Muerta Linda Nicho - Dia De Los Muertos Shrine

Hi everyone, let's keep the shrines rolling!  I hope you're having a wonderful day.  I wanted to pop in and share another one of my new Dia De Los Muertos shrines.

For this shrine, I tried to experiment with different ways to create texture on metal.  The left side was my attempt at embossing on metal.

This shrine is adorned in roses, glitter and a Virgin Mary charm.

It also has a bit of bling and tinsel just for fun.

This beautiful little shrine is available for purchase over on Etsy.  Thank you so much for stopping by, have a beautiful day you guys!!

Hope - Mixed Media Assemblage - Dia De Los Muertos Nicho

Hey everyone!  I'm back to share another one of the nichos I've created recently.

I've been busy creating, posting to FB and Etsy but have fallen behind sharing here.  So I apologize for the blogging delay.

This beautiful little shrine reminds me of a cross between a mission and a window.

Hope just seemed to be perfect for this shrine.

I'm using Ranger's Patina line to paint my shrines.  The paint goes on great and I'm able to use acrylics on top of it with no problem.

Doodling just seemed like the way to go on this one.

I added some bling and jewelry findings from my stash to finish it off.  The beautiful broach up top is a vintage find from a local flea market.

This gorgeous shine is available for purchase on Etsy.  Thanks so much for stopping by & have a beautiful day!!!

Dia De Los Muertos Sacred Heart Shrine

Hey there, I hope you are having a fantastic day!  I wanted to share one of the nichos I recently created.  Nichos are small shadow boxes usually made of wood or tin.  They originated as a take on the Roman Catholic retablo tradition of painting saints.   So nichos are little shrines or mixed media assemblage pieces.  I really love working on these little guys and sometimes create my own out of cardboard and found objects.

So back in November during el Dia De Los Muetos, my husband and I did a little shopping in between all the festivals/celebrations downtown and I found these awesome tin nichos.

These are authentic tin shrines from Mexico.  I knew right away that they were PERFECT for my art.

I bought them all and then they sat in stash til recently.  I finally got around to working on them and I'm loving these little treasures.

The outside is painted and then I drew the flowers.  Next I added bling and the inside features a copy of my original canvas entitled Bendita Mujer.

I've created two more that I'll be sharing soon.  Thanks so much for stopping by, letting me know if you have any questions about my process or the products I used.

Take Care!!

PWP's Wicked Blog Hop!

Happy Friday and thank you so much for joining me today! WELCOME to Paper Wing Productions' Wicked Design Team 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 we’re having some wicked fun but don't be scarred because our creations will be a treat for your eyes!!  Get comfy and prepare to shriek with delight!!  This month’s main prize is a gift certificate to the New Paper Wings Production’s 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 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, Oct 8^th, 2013 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

I was very excited about this month's hop because as many of you already know, I love Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos projects.  So come on, you know I had to make a shrine!!  

I picked up this coffin on clearance last year and have been waiting to turn in into a shine.  I started by embossing the new Lace with Border stamp on white cardstock.  Then I cut it to fit, adhered and sprayed with Dylusions inks.

I stamped the Dia De Los Muertos Mujer on black cardstock and embossed in white.  I fussy cut her and added mini butterfly wings.

I used the shine border from the Dia De Los Muertos Mujer set but I cut it and placed one end on the top.  I used the other piece to frame my skeleton.  For the banner, I used the Papel Piqado stamps from the Dia De Los Muertos Hombre set and hung them with jute twine.  I flanked the shrine with the doves in the Milagros stamp set.

I embellished my shrine with paper and artificial flowers.  I also tucked in a heart from the Milagros stamp set.

So when I started working on this piece, I wasn't sure what I was going for but as I worked it hit me.  My inspiration came from one of my very favorite songs by Gloria Estefan.  It's called "No Llores" (Don't Cry), she has several versions of this song but the one I love features Pitbull.  My favorite part of the original song is:

El dia que yo me muera (The day I die)
No quiero que me manden flores (I don't want you to send me flowers)
Lo que me des, damelo en vida (What you give me, give me while I'm alive)
No habra razon pa' que me llores (Then there'll be no reason for you to cry for me)

Isn't that beautiful and I really love all of Pitbull's part too.  I love jamming to this, enjoy!!

 

Like Pitbull says, "I lived my life the way I wanted, just like you should live yours the way you want".

The other quote I wrote is:

Asi como tu eres, yo era (The way you are, I was)

Asi como yo so, tu seras (The way I am, you will be)

That's what I imagined she wanted to say :D  This shrine really inspired me so I'll be doing more in depth pieces using these sentiments in the near future.  Well I hope you've enjoyed my post, now it's time to head on over to Shay's Blog!!

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Cathi O’Neill - www.celticknotted.blogspot.com

Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com

Erica Rose Thompson - http://ericarosecreates.blogspot.com

Irit Shalom - http://iritshalom.blogspot.com
Katie Smith - http://www.punkprojects.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com

Shay - www.verdigrishall.blogspot.com
Amber Rasmuss - www.sew-ink.blogspot.com

Paper Wings Productions Blog “The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

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