Art Creations Friday - background

In tribute to my sister whose birthday is in May, I created this piece using the beautiful background provided by Art Creations Friday. I took the colors in the background plus gold and added them to a png image of Stef's flower. I hope you can read her tee shirt.

Rainbow Lady 's Challenge - Alice

Alice in Wonderland is the theme for this week's Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog. I had a bit of a time finding public domain illustrations to use. However, this illustration by Sir John Tenniel is in public domain. The background is a digital pattern I made and changed the colors.

Tag it On! - Distress

Here is my tag for Tag it On! I have used Tim Holtz's Distress Ink in photo and Distress Powder in tan. I also used Stampendous gold embossing powder. The medallion was made by using the cuttlebug folder and then embossing it in various golds and cutting it out. My stamps are by Hearts in Touch and All Night Media. I hope this is what distressing means. It was fun to make.

The Three Muses Challenge - Music

This lovely lady is my very talented granddaughter. The frame is from Dover. The theme for this week's The Three Muses is Music!

Fun with ATCs (Moo on ATC)

Using a moo on an ATC is the theme for Fun with ATCs challenge. I started with watercolor paper I had sprayed with Moon Shadow mists (both the ATC and the moo). I stamped both with my new Stampin' Up stamps. The flower is also a SU stamp, colored with le Plume markers. The embossing was done with Moon Shadow embossing powders in colors of emerald and purple.

Tag Tuesday - Glitter

Last week I made a bunch of background material on watercolor paper using watercolor crayons, pencils, and paints. This is a tag I made using that background. I have put blue Stampendous glitter in the top right side and on the left. I put gold Stampendous glitter in the lower right. The stamps are Stampin' Up. The embossing powder is Malachite MoonShadow. Louise at Tag Tuesday has a great inspiration tag and has challenged us to get out our glitter.

TMTA - transfers

This ATC was made for Think Monday Think ATC challenge. I used an alcohol inked background. My stamps are by Stampendous and See D's.

I took one of my earlier works, reduced it to fit an ATC and printed it via my inkjet printer onto some Sheer Heaven transfer paper. From there I transferred it directly onto the alcohol inked background.

Sheer Heaven is one of the most versatile "papers". I love to play with it. Since it does cost a bit, I usually print off a number of things onto a sheet of it and cut them apart. One thing that isn't advertised, of course, is that SH is reusable. A squirt of alcohol and a quick rub will wipe the image right off and the SH is ready to be reused.

Metallics for One Stop Challenge

This card has metallic HVAC tape that I embossed in a Cuttlebug folder and then colored with alcohol inks. The embellishments are also embossed with the Cuttlebug folder.

Using metallics is the challenge for One Stop.