Bevy of bookmarks...

Been having some creative time making bookmarks...gel medium transfer,glimmer mists and stamping ...with a little sewing machine maddness...VERY FUN !!!

Time is ticking ...

Time has been ticking away and what do I have to show for it ? Very little in the creative aspect of my life I'm afraid .My Gall Bladder decided it was time we parted company, so Ive been in recovery mode .Many of my peeps gave support ( THANKYOU) and shared stories of painful gall bladders of their own. I'm hearing that I'm now part of a not so exclusive club !
Very Special INDEED!

Made this canvas for my dear and very loveable friend CARMEL (who creates awsome wire work so go check her out !) ,for a canvas niche swap run on a super yahoo group called INKredibly RT. Canvas niche covered in fabric and painted in various colours, sprayed in walnut and glimmer mists.Delight air dry clay for the face, texture paste piped on for the hair,which was coloured using glimmer mist, highlighted in gold paint.
Made her crown using a wire jig, then hammered and shaped it to fit her head.

Now back to my SEWING. Is there every to be a day that the word SEWING doesn't feel foreign in my mouth ! Hope so.....

Ive been playing..........

Ive been playing the last few days and really enjoying myself.Its been dabble here and there and Ive made a mighty mess ( yep touch that and the whole lot will topple) but gee Ive enjoyed myself.

Finished these for a ATC swap with a theme of backgrounds.Its texture paste through sequin waste, painted with metalic paints.Fabric stamped in stazeon,then painted with H20's.Finished off with doodles with a black sharpie.

Simple, but fun.

Late night playtime

Thought I would share my late night playtime with my Paper Artsy 'School Days plate no 1.The first(Boy no 2) is an ATC done with the Tim Holtz technique of smooshing alcohol inks onto gloss card.What a great bloke he is ! Ive then used crackle accents on the A after using H2O.The H2o was pulled into the cracks and looks cool.

Dont we all love the Collections stuff!I love the circles (amongst many other things from this company) Its one of my fav things I love to embellish with.This is my first play with Wednesday Stamper and this weeks challenge of Shapes/forms.

The card ART boy is done using my scrap bags

( a challenge I set for myself just using 1 or 2 of my scrap bags ) Ive given the boy a light wash with H2O.I then cut the acetate to look like smashed glass and stamped and highlighted the acetate with white stazon.The background was done using a lazer transperancy and transfering it to a copied picture using rubbing alcohol.

The red and yellow ATC is done using acrylic paint on acetate.I get 2 pieces of acetate,apply paint , press together and swipe or pull the acetate apart.I do several colour combo's in the one sitting.The trick is to get the right amont of paint to cover the acetate without making it to thick ( makes it to hard to stamp on ) Ive then stamped on Mica with white stazon. ( boy you have to have a VERY clean stamp to use this pad, or you dont get a crisp white )

Note to self: Clean stamps more often !

Learning Curves

Well this weekend has been a great one for learning new things on my PC.Something I have put off for quite a while.A huge goal for me in 2007 is apply and learn more technical stuff, so I,ve taken the leap off the starting block .Creating a blog was first (thankyou to all the gals that prompted).I'm really enjoying the blogging world and the connection to others it offers.My next focus will be my digital camera and photo editing.

Watch out yahoo girls, I just might tamper with pics from camp!


While travelling round in my PC memory today I found some artwork that was made a while ago,,but thought you all might like to have a looksie .This ATC was made for a great gal,Jen J,who invited a few fabo girls to hers for a technique day.Jen shared a rusting technique, to then we added webbing spray.So much fun!See the background to the ATC.I've then used a transparency under a microscope slide and faux soldered with utee.

What wonderful company I'm keeping these days!The neverending supply of inspiration this arty crowd evokes keeps me hungry to follow the learning curve.I thankyou!
I venture to my craft desk to dabble with new rubber.Gotta love GPP rubber stamps.'OH YEAH'