Valentine ATC Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the January swap is a valentine ATC swap.  I started out by stenciling a background on a vintage ledger page.  I added vintage text to the background and a strip of washi tape.  The flowers are Victorian scrap, the heart is German scrap and the words are from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet - all available at Collage Stuff.  I edged the ATC with a pink Posca glitter pen.  Thanks for stopping by today and Happy New Year!

Man's Best Friend ATC Swap

On the artisttradingcards yahoo group, I'm hosting a "man's best friend" ATC swap.  I used stencils and acrylic paint for the background.  The dog stamp is by Tim Holtz.  The words are Tim Holtz chit chat stickers. I added little jewel hearts.  I love dogs!

October Calendar Pages for the Collage Stuff 2017 Handmade Calendar Swap

I'm hosting a handmade calendar swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  It's wrapping up, but I'm short the October pages.  I made them this weekend.  Many of the items used are from Tim Holtz - Materialize papers, mirror stars, Halloween tokens, Occasions small talk stickers, and Halloween ephemera.  The witch image is from Hidden Vintage Studios at Mischief Circus.  I used papers from other manufacturers as well.  The German scrap is available from Collage Stuff.  I had fun making these pages!  Boo!

2016 Christmas Cards

I have a lot of digital image kits from Mischief Circus, so this year I decided I would create my Christmas cards digitally.  I used a kit called "A Primitive Christmas" from Crow About Studio B.  Like my Christmas card says - "Be Merry!"  this Christmas season!

Decmber Artist Choice ATC Swap

The December swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is an artist choice ATC swap.  I created a background sheet using a vintage ledger page, acrylic paints and stencils.  I cut the sheet down to ATC size for each of the backgrounds.  I stamped the butterfly image on the same vintage ledger pages. Other items used include Asian character cards (available at Collage Stuff), Tim Holtz flashcards, Tim Holtz big chat stickers and jewels. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Black, White and Red ATC Swap

At the Artisttradingcards yahoo group, I'm hosting a black, white and red ATC swap.  I used vintage dictionary pages for the background.  I used Stencil Girl and The Crafter's Workshop stencils for the black and white background with acrylic paint.  The bird mask is from Stencil Girl Bird Stencil Guts.  I outlined the bird with a black paint pen and then white dots.  The words are Tim Holtz chit chat stickers.  Thanks for coming by my blog today!

Christmas Tag Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the November swap is a Christmas-themed tag swap.  I used number 8 tags.  The backgrounds are scrapbook papers, vintage ledger pages, and some gelli print scraps.  The Santa images are Victorian scrap available at Collage Stuff.  The song image is from Tumble Fish Studio at Mischief Circus.  The labels are from the "Tis the Season" collage sheet from Collage Stuff.  I added bling using the green jewels or Tim Holtz mirror stars.  The ribbons and charms are also available at Collage Stuff.  To finish off the tags, I glued a mica tile over each Santa image.  Thanks for stopping by to see my new tags!

Christmas Tree ATC Swap

At the artistradingcards yahoo group, I'm hosting a Christmas Tree themed ATC swap.  The backgrounds are gelli prints.  The Christmas tree German scrap and Tim Holtz Christmastime ephemera are available at Collage Stuff. I edged the ATC's with a blank ink pad.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Letter "A" ATC swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the October swap is a letter "A" ATC swap.  I used vintage text for the background.  I used acrylic paints to stencil the background.  The leaves were outlined with a white Pilot pen.  The stamp, Frida and phone image are all available on collage sheets at Collage Stuff.  I used a black German scrap border (Collage Stuff)  to finish the bottom of the ATC.  I glued down a thin mica tile over the Frida image.  I generated the letter "A" and the word "artist" on my PC.  The edges of the ATCs were finished with green paint.  Thanks for coming by to see these ATCs.

Halloween ATC's

I'm hosting a Halloween-themed ATC swap on the artisttradingcards yahoo group.  I used a Collage Stuff collage sheet - Witchy Woman for the main image. I bought the printable background papers at Etsy.  I used a variety of Tim Holtz items - chit chat stickers, mirror stars, and ephemera.  The orange German scrap border is available at Collage Stuff.  Thanks for stopping by to see my art!

