Twyla on Tuesday

Hello Ladies!

If you visited me last Tuesday you may

remember my venture into mixed media art.

Since then I have completed three more pieces!

The one above was inspired by black and white paper

on sepia toned background.  I painted the tree trunks in this piece.

The one below shows a little more painting.

Yesterday I spent some time in my studio

creating another piece.

First I start by gluing phone book pages

to a canvas.  Once dry, I squeeze on some paint

and enjoy creating what I want the background to look like.

I love the way the paper bubbles and creates

character.

My inspiration for this piece was a quilt pattern

called the Tree of Life.

I cut the small triangles from a sheet of Basic Grey

scrapbook paper.

Trying to get the pattern straight and gluing down these

little pieces made my head hurt!

Once I had that done, the fun part is finishing up with a pretty

border and adding any embellishments that I felt it needed.

This is such an enjoyable art form for me.

It has opened up all kinds of creative uses for my

collection of scrapbook papers.

I make my own decoupage medium also!

It's a 50/50 mix of Elmer's Glue

and water shaken together well.

Works great!

I am linking up with dear friend Holly,

at Cutie Pie Cottage, for her Dotty Hop Day!

My 'Tree of Life' has polka dots in the border!

Have a wonderful day!

Love, Twyla