Sandie's Sanctuary

April ATCs

2011-04-20T23:16:00.001-07:00

These are the ATC I've done for three of the Altered Designs TGIF swaps.

April Holiday Tag

2011-04-20T23:08:00.000-07:00

This Tag is for the Easter Holiday and is done using images from Collage Vision and Moonlight Journey.

A Birthday Card

2011-04-20T23:00:00.000-07:00

A card for my mother's 82nd Birthday on April 18th. This one is done using Rub Ons and Stamping of the Happy Birthday in gold. Hopefully there will be many more.

March ATCs

2011-04-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

These are the ATC done for the month of March.

March Holiday Tag

2011-04-20T22:45:00.001-07:00

You guessed it the Holiday was St. Patricks Day

Bookmark

2011-04-20T22:35:00.001-07:00

Altered Designs TGIF March 03 was a bookmark. This one is done using Grunge Paper and distress inks with the image stamped and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Another February Piece

2011-04-20T22:27:00.000-07:00

This is the ATC for Altered Designs February Lottery. As you can probably guess the theme was hearts.

Time Flies

2011-04-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

It seems that time has just been flying by these days. The last thing I posted was Valentines. So I guess I should bring this up to date. These are the last of the 4 Moos I did for the month of February.

Valentines Tag

2011-02-06T22:56:00.000-08:00

This tag is done as part of a Holiday Tag Book swap that we are doing at ALtered Designs

February is MOO month

2011-02-06T22:44:00.000-08:00

At Altered Designs the TGIF creations for February are to be MOO cards and the themes for them are colours. The first week being Yellow and the

second week Pink.

Man In The Moon

2011-02-06T22:37:00.000-08:00

This is an ATC done for TGIF Jan. 7th at Altered Designs. I thought it fit the theme of Man In The Moon.

I Can't Believe

2011-02-06T22:12:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it is two month since I posted last. The holidays went by in a blur and I did almost no creating except for a few holiday cards. Since they are well past I won't post them.

The new year has started out very hectic for me. At the beginning of January we moved my mom to live closer to us and it has taken quite awhile to get her settled in with all the changes required. We still have a few things to get set up yet but at least things have slowed down so that I have a bit of creative time for me. So stay tuned for some art postings.

Something to Share

2010-12-09T20:26:00.001-08:00

I'm a bit late with this but wanted to share the holiday countdown over at Ten Two Studios . Some lovely images and free to download with the only catch being that you must post the link to your blog, web page or group so others can check them out as well. Enjoy

Thanksgiving Tag

2010-11-21T13:56:00.000-08:00

This is my Thanksgiving Tag for the Holiday Tag book at the
Altered Designs group

Live The Life

2010-11-21T13:46:00.000-08:00

My October open theme ATC for TGIF at Altered Designs. I love using Webster's Pages in my art.

Snow Day

2010-11-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

As usual I am behind in my posting but that's what happens when life gets in the way. Not to mention the snow that is falling today. This is my ATC for the October Lottery (theme snowman) at Altered Designs.

Beware the Day

2010-10-19T19:42:00.001-07:00

My ATC for this weeks TGIF at Altered Designs.

Rain Mist

2010-10-16T21:56:00.001-07:00

This weeks TGIF at Altered Designs was an ATC using Paint Chips. Our local hardware store had these neat paint chip samples that are actually stick on and this one is called Rain Mist. It is sort of a gray green colour but the scan doesn't do it justice.

Trick or Treat

2010-10-16T21:50:00.001-07:00

At Altered Designs we are working on a Holiday Tag Book mingle with the first one being for Halloween. This is mine to swap out.

Sing, Dance, Take Joy

2010-09-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

The September ATC Lottery at Altered Designs was the theme Music. This is my interpretation

AUTUMN

2010-09-30T21:43:00.000-07:00

An ATC for Altered Designs TGIF this week. The theme was Fall Colour.

Critters in the Garden

2010-09-26T20:44:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for Altered Designs TGIF

Vintage Lady

2010-09-26T20:32:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for Altered Designs TGIF

Masculine ATC

2010-09-06T16:31:00.000-07:00

This is an old piece of art that I just revamped to use for a mingle open theme.

If Only I had Wings

2010-08-22T21:10:00.000-07:00

I think this one is my favourite. The theme was Wings and I pulled things together from different places.

