A few (more) minutes of fun - with a mixed media butterfly quartet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- In this series you can join me at the craft table once a week for a few minutes of art and craft creativity - between ten and twenty minutes usually. But sometimes a project needs a little MORE than just a few minutes... so in A Few (More) Minutes of Fun, you'll be invited along for a deeper dive into my creative process.
Today I'm creating some dimensional collaging over last week's crackle backgrounds. Join me for a mixed media collage journey that gave me several surprises along the way, and ended up with one of my favourite art series sets ever. I can't tell you how much I love the final butterfly quartet... I hope you do too.
See last week's backgrounds come to life here: • A few minutes of fun -...
Tim Holtz Distress Crayon in Phantom Mist; Idea-ology Trimmings - lace; Idea-ology Clippings word stickers; Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
Metal buttons from my stash
Butterfly acetate stickers - found online
(For details of the products used for the backgrounds, see the previous episode, linked above.)
I bought everything used in this video myself.
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Love that all combined, they told a story!! They are absolutely lovely!!! Look forward to joining you on every journey!!❤❤
It's always about the story for me... or the poetic fragments. Very happy you enjoyed it, and it'll be lovely to have your company for the journeys ahead. Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
Absolutely lovely! You just always have the perfect touch, it’s so inspiring to watch you play! I love (at least) one pearl of wisdom from today: “the twig always wins”! Thank you so much! Your love of life shines through your work! Erica❤
Thank you so much for that wonderful comment, Erica - I read it with a big smile on my face. And yes, I've learned that the hard way with twigs!
Alison, I love listening/watching your process. Thank you for taking the time to film .
That's great to hear, thanks so much for sharing your lovely thought.
So pretty and I looooooooove your laughter!!! You are enjoying yourself so much and bringing all of us along for the ride!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It genuinely is a few minutes of fun for me... and it's so lovely that others are enjoying it too!
What wonderful videos! So very glad I've found them because you are so inspiring to a beginner who is just feeling her way and learning to trust that feeling of "this is it!" ❤❤❤
Oh, that's such a good feeling - and yes, trust it! I'm delighted you're finding inspiration here... I've only been adding videos regularly to TH-cam for a couple of months so there's plenty more to come. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.
I love your relaxed and fun way of crafting! It's so refreshingly different! Such wonderful and inspiring creations, the colours and textures are wonderful - I have to see more! Petra ☺
What a lovely comment... thank you so much! I'm happy you found your way here, and I hope you'll continue to enjoy Words and Pictures.
The backgrounds were stunning, but finished they are just glorious 🦋🩵💚
Thank you so much, Victoria - I really had a lovely time with them.
I've watched both of these videos and enjoyed watching the process bloom into beautiful pieces of art! Thank you so much. I'm very excited to try this style of paper crafting.
So happy you enjoyed the two-parter... I hope you'll have lots of your own minutes of fun when you give it a try. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I thought they were lovely just as backgrounds, but they are even more lovely now! What terrific projects!
Yes, it can be tempting to stop, and then you think just one more layer, just one more addition - and hopefully things keep getting better! So happy you enjoyed this, and thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.
Gorgeous. Loving all the different textures. Hidden in the shadows is my favourite 🧡 thank you for sharing
Mine too! So happy you enjoyed it - thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts.
Love your few minutes of fun I followed along and now have four mini collages Thanks 😊
Oh, that's great to hear... so happy you played along. If you're sharing them anywhere (Instagram?), do tag me in... I'd love to take a look. No worries if not, of course. Have a great weekend!
I love these! The twigs are a brilliant touch.
Thank you - I love incorporating natural elements, though they don't always cooperate!!
Oh, the close-ups! Gorgeous! 😍
Thank you - yes, it's really in those close-ups that you get a proper idea of the texture details.
These are scrumptious ❤. I definitely need to add more twigs to my work. Your color pallette is so soothing and uplifting. Thank you for sharing a few minutes of fun!
Twigs are great... and they're free! So happy you enjoyed the fun - thank you for taking the time to let me know.
