Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Wendy Vecchi February Challenge

Hi there. It has been a while since I have had time to play. I am still busy since Mother passed away going through her things and my Grandmothers things she did not have the health to deal with.
I found some old patterns of my Grandmothers and decided to put them to use. I do not sew. I never had the time to learn being a single mom..and the crafts I did was clay.so...I decided now that I love to make journals they would be fun to use for textures and images.
The theme is hearts and sadly I am out of paste..this would have looked so much better.
The stamps are from Wendy Vecchi and you can find them at http://stampersanonymous.com/
The hearts from Wendy Vecchi stencils...again you can find them at http://stampersanonymous.com/

Here is a short of how I made this.
This is the pattern I picked from her many many patterns. I scanned it and sized it smaller, printed and cut the images.

I am using the smaller Dylusion Journal. This took four pages.
The middle two I cut 1 inch off the edges.
The back pages I painted with Black acrylic paint. When it was dry I used the background stamp with the flowers and some new paint I just purchased from a friend. It is heavy body acrylic paint by Dina Wakley, Magenta.Marilyn Hughes, who also runs Art Anthology...which is new to me..but I had popped in a few times before meeting Marilyn on Face Book and I totally impressed.Thank you Marilyn!!!!
The stamp set is one of my favorites Art colors Life, designed by Wendy Vecchi and you can find at the link above.
I used adhesive tape to form pockets. The tape is from Fun Stampers Journey.
I fussy cut the little lady in pink placing her on the right side and used parts of the pattern to hide the dismemberment lol on the left.
I used Dina Wakleys gel medium and gesso and mod podge.
Hope you like the finished project.
Must get back to working on the estate sell now.
hugs
susan s




Monday, February 23, 2015

Stampers Anonymous swap Steam Punk Valentines 2015 "And the world of Mage said to the machine...I Rule you!

Hi and welcome to my blog.
We had a fabulous swap at Stampers Anonymous Groups...How can I get in on this you might ask...
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/creativeblock-stampersanonymous/
or join on the store web site
http://stampersanonymous.com/
Thank you Sandy A. for always being the awesome hostess you are!
My three tags came from three wonderful friends and artist
no.1 tag I am showing you comes from Vickie Doswell
No 2. Tag is from Debbie Passamonte
and Tag No. 3 from Michele Smith
and of course I am working in my journal book so...
I took one of my pre existing drawings and added to her



 Thanks for stopping in ...your comments are always welcome.
hugs
susan s






Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Lily and the Lotus and A Step in The Dark new Challenge with FANTASY ARTS AND CRAFTS

Hi everyone. http://a-step-in-the-darkness.blogspot.co.uk/ has a new challenge with a wonderful little store.
The images are lovely. I really enjoyed browsing through the store. Fantasy Arts and Crafts.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/194952369/digital-stamp-coloring-page-fantasy?ref=shop_home_active_19
This link will take you to the mermaid I chose from their store.
 Have fun enjoying everyone's post. It is nice to be getting back into my normal schedule again. Thank you everyone for your patience in my absences,and have a fun challenge.
susan s

Smeared Ink bloody Valentine Blog hop

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Black Dragon

Julia

Monique

Jessica

Nan B

Jane

Susan S

Susan R

Lisa

Teresa

Leigh

Fiona

Rebecca

Lady Brayton

Sharon

Kristy

Running so Behind...A late page for Ike with Smeared Ink


This is the backside the image is from the Smeared Ink store As Death it also comes in red rubber.The embellishments are from Alpha stamps.com
So sorry Ike. Here is your fat book page.This WAS a fat book swap with Smeared ink. journal page swap.
I am slowly pulling my world together again...wow what a mess.The images are from http://www.smearedink.com/
Better late than never right? sorry hun.
hugs
susan s