June has been a wonderful month for me. I painted my first canvas. I sold my first canvas. My blog hit 10,000 views and I'm celebrating my birthday is a couple of weeks by taking a cool class from multi-media artist, Beth Grubb using papers from around the world at Plaza Arts in Nashville.
Things are really going well for me. I'd like to spread the love a bit by giving away the masks and stencils you see to your left. Yep, that's the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man and Caged Birds. I used my sizzix dies to cut him from a plastic milk jug and the Caged bird from a plastic notebook folder.
I hope you'll help me celebrate by participating in the give away. For your chance to win, please leave a comment after this post. Be sure to include your name. The contest ends on June 21 at 5 pm. I will announce the winner on June 22nd.
Be sure to check back here on the June 22 to see if you are the lucky winner!
I was thinking of my friend, Linda Lou, as I made this page. She loves birds. The time I helped her make birthday invitations for her mom, she wanted birds on them.
I'm also participating the The Summer of Color 3 and this week's colors were Citron Green & Turquoise. I used a couple of greens trying to get the right shade. This is as close as I could get with what I had. Click on link for more information about this challenge.
The birds were made with the Stampin Up bird punch. The branch is a stencil I bought at Michaels or JoAnn's. I would like to thank whoever did the video using the color box stylus for stencils. It worked better than anything I've tried. I wish I could remember which video I saw it in so I could give them a big hug and credit here.
Links: The Summer of Color 3, APR, Creative Everyday,
This art doll template was in the Tempting Templates file on the Stampington website. I'm not a huge doll fan but she just looked like I could have some fun with her so I'm hosting a swap on Mixed Media Madness facebook group.
She is cut from card stock and painted blue. Her torso & head are embossed with Hidden Satin embossing powder. It gives this wonderful pearl look. Her arm and boot are embossed with Poly sparkle EP. Her arm is attached with a silver mini brad so it can move.
Her wings are covered with a bit of dry wall tape. I repeated the drywall tape on her skirt and boots.
Her hair, skirt and belt are a piece of shimmery fabric I've had forever. The fabric is a loose weave so it was easy to get the bottom of her skirt to ravel to get the under skirt look. I used the pieces I pulled off her skirt to make her wild hair.
I'm going to link this to a few sites, the first one being Artist Play Room. Jenn's theme this week is something bizarre or unusual. Creative Everyday's theme is childhood and she's painted so I think she qualities for Paint Party Friday as well.
Link to: APR, Creative Everyday, Paint Party Friday
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I am loving my Gelli Plate. I have instant backgrounds ready whenever I need one. The background of this card is a left over piece of a Gelli Print. The print was made using a round place mat. The stamps are Unity/Donna Downey. I'm loving these really tall flower (almost 8"). The word is a Hero Arts Stamp I've had for years.
This is a birthday card for my friend, Robin. It's late, once again.
Link to APR , Mandarin Orange Monday, June Gelli Party,
Gelli Arts facebook page
It's so fun to try different "tools" on the Gelli place. I've tried combs, brayers, stencils, basting brushes, chip board, fingers, a brush, corrugated cardboard, as well as a few artist tools.
Every print is different and when I print on top of another print the possibilities are amazing.
The fence & trees are made with a Sizzix die. The squirrel is a Stampability stamp. The background and the cabin are both Gelli prints.
Link to: Gelli Art Facebook page
"What the heck is a Cereal Box Canvas?" you ask. I cut a Cheerios box to the size I wanted and then primed it with gesso like it was a real canvas. I used it to get over my canvas fear. This drip background has been sitting here for two weeks waiting for a focal point.
I am so excited because my Donna Downey Unity Stamps arrived today. I knew these large poppies were what I've been waiting for all this time. I stamped them with Versa Mark and embossed with Yellow Commotion Embossing Powder.
I wanted some large happy words to go with the flowers. I used an embossing pen and hand wrote the word rather large. Then embossed them in the same yellow.
Over all, this piece represents happy for me. Bright colors and big bold flowers and words. Just looking at it brings a smile to my face.
Link to: Creative Everyday, APR, Art journal Every Day, Anything But a Card
Do you ever watch the show Sunday Morning? They show photos, painting, sculptures and every other kind of art of the sun every week. It is amazing how many different ways there are to decorate the sun. That tv show inspired me to try my hand at the sun.
I've been practicing faces and I'm getting better at the eyes but when I get to hair and cheeks... they go down hill fast. I was practicing today and every time I looked at the face I had drawn it reminded me of a sun painting.... so I went with it.
The sun is a gelli print using yellow and orange. I free handed a ray and then just traced it around the face. Then I stamp the script with pumpkin Stazon. I also stamped the rays with a swirl from Clear Snap. I wanted it to be shiny so I got out my Perfect Pearls which have been in a drawer for at least 5 years. It fun to use things I've had forever.
The blue background is also a gelli print. Jet's Pizza puts plastic coated corrugated cardboard under their pizza. I have no shame.... I asked for a clean piece and they gladly gave it to me. I love it... It makes wonderful stripes. The word Celebrate is a Hero Arts stamps and the other words are again from Clear Snap. The dancing person is an ERA stamp.
Link to Glue it Tuesday, APR, Creative Everyday, June Gelli Party
Things are really going well for me. I'd like to spread the love a bit by giving away the masks and stencils you see to your left. Yep, that's the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man and Caged Birds. I used my sizzix dies to cut him from a plastic milk jug and the Caged bird from a plastic notebook folder. 
