corner bookmark swap

These are corner bookmarks that I made for a swap for my art group (AAWA - An Affair with Art). They are 4" from the top to the bottom of each end and then rounded with decorative scissors. They have an actual envelope corner on the inside so that they will slide over a book page. I thought that a Summer escape theme might be nice.


This is the front of the two bookmarks I made.

This is the back of the bookmarks.

This is my entry for this weeks theme of Ships/boats on Think Monday-Think ATC. You have to look hard but there is a white compass behind the mast in the background and the word "Journey" below the ship.

This is my ATC for Think Monday - Think ATC. The theme this week is fish. I started out doing my ATC with matboard and inked it. Then I added layers of Utee ultra thick embossing powder and embedded my fish in it. It curled a little even though I used matboard so I put it under a big book and then it cracked but that's ok because I kind of like the cracked look.

TMTA - Travel

Here is my ATC for this week's theme at TMTA which is travel. It is a digital image that is enhanced with my colored pencils.

Erosion bundle unveiled

I'm a few days late posting my erosion bundle but hey, better late than never!

An erosion bundle is art supplies put outside in January and taken down in April and then an art project made out of the supplies.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.erosionbundles.blogspot.com/

Here is the bundle that I put out in January:

This is the art supplies after staying out all winter and coming inside in April. The paper sack has catapillars on it. The flowers are now white and all the supplies now look faded and worn. The slide holder has a green and a pink side and I forgot that when I took the photo.

Me with a horse of a different color.

Janet with her newest quilt.

Thea and her necklace.

Polly and her necklace.

Lynn and her necklace.

Ellen and her necklace and she is looking through one of our "clean out books".

The necklaces

I had a luncheon with all my dear friends who are all quilters and we sometimes give each other hand made gifts. So I made necklaces for all of them. This is the necklaces I made and these are my friends wearing them. We all had to laugh because much of the stuff brought today was stuff that we were trying to share with each other that we had cleaned out of our own stuff. Janet who loves to make dolls, made a horse of a different color for me. It represents my real Paint horse , Rose and I'll treasure it always!

Sunflower transfer - TMTA

This is my ATC for TMTA where the theme this week is transfers. This is a packing tape transfer.

To do packing tape transfers just use the type tape that you use to send packages in the mail. Tape over any picture such as one in a magazine like I did here. Rub really good to make sure the tape is adhered well. Soak in water and rub the paper off the back of the tape. The picture will remain on the tape and the tape is then ready to use on your art.