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Sweet Face of Time Hangtag

ArtChick — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:44:09 +0000

Here’s another altered hangtag creation I’ve made using a less-is-more approach. Sometimes I get a bit carried away with embellishments and details and I forget that it’s OK to just do something simple. Yet when I give myself permission to do something simple, I usually love how it turns out.

I started with a plain manila hangtag that I used my secret grungy sauce mix on to get it good and grungy and give it that aged look. Then I took a fabulous Paper Artsy rubber stamp and stamped on the design, which features a cute child’s face, and clock, and some design motifs. To that stamped image I added a black button brad to the center of the clock image. I also added a black leaf sticker, and finished it off with a black ribbon at the top of the tag.

I love how this turned out. Hope you do too. I will always enjoy doing my busier more detailed projects, but it’s a nice change of pace to do something a little bit different once in awhile. I’m also using this for the City Crafter Challenge Blog’s Little Children Challenge.

Beauty Altered Bookmark

ArtChick — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:55:48 +0000

After purchasing a lovely new rubber stamp recently of a woman’s face, I decided she would be the perfect subject for a new altered bookmark.

The bookmark background is a piece of scrapbook cardstock that has a text design on it. I stamped the rubber stamp art image right on the background itself. Then I added some torn and distressed paper, in a soft aqua color, above and below the image. Next I added some stickers of some delicate pink roses, and finished it off with some ivory organdy ribbon.

I think it turned out so soft and elegant looking. I love it!

She Writes Love Letters Altered Kraft Envelope

ArtChick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:52 +0000

I belong to a wonderful, creative community at Ning called Scraptivate. It’s for scrappers and other paper and mixed media artists. Each month they have a creative challenge, and the challenge for March is called, “She…” We can interpret the theme in any way we want and using any media, so it really allows for a lot of creative freedom and expression. I love doing these challenges because it really helps to get my creative juices flowing! Here is my entry for the March challenge.

I used a plain, Kraft paper envelope as the base, which is about 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″. I used a large script rubber stamp to create the text on the envelope. Then I chose a nice vintage photo of a woman and sewed that to some muslin, which I’d distressed a bit. I added just a little color to the woman’s cheeks. The flowers are 3-D scrapping stickers. The postage stamps and the long “love” clipping at the top are also stickers. I added some grungy’d up cardstock to the left and right of the image, and I stamped one side with the word, “Letters.” And in the lower left there is a 3-D paper image of some letters.

I really like the texture, depth and layers of this altered art piece. And I loved using the Kraft envelope as the basis for the piece, as it’s something I had not used before. And I love the woman in the photo–she has a dreamy sort of quality about her, sort of like she’s thinking about whomever she is writing those love letters to.