One more Fall ...

I am running behind in my card making hopefully I will be able to get it together in Oct. .... LOL

Working on Fall ...

Making a very simple card but getting a pretty good punch out of colors of Fall ...

my interpretation of one I saw on Pinterest 

We MUST never forget ...

this horrible day in our recent history ..... 

where the twin towers once stood

Cards with Tim Holtz Crayons

ok these are some of the cards I did using the crayons and the techniques I have been playing with ...

I have been playing around

Got some Tim Holtz Crayon's and I have been playing with them ... these are some samples (I stapled them to papers that have the technique on them) ... they are not card fronts but I will be doing some as card fronts .... I didn't enjoy doing all of these but there are some I am sure I will over and over again ...

this is crayon gesso fresco - the yellow, green and red one is the way Tim does it but the purple, blue and yellow is my way ... which I will do again and again

this is crayon micro glaze resist

this is ink micro glaze resist, I like this better I think

this is crayon, texture smudging 

this is crayon water coloring with ink and water splats ... I LOVE this one I can finally do water coloring ... I am so heavy handed that I have never been able to get a water color effect but this way I can ... I will be using this lots

this is crayon textured resist ... I kind of like this one also so I will probably be doing it again

this is crayon layered coloring ... not so sure I did it well or will do it again much

this is an ink over ink technique but I did crayon smudge over ink kind of looks like faux pastel ... I stamped in white ink then stamped in color ink then accented in crayon and smudged that ... I like it lots so will be doing more of that and as you can see I turned this one into a card ...

Started some Christmas cards

Yes it's getting way to close to not start these .... 

This is one of three post I did today so I think I am caught up now ... I am going to play with some of the Tim Holtz Crayons so we will see what that looks like in a few days

Box project - large and small

This was lots of fun and probably one of the reasons because I got to use the new G45 paper, gel mediumed the paper onto the box that had been gessoed the decorated with fun stuff ... oh yes used Tim's knobs and I don't remember where I got the key plate from it was a long time ago ...

both outside

close up

inside both lids ... I did fussy cutting on the big lid images and raised them with pop dots, the little one is just the raised Elephant to cover the screw head

well shoot ... this is upside down but I don't see the option to rotate ... on my computer it's right side up and in my photo software it's right side up ... anyway it's the inside bottom of both boxes ... there is no denominational things in the bottom so I can actually use these ... they are in my bathroom 

Catch up Post

Gee it's been quite a while since I posted so guess I will do several photo's of projects today ... I will start with the spoon flower with fork stamens ... using the blow torch and shaping the white spoons and fork then I used Tim Holtz Alcohol ink to color the stamens ... all glued to a canning lid ...

and some of the cards I did back before the previous posts ... 

French knot flowers

just fun colorful card

Printed on canvas then sewn on to gel mediumed and phone book pulled paper

Altered Cigar Box with G45 paper

ok now you get to see the cigar box I altered for a swap with the same online group ...

I call it "The Artist Box"

I did lots of gold leafing on this project which I haven't done in years, using gold leaf scraps from many colors ... it helped tie all the different hardware I used together nicely

Dress Forms

The online group I am in had an Altered Dress Form swap and this is the one I did ...

This photo is of the other 3 I did and the one on the left is the one I received in the swap ...

The tall one is mine, the one with fairy wings is for my daughter and the one with the big flag is for my daughter-in-law,

they may not get theirs till the end of July ... I am taking them to an Art Retreat for decoration ;-) 

Memorial Day Remembrance

“We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance ... Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.” 

THANK YOU to so many ...

I hope you understand what so many have given us to stay free and have the best living conditions in the world ..... thank you each and every soldier from the time they fought the British to the time they are NOW fighting the radicals of the world ...

please click on the link to remember

Just A Common Soldier

Happy Mother's Day to one and all !!!

Wishing all of you a wonderful Mother's Day and hoping you are able to share it with loved ones !!!