The magazine Anam gave me inspired me to alcohol ink some cutlery, and it kind of took off from there.

Products used:

Ranger Alcohol inks: Stonewash and Lettuce

Paints: teal, black and ivory craft paint from Michaels

Riff Raff Designs chipboard: house and "smoke" (the smoke is the leftover piece from the large swirls that I cut up the other day!)

Making Memories tiny letters

Some wire I bought years ago for some stupid reason or other

The wooden hanger is from DeSerres (for those in E-town, it's the big craft store that opened up in WEM last year...and you can buy some rad art and scrapbooking supplies there for a good price! that's where I buy all my canvases now)

I found a nice quote about "home" in one of my books, printed it out on the computer to finish it off.

I finished another cool little piece on the weekend, but I'm going to try and find a frame for it before I take a picture. It actually fits the theme of Nadine's first challenge over at Delite Designs. Lucky me!

Fortune Cookie Series

Here is my first little set of collage art that I was working on until a loony-hour on Saturday. These are going in my kitchen. I copied fortunes that I had saved from cookies...and then added my own little funny tagline. For example: "Tomorrow will be lucky and memorable for you. Today you might as well just go back to bed."

Thanks to Juli and Kara for teaching me how to use my Glimmer Mist. I bought Daffodil and I haven't put it down! Now I have to decide what I want more...new Hambly or another Glimmer Mist...or the New Heidi Swapp...

Layouts 2, 3, and 4 feature Riff Raff Designs chipboard (cherry blosson, giant swirly-do, and music notes)

I'm planning on doing another series for my living room (all greens and stuff), and a cute little hanger for my entry way. Anam lent me a cool altered item maga-ma-zine and I am in love! I can't wait to alcohol ink some spoons and do a ripped paper house! I am in heaven!