Best Friends ATC

This is one of 10 ATCs that I created for a swap I'm in. The background was created using bubble wrap, gesso and watercolors. I've been so busy trying to get other things finished that I don't know if the other 9 will ever show up here.

Tag Art

I love tags and have been working on a few new ones this week. I know it seems like an odd assortment, but this is what I think my brain actually looks like at times and so I just go with it. I actually get more accomplished if I don't try to rationalize to much of my art.

Gothic Arch Trio Book

With all of the Gothic Arches on groups and the web, having never done one, I just decided to start playing to see what I could come up with.

Champagne Ice - Icicle Art Doll

I found the pattern for this doll on Belinda Schneider's Blog and just had to give it a try and see what I could come up with. The body is a layer of lace over satin. The face is stamped and the hair is hand beaded branch fringe. I used cream colored pearls and seed beads along with clear gold glass seed beads. I tried to add various embellishments to the doll, but for some reason I just liked the simplicity of her as she is.

Belle of New Orleans - 6x6

Little Bits of Love - Mini Board Book

Flower Child Fabric ATC

Rusty "PARIS" Tin

I rusted this small approximately 2 x 2 1/4 inch tin and then embellished it with vintage images, faux rhinestones, lace, satin ribbon rose and metallic pieces.

Little Star - Altered Art Hanging

This small quilt is made from fabric, felt and paper. A layer of tulle covers the entire background and then it was embellished with lace, buttons, ribbon, crochet heart, a metallic word piece and silk flowers for altered art charm.

Travel Tags

I created the backgrounds of these tags using walnut ink and rubber stamps.

HATS - Board Book

This book was created from a children's board book that I took apart and then reassembled with Owire. Each page includes a vintage picture of a lady in a hat. The embellishments include velvet type flowers, lace, silk ribbons, fibers, brads, buttons, charms, a metallic key and a metallic copper word. SOLD

Life Through A Teal Colored Bingo Chip - ACEO

This 4x4 card was created from card stock that I painted watercolor on and then stamped. I also used bits of tissue paper on 2 of the corners. The hat is a mini bingo card and embellishments include a teal bingo chip and a metallic word tag.

Art Journal

I created this 20 page 5x7 Art Journal with water colored card stock pages. Some form of embellishment was added to 10 of the pages and the other 10 were left with just the watercolor background. Small envelopes were added between some of the pages to hide keep sakes like tickets, notes, etc. Tags were also added for altering. The fibers on the right hand side of the page are attached to the tags in the book. The cover is hand painted muslin that was ironed onto a bonding material and then ironed onto cardboard. Book was then bound with Owire.

Queen of Hope - Tag Art

This 3 x 6 inch art tag has a background created from various textured surfaces, including a piece of light weight copper that I textured and added to bottom left corner. I then dabbed acrylic paint to give the background a slight patina. Slide mount and crown also have a textue. Embellishments include aged brass cheribs, faux stones, velvet flower with aged brad, aged lace cutout behind slide mount and metallic charms at bottom edge. There are 3 embossed paper beads with small accent beads attached to the fibers. SOLD

Learning to Fly

Background was created using a distressed gesso technique that was then stamped with Distress Inks.Vintage book pages were used for the wings and hat. SOLD

Mini Time Book

This book was created for a Mini-Book Swap. The card stock pages have been washed with liquid watercolors. Tags and envelopes holding tags have been bound into the book. Ribbon type fiber have been added to the OWire binding and also to the tag inserts.

Lady of the Lanters

This beaded art doll with polymer clay face stands a little over 4 1/4" tall including wood stand. She has a small bead teardrop on her forehead, beaded petal collar and a beaded fringe that runs across her bodice. Her lanterns are 2 pewter type cloisonne beads. SOLD

Red Rosin Background Paper

I used Red Rosin Paper for the base of this sheet of fused scraps. I glued the plain and textured scraps on with a mix of Elmer' glue and water and then I added a layer of white torn tissue paper and glued that down and brushed more glue on the top of it. When that was dry, I rubbed on light splotches of gold and bronze metallic paints all over. When that was dry I brushed it with and antiquing medium and quickly rubbed it off just to leave accents in the textured places. Next I stamped the paper with various stamps and added dots with the end of two different size dowels. I stenciled through sequin waste at the very end.

Copper Wire Beads

These beads were constructed from copper wire, copper beads, seed beads and Czech crystals. They are approximately 1/2"tall by 5/8" wide.

A Zetti Affair - Art Squared

Another Altered Puzzle Piece

Zetti's First Flight - ATC

GREEN-GREEN-GREEN POSTCARD SWAP

Green was to be the predominate color of these postcards.

5x7 Blank Journal

This journal has been made from fabric paper that I created and rosin paper that has been painted. It contains 40 blank 24# paper pages that have soft flecks on them and torn edges on the right side. Cover has been collaged and sealed and bound with raffia in keeping with the nature theme.

Luna Tick Art Doll

I have created these art dolls out of fabric, fiber fill, transfer faces, beads, buttons and charms. SOLD

Mona Bug Art Doll

Luna Bug Art Doll

Altered Puzzle Pieces

I found these large kids puzzles at a secondhand shop yesterday, so today I've been busy altering some of them. They measure approximately 3" long by 2.5 inches wide.