Tuesday 22 September 2009

HOUSE ATC'S


There is nothing better in my opinion than creating something from paper that is old. I love using old books that probably won't even be read again by anyone, and probably destined for the tip. So why not when painting or fiddling as I often do, use up the scraps of paint on an old book. I use the little bits that are left over on my paint palette, so I don't waste it and just paint randomly onto these pages. At some stage I will use the paper and in this case I have. I love the vibrant colours and I am leaning towards using more and more of these colours lately in my work. Don't get me wrong I love Vintage colours with a passion but for some reason I keep painting with bright colours.


These little houses are ATC size and for a swap on my group this month. I have used a bit of German Scrap for the roof and doodled the rest with rub-ons and bottle top stamps. I have chimneys on my house's because I have a chimney on mine IRL. LOL.................

9 comments:

bockel24 said...

Very lovely ATCs, Elizabeth!

Lucy said...

VERY NICE little houses Eliza!!
Hugs Lucy

Eliza said...

thanks again ladies for the lovely comments

Glenda said...

They are so cool HRH

Viola said...

Wonderful ATCs! Love them all!

Eliza said...

thanks Viola nice of you to say and thanks for leaving a comment.

Unknown said...

love these the Eliza... the bright colours look terrific!

Debbi Baker said...

These are gorgeous Elizabeth!! I love the bright colours too and I also think of myself as more of a vintage art girl most of the time.

Jann said...

These are so beautiful! I love the colors and the bird images! I'm wondering if you painted directly onto the old pages of vintage books? I have a large collection of vintage books and have been reluctant to use most of them for art, but if I could do something like this, I would try--