Starting with patterned scrapbook paper from Webster's Pages for the background. The upper most butterfly is from Dover and the other butterfly and the flower with Bee is copied from postage stamps. The sweet little girl is from a Lisa's Altered Art collage sheet and I cut into the patterned paper so that I could make it look like she was pushing the carriage. Last but certainly not least I stamped the saying using a stamp from Inka's Stamps (I think this has been sold but not sure where it went)

Africa

2010-08-22T20:59:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for Altered Designs. This one the theme was Postage Stamp and I've used two stamps from the country of Burundi and placed them over a photo that I downloaded from the internet.

Back to School

2010-08-22T20:50:00.000-07:00

The first of three recent ATCs done for Altered Designs TGI Fridays

Fabric ATC

2010-08-13T22:20:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for Altered Designs TGIF. This one is done with velvet, embossed using the Spellbinders Impressibilities "Flower Silhouette"and then I used Luminarte's Polished Pigments and the Fabric solution to paint some of the flowers. The flourishes and the flowers not painted were touched with glitter pen. Enjoy! and thanks for looking.

Summer Fun

2010-07-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

This is the ATC I did for the monthly lottery at Altered Designs. Our winner for June picked the theme for this month and chose "Boys". I used a free image from Cora over at Clearly Vintage that fit the theme and I thought fit the season. I resized it a bit and printed it and then used coloured pencils to add colour detail.

Enjoy! and comments are always welcome.

In a Secret Garden

2010-07-22T12:02:00.000-07:00

This is my ATC for the Altered Designs TGIF this week. The theme was Risque and this is my interpretation. The woman, left butterfly and the roses came from collage sheets I purchased from Michelle at Digital Collage Sheets . The flourishes are Basic Grey rub-ons and the right butterfly is from a dollar store sticker sheet. The words are computer generated by me.

TGIF ATC

2010-07-15T22:27:00.000-07:00

This weeks TGIF theme at Altered Designs is Hands. This is my interpretation.

Friendship

2010-07-08T22:06:00.000-07:00

The theme for this ATC was Bookpage. Since I have trouble ripping pages
out of books I used a book I couldn't read anyway so I didn't feel so bad.

The Beach

2010-07-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

This is my Lottery ATC for June at Altered Designs. The theme was at the beach and this one uses a piece of recycled junk mail as the background.

Hold onto Your Dreams

2010-07-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for Altered Designs TGIF. This was an open theme and the background is sponged with Colorbox Chalk inks

Sing, Delight, Live

2010-07-08T21:42:00.000-07:00

Another ATC done for Altered Designs. The theme for this one was Eyelets

Fragile

2010-06-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for the weekly TGIF at Altered Designs. I missed last weeks but I'm early for this weeks. The theme was altered magazine page. Mine actually came from a Regals Catalogue because I only buy keeper magazines and I wasn't willing to cut any up.

Another Note

2010-05-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

This is my ATC for this weeks TGIF at Altered Designs. The theme was open but I was having fun with the Just a Note theme from the cards.

In the Garden

2010-05-26T12:52:00.000-07:00

This piece is done for a Monthly lottery on one of my groups. The requirements were 3 x 5 inch size Gothic Arch which I took a bit of liberty away from the standard shape. Also it had to incorperate a vintage lady which came from http://www.digitalcollagesheets.com/ along with the flowers and butterfly images

Just a Note #3

2010-05-26T12:44:00.001-07:00

This is number three for the Just a Note series of cards for a group mingle. The requirements were that it must have the phrase "Just a Note" and include some type of writing instrument or ink well image.

Just a Note 1 & 2

2010-05-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

Cards one and two for a group mingle

Fly Free

2010-05-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for a group TGIF with the theme of Birds

Home Sweet Homes

2010-05-18T21:50:00.000-07:00

These are two 4 x 4.5 houses I made for a mingle on one of my groups.

A Note Card

2010-05-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

A note card I made to send off an ATC mingle.

The Queen's Mail

2010-05-13T22:02:00.000-07:00

Another ATC for our weekly group TGIF mingle. This weeks theme is Royalty.

Nature

2010-05-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

A combination of Scrapbook paper for the background and my own dried flowers for the focal point and a 3D sticker for the word Nature.

Happy Anniversary

2010-04-28T21:25:00.001-07:00

An Anniversary card for a friend and her husband. I used images from another friend to create the layers and then added a Dragonfly embellishment.

