Sunday, 8 March 2009

The Written Word


Created for Mixed Media Monday. The background is canvas paper coloured with distress inks in Vintage Photo & Peeled Paint, spritzed with water, then heat dried. This was then stamped with a pen nib background in StazOn ink (Timber Brown). The collage image was applied, then the border added which was also coloured with distress ink. I stamped the text onto card coloured with matching ink, then painted 3 German Scrap pen nibs with brown and expresso acrylic paint. I finished the piece by adding the staples randomly around the border.

23 comments:

Debbie Dolphin said...

Another great art piece.blimey you are sooo talentedxx
debbie

Femmy said...

beautiful piece!! love the image and pennibs!!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, love the colours

Beth said...

This is lovely, and the little girl image is so sweet!

K said...

beautiful piece!

Kaz said...

this is a fab piece, love the image and the colours are fantastic and vintage.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful, Rachel! Diane

indybev said...

Oh, I want to write her right now and tell her how darned cute she is! Great page.

~*~Patty S said...

Love what you've created it = Brilliant!

Rika said...

Lovely card!

Sandy said...

OMG Rachel this is absolutely awesome. Very impressive.

My Creative House said...

What a lovely piece of artwork, beautiful image.

vintage wil said...

Beautiful card ! love the colors.

HeARTworks said...

You make such pretty pieces! Thanks for sharing!

Connie said...

Wow, gorgeous!! Like the colors, and especially the image that you have used!!!

http://truutske.blogspot.com said...

Absolutely great canvas creation. Love it.

Anonymous said...

Sweet and lovely. Love the pen nibs!

Astrid Maclean said...

Gorgeous piece, adore it!, the pen nibs are really lovely

deb said...

Wonderful piece, love the image you've used.

joanne wardle said...

gorgeous, I love the sepia tones. all your work is beautiful

Olivia said...

Thank you for explaining; as a learner it makes your art even more special to me. Olivia

Pretty Widow said...

the staples are a great touch.
diane

Fannie said...

Beautiful, Rachel. Thanks for explaining the process, too. Staples . . . brilliant.