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Christmas Cards For Art Gallery Fundraiser
Topic Started: Nov 18 2005, 05:58 PM (110 Views)
Thea
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I did have a chance to quickly scan 10 Christmas cards before I drop them off at the local Art Gallery.
They have a fundraiser going, where they sell handcrafted Christmas cards (half of the proceeds go to the Gallery, the other half is for the artist).

So please have a look in my Encaustic Gallery.

Thea

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twinthing
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they are loverly thea! hope they do well for you and the charity!


keep swinging that iron!

catherine :thumbup;
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mifmif
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They are all really good. Hope they manage to raise a lot of funds for the charity! Maria x
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lankywaxer
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:D Thea just been thru your craftboard encaustic gallery

those xmas cards are terrific B)

But i saw again your clouds one..................that is just EXCELLENT,no matter how many times i see that,it is so powerful and atmospheric

any way enough of me dribbling on

have a good weekend
kind regards
JINNY
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Poppy
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Well, Thea, the candle ones are brilliant, I really thought some were Iris folded????
They are all terific i meant to say!
Good luck with the sale. :thumbup;
I agree with Jinny, your clouds are very atmospheric and moody. But brilliant!
Poppy. :art:
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jo145
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I'm sure they will be snapped up really quickly, I've never seen the candle aperture cards before and they are stunning with the EA work. I liked the other candle ones too. Good idea that both you and the gallery benefit. :thumbup;
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waxingsteve
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You already know that I like the aperture candles :) The other candles have a wonderful "glassy" look :art: :thumbup;

Could Jenny pinch the idea and the pattern for the apertures? We don't have any cards with that, and they look so good!

Steve :)
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Verlie
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:thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Awesome cards Thea, hope they sell all of them. Verlie :huggy:
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TerryJ
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Gosh Thea - how ever did you get the glass to reflect like that - quite amazing :nw:
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Thea
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Nov 19 2005, 11:26 AM
Could Jenny pinch the idea and the pattern for the apertures?  We don't have any cards with that, and they look so good!


Steve, the aperture idea is from a card I bought about 7 years ago at a Craft Fair in Germany. I took the original picture out (forgot what it was :ph43r: ) and used it with one my first Encaustic images.
It looked quite good and that was my Christmas card for that year to all of our friends. I scanned it and had it printed with "Season's Greetings".

You and Jenny are very welcome to use it. That goes for everyone here of course!

If you do need a bigger file, just let me know.

Thea :huggy:
P.S. I do not really understand what you mean by "glass reflections" Terry :eyo: , but I could post a small tutorial on how to do the candle here, if there is any interest.

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TerryJ
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Hi - in the second pic (with 2 candles) the green one especially - the glass holder somehow looks like thick glass and the light is refracting through it, so it changes the background light and makes the glass appear darker (no idea what I'm blabbering on about). If this makes any sense and you have time (no rush though)
I'd be interested to know how you did it. :wave:
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Jenny
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Whatever you said Terry, was what we meant Thea.
It looks as though the blue and green candls are in votives and you have achieved a wonderful 'lit from within' effect.
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Thea
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See what you mean.
Those candles are painted with the iron, but turned with the tip towards me and I used the right angle, if you see what I mean :blink:
Quite difficult to explain :blink: :groan
I will try to upload some pics as how I did it.

Thea
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klista
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The cards are gorgeous :thumbup; :thumbup;
hope they raise alot of money for the charity.
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waxingsteve
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A tutorial sounds great, Thea :thumbup; If you do one, perhaps you could post it to the Members Only area of Waxing Brighter?

Steve :)
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Thea
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Your wish is my command, sir!

Tutorial is on "Members Only".

Apparently one cannot load more than 6 pics in a tread comment, I just found out the hard way :groan

Enjoy!

Thea :hug:
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:ta: Thea :thumbup; I forgot about the 6 image rule, I'll admit :blush:

Steve :)
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