Sunday 31 October 2010

All you need is love


We were given a choice for this week's Inspiration Avenue team challenge - the idea was to create an aged/distressed art work using one of the following words - wish, love, dream, faith, hope, friend, create, bloom, play, inspire or sweet! Kind of eleven inspirations for the price of one really - decisions decisions!

My submission (above) is a mixed media piece on canvas. I have a confession though - it's not yet quite finished or all glued down! 

I had a lot of fun making this - I love working with materials that are re-cycled, ripped, aged, stained or basically ... past their prime!! I may even post a little tutorial piece on the techniques I've used here, later this week.

You can see all this week's wonderful submissions - and of course keep an eye out for next week's theme! - here

15 comments:

  1. As always, Angie you blew me away with this piece. I love the vintage book page and the elements you added. I love it all, actually. Nicely done my friend. It is a gorgeous piece. You know what I am realizing...you have a trademark heart in all of your pieces. Duh...I am slow. You are an angel of hearts.
    Hugs,
    Tammy

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  2. Love lovelove your work
    You are inspiring!!!!

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  3. What a wonderful piece. That old book page looks so brittle - just perfect for your creation. Love it!!

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  4. Love IS the key to ones heart!!

    love ya,
    bunny

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  5. This is beautiful, Angie...the texture on the canvas is intriguing.
    I love the old bookpage and the screen under the key...lots to look at and touch!
    XoX

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  6. Hi Angie,
    Oh, how sweet! I love the mixed media canvas.
    Thanks for sharing,
    Hugs,
    Anna

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  7. Angie, it may not be finished, but I love it anyway. It is already superb. And I also love recycled, ripped, and torn. How perfect for this challenge! And of course, I'm in LOVE with this piece.

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  8. Thanks everyone for your kind words :)

    Tammy it's not a conscious thing but yes I do tend to return to the same things - notably hearts, keys and buttons! Thanks again for such a wonderful challenge theme :)

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  9. Wonderful message.It is beautiful. Love mixed media and want to see what techniques you used.

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  10. This is such a lovely piece! Love the vintage look! :)

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  11. Sorry, I thought I'd already left you a comment on this. Oops! I love the way this looks like one of your little tags but much bigger! And the color of the canvas is perfect with the book page, key and lettering. I LOVE your style!

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  12. This is very beautiful. Full of texture and feelings. Your heart is beautiful. I really love the creations you have come up with. The aging leads me to the thought that love is timeless... Beautiful.

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  13. Thanks everyone - I do love reading all your comments, it brightens my day :)

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