Altered Pages Week 4 Challenge

The fourth and final challenge was to make a Kit of the Month that could be sold on the Altered Pages web site. I chose to make a Card Kit of the Month and it's called "Let there be Clowns". Here are the four cards I made from my kit.
The papers are all from BasicGrey and the images are all Pierrot Clowns from Altered Pages. Ribbons are all from Offray.

Vintage Zentangles

This is a set of Zen's I did for a swap at DoodleHaven. All of the images are from Altered Pages. On the bride card I created the background using Distressed Inks in Antique Linen and Tea Dyed. I added a background paper to the Pierrot Clown. To the swimmers I added added Antique Linen to the image to make it look aged.

Thanks for taking a look at my work.

Altered Pages Week 3 Challenge

This week we had to create three different projects using paper, ink and stamps. We had to make a card, a tag and a page layout. Here are my entries:

The base of my card was made with a green metallic cardstock and then I used Alcohol inks and blending solution to create the marbled background. The flowers are cut from a paper by Paper Adventures called Pardon my Posies. I added Glitter Glue to the flowers to bring out that sparkle that I love so much. The image is from Altered Pages and is mounted on a deep purple cardstock. I added a purple and gold ribbon to two sides for added interest.

For my tag I used a standard shipping tag and applied Distressed Inks in Tea Dyed, Worn Lipstick and Pine Needle and let that dry. I then stamped my butterfly using VersaMark watermark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then took Brushed Corduroy and ran it over the whole tag, and then wiped off the area of the embossed butterfly, leaving some of the background colors visible and some of the brown. The paper butterflies are cut from a Altered Pages collage sheet and I added glitter glue for my sparkle. I attached them only at the body so the wings are free and have a 3-D look. The scrap of paper is from K & Co. and the buttons are from Foof-Fa-La. I made the words with my Dymo Labler and I added lace and ribbon for more interest.

I did a 9x9" layout using a base of Rust cardstock. Using a Corner stamp from Fancy Pants and Metallic Silver Paint Dabber, I stamped in each corner. All images are cut from collage sheets by Altered Pages. Background papers are from K & Co and I have used Distressed Ink in Tea Dyed to add aging to the papers. "Remember the Past" is written using a Red Metallic pen by Fiskars. Buttons from Foof-Fa-La.

Week 2 Challenge for Altered Pages

I have just entered my second weeks challenge for the Design Team at Altered Pages: This week we had to make inches using each letter in our name and them create something altered using them. Here are my Letter Tags" I used Shipping tags and aged them using Distressed Inks in Tea Dyed and Vintage Photo and then adding light touches of color with Pine Needle, Denim Jeans, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Black Soot and Spiced Marmalade. I used a variety of ribbons, beads, letters, GrungBoard, Glitter Glue and charms.

Green With Envy Zen's

I did this set of Zentangles for a Swap at DoodlersHaven. Everything had to be done in Green, but I did waver a bit and added some yellow. Do you like to doodle?? Come join us at DoodlersHaven for lots of wonderful art and great swaps to participate in.

Send Love Today

I have my card done early this week - Yeah. I saw this great card shape in a magazine and wanted to try it. It came out so good I have already used it to make a few cards I needed to get done.

I created the card my cutting a piece of cardstock 5 x 12, at the center, 6" I cut out a half circle and then folded the card in half. For this card I embossed a paisley design and added a small felt flower with a pearl center. The paper is from K & Company and I added glitter to all the flowers. I stamped the Hello and heart with Coffee Bean and Rocket Red inks. The stamps are from Hero Arts. I also added a little pink glitter on the kitty's ears and nose.

Thanks for looking at my work and I hope it gives you ideas for something special that you want to make.

Altered Pages DT Contest

This week Altered Pages started a 4 week contest to win one of two slots on their Design Team. I'm going to give it a try. Here is my first weeks entry.

The Challenge this week was "To alter anything other than a book, puzzle or cigar box." I was having a hard time trying to think of what I could do and then I was sitting at the dinning room table as saw this Kitty that I have had for years and never got around to painting it. So I Gesso all over it to give a good working surface and then started adding things. I started with the Pink Hat, it says "Drama Queen" and from there I just went with a pink theme all the way. At least I have given it a good try.

Thanks for looking.

Send Love Today

I am finally getting back to sending my very dear friend cards again from SLT.



This looks a lot better in person and the pink flower laser cut overlay is all covered with glitter and is very sparkly just like I like them. The background paper is a blue from Basic Grey and the butterflies are from Altered Pages.

Thanks for looking.