Delight

2010-04-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

10-04-30 TGIF Mingle ATC

Spring Flowers

2010-04-28T21:20:00.001-07:00

A card to hold a mingle ATC

More ATCs

2010-04-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

Here are the lastest ATC I've done for the last two TGIF swaps on one of my groups. Themes were Masculine and Rainy DAy.

Birthday Cards

2010-04-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

Blue for a friend and Cream for my wonderful mother who turns 81 on Sunday

Destination Paris

2010-04-13T20:40:00.000-07:00

A Travel Theme

Circus

2010-04-02T21:32:00.000-07:00

This is an ATC I've done for a weekly swap on Altered Designs. It's been a bit since I've actually done anything creative but it felt good to do this.

More ATCs

2010-02-28T19:43:00.001-08:00

Altered Playing Card and Famous People

ATCs

2010-02-28T19:26:00.000-08:00

Pointy Hats Theme

Hand Drawn Flewer Theme

Card for a Friend

2010-02-28T19:21:00.001-08:00

The weather was feeling very Spring like when I made this card so I went for light and airy.

Best Friends

2010-02-26T19:27:00.001-08:00

An ATC for TGIF at Altered Designs.

Summer Storm

2010-02-26T19:22:00.000-08:00

Here is a little piece of Fabric Art done on a 3 x 5 inch scale for a mingle with one of my groups.

Oriental Themed ATC

2010-02-15T22:27:00.001-08:00

Oriental theme was the TGIF at Altered Designs this week. I love this little cutie.

Hearts ATC

2010-02-14T11:31:00.000-08:00

This is my Hearts ATC for Altered Designs TGIF this last week. I love this cute little image that came from Inka Stamps

JUST STAMPING

2010-01-26T18:11:00.000-08:00

This is a 3 x 5 inch piece done for an Art lottery on the Altered Designs yahoo group. The theme was just stamping which I did on a cream piece of cardstock. I've used three different stamps, the mermaid, the phrase and the shells at the bottom. I added a bit of colour with pencil crayons and then layed a piece of acetate (that I had done an ink technique on awhile back) over top of that. It reminded me of the water. I then layered the whole thing onto a piece of teal cardstock.

Just a Card

2010-01-26T16:47:00.001-08:00

Just a quick card using Spellbinders Impressibilities Flowers as a stencil. The background was sponged with ink and left to dry. Image stamped with Versamark and chalked.

Quote ATC

2010-01-15T23:29:00.000-08:00

This one uses some of the Ranger Alcohol inks, in the Brights family, for the background and then mounted on Bazzil card stock. The quote is a stamp from a CTMH set and the flowers and butterfly are stickers that look much better in real life..

Another ATC

2010-01-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

The theme for this one was "Shades of Gray". As usual the scanner doesn't do it justice.

A Happy Birthday

2010-01-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

A birthday card done for a friend. Think I'm starting out the new year with colour preference change since the first two pieces of art I've done have both used the colour pink. This card made me think of Spring which seems so far away although with the above freezing temperature here it could come sooner than we think. Well maybe that's just wishful thinking, I'm just glad I don't live on the east coast of the USA.

Sweet Innocent

2010-01-09T14:26:00.000-08:00

My Altered Designs baby themed ATC for TGIF Jan 8th. A theme that I don't normally do with colours that a don't normally use.

!!! Happy New Year !!!

2009-12-31T23:25:00.000-08:00

Well we are working on the countdown as I type this but I'm sure some of you are already into 2010. So I wish you all the best for this new year. Happy creating everyone.

The # 1 (One)

2009-12-31T23:20:00.001-08:00

This ATC is for tomorrows TGIF at Altered Designs. The theme was the number one and I chose to do collage showing one of each of the different items. The playing card is to represent one card and the Ace represents the number one in a deck of cards.

Trust ATC

2009-12-31T23:10:00.000-08:00

The theme for our TGIF at Altered Designs for Christmas day was an open them. This is a piece I created sometime ago but since I was behind schedule decide to use it this time. Not sure if I've posted it before but if I did it was without the word trust. Hope you enjoy it and comments are always welcome.

Merry Christmas Everyone

2009-12-24T09:55:00.000-08:00

Things will start getting very busy around here very soon considering I've left my baking rather late. So I just want to take a minute to wish all my visitors a very Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to those who don't celebrate Christmas. Stay warm and be happy werever you are in the world and all the best for the year to come.

White on White ATC

2009-12-08T22:34:00.000-08:00

Managed to participate in the TGIF ATC mingle for one of my groups and
the theme was White on White. It looks much better in person as it didn't scan well but thought I would share any way.

