Rainbow Lady - Your Choice

I did this painting last night in front of the TV using my set of Distress Ink pads and a cup of water and a brush. I was amazed at how the ink acted with the paper. Not good. Anyway, I made the painting for Paint Party Friday, but I have made it into a New Year's greeting card for Rainbow Lady's Challenge.

Pecreativ - Anything Goes

For the Pecreativ challenge this week I am entering this simple card I made. To stamp the design I used clear ink pad and copper embossing powder. The red leaf was punched with a Fiscar punch.

Take a Word - Print

Here is my entry for Take a Word challenge - Print. I have used as my background Nicecrane's Children's Tales. The twins in the foreground are from a stamp I got from Stubby Stamper. I stamped it and colored it with watercolor pencils and scanned it to my computer to use over and over.

The blurriness of this entry makes me seasick. I hope no one else is so affected. (Maybe I'm just still suffering from overeating yesterday and today!)

Merry Christmas 2011!

Art Cards - Tapestry Technique

The technique for this card was FUN, F UN, FUN!! My card is for the challenge: Artekarten, where links to this technique (tapestry) are given.

I used Distress Inks, Stampin' Up Whisper White ink, clear embossing powder, a text stamp, and a hand-cut foam stamp. I am sending this as a birthday card to a friend who is in a nursing home.

Christmas Greetings - Rainbow Lady

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!

This is my entry to Rainbow Lady's Challenge. The theme is White Christmas/Happy Christmas.

Here is our house in the snow. Christmas this year will be warmer than usual, so no snow.

The lovely corners are a gift from June.

SoArtful - Ceil Chapman

I took the given image of Ceil Chapman and did some Photoshopping with her. The background is from Dover. This is my entry for SoArtful Challenges.

Rainbow Lady - angels

Rainbow Lady's theme this week is angels. This beautiful angel stamp was given to me by Laura, my friend who does crafts with me at the nursing home. I have embossed it in copper e.p., also a gift from Laura. The background is paper that I have sprayed with several colors of Moon Shadow mists.

Joy to the World!

Here is my ATC for Think Monday Think ATC (script) and for Take a Word (Joy).

My background is one I got from Dezinaworld. The angel is a digital stamp I made from a Dover image. This was made to the 2.5x3.5 inch size.




"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great JOY that will be to all people."  Luke 2:10

Rainbow Lady - Trees and Baubles

Here is my digital card made using an image from Dover Publications (tree) and a watercolor painting of an ornament that I made and have on my computer to use. (The card with the original painting was sent to someone.)

This is my entry for Cynthia's challenge, Trees and baubles, for Rainbow Lady's Challenge.

Fun with ATCs - Asia

Think Monday Think ATCs has as its theme this week - Asia. My background is made with Moonshadow Mists and stamped with a bamboo stamp. The flower and woman are from Frankie of Dragon's Dream. The character means gold.

So Artful - Santa Claus

My entry for So Artful Challenges (Santa) was made using an image from Dover Publications. I did some fiddling with Photoshop Elements.

Rainbow Lady - Christmas Carols

For Rainbow Lady's challenge this week (Christmas carols) I have made this card with a photo of my hand-painted crèche. My sister did the woodworking and I did the painting.

This is "Away in a Manger."






My second card is also a photo of a crèche. This one is also hand made but came from Germany in the 1970s. It was the first one the artist, a young teenager, had ever made. I wish I knew her name. If anyone recognizes the work, please let me know. The little metal horse is an antique and not part of the original set.

This is "O Holy Night".

Pecreativ

Here are two cards for the challenge at Pecreativ - something we are giving to someone at Christmas.

TMTA - Furniture

Furniture is the theme for this week's Think Monday Think ATCs. I thought of the rocking chair, instrumental in lulling those newborns to sleep. My background is various store-bought and homemade mists along with some Distress Inks. The chair was googled.

So Artful - Sew Pretty

Here is my entry for So Artful Challenges - Sew Pretty. I have used Photoshop Elements to "tint" the given photo.

