Here is an atc that I recently made. I just love the eyes of this little girl. On this atc I placed a butterfly for her to stare at. I've got a few other ideas where I plan to use her.


The image is from Paper Imagery Designs check them out. During the month of May they are running a grand opening sale.

Paper Imagery Designs Designer Team Special

Guess what? I have a special surprise for you. The new Paper Imagery Designs site is running a very special sale for the lucky readers of their new design team member’s blogs.

So on top of the already great Grand Opening special of buy 2 image sheets get 1 free if you place an order between now and 12 pm pst on May 11th Mothers Day and put my name ARLENE into the area where you add your free sheets at check out you will get another sheet for free. And the free sheets are your choice. You get to pick the free sheets. Usually when a company runs a sale like this they pick the sheets you are getting for free but not here at Paper Imagery Designs. And let me tell you the image sheets are gorgeous. Check it out!

Buy 2 Image Sheets = Get 2 Free Sheets = 1 Free Grand Opening Sheet + 1 Free Design Team Special

Buy 3 Image Sheets = Get 2 Free Sheets = 1 Free Grand Opening Sheet + 1 Design Team Special

Buy 4 Image Sheets = Get 3 Free Sheets = 2 Grand Opening Sheets + 1 Design Team Special

Isn’t that great? Just for reading my blog you get another free image sheet.

There is no limit, you can order as many as you want and still get your grand opening and design team special free sheets. But remember this special ends on May 11th at 12 pm pst

Of course there is something in it for me. Whichever Design Team member generates the most sales during the course of this special will win a prize. So don’t forget to add my name!

Now I want to win a prize so please go check out the site. Because I know once you see the great image sheets your going to want to get as many as you can while this special sale is running.

Belinda Spiwak's Mixed Media Art Group

 

Hey ya'll just in case you were a member of Belinda's Mixed Media Art Yahoo group and you just noticed that the group has disappeared like I did. Yes I'm a little slow. I've been sick and busy this past week. She has started another group while yahoo tries to find the original group.

Mixed Media Art Friends is where everyone is. I've just started reading the messages I missed and there are a lot of cool swap ideas floating around. So if your interested in Mixed Media Art this is the place to be!

 

 

 

Paper Imagery Designs

I am honored to announce that I have been chosen to be a member of the design team for Paper Imagery Designs.

Please take a minute to check out the site. Click on the image above to go right to the site and be sure to bookmark it.

There is a grand opening sale running for the month of May. Buy 2 image sheets and get 1 free. The images are great so run on over and check it out!

I'll be posting some new projects soon using these beautiful images.

More Art Book Pages

Here are a couple more pages that I have finished. I am not real sure of the correct terminology, whether I am making an art book or an art journal. When I think of an art journal I think of pages that are collaged but also include some type of journaling. I don't do that. That is one of the reasons that I quickly lost interest in scrapbooking.

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I find it too hard to express myself in that way. Then I start trying too hard to work my page elements into something that goes along with the journaling. It ruins my creative feng shui. I know some of you will understand completely.

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If as I am working on a piece I get a feeling or some meaning comes across then I will try to fit some kind of text into the piece. This works much better for me. Or my background will have a random piece of text that suddenly goes perfect with an image I have dug out of my stash.

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Here is a perfect example of what I am talking about. In January I was in a Gothic Arch challenge on one of my yahoo groups. Take a look at the Mona Lisa Arch that I did. I had finished the arch and was happy with it. I did not have any text on it when I started digging through a container that has sentences cut from a book. I came across a sentence and shifted around some of the words and came up with some text that I felt went perfectly with the image of Mona Lisa. You'll have to go check out the post if you want to see what I am talking about : )

Can you figure out why I think this text fits perfectly?

Here are the pages. Click on them if you'd like to see a close up.

Have a great weekend! I will have a big annoucement Sunday or Monday see you then!

Arlene

I’ve been working on a little something lately for my own pleasure. I’m not signed up for any swaps and have plenty of arty time to work on something, just for my own pleasure.

I came across an article in an issue of Somerset Studios from last year and I just fell in love with an art book by Celine Navarro.
That’s one of the things I love about the magazines. I get to meet talented artists by way of their articles and then go check out their blogs .Celine’s blog is The Green Frog’s Studio. Check it out if you get a chance.

I came up with my own way to bind my pages together very similar to the method she used. I’m not finished yet as this is a pretty big project for me. My book will contain 7 pages, decorated front and back making a total of 14, 5 x7 pages to collage. I’ve participated in bigger swaps but because each of my pages will be different it's taking me a bit longer to complete.

Click on the picture for a closer view.

I'm not sure if I am going to leave the victorian lady the way she is or not. I love her as the focal image but I think I will let her rest while I decide if I want to add anything else.

I found another page that is completed but it will have to wait until next time.Thanks for stopping by!

Have an artful day!

Inka's Stamp Prize Pack has Arrived!!

One of the things I have learned is that artists are some of the most generous people in the world. Inka of Inka's Stamps is not only a very talented artist but she is one of the most generous people out there in Blog Land. Each week on Sunday Inka posts a Blog Candy give away. And lucky me was the winner of one of her most lavish give aways yet.

Thank you Inka! I can't wait to get some ink on those stamps.

So if you get a chance stop by her blog InkaLand leave a comment and maybe you will be the next lucky winner. Once your done checking out her blog hop on over to her stamp store Inka's Stamps she's got some great stamps for sale along with the awesome collage sheets she carries. And if you have been looking for precut glass shapes to solder check out her catalog for those cute little house shapes you've been meaning to buy. That's just a few of the great things she's got. You'll have to go visit her site to see the rest.