9/222/10 It's Halloween

Alpha Stamps has three swaps going on and I just finished two of them.. The first is the Skeletons in the Attic swap - this was a blank black book with kind of wavy edges and each page is a different size.  Alpha Stamps has some really cool Halloween themed collage sheets, rubber stamps and supplies

Skeletons in your closet

Moody

Front Cover (clear acrylic)

Death of a beautiful woman

Death throne

Supernatural

Believe nothing

The second swap is the Halloween Dwellings Slide Mailer -  slide mailers open like a book and for this the middle bar was removed and the front is supposed to be like the doorway to the haunted dwelling inside.

Front 1

Inside 1

Front 2

Inside 2

Front 3

Inside 3

9/1/10 The Digital World

I'm trying to teach myself Photoshop Elements and it's more than a little frustrating, but here's the first collage - images are all from Paper Whimsy.  Not exactly groundbreaking, but...... it's a start.  The biggest problem is that I really don't know how I did this! Can I do it again?  It seems I got lucky with this - I have no real understanding of it still.  Oh well, "they say" practice makes perfect.  Let's hope so.

8/31/10 Alphastamps Design Team

I'm thrilled to announce I was chosen as one of Alpha Stamps Design Team Members.  I have been an admirer of the other women on the team for awhile and am honored to be in their company.  Alpha Stamps carries a wide and ever changing variety of supplies for collage, rubber stamping and jewelry making. 
There are thirteen new collage papers for Halloween and two new swaps - Halloween Dwellings Slide Mailer Swap and Skeletons in the Attic Book Swap.  Check their website for these swaps and loads of great supplies and to read about the new design team.

8/9/10 Floral Studies

Floral Study #1 - acrylics on gessoed masonite board

Floral Study #2 acrylic on gessoed masonite board

I did these floral studies a while ago and wanted to try taking photos for this blog.  Usually I scan artwork - it's much easier, but it can't always be done.  And then there's putting the images into Photoshop Elements and cropping, etc.  Well, what's life without challenges!

8/4/10 Retro Art Cafe Blog Giveaway

Retro Art Cafe has wonderful images, shrine kits, doll parts and all kinds of retro inspired goodies.  Kristin is nearing her 500th post on her blog!  All you have to do is leave a comment.  Hurry.

7/10/10 Entering the Castle

Paper Whimsy hosts a monthly ATC lottery - the subject is chosen by whoever won the lottery the month before.  This month was "Entering the Castle" and inspired by a book by Carolyn Myss.

The image of the woman was from a free download offered to members who figured out a puzzle devised by Gale - it was a lot of fun and many goodies were won at the end.

7/9/10 Garden Variety

Lenna Andrews  is hosting an Alpha Stamps swap called "Garden Variety" Postcard swap.  Alpha Stamps has a wealth of images and supplies to chose from.  I do a lot of ATC's so the larger 4 x 6 postcard size is a nice change.  I used some of their collage sheets, german scrap and patterned papers for these cards.  Lenna hosts swaps all the time on her blog and they're always fabulous!