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Imagine Altered Bookmark

Aug
2010

It’s only a paper moon,
sailing over a cardboard sea,
but it wouldn’t be make believe
if you believe in me.

(Jim Reeves song, It’s Only a Paper Moon)

I just had to start off with the lyrics to the Paper Moon song, since that’s what I heard in my head as I was making this altered bookmark.

The background is a very soft metallic, pastel green, patterned cardstock paper, which I added a decorative bottom edge to. Next I added some coordinating cardstock near the top of the bookmark, to which I stamped on the word Imagine. Next I cut out some pink butterfly wings to turn this vintage photo of a girl into a fairy. Then I adhered them to the bookmark, and added a pink roses sticker, which also has a sprinkling of glitter on it (or is it fairy dust?). I finished the whole thing with a coordinating pink satin ribbon.

I love this little vintage fairy, sitting on her paper moon. Kind of has a teensy bit of a shabby chic flair to it, don’t you think?

Tina

Category: Bookmarks, Fairy Altered Art, Paper Arts Tags: Altered Art, Altered Bookmark, fairy, Shabby Chic, vintage fairy, Vintage Photo 2 Comments

French Fairy Altered Bookmark

By ArtChick

Aug
2010

Who doesn’t love a pretty little bookmark? I wanted to use a vintage photo of a French woman on this one and turn her into a vintage fairy…so that’s exactly what I did.

I used a turquoise blue patterned cardstock for the background. The colors seemed to go perfectly with the French femme that I added next, along with wings to make her look more like a fairy. Then it was time to embellish. I added a bit of torn and distressed contrasting paper to the top of the bookmark. And I added some distressed tag art, a sticker and a butterfly photo at the bottom of the altered bookmark. I also decided to shape the bottom edge of this bookmark, to make it a little more unique. And I topped it off with some ivory organdy ribbon.

She does look like a French fairy, no?

Tina

Category: Bookmarks, Fairy Altered Art, Paper Arts Tags: Altered Art, Altered Bookmark, vintage fairy, Vintage Photo 2 Comments

Reflection Altered Journal

By ArtChick

Jul
2010

This is my second altered journal that I made over the weekend. I call it Reflection.The colors are all soft tans and greens with a bit of black.

Again I used some cardstock 12×12 paper that I cut to size and Mod Podged to the composition book cover for the background. The background paper has a distressed and worn look about it, which I love. I then tore out a piece of another piece of cardstock paper to work as a background to my vintage fairy photo. On top of that I created yet another layer of paper, but instead of torn edges I used some paper edger scissors for a different edge effect. After gluing them all in place, I added the “reflection” sentiment. Then I added the fairy image, to make her appear to be sitting on the paper strip with the sentiment. Then I created the layered fabric flower and attached that with a brad, after punching a hole through the journal cover.

I think I may do a Halloween themed journal for the next one. I know it’s early, but hey, is it really ever too early to get your witchy-ness on?!

Tina

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Laugh Fairy Hangtag

By ArtChick

Jul
2010

I was quite busy in the studio this holiday weekend (thank goodness!). I got a lot done. So nice to get in there and get the creative juices flowing…and just nice to actually have the time to do so! My free time is not what it once was, so I love it when I have some time to myself to get into the studio.

This altered hangtag was made for the Gingersnaps Creations Fairies Challenge. They really have some wonderful challenges at GC, and I love anything fairy-related anyway. So I was so excited to enter this particular challenge.

I started with a tag from 7 Gypsies. They are great because they already have some background imagery on them. I distressed the tag a bit with some Distress Ink. I just love how that looks most of the time. From there I stamped on a column image for the fairy to sit on. The cute little fairy is from Art Chix Studio (again, no connection to my site–I happened upon them after getting into Altered Art, and they have some great collage sheets there!). After I affixed her I added a rhinestone gem to her bow on her dress; I also added a butterfly image, which is raised up in relief (hard to tell in the photo), a postage sticker, and I stamped on the word, laugh. Then I added some lace and the tan flower. Another touch I added was that silver-looking-doo-dad over the hole at the top of the tag. I actually found that laying on my back patio one day…something the Hubs dropped, I’m sure. So I snagged it and tucked it away. So glad I did because it was the perfect size to fit around the hole! The final touch was the ribbon at the top.

I love my little Laugh Fairy hangtag! Hope you do too.

Tina

Category: Fairy Altered Art, Hang Tags, Paper Arts Tags: Altered Art, Altered Hangtag, fairy 4 Comments

Sweetness Altered Hangtag

By ArtChick

May
2010

I made 2 altered hangtags while in the studio yesterday and I just love how they turned out. This one is called, Sweetness. I’m also using this as a challenge entry at the Everybody Art Challenge blog’s Things with Wings challenge.

I started with a hangtag from 7 Gypsies, which I had never used before but I really love them. I added a vintage photo of some little girl angels, which I added to a piece of grungy fabric and then adhered to the tag. I also added a torn paper element near the middle of the tag. Then I added a butterfly sticker, a postage stamp sticker, a flower and brad, and the 3-D “sweetness” embellishment. Then I finished it off with some blue-green and brown ribbon (it doesn’t look quite blue-green in the photo though).

