Well I tried an alcohol ink background that was a little different than I usually use. For this one you apply the inks onto a melt art mat and smoosh your glossy paper around in it, rather than smooshing/pouncing directly to your paper. I've been wanting to do a Chinese lantern card with the Light Tomorrow quote stamp from Quietfire Design and finally got around to it. BIG GRIN. Click on image to see details etc.
As I mentioned last week, I needed to wait until people got their July VSN issue before uploading the cards I submitted. Well Here they are. The "Fill your paper" is on the cover and the "Longest Journey" is on the inside. Click on either card to see detail images, inside the cards and descriptions. Enjoy
Inchies... not my favorite size BIG GRIN but that's what this week's theme is on Created By Hand. And I hope it included doing something with them rather than just being an "inchy" because I mounted them all onto ATC's. I was playing with crackle mediums. Both the one step type and the multi step one. Both gave me wonderful results. There will be a few other uploads that will have some of the other backgrounds. Click on image to see the other 3 ATCs for this challenge. Enjoy
As some of you may know, I've been playing with crackling mediums and distressing metal. These are the ATC's I made with some of the backgrounds. Click on images to see more and all the details. PS there are 2 web pages of ATCs. Enjoy.
I thought I'd do the challenge over at Saturday Workout which has a theme of using silver metal or foil. I have just been playing with copper and silver metal over the past few days, so this was right up my alley. I made a triptych. Click on image to see the other two ATC's and descriptions etc. enjoy
Over at Wednesday Stamper the challenge this week is to use the colors in your flag. Well mine are Red & White - Canadian, with a spattering of French, since I was raised in Quebec... It also uses one of my new Inkadinkado clear stamp sets "Mindscapes". Click on image to see details, there are a lot of layers, and close ups etc. Enjoy
Well Beeswaxr (rec'd email from) over at Rubber Stamp Chat has a July sketch challenge hosted by Innovative Stamp Creations which looked interesting. Go figure who is actually hosting what. Pretty convoluted. Anyway I gave it a try. This is the result. Click on image to see details and close ups etc.
Had a play day with some friends that was especially nice. A delicious lunch, sightseeing etc etc. So I thought I'd make a couple cards to say thanks. This is the first time I tried this. I saw it in one of my friends books. Can't remember the name of the book or the author. But this artist put gesso on the metal and then painted it. Most of the time I use copper and can't understand why someone would want to cover it up with gesso, even if they don't cover it completely. Copper gets so nicely distressed basically on it's own. But then I thought a bit more and realized I had metals I don't really like for one reason or another, so thought I'd try it on them. Was pleasantly pleased with the results. Click on either card to go to my website for the details. Both cards are on the same web page. Enjoy.
Here's another week gone by and this week's Created By Hand challenge is "Summer". Use it as a word, an image or a feeling. Well I guess I used it more as a feeling. To me summer means flowers, so I put them on the card and I love the color purple... Click on image to see description etc on my web site.
I was just reminded about my Stampede 2009 entries which I hadn't uploaded yet. Sheesh, senility is creeping in... Anyway, I just created my web pages for it, but since I don't have the actual artwork in my hands anymore, I already forgot what I used as substrates. see I told you it was creeping in, since that was only a month ago that I created them. Anyway, click on either image to see larger versions and what I remember I did to create them.
Well I got my Vamp Stamp News magazine yesterday. WOW, really nice and one of my cards is on the cover with all the instructions inside the magazine. I also have a black and white card on the inside. AND I won 10 back issues. AND I got a rubber stamp with the words VSN Artist and some butterflies on it. Just fabulous. Click on the log to see this month's issue (July09) on their home page. Although after July I guess you'll get someone elses cover... SIGH!!
I'll upload the cards some time next week. Sorry can't do it earlier than that.
