1st Card of the Season!

Yesterday I began my journey into Christmas card making! Oh boy! This is the first year that I will be handmaking all of the cards that we are sending out for the holidays. So I am a bit nervous and hope everyone doesnt laugh hysterically at my first attempt at this. This is the first card I created. I learned of a website through the Red Cross called Holiday Mail for Heroes where you can send cards to be distributed to American service members, veterans and their families in the United States and around the world.

My sister and I are trying to spread the word to get those that are interested to send at least one card this holiday season. Soooo since I was inspired yesterday with this, I went ahead and created my card which I will be sending tomorrow. It really is something nice to do for all of those that might be serving right now and can not be with family and friends for the holidays.

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put
it into words is all that is neccessary." ~Margaret Cousins

Halloween ATC Coffin Card

I know its way past Halloween *lol* but I did create this ATC coffin card for a swap in Artistic-Creations and I never got the chance to blog about it. So here it is *lol* It was fun, At first I wasnt sure about it but I think I like how it turned out. :)

p.s the little boy collage image came from Paper Imagery Designs ;)

'Create Art' - Gothic Arch

"Create Art" Gothic Arch

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Last weeks Gothic Arch Challenge was Pretty in Pink =) I was late (of course) on creating mine but I did want to participate so I created one today. In Artistic-Creations this week's technique challenge was the bandana technique... so I created the background using the bandana technique.. The scan doesnt show it but the outer rim of each medallion is colored in orange, pink, and yellow. Im not really sure why scanners dull colors out but for some reason they do. This arch is so much brighter (especially the pinks) in person than in this scan. *sighs* But anyway .lol. Im not sure where the stamps and image are from. I found the quote stamp at hobby lobby. I wish I would have kept better records of where all of my stamps came from. *sighs*

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” ~Auguste Rodin

Time for the theatre atc

I have been putting off blogging for a few days now and am a little behind so I thought I would catch up with what I have created. I created this ATC for a prize in Artistic-Creations via a Bingo game I was hosting.

August Creative Challenge...

The image on the left is the challenge image for the August Creative Challenge in Artistic-Creations. So for my challenge share, I thought I would just draw the picture. I thought it would make a great drawing or tattoo design for sisters, or best friends. Just thought I would share!

Art Quilt 4x4

I created this 4x4 for a swap in Artistic-Creations as well. Its called an Art Quilt, but instead of using fabrics I used paper because I have no clue how to sew and didnt even want to attempt the mess *lol* I can tell you now that would be a disaster! HAHA! So I used some need background paper I had laying around with a few die cuts of flowers and butterflies. I cut the background into 1 inch squares and glued them to a green sheet of cardstock. I then cut even smaller squares out of white cardstock and used those in the empty spaces of the pattern. I added a weird shaped heart design out of pink cardstock and edged everything in black ink. I then attached the flowers. The butterflies wings are actually 3-d I folded them up so that they looked like they were sitting on the flowers. But scanning them made them flat of course. It isnt the best, or most creative but I just wanted to try something different and challenge myself.

Sitting Pretty 3x3's

This is for another swap from my group Artistic-Creations. The swap was for 2 3×3’s in a ‘Sitting Pretty’ theme, and this is what I came up with….
I created the backgrounds using metallic and regular liquid watercolors in a mini mister. The images were actually from a cute set of rub on’s that I stumbled on at Michaels on the clearance shelf. They actually have glitter in certain parts, you cant really see it that well with the scan but its there in the wings of the fairies and their outfits.
For the first 3×3 I used a corner flourish stamp and black ink. I then drew in the stars and moon with a white and silver gel pen. Of course did the edging with black ink and then added a small and simple stamped word ‘Pray’.
For the second 3×3 I used a flourish stamp and black ink. I then drew in accents with a white gel pen. I drew in stars with a black gel pen and did the centers with a white gel pen. I used a sun stamp and also added white accents using a gel pen. I did the edging also in black, and added a small and simple stamped word ‘Hope’.
I really love how they turned out. Im really glad to have this hobby again as a release from every day stresses.

Tim Holtz Tutorial Tag

I am participating in a Tim Holtz Tutorial Swap in my group Artistic-Creations , and today I made an attempt at creating a tag using his Tutorial but because I didnt have some of the supplies, I twisted it a little to work for me This was the result of the tutorial. The tutorial I used is located at: Here
I thought it turned out ok, Im not too thrilled with the way the coloring of the main image turned out but what can ya do lol. I used gesso instead of white ink, lots of fourishes, and lots of hand drawn hearts =]
I hope my partner likes it =] I know its not exactly the same, but I wanted to try and do something a little different and try to figure out how to do similar techniques w/out having the exact supplies. Oh and the little words I used say Love, and Togetherness. You can click on the image to view it larger.