Sweet!

Tina

Category: Fairy Altered Art, Hang Tags, Paper Arts Tags: 7 Gypsies, Altered Art, Altered Hangtag, grungy, Vintage Photo One Comment

Dream Artist Trading Card

By ArtChick

Apr
2010

This ATC is one of three I made for a recent swap at the ArtHavenCreations Yahoo Group I joined recently.

I began with the background, which is a piece of scrapbook paper. Then I found a nice vintage photo fairy that I had on hand. I liked how there were hearts in her fairy wings, so I incorporated hearts into the overall design, using a heart punch to create some paper hearts. I also added a gem to the front of her dress for some sparkle. I added another butterfly and also a rose for some more color and balance, and the D-R-E-A-M letters too. I finished it by using some distress ink on the edges for that lovely aged look.

Tina

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Time Hangtag

By ArtChick

Apr
2010

My second project of the day was for the April challenge at Scraptivate, the theme of which is Time. I almost always like to use vintage photos in my altered art, so I found a cute one of a little girl that I thought would make a perfect fairy.

Time Altered Hangtag

I started with a large, plain white hangtag. Then I added some texture using a rubber stamp that has a crackled paint effect. I was lucky enough to find this rubber stamp at an antique store (of all places!) for only .75 cents…so you know I could not pass that up! I used a butterfly sticker to turn my vintage photo into a little girl fairy. I added a paper tag that has a clock on it and the word “time,” and embellished that with a brass brad. And I added some smaller butterfly stickers and a glittery flower sticker. Then I finished the whole thing off with some fun star buttons and a satin ribbon.

Not bad work, considering the migraine that was working on me during the process! It was a productive and creative day in the studio at least, and as Martha would say, that’s a good thing.

Tina

Category: Fairy Altered Art, Hang Tags Tags: Altered Art, Altered Hangtag, fairy, Vintage Photo 3 Comments

Dream Bookmark

By ArtChick

Apr
2010

Even though I’ve been fighting a nasty migraine off and on since Tuesday (at 1am!), I was determined to get into my studio today and get creative. It wasn’t as fun trying to work with a migraine, but I was glad I did it anyway. The first project I finished was this new altered art bookmark, called Dream.

The background was created using my favorite text rubber stamp on a plain white bookmark. I added a vintage fairy, some stickers, including the butterflies for some color and texture. Then I added the fabric print flowers using a brad. And I finished it off with some alpha stickers to spell out the word, Dream, and brown satin ribbon.

Tina

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3 of Hearts ATC

By ArtChick

Apr
2010

I happened across a couple of decks of playing cards in my studio the other day. After some careful consideration, I decided they were the perfect size with which to make ATC’s. So this is my first ATC creation using a playing card, the 3 of Hearts.

I had such fun creating this one…used a big text rubber stamp for the background, and distressed it with Distress Ink, of course. Got a great vintage fairy photo from Art Chix Studio , which was a great website to find, BTW. I was doing a search for my blog after creating it and found that site first. LOL They have some really great stuff for altered art and mixed media artists.

Anyhoots, I also added another butterfly image, to match the vintage fairy. I added some black ribbon to create some extra interest, and a red heart button to replace the heart I covered up with the fairy. I also added some heart brads, a sticker that reads, “kind,” and a black button.

I had so much fun with this that I think I am going to alter the entire deck of cards, making ATC’s out of every single card! That will be a nice little set. ) But for now I’m back to the studio, working on a Michael Jackson painting for my celebrities in blue series.

Tina

Category: ATC's, Fairy Altered Art Tags: Altered Art, ATC, Distress Ink, Vintage Photo One Comment

Altered Hangtag First Kiss

By ArtChick

Mar
2010

So, this altered art stuff is quickly becoming my new addiction. I am so loving it! I decided I wanted to make another altered hangtag. This one is called First Kiss.

I started with a good and grungy hangtag. Then I added a vintage image of some tiny tots having their first kiss–this image was the inspiration for the whole project, of course. I just couldn’t resist it! I cut a small splice in the photo behind the little girl, and I inserted some butterfly wings for a fairy nice effect. Then I Mod Podged the image to the hangtag.

Next I added two stickers, one that looks like a stamp, and the other is the yellow flower. I thought the yellow flower would help tie into the butterfly wings a bit more. Then I added the word “first” at the top of the image (that was part of a sticker too).

Next I needed to create the letters for the word “kiss.” I stamped them onto grungy card stock then cut them out. Then I used Tim Holz Distress Ink to distress the edges of each one. And then I glued each letter to the tag.

The final step was to punch two small holes near the top of the tag, so that I could add some black ribbon. I think I need to make a bunch more hangtags…and then maybe sell them? I find it so difficult to sell artwork I created that I really like. But who knows.

Tina