It's also perfect for today's reanimation, which uses the amazingly archaic phonebooks that continue to be delivered to my door. Yes, in 2013. Phonebooks.
Every time they show up, I recycle them into art. Not garbage. They are a wonderful source of nice, thin, collage-worthy paper with beautiful, finely detailed text.
Today's MIX-Ability challenge on Splitcoast - MIX6 is the keyword if you upload to our gallery - is to use gesso and newsprint - the most perfect combo in the world!
I used Trudy Sjolander's new release - Swirly Bird - since she is having her blog hop today! Her little bird looks so sweet tweeting people's phone numbers! :)
I painted one page of the phonebook with gesso and let it dry. Then I cut a 4 x 4 square to form the background. I rubbed this with Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence and Pacific Point ink from Stampin' Up! I used a sponge to dab white acrylic paint on this after it dried for the clouds.
I cut two more 4" wide strips of the gesso'd paper and hand cut the hills out of them. I sprayed these with Stephanie Barnard Banana and Spearmint sprays and then rubbed Memento Pear Tart ink over them. You just have to experiment until you get the color you like.
Then I dotted red acrylic paint on (I used Golden Fluid Acrylics for this) for flowers onto the hills.
The hardest part is waiting for everything to dry before collaging.
I put it all together with matte ModPodge. Word to the wise - I was using water based mediums so the Mod Podge will transfer those. However, if you just keep a wet paper towel handy you can keep any colors from bleeding permanently.
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46 comments:
This is such a bright and fun canvas! I love that you used the phone book page too.
Thanks so much for using my stamp set my friend!
Hugs,
True :D
Awwwwwwwwwwwe this is TRUEly sweet Lydia. Love it!
Beautiful creation and I love that you repurpose the phone books (great idea!). TFS!
Nice work! So happy and bright. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Great Art and recycling too!
WOW Lydia! This is beyond gorgeous! You are a true artist! Hugs! Sean
How awesome Lydia! So bright and springy! Love it!
What a creative design - love the bright colors.
cute!!
Mixed media is so fun. tfs!
Love your spring landscape and the sweet swirlie bird.
What a beautiful collage and a great way to recycle a phone book!!
This is an adorable canvas. Too cute!
What a delightful card. I just adore that cute little bird.
I am just amazed at all the creativity here and it's also green! Great!
Gorgeous canvas!
Wow!! I love what you did with the phone book. It is amazing and beautiful. Great job!
Best use of a phone book I think I have ever seen. Creative, lovely colors, very 'tweet' (come one you expected someone to say it - didn't you!)
Love the elements on the canvas.
This is really cool how you used all this colour and the sweet birdie!
Beautiful!!! Love the new stamps!
LOL! I guess I better hurry and go get at least one of the phone books out of the recycle bin. I love this and thanks about the tip about using Mod Podge with water based medium. That bird is so adorable tweeting the phone numbers. I love it. Very creative!
very pretty artwork!!
Oh my word .... those phone books are going to be 'admired' here in a brand new way ... thanks to you! **Smack!** I could'a had a phone book art moment!! (Instead of vegetable juice!) Shakin' my head with delight & admiration here, "South" of Oklahoma! ;)
((((hugs))))
love the bird !!!!!
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awesome creation... thanks for the chance...
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Very sweet and I like how you used phone book pages.
This is so cute. The birds are adorable.
Love the whole concept. The bird tweeting phone numbers! Love the telephone book background. Very clever
Have never used mod podge, looks like fun
Just enough of the phone book page shows through to make it interesting. I like that idea.
Noreen
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Very fun project! Love the phone book page and the pretty colors, and the Swirly Bird!
I signed up a few years back to not get phonebooks anymore because I would just put them straight in the recycling. Bin. So now, I am asking everyone to give me their old ones when I run out! Thanks
Great card with all the vivid colors.
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Loving Scrapper 101
Love your collage, great idea for using a phone book :-)
You are so clever..love recycling!
I love the birds. Another great card with the birds.
Well I wish I hadn't recycled my last phone book into the trash. You can be confident the next one won't be thrown away! Thanks for the tip.
April
Love the different media that is used for 'stamping'.
What a fun and colorful project. I love that you used your phone book to creat it!
Wowie!!! Awesome mixed Media project!! Love the Sweet Sunny scene and the little birdie is too CUTE! 8-)
Hugs
Shannon
I love this canvas! So cute and bright! Made me instantly smile!
What a gorgeous page. I love how you recycled the phonebook pages.
I never would have thought to use a telephone book like this, very cool!
Love this! The bright colors and True's sweet little birdie just make me happy! TFS!
This is awesome! I love love love mixed media. :D
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