Stunning masterpieces! So much LOVE to see your creating process and hear you talk to them! ❤
So happy you love them and yes, it's a bit disconcerting that my internal monologue now just seems to happen out loud with less and less censorship from me!! Ah well, I'm happy others seem to find it interesting/helpful/hilarious (delete as appropriate!). Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I love your color palette! It's so much fun watching you create! Thank you for sharing the process❤
What a lovely comment - so happy to hear you're enjoying the fun. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Oh how I wish I had your artistic abilities….the cards are beautiful.
Thank you very much... hope you'll be inspired to have a play - it's all pretty simple, really, just one layer at a time! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
So so lovely! I’m loving this series. Hugs, treen 💕💕💕
So happy to hear that... thanks so much for taking the time to comment and let me know.
I love making cards - these are great designs for it - Thank you
Perfect - yes, you can adapt the idea to any surface really. Thank you for watching and commenting.
These are beautiful. I really enjoy your sessions. Thank you for sharing.
I'm so happy to hear that - thanks so much for taking the time to let me know.
Just gorgeous! I love each step of the video. ❤❤❤
Very happy that you enjoyed it - thanks so much for taking the time to let me know.
Absolutely Stunning 🤩 and I absolutely loved watching the process
Thank you 😊
Very happy you enjoyed it - thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Beautiful! Inspiring! Love the colors. So happy the TH-cam algorithm brought you to my attention. I will be sharing more of my minutes of fun checking out your other creations. Thank you.!
That's great to hear - happy you found your way here. I've only been sharing videos here regularly for a couple of months, so there's plenty more to come. Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to commetn.
I love how your work turned out ❤Thank you ❤
Thank you - I loved the journey these took me on. Happy you enjoyed the results.
Absolutely beautiful… thanks for sharing your ideas! 😊❤
You're welcome - thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I love how you turned your fabulous backgrounds in these amazing pieces of art😍 love the contrast of grunge with the lace and the shiny butterflies. So fun that you takes us along in your whole process including the taking and thinking which is not only funny but also learn from it😃 thanks again Alison for the inspiration❣️
So happy that you find my "thinking-out-loud" useful (and funny!)... and yes, I've always enjoyed a bit of contrast with grunge and shabby chic elements. Thank you so much, as always, for your lovely comments.
Lovely! Love watching your process.
So happy to hear that - thank you for watching and commenting.
Bonjour et merci pour votre partage.
J'adore votre création, les nuances de couleurs et les brindilles, je n'aurais pas pensé à utiliser ces petits morceaux de bois !
Vous avez énormément de talent !
Vous m'inspirez et me donnez envie de créer.
Amitiés de Normandie.
C'est vraiment gentil - merci beaucoup.
Love love love ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Love the details that make your delicious backgrounds come alive! I’m reaching for my twig collection now. 🤗🇨🇦🤗
So happy you enjoyed it, and I hope you have fun playing with the twigs... they don't always want to go in the direction you want, and I find it's wise to listen to them! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Absolutely beautiful, love watching your videos you inspire me. X
That's lovely to hear, thank you so much. Best result of all is that you might be inspired to have a few minutes of fun yourself! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Your result of these finished cards is gorgeous Alison.
Thank you so much, Tineke. Happy Sunday to you xx
Love, love as always, ye r sp talented, with simplicity!! I do chuckle on how precise ye r about balance !! Music lovely as well, enjoy the rest of your day !!🎉❤
Ah, the balance is everything - in life and in art! But perfectly happy it makes you chuckle nevertheless... Thanks so much for your lovely comment.
Yay to keeping the twigs 😉
Yes, it had to happen!!
Truly magical ❤ I’m so in love with what you did here. Thank you for inspiring me today!!
So happy to hear you feel inspired - hope you'll have fun playing. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Absolutely lovely. I quite enjoyed the process. Thank you.
I'm very happy to hear that. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Allison, your composition style always pleases the eye. Just lovely, so thanks for taking time to share! ❤
So happy you enjoyed it - I love the balancing act of working with composition across the different panels. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Stunning.
