ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TAT: Happy Beeswax Birthday

Sunday, 11 July 2010

Happy Beeswax Birthday

Happy Birthday Debs....

For those of you who don't know Debs, hop over to her blog and take a look at her stunning arty work (and encourage her to update it a bit more often) I think you will agree she's pretty talented in the arty sense, which is a bit sickening cos she is also a bit of a Geek as well, working in a Mans world and she has long legs and wears kinky high heeled boots, in fact she is so multi-faceted and talented I hate her really!

Hence the canvas, which is GeekPunk if you didn't know (well you wouldn't cos I just made that up!)

I chose the hottest weekend of the year to dust off the melt-pot and play with some beeswax! So its a bit of a mix of geeky stuff and girly stuff! Including a bit of pink, not sure Debs will approve of that LOL

(and in case you were wondering, Mwah Darlinks is Deb's favourite Phrase)

Happy Birthday Debs

(and Happy Birthday to your twin sister)

(and Happy Birthday to your Long Lost Adopted Triplet who happens to share the same Birthday ---- ME!)

and since its my birthday I am giving out pressies, so be sure to read the post below!

11 comments:

Debs11 July 2010 at 09:34
NICKS IT TOTALLY ROCKS!
OMG - That's for me!
gasp-gasp-gasp

I adore it - even the pink!

you may have reignited my mojo which has gone awol.

Lurrrrves ya Nicks
mwah darlinks xxx
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Julia Dunnit11 July 2010 at 09:35
Happy Happy Returns Nick - hope you have a lovely day. Great canvas, I bet Deb will be thrilled. Jsut trotting off to visit her blog now.
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Debs11 July 2010 at 10:18
Thrilled? chuffed to little pink tickled feathers Julia. Aww shucks Nicks but not much mojo going on at present on my blog!
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whyducks11 July 2010 at 10:54
Wonderful Birthday Girl, glad to see the pot holder worked. Have a great day xx
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Fuchsia11 July 2010 at 11:50
Wow ! its inspiring Nicks .

Happy birthday to all three of you totally agree with you Debs rocks !!!!

xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Anonymous11 July 2010 at 15:14
absoulutely fabby as usual

Sparkles
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Netty11 July 2010 at 19:12
Happy Birthday to all of you, hope you have a great day. You have made each other some fabulous creations. Annette x
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Sherry11 July 2010 at 19:18
The canvas is fabulous, no wonder Debs loves it! Happy birthday to you all xx
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Suze Weinberg12 July 2010 at 01:56
Love, love, love the project ! Love that you colored the wax pieces.
BRILLIANT !!!
xxxxoooo
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Anonymous12 July 2010 at 09:12
Ab fab! KT
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Cath Wilson12 July 2010 at 13:12
These colours are absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous! It's a great work of art.
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CRAFTY LIKES AND DISLIKES

CRAFTY LOVES
UTEE... love it and use it in large quantities
Metal..
Friendly plastic
Shrink plastic
Paint and ink in any shape or form
My Crop-o-dile
odd bits and pieces
Paperarsty stamps
Brilliance inks
Tim Holtz (aka god)
Distress Inks
Debbie Moore's Metal magic
Perfect Medium
Glossy Accents
Debbie Moore's Enamel embossing powder

CRAFTY DISLIKES
while i think there is a place for most things at some time or other...I do dislike peel-offs with 99% of my being, but and this is a BIG but there is the odd and very odd occasion that they can be used without being too offensive (boy that hurt, it was almost an admission that i have used them)
Book-a-trix... sorry but they do look like memorial stones and nothing anybody says will convince me otherwise.
Decoupage..... I am sure the Victorians are turning in their graves
Flowersoft... a friend summed this up perfectly...Devils Dandruff
People who say/think ATC's are cardtoppers.... thats Dawn Bibby off my christmas card list
Cute
Penny Black Stamps
Stick and Stamp pad and anything which is sold and just does not do the job!!
Dufex
Tilda stamps..... why half a face??

WHAT ARE ATC'S??? Artist Trading Cards

Miniature works of art created on cards have been around for centuries, largely used as business cards. The modern-day concept of ATCs was conceptualized by artist M.vanci stirnrmenn in 1996, an idea born of older sports themed trading cards, and became a movement that denounced the tradition of critiquing and appraising art, and embraced the process of one artist connecting with another and exchanging styles and techniques.
ATC are art collectables but the one rule that makes an ATC derive from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
To this rule are appended a couple of conventions. First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting in person, by correspondence, online etc and exchanging their works, thus getting exposed to and experiencing many personal styles and techniques. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (i.e. if it's a one off original or part of a series).