Zentangels Mandala Swap

These are some Mandala's that I just finished for a swap at Doodler's. They are 3" circles all drawn in black and colored with either colored pencils or crayons.

Thanks for looking.

ATC For A Friend

I made this last week for a friend just as a RAK for her.

The center is done using Tea Bag Folding - I used little 1" squares and mounted the whole thing on a piece of black cardstock. I also added a bit of pink glitter glue to the center of the flower. For the ATC card I used Distressed Ink in Antique Linen, Tea Dyed and Worn Lipstick. I added a bronze ribbon and a few crystals that I dyed pink with Alcohol Inks. The word was punched with my trusty Dymo labler.

Thanks for looking!!

Circle of Frients June Project

The project for this month was to make something using a Shape, and you had to be able to tell what that shape was when you're finished.



I hope you can tell that my Shape was . . . Oval. I cut all the pieces using my Cricut Machine first I cut all the solid pieces and then using the Silhouette feature I cut out a coordinating color and this gave me the smaller pieces and the outline piece which I attached to the solid pieces. I stamped my little birdie on each of the small pieces, added glitter glue to the each of the petals, a flower in the middle and a fancy bead on top of that. I made these in several different colors.
Thanks for taking a look.

New Zentangles

I am finally starting to work on projects again and this is the first one I have finished in quite some time:

These are a pair of Round Ornaments for a swap I am doing at Doodlers Haven. Each month for 6 months we will do a different shaped ornament. I used colored pencils, glitter pens and glitter glue to finish these off.

Thanks for taking a look and please do leave a comment.

I am Back

I have been gone most of June - my dad had a triple by-pass done on May 30th and he just got out of the hospital yesterday. He was not in great heath when he went in and some of those issues became problems as the recovery time went on. Right now he is in Rehab in Port St Lucie, Fl and once he has gained strength and is able to walk on his own he can go back home. He also needs to start eating, or his strength will never return. I spent three week down there so I could see him every day and be there for support for his wife Carol. It's been a very trying time, but I now feel things are finally turning around and the true healing and recovery can begin.

Thanks and bless you all
Nancy

Zentangles to Share

I did a Zen Bookmark swap and I wanted to share what I sent and what Sandy sent me. This is the front and back for the one I received from Sandy - her Zens's really rock!! I just love the sun on the front.
Thanks again Sandy!!








These are the two that I sent to Sandy. When I started them I wasn't very happy with them but as I started to add color everything started to pop and I ended up really liking them both.
This was really fun Swap and I now off to work on more Zen's. I find them to be very addicting and very relaxing to work on. Hope this will encourage you to give it a try and share your work with others.

Thanks for looking.

Birthday Card

I made this for a friend at work, her birthday was yesterday and today the department celebrated by going out to lunch as a group and then we had yummy choc cake around 3PM. What a fun day!!
The paper I used had all the designs on it I just added glaze and glitter pens to add dimension and sparkle. The Happy Birthday is a transparency from Altered Pages and I added yellow with pink stitching ribbon to tie it all together.
Thanks for looking and I love to see your comments.

Send Love Today

Here is another card for a friend at SLT. I know that he love to fish with his son and I found these 3-D stickers and I put it together.
The papers are all from Hot Off The Press and the stickers are from K & Company. I added a little glitter pen to the trophy fish. Have to have just a little bling!!

Thanks for taking a look and I hope it will inspire you to send someone special a card just to say "Hi!"

Inchy By Inch Challenge - Places - Paris

I found this new challenge site Inchy By Inch, I have never made an Inchy before - boy it sure is a small piece to work on.

The images are all from Altered Pages. I used a small piece of gold hand made paper on the bottom, topped it with the word - I used a bit of Distressed Ink in Old Paper and Tea Dyed on the work, map and image. The star is a sticker with a little pink bling on it.

Thanks for looking.

Crazy Amigo - Birthday Card

This week the challenge at Crazy Amigo is Birthday Cards.

On the background paper I stamped swirls in Caulk ink and attached three butterflies. Flowers from Bazzill and pearl centers from K & Co. Happy Birthday was stamped and embossed.

Thanks for looking

Send Love Today

Here is my newest card for SLT . I got to play with a new product for this card - Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Screens from Tattered Angels. The Mist is a really cool spray with lots and lots of sparkle to it and it come in a wide variety of colors. The Screen is a stencil that you spray over to get the design. For this card I used Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy and once the design was dry I added Silver Glitter using a Glitter Pen. You can never have too much sparkle!!! The words were made with my trusty Dymo Labler and I added Distressed Ink in Pine Needle for a little contrast in colors. I the flowers are from Bazzill and Prima and once again I have added glitter with my Glitter Pens. The background paper is from Fancy Pants and I made the glitter design on white cardstock.

