Altered By Me

I want to show you an atc I made last week. Usually when I make a piece of art I use my own background. When I say my own background I mean I have started with a piece of blank watercolor paper and painted, inked, stamped or distressed it myself. It is one of my most favorite parts of the creative process. Matter of fact sometimes I like my background so much that I have a hard time covering it up to make a piece of art. For this atc below I used a pre-made atc background sheet from Paper Imagery Designs . The title of the sheet is For the Birds. PID offers a large selection of images with birds and butterflies. These sheets are my favorites and you will find the images in a lot of my art. The butterfly came from the Butterflies, Dragonflies and Insects sheet . This was one of the easiest atc's I've ever made and it is one of my favorites. There is still time to enter my atc giveaway here . The giveaway ends on July 3rd. You'll find info on the contest blog post ...

Remember when I posted about KC Willis and her online Collage Camp? I am sure you do well now she is offering in person workshops in her Colorado Studio. I wish I lived near so I could take one myself. So go check out her beautiful art work if you haven't already, on her Lipstick Ranch blog so you can see the gorgeous art you can learn to make. Then when you realize that you NEED to sign up for one of her Studio workshops check out her KC Willis Studio Retreats site and sign up before all the spots are taken! Want a chance to win a piece of KC's art? The first 100 people to spread the word about her Studio Retreats will receive a piece of her artwork. go to her Lip Stick Ranch blog for the details! You better hurry!! Arlene

Sorry if there was a little confusion yesterday about my art give away. Here is an update. Leave a comment for a chance to win my nest ATC ( on the previous post ) and then check out the Paper Imagery Designs blog for info on a bigger give away! This week I was chatting with Angie about how I have a hard time adding text to my art. So I made the atc below as a way to practice adding text to a piece of art. I think as with everything else in life the more you do it the easier it gets. Thanks for stopping by! Arlene

Comments are now closed! Contest winner will be announced on July 4th in the Paper Imagery Designs Newsletter! Paper Imagery Designs Blog Roll Contest! For a chance to win the ATC above leave a comment on my blog. Then check out the other Paper Imagery Designs Design Team members for a chance to win a piece of their art. Contest ends July 3rd Stop by each of the designers blogs listed below for your chance to enter their give away. Leave a comment and a way to contact. Without contact info you cannot be notified of your winnings. Angie's Art Full Life Linda Cains Eileen's Art Saves Lives Carla's Collage Cat Melissa's Altered Imagination Once your done visiting the design teams blog check out the Paper Imagery Designs blog for a bigger give away! Thanks for stopping by! Arlene

This weeks challenge on the Paper Imagery Designs group is nests. I love the PID nests sheet and the atc bird sheet. They are a couple of my favorite PID image sheets. The above image is of the atc I did for the challenge. The image below is a 6 x 6 I also did for the challenge. It is my favorite of the two. I'm going to look for a piece of wood to mount it on. If you like to use bird and nest images as much as I do in your artwork. Check out the link above. Also check out the Inchie page for a couple of sheet of inchie images. Thanks for stopping by! Comments always welcome. Arlene

This past week one of the ladies in the Paper Imagery Designs group posted some of the artwork she has been making based on the KC Willis Collage Camp Workshop she has been taking. Betty made a beautiful piece and you can see it on her Altered Expressions blog. If your interested in learning how to make beautiful fabric collage pieces check out KC Willis's Collage Camp site. There you can see some of KC's exquisite pieces and find out all the information about her workshop. And when your done signing up for her workshop hop on over to her Lip Stick Ranch blog and find out how you can enter for a chance to win a $300 shopping spree of her art work.

This is what I have been working on this past week. I recycled a 10 x 10 canvas and created this Butterfly and Polka dot painting. The pattern is painted on all four sides of the canvas. I painted the background and drew the butterfly on a piece of card stock. I painted it before cutting it out and adhering it to the canvas. I've used acrylics, gesso, a pitt pen, a sharpy and a charcoal pencil and distress ink on this piece. I still have a few finishing touches to add and then I need to seal it. Thanks for stopping by! Arlene