cherry bomb necklace

I love creating stuff...that's an understatement...but I really love having a goal in mind or a person to send the art to. This piece I have named "Cherry Bomb", it had to have a retro name because it's for a very retro lady by the name of Barbe Saint John...now if you don't know who she is then I suggest you click on her name and go take a looksee at her work.

Although the colour of this piece looks orange it is in fact red...that will teach me for taking photos in low light

I have used glass, crystal, rusted metal, silk velvet, brass wire and more

Inspired by Louise Nelson

Before you all start scratching your heads and questioning the happenings of my blog and the appearance of scrapbook pages...relax! It's not my thing, it's not something I'll do a lot of because it's not something that interests me...I do however have quite a few friends who are really in to it, so from time to time I like to try and impress them with my take on scrapping. One of my friends is the founding artist of simplistic scrapbooking, her style is the complete opposite of mine. Louise Nelson likes minimal colour and technique with emphasise on the photo. When I talk to to other people about Lou, the easiest way for me to describe the look is "spit art"...now don't go looking horrified and running off to tell Louise that I am saying horrid things about her work because she knows I love, admire and respect her and her work and she knows exactly what I think because I am honest enough to say it to her. We have had chats about art/craft/scrapping styles and we both like each other. My work is dark and grungey...so what. Anyhoo...Aussie Scrap Source were running a little challenge comp, and Lou shared the link with me...soooo I tried my hand at the style...for me it was really very challenging...fun...but not something I would do again.

At first I found I used too much colour, so I layered crumpled tissue paper over it to fade it out

I used LSG's Starburst Stains to dab some "flowers", and then used a drop of distress re inker, sprinkled with salt, and while still wet I dragged some lines out using an awl...Why salt? because the salt stops the colour from running more than I want, it dries up some of the liquid and leaves a little texture...soooo why not?

a simple black and white photo stapled over a flourish and lace

End result...not too bad. It's good for the artistic soul to leap out of your comfort zone and try something new

A Crown for Jane Clark

My friend Jane Clark is a big fan of scrapbook/craft icon Tim Holtz...and so I decided to create a crown for her using only his signature products. I have kept the piece quite simple...the next T.H crown will be for another friend...and it will be quite different

TH patterned papers

TH die cut flowers

TH grungeboard

TH stickles, distress inks and distress re inkers

East Coast Art Retreat...Art Is Sydney 2012

Everybody knows how very excited I am about being asked to teach three of my top classes at Bondi next March. The classes I am running are 6 hours each which means you will be learning lots about product and the versatility of them. The classes won't be restricted to just what you see, we will be playing and experimenting and pushing things to the limit and beyond. I suggest you hop over to the official site Art Is...You -East Coast Retreats to check out the other amazing teachers I am going to me teaching with...the classes are amazing and a definate must for those die hard mixed media artists. If you go to just one mixed media event in Sydney 2012...then this should be it! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE ABOVE IMAGE ON YOUR BLOG/WEBSITE AND LINK BACK TO THE OFFICIAL SITE

 

 

 

 

Pretty Little Mongrel wearable art

Every chain is unique and different

"Zombie Lou Protection Pendant" (UNAVAILABLE)

"Give and Take"

"Prim and Proper Purple"

"Green and Gold/Aussie"

"Blue Moon"

"Confusion"

"Lady Lie"

I enjoy playing and creating and quite often people ask where they can see a sample of my "Flooded" canvas art, so I decided what better way to show and share my work than to be able to wear it!?! So I have begun with these seven pieces, each so very different, each although grungey and eclectic they still appear very feminine. I am thrilled with how well they have turned out and I have plans for many more. Of course I can't keep them all, if you are interested in purchasing a piece please feel free to email me at atclindab@yahoo.com.au The pieces you see here are $45.00 (AUS$) each.

pretty little bloomers

Words Or Whatever created this cute little 6x6 page stand and I took one with me on my get away and...

while I was at the WOW head quarters we sorted out some pretties...my lovely "Bloomers" are now available in mini and petite sizes. YAY!!! I have used the petites here on the page frame.

...and we needed small and lovely leaves...soooo yuppers my leaf designs have been shrunk to mini versions to complete the floral theme.

Contact your local scrapbook store about stocking Words Or Whatever chipboard and MDF designs

I'm a Steamy Punk...

Last year a talented scrapbook artist by the name of Anne-Marie Cox saw a photo of me on my facebook page and asked if she could use it to create a steampunk page...the page got put on the backburner for AM but since then I had often thought about creating my own...and here it is.

I used an eclectic mix of buttons, cogs, nails, chipboard, charms and watch pieces

the framing cog pieces are from Words Or Whatever

the base I used is corrugated cardboard packing, additional things used are Green Tara lace, German Scrap, waterslide/rub on, impasto, gilding wax, acrylic paint, chain, stamped copper...oh and did I mention that the page is actually bolted onto thick mattboard for added strength due to the weight