Today's post features a little gift that I made in honor of my dear friend's birthday. Pictured above is a mini altar that I altered with old postage stamps, gold acrylic paint, and dresden.
The gifts were wrapped with paper I had made. I painted over rice paper where I practiced my Chinese brush painting.
I started by rolling ink onto the page and then stamped on other shapes using stencils and a foam stamp.
I was surprised when I turned one gift over to find that the flap aligned perfectly with another shape forming a cross. I couldn't have planned that better!
Happy Birthday Bobbi!
xoxo k
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Just lovely Kathryn!
Exactly how tiny is it though?
There was nothing to give it scale but the stamps, so I'm assuming it's tiny, right?
Posted by: Jennifer | November 19, 2009 at 07:52 AM
The inside image is an inchie! Thats right, 1 x 1. The overall altar is about 2 tall.
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Posted by: Kathryn - Collage Diva | November 19, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Kathryn!
Wow, I want to be your friend, LOL, this is so wonderful.
:D
Carmen
Posted by: Carmen | November 19, 2009 at 08:33 AM
How lucky your friend is! This is gorgeous. It is hard to imagine it is only about 2 inches tall. What patience you must have. The paper is wonderful. It will be like getting two gifts.
Posted by: susiesworkhop | November 19, 2009 at 09:27 AM
I love altars. This to me is a luminous gift and they can even travel with their altar.
Posted by: Shell | November 19, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Beautiful paper! I love the colors and shapes. :)
Posted by: Sharon | November 25, 2009 at 06:27 PM