Art it Up

The theme at WS is art. I guess I am still feeling spring all around me and it is green. This is a monochromatic stamping technique using three shades of Adirondack Inks.

TMTA - Hero

Clara Barton was the founder of the American Red Cross. I have always admired her and her achievements at a time when woman had very little say in our country. My TMTA ATC is dedicated to her.

More Moos

These are some moos I made using so new acrylic stamps by Inkadinkado I picked up at JoAnn's last week. I know I have jumped on the owl craze band wagon. But they are so cute and were 40% off.

Saturday Image Bonus 35 - Mother & Child

Here are the images for this week. Just in time for Mother's Day images of mother's and children. As always feel free to use any image for your personal use only. Do not post the orginal images anywhere else on the net, but feel free to link anyone here. I ask that if you use one that you link it back to this message so we can all enjoy your art.

4x4 - Tickets

This was such a fun theme this week at 4x4 Friday. I used my ticket stamp from Stamper's Anonymous and the image is from my stash.

I really enjoyed making this 4x4. I have been waiting for a theme to use this circus image and this was perfect.

My Mothers Day Moos

Here are my Mother's Day Moos. The images are from my collection. Check back tommorow I will be posting a whole bunch of mothers with children images.

Take Time To Smell the Coffee

The theme at Theme Thursday this week is Coffee or Tea. It seems a coincidence that I have been experimenting with my new stamp sets this week. I just received the proofs. They still need quite a bit of work and the stamp company I am working with is wonderful. All the stamps on this tag are from the sets as well as the ATC's a few posts below. I'm not sure if I like this image as a bitmap or left as a photo. So it may look a little different in the final set.

Two Cuttlebug Cards

Here are two cards I made yesterday with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. It is a simple but wonderful background. I just love the texture it adds to a card. The stamps are from Invoke and Studio G. Markers are Copic. I still really don't know how to use these markers but I find it so relaxing to color my images with them. The colors are so vibrant.

WS - Diva Girl

Here is my Diva girl for Wednesday Stamper. The stamps are by Renaissance Art Stamp, Memory Box and Studio G. The markers are Copic and ink is Memento.

Black & White - TMTA

TMTA 's theme this week is Black and White. These two ATC's are coffee themed.

Gothic Arch - Sitting Pretty

The theme this week at Gothic Arch is Chair. This is my interpretation of this theme. The image is from my stash of cabinet cards and can be copied below.

Saturday Image Bonus 34

These are some photos from an album I picked up at the Flea Market a few weeks ago. The album included lots of cabinet cards and a few tintypes. It seems to be from a family in Kingston, NY named Lasher. As always feel free to use any image for your personal use only. Do not post the orginal images anywhere else on the net, but feel free to link anyone here. I ask that if you use one that you link it back to this message so we can all enjoy your art.

Vintage Bride 4x4

This time for 4x4 I made a small card to go with a bridal gift. The stamps are by Judikins and Fiskars. I used a the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder for the background. The edge detail and the accent strip was made with a Martha Stewart border punch.

Exciting News

I have exciting news. I am working on 4 stamp sets of my antique images made of clear photopolymer to be released in the early summer!!!! I received my proofs of the first two sets. They still need a little tweeking, but it was exciting to see my images as stamps. Since most of them are photos, they stamp the best on glossy paper. Here is a sample of a card using one of the images (of course I did not use glossy paper). I was just fooling around with the stamps and made this card. It also fits the Mixed Media challenge this week Hats. I will be making a few more cards with the stamps so keep your eye out.

Playing with my Martha Stewart Border Punches

This is a card I made using the new MS border punches and the Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dot. I made the diamond strip by running the paper through the Martha Stewart border punch 2x. The stamps are Inkadinkadoo.

The ink is Memento and I colored the dress with my Copics.

Two Cards

Here are two cards I made yesterday for occasions this week. The first one is for our wedding anniversary - 14 years! I used stamps from Gelatins. The second is a birthday card for a girl in my daughter's class using Penny Black and Cloud 9 stamps. I colored the image with my Copic markers. The background is an embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I lightly sanded it to reveal some of the white card. I am also working on a wall decoration for the birthday girl using the main stamp image. I will post it later.

Window to My Garden

It is a little dreary today, so here is my garden window. This window is actually cut out and so it has dimension. I put transparency in the cut outs, so it looks like glass.

Garden Fairy Arch

The theme at Gothic Arch this week is Garden Fairy. Here is my garden fairy. The inks are Adirondack. The stamps are Oxford Impressions and Lost Coast.

Girl Moo

Here is my Girl Moo. I colored her with my Copic markers and a Sakura glitter pen. I am just loving the saturated colors of the Copic markers.

Saturday Image Bonus 33

Here are today's images. I believe most of these old photos are boys. I am not sure about the last one. I was the tradition to dress the young boys like girls in photos. Last week someone commented that no one was smiling in the cabinet cards. I inquired with a photographer why that would be and he said that photos took so long back then. People were asked not to smile in most cases because of the length of time( several minutes). I guess it would look wrong by the time the shot was over. I imagine as in the case with a boy child a bit uncomfortable too.

As always feel free to use any image for your personal use only. Do not post the orginal images anywhere else on the net, but feel free to link anyone here. I ask that if you use one that you link it back to this message so we can all enjoy your art.