12 X 12 Canvas #2 For You Mom

I made this one today for my mother. This is a picture of her around 1943. Again I'm using Graphic 45 paper, flowers sprayed with Coffee Glimmer mist, gears by Tim Holtz and Sticklers. Edges with distress with Vintage Photo ink. I hope you like this one.

Graphic 45 Altered Canvas

My first 12 x 12 Altered Canvas using Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante collection. The canvas was first painted black/brown using acrylic paint. When dried I sprayed it Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Gold) in the corners where the paper was torn away. You can't really see it in the picture and with the embellishments. I could have left that out with no change in the look. From there I just went ahead and glued the papers and embellishments down using Gel Medium. I had layed out the canvas in different ways before settling with this one. Once I got started gluing down the first piece for the background..it all just came together. I used the T!m Holtz gear die to cut some gears and distressed them with Vintage Photo and Soot Black. Flowers are from stash and I Glimmer Misted those a little too and added a little Stickles here and there. The pearls are from Stampin'Up and the gears from T!m Holtz. Voila!!

Journal Cover

A friend asked me to make a journal cover for her. She picked out the picture and papers she wanted and I did the rest plus added the embellishments and this is what we came up with. I love the way it turned out...so feminine.

Days fly by to quickly

It just seems that I post a new pieces and the next thing I know days have flown by with an new entry. What have I been doing? I've been making cards, but I post them on my other blog "Art For the Creative mind". So back to the drawing board. Think wonderful thoughts today. Be creative and enjoy the journey.

The Mad Hatter or did the Hat go Mad?

This was fun to do using a Top Hat template in black cardstock. Made the mad hatter into a tag and tucked him inside. Embellished the hat with various papers cut outs. This is for another swap.

Index Card

Here is my Rolodex card on Greece for a swap on Art For the Creative Mind yahoogroup. This is a year long swap going through the different countries of the world.

Queen of Hearts

The theme was Queen of Hearts. So here are my two ATCs for the swap. I hope my partner likes them.

Be a winner

Scrolls Work Referral Game Winner gets a $50 Grab Bag!!!
Today 8:00pm at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Scrolls-Work-Stamps/114038088629672
At Scrolls Work we are going to have another referral game!! Refer as many of your friends as you can. Have them post here who referred them and the person who has the most by Friday 02/11/11 will win a $50 grab bag!!!..

Great day

It is sunny and bright today. A great day for creating. Are we thinking spring yet?