"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!

Strong Women Art Journal Spread

Another journal page!  On the left side of the page - the tag - I swiped some gesso on it and it let dry.  Then I added watercolors.  I stamped the Dylusions image, the Dina Wakely words and used another stamp to add some texture.  I made the background using a vintage book page and swiped different acrylic paints across it.  I used a Crafter's Workshop template and modeling paste.  I didn't like it, so I white washed it with gesso.  I painted the area under the grid fabric black and splattered some black paint.  I added the grid fabric and the tag.  The right side had the same background and I "fixed" it the same way.  I stamped the Dina stamps on cardstock, cut them out and applied watercolors in the background.  Thanks for stopping by!

Of Two Minds and Guarded Hearts Art Journal Page

For this spread, I used one of the new Dylusions stamps.  I applied watercolor to two #8 tags and stamped the part of the image on both tags.  I cut out  both images and trimmed them.  I used a palette knife to spread acrylic paints to make the background.  I used a Stencil Girl stencil to apply the modeling paste.  I followed that up with some black circles and slash lines made with an old key card.  I cut some washi tape circles to put inside the black paint circles.  I also shook some diluted black paint from a brush to make the splatters.  I cut the hearts out of this grid material and painted them with the yellow paint.  I cut smaller hearts out of a vintage dictionary and applied buttercup glass glitter.  I glued the grid hearts on top of the glitter hearts and glued the whole constructed image down.  The pink butterflies were applied last.  I had fun making this!  Thanks for stopping by!