Showing posts with label stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stamps. Show all posts

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Theme Thursday - Borders


"He Was Dreaming of His Future..."

This week at Theme Thursday the challenge is to use a border of some kind in your creation.

To meet this challenge I put together the ATC you see above.  I actually used 2 borders:  the lacy sticker you see on the bottom layer, and the metallic green on the top layer.  The handsome gentleman is an "instant relative."

Additionally I used a Heidi Swap ghost clock, some vintage stamps and Basic Gray for the back ground.  

Thanks for checking it out!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

ABAA - Altered Canvas



I must confess, this is not the first time I have altered a canvas. In fact I have done many, including two that I hinged together and made a letter keeper for my grandmother. 

When I read the challenge, my first instinct was to just use a photo of one of those.  

But I thought twice and decided that I would be cheating myself out of a potentially (Awfully) Big Art Adventure!  So off to the craft store I went and purchased my canvas.

Above you will see the finished product.  

It is deceivingly small.

In fact, I have never done anything so tiny.  (Save for that blasted bottle cap last week!)

To make this little gem I used several vintage stamps I had on hand, and collaged them with patterned paper, a die cut, some glitter and paint, to make the background.  Then I cut out the image of the deer from an old photograph I had.  And to finish it off I used the bird from another stamp, some paper, a metal plate, and a rub-on.

Below is a  picture from an angle that I think shows the 3-D-ed-ness a little better.



And lastly is this image that will give you a better perspective of the tininess.  

A great challenge, I must say!