Thanks for taking a look and I would love to see you comments.

Our House - Butterfly - Fly Free

This week the challenge at Our House - We have Butterflies in the house.

My house has butterflies set free to fly. The background paper is from Cosmo Cricket, I used a little narrow piece using the other side for the roof line and the two corners I cut off to make the peak I painted with Crackle Paint in Shabby Shutters and Tattered Rose. While the paint was still wet I added glitter for that bit of sparkle. I cut the window and added an orange background for contrast of colors and a little ribbon for the shutters. The butterflies are from a vintage sticker sheet that I printed on Photo paper and I only adhered them in the center so their wings can fly. The buttons are from Foof-a-la and I used my Dymo Labler to create the words. I sanded the words a bit and added Distressed Ink in Tea Dye to bring out the letters. The little flowers are also from Cosmo Cricket and I added a bit of glitter glue to them.

Arty Girlz - Travel/Places

This week the theme at Arty Girlz is :

This week's challenge is 'TRAVEL/PLACES' ~ Thank you to Nancy who gave us the idea for this challenge as she suggested Asia/Africa". Thank you girlz for using my suggestion.

I have chosen to Travel to Africa. My background paper has Giraffes on it, I love Giraffes- enough so that I have a mother and baby tattooed on my arm. All the other images are from Altered Pages. I have added Distressed Ink in Shabby Shutters and Tea Dyed. For the fibers on the bottom I took three shades of twine and braided them into a ribbon. I added a bit of glitter pen in silver above the ribbon and Glaze pens in black and blue around the Giraffe picture and the map. You can see it better if you click on the picture. Thanks for looking.

Our House - Little Girl

This is a new challenge for me - Our House and the challenge this week, in our house there is a little girl!! So I have a Flower Girl in my house.

The Background paper is from Cosmo Cricket, I stamped and embossed butterflies in silver and blue, butterfly stamp from Stampington & Company. The image is from Altered Pages, the ribbon on the roof is brown with white stitching and the flowers are from Prima and I made the words with the Dymo Labler. I added a bit of glitter on the flowers with glitter pens in silver, pink and gold.

Thanks for looking.

Zentangles

I have been working on a few Zens this week and I just wanted to put them up for everyone to see. Hope you enjoy seeing them and that they inspire you to go and create something that you love.

Theme Thursday - Tea or Coffee

This week at Theme Thursday the theme is to use Tea or Coffee in your project.

My 4x4 is a child's Tea Party. I used Distressed Ink on the striped background for aging and a little coral chalk ink for color. The image is clip art from Print Shop and I put that on a beautiful gold metallic paper. Letter stickers from Sticko and Party is done with the Dymo Labler and then sanded to bring out the white.

Thanks for looking.

Arty Girlz - 3-D

This week at Arty Girlz the theme is to us something that is 3-D.

This card is for my DH mother I needed dimensional things on the card as she is legally blind. The background paper is from Fancy Pants - Imagine, the swirl paper is BasicGrey, the large flower is white felt from Fancy Pants and I used green and pink glitter glue from Stickles. The letters are chipboard from Cosmo Cricket. I stamped flowers from Hero Arts and embossed them for texture.

Thanks for looking.

Layers of Color - Friendship

This is my first challenge with Layers of Colors and their theme is Friendship. I made this Skinny for a new friend and I wanted to share with others.

The background paper is from Wild Asparagus, the images are from Altered Pages, ribbon from my stash, buttons from Foof-a-La. Words were made from a Dymo Labler using the other side of the paper. I used Antique Linen Distressed Ink all over the base paper to make it look older and stamped swirls with Tea Dyed Distressed Ink.

Thanks for looking.

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.

Send Love Today

It's the beginning of a new month and I have a new Friend at Send Love Today to send cards to. This is the card that will go out tomorrow. If you click on the picture you can see more of the glitter that I have used.

The background paper is from Prima - Whisper Collection - Adored. I used the section of the paper that had this bird on it and outlined it with green glitter glue. I used yellow glitter glue to write above the bird "FLY FREE". The bird on the bottom is chipboard from Maya Road and I covered it with the other side of the patterned paper which is a green pattern. I used a glaze pen from Sakura in orange to outline the pattern and green glitter glue to outline the whole bird.

Thanks for looking.

Make a Moo or Two - Gold

The Make a Moo or Two challenge this week is to use GOLD. I used the design on the pattern paper and highlighted it with a Gold Glitter Pen. I added the work LIFE in Gold glitter. I matted the Moo on a green cardstock.

