Claire Selby Mixed media Collage

It’s no secret that I love Christmas! It’s definitely no secret that I love old, vintage things, and retro style! For my Shimmering Frosty Artwork I chose all the images and things that brought back that happy childhood Christmas feeling! Although we rarely ever get snow in Texas,( and not enough to make a snowman with), I still love all of the imagery of  retro Santas, Frosty, and reindeers. I hope you enjoy seeing my artwork, as much as I enjoyed creating it! Here are the supplies that I used for my mixed media collage.

- a 12″ gallery wrapped canvas as my base

- blue & white acrylic paint,

- Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™

- mica flakes, & Pearl X Pigment powders in iridescent & copper

- vintage style postcards, papers and sheet music

- 1 vintage red fence trim from Canada

- 1 scrapbooking  jolee’s reindeer sticker

Claire Selby Mixed media Collage

Claire Selby Fairy art

I love collage, paperdolls, and scrapbooking paper, so for my newest 12″x12″ canvas I created an homage to my Great-grandmother as a young girl with lots of paper, paints, stains and ink! My concept started out by simply cutting hearts out of Vintage papers and Creative Memories Scrapbooking paper. Once I had this color scheme I decided to make a fairy to go with it. Great grandma’s head is printed on Sticky back Canvas and her elbows and feet are attached with decorative brads. Her body, arms and heart are all glued with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Lastly, I had a blast painting, inking and staining the canvas with Heidi Swapp White paint, pink dye ink, and Moon Shadow Ink in Burnt Umber. The moon shadow ink has a beautiful rose iridescent pigment inside the walnut stain! Really sweet and fun.

Claire Selby Fairy art Closeup

Adrianna Selby ATC

Earlier this month I got to host my first ever Pindilla ATC swap! I hope you will enjoy looking over the cards as much as we enjoyed making and receiving them! I can’t wait to hang all of the lovely cards on my Christmas tree this year. For my Arwen with a Glittered Wing ATC I covered the background with vintage paper and pink sheet music. You can download the free Vintage Sheet Music HERE for Personal use ONLY. Next, I glued down Arwen, the coral wing from Graphics Fairy, and an Art Chix butterfly using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. And Lastly, I finished off the card with fine champagne colored glitter. You can find a Demo and most of the papers and fibers used in the cards in my Lord of the Rings Kits HERE.

Claire Selby - Arwen with a Glittered Wing ATC

Gerri Plummer - Mixed Media, Hand and Machine quilted ATC

Adrianna Selby ATC

Gerri Plummer - Mixed Media, Hand and Machine quilted ATC

Claire Selby and Adrianna Selby ATCs with ARTchix Studio Butterfly postage

Baby Lady Bug projects

I made these pink, red and white Lady Bug inspired projects for a sweet gal at church who is having her first baby girl! And of course the theme is Lady Bugs and pink! I had fun decorating the baby onesie and baby hair clip with the Stampin’ Up Fleurettes. To top it all off I made the tiny Lady Bug Princess crown. First, I shaped the crown out of red polka dot paper cut into a cone shape. Next, I hand cut Vintage Sheet music into a flowerette and covered it in Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ and chunky transparent glitter. Once dry, I added the flowerette to the top of a crepe paper flower and pink polka dot paper. How fun and festive! Keep crafting!

Baby Lady Bug Crown

Christmas is 5 months away and our new baby will be here in November so it is Christmas in July at my house! Here are some of my one of a kind items for sale. There is Only One of each and it won’t be made again, so let me know if you see something you like EMAIL ME. PLEASE do not copy my original designs.

$ 22 Christmas “Joy To the World” Memory Album. Everything has been painted and collaged by me as well as glittered, ribboned,  feathered and pearlx’d! The opposite of each decorated page is left for you to add your photos and memorabilia to! $22 PLEASE NO scraplifting, If you are inspired to do something similar Please give credit to Claire Selby www.pinkdilla.com

$22 Joy to the World Collaged Memory Album PLEASE NO Scraplifting

$22 Joy to the World Collaged Memory Album PLEASE NO Scraplifting

$22 Joy to the World Collaged Memory Album PLEASE NO Scraplifting

$22 Joy to the World Collaged Memory Album PLEASE NO Scraplifting

$22 Joy to the World Collaged Memory Album PLEASE NO Scraplifting

$ 8 Large FAITH Bingo Card Ornament, great for the tree, as a gift or to hang inside of a wreath or on  package. Paint, glitter dye, vintage leaves, glass beads, German dresden scrap $8

$8 FAITH Bingo Ornament no copying PLEASE

$ 12 each or 2 for $20 Velvet and hand painted glass collage Ornaments. Vintage ladies and Boy and girl, cute together or just by itself. $12 each or 2 for $20

$12 or 2 for $20 velvet, painted glass Collage Ornaments NO Copying PLEASE