Black birds

This is for the Smudgy Antics weekly challenge Black Birds.  I received an order in the mail with new Lumiere paints so I had to try them.  I started by stamping the background with Stampendous trees and then adhered white tissue paper on top.  Once dry I painted with Lumiere Hi Lite Blue because I was intrigued by the holographic effect it gives everything.  I highlighted all with my finger with green paint and purple around the edges.  The fence is a die cut by Cheery Lynn Designs, Ornamental Gate, painted.  The crow is a Tim Holtz die cut.  The moon is circle die cut and edged with Distress Ink by Ranger.  Fibers on gate are adhered with gel medium.  The final touch was the tree branch stencil by The Crafters Workshop.  I mixed black gesso and fiber gel medium (Golden) to get the paste.  Other stamps by Inkadindado and the birds in the distance are just dots I was brave enough to draw freehand (gasp!).

Measures 4.5" x 7"

This angle to sow dimension - which is mostly the branches.  The tissue paper texture is difficult to pick up on camera. Now I think I should have added silver to the fibers as they blend too well with the background.

Owl

Made for challenge at Collage Obsession.  Owl stamp by Tattered Angels, face painted. Background is painted and then topped with stamped pattern tissue paper with Tim Holtz.   The red inked masking tape.  The chipboard flourishes are from my stash and painted and accented with Perfect Pearls.

Used a mask by The Crafters Workshop, chicken wire, seen best from this angle.

Highlighted with white paint.  

Homemade Mini Mister holder

Home made Mini Mister holder.  Made with styrofoam covered with aluminum and black acrylic paint for some definition.  Holds eight.  

Witch leaving home

My favorite holiday is Halloween. I will probably have a lot on this theme.  I made my first altered book and this is my first page.  It is The Ides of March by Thorton Wilder - and it was VERY hard to rip into it.  The only reason I could, is because it only cost me a buck at a neighbors moving garage sale, so I wasn't personally attached. After tearing every other page out, I started with gesso, and then some gray acrylic paint, stamping around the edges and then misting the tree.  All die cuts are painted.  The witch and the house were glittered, therefore I painted over them to get a mat finish.

Stamps are by Judith (twigs) and Stampendous (tree limbs with crows) the die cuts are K and Company (house and witch), Tim Holtz (crow) and Spellbinders (Elegant Posts used as flourishes).  The fence is Martha Stewart punch.  The tree misting template is Tattered Angels.  Spray ink is October Afternoon.

Paper left overs

Playing with left over strips from the mini key chain journals.  The background was leftover paint from some other project too. 

Stencil was used for the diamonds by The Crafters Workshop, Mini Harliquin.

Mini Key Chain Journals

These were inspired by an article in Cloth Paper Scissors publication Pages, by Sue Bleiweiss titled Key Chain Books. I've actually got everything ready to make a DOZEN of these.  They are so cute and sweet and fun to make.  They are the perfect use for all those left overs from your fabric, paper and jewelry projects.

Inside paper was sprayed for a splash of color.

Encaustic Halloween

House is a Martha Stewart sticker, the tomb stones are cut out of an antique dictionary.  The fence is also a Martha Sterwart punch.  The bushes are the Crayon paper and the gray clouds are drops of gray Crayon.  I started by covering my board with yellow Crayon, then covered all with bees wax and layered in the papers - topped off with the grey drops of crayon for clouds.  Love the intense color of melted Crayons.  

Simplicity pattern card

Birthday card for my dear sister-in-law.  Background is the actual Simplicity pattern decoupaged onto some cardstock and the images are the pattern package.  For a final touch everything has a little Distress ink on it.