Friday, January 23, 2009

Long Ago

Saturdy Surprise challenge/theme "mail".
Started with worded brown paper added transparency of postcard. Layered vintage woman, the words lohg ago and flower from a wallpaper book.



Thursday, January 15, 2009

Summertime

Wishing summer was here. Created for Saturday Surprise. The theme/challenge is summertime. This ATC's background is a piece of wallpaper that I printed on. Used vintage image of a woman in a bathing suit, matted to black cardstock added pink and purple flowers to enhance the summer time feel.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Button

This ATC was created for Arty Girlz challenge/theme "button it". I used a piece of a wallpaper sample book which I printed on and a piece of black and tan paper. Then I added a piece of gold ribbon, and the vinatge portrait of the young girl which is matted. Lastly I added the buttons.

Monday, January 12, 2009

1957 Chysler 300c

This is for challenge set by Think Monday Think ATC "AUTO". I printed a newsaper article from 1957 on red colored paper. This was used as the background. I then found a black & white photo of a 1957 chrysler 300c. I added that on top of background. Next I added the inspiration for the whole piece a stamp off an envelope I recieved from photoaskew2008 during an ATC trade. Lastly I added the eyelets and tied a piece of black yarn.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Friends 'til the end

Friends Challenge


This is an ATC tag I made for my friend. I will be adding ribbon to the hole punch so she can use it as a bookmark as she is an advid reader. I t also happens to fit the theme for Make it Mondays challenge "friends or friendship".

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Create yourself

This background was provide by Art Creation Friday. The challenge was to use this background in your art creation.


This is My finished piece. It is an ATC (2.5 x3.5 inches). The title is Create Yourself.




Theme Thursday-Tag Challenge

This is an ATC tag I created and it goes with the challenge from Theme Thursday tag challenge.
The title is "Charmer". I used a piece of an old dictionary page which has the word and defination of charmer on it. As always my pieces are hand cut and pasted to a thick based cardstock.


Monday, December 15, 2008

In my world....

These pieces were made for a challenge set for those who belong to Paper Digital Art and Imagesbykim. There were 3 requirements to the challenge. 1.You had to use distressed paper that she had a tutorial for. 2.You had to use all or one of the following: rusty nails, paper clips, bottle caps, or pop tabs. 3. We had to use In my world.... for the title of the piece.



"In my world I have thoughts of my Mother"



ATC is made with using disstressed coffee stained and distressed purple sugar crystal mucic sheets. Vintage image of mother and daughter placed next. Pansies hand cut from old wall paper book. I used them because pansies mean thoughts. Rusty nails glued to vintage portrait. Added herat jewelry piece and vintage lace.



"In my world I thoughts of my Mother is my Angel."




This ATC is german paper overlayed with blue sugar crystal tissue paper. Attatched vertically was apiece of matching felt ribbon. On top of that was vintage image of mother holding her daughter. In upper left corner is a saftey pin. On left side is a image cut and butterfly applied on top. In lower right corner is bottle cap linged with coffee stained distessed music sheet and old angel earing.





"In My World I have bliss and joy of a child"

This piece was done using distressed tea stained music sheet and ink distressed German paper. To this I added the image of the children. On top of that is a tag with the word Bliss and letters cut out to spell Joy. Embellishments are buttons, bell and a paper clip.

There is also a contest going and you can vote for your favorite piece on the new blog for PDA.



Saturday, December 13, 2008

Seeing red....


This ATC was created with the challenge from Think Monday Think ATC "Seeing Red" in mind. The title is "Timeless Beauty".

Friday, December 12, 2008

Naughty and Nice


This is my entry for "Naughty and Nice" challenge an This Thursday. This piece is an ATC. I used some complimentary papers for base of card. Then I added a bingo card image and the two little girls which I recieved from "imagesbykim" new site for networking and free images. I then added the words Naughty and nice and the bingo marker.

Brown and blue



Two of my newest ATC's. I was looking at my contacts on Flickr and saw a piece with these colors. These pieces were created by the color inspiration. I don't know if you've noticed yet, but I just LOVE the vintage images and styles.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Ephemera Box





When I first joined "imagesbykim" new site Paper Digital Art and Imagesbykim she had posted a game to play to help us learn how to navigate the site. The first ten people to finish the game were entered in a drawing to win a prize. To my surprise(since I never win anything) I won. I won a box of Ephemera box of goodies that she usually sells on Etsy . It's value is $22.99. These 3 pieces were made from pieces that were in that box. I have had a wonderful time creating from this box of goodies. Don't forget to check out her wonderfully exciting site.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A few new pieces



These are just a few of my newest ATC's. I have grown and changed since I first started creating these little pieces of art. I am definetly addicted to making them. I remember when I had first joined Flickr and I read someone's Bio. were they said they had became addictted to making ATC's and I thought WHY. Well now I know WHY!
These piece's were made after I had read a tutorial on Paper Digital Art and ImagesbyKim (which I highly recommened joining). Her sight has so many wonderful things. You get free images, make friends, get to showcase your work and they have tutorials, challenges, games, and much more.
The rest of my works can be seen on my Flickr page.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Together

Made for Saturday Surprise, the theme is "Together". You are allowed to create in any medium. This is an ATC which is 2.5" x 3.5". I hand cut and paste all my images.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

"Vintage Fragments"

This ATC was created solely out of inspiration. i had picked up an asorment of papers at a craft store a month or so ago, and with those and some other images this is what was born.

"Flower Bling"

Made for MAMMA's challenge "Bling". Oh Boy was this Challenge hard for me! It was defintely differnet than anything I had done before. I started with lavender card stock sized 3.5x2.5 inch, I then added a glittered paper on top of that I hand cut and pasted a lavender flower frame. On the sides of card I cut and filed a old bracelet which I then glued on. To top it off I cut the post off a pierced earing that I only had one of and glued to the center of the glitter paper flower.

ATC Beginners Challenge and Swap



These 2 ATCs were made made for Flickr group ATC Beginners. The challenge was titled "Brown Plus...", 2 pieces had to be made and then mailed to your swap partner. My partner is Angellea, she too has already completed her pieces ( her pieces are wonderful, just click on her name and you can view the pieces I will bw recieving). She is ahead of me though as she has already mailed her's off. We actually have till November 15 to send them off. Mine should go out tommorrow.

Monday, October 20, 2008

1st private trade of ATC

Another thing that happened today is I recieved Flickr mail for a personal trade
of this ATC I made on Saturday called First Love. This was very exciting to me because the only trades I've made before have been through Maggie's Monday Musings(MAMMA) which of course are exciting in their on right, but I have never been asked to do one personally. Felt really good. When I recieve my trade I'll let you all see.

Everything is new again!

Today I joined a new group called Paper Digital Art and Imagesbykim . Very exciting and it's all quite new to me. I don't know how you all keep up with everything. There is the creating, the challenges, Flickr groups, uploading the images, learning all th new lingo and gadgets, the discussions, and the list goes on and on and on...........! I am excited though it all seems so complicated now, but I'm sure like all things eventually it will be old hat. If anyone out there can relate I would Love to know about it. Enjoy your day or evening where ever you are.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Vintage ATC Tag

Made for MAMMA'S challenge Vintage tag ATC size. http://flickr.com/groups/815984@N23/. All of the challenges are for ATC size. Topics are posted Monday mornings and then on Saturdays MAMMA does a random draw and all entries are then swapped with whom you get paired with. It is loads of fun and if you check it out make sure you check out the discussions because we all have a good time. Eveyone there are some wonderful people.