Gothic Arches - Chair

The challenge at Gothic Arches this week is Chairs - “A chair is a piece of furniture we all have and need to sit on it and rest or work. So I thought it was a great idea to use this as the centre of your arch. I’m curious to see all your arches with chairs!”

The background paper is from Cosmo Cricket, I added a brown with pink stitching ribbon at the bottom, the images are from Altered Pages, the swirl is Grungboard from Tim Holtz, which I colored with a gold glitter pen from Sakura. I used glitter glue in Fruit Punch around the whole piece, added the light blue flower from Prima and made the works with a Dymo Labler.

Thanks for looking - can't wait to see your comments.

Gothic Arches - We Will Always Have Paris

This week the challenge at Gothic Arches is:

“We’ll Always Have Paris”

The base of the arch is made from Basic Grey paper and I added images from Altered Pages, scraps of ribbon and little bubble letters. Around the edges of the arch I add a little Distressed Ink in Vintage Photo.

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Gothic Arches - By The Sea

This week the theme at Gothic Arches is "By The Sea” and our hostess this week is Nellie van Leeuwen who came up with this beautiful arch and challenge. What comes to your mind when the sea is mentioned? Bathing along the beach? Lighthouses? Nautical? Whatever the vision may be we want to see it here in gothic form

When I think of the sea I think of Lighthouses -and for this challenge I got to use one of my favorite StampScapes stamps - Light, Rocks & Waves. I stamped on Glossy cardstock with Staz-On Black Ink and then used many blues and purples from Marvy Inks. I layered the clolors lightest to darkest and to get the white in the waves and rock I scraped off the colored inks. I added a bit of yellow for the light in the windows. I layered that piece on a piece of navy cardstock and added just a little glitter around the edge with a silver glitter pen.

Thanks for looking - Hope you like it.

Gothic Arches - Asian

This week the challenge at Gothic Arches is “Asian”.

My images come from Mary Marta, and I used a torn piece of paper that I thought looked Asian. I used a pink cardstock and added just a touch of black around the edges to tie in with the black in the images. The butterflies are only attached by the centers so the wings give a 3-D appearance.

Thanks for stopping by for a look and I would love to read your comments.

Gothic Arches - Heritage

This is my first entry at Gothic Arches, their theme this week is:

Our theme this week was selected by our hostess Louise Granlund and she has created this beautiful arch depicting her heritage. What comes to mind when you think of your heritage?

I have a Swedish background and when I saw this image from Altered Pages, the gentleman reminded me of my Great-Grandfather so I used it with a few other images and this is the end result.

Thanks for taking a look.