Yesterday at the nursing home where I volunteer, we made sailboat - sunset scenes using acrylic paints and cut out decorative papers. Below is my piece I did to show them what to do. We try to keep the activities simple since several have some dementia and several have only one good hand to do crafts (or anything else) with.
I can't stand to let anything go to waste so I decided to cut up my sample scene and make a tag from the bits. First I cut out 8 inchies. Then I cut out a bit of background from the scene to use as the backdrop on my tag. I stamped that with a blue rose, which you can't see for the inchies. Next I distressed each inchie in SU blue. I stamped each inchie with something that reminds me of summertime. Then I glued them onto my background tag.
Stamps by Studio G and See D's and Stampin' Up.
This tag is for Tag Tuesday (summer) and for Tag It On (Inchies). My 3 colors are orange, blue, and black. I am probably stretching this requirement.
Edit: On closer inspection, I see that some of the orange and blue have run together forming a shade of green, so I guess my colors could be orange, blue and green.
What a great way to re-use! That turned out soooo nice.
ReplyDeleteThis is so good, Faye! I love the scratchy, weatherbeaten blue background. Very noble of you to recycle!
ReplyDeleteI haven't forgotten the retreat photos - will do them for you.
Janet xx
Not a problem, Faye, I counted the black ink as one of my colours... LOVE the fact you recycled your painting, it came out really well
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Frankie
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Well, I hate to see that painting dismantled.....but I do like the inchie tag you created with it! Love the fan stamp especially:)
ReplyDeleteVery creative and fun, Faye! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the different pictures on your tag!
ReplyDeleteLove your inchie tag Fag - great recycling - I'm just like you - such a shame to waste precious papers and paints etc.! Hope you are enjoying the summer - the heat can be tiring I know!!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant bit of recycling Faye and your tag is really lovely XXX
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely and it's really kind of you to craft with the seniors, this will brighten their day so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Faye, thanks for visiting my blog. It was fun to explore yours. I do a lot of volunteer art teaching here too. I love connecting with Christian artist/bloggers. I'm going to follow. Would love if you followed on mine.
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I hate to see things go to waste when it can be reused. Wonderful job of recycling your art, Faye.
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