Wish my hair.... art journal page

 

Here's an art journal spread that I finished today.  I absolutely love to put flowers for women's hair.  Dali painted women with heads that composed entirely of flower blooms. I would love to hair that was made out of flowers.  The background is made out of stenciled circles using a The Crafter's Workshop template.  The stamped circles are from a fabulous new stamp set from Ellen Hutson.  I love it.  It'll all just circles and dots that you can arrange any way that you like.  I also used a Tim Holtz layering stencil for the letters and numbers.  The woman stamped image is from a Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous classic stamp set.  The words were made from Tim Holtz chit chat stickers and label letters.  I colored the paper flowers with paints and used glue dots to attach them.  I found some dimensional tiny yellow roses in my stash and added them to flower hair.  I had fun making this.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Gluebook page swap

This is another sample for the gluebook page swap I'm hosting at Collage Stuff.  Images are from Collage Stuff and Land of Nod Studios.  I think simple is good!  Thanks for stopping by!

Gluebook Page Swap

I'm hosting a gluebook page swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  The theme is vintage women.  Gluebook pages are just glue and paper - no embellishments.  It's fun and it's liberating.  I was watching a movie "The Dutchess" and in this movie, the women all wear extravagant tall wigs.  So for my page, I made the wig out of flowers!  Thanks for stopping by!

Another spread in Lin's art journal

Here is another spread in Lin's art journal.  The images are from Crow About Studio B at the Deviant Scraps website.  Thanks for stopping by!

Last Two Mini Cabinet Card Frames for the Swap

Here are the last two mini cabinet card frames for the swap.  I think my favorite one is the last one - the woman with flowers for her hair.  Thanks for stopping by.

Gothic Arch Swap

The January swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is a Nature's Beauty Gothic Arch swap.  I created two templates for everyone to use.  I used old phone book pages for the background.  The Victorian scrap birds/flowers and vintage buttons are available at Collage Stuff.  The letter cards are Tim Holtz alpha cards.  Three more to do!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sample for a new swap

I love the new cabinet card frames from Advantus and Tim Holtz. When I saw them,  the first thing that went through my head was how wonderful these would be to use in a swap.  These frames are like a sleeve.  You can slide in a photo, your own art or whatever!  The May swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is going to be a Cabinet Card Frame Swap.

Whenever I announce a new swap at the group, I have to provide at least one sample, so here is the first sample.
The base image is from one of the French Ephemera Collage Sheets available at Collage Stuff.  The remaining images inside the oval are from Tumble Fish Studios at the Deviant Scraps website.  I added  little pink jewels and accents with gold Liquid Pearls.  The pink ruler ribbon, flowers and little gold metal accents are available at Collage Stuff.  Of course, the Cabinet Card Frames are also available at Collage Stuff.  The frames come in a pack of 5. I added some interest to the frame by stamping haphazardly with brown archival ink.
The frames hold something about 4" x 6".  I cut a piece of cardstock 4" x 6" and created my art on this base.  This size gives you a little wiggle room to position the finished art inside the frame.
Thanks for stopping by!

Altered Postcard #3

Here's my third altered postcard.  This postcard reminded me of Frida Kahlo for some reason, so Frida it is!  The Frida image is available at Collage Stuff.  I printed out some little black and white squares and trimmed them down for the frame on the postcard.  The other images are from Crow About Studio B at the Deviant Scraps website.  I used gold Liquid Pearls to accent different areas of the postcard.  The tiny black buttons and the heart jewel brad are also available at Collage Stuff.  Thanks for stopping by!