Shinning Stones

I used some scrap glossy I had in a drawer so my backgrounds are all 3.75 square. for the two darker ones I brayered Kaleidacolor Calypso and caribbean sea and for the pinkish one I found a rainbow stamp pad from Stamp Francisco at the bottom of my ink pad drawer. I like all of them. I think of the darker ones I made my Pearl Ex Paint a little too thin but it still worked. I either painted or splattered it on and then using a paper towel along with a heat gun, dabbed the canvas. This is part of a background techniques challenge from Trish at Next Generation Stampers.

For the Love of Art

This is my New Year's 4x4 swap. I'm lovin shrink plastic!!! The image one of the Advent images Trish gave us on Next Generation Stampers.

Artist Circle Tag Book

Here are my completed tags for the challenge on the Artist Circle group. How fun was that. This blue one if my favorite, Simple. I had fun making the charm hanging of it with shrink plastic.

WORDS/Advent

NGS is hosting an Advent Challenge. We are receiving an image each day and are challenged to use it. Here's mine. I stamped the compass using versamark and then used a paintbrush to add pearl ex. I stamped the words and added the image. Inside the envelope is one of the other images received of a travel ticket. (I thought it appropriate for the project) I stapled the large staples on their own and then attached them with glue dots. OH, Also, I used gold foil on the one compass but don't like it too much so it's the only one I did. I also did this for another challenge "WORDS"

SNOW ATC

This snow ATC I did for the December Lottery at For the Love of Art group. I started with an ATC base and covered it with spackle to give it texture. While the spackle was wet, I added the little snowflake embellishments. After it dried, I added the image I got from the NGS group, I tore the edges and inked them with distress ink. To complete the project, I added the S N O W letter brads. WINTER FUN

Dye Ink

This is the last step for coloring our tags at The Artist Circle yahoo group. I stamped the dye ink pads on a piece of foil and spritzed with water. I then dipped the tags in the color. I like this technique as well. When I was done and the tags had dried, I ironed all the tags as they were quite warped. I used basic white cardstock so they curled alot when wet. The ironing flattened them nicely and they are all ready for the next step in the fantastic workshop. I don't know what we will do with tags now that we've, 1) stained them and 2) colored them.

Marbling Tag

The next step for the The Artist Circle Tag Workshop is to use shaving cream and color sprays to marblize our tags. I didn't have color sprays so I just drizzled acrylic paints on the shaving cream and then used a toothpick to make the design. Next I dipped the tags on the shaving cream and when I removed it this was the result. I scraped the SC off and back into the pan. I mixed the excess paint in so it was a smooth color with no design. I drizzled another color and repeated the process. I think I may need to do a few more tags or ATC backgrounds this way as I really like this technique.