Christmas Card

Time to make some Christmas cards. I recently received some of Tim Holtz's stencils and a friend wondered how these were to be used, she especially liked the ray one. I directed her to Tim's blog. Then decided it would be fun to use this stencil in my Christmas card. Card stock in red with tiny gold sparkles in them Layered the stencil over the card and sponged on gold Encore! ink.

 Love how this turned out!

 Stamped a verse and a shepherd image with black India Ink. Used a gold Pearl Pen to add some dimension to the stamped star near the shepherds.

 Layered the stenciled & stamped card over a gold paper layer, then onto a red card.

Hope you are all finding some time to be creative and be filled with joy during this Advent Season!

Mixed Media Using an Image Transfer ATC

This month in 9ATC group the theme is mixed media using an image transfer. I choose a piece of background paper I liked and transferred an angel image using TAP. 

 Next, stamped a butterfly image and letters with white acrylic paint.

 When the paint dried, used a gold metallic Gelly pen to color in the letters and to outline the butterfly image.

 To finish, cut gold paper with a lacy die cut and adhered to the right side.

Mary-Beth's Birthday Page

 I'm in the Birthday Club on Kindred Souls Art Group. We decorate a 4"x4" page for the recipient, leaving the left edge free of embellishments so the page can be bound in a book. Mary-Beth's birthday is in December, so I made her this page:

 I covered the edges of the page with washi tape I rubbed Sepia Archival Ink over. An angel image was printed on TAP paper and ironed onto a dictionary page, I glued this to the board. Added a bit of lacy ribbon, a paper flower, a metal butterfly and sticker letters to spell J-O-Y.

The back is a pieced of background paper I stamped a saying on with Sepia Archival Ink.

Eileen's Birthday Page

 I'm in the Birthday Club on Kindred Souls Art Group. We decorate a 4"x4" page for the recipient, leaving the left edge free of embellishments so the page can be bound in a book. Eileen's birthday is in December, so I made her this page:

Used an angel image on TAP paper and transferred it onto a printed fabric. Adhered some lacy ribbon, a fabric flower and some metal letters to spell J-O-Y.

The back is a sheet of background paper with a saying stamped in Sepia Archival ink.

"Violet" Color Perceptions ATC

For December, in the Color Perceptions ATC swap on ArtVentures Group, the color is Violet. The ATC is supposed to be predominately violet, and be based on how violet makes me feel. For this swap, Violet  is more blue than red and Purple (November's color) is more red than blue. To me, violet seems to be a color of mystery.

Started with a lavender piece of card stock, and stamped a collage image with dusty concord Distress Ink and used this ink to color the edges of the card. Then over stamped some symbols and other images with Spring Iris dye ink around the edges.

 Altered a vintage image by using violet ink to print it, used a purple metallic Gelly pen to add detail, added some lavender netting as a veil, and added a feather. Also used the purple metallic Gelly pen to the eye image.

"Purple" Color Perceptions ATC

For November, in the Color Perceptions ATC swap on ArtVentures Group, the color is Purple. The ATC is supposed to be predominately purple, and be based on how purple makes me feel. For this swap, Purple is more red than blue and Violet (December's color) is more blue than red. I also love the Color Purple (and Violet, too!), purple gets me thinking and dreaming and imagining, so my Perception of Purple is Dreamy.

I got a paper towel wet and sprayed it with Wild Plum Color Wash, wadded it up and dabbed it over a sheet of background paper that had a tan/brown background. Let everything dry, and ironed the paper towel.

 Stamped a background stamp over the paper with seedless preserves Distress Ink and let it dry.

 Wet the back ground and brushed on Plum Perfect Pearls and let dry.

 Glued a torn piece of the above paper towel to the top of the ATC, stamped "shoot the moon" with black India Ink on a light purple ribbon and glued it on top. Used TAP transfer paper to transfer a vintage image in purple ink on to white mulberry paper and cut & tore it out. Added 3 small purple "pearls" to the bottom right edge.

Sox's World of Color Journal

In the Kindred Souls Art group, Sox chose Sepia & Black as the colors for her journal. The pages done so far are luscious. For the base of the page (front & back), I glued down part of a music sheet and lacy looking background paper that were cut on the diagonal. On the front page, added some washi tape; along the diagonal, glued on some fabric printed ribbons. Made a large flower out of lace, crochet & fabric, placed a vintage looking photo in the center of a circular frame and added a large metal leaf. Used stickers and a Dyno-maker to create the words "dance with me".

 On the back, attached the title of the song from the music sheet with washi tape. Used a decorative blace ribbon along the diagonal and added some heart shape cut out textured paper (2 were used to make the butterfly after embossing words on the wings) and some black buttons.

Should be in the mail soon to the next participant.