by Susan | Jan 1, 2023 | Bird Patterns, Collage, Felt Patterns
For Christmas, I received the book “Beguiled By The Wild” by Charley Harper from Hannah. About his style of painting, Charley Harper coined it “minimal realism.” He said, “Instead of trying to put everything in when I paint, I try to...
by Susan | Oct 22, 2022 | Bird Patterns, Christmas, Collage, Felt Patterns
I had so much fun with my Birds on Branches last week that I had to make more. Last week I experimented with a lightly stuffed felt Blue Jay ornament and mixed media collage ornaments. This mourning dove, my favorite of the new designs, is finished flat. When I...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2022 | Collage
Yesterday I shared my Birds on Branches Christmas Ornament Patterns with Blue Jay, Cardinal, Chickadee, Titmouse, Goldfinch, and Nuthatch patterns. Today I experimented with making the ornaments out of paper. I started by tracking the circle on a piece of heavy paper....
by Susan | Apr 28, 2020 | Collage, Felt Patterns, Squares
This collage card started with a felt square design. Yet when it came time to make it, I was more interested in creating it from paper than I was from felt. The tree is created from magazine text torn from the magazine to mimic a birch tree. As I did with my Puffins...
by Susan | Apr 21, 2020 | Collage, Odds and Ends, Projects
This weekend I designed a felt square called Puffins on Rocks. I liked the Puffins so much that I started thinking about other ways I could use this design. I decided to try a collage greeting card with the Puffin scene. Somewhere in my stash, I used to have some...
