zondag 18 mei 2008

Art It Up

On Wednesday Stamper the theme is Art It Up.
This atc is my entry, the cat is a piece of fabric.

Transparencies

The theme on Mixed Media Monday last week was working with transparencies.
I made this atc, the women are stamped on acetate and on the back I coloured it with alcohol ink.

dinsdag 6 mei 2008

Paint

On Mixed Media Monday this week's challenge is all about using paint.
On this atc I painted a tissue while folding it to atc size, I learned the technique from Bernie Berlin.

Black & White

on TMTA this week's challenge is Black & White.
This is my contribution:

Alcohol Ink

This week's challenge on Saturdays Workout is to work with Adirondack Alcohol Ink.
I coloured this ceramic tile with caramel & oregano alc.ink. Stamped the text and pear on a tissue and glued onto the tile with gel medium.

zaterdag 3 mei 2008

La Nuit

The new challenge on Dans Ma Maison Il y a is La Nuit.........
This is my contribution:

donderdag 1 mei 2008

Dans ma maison il y a.... des oiseaux !

A new challenge blog..............Dans ma maison il y a

I made this today for the challenge:

Garden Fairies

On Gothic Arches this week's theme is Garden Fairies.
This Arch I made today for the challenge:

woensdag 30 april 2008

Stripes

On Wednesday Stamper this week's theme is Stripes.
I made these 2 cards for the challenge, I used real whiskers from my cats on the blue card.:

Playing Cards

op Mixed Media Monday the theme is Playing Cards.
This is what I came up with:

zondag 27 april 2008

Florals

On 4x4 Friday this week's theme is Florals.
I made this square today:

Mermaids

On TMTA the theme last week was Mermaids.
I made this atc today:

zaterdag 26 april 2008

Hats

On Mixed Media Monday the challenge this week is Hats.
This is my contribution:

Make it Embossed

On Saturday's Workout the theme is Make it Embossed.
This is my entry:

Acetate

On thank god it's friday the theme is acetate. This is my contribution. I stamped the woman on acetate and spot coloured it on the back with alcohol ink.

zondag 20 april 2008

Circus

On 4x friday the theme is circus.
This is my creation:

Monogram

On Thank God It's Friday the theme is monogram.
This is my creation:

Distressen

on Saturday's Workout they want to see Distress-creations.
These connected atc's are all made with distress inks, the background as well as the stamped images.

vrijdag 18 april 2008

We'll always have Paris

On Gothic Arches the theme is We'll always have Paris.
I glued a map of the city as background, stamped the ladies on acetate, coloured the back with alc inks, used bright colours as I think Paris is a colourful city. Mounted the acetate with butterfly eyelets, because when I remember my days in Paris with my sweet husband, who is no longer with us, I get butterflies in my stomach again :-)))

zondag 13 april 2008

Arrow

On WednesdayStamper this week’s challenge is to work with ARROWS.
I made this card today:

zaterdag 12 april 2008

Families

On 4x4 friday the theme this week is Families.
This is my contribution for the challenge.

Blue & Green

This week on ThankGodIt'sFriday the theme is blue&green. This is the example I made today:

Paris

On Mixed Media Mondays this weeks theme is Paris.
This atc is my entry:

By The Sea

This week on Gothic Arches the theme is By The Sea.
I created this Arch for the challenge:

zondag 16 maart 2008

Inspired by Nancy Curry

Some more efforts following the workshops guided by Nancy Curry's book.
Sunset view, Perfect Paisley, Parallels:


All things celtic

This week on Gothic Arches the theme is All Things Celtic.
I was inspired by St Patrick's Day/the colour green and made this arch, the background is a piece of wallpaper, I stamped and heat-embossed celtic spirals in light green and a few smaller spirals in green:

Be Inspired

This week on Skinny Saturday the theme is Be Inspired. Make a sknny WITH an atc.
This is my contribution:

Fashion

This week, on TMTA the theme is the colourful world of fashion.
This is my contribution.

zondag 9 maart 2008

Pets

On 4x4 friday this week's theme is PETS.
I made this card with this cat's face rubberstamp, using the resist technique. I just love this stamp.....

Music

On Mixed Media Monday last week's theme was Music.
For another challenge I received an envelope filled with lots of stuff and the goal was to create something with it.
I have been searching for songlyrics to match the items that were send to me to make a music book.
These are some of the pages I came up with:


donderdag 28 februari 2008

Stars

this week's theme on Wednesday Stamper is Stars.
This card is my submission:

Africa

this week's theme on TMTA is Africa.
My submission is this rubberstamped atc.

woensdag 27 februari 2008

History

For the challenge on Gothic Arches ,theme History, I made this arch as a memory of our Dutch Guilder:

dinsdag 26 februari 2008

School

On Mixed Media Monday the theme this week is School.
These 2 sweet little schoolgirls I made for the challenge:

Sitting pretty

the challenge on Skinny Saturday this week is sitting pretty.
I made these schoolgirls for my entry:

Circular Motion

the next trial from Nancy Curry's book, this one is really fun to do, I never worked with a heattool before, it took a few trials to understand the tool has to be real hot before you start working with it though....

zaterdag 9 februari 2008

Sage Bargello

This week following Nancy Curry's book:
it was a lot of work cutting all those small stripes, but the effect is -again- amazing!

Women

On 4x4 friday this week's theme is Women.
This grungy example is my entry:

Spring

On theme thursday this week’s theme is “spring”!
My entry is this calendarpage:

maandag 4 februari 2008

Swirls/Flourishes

this week's theme on mixed media monday is Swirls/Flourishes.
On this mixed media gothic arch I stamped some swirls in the background.

Silent Whispers

another week with a lesson from Nancy Curry's Texture Effects for Rubberstamping book.
Called Silent Whispers:

Gothic Arch Purple

on Gothic Arches the theme this week is Purple, this is my creation.

TMTA challenge "cats"

on TMTA this week the theme is CATS.

donderdag 24 januari 2008

Tumbling Feathers

The 2nd workshop following Nancy Curry's book Texture Effects for Rubberstamping is called Tumbling Feathers. In the background - a little hard to see- is the bleeding effect of art papers.