Here is the original.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Card for Men

 

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

Here is my masculine card for the Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week. The old car came from Dover Publications. The backing paper is from Old World Stack.

TMTA - children

This morning I did this little sketch. It turned out to be 2.5 inches wide, but the original is the full figure and goes to about 5.5 inches long. I hope it's ok for the Think Monday Think ATCs challenge that I copied this and whacked off about 2 inches so that it is the 2.5x3.5 inch ATC size.

It is Cold - Pecreativ

Here is my entry for Pecreativ.

Tag it On - Asian

This is my tag for the Tag it On challenge (Asian). I used a background I had made earlier, stamped it with my butterfly stamp that Frankie gave me, put on a strip of asian writing that Merrie gave me along with the two whispering women image (also from Frankie).

The 3 Muses - Postal Art

My entry for the Three Muses is made using some images I have saved on my computer.

Think Monday Think ATCs - Forever

We often use the word "forever" for the stretch of time when we are waiting for something to occur.

This ATC for Think Monday Think ATCs represents my view of forever, eternity, (ewig). To tell the truth, it is impossible to wrap our minds around the idea of the eternal. It's one of those things we take on faith (or don't). I choose to believe in an everlasting God in heaven, even though my mind cannot completely comprehend.

My background is distress inks rubbed on glossy cardstock and over-stamped with the same inks using Stampin' Up stamps. The angel is one my dear friend Laura gave me. It is Inkadinkadoo stamped in StaZon.

Rainbow Lady #178 - Princettia

The theme this week for Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog is to use pink or green and the inspiration picture is of a pink hybrid called Princettia.

I have had pink poincettias before. This, however, is a "horse of a different color," a newly developed flower to raise awareness for the breast cancer cure  cause.

This is a digital card. I have used Dezinaworld backgrounds as well as part of the photo of the Princettia.

Paper Minutes - sketch

Here is my entry for the Paper Minutes challenge. I made everything from double-sided papers so the petals can be bent up to show the undersides.

Think Monday Think ATCs - Black Cat

This is my entry for TMTA (black cats). My ATC background is ordinary cardstock painted with my new artist quality watercolor Hooker's green. On top of that is some handmade Pearlex glitter spray of green and yellow.  Then I rolled the brayer over clear ink pad and inked up one side of a Cuttlebug folder (has birds. I thought the cat needed some fun). When I sprinkled the fine gold embossing powder, it didn't go where I thought it would, but just the opposite. Anyway, here it is. Cat is googled.

Poppies for Remembrance - Rainbow Lady's Challenge

Some of you may have seen my watercolor painting of the single poppy. I gave away the card it was on but I have the image on my computer so I am able to keep using it.

Rainbow Lady's challenge this week is to use  poppies in our work. Check out all the entries to this challenge HERE.

Tonight I finished off another poppy watercolor that I started this afternoon. It is on a 9x12" watercolor paper.  I think I need to add a background to it. You can see the new one HERE.

Pecreativ - When the Leaves Fall

This is my entry for Pecreativ (When the Leaves Fall). My leaf stamps were stamped with clear ink pads and heat embossed with various embossing powders. The background was added last. I sprayed and dabbed on Lindy's Stamp Gang Moonglow color.

Tag it On - Steampunk

Here is my Tag it On entry. The stamps are from Stampin' Up.

Paper Minutes - Blue and White

My entry for Paper Minutes is totally blue and white. The background is the blue and white security liner from an envelope. The ribbon did go straight across but it slipped in the scanner. However, I like it better this way.

Lächeln ist die Seele Küsse.

Take a Word - Time

For TAW challenge, Rian has set Time as the theme. I have done this digital collage using my baby sister, my 8th grade class (me on the far left), and my grandfather's grandmother at the top. I was trying to show several stages of aging.

