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!

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!