Baby Wipe Art

Recently I received a package of goodies from fellow artist Jessica Brogan. Among all the wonderful things in the box was a beautiful hand painted piece of cloth. When I thanked Jessica for the goodies she told me that what I thought was cloth was, in fact, a hand painted baby wipe. A baby wipe!

Now I use baby wipes for all kinds of things that have nothing to do with babies. They are great for removing paint from a canvas, cleaning brushes and fingers, cleaning rubber stamps, smooshing paint around, and blending colored pencils, just to name a few things. I had never thought to save them and turn them into a piece of art. They are actually quite spectacular. I will admit it has become sort of an obsession now. I have them drying all over the place.

I few days ago in a rubber stamp group that I belong to some posted a picture of a similar thing done with dryer sheets and then rubber stamps. I don't have any dryer sheets but thought that I could do the same thing with baby wipes and rubber stamps. So I pulled out my RubberMoon Art Stamps ( http://rubbermoon.com/ ) and went to work. Below are a couple of the better ones.

My first attempts were rather... well, bad. They are in the trash bin. You have to ink the stamp up heavily and really press down to get a nice image. I think the examples below turned out quite lovely. They will either go into my art journal or be sent to someone else in a package of "Happy Mail".



My Introduction into the World of Blogging

My name is Patti Campbell. I am a happily married mother of three teenagers (two boys and a girl).  I have a degree in Early Childhood Education and for the past 17 years I have been running my own family child care business. My job is as rewarding as it is challenging.


I am a self taught artist. At the heART of it all, art is what makes my heart sing! I have been creating art for as long as I can remember. I spend a lot of my time drawing and painting. I am a huge rubber stamp enthusiast. I love mixed media and collage. One of the best feelings in the world is when you are done and you step back, look at your creation, and with a big proud smile on your face, say "I made that!"


Social media has become a great way to connect like-minded people. I belong to several artist groups on Facebook and have connected with so many wonderfully talented people who I happily call my friends. One of these friends has inspired me to take another step on my journey and publish a blog. I love art! I love to make it, learn about it, look at it, and read about it. So why not write about it? It seems like a logical next step.


So here I am setting out on another adventure; I am an art blogger. I want to share my stories, tips, tricks, online classes and groups, products I love, and any other art related things I think you might find interesting.


This is my very 1st post, my test drive. I hope you'll come along for the ride.