Monochromatic colored card

As I have previously mentioned, I am not a pink person, I am more of a beige on beige kinda girl.  This next card is right up my alley as it is a cafe au lait colored card.  The background paper is by Tim Holtz. The ruled paper is by Authentique, as are the words.  I used an "ek" punch to get that torn notebook look on the left side.  The stamp is by Stampotique done with StazOn Brown Timber ink, the crown is a die by Tim Holtz, and the little golden pearls are by Queen and Co.  I wanted a masculine looking card and I feel I achieved that.  The finished card measures 5" x 7".

I agree with the sentiment:  "happiness is a choice you make".  I think we are all just about as happy as we choose to be.  See ya tomorrow.

Quote the raven...nevermore

Here is another little Edgar Allen Poe project.  I stamped the literary crow (stamp by Lost Coast) onto a piece of cardboard with Archival Black ink, used clear embossing powder and hit it with my heat gun.  I cut out the crow and glued the phrase (Alpha Stamps collage sheet) across his eyes.  Using StazOn Timber Brown ink I stamped the pen set from Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collection across the bottom of the 5"x7" beige card stock.  I die cut the star out of some old book paper that has been reinforced with gesso on the back side.  I took a heart from Tim's grunge board collection and inked it with the Timber Brown ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder   I glued the hearts together and placed it a little off center.  Then I glued the red rhinestone heart by Nicole Crafts in the center to represent Poe's work called "The Telltale Heart".   After positioning the bird on the pen "fence", I cut some of my favorite phrases from the collage sheet and glued them randomly around the card.  Poe's stories are a bit scary but his poetry has always appealed to me.

Edgar Allen Poe

I am currently working on several different projects all involving the theme of "Poe".  I plan on submitting them to a publication in about  a week or so.  This project involved a lot of drying time but I finally finished it.  Poe is King, of course, he has the hat with the hole in the top to prove it.  I used Tim  Holtz Grungeboard that is pre-cut in the shape of a heart and has texture.  I rubbed a Timber Brown StazOn ink pad over the surface of the heart and then dusted it with embossing powder and heat set it.  The crown is the same grungeboard product with a touch of Claudine Hellmuth's red acrylic paint.  I found the red key hole at an antique store in Boston and attached a wing (found at the Brimfield Fair ages ago) made of copper and also a grungeboard wing painted Ranger's Fired Brick red.  The image of Poe is from a digi collage sheet sold by Alpha Stamps.  I love the way you can buy the collages in the middle of the night and usually have them the next morning to use.  Wonderful.  The little dangling factor at the bottom includes a tiny key from Alpha Stamps, a Tim Holtz pearl and another Brimfield treasure, a tiny heart.  I put Poe's name on the heart and encased it in Glossy Accents.  Annabelle Lee is in the key hole, also encased in Ranger's Glossy Accents, so you can just barely see her.

It turned out to be a wall hanging or an ornament of some kind that measures 5" wide by 8 " long including the chain.  I have one more project to share with you tomorrow using the Poe theme.

Purple Haze

I still have so many partially finished purple, pink and black things that I made for the challenge.  I entered the tag but do like this little book mark.

I painted purple acrylic paint onto some watercolor paper, then put it through the crimper to give it some ridges.  The torn edge is on the bottom with a piece of plastic over it.  The stamped image is "the girl with the heart purse" by Stampotique using Black StazOn Ink.  I glued the panel onto a piece of black card stock and tied a satin light purple ribbon at the top.  Then I added the star burst in Grungeboard with a little sparkle on it.  Now all she needs is a new home in a really good book!

Weekly Challenge #59:: Mardi Gras

After having said I'm not big on purple, my studio seems awash with purples and pinks.  Go figure.  There is a challenge this week on the Zentangle website "I am the Diva".  The challenge is to use the Mardi Gras theme to create a tile or another piece of  ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art).  The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green and gold.  Rather than go with a bead theme I decided to do a mask with hair tangled all around the face.  The face has the colors purple and green done with chalks and watercolor pencils.  If you look closely you can see that there are tiny bursts of metallic gold all around her.  The ZIA measures 8.5" x 11.5".

The whole process took me about 2 hours to complete.  Written on the side of her neck is the phrase "Laissez les bon temps rouler" (Let the good times roll").  In the left corner it asks "who are you?" Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peak.

Stampotique Challenge: SDC49:: Purple, Pink with Black

It's that time again!  Stampotique's challenge for us is to use only their stamps with a color scheme of purple, pink and black.  I want to begin by saying that purple and pink are not my colors.  I am more of a beige kind of girl so anything other than that is a real stretch for me.  I started by painting some purple acrylic paint on a piece of watercolor paper and then layered some bright pink onto the paper.  Cut it in the shape of a tag measuring 7" x 3 1/2".  To begin with I tore off the bottom of the tag and rubbed some of Ranger's Black Soot ink on the bottom, dipped it in embossing powder and hit it with my heat tool.  I found a piece of plastic that had some pink splashed paint design on it and glued that onto the right side of the tag.  I stamped my new girl "Angel" on the left side and glued some Prima flowers as a bouquet with 3 black rhinestones.  I don't have tons of Stampotique stamps at this point so I had to improvise a little for the phrase.  I used my Dymo Organizer Xpress to print out the phrase "she decided to spread her wings a bit!"  I tied a torn piece of pink cloth into a bow along with a piece of black ribbon.  There are three little bells attached to the top.  Aren't those supposed to ring when an angel gets their wings?  (According to George in "It's a Wonderful Life".)
So here is my submission:

I hope you like it!  See ya tomorrow.

Naughty or Nice?

Are you feeling naughty or nice today?  Always good to give fair warning.  Today the ATC chunky mood block is done Wizard of Oz style using Graphic 45 paper, of course.  Lots of ribbons and some little feet ala Tim Holtz.

So what's it gonna be.....naughty

or nice?
Here are a couple of side views.

See ya tomorrow!