Thank you so much.
These make my heart happy💕
Ahhh, thank you - mine too!
Very pretty - love the colors. I've been holding off on the crackle paste - now I have to buy some.
Oh, I never hold off on crackle paste! I've got several different makes and I love them all - they all behave slightly differently.
Stunning. Love them
Thank you - happy you love them! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
They turned out amazing! You do an outstanding job!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know how much you enjoyed it - much appreciated.
@@w0rdsandp1ctures You are very welcome 🤗
I absolutely adore your process! Thanks so much for sharing...love, love, love this❤️
So happy to hear that - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know!
❤❤❤ these! So beautiful
Happy to hear that - thanks for watching and commenting.
Lovely. Seriously lovely 🤍🤍🤍
Thank you so much for watching, and for your lovely interactive comments!!
They are gorgeous! Love love love
Happy you like them - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.
Love them so much!❤️
Thank you! Happy you do!
Gorgeous, as usual!
Thank you very much.
So fabulous ❤ love your colour palette and composition 🦋
Thank you so much - I usually let nature lead the way on colours, and she never gets it wrong!
@@w0rdsandp1ctures so true ❤️
Thank you Alison. A lovely crafting session. Xxx
Happy you enjoyed it - I certainly did! Thanks for watching and commenting.
So good. Thanks for sharing these
You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
These are beautiful 😍👍❤️
Happy you like them - thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Hello Alison! YAY on seeing more FUN finishing these amazing butterfly cards! It’s such an interesting process to watch as there are times when I really agree with the direction you’re going and yet there are other times when I’m being an armchair quarterback so to speak and second guessing your decisions… I would not have thought to use actual twigs to put the butterflies on and now I almost can’t imagine not using them! I love the element of lace and the filigree button style accents are just lovely. Thanks for sharing your creativity and inspiration! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
PS: thanks for the detailed answer about ‘rust’ that was both interesting and informative. Although I’m excited about the card tin project, I think today’s play for me will probably be doing various background techniques as I received my amazon order for 1,000 heavy weight #8 tags! =)
Thanks so much for that... and I'm pleased to hear there are times you'd have gone in a different direction. Wouldn't life be dull if we were all the same!? I do love incorporating natural elements like twigs, but they don't always want to cooperate.
Hope you have lots of fun playing with your 1000 tags... I really hope, having got that many, that they are good ones!!! Have a great weekend.
@@w0rdsandp1cturesHi Alison… I had my play today and really enjoyed it. The tags are 13 pt Manila and worked perfectly especially since I still have a tendency to overwork sprays & inks with too much water. I went for the large quantity because I could get 1000 for $50 yet would have had to pay $20 for just 100… I wanted enough tags to not have to worry about ‘wasting’ them when my experiments and practice efforts go awry. =)
I’ve been doing mostly collage for the past 2 or 3 years other than a quantity of greeting cards for various reasons so I’ve been missing playing with paint and sprays, etc. Your videos have inspired me to play again and to enjoy the process so I sincerely thank you for that. My plan for those cards in the tin are to use my Fresco Finish Paints for the backgrounds, etc. I just love those paints and I’ve missed them! LOL Take Care and have an awesome day! 🙂
@@suebouch4074 All sounds like a perfect way to play! I'm so happy that these videos have tempted you back into some mixed media fun and experimentation. And yes, I totally get that on the bulk quantity... no stress about wastage that way. (And the same way I get lured into buying spring bulbs - why buy 25 for €20 when you can have 100 for €30?!) Happy Sunday!
Loved it all, a big THANK YOU for sharing! 💚💙
You're very welcome! Happy you enjoyed it - thank you for taking the time to let me know.
So beautiful 😍 thank you
So happy you like them - thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Same !! Twigs beat lace hands down in my world as well !! 🤍🤍🤍
Yup!
Beautiful color combo 😍
Thank you - I usually take nature as my inspiration, and she never gets it wrong!
The small scraps can be hung on bulb pins on dongles for your journal .glue several together at the bottom of a tiny tag.
