Great Class from Kelly Rae Roberts

I'm taking Kelly Rae Roberts on-line class called. Hello Soul, Hello Mixed Media Mantras and I just love it!

These are all the pieces I've made so far on canvas boards. I'm glad I found another use for my Paige dolls.
Here's some close up shots...

As you might have noticed, I re-used some of my older girls I painted in my large journal and embellished them a bit more.

I really had fun with the collage pieces - the bird above the the flower below. It's a great way to use up scrap pieces.

 I made pieces from 12"x12" to very small 2"x2" pieces.

 I used vintage wall paper and floral napkins for some of the background images.

Finding floral napkins is a fun hobby. They work great on collage pieces, as long as you separate all the napkins layers and only use the very top printed layer...which will be very transparent.

Thanks for visiting!

Selling My Own Washi Tape

Thanks to Mindy Lacefield's class on "Create your own Washi Tape, Stickers and Pouches", I now have some of my own Paige Doll washi tape for sale...how cool is that?

The washi tape is a 1" wide and 32 feet long and has 5 of my Paige paper doll designs printed on them.

It's so amazing to see my original Paige paper dolls next to the washi tape with the same design- it's like magic. :-)

I'm really impressed with the quality of the washi tape, just like store bought. The color is great, it tears easy with just your fingers and sticks well to paper.

They're great to use on your planner, manila tag or any scrap paper where you need just a little girl embellishment.

I'm selling them for $5 a roll plus shipping. Message me at artfulplay@gmail.com if you would like to purchase a roll.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Playing With Tea Bags

I've been wanting to make something with tea bags, because I love the color and texture of the bag. I don't drink tea, but my girl friend saved me her used bags and so I was all set.

I dried them out on a rack and then carefully opened up the bags and dumped out the tea leaves.

I saved the tags too,

I used a liquid adhesive, like mod podge and adhered the tea bag to various printed tissue papers.

For my first piece I decided to use one of the images from Tim Holtz's vintage paper doll pack.

I cut pieces of the tea bag to make dresses for each of the girls.

I added some embellishments and a ribbon around the frame. 

The next piece is a little dress I cut out from one of the tea bags.

I hope you make something fun with your tea bags!

Have a great week!

Valentine Shaker Cards For Sale

I drew this girl with a black pen and watercolors during my trip to Japan last April.

The heart in her hand made me think of Valentine's Day and so I decided to make her into a shaker card.

If you would like one, message me at artfulplay@gmail.com and I'll send one out to you just in time for Valentine's Day. I'm selling them for $2 ea.

Sneak peak at some tea bag art coming next post. Save your tea bags, you'll want to try this one.

Happy Sunday!