"D" is For - Door Mouse

2009-12-03T19:03:00.001-08:00

I know I haven't posted much art lately but I think my creative muse is on vacation. I did manage to do this piece last night for one of my groups. The theme is the letter "D" so my take is D for Door Mouse. It doesn't show in the scan but the mouse is all glittery(a Rub On). The door is from Digital Collage Sheets. Enjoy! and all comments are welcome and appreciatied.

A Heads Up

2009-11-29T19:10:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the Holiday Count Down Freebies that Lisa is offering over at Ten Two Studios . They don't start until Tuesday December 1st but she always provides great freebies in her countdown so don't forget to check it out. You also have the option of purchasing all 40 images sheets in high resolution if you are impatient and can't wait.

Can't believe it is almost December and I still can't seem to get into the Christmas spirit creatively or otherwise. Hope others are doing better than I am.

A Seasonal ATC

2009-11-19T20:26:00.000-08:00

Well it has been almost a month since I posted my last entry and I have to say I haven't been very creative at all. At least not with paper and glue. Right now I am working at learning how to do digital art with Corel's Paint Shop Pro x1 but haven't done anything I'm ready to post for the world to see. So you'll have to settle for my Snowman Scene instead.

Fright Night

2009-10-24T21:26:00.000-07:00

The theme for this one I think is self explanitory. The elements of Halloween minus the pumpkins. The flying bats, fish skeletons and the cat are all dimensional embellishments glued on and the "Happy Fright Night" was generated with my computer.

Butterfly Bling

2009-10-24T21:14:00.000-07:00

This theme was to use bling somewhere on your ATC. The butterfly is from Basic Gray along with the stamps used for the white flourishes. The background is from a magazine page and the markings on the right side are roll on image tape (sort of like rub ons)

More Autumn

2009-10-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

The theme for this ATC was punches. The small oak leaves are punched out of the background paper and then it was attached to cardstock with double sided tape. For the punch outs I then used Perfect Pearls over the tape. The main image is the same stamp I used in the previous ATC except this one is embossed with Harvet embossing powder and then coloured with marker and attached as a dimensional piece.

Autumn

2009-10-24T20:31:00.000-07:00

This ATC was for another group's September lottery and the

them was Autumn . The background is done with alcohol inks done with three colours on one applicator and swiped diagonally across the cardstock then spritz with rubbing alcohol. Images were stamped with memories ink and the leaves were coloured with markers.

I'm Back

2009-10-24T20:13:00.000-07:00

Well summer has been over for a while now which means my summer hobby is done for this year. However I have been lacking in the creativity department so my paper arts have been few since the start of September.

This ATC was done for Altered Designs TGIF Sept. 18th with the theme being rainbows.

The Complete Costume

2009-08-14T19:27:00.001-07:00

For those of you who were waiting to see what the hat from the previous post was to be worn with. Here is a picture of yours truly and my wonderful hubby all dressed up. We were attending our good friend's victorian wedding which took place at the latest Cowboy Action Shoot.

Lest you think that is a strange place to get marriend, let me explain. They met at a Shoot one year, got engaged at the same venue two years later and a year after that they were married at a shoot held close to their home. This is a picture of the bride and groom with us. Oh and by the way I'm really not bored I just look like it because I hate having my picture taken.

Another Hat

2009-08-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

While I haven't been doing much in the way of paper arts I have been creating.

I've done another hat to go with a costume for my summer hobby that I share with hubby. I still have to do some photo editing before I can show you the completed costume but here are pictures of the hat.

I Can't Believe

2009-08-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

What's happened to the summer? It's almost gone and I haven't posted anything since June, I'm such a terrible blogger.

I haven't done much in the way of paper arts except for a couple of ATC for weekly mingles on one of my groups. One is the theme Just Stamping and the other was for Christmas in July.

Something Different

2009-06-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't done much with ink and paper recently but that doesn't mean I haven't been creative. So thought I would share the pictures of my latest creation.

The base hat is just a plain and simple man's Bowler. It had satin ribbon around the brim and I added some small black braid trim over top of that to give it more depth and texture. I used some soft tulle netting in black (to cover the plain black hat band and the yellowish feathers that were stuck into it) with the ends left longer to trail off the back. I added black silk flowers with glittered edges and black feathers with shine and some soft fluffy black ones. To take away some of the somber effect of the all black I added some small blue silk roses & buds along with the long blue and black feathers which have a bit of a greenish shine to them.

