Thursday, August 16, 2012

Chunky Means More To Love!

ATC that is...although I hope that applies to my plump self as well!  Anyway, I have been making a chunky ATC for a swap...more on that later in the week...and decided to make one for myself that depicts who The Artful Maven is...minus the crown and wings of course. I think this little chunker comes really close. She (or should I really be saying I?) likes Grunge, SteamPunk, painting, distressing, embossing, inking, building, embellishing, stamping, using all things metal and wood, and then of course she is also obsessed with taming her crazy hair!!!
 
She was designed using the specifications from the current Making Art Challenge at the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group of using "a watch face & tissue tape", and around Linda's homage to Tim's Book, the Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge of "Creative Core-Dinations ", which is also being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week.
I cut a block of wood to ATC size, and gave it and the base a coat of Pitch Black Acrylic Paint.
I stamped Wendy script with Gold Acrylic Paint onto Core-dinations Distress Paper, and then followed the technique used in Tim's book. I adhered the paper to the block.
I cut off a few parts from Wendy's Art Chick girl, and gave her a coat of paint that I mixed up to make a flesh color, along with here hands.
I stamped Art Chick's face on minus the star, and then re-stamped only the eye portion where the star should have been. I wanted to see both of her eyes. I colored here face in with paint, and then added some make-up with Distress Markers and a water brush. I colored up some Blossom Buckets and affixed them to her as well.
I painted some art parts that I used as her hair. They worked perfectly.
I painted crowns and embellished them, then added them to her head. Wings, arms, tissue tape trim, and lots of distressed metal as well as Idea-ology metal finished her off.
 
 
I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "Favorite Technique"...I did list all my favorites...and to The Blogger's Challenge of "Texture".

Supplies:
From My Stash: hinges, propeller, glass ornate fuse beads, screws, wood


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



40 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, this is so great! I love it Anita and I love how you give step by step instructions on some of it. Thanks for sharing this with us!!!

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  2. ...OMGosh Anita this is outstanding an amazing piece of art, you must be so proud and beaming from ear to ear...loVe it it's awesome...Mel :)

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  3. Anita...this is just amazing! Girl...your chunky lady is fab! I recognize some of the Industrial Chic pieces. You'd made them really have a great new purpose. Those arms and too cool! Love the "flourish" hair...the face...love all of her! Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  4. Omigosh! This is one amazing piece! What a delight!

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  5. This truly is a masterpiece! Love that you have crafted yourself - hey, you could use that as a challenge sometime? Great step by step on this too. You teach us all so much. Thank you Anita. Hugs, Buttons x

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  6. Ow my, what a stunning chunky girl this is! Love the way you built her out all those pieces! You such a creative lady! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. Hugs, Sandra

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  7. I love her!!! She is just fab!

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  8. This is great. You are amazing.
    I think chunky is awesome.

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  9. Okay, she is amazing, girlfriend! I love what you have done here... the hair, the crowns, the awesome distressed heart, funky pieced arms.... every last detail! What a fabulous piece of art to mark The Artful Maven's Haven. LOVE it.

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  10. Anita this is just Brilliant, fantastic expression and beautifully crafted I just love it! x

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  11. Hello Anita
    A self portrait! How unique and how brave.... well of course for me this is just stunning! You have depicted yourself as Picasso would have done, his paintings were not always complementary to his subjects, but how famous is he now! Pity he is dead, he probably would have liked this.
    Of course, I am aware that your aim was to demonstrate and flaunt your unorthodox domain, to symbolise what you are all about when you create. It does reveal everything that you love about your Art; all the elements, and the ridiculously excessive exaggeration in the design speaks volumes, and has a huge impact on the viewer, so much more than the written word.
    Those are the best lips I have seen in a long time!
    Wonderful work my friend.
    Smiles:)
    Sue

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  12. Anita, you're amazing... the artistry and inventiveness of this is just out of this world. It's fun, and funky, and grungy, and unexpected, and so quirkily witty! The art-parts hair is fab (speaking as someone who long ago gave up trying to tame her crazy hair), and the whole "Anita" bursts out of the chunky ATC with such life and creativity! W-O-W!
    Alison x

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  13. She is crazy good! Just love her. I have never made a chunky atc but you have definitely inspired me. I love how you tweak and re-purpose things to make them truly your own and fit your vision. Every part of her can stand alone but works beautifully with the others. So cool!

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  14. Hi Anita, what a fabulous unique quirky piece. Love tour attention to detail ands your use of metal pieces. Her arms are fantastic and I love how,you stamped her face. Love the hair and the heart is a lovely addition as are those wings. Love it. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge with this fabulous creative piece of art. Tracy x

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  15. Oh. My. Okay, I know my limitations, sometimes. I do know I could never do this. Fabulous detail. Fantastic project!

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  16. Such a fun Chunky ATC, so many wonderful details! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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  17. She's a beauty. I too love all these same things, so I shall have to venture out and try a version of myself as well! Thanks for the inspiration

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  18. What a fun piece that is all YOU!

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  19. A great pirce of art! Love it!

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  20. You girl, you are crazy (in the good way!)! This is fantastic piece with a lot of imagination. I totally love it!
    Hugs from Slovenia

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  21. Well Missy Houston this is ab fab!!!! I love it all..once again a very inspirational piece. TFS hugs Annie x

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  22. Anita, this is amazing!!! What a fab job leaving out the star and restamping the eye!! When I first saw the pic the first thing was "how is there 2 eyes?", "what stamp is this?", lol.

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  23. So adorable! Love the "alterations" you made to the face. Also, thanks for your wonderful step-by-step w/photos.

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  24. Oh, I love her! Such a wonderful creation!

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  25. I love your creativity with this and so much Wendy Vecchi goodness! I especially love how you made the arms - so clever! Great piece!!

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  26. Your chunky is AWESOME!! I'm sure your partner will love it... I sure would! :-)

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  27. This is so cool Anita! I just love her!

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  28. WOW I miss my words, that is so fantastic and an incredible unique art work!
    I'm really impressed, you have a great imagination to create such a wonderful piece!
    Wish you a nice weekend,
    hugs Anja

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  29. Such a fantastic project, I'm blown away. Love all the details.

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  30. ...and then I scrolled down to see THIS! Girl, you are amazing!! I would love to see you put this all together, truly a work of art!

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  31. Congratulations Anita, this is well deserved top 3!

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  32. Hurrah - congrats on top 3 SSSaS... completely brilliant decision!!
    Alison x

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  33. Congrats on a well deserved top 3 at sss xx

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  34. Congratulations on being selected top 3 on the SSS Challenge. You truly deserve it with this clever ATC doll creation. Blessings!

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  35. This is awesome! How did you attach those wings? Congrats on being in the top 3, you deserve it.

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  36. Congratulations! This is awesome! I have not tried a chunky ATC yet, but I am seeing one in my future.

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  37. OMG!!! she is soooo stinkin' cute...
    awesome. totally awesome!

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  38. She is so amazing! How did you attach the metal corners with brads? I love it.

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  39. Anita...your Chunky ATC maven is fabulous! Love all the details on this little beauty! She is just dripping with detail! LOVE HER! Your brain must be a really interesting place to hang out! haha <3 Candy

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