Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The 'Wednesday Stamper' Challenge, 'Enchanted Spring'

Every spring we get a bird that builds her nest on the ledge outside our bathroom window. So, here is my 'Enchanted Spring' collage ( please click to enlarge) for the 'Wednesday Stamper' using a 'bird' rubber stamp. I stamped her on the page of an old hymnal, so she is filled with sweet songs to the Lord. The background is stamping on watercolor paper over dry wall tape, with watercolors & acrylics, plus some sanding with sandpaper. I drew the nest, and used some clipart cutouts to finish. I always finish by taping the collage on to matboard, it makes it sturdy and easy to display or store.

Just for fun, I switched my original collage to black & white. It amazed me how different the tones and variety of interest proved to be. I almost like it better!

7 comments:

Anjas-Artefaktotum said...

Enchanting creation, love the soft color spring look.
Hugs Anja

~*~Patty S said...

Your sweet birdie collage is wonderful in color AND in black and white...so charming

what a lovely view you must have of eggs and then birds in the nest...so sweet

Happy Springtime!
oxo

LivArtNow said...

That's such a beautiful spring collage!! Love everything about this :) both versions are gorgeous!!
hugs and smiles,
Linda

Daphne said...

Well i love colour so i prefer the top one, such a lovely piece!

froebelsternchen said...

it´s fantastic! and I love your beautiful banner! AWESOME!

johanna said...

so beautiful!

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

How lovely, Maggie! Both are beautiful but I think the soft color one is my favorite.