Well it looks like someone at American Tombow was surfing and came across my website. Liked what she saw and asked for something to hang on their wall and as recompense would give me one of their new glues. Not very exciting... So at first I wasn't inclined to send anything, but then I thought about it, and I had a "Few Minutes" between projects - BIG GRIN - and started creating this card. Really like the way it turned out. And yes I am sending it in tomorrow's mail. Who knows. Anyway click on image to see details etc.
We've been issued a challenge at GG Designs to create something with a stamp you don't use or like and preferably using one of GG's stamps. Well that's a bit hard, since I like the stamps I've bought from Charlotte. So I used a leaf stamp I recently picked up. It uses the thermal embossed resist technique, paper casting, dry embossing etc. Click on image to see other pics and details on my web site. Enjoy
The Create 4 Fun blog is giving away a Cricut machine. 
That's pretty impressive. Click on their logo to check out their blog or click on the Cricut to see the rules.
Draw is some time on Sunday, so better catch it by Saturday. BIG GRIN
This week's challenge on Created By Hand is to use a French word or image. Well Quietfire Design just came out with some wonderful French words and images that I had to put on my card. BIG GRIN. Plus since I'm still in gilding mode, the crows are gilded. And yes that is a Dreamweaver brass stencil i used. Click on image to see details etc. Enjoy
At Wednesday Stamper the challenge is to use spiders. When I saw that, I just had to do something. So I created another gilded spider card. Click on image to see details etc.
Over on Impression Obsession, there's a $25.00 rubber stamp give away. The info is on Shirley's Card Art etc blog. The drawing is on July 1, 2009, so hurry on over.
The rules:
Blog about it on your own blog with a link to theirs
Enter a comment on their blog with a link to yours.
And become of follower of her blog
Easy peasy.
I was checking out their rubber stamps and they have a lot I would love to have. BIG GRIN and then I realized I even have some of them. Sheesh
Well considering I was stumped as to what I wanted to do... once I broke through that barrier, I created a monster. BIG GRIN. Here are a couple more for the CBH Challenge this week with the theme of "My Choice". Both of these are gilded cards. They use all different kinds of glues and other mediums to have the leaf adhere to. You might even be surprised by a couple of them. Click on either pic to go to that web page for details etc. Enjoy
Well this week's challenge is not easy... "Anything Goes" is what the challenge is on CBH. It's not for lack of ideas, but for having too many and not knowing which one to choose... and the days go by and it still doesn't get done. But since the deadline is coming up within a few days, I better choose. And this is the result. Click on image to see the details and all the pages. Enjoy
Well just found out about more free blog candy from Wanda's blog (thanks Wanda). They are a brick and morter store as well as an online store called Croppinsville in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Apparently they were cleaning out their back room in the store and came across a bunch of stuff they thought would be good blog candy and deserved to be sent to creative homes that would use them on their pages or projects. Well I can say my home is very creative and definitely get used... so I would love to win or get some blog candy BIG GRIN... and I have a very sweet tooth (I take after my dad).
They also have a call for Guest designers. check out their link.
Well just found a site that's giving away a Zutter Bind it all with several packs of coils. Pretty nifty give away if I do say so myself
Here's the link to Paper Craft Pleasures and the drawing will take place on July 1st, not sure what time zone she's in... so better make it deadline of June 30th - BIG GRIN
Check out her blog too, has some nice projects.
Well here are a couple Father's Day cards for this Week's theme on Created By Hand. Considering I don't have a father anymore, I sure have been making a lot of "Dad" cards. BIG GRIN. Each image will take you to that web page respectively to view descriptions and close up views, etc. Enjoy
Well I took 2 classes today using Ritz Glitter and taught by Haroldine & Deanna. Fabulous ladies and wonderful classes. Even though I've done a lot with their glitter I've never met them or taken a class from them. My knowledge to date was grabbing comments from others who have taken classes. Well it was worth the money and I came away with some valuable tips and 6 great cards all of which you can see on my website by clicking on the image. Enjoy
Well Lots To Do has another challenge this week and it's about Travel. I have this bike from Flower Soft and haven't used it and thought this would be perfect for this theme. Click on image to read details and see large image etc.