Clocks ATC swap on the Artisttradingcards Yahoo Group

I'm hosting a clocks themed artist trading card swap on the artisttradingcards yahoo group.  This is my art for the swap.  I printed some clock transparencies, and used vintage ledger pages for the background. Glossy accents works perfectly for adhering transparencies.  I found the image of the man and the ship in my stash.  The numbers are all from UK bus tickets.  The floral Victorian scrap is available at Collage Stuff and the little Venise piece was something I found in my stash.  I never know what I'm going to find in my art stashes. Thanks for coming by today!

Last of the calendar pages

This is the last of the calendar pages.  I used Dylusions paints, Avery Elle stamps, gelatos, a white Pilot pen, and Stencil Girl stencils.  Thanks for coming by my blog to see my calendar pages!

More Calendar Pages

I'm still making March calendar pages for the Collage Stuff 2017 Handmade Calendar Swap.  I got in some new stencils from Stencil Girl and I'm particularly loving the "bullseye" stencil.  I found some white foamy stickers in my stash.  They're perfect because I can color them with paint to match the art. Thanks for coming by today to view my calendar pages!

2017 Handmade Calendar Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, I'm hosting a handmade calendar swap.  The pages are 4" x 6" and 13 pages must be handmade.  The backgrounds are made with acrylic paints and stencils.  I used Dylusions stamps, a Unity stamp, and a Dina Media stamp.  The images are colored with glaze pens, colored pencils and souffle pens.  Usually I made all of my 13 pages the same, but this time it's looking like they will all be different!  Thanks for stopping by to see some of my calendar pages.

August Art Journal Page Swap

The recipient of my August art journal page swap requested vintage.  The front of the page uses images from Tumble Fish Studio.  The background is made from stencils and acrylic paint.  China markers were used for highlights.  The back page uses a page from a vintage bird book, and egg images from Collage Stuff.  The background is vintage text heat embossed with a background stamp.  I used gelatos for the yellow and blue text pages.   Thanks for coming by my blog to view my art journal page!

"Say it with Flowers" artist trading cards

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo group, the August swap is themed "Say it with Flowers".  I used images from 2 Collage Stuff collage sheets, sequin butterflies (Collage Stuff), glitter paint pens, and computer generated words.  This woman image is my all time favorite woman image.  Thanks for coming by to view my art!

Summertime ATC's

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the June swap is a Summertime ATC swap.  I used images from TumbleFish Studio.  I used glossy accents to accent part or all of the women on the ATC's.  I used sequin stars and red German scrap stars from Collage Stuff.  Some of the ATC's have stenciled backgrounds with acrylic paints or markers.  Stay cool this summer!

July Art Journal Page Swap Entry

For July, my recipient for the art journal page swap asked for bright colors.  Here they are!  I had fun creating these pages!

Puzzle Piece ATC's

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the July swap is a puzzle piece challenge - use a puzzle piece in art submitted for this swap.  I found a bag of puzzle pieces that I picked up at a garage sale and who knows when that garage sale was?!  I have an amazing art stash!  I covered the puzzle pieces with an image from a Collage Stuff collage sheet.  I used stencils and acrylic paint to make the backgrounds. I finished off the ATC's with a brass charm and Tim Holtz small talk word.  Thanks for coming by to view my "puzzling" ATC's! 

May Tag Swap

The May swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is a rubber stamped tag swap, meaning to use at least one rubber stamped image in the art.  I made my usual background on vintage text or sheet music using stencils and acrylic paint. I used a text stamp in the background as well.  I used glitter bead gel through stencils as the final background layer, but it's hard to see in the photos.  The stamped images are from Dylusions colored with glaze pens, metallic gelly roll pens and colored pencils.  The stamped image are popped up.  The little flowers are old chipboard buttons from Maya Road embellished with a white Signo pen.  Thanks for coming by my blog today!

May Page for Art Journal Page Swap

The page I created for May required a inspirational or positive quote theme.  Thanks for coming by to view my latest art for the art journal page swap.