Thank you... good idea. I know there are endless uses for scraps, but there's a limit to my storage space!!
Gorgeous!
Thank you!
Thanks so much .. ❤ I'm going out to buy crackle paint today and looking forward to following your video .
Excellent - I don't think you'll regret it... it's lovely stuff. Just remember to be patient and let it dry!
These are amazing 😊😊
Thanks so much - happy you like them.
To cute! Made me new subscriber
Very first time I'm seeing you, and glad I found you
That's great - welcome! I've only been sharing regularly here on TH-cam for a few months, so there's plenty more to come. Thanks so much for watching, subscribing and taking the time to comment.
I love this and am getting all manner of ideas from those twigs. I just received my order of your quotes stamps yesterday (Happiness and the Magic & Wonder sets) and can’t wait to play around with those in conjunction with the Perspective Moth die that you inspired me to buy.
My husband, upon seeing me using said new Perspective Moth die was all a flutter (yes, that bad pun was intended), and blurted out “wait, what? ….YOU didn’t BUY that! I can’t believe….but you HATE moths!!” Oh no, not I. Not anymore. I love moths! 😂 I even liked the butterflies in this project. I am finally getting right with the Lepidoptera suborder. 😂 🤓Your surname is totally apropos because you are the bomb Alison!
That's so funny about the moths... welcome to the world of lepidoptera! That's lovely to hear that the quotes have arrived - I hope you will have a great time playing with them (and some twigs). Thanks so much for another lovely comment.
Lovely!
Thank you!
These cards turned out so beautiful. I so enjoy watching your creative process unfold❤
So happy to hear you enjoyed the process... I did too! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.
Gorgeous
Thank you!
I love seeing that there's a video from you for me to enjoy. These came out lovely.
So happy to hear that - glad you enjoyed this one, and thanks for your company each week.
Just beautiful 🧡🧡🧡
Thank you!
You explain things so well. TFS
That's great to hear, thank you so much.
Stunning
Thanks so much!
They are lovely. I love to spend those minutes of fun with you. Thank you ❤
Lovely to have your company for the fun! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Very lovely.
Thank you!
This is so me. The relation to nature. I am really enjoying this. Thank you.
So happy you enjoyed it - and yes, nature is always my main inspiration. Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know.
Lovely
Thank you.
Wonderful
Thank you!
Love, love, love.
Thank you!
Beautiful
@@specialhandsartists Thank you!
Thanks so much for inviting us in for another session if pure fun. So satisfying to watch you place things where my mind’s eye tells you to. As a side note…what are you using as a craft mat to squirt your paints on?
Happy you enjoyed it - thanks so much for taking the time to comment to let me know. The craft mat I'm using here is a Premium Craft Mat by Wow Embossing Powders in the UK... but any silicone craft mat will do the job. You can also use those teflon baking sheets which are available most places www.amazon.co.uk/Tabanzhe-Pieces-Reusable-Baking-Mats/dp/B0CQMLJKS7 I usually put one of those in my travelling craft stash if I'm on the move. Hope that helps.
Yes, that helps tremendously! Thanks😊
Gorgeous! Love the backgrounds and the added details after. Do the twigs and butterflies make the tags to fragile to put in a journal?
The butterflies would be fine - they're on acetate backing, since I didn't remove the stickers, and fairly sturdy. You'd have to glue the twigs in flatter positions to avoid the risk of them snapping in a journal, which would be possible (unless you're okay with snapped twigs, of course). Or use them in a journal like the one I was flipping through in Books, Books, Books the other week... which is so full that it doesn't really close any more!
Just found your channel and love your creativity. Thanks so much for sharing. The sets go together so well- how do you store/display them? Do they eventually go in a journal?
