Little Honey Bee Studios: birds

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Free Bird - Mixed Media Hippie Art

Hi everyone! I have a fun new piece to share with you that I just completed today.

I'm calling it "Free Bird". (Let's see how many of you get it.) This is just a really fun canvas don't you think?!

For this canvas I set out to just play. The base colors are new ones that I just bought and wanted to try out. If you follow me on FB then you saw them. They were a crimson and navy blue color.

I treated this canvas like an art journal page and just started to doodle. I did my favorite tangle/mandala flowers and then added beautiful vibrant colors.

I really wanted this piece to be free. Does that make sense? You know, very organic. At one point I thought, "what the heck am I doing, this is a hot mess" but I just kept at it til it made me happy. I think that's really important when creating. You have to trust yourself enough to let go and follow your instincts. Especially when you think you've made a mistake or ruined your piece.

In the end it came together perfectly. I love the vibrant colors, doodles and birds. It totally reflects my mood when I started :D I hope you love this one as much as I do! I'll be adding the original and prints to Etsy soon so please keep an eye out for that. Thank you for stopping by and have a beautiful day!!

You can find the original HERE and the print HERE

Friday, July 4, 2014

Paper Wings Production July Blog Hop & Giveaway: Yellow

WELCOME to Paper Wing Productions July Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you've arrived here from Katie's blog, then you're in the right place. If you’re just stopping by for a visit, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

This month our color theme is Yellow. So get comfortable and let us fill your day with the warm shades of yellow, enjoy the hop!!

The main prize is a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.

For a chance to win all you need to do is:

be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog
visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
come back and leave us a comment on the PWP blog telling us you completed the hop.

To increase your chances of winning: like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop. Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

Happy 4th of July to all my American friends, I hope you're enjoying your day!! This month I'm sharing a sun drenched art journal page.

This is an old page from my art journal. It already had all of these beautiful colors on it from previous projects.

I added more layers using stencils and stamps. The large flourish is from the Vintage Melange set. The birds are from Bird Melange and the new Bird Beauty stamp set.

Next I added some molding paste to stamp into. This is one of the stamps from the Bird Beauty set.

After that I added my focal image. This big beautiful lady is from the Melange 3 Gypsy cling stamp set. Then I decided to add more texture with molding paste and stencils.

I love this quote from the new Bird Beauty stamp set!!!

Now for some personality! I added Domino Washi tape, stamped canvas heart, metal crown, feathers, a flower and Queen B. I used the Perfect Alphabet and bees from Vintage Melange.