I never thought I would have so much fun playing with napkins. This is my version of 50 shades of Red in my art journal.
Why is it that the pictures never seem to show the REAL picture!!! But I did have fun making this page - cutting up pieces of the flowers on a napkin and sometimes tearing them up - finger painting and stenciling and using a black out line pencil. Then I let black ink run down the edges of the paper and then smooched the ink with a baby wipe. The butterfly is a TH die cut and the seed bead body is a trick I learned from my friend Anne.
I do have another memory about my Nanny. She and Paw did not have very much money. But she sure did like to fussy up her home. Dime store dishes of stale hard candy left over from Christmas were in her wee living room. A found bird's nest full of marbles set by her front door. She would find these marbles when seeping the city side walk in front of her house. The side walks were made with brick and oh so beautiful.
Now this is going to sound horrid but periodically she would catch a butterfly - somehow put it to sleep without harming a spot on it's wings. Then she would tenderly pin the butterflies to her drapes. She didn't have many but what she had looked beautiful flying across her curtains.
I am posting this page To Art Journal Journey - 50 shades of Red.
And also to Creative Carte Blanche - Love is in the air
I want to thank all of y'all who have so sweetly taking the time to comment on my blog and to read about my Nanny and Paw. I hope all is well.
Sandy xx
Why is it that the pictures never seem to show the REAL picture!!! But I did have fun making this page - cutting up pieces of the flowers on a napkin and sometimes tearing them up - finger painting and stenciling and using a black out line pencil. Then I let black ink run down the edges of the paper and then smooched the ink with a baby wipe. The butterfly is a TH die cut and the seed bead body is a trick I learned from my friend Anne.
I do have another memory about my Nanny. She and Paw did not have very much money. But she sure did like to fussy up her home. Dime store dishes of stale hard candy left over from Christmas were in her wee living room. A found bird's nest full of marbles set by her front door. She would find these marbles when seeping the city side walk in front of her house. The side walks were made with brick and oh so beautiful.
Now this is going to sound horrid but periodically she would catch a butterfly - somehow put it to sleep without harming a spot on it's wings. Then she would tenderly pin the butterflies to her drapes. She didn't have many but what she had looked beautiful flying across her curtains.
I am posting this page To Art Journal Journey - 50 shades of Red.
And also to Creative Carte Blanche - Love is in the air
I want to thank all of y'all who have so sweetly taking the time to comment on my blog and to read about my Nanny and Paw. I hope all is well.
Sandy xx
