I’ll let Debbie tell us about herself…

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I’ve always loved art and have been creating arts & crafts off and on for many years.  My most favorite childhood Christmas present was a little box of art supplies.  I recently discovered beeswax and really enjoy working with it because it’s a natural, non-toxic product and it smells wonderful.

I live in Morton, Illinois (USA) not too far from the house I grew up in.  I’ve been happily married for 31 years and have a daughter, son and 2 wonderful grandchildren. Besides art, I love to work in my flower gardens and read.

I think what I love most about mixed media art is that you don’t have to be an expert at anything to create beautiful art.  It is a great way to recycle found objects. Art is such a wonderful stress reliever.  I just wish I had more time to play!

Recently I was shopping at a Mission Mart looking for items to use in collage art.  I was inspired by a vintage children’s dress pattern I spotted in the store.  I made a collage using beeswax to adhere some of the pattern tissue and pattern package to a claybord.  I painted the board with beeswax and then added scrapbook paper, pattern tissue and part of the pattern envelope by painting them on with beeswax and fusing each layer together with a heat gun and mini iron.  I stamped a flower onto tissue paper and adhered it to the collage with beeswax along with some buttons and fabric trim.

I don’t have a blog but have been thinking about starting one.  Thanks so much for the invitation to guest post.  I really look forward to receiving your emails and love the inspiration I get from them.

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Thanks for sharing your gorgeous artwork with us. I love the vintage dress pattern with the beeswax – they go so well together. And I’m sure everyone here will encourage you to start your own blog to allow you to share more of you work with the Mixed Media Art community.

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