Happy to hear you are enjoying the channel - I've only been adding videos regularly for a few months, so there's plenty more to come. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
For your question, yes, you could certainly use them in a journal (though you'd probably have to leave off the twigs in that case - they'd get crushed). You could frame them as a quartet or in four individual frames. You can use them as card toppers. For the most part, it's the process that interests me, not the final display, so usually I keep mine in little crates or boxes around the studio, to flick through in the future for inspiration or just for pleasure. If you take a look at some of the Shorts on my channel, you'll see some of what I mean in the tag crate videos - here's a quick example: th-cam.com/users/shortsC2b0fhr2EGQ
I am a new subscriber and I will definably be back and will be looking at other videos that you made!! I so very much enjoyed this video and listening to the why of things!! One question though, Why did you use the buttons? I was confused to the need. Please keep making the magic for you are very artistic and the world needs you!!
Happy you decided to subscribe - welcome. I don't think the creative impulse is very good at answering "why" questions... it wasn't so much a need as a want. I think I wanted a circular element - a regular geometric shape to contrast with the natural organic shapes and components - and I love different materials, so metal is always tempting to me (usually rusted, but not always!). Is that enough of a "why"?!
If you like to keep it simple (deduced from your name!) then no, you absolutely wouldn't need them. But I did.
Thanks so much for watching, subscribing and taking the time to comment.
@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you!! " I wanted a circular element" answered the "why" and now I understand and see it!!
I don't like to keep it simple so I need to write it everywhere to remind me to keep it simple,, giggles
And, keep it simple susan is the KISS method which I like!!
And I ask me if we would ever see the face behind the lovely voice 😊😉🤗
😆😆The face has been out for various things... My live stamp launches and Friday Fun sessions on the PaperArtsy People Group over on FB (a place I prefer not to hang out, but there are work commitments that have to happen there), as well as for the Fodder Challenge and Fodder School classes I am teaching. You can catch some of those PaperArtsy videos here if you join the PaperArtsy People Group (or maybe even if you don't? - don't know): facebook.com/groups/paperartsypeople/learning_content/?filter=3918108605082203
@@w0rdsandp1ctures Oh, I didn't know all that 😁🤗 I only recently discovered you and subscribed 😊 Enjoyed your a few minutes of fun videos. Thank you for letting me know, will check all these opportunities out 🧡🫶
@@SteffiCullen You're welcome. I've only been adding content here on TH-cam regularly for a couple of months, but I've been active on Instagram and my blog for much longer than that! So there's plenty more to come here on YT, but also plenty to find elsewhere too... There should be some links in my profile to follow to start you off!
So happy you found your way here, and delighted that you're enjoying what's on offer.
New subscriber here!
Great - welcome on board! I've only been adding videos regularly here for a few months, so there's plenty more to come. Thanks so much for watching, commenting and subscribing.
Really beautiful. What do you do with them?
Happy you like them - and thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm interested in process rather than results so I'm afraid the simple answer to your question is that I make them... and it's that creative process that is the bit that matters to me.
They could become card toppers, or go in a journal as a focal point on a page (as long as I don't mind the twigs getting crumpled), or be framed either individually or as a quartet. For the most part, I tend to keep things in little crates or boxes around the studio for flipping through for inspiration or for pleasure. (If you take a look at some of my Shorts, you'll find the tag crates there.)
But as I say, it's the making that matters as far as I'm concerned - being in that state of creative flow, playing, experimenting, learning.
That's awesome. I do the same.
Where are the Shorts? I made a couple of these and I'm so happy with the way they turned out. Thank you for the inspiration!
@@kimbradford Great to hear that you've been having your own few minutes of fun!
Here's the full Shorts list www.youtube.com/@w0rdsandp1ctures/shorts
And here are the Playlists so you don't have to scroll through all of them if you don't want to. Tag Crate is in the top line on my screen - not sure whether it will be for you too, but hopefully not too hard to find either way... www.youtube.com/@w0rdsandp1ctures/playlists
Love 🩵💚
Thank you!
Love love love them Alison - just what I needed at 5 a.m. this morning lol! I've been having a play with my new Alison stamps in my journal - will tag you in Insta Fiona
Wow - that's an early start to the creative day, but I'm happy to hear it was a good one. Looking forward to seeing what you've been up to with the stamps - how exciting!