Nothing is as Beautiful as Spring

This is a card made today for a lottery on one of my groups. The theme was children and I don't have a lot of stamps that deal with children so I picked this clip art image that looked very spring like (which I can't remember where I got it). I now put the name of the web site that I get stuff from right in the file name so I will know who to credit for providing it. Sorry to the originator.

This was a colour image that I changed up the colour of the dress and bonnet because it was pretty light. Mounted on black then pink cardstock. The verse is a PSX stamp inked with Golden Mist Opalite Ink from www.tsukineko.com stamped on black cardstock then Gold Sparkle Pearlex brushed over it. This was then layered to pink like the image. Both these were attached to a base card made from Stardream which is a shimmery white with gold highlights. The flourish is from the www.AutumnLeaves.com set called Flourishes V:1 and was stamped using Versa Fine Black from www.tsukineko.com . However when held at an angle the flourish looks like brushed gold. This is also not a standard size card but rather 4 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.

TGIF Challenge

This ATC is for a TGIF challenge on Altered Designs. Started playing this morning with no set project in mind. However when I was looking through drawers and in boxes I came across a container I hadn't looked in for awhile. Low and behold it contained a ton (well maybe not quite a ton) of postage stamps. These were from my mom's old stamp collection and they are from all over the world. So it was inevitable that I create Mail Art. Guess I've just squeeked by to get my ATC in the folder. Enjoy.

The Secret of Genius

This is my Quietfire Black and White card for the Challenge over on Two Peas in a Bucket http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com:80/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2426176 The challenge was to use only black and white and also a saying from Quietfire Designs http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/ This was created using "The Secret of Genius" quote stamp along with an image from a collage sheet (I can't remember which one) The flourish is from a sheet of Rub Ons from Basic Grey's Wholy Cow line. The black strip to the left of the little girl is done using the 3/16 double sided tape from Quietfire http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16941&category_id=575 on a black piece of cardstock and the sticky part uncovered to attach black and silver micro beads and then this strip is attached to the card with another strip of double stick tape.

There are several different challenges at the Two Peas WinterStamp08 which runs until Feb.9th. So maybe there is something there you might like to do.

Another Site to Share

Just thought I would share another site that is having a Valentines countdown image give away. You can find it here at Artist How To.
http://artist-how-to.com/ValentineCountdown.htm Have fun making art.

Created By Hand Tue. Challenge 08/01/05

This is Skinny (3"x 5") Art that I did today for the Created By Hand Tuesday Challenge. The challenge was to use the Free Collage image from QuietFire's December Newsletter Quietfire Newsletter in some form of art. I chose to use the Angel image as a picture within a frame. The frame and the rod it is hanging from were created using the Spellbinder's Wizard Die Cut & Emboss tool https://www.spellbinders.us/ct/store/aboutus.asp and the quote stamp is from http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/ . Suzanne carries some really terrific stamps and all kinds of other goodies to be creative with. So hop on over and have a look around.

Fantasy

This is an ATC I made for the Altered Designs Monday Challenge. Wings on a baby are a bit outside my box but I'm working on it. Who knows maybe I will become quite comfortable with it.

Thought I would Share

For anyone that doesn't know about Lisa Vollrath's countdown to Valentines hop over to this link http://countdown.tentwostudios.com and check out the free images to download. One for each day leading up to Valentines. I missed yesterday but I'm about to go and check it out right now. Hope everyone is having a great day.