Letter "D" ATC Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the August Swap is a Letter "D" ATC swap.  For two similar ATCs, I used vintage sheet music and vintage journal pages for the background.  I used Distress Oxide Inks around the edges and stencil leaves with a The Crafter's Workshop Template. I stenciled in some black accents with another The Crafter's Workshop Template. The girl image is from the Collage Stuff "Tiny Treasures" collage sheet.  I colored with girl with Copic markers. I found the dragonfly stamps on the web. The dance definition is from an old dictionary that I copied and aged with Antique Linen Distress Stain. For the third ATC, I started with the vintage sheet music, added part of gelli print and added part of a yellow Victorian Scrap rose available at Collage Stuff.  The two dancers are from the Tim Holtz Paper Dolls set and are colored with Copic markers. I used Tim Holtz label letters and various pens for outlining and highlighting.  Thanks for visiting my blog today!

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!

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!

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.

"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!

Life is a Fantasy Art Journal Page

I was watching videos on You Tube and saw one about image transfers.  I hadn't done any image tranfers for a while, so grabbed one of my Collage Stuff collage sheets and went to work!  I used matte meduim for the transfers.  After the transfers were done, it was time to have fun!  I applied vintage text with holes cut out in 3 places, then added watercolor and Color Burst. I used stencils from Hero Arts, Stencil Girl and The Crafter's Workshop.  I used a White Viva Pearl Pen to accent some of the elements.  I had fun making this page.  Thanks for coming by my blog.