Tuesday, September 9, 2008

One new Gothic Arch


Here's a new Gothic arch! This little girl is my new favorite image. I've got to get it on a collage sheet. I think she's adorable! The background is made from layers of paper (scrapbook, sheet music and dictionary pages), paint, stamped swirls and inks. It was embossed with clear and gold embossing powders. The buttons are white. I dipped them in a pigment ink and embossed them with gold embossing powder.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Cemetery Imagery ATC's


















Here's a batch of Cemetery ATC's that I did for my Collage Stuff Cemetery Imagery Swap. I used the new Collage Stuff Cemetery Imagery #2 collage sheet. I got out my glazes, Luna Lights, MM and Golden Fluid acrylics and had fun playing. I stamped flourishes in between layers of paint and embossed swirls in gold as a finishing touch. I like to let the stray embossing stay. I added bits of dictionary pages and stick on jewels on some of the ATC's.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

New Art Samples!

Here's a preview of some of the new art samples at the Gallery 2 page at Collage Stuff. It's great to have friends that are talented artists that are willing to share their skills with me! Many thanks to LuAnne B. for the cemetery/gargoyle ATC and Heather C. for the bird ATC. See all of the new samples here.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Last Two Arches for Today

The last two arches are done - one page, front and back. Both of the central images will be available on upcoming Collage Stuff collage sheets.

New Gothic Arches

I finished a gothic arch last night- front and back. I used images from the new Cemetery Imagery collage sheets available at Collage Stuff.


This one uses an image from the Cemetery Angels #12 and Cemetery Imagery #1. It's made with scrapbook papers, vintage text and sheet music, acrylic paint, crackle paint, white lace flowers painted gold and gold brads. I left the transparency loose so that it can be moved around on the arch.

This one uses images from the Cemetery Imagery #2 collage sheet. This one has layers of acrylic paint, gesso, and is stamped/embossed and overstamped. I used Distress inks and white Brilliance inks.

To view these images in a larger size, click here!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Tim Holtz Pendant Instructions

I loved the pendant I made at the Advantus booth at the CHA show in July. I promised some directions. The directions are at Collage Stuff. All of the products used are from the Tim Holtz Ideolgy Collection and you can get them at Collage Stuff!








Thursday, July 31, 2008

CHA Purchases Arriving!

Stuff that I ordered at the CHA show is starting to come in. The new buttons (clear and micro) are already here and listed at Collage Stuff. The Jenny Bowlin stuff came today! I snapped a few photos for a preview. This stuff will be listed this weekend at Collage Stuff.

The first photo is Girl Icon Raffle Tickets. Somehow the photo is the wrong orientation, but you can get the idea! Second photo is a sample of the full size bingo cards. They are medium weight and come in a variety of words. The last is best! ATC-sized bingo cards! They come in packs of 6 and there are 4 different colors!

I just got some new German scrap in too. Some stuff for Halloween!


The first photo is a new style of the gold altars. I think they look very medieval. The second photo is of the new large swallows in silver. The third is the new scary cat German scrap and last but not least, black jack-o-lanterns.