Hey I just picked up my Copics from the post office, came home and tried them right away. I hadn't realized I was getting different types of Copics, which is really good, because now I know what the others are like.
Well the Sketch (rectangular barrel) & Ciao (round barrel) are basically the same except for the barrel design, size and labeling. They both are refillable and have the same brush tip and chisel edge.
Now I also got these square barrel shape, no idea what they are called since there is no name on the barrel like the others. It has the same markings on the cap for easy identification, looks like it has the same chisel edge, but the brush tip is a lot stiffer and shorter.
Then I also got the Copic Wide with an extra broad thin chisel edge tip.
Not sure if both of these are refillable too, will have to look that up.
But I have to say Thanks again Brad at Pen Addict for this wonderful gift. The journal that came with it is not bad either. It's called the Sketchbook produced by Imagination International for copicmarker.com. Bleed resistant marker paper. It does go through the paper a bit, and I'm not seeing any bleeding. It feels like a coated matte finish cardstock paper.
Here's another Sunday Postcard challenge with a theme of Happy Birthday since they're 1 year old. I used Ecoline inks and a resist technique and the latest Quietfire Design rubber - cupcakes and Happy Birthday. Click on image to see details etc.
Well this is the first time I'm entering in "Another Stamp Company" sketch challenge, this one is for June/09, on Rubber Stamp Chat. I had some left over pieces of the Straw Art I've been doing and thought I'd use them for it. Click on image to see descriptions and larger images etc. Enjoy
One of my friends is having a birthday today, so I wasn't able to upload her card till today, since she checks my blog frequently. BIG GRIN. Anyway she's received it, so now I can let you see it too. It's a gilded card and uses Peel Offs. Click on pic to see details etc. Enjoy
Well here are a few more circle themed pieces for the CBH Challenge this month. A bunch of ATCs done with leftover Angelina Fiber material. kClick on image to see the rest. Enjoy.
Well I went gong ho again. This week's theme on Created By Hand challenge is to use circles in some way, shape or fashion. I really like circles... of course I really like squares and rectangles too. But anyway. Some of the circle ones you can't see yet, because they are for other challenges or things, sorry. BUT I really like this one. Uses scrap book papers and some oriental paper and some wrapping paper, you get the idea. Click on image to see details etc
Well I continued playing with the Tim Holtz Perfect Distress technique, making ATCs and more samples for my Technique journal.
n I did some on a take from Kristy's latest background technique which is so simple but what pleasant and fun results using Ecoline inks and a straw. I went a little beyond that and used Sumi Ink as well and then coloring in with either Alcohol Ink and a mini brush filled with blender solution and a bunch made with Copic markers. Sorry this link will have to wait a few days...
Angelina ATCs, having waaaay too much fun with these fibres. There are 5 of them with detail pics. Click on image to see the rest etc.
I got this wonderful large Dreamweaver stencil of the spider web recently and have wanted to do something with it. And then I also got the rubber stamp "Find Yourself a cup" from Quietfire Design and wanted to do something with that too... so here's the card combining both and my little blurb after it. BIG GRIN. I'm happy with the results. Click on image for details. Enjoy
I was playing this weekend and this is one of the things I made, another insect card which is the CBH Challenge this week. There's still another one up my sleeve if I get the time. This one is made with Angeline fibres. Love them, but when they are hidden in a drawer, I forget about them. So glad I was rummaging in that drawer this weekend. This is the inside of the card. Anyway, click on pic to see details etc.
On first thought, insects don't sound like such a great theme... crawly spiders, wiggly worms - ok ok you get the picture, but then you've got butterflies and dragonflies and ladybugs. What a wonderful theme it is now. Well that's what this week's theme is at Created By Hand - insects. and I used butterflies, a whole whack of them BIG GRIN, being let free from a net. It`s an accordion style card and one of the butterflies pops up. Click on image to see details and other views etc.
