Altered Tin

Every once in a while I get motivated to do other type of crafts.  Thanks to my girfriends at PMS (this is the name of our stamping club) I have learned the art of altering basic items.  This can be elaborate so that you do not recognise the original item, or just a basic alteration like I did today.  I took a basic Turtles tin and covered it with white Gesso to create a 'tooth' for my next steps. 

Then I covered the edges of the base with two coats of blue acrylic paint then used my sookwang tape to adhere a strip of blue glossy paper around the edge.

The lid, I applied a piece of mulberry paper with Mod Poge and then used Sookwank tape to adhere ribbon around the edge of the lid.

Finished decorated tin ready to store my new Gear Stamping tools!

 

 

Hello!

I love the fall season, but there are times the fall season does not like me!  Bad week for my fibromyalgia symptoms, but a great week otherwise!  Some time with friends, starting a new job and generally thankful for my health dispite my limitations! 

These are two cards I created a month ago 'cause I felt like it!  I love this image from Digi Darla and it was quick to colour up and make into bright 'hello' cards! Just coloured in with my SU! markers, matted in bright blue, then placed on a green 4.25x5.5" card base.  I placed a similar coloured ribbon behind the matted image, then used the same colour cardstock inside the card for accent.

Christmas Season Coming!

My girlfriends and I at Waddle Waddle Art have been working on new albums and cards getting ready for our next show on November 18!  Come out and join us and see what's new!  Admission is free with a donation for the food bank.

Monochromatic

I LOVE this kind of challenge!  Most of my cards tend to lean towards monochomatic, or two colours...  But this week My Heart Pieces has challenged us to create a monochromatic card with one of her images.  I chose Noyontara for these cards.  As usual 4 cards were created as I was on a roll. I also used markers to colour the images (watercolour for the skin) and my Spellbinders for layers. 

 

First up is the yellow family.  I used Labels 8 to layer the handmade paper and cardstock under my image.  She was coloured with markers then cut out. These were then layered onto origami paper on a 6" square card.  I embellished it with a stip of fabric and a couple yellow daisies I rescued at the re-use centre.   

Second up is the pink family.  I coloured her with markers too then cut out the layer with Labels 20. I then placed her onto mulberry paper cut out with Labels 8.  The background is Core-Dinations paper embossed with a Cuttlebug alphabet folder and sanded.  A strip of striped paper and a couple of fibres are added to the left side and buttons in the bottom corner for embellishment.

I Love Asian themed cards too and so the colour red came to mind for this image.  After colouring her in  used Labels 2 to cut her out along with the red mulberry and origami paper.  Then layered onto another origami paper, red cardstock and again the red mulberry.  Finished card is the usual 5x6.5".  The chop at the bottem is a sticker from my stash.

Last up is green.  I was suddenly inspired when I saw the pre cut window card front for Magenta.  Thought she'd look cute peeking out the window and I was right!  Just cut her out and positioned her.  Then added Magenta velum paper behind and added a preprinted green flower tag from my stash and stamped 'Hello' (Digital Princess Designs) on it.  Simple, quick and cute!

 

Add a Little Sunshine

Just under the wire I present my submission to Digi Darla's weekly challenge 'Add a Little Sunshine'.  I love this little lion and ended up making 3 cards. :)  My submission is this first card.  I printed 2 images and coloured them both with my watercolour crayons.  Then I cut the head and paws out to pop over the other image.  I cut out the image out with Layers 11 die then placed it on a cut out from Layers 8.  These were placed onto 5x6.5" card front.  Used fibres and buttons to accent it and the stamp used is SU!

I dug into my scrapbook supplies for this next card.  Again Leo was coloured with watercolour crayons then cut out.  I placed him onto multiple layers of scrapbook paper, then onto a 6x6 green card base.  the tree die cut is from Handmade Scraps and this one is the Summer Tree.  Along the bottom is a leaf ribbon.  I used the Petite Scallop circles to cut out the Thanks stamp (SU!)

And the third card is inspired from Digi Darla's last week challenge.  A circle card.  Just this cuttie coloured with watercolour crayons then cut out with my circle cutter.  Layered him onto another circle, then another, tucking in leaves here and there for effect.  Then finally onto a 6" circle card base. 

Sweet Art

In August I had my sister come over for a visit with a little friend of hers that she was babysitting for the day.  I was working on a card for a challenge that never got entered in time, but I thought I'd show it now!  This little girl wanted to create a card too so I gave her an image and pencil crayons, then showed her how to build a card once the image was coloured in.  She LOVED my Cuttlebug! :)
We both used the same image 'Sweet Straberries' from Digi Darla.  First one of mine was coloured with markers then simply trimmed and matted onto Magnolia designer paper.  Letters and flowers are from my alphabet stash.

For my second card, I used watercolour crayons then my cuttlebug to cut it out.  Matted onto the same designer paper and used a new tool to cut slots and weave ribbon through the side to mimic leaves.  Letters and flowers are from my stash.

And this was the 8 year old artist's version.    Pencil crayons as I mentioned, then cuttlebug and a Spelbinder frame die cut and some more flowers from my stash.  She made this card for her mom... just because.

 

 

Digi Darla's Circle and Scallops Challenge

Well I've fnally gotten a chance to play some more and and been aching to play with this little girl!  So here is my submission for Digi Darla's current challenge.  I coloured her using my Stampin' Up! Markers.  I also used my Creative Memory metallic pens to accent the hat and buckets.  Used my circle cutter, my Spellbinder Scalloped Circles - small and large and my Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder.  The greeting is Stampin' Up and the fireman girl and inside greeting are of course Digi Darla!