Thanks for looking.

Altered Art Book

You may ask "Now you make all these really cute projects, but what do you do with them?" Well, since you asked I keep most of them in this wonderful book I am making. When I first make the piece I put it up on my bulletin board and when the challenge is over I put them in this book. It's really a weekly planner and it works great with the weekly challenges as I can put them in the week they were done. I also use some of the pieces I make in card I do - I like to show my book around and if someone like a piece I'll take it and make a card for them.

For the book I pained the whole thing with Gesso for a good starting place, I then added crackle paint in Old Paper, stamped images, and Alcohol Inks. The wing and letters are Grungboard. The letters are painted with Fire Brick Crackle Paint and while it was still wet I added glitter. The wings are painted a metallic Gold and the cat image is from Altered Pages. I still want to add more to it so it's a work in progress.

4 x 4 Friday - Vintage Bride

This week the Challenge at 4 x 4 Firday is Vintage Bride. This is a perfect one for me as I just got a new Collage Sheet from Altered Pages with this beautiful bride.

The background paper is from BasicGrey - Sultry, I used Distressed Ink in Antique Lines over the whole piece and then stamped the swirls, Hero Arts, with Tea Dyed. I used white chiffon ribbon on the sides, you can see that better if you click in the picture, flowers from Prima and I added a bit of color using Distress Inks in Tea Dyed and Worn Lipsitck. Words were made with Dymo Labeler and paper. I sanded the embossed letters to get them white. I added Diamond Glitter Glue to the ribbon and the Brides dress for the bit of sparkle. Every Bride wants to Shine!!

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment.

Sketches Challenge #41

The sketch this week at Sketches by Tamara was for a round card and since I have never done anything like it I thought it would be a good challenge for me. Here's what I ended up with. The pattern paper is from Cosmo Cricket - I used the lighter side as the base and the reverse side for the panel in the middle. I used a brown and pink ribbon on each side. I added Cinnamon glitter glue to the floral design and some flowers by Prima . I matted the pink Cherish on a brown paper.

Thanks for looking.

A friend asked me for a Vintage Mother's Day card and this is what I came up with. The base card came as a white embossed card and I used Distressed Inks in Antique Linen and Tattered Rose over the embossing to bring out the design. The image is from Altered Pages and I matted it on a brown and then a green cardstocks. The flowers are two layers, the bottom are from Bazzill and the top lacey ones are from Prima. I added a jewell brad to each. The sentiment is computer generated on vellum.

Thanks for looking, now go make something special for a special person in your life.

Zentangle - Zodiac Animals

I did these four Zens for a swap at Doodlers Haven. This is the first of three different swaps and when your done you will have all twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals. This is really my first attempt at something like this and I really enjoyed making them. I was taking them with my pens to work each day and I worked on them at lunch time. I can't wait to do more of them.

Thanks for looking and I always like to read your comments.

Mother's Day Card

The cardstock background is from Prisim and the pattern paper is from BasicGrey - Sultry collection. I cut around the flower design so that I could insert my image, from Mary Marta printed on a transparency. The ribbon along the edge is a green with a pink and white on top of that. I added Glitter Glue in Fruit Punch and Green to the flowers. The sentiment is computer generated on pink vellum and I cut two small hearts from the vellum also.

Thanks for taking a look at my cards. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Send Love Today

I made these two cards over the week end for my friends at Send Love Today.

This first one is for Emily - when I saw the cutest pink elephant I just had to make a card with it. The paper, elephant and heart are all from BasicGrey Sugared collection and the buttons are from Foof-A-La. I added pink and copper glitter glue to the elephant and pink and green dots at the top using Glazing pens from Sakura.

This is for my friend Diana. The background is a cardstock in Rust, patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket - Fleuriste collection, image from Altered Pages, the flowers are from Prima and the lace is just from my stash. I used Distressed Ink, Tea Dyed on the lace to give it a more vintage look. Bubble letters spell out "Friends". The small brown flower is from BasicGrey - Sugared collection.

Thanks for looking.

Theme Thurdsay - Stripes

This week the them at Theme Thursday is STRIPES. I made this card and then realized that it would be perfect for this challenge and for Sketches by Tamara

The background paper is from Prima - Whispers Collection - I used the brown side. Star and letters are GrungeBoard, Tim Holtz, ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. For the star I painted it yellow ran it through a Zyron machine and used a Glitter sheet from 7 Gypsies. The letters I painted pink and used a little glitter glue in Cotton Candy. Thanks for looking and be sure to leave a comment.