Flying Artist Trading Cards for Happy Little Stampers

     Hi! Look, another post! That makes it twice this year, look at me go now.  It's the ATCs for Happy Little Stampers that are inspiring me. Who doesn't love making ATCs? They are small and non-threatening, but you can  make them into a series, which is what I did for the February challenge.

     This month the challenge is:

Yes, Fruity! You don't see the fruit I used? It's because my fruit is the color of the paints. I do not have any stamps or papers that I could find in my stash that I wanted to use. I did have some paper, but I did not like the results I was getting.  I took a new approach and decided to pull out my old Dylusions paints. I used Cherry Pie, Tangerine Dream, Squeezed Orange, and Fresh Lime paint on the  background of my cards.

     

     The articulated doll was a free download from The Enchanted Gallery if you want to play around with one also. I was inspired to put the labels on the body parts from another paper doll I found while I was searching for a free pattern.

     Come on over to check our examples and make some fruit themed Artist Trading Cards for the challenge at Happy Little Stampers. If you prefer you can also make Artist Trading Coins.

    

Tuesday Morning Sketches #351

Welcome back to my weekly posting for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  You see the sketch that Patti made for us?  It's all clean and simple looking and is a fine sketch. But I turned the sketch into an art journal page.

I turned the sketch on its side and used the wavy line to make a flap.  The circle is the flower by her ear. Everything else was me having fun.  

 I recently bought this set of cats (Katzelkraft les chats russes) after admiring them on other people's crafty blogs.  So I stamped  all of the cats and colored them in the style I saw here. I drew them a simple cat tree and used them all

Please visit my fellow teammates to see what they have done with this weeks sketch.  They might have gone a bit more traditional than me. Patti is also our sponsor this week, so she might have a little prize to give away! 

Debbie

Jenée

Kris

Jessi

Melissa

Patti

Wanda

I used Dylusions products, ink sprays, paint, stencils, and stamps; for this art journal.  

I would like to enter my art journal page into the following contests:

Show Us Your Pussies Cat Challenge #6: Furry Friends

The Dylusions Facebook Challenge: May: Use green and an animal

Stamplorations Mixed Media #44

Art Journal Travel Box

February's Dylusions Facebook Challenge was to use ORANGE and ARROWS.  Orange isn't my favorite color, so I combined it with Bubble Gum Pink and Lemon Zest Yellow.  I don't remember where the box came from; it has been in my stash for two years or more.

Now I have a box to take to Art Chat Breakfasts! I wrote some instructions if you want to see!

Day 27 of 31 Days of Halloween

I bought this witch stamp recently and her legs, arms and heads (she came with 2) are different stamps; she can be put together like an art doll. I thought that I was going to put her on a clock and make the "witching hour" pun. Then I remembered a book that my teacher assigned me called Which Witch is Witch? I had a hard time with which and if you threw in a sandwich I would be very confused.  Which Witch has the Sandwich might have been what I really needed.

I decided to keep this art journal page in black and white, wanting to do something a bit different, and I really wanted to play along with the Dylusions Facebook Challenge. I'm not sure if that is authorized on the Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween Challenge, but I'll ask for forgiveness if it isn't.

If you are following Smeared Ink's 31 Days of Halloween blog hop, the side bar contains the blog roll. I am listed as "Lee" which might be good info to know if you get lost. Thanks for coming by and I will see you tomorrow!

Art Journaling

The old blog has been kind of quiet.  I thought I'd post what I made for the April Dylusions Facebook Challenge.  The rules were to use red, blue and stars.  I went big in bold in the art journal, using Dylusions paints.  Thanks for having a look.