Another fabulous technique on Tim's blog here. My friend Wanda gave me the heads up in the early afternoon, but I was busy finishing of the details for my Stampede pieces and then cutting the mats for them etc etc... Well I just finished uploading a card and the sample in my Technique Journal to my website. I used a lot of Quietfire Design Rubber. BIG GRIN Enjoy
GG Design had a call for Father's Day cards. I don't need to make any of those, since my dad passed away almost 20 years ago. Don't have a dad-in-law either, since I've never been married... BIG GRIN. But then I was playing with other stuff and collecting these scraps on my desk and thought I'd use them for this call. Click on pic to see details and a close up.
Well I just got notified that I won the copic giveaway over at Pen Addict. Yahoo!!!
Thanks also to Marianne Walker, who is a certified copic instructor, for sending them to Brad and for Brad giving them away. I'm looking forward to playing when I get them. Thanks again
I came across this sketch challenge for May and thought I'd give it a try. I saw it through a thread on the Rubber Stamp Chat website. I used the cupcakes from Suzanne's - Quietfire Design's newest stamp set. Click on card to see details on my website etc.
Love the colors pink & green together and that's what this week's CBH Challenge theme is all about. I was in a mood to do a bit of weaving too, and Suzanne's flourishes just go so well with these colors. Click on pic to see details etc.
I'm having to make some samples for a gilding class I'll be teaching in August so I can figure out what I want to teach... BIG GRIN. Anyway, I've been having a blast creating them. The leaf page has 3 cards on it.
The gilding supplies can be found at QuietfireDesign.ca and the Peel Offs designs and word sentiments can be found at ECraftDesigns.com
Hope you enjo
y them as much as I did making them
Another CBH Challenge is done. I really like the way this one turned out. Used the 3 fall leaves from Dreamweaver and both white and clear embossing paste. I love the way this card folds and the hidden message under the inside folds. Click on image to go to my website for more pics and details. Enjoy
Well there is a blog give away at The Pen Addict of some copic markers, sketch book and the carrying case. Looks like a great prize and I would love to win it. Copics are not cheap, but definitely a fun tool to have in an artist/calligraphers tool kit. 
There are a bunch of rules to enter this give-away.
See the Pen Addicts Big May Copic Giveaway for the exact rules 1) need to show by means of a blog or web presence the intent to use these markers (in other words not languish in a desk drawer...) 2) Need to make a current piece of artwork using copics. Well can't get much more current than 20 minutes ago. BIG GRIN. Since I just finished the Peter Thornton classes, those designs were fresh in my mind and I tried to re-create my "D" below. Will need more practice and maybe a few more colors... HInt hint. 3) And thirdly why I want these markers. Well I really love experimenting with new tools. I am totally new to the copic marker world. But already I have experienced some ways to use them in my calligraphic endeavors. I love double loading the brush tips and using the chisel edge portion as a flat edged pen for calligraphic lettering. 
As I mentioned above, copics are not cheap, so my color palette at the moment is limited. Wining this giveaway, would sure help me supplement my limited supply.
All the artwork in this post was done on inexpensive glossy photo paper. Thanks for looking.
Well some of you may know that I took a four day workshop with Peter Thornton. Pushing the Pencil/Pulling the Pen was on Sat & Sun. Then on Mon & Tues we did Decorated Letters Adolf Bernd style. Learnt a whole bunch and look forward to putting it into practice. Click on the image to go to the class web page to see what I did and things I learnt. BIG GRIN
And another Mother's Day. This one's a gate fold using lots of Quietfire Rubber. Doesn't seem to look like much from the outside... Click on image to go to my web page to see details etc. Enjoy
Mother's day is around the corner, so this week's them on CBH Challenge is to create art with Mother's Day in mind. I did a couple cards, one I uploaded last week (the Flourish Bouquet). Figured I was on a roll, maybe get one made for next year - BIG GRIN. OK, ok. click on image to go to my web to see the details etc. Enjoy
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