October 08, 2008

Sublime Junk Mail

Stately, Supreme, & SublimeHa ha! I started a new journal using junk mail. I never knew what fun backgrounds they could make. I got tired of the inundation of Obama and McCain flyers and postcards in my mailbox ... so I made some into art LOL This one had some nice big words, so I sanded to distress and added a gesso wash before adding some color.

This is my entry for the week for
Collage Play with Crowabout. There were some fun images to play with and I got to use one of my new Marie Antoinette stamps from CatherineMoore ... although Marie lost her head :)

This is also a color combo using brown, so it works for my
Wednesday Stamper entry too. I'm a little fuzzy on what colors I combined ... Deep Turqouise and Vandyke Red Hue I think. The Vandyle red is my favorite color right now; it has a brownish tinge.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Absolutelty fabulous.

Sandy said...

Wow this is stunning.
Unbelievable work.

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

Beautiful done.
It's made me smile.

Willy said...

Looks great!

Ed said...

I love your collage, the colours work really well together.

The Backporch Artessa said...

Your journal pages are wonderful! Good for you for keeping up with them even thought you're busy with school!

Angelina said...

Fantastic!! Love it!!

Joanne Huffman said...

I guess Marie lost her head because it was so big? Very nice colors. You've actually made junk mail look good.

Joanne

Barbara said...

And I just shredded a bunch today from the mail. what a great idea to do, will have to look at tomorrows mail closely. Super card and idea.

Manja said...

i love your work, a bit crazy, colorful - special... really cool

Angela Hoffmann said...

now this is a worthy use of junk mail..it has never looked so good..rofl! poor marie..wonder if she will ever find her head?..lol!

fabulous work Karen~

Karen Owen said...

This is recycling at its best, Karen!

jackie said...

I love this interesting, colorful collage! Great use of a new stamp, color and trash!
hugs,
jackie

~*~Patty S said...

Wonderful piece of art, so playful and so much more!

Belinda said...

love your page!! makes me want to play and have some fun