Christmas Gothic Arch

Cynthia of Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog has the theme of Gothic arch Christmas.  My arch is a piece of cardstock I was playing around with last night. I mixed up some chipped up blue watercolor pencil and melted it in a dab of water. I added some bright gold Pearl Ex and a drop or two of gum arabic.* Then with a brush I covered the piece of cardstock with the mixture. It has a beautiful sheen. I stamped the holly , the ornament, and the Merry Christmas on glossy cardstock. The holly was colored with Le Plume pens.

*This technique is one I read on Split Coast Stampers.

Three Muses - Victorian

Here is my digital Victorian piece for the Three Muses Challenge. All lovely images are thanks to Dover Publications.

Tag Tuesday - Calendar

Tag Tuesday's theme is calendars. I have taken a piece of misted and sprayed cardstock and stamped it with 3 different leaf stamps in red, purple, yellow and brown inks. I did a collage with the calendar, girl from a magazine and homemade leaf. The daisy is one of K&Company's.

This morning the Fed Ex man left a package for me. It was my wonderful new giant tape dispenser and tapes from Framing Supplies. It really got here fast! Like one day. I'm loving it already. An extra special plus is that the 3M Company donates $1.20 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for the purchase of this product during 2010-2011..

KIS, Gothic Arches, MMM

Today I am entering 3 challenges with these two pieces. The gold, black, and white on the left is for Keep it Simple. I used a handmade foam stamp, clear ink pad and fine gold embossing powder.

The Gothic Arch on the right is for GA and for Mixed Media Monday. The theme for GA is day and night. The theme for MMM is Art. Again I used a handmade foam stamp to represent the sun rising. The colorful background was made using natural inks I made from veggies and fruits. I thought it looked a bit like abstract art (art for MMM). The colors are actually brighter but I had to lightened the whole thing to make the text show up.

The foam I carve is about 3/8" thick. It is not the kind that our craft stores sell. I buy the door hangers and cut them into stamp shapes. The text was written with an erasable pen and embossed with gold e.p.

What adhesive do you use?

Someone recently told about a BIG roller adhesive that she used for adhering paper to paper. She said it worked better than the small ones, lasted longer, and was refillable. She got it at Michael's for 50% off. 

I thought it was a no-brainer to get the same tape. No, our Michaels doesn't carry anything that resembles what I read about. Would you please tell me if you know what this tape roller is called and who makes it? Thanks, everybody.


Thanks to my blogging friends (see comments below) I know what I am looking for and how to order it. In fact, I have already placed an order. I appreciate your helping me out.

So Artful - The Art of Travel

So Artful's challenge is a travel theme. Here is what I have done with the given image. I couldn't help but be struck by the difference in travel in the past compared to now. Look at all the luggage. Look at the very dressy outfit.

Art Cards - Paper Piecing

Art Cards' theme this week is paper piecing. I have never done this before and it took forever to do. I stamped the bear stamp onto the green paper. I also stamped the same image onto a hand-dyed paper and onto a bought decorative paper.  The copper borders are from K&Company.

Through the Window -Tag it On

Frankie of the Dragon Lady's Tag it On has as her challenge this week: through the window. The only windows I have around seem to be leaded stained glass. I have used this image of the little girl from Retro Cafe Art. The stamp is Elizabeth by Stampin' Up. The window comes from Dover Publications.