House Shaped ATC

The local atc group that I belong to did a mail in swap this month with the theme house-shaped atcs. This is what I made. Both the girl and flower image are from Collagevisions.

Dragonfly ATC

Once I was done with this atc I really liked it although when I was in the middle of making the background I thought it might go in the garbage. I used distress inks for all the colors and Archival ink for the black. "Wishes" was computer generated. The dragonfly stamps (both small and large) and "Dragonfly" word are some of Quietfire's new stamps. The flourish is also from Quietfire. It's really a lot of fun to ink these with one color and then come back with a darker color and just ink the tips of the wings... looks fabulous!!! The same thing with the butterfly I posted before this.

Butterfly ATC

This atc uses one of the new butterfly stamps from Quietfire Design. The calligraphy stamp and harlequin border are also from Quietfire. Distress inks were used.

A Lively Melody ATC

This fun atc uses collage images from Paper Imagery Designs including the background which will be part of new background sheet coming out in September.

Written from the heart ATC

The theme for the August's ATC jackpot on the PID yahoo group is to use the colors tangerine, berry, aqua, and black. I made this atc using the collage image Lila.

Birthday Card

This birthday card was made for my friend's daughter who turned 13 this summer. She loves pink and bright colors. The doodlebug velvet papers were perfect to use for her card.

PID design team challenge from June

These were my entries for the PID design team challenge back in June. Somehow I never got them posted to my blog. The house and bird shapes are wood pieces and our challenge was to do something with them. I actually had a lot of fun with them and the bird became a gift for a friend and she really likes it.

Miss You Card

This is a card I made a couple of months ago and sent to our youngest son while he was at church camp. He really liked it!!

A Twochie (or twinchie)

This is my first twochie, or some call them twinchies... 2" x 2" squares of art. The image is from PID and I used distress inks.

PID August DT Challenge

The challenge for the DT members of PID (Paper Imagery Designs) for August was to use the colors berry, tangerine, aqua, and black. I chose to make a 5x7 canvas board and an atc. You can see what the rest of the design team did on the PID blog here.

5x7 Canvas Board

Supplies –

5” x 7” Canvas Panel – Fredrix
Collage image – Mary Beth – PID
Gesso – white – Liquitex
Fluid acrylics – quinacridone violet, cobalt teal, phthalo green, zinc white, pyrrole orange, hansa yellow medium – Golden
Water soluble oil pastels – Portfolio Series
Colored pencil – black – Prismacolor
Archival ink – jet black – Ranger
French text rubber stamp – Hero Arts
Flower flourish rubber stamp – Inkadinkado
Text background paper
Heavy gel medium – semi gloss – Golden
Masking tape
Glue stick tube – Uhu
Aqua cardstock
Flower punch
Matte accents - Ranger
Extra fine tip marker – black – Sharpie
Paint brushes


Mask out a border around the canvas panel with masking tape, paint the center (mix cobalt teal & phthalo green), remove masking tape and let dry.

Paint the border (mix quinacridone violet, zinc white) and let dry.

Mix gesso, pyrrole orange, and hansa yellow to make tangerine color, dip end of glue stick tube in paint and print circles on canvas, let dry. Paint short lines in the upper left and lower right corners by just dabbing the brush on the canvas. Tear a piece of the background paper, paint, let dry, and glue to canvas.

Add little dots along left and right edge of center with the end of a paint brush.

Cut out collage image, color dress with pastel, blend with a damp paint brush, let dry, and glue to canvas.

Shade around collage image with colored pencil.

Using black ink, stamp flourish onto text paper masking as needed so it only stamps on the paper.

Punch flowers from aqua cardstock, coat both sides with a very light coat of matte accents, let dry, and glue to canvas with matte accents.

Add dots to the center of the flowers and draw stems with the Sharpie marker.

ATC

Supplies –

Collage Image – Isabella, butterfly, word – PID
Flocked papers – Bubblegum, Tangerine – doodlebug design inc.
Cardstock – Archivers
Flourish rubber stamp – Quietfire Design
Archival ink – jet black – Ranger
Water soluble oil pastels – Portfolio Series
Boutique Trims – Bubblegum, Tangerine - doodlebug design inc.
Gem stickers – Hero Arts


Cut bubblegum flocked paper to atc size.

Tear cardstock, stamp with flourish, and layer to atc.

Tear tangerine flocked paper and layer to atc.

Add tangerine dotted ribbon along left side.