Tag it On - Transportation

For this tag, my entry to Tag it On, I have used Bazzill cardstock and have punched the corners with a Martha Stewart punch. The background is ordinary cardstock that I have misted with homemade shimmery mist along with some from Moonglow. The old car came from a magazine. The woman feeding chickens is one of my dh's ancestors. The stamps I used are from Stampin' Up and Purple Onion and are heat embossed with fine gold embossing powder. Helen chose this theme of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

Black and White

Here is my black and white ATC for Take a Word and for Fun with ATCs.

So Artful - Warsaw Angel

For the So Artful Challenge this week we were given a couple of angels images to use in our entries. I chose the Warsaw angel. The background sky scene is my interpretation of a sky image given to use in another challenge (Art Cards) this week. I also used the same sky as my entry for Paint Party Friday. I love this sky so you may see it even more times!

Artekarten - Postage Stamp People

For Art Cards I am entering this ATC with a Canadian postage stamp. The body is of my mother's first cousin. The background is done with the broken glass technique.

I went back and watched the video. I see that I have made mine backwards!!! There is no way on the challenge to delete an entry. So just forgive my ignorance and I will do better next time.

Below is how a Postage Person is supposed to look: the stamp is on the top, not underneath.

Rainbow Lady's Silver

Cynthia and her husband are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary so she has chosen silver as the theme for Rainbow Lady's Challenge.

The silver rectangle that says: on your special day and the square which has a swirly design are an RAK from Frankie. The butterfly is actually a silver filigree pin.  Silver does not show up well on my camera. I really wish the swirly pattern showed up. It's really neat.

Squares and Circles - The 3 Muses

My entry for Circles and Squares for the Three Muses Challenge started with the background from Dezinaworld. The dill png is one I made from a photo I made of my dill plant. The gold circle with the flower is also a png I made from a stamping I had done using a craft foam stamp (not one I cut). This entry is all digital.

Take a Word - Childhood

This is my entry for Take a Word - Childhood. These photos were taken of my husband and his sister and brother. He says he remembers the pony well and that he was scared to death.

Artekarten - Photo Inspiration

Here is my entry for Art Cards Challenge. The background is a copy of a watercolor (work in progress).

Rainbow Lady - falling leaves

It is almost time for the leaves to start falling here on the east coast of the US. We have new grass planted. We don't want the leaves to fall for a few more weeks so the grass can be well established before we have to rake leaves.

The theme for Rainbow Lady's Challenge is Falling Leaves. I used these leaves a few days ago on my other blog. I didn't like that card so I cut the leaves off to use for this card.

Ticket to Ride - TIO

This is my entry to Tag it On, where the theme to the challenge is Ticket to Ride. The ticket is googled. The trolley is from Dover. My music background stamp has nothing at all written on it so I don't know who made it. Does anyone know? The border punch is by Fiskars.

The Three Muses - Home Sweet Home

My entry to Home Sweet Home.

Background: one of my oil paintings of the house I was born in.

Images and frame: Dover

For other entries to The Three Muses challenge click HERE.

So Artful

Here is my entry for So Artful. The beautiful background was provided for us to use. I added Dezinaworld images (crow, flowers, girl, music) and a corner that Junibears allows me to use.

The Whole of the Moon

Here is my tag for Tag it On (The Whole of the Moon) challenge. The background has lots of dark moonshadow mists on it. The moon is cut with a circle punch from gold color card stock. The bird is a stamp. The trees were stamped in moonshadow midnight copper embossing powder. Around the edges I used Ranger copper embossing powder that Laura gave me. The hanger for the tag is copper wire.

Torso ATC - Art Cards

Using the torso template provided by Kati of the Art Cards challenge, I cut out a piece of decorative paper showing a vintage bride. I stamped the flower onto the card. Then I colored the sepia image with watercolor pencils.

The 3 Muses - Jars and Bottles

I know that this is weird for me, but I wanted to use my Stubby Stampers jars and bottles stamp for the 3 Muses challenge this week. I also wanted to use the shave cream/ink background I had made last week. The tall bottle is from Dover Publications.