Sunflower ATC Swap

At the artisttradingcards yahoo group, I'm hosting a sunflower ATC swap.  The background started with a vintage ledger page. I used acrylic paint and stencils from Tim Holtz and the The Crafter's Workshop to make the background.  I added strips of washi tape here and there.  The sunflower stamp is from Unity Stamps.  It's colored with Copic markers, Spica glitter pens and glaze pens.  The flowers were outlined with a stabilio all pencil. I added little jewels to each.  I love sunflowers and have a large sunflower tattoo on one of my ankles.  The sunflower is the Kansas state flower and I'm from Kansas originally.  Happy sunflowers to you!

Yellow Pages ATC Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the May swap is a "Yellow Pages" ATC swap meaning use the phone book yellow pages in the art.  The background is a portion of the yellow pages stenciled with yellow paint.  Victorian scrap flowers are also in the background.  The stamped images are from Dina Wakley.  They are colored with distress inks/distress crayons and a water brush.  The women images and sides of the ATC are outlined with a black Stabilio pencil.  Little dots were also made with this pencil.  Thanks for visiting my blog!

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.

Flower Fairy Art Journal Page

I got Jane Davenport's new book about drawing/painting faces.  Of course, this looks nothing like any of the art in the book.  This work was done in a larger art journal.  I tried to make her a fairy with a pointy ear, but didn't have a reference how to do the shading of the ear.  I am happy with my effort.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

January Art Journal Page Swap - side two - Stacked Birds

This is the back side of the "Secrets" page in the previous post. I used the Dina Wakely Scribbly Birds stamp set.  The background uses stencils by The Crafter's Workshop, Tim Holtz and Stencil Girl.  The white hearts were made with modeling paste and a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil. I painted the birds with acrylic paint and outlined them with a Stabilio All pencil.  The hearts/circles were cut out of vintage sheet music, painted in the centers, and the painted area was outlined with a Stabilio All pencil.  After I glued them down, I outlined them again with the same pencil.  The stamped words were also highlighted with the Stabilio All pencil.  When I had everything glued down, I splattered the blue paint across the page.  Thanks for coming by my blog!