Cut out girl, butterfly and word from the Isabella collage sheet.

Color Isabella’s dress and hat with pastels, use a damp paint brush to blend, let dry and attach to atc.

Color edges of word with pastels and attach to atc.

Add flower trim, gem stickers, and butterfly as shown.

A Monthly Rubber Stamps Club

The Project of the Month for August at A Montly Rubber Stamp Club is a wooden tool holder. Here are a few pictures and there are more pictures and complete step-by-step directions available at their website.




Also I don't think I ever posted about the July Project of the Month. For that one I did gel medium transfers onto muslin. Here are the finished items and you can find step-by-step pictures and directions on the website.

dream a new dream ATC

All stamps and collage image are from Quietfire Design. I started with white cardstock. Stamped gothic border multiple times with Distress ink brushed corduroy. Sponged on Distress ink dried marigold and shabby shutters. Added collage image. Stamped flourish with dried marigold and then with black soot. Stamp 'you are never too old' calligraphy stamp on a scrap of cardstock and cut out 'dream a new dream' and add to atc. Add black dots with a fine tipped marker.

Live ATC

White cardstock. Stamped the ticket image (Tim Holtz classic collages set) with Distress Ink brushed corduroy. Sponged on Distress ink dried marigold and fired brick. Stamped bird image (Tim Holtz creative muse set) with Distress ink black soot. Added collage image - Billie (Paper Imagery Designs). Stamped flowers (Tim Holtz natures discovery set) with fired brick and then black soot. Stamped "LIVE" (Tim Holtz creative muse set) on a scrap of cardstock with black soot, sponge with fired brick and add to atc.

Crow ATC

All stamps are from Quietfire Design. I started with white cardstock and rubbed decorator chalks in green and rust all over it. Next I stamped the checkerboard corner randomly over the piece with Versamark ink and dried it well with a heat tool. I then stamped the checkerboard corner around the edges using Distress ink brushed corduroy. Next I sprayed the piece well with Glimmer Mist iridescent gold and dried it. It was interesting to see the gold shimmer more heavily where the checkerboard had been stamped with Versamark. I tried to get a close up shot to show this and I think you can see it a little bit. The crow is stamped with Versamark and embossed with detail black powder (I did use an anti-static bag first), added the white circle with the Inkssential white pen. Stamped the word crows with Archival ink jet black in 3 places and then again on a scrap of cardstock. Cut out the extra word cutting off the 's' at the end and sponged on Distress ink antique linen and pine needles. Added piece of trim, skeleton leaf colored with Distress ink pine needles, and "crow" word.

World Traveler ATC

I started with white cardstock and stamped the collage image (Tim Holtz artistic collages set) with Distress Ink brushed corduroy. Sponge on Distress ink shabby shutters & broken china. Stamp 'world traveler' (Inkadinkado) with Archival ink jet black. Add collage image (PID). Stamp floral image (Tim Holtz natures discovery set) with jet black ink. Add dots around collage image with Zig pen.

Lego Building

Our son, Nick, 14 years old, participated in a Lego contest at a store in Des Moines this past Saturday. Here is a picture of him with his ship and then a closer picture of the ship. It measures almost 3 ft. long, 15" at the widest part, and 21" at the tallest part. He won first place in the 14-adult age group and was so excited. He had blast through the whole thing... he loves talking about his ship and explaining what each part is and what it does. You can click on the pictures to pull up a larger image.

My First Moo Card

The challenge this week at Created Byhand is to make a blue moo which finally got me to make my first moo... it was fun!!!! I started with white cardstock and stamped the flourish (Quietfire Design) down both edges with Versamark ink. Next I used a cotton ball to rub chalk over the paper which colors the paper and colors the Versamark ink even darker. I then stamped again being sure it wasn't lining up with the first stamping and rubbed again with another color of chalk. The dress on the girl (Quietfire Design) was colored with Portfolio water soluble oil pastels and blended with a damp paint brush. The words were written and cut out. Added the lace, punched flowers, and gem flower sticker. The chalks and oil pastels are available from Quietfire Design.

Butterfly Kisses

Flocked papers, ribbon, and lace are all doodlebug designs. The butterfly is done with chalks and embossing paste using a Dreamweaver butterfly stencil (I got the stencil from Quietfire Design). After the butterfly was dry I tore it out and the piercing was done using the Tim Holtz ruler and a piercing tool. The pick layer of flocked paper is edged with Krylon gold. Words are computer generated. Paper flowers and a large gold brad.