I created this hat as part of my costume for my summer hobby of Cowboy Action Shooting which I share with my hubby. Now lets hope it doesn't rain this next weekend so I get to wear it rather than a rain hat.

2009-06-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

It seems I don't manage to get any art done other than the weekly ATC for TGIF at one of my yahoo groups. This weeks is for the theme Monochromatic.

TGIF Art

2009-06-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Another TGIF Artist Trading Card for Altered Designs group. This weeks theme is masculine.

TGIF

2009-06-02T23:00:00.000-07:00

This weeks TGIF theme at Altered Designs was black and white. The red you see in this is not part of the ATC, I use the red paper instead of the white of my scanner lid.

Indulgence

2009-06-02T22:56:00.001-07:00

This is my ATC for TGIF last week at Altered Designs. The theme was to use a page from the phonebook. I used from the yellow pages and altered a Hair Salon listing.

TGIF For This Week

2009-05-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme at Altered Designs was Asian and this scene always looks so peaceful to me.

Maypole Dance

2009-05-20T22:14:00.000-07:00

May ATC Lottery for one of my groups was Celebrations in the month of May. The first of May they celebrate the coming of spring and fertility by crowning the Queen of the May and also by dancing the Maypole Dance. I just couldn't resist this lovely silhouette image of children dancing the Maypole. Hope you enjoy and comments are always welcome.

TGIF at Altered Designs

2009-05-15T23:06:00.000-07:00

This past weeks TGIF theme was Old Photo. So I used a photograph of my Grandmother as a child of about age 7 or 8 taken when she lived in Holland. She and my Grandfather moved to Canada in 1925 when my father was about 2 years old.

New Art to Share

2009-05-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

Some of my latest pieces done for a group mingle themed - birds. This is the first art I've done in quite awhile. Enjoy

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

2009-05-10T10:47:00.000-07:00

I would like to wish all the mothers who visit my blog a very Happy Mother's Day. I hope you have a wonderful day full of family and love.

A Chance At Blog Candy

2009-05-09T20:44:00.000-07:00

If you would like a chance to win some blog candy stop over to the blog of my cyber friend Ed she is offering some great goodies. Also the image she has used for the post is just so cute you have to at least check it out even if you don't want a chance to win blog candy

An Anniversary Wish

2009-05-04T08:50:00.001-07:00

I haven't been very arty over the last little bit but hope to get back to some routine now that hubby is back to work.

I did manage to play with a new set of Spellbinders dies and their Flowers Impressibilities to create this card for my friend's anniversary. The butterflies are done with Dazzlers (similar to Peel Offs) which have the marks for piercing to do the stitching. You can click on the image to view larger.

Birthday Wishes

2009-04-13T00:40:00.000-07:00

This is the card I made for my mom's birthday next Saturday. It didn't scan well as far as colour. The flowers are really not yellow but more of a lime green. I used Basic Grey's Sultry paper and stamped the Birthday wishes and flourishes, which are also from Basic Grey, using Vivid dye ink in Garnet.

Happy Easter

2009-04-11T11:32:00.000-07:00

Wishing you all a lovely Easter and hoping the easter bunny is good to you and brings lots of Chocolate. Incase he doesn't here is an image for you from the Dover collection.

EGGS

2009-04-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

I haven't managed to make much art the last couple of weeks which is frustrating. However I did manage to do this past weeks TGIF for Altered Designs. The theme was eggs and I borrowed the image from a note card I received.

Last ATC Made

2009-04-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Its been almost a week since I've made any art. What can I say other than life is happening in our house and there aren't enough hours in the day. This is the ATC for the March Monthly Lottery on Altered Designs. The theme was green and gold/St. Patricks and the image is from Lazyday Creations

Sweet Sunday Funday

2009-03-22T23:37:00.000-07:00

On my Altered Designs group we have a little contest for sunday which has been called Sunday Funday. An image is posted to the group and we are challenged to create a piece of art from the image. This week it was a sweet little toddler image complements of Rein She has lovely images that she generously shares.

Another TGIF ATC

2009-03-22T20:32:00.000-07:00

Another week and another TGIF. The theme for this one was dictionary and I've chosen numbers for my word.

Grace Kelly

2009-03-21T23:10:00.001-07:00

March ATC Lottery for one of my groups was Movies as the theme. This is my interpretation, Grace Kelly in High Noon.