Ticket to Ride ATC Swap

The April swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is an ATC swap themed "Ticket to Ride".  This could be done as a Beatles song swap or a travel-theme.  I used vintage phone book pages for the base and stenciled with acrylic paint using the Tim Holtz mini layering stencils.  They are perfect for ATC's. Next came the car image from Itkupilli, followed up by an image from the Collage Stuff Beauties Post collage sheet.  I used a black Fude ball pen to outline the car, the words and to make a border on the ATC.  Thanks for coming by to see my "Ticket to Ride" ATC's!

Asian-themed art journal pages

 For the art journal page swap for April, my pages needed an "Oriental" theme.  I used images from Tumble Fish Studio for this page.  I outlined the images with a Fude ball pen and applied washi tape as a frame.

I painted this page red and then stenciled black and silver flowers with a stencil from Stencil Girl.  I used pages from a vintage dictionary on both pages.  I glued the dictionary page onto cardstock and die cut it with a Tim Holtz die for the lattice.  The playing card is available at Collage Stuff. I applied washi tape on the left side of the page.  Thanks for visiting my blog today!

March Art Journal Page Swap

 The theme of the pages I needed to make for March was "home".  I used stencils by Stencil Girl, Tim Holtz, and The Crafter's Workshop with acrylic paint.  On the home sweet home page, I used a Tim Holtz die and Tim Holtz label letters. On the heart makes a good home page, I started out with a gelli print, put down the women mask and sponged black paint around the mask.  After that, I put another stencil down over the mask and sponged gold paint. I used a white signo pen and black Fude ball pen. I had fun making these pages!  Thanks for taking a peek at my pages!

Bird Note Cards

I got these new Dylusions bird stamps this week and I love them!  I made the card base using acrylic paints and stencils from Stencil Girl, Tim Holtz, and Joggles.  The birds are stamped on white cardstock with black ink and clear embossed.  I colored them with Posca paint pens. Thanks for coming by to see my new bird cards!

Paint Chip ATC's

In my previous post, I listed my first ATC for this Paint Chip ATC challenge.  Here are the last two!  I used vintage text, strips of paint chips, stencils, acrylic paints and stamped images (Tim Holtz stamps).  I stamped the images directly onto paint chips and cut them out.  I popped up the stamped images.  Thanks for coming by my blog today!

Paint Chip ATC Swap Challenge

The March ATC swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is a paint chip challenge swap.  I cut paint chips into strips and glued them down on the background paper.  The image is from the Collage Stuff Broken Collage Sheet.  I colored it with Copic markers.  The gold German scrap border is also available at Collage Stuff. Thanks for coming by my blog today!

Birdhouse ATC Swap

The February swap at the Collage Stuff yahoo group is a birdhouse ATC swap. I wanted my birdhouse ATC's to have a Valentine's Day theme too.  I cut a rough house shape from chipboard and covered it with an old phone book page.  Then I stenciled with acrylic paints using Tim Holtz and The Crafter's Workshop stencils.  I used washi tape for the "roof".  The red hearts and black birds are German scrap (Dresden trim) items available at Collage Stuff.  I painted some paper with gold paint to fill the heart shape. To back the house shape, I used black illustration board embossed with gold detail embossing powder and script stamp.  I edged everything with black paint.  Thanks for coming by to view my birdhouse ATC's!

February Art Joural Page Swap

For the art journal page swap at Collage Stuff, my February person chose pets as their theme.  So here are my pets pages!  Thanks for coming by today!

Winning isn't everything!

There is a challenge this month at Carolyn Dube's blog to include something you'd normally throw away in your art.  I used a paper plate and a losing scratch off lottery ticket.  My color palette is taken from the lottery ticket colors. I glued down my lottery ticket.  I cut up the paper plate and glued it down.  I used almost all the paper plate. After that I got to work with the paint, stencils and pens.  Thanks for coming by my blog and viewing my "winning isn't everything" journal page!

Celestial Tag Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the January swap is a celestial tag swap.  I started out by applying some vintage text to a tag.  I painted a pearl paint over the text.  I applied gold paint to my 4" round gelli plate and stamped it at the top right and bottom left. I stenciled the woman and the dots at the top with navy blue paint.  I applied the jewel stars and glued a mirror star in the middle.  I ran a strip of gold German scrap border up the right side.  I painted the white lace with the gold and navy blue paint.  The "twinkle"letters are Tim Holtz label letters.  I had fun making these tags!  Thanks for coming by to see my celestial tag!