Monday, August 13, 2012

art from used baby wipes

Sweet friends,
I feel bad for being quiet of late. I had a wee bit of laptop issues in the past week, hence less blog posts. But, I'm back!! ... I hope I would be able to share some recent art journal pages created when I was away. 

Here's one of it;


I have a few used-baby wipes (beautiful enough to keep) in my keeping and I think they are perfect for collage, journal pages and cards. 


In these pages, I used pink ZIG markers for sketching the plants and some water-soluble crayons for the background colors. I glued on used-baby wipes, fabric stickers, lace and washi tape. Randomly stamped the pages with some white gesso to tone down the bright colors a bit. Stamping with white gesso gives additional texture that I really love. I'm making a habit of keeping used-baby wipes these days. Waste not, they make great collage!.

I'm linking this post to Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Everyday.

Oh it's so GOOD to be back and sharing. See you soon!. 

Hugs,
Shahrul

16 comments:

  1. I have tons of baby wipes...what with all the kids running around my house :) Lovely page!!!

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  2. Very STUNNING effect with the gesso... its lovely to see your blog posts once again ... I missed them!! LOL

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  3. Sooooo happy your back, I missed you and wondered about you!! I've had computer problems before also and seem to get more done around the house at those times, lol

    WOW is this page gorgeous!! I love the colors and the texture, can see it so well. Great job saving the baby wipes, that's what I do with my paper towels. LOVE LOVE THIS!!

    I just posted something special for my special readers which includes you, take a look!!
    Thank you for the good wishes and always happy comments!!
    HUGS! Hope you post more this week!

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    1. Missed you too!!. Certainly get more things done LOL. And a good rest from all the pinning!!. You bet I've got so many pages done and ready to share with everyone!. On to your blog ... next. Hugs.

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  4. I missed you! Glad you're back! I have not yet stamped with gesso. I will have to try it this summer. I wonder if you were feeling that the other day when I went out to dinner with my husband, I wore your lovely bracelet. Gorgeous! It looked great with the bohemian, brown enbroidered blouse I had on for the first time. Thank you again!! Kath

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    1. Ohh that's lovely!. I've been missing a lot in just a week LOL!. Glad to make you smile :). Hugs.

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  5. these are awesome pages- love the technique and the quote :) very cool idea with the wipes !

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    1. Thanks Jane!. Wondering what else I could do with wipes :).

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    1. Thanks so much, Kirsty!. Cheap & good upcycling too :).

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  7. Hi Shahrul! Great work on the baby wipes! I will do this immediately since I have few used ones lining up in front of me now..hahaha...Selamat Hari Raya to you and Maaf Zahir Batin ya. Hugs!!

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    1. lucky you!!. stick them on :). Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin to you too.

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  8. So much inspiration here.. I am going to pull out those baby wipes.. Your page looks awesome..

    Hugs~

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