January ATC's Arrive!

Happy glorious Sunday everyone! I hope it's a lazy, fun, and family filled day...well, with a little creative time too! I wanted to share the ATC's I received back from the All Things Tim Yahoo Group for the January swap. This is why I play along...the receiving not the giving!!! I love to see other people's work. It's like going to a gallery and bringing home a wonderful piece of art to enjoy, except it's free...woohoo! It really is amazing to use the same products as everyone else, but turn out completely different projects!

Sandy Nolan (The bird and clock are metal, and the background is iridescent looking...fabulous!)

Pamela Preston (It's all fun and games...marvelous texture!)

Andrea M Gray (Layered and textured Liquid Pearl goodness...beautiful!)

 This one and the bottom are from Claudine Criner. Her and I swap on the side. She is a fabulous ATC maker.

Here is mine again.

If you have the chance to join in a swap, do, it is great to get other people's work. I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Mechanical Valentine

Guess what I made! Another Valentine!!! Who would have thunk it! This one is for Our Creative Corner's Challenge "Love is in the Air". Sharon Wheet of Designs By Sharon, came up with the challenge and all you have to do is make a St. Valentine's Day paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, 3-D item, or an altered item) using the colors: pink, grey, and kraft.  Then add some sparkle, (rhinestones, glitter, metal) anything that shines, and don't forget to include a heart shape.

This time I decided to get more mechanical and Steampunkish and less traditional with my Valentine. 

No tutorial is needed here...no technique required. I stamped the background image on a craft paper card. I die cut the wings on corrugated paper, and also hand cut a heart from it as well. They were both inked and sprayed (the card as well) with Perfect Pearls Mist. The doily was inked with Worn Lipstick. All the layers were added and Glossy Accents adhered them all down.

  Please visit the other designers and check out their beautiful cards!

Guest Designer - Noelle McAdams
Guest Designer - Marie at Ink'd Wings
Sue Butler - Scrumplescrunch
Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts
Irena Kowalczyk (aka Rudlis) - Love, Life and Crafts
Vicki Burdick~~It's a Stamp Thing
Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper
Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie
Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon
Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Supplies:
Wilton: Heart Doily (white)
Maya Road: Flower Trinket Pins
From My Stash: tulle, watch parts, lace scrap, corrugated paper, snaps

Craft Paper Card	Pumice Stone Distress Ink	Urban Grunge Stamp Set	Crackle Accents	Ink Blending Tool	Idea-ology Game Spinners
Glossy Accents	Worn Lipstick Distress Ink	Fired Brick Distress Ink	Sprocket Gears	Washers	Lace Chain
Mini Pins	Heart Wings Bigz Die	Maya Road Crystal Trinket Pin	Metal Crown Charm	7 Gypsies Mini Antique Keys	Perfect Pearls Mist

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Mona Lisa's Smile???

Ah Mona...that unforgettable face, that ambiguous smile. She really is a queen in her own right. After all, she is the most famous painting in all the world. But, just what was she smirking about anyway? Well, there is no doubt what this Mona is looking so bemused about here. It conjures up part of an old Rod Stewart tune...'even "Mona" needs a little passion'.

I designed this tag to be used in the "humorous challenge theme" over at the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group, and then the Simon Says Stamp and Show posted their challenge this week of  "kings and queens", so this was perfect, as well as The Artistic Stamper for "hearts". 

I stamped both images on white cardstock using Pitch Black Acrylic Paint Dabber so I would get a nice, black, crisp image. I colored them in with watercolor pencils. I painted the Art Part Hand with Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber and then colored it in with the pencils. The card was given a coat of Crackle Accents. Mona's hair was painted wtih Espresso Acrylic Paint Dabber.

I stamped the jumbo tag with the background image in Archival Ink. The heart was inked with Fired Brick Distressing Ink, stamped with Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber (Wendy's dots image), crackled with Rock Candy, then inked over with Pumice stone. The Wendy sentiment was stamped with Snow Cap as well, and the spots that needed filled in were done with a white pen, then Glossy Accents covered it.

 

 

 

Supplies:
Stamper's Anonymous: Hand With King of Hearts
ULine: Jumbo Manilla Tag
Art Chix Studio: Gold Crown
Uchida Marvy: Red Pigment Marker
Faber-Castell: Watercolor Pencils
From My Stash: red velvet fabric, white cardstock, ribbon, lace

Sentimental Art Stamp Set	Seriously Art Stamp Set	Wendy Vecchi Believe In Art Stamp Set	Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Mustaches, Men, & More	Dress Forms and More Art Parts	Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber
Pitch Black Acrylic Paint Dabber	Paint Dabbers - Espresso	Uni-ball pen - White	Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ink blending tool	Pumice Stone Distress Ink
Fired Brick Distress Ink	Glossy Accents	Crackle Accents	Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!