Inspirational offerings for the altered art, mixed media, collage and paper artist in you! Welcome to Shabby Cottage Studio We're nestled high in the mountains of beautiful Tennessee.
Our shabby cottage has a squeaky screen door, a wide porch and a comfy porch swing. So go ahead, take a moment for yourself, you deserve it!
Grab a cup of tea. And look around.  My wish is that here you find a spark for your Creative Muse and my hope is that I offer inspiration to let the Artist within you fly! Thanks so much for stopping by the Cottage! Please, come back anytime, as you never know what I will find to lift the wings of YOUR possibilites!   | | Romance in the Air! Marie and Valentine Tag Collage Sheets always available in printed or digtial format images are clickable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Got Valentine Projects? We've got Collage Sheets! | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | What's new in the New Year? We have some new items just listed that will work fantastic with your Valentine projects! We have added more than these items so don't forget to check out our What's New category. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Collage Sheets Sweet~Hearts and Altered ATC Backgrounds 1 (images are clickable) All Collage Sheets are available in a printed and digital formats |   Decorative Papers Hotel De L'Opera and Rue Du Opera ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out our New Collage Sheets! (images are clickable) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love this color of Glimmer Mist. It is called Seafoam. I love it so much for some reason I over ordered it by accident. I think it was a backorder combined with a new order that did me in. ;-) So I've put it on sale! While quanitities last you can purchase it for $3.99! If you've been wanting to try Glimmer Mist now is the time to do it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We're getting rusty again! (images are clickable) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was in a French mood when I created these two new Collage Sheets! Vive La France and Wings in French (images are clickable) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CUSTOMER INSPIRATION! Those of you who have been here before know I love to show off what our customers create with our products. Here we have two luscious bottles created by Sandi Boothman of Wayside Treasures. She created these lovelies in part with our collage sheet Altered Children 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love to showcase our customers and share their creativity! Here is an ATC Joy Northrup created using an image from our Altered Divas 3 collage sheet. Thanks for sharing Joy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Customer Inspiration My thanks to Joy Northrup of Joy to the Blog for sharing her artwork she created incorporating some of our Decorative Papers. Not only do we love seeing beautiful inspirations but we also love to see how you use our products! Thank you Joy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I absolutely love to receive images from customers who have put our products to work for them! To know that you have inspired someone to create a piece of art is an amazing feeling! I bet you will find it hard to believe that this beautiful Valentine piece is Louise Dahlstrom's first step into the world of altered art/mixed media! A big wave to our Aussie friends! Way to go Louise! Louise used an image from our Heartfully Yours collage sheet and our decorative paper called Distressed and Grungy Pink Damask paper as the background with stamps and watercolor crayons and pencil over that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Customer Inspiration! Jan Thomason of www.polkadotbarn.blogspot.com created some "sweet and pretty" cards with some of our decorative papers and images from More Than a Pretty Face We have some delicious shabby tags created by Barbara Dunford at http://vintagebunty.blogspot.com/ Barbara incorporated our Grungy Hearts into her work Lynn over at Her Creative Spirit has honored us with a piece of her artwork. Lynn created this in part using one of our images from the Altered Series Collage Sheets, Altered Ladies 4. With muted colors, textures and even needle felting Lynn has created a piece of art I'm happy to display here at the Cottage. Thank you Lynn, I love it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARVELOUS INSPIRATION! from the multi talented Viola Erdmann!!! Viola has graciously allowed us to share with you images of her ATC's she created using Shabby Cottage Studio Collage Sheets. We're so proud to be liked by Viola. ;-) If you'd like to know more about Viola and her work step on over to Mind Wide Open and read Sherry Smyth's interview of Viola. These images all come from our new Altered Series. Altered Divas 5 Altered Children 5 Altered Children 5 Altered Divas 2 Altered Divas 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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