Sunday 21 March 2010

Mind your own beeswax!

The theme over at the Sunday Stamper's Challenge today is "Time", so (tenuous link here, lol) I'm entering this, because it has a clock on it! :)

I covered a piece of chipboard with torn newsprint, which I painted with melted beeswax to hold it in place (being deliberately heavy handed and messy with it :)

The stamped chipboard tiles were coloured with Promarkers, placed on the background and painted with wax to hold them in place too. The text items were stamped on white card, cut out edge-distressed with Walnut Stain distress ink and then attached to the piece with some of Tim Holtz's memo pins (which I'm loving btw - my favourite item of the new idea-ology selection!).

Click the image for a larger view, comments welcome!:)

34 comments :

Hels Sheridan said...

OMG, great minds etc...I used Beeswax on mine too LOL
LOOOOOVE this piece, can't wait to see it in the real later...thanks for joining in ... SYS x

Angie said...

Love your work and those pins do look amazingly useful ...must check them out.

Gerrie Johnnic said...

Beautiful piece dan,luv the colors! I just got those pins, at least now I know what to do with them! lol

Gez Butterworth said...

Fabblous creation. Very inspirational.... must check out this beeswax! :)

Minxy said...

me reckons your getting inside information, i know you work is good but to see Hels SS theme and make and post it in one minute is amazing lol

Sue said...

Very Nice, I'm going to have to check out those pro markers for coloring. Can't wait to get the memo pins too.

Esther said...

Fantastic! Must have a go at the beeswax myself. You are a great inspiration - thanks for sharing your work. Hugs from New Zealand!

Karen said...

Awesome Dan! Thanks for directing me to your tutorial on the distressing inks. I think I have a new favorite way to stamp!

K said...

wow - this is great! love your art!

Amy said...

WOW..truelly amazing!

Lynn Stevens said...

Love it! Wax must be the product of choice today. I see those pins are a must have too!

Sid said...

Super beeswax piece Dan, love those pins too !

misteejay said...

Great piece Dan. I've never used beeswax so perhaps this is something new I need to have a play with.

Toni :o)

Helen said...

Great piece you've done here. enjoy the party.

Fliss said...

Wow! Glad I got nosy and clicked on your link to look.
Stunning piece of artwork and the colours are fabulous!
Fliss

voodoo vixen said...

Love the pins and the newspaper background is brill... maybe I should go melt a beeswax candle and see what I get? LOL

Sarah Anderson said...

Love the colours on this piece! And the images :) Well, the whole thing really, it's fab!!

Linda Ledbetter said...

Dan, this is awesome! I love everything about it!

And-- bonus!-- now I have an idea of what to do with those memo pins!

JAN said...

superb artwork its fantastic..

Patsy Ingram said...

Absolutely love this piece, Dan.
The newspaper background is such
a great idea and using beeswax to adhere it, who would have thought?
Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheryl said...

love it Dan very creative xx

Jenny said...

That is gorgeous and the colours are stunning. Thanks for sharing :)

Samm said...

Wow, your work never ceases to amaze me!

Samm
x

froebelsternchen said...

fantastic ..that´s amazing!
hugs Susi

ScrappyDandyDoo said...

This is fab Dan, wax is next on my list to play with :D

Julie xx

Unknown said...

LOVE it Dan ... but I think you knew that :0)

Andrea said...

its divine in the flesh Dan, just adorable art x

Sue said...

Love it!

Karen said...

WoW! I'm really loving this! This is the first time I've hopped over here (by way of Penny's Penny Duncan Creations) and you've knocked my socks off. :> Thanks for the headsup on Tim's new mini memo holders...I must have missed that one....probably while I was drooling over his new Alterations! lol Have a fantastic day! :>

Sandra Hall said...

Oooh, me thinks I will be getting some of those pins! Love the beeswax look too.

Traceyr said...

Great piece of artwork!

:)

Anonymous said...

Stunning! Love the way you put everything together!

Lori said...

Fantastic piece, Dan! Love it! I really like all the little sayings on the memo pins! Too funny!

Jean Franks Beck said...

Love, love, love the colors and textures on this piece. You've put together the images beautifully, and I just adore the wry "legal-ese" signs!

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