Sparrow

Greetings! 

Teresa Jaye is here to play!

Today I have a canvas to share with you. 
(click on the pictures to enlarge for a better view!)

This piece is 4" by 12"  and is 1 1/2" deep. I started by tearing paper from the "Hope" collection by Authentique into pieces approximately 1"x1" and collaging them on to the canvas I used blues in the upper left and blended to browns in the lower right. The patterns and colors were a little strong so I muted them with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints, these paints are nice and creamy and they are transparent so they let some of the color and pattern from the paper show through. 

Next came layers and layers of stamping with Staz-On inks through the Studio 490 Wendy Vechi Dots & Stripes Borders stencil and the dylusions 5x8 "letter jumble" stencil by Crafters Workshop as well as punchenella. The tree trunk is made with some mulberry paper from my stash. The sparrow is by Becca Kallem. I used Faber Castell Pitt pens over the printed image and blended all of the elements with Faber Castell big brush pens. 

The phrase is from an old hymn I love and on the back I put the write-up from Wikipedia about the origin of the hymn. 

I hope you are inspired to tear up some paper and make a collage project of your own,

the shop at eclectic Paperie has all of the wonderful goodies you'll need - 

thanks for playing with me!