Monday, July 21, 2008

Mixed Media Monday - Rust

Meet Ol' Blue Eyes! He is a chipboard owl from Collections, and came in about 14 pieces. He stands about 4 inches tall (10 cms). Each piece of chipboard was covered with rusted paper, apart from the beak that was painted black. Then some of the pieces were stamped with gesso. His eyes are faceted brads, and unfortunately I only had blue - I would have preferred amber.

Ol' Blue Eyes was made for the Mixed Media Monday challenge this week, with is "rust". We have a new guest host, Gillian, who has created a wonderful piece for us. Thanks for the fun challenge, Gillian!

16 comments:

Zuzu's Blog said...

he is gorgeous lol.. I love him.. and I love the rust paper .. I have to thank you for explaining how it was made in the mmm forum.. i have been rusting things ever since lol.. well done x

Beth said...

Ol' Blue Eyes is so adorable. It's a great concept.

Char said...

Oh my your owl is fantastic. Fab. And by the way I love your Black cat. He is too much fun.

Anonymous said...

Gorgoeus bird.

Emma said...

aaawww how sweet is he!! gorgeous owl, love the rust paper :o)

Lisa said...

Cute owl. I think the blue eyes give him character!

Kathy said...

Cute as all get out!

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Very nice!!

Gillian .... said...

I love your Rusty Owl Diane, your paper turned out fantastically and i love his blue eyes:)

Mike.LMP said...

I love owls and he is great ....well done

Barbara Hagerty said...

What a fab owl! The paper is wondeful! I can't wait to try it!!

~*~Patty S said...

Your ole Blue Eyes is wonderful Diane!! Stamping on the rust paper gives it such interest too, great owl feathers. This is such a fun and Lovely piece!

cafegirl71 said...

love the owl. I am hoping to find a owl stamp...they are so cute.

stampandscrap@mail.com said...

Oh I love your ol so much. He is so cute

Seona said...

He looks fab Dianne - love the rusted paper!

Karin said...

Wow what a cutie.