Arch - Memories

Every week PID has a challenge and this was done for their Gothic Arch challenge. I cut the arch shape from watercolor paper. Along the left side I used a Dreamweaver stencil (I got mine from Quietfire Design) and embossing paste for the design.. let that dry and then sprayed the whole piece with Glimmer Mists golden terracotta, candy apple red, and black cherry.. used the heat tool to dry it and then rubbed Brilliance gold ink across the raised design. Stamped the right side with an Inkadinkado stamp and sepia ink. Sarah (collage image from PID) was cut out and glued on. Sprayed a scrap piece of paper with golden terracotta, dried it, stamped Memories (QF) with black ink, tore it out, layered it on and added the flowers.

Tranquillity ATC

The background of this atc is done with alcohol inks. Added the wide lace and then the collage image (Quietfire Design). Stamped tranquillity (Quietfire Design) onto green cardstock with Brilliance moonlight white, tore along the top, glued to atc and trimmed even with the sides and bottom. Added gold butterfly charm with Glossy Accents.

5" x 5" Canvas

I really enjoyed making this canvas!! I began with crumpled white tissue paper and glued it to the canvas (top and sides) with Golden fluid matte medium adding the medium under and over the tissue paper and let that dry. Next I painted it with Golden fluid acrylic black. After that was dry, white paint was added by scraping it on with a junk-mail plastic card and allowed to dry. Krylon gold paint pen was speckled onto the sides and along the bottom and right edge of the top using a blitzer. Glue the floral lace to the canvas wrapping it to the back. The die cut frame and collage image are both from PID. I cut the image and glued it to the back of the frame and then added it to the canvas. Butterfly charms and flowers were attached using Golden heavy gel medium.

4 x 4 Friday

This weeks challenge on 4x4 Friday is to use sprays. The background on here was done with Glimmer Mists... so image lots of shimmer as you look :-)) Stamped a flower from Inkadinkado first with Versamark and embossed with Ancient gold ep and then with Stazon ink teal and blazing red. Scripture was stamped with Versamark and embossed with detail white. Collage image girl is from Paper Imagery Designs. Bird is Maya Road microfelt and I added the eye with a Zig pen.

More Fun With Glimmer Mists

The first picture is a scan and the second a digital tipped to catch some of the glimmer. I used golden terracotta, sandy beach, and a little bit of iridescent gold glimmer mists... sprayed them on white cardstock, layed on plastic wrap being sure to have wrinkles in the plastic, let it dry completely and took off the plastic wrap. I gave the background wonderful texture and extra glitter was caught in the wrinkles. The ribbons are silk and started all white and I sprayed them with the same colors of glimmer mist. They don't have as much shimmer as the cardstock but you can see some irl. I stamped the quote with black ink, cut slits along the left, weaved in the ribbons, and sewed on the heart charms. I didn't add any extra adhesive to the hearts so they can swing back and forth. Corners are rounded and the whole atc edged with gold Krylon. All supplies available from Quietfire Design.

Glimmer Mists

Quietfire Design is now carrying some colors of Glimmer Mists and I got my bottles a few days ago. So far I like them alot. You really need to shake them up or roll the bottle between your hands to help mix it well. This is an atc I made. The first picture is a scan and the second done with the digital camera. I was trying to somehow capture the shimmer you get from these but it's really hard to do that. On white cardstock I dapped a couple of colors of VersaMagic ink giving it just some spots of color... I did not color the whole card. Then I sprayed it with Glimmer Mists sandy beach and golden terracotta and then also added just a bit of iridescent gold. Dried it all with my heat tool. Stamped the quote with Versafine onyx black. The key is gold and I pressed Stazon jet black on it and dried it with a heat tool. Next I took a piece of white silk ribbon, sprayed with Glimmer Mist golden terracotta, dried it with a heat tool, tied it onto the key, and glued it to the card. All supplies are available from Quietfire Design.

Winged Things

On the PID yahoo group we have weekly challenges and this weeks challenge is Winged Things. I made this A2 sized card for it. The background is a variety of VersaMagic inks onto watercolor paper and I also stamped a crackle image around the edges. The embossed paper slide mount (PID) is sprayed with Radiant Rain, dried with a heat tool, and then VersaMagic ink gently rubbed over it just to catch the embossed areas. "Bella" (PID) was sandwiched in the slide mount and it was attached to the card. The flourish is acrylic and colored with alcohol inks. The butterfly is from PID also, cut out and added as shown.