It's another Sunday.....

Hey Everyone....hard to believe this weekend is almost over isn't it!!!!!  WOWzers.....I did get to play some more today and had alot of fun!!!!!!  I also made a trip to Michaels and got in on some of their Acrylic stamps 40% off!!!  I also had a 50% off coupon of one item so I decided on a Brad Maker.......ALSO.....I scored on a Craft carosel that was normally $49.00  I was planning to use my 50% coupon on that but when I went to the register it rung up at $19.00....CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!  I was SO excited...and now my tools are in one container on my ART desk....LOVE it!!!!

So, anyway....sorry to get off track...LOL....I just wanted to share my creation with you.....I was working on another swap for my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships group......this is for a Hangie Danglie Valentine Swap.......I wanted to play with my grunge paper some so I decided to jump in and give it a whirl........Here's what I came up with........(HEADS UP......EILEEN.....if you want to be surprised...don't go any further!!!!)

 

 

 

I used SEVERAL techniques on this.......First I want to start off by sharing with you the top 2 layers of the heart...the scroll and the smooth shaped heart....was a BEAUTIFUL cut file designed and created by Yolanda at http://justyolie.blogspot.com/ isn't it cute....If you would like to have that you may go to her blog......She's been creating for just a short time and is already a VERY talented ARTist!!!!  I designed and created the back scalloped layer myself......I cut the shapes out with regular white cardstock and then traced them onto my grunge paper....just didn't feel like cutting the grunge paper with the cricut......so after I traced the patterns onto grunge paper I cut out....YEP it took a bit of time but so worth it.......I then decided I wanted to use some decorative papers on the scroll layer and the smooth heart layer so I picked some of my K&C paper....LOVE IT.........

I coated the grunge paper scroll piece with Peeled Paint dauber....hit the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Inkpad Walnut Stain....then glued the decorative papers to the two layers then ran through my cuttlebug and it did a wonderful job!!!!  Hit the high spots with my Tim Holtz Distress Inkpad in Walnut Stain....(surprise surprise huh....).....I attached the "friends for a lifetime" brad on with my Crop-A-Dile.........and then rubber stamped and embossed a butterfly onto grunge paper and cut out...colored with markers and then ran a wire through the body and attached to the heart.....

I used foam dots to raise each layer up off the next layer to give it a bit of depth....I used some beaded fringe on the bottom of the heart.....which gives me the "danglie" part of the creation......The bottom layer of the heart...the scallop layer......is also grunge paper....I coated with my Peeled Paint Dauber and then coated with Tim Holtz Fired Brick crackle paint front and back....when dried I then ran through my cuttlebug and then hit the high spots with my Tim Holtz Distress Inkpak in Walnut Stain.....I attached large brads with my Crop-A-Dial and then used some wire and beads as the "Hangie" part of the piece.....once I wired and beaded I still wanted some ribbon on the handle so I threaded some sheer brown ribbon and some fiber and wrapped around the "hangie"...........

Ok....that does it for this creation!!! I hope you like it...and I hope Eileen enjoys it when she receives it...She's a VERY talented ARTist herself..........I as always...want to THANK YOU for coming by to visit with me.......I hope you enjoy your visit and I do hope you will come by again!!!!!  I pray you all have a very blessed week!!! Until next time......

I'm having some FUN.....

Two days in a row now I've got to play with paper and get my Pinky's Inkie!!!! I had 2 more swaps I needed to work on and complete for my group ARTHaven, Creations & Friendships
This first one I'm sharing is for the ATC Swap - Lady theme......I wanted to do something vintagy so I thought.......Why not do a picture that is very special to me.....So I did.....This is actually MY Grandmother & Grandfather's wedding picture!!!! Aren't they a good looking couple.....And they shared almost 50 years together!!! They both went to heaven several years ago but they were both SO precious to me!!!! To me they were always Mimi & Papa!!! There were none better on this planet!!!! I miss them terribly!!!
To create this I printed off their image onto some Water Color paper with my Color Laser printer....I really like the rustic vintagy worn look that it came out with....I then adheared it to a thick cardboard base....I wiped the edges of the ATC with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Tim Holtz distress inkpads.....I added some gold dots the decorative ribbon, flower and the took a piece of scratch water color paper and wrote the words True Love stippled with some Walnut Stain Tim Holtz disress inkpad and then glued to the surface and added the gold dots....

I'm absolutely thrilled with how this turned out and can't wait for it's recipient to recieve it....I do so hope she'll be able to feel the love I put into this ATC!!!

Now my next piece of art is for the Playing Card Swap - Joker.......LOL, yes I'm hosting a monthly swap where we will in time complete an entire deck of cards!!! Doesn't that sound like fun......no 2 cards will be close because we'll have different people we send to each month....that way when we're complete we'll have a 1 of a kind deck of cards that no one else will have!!!

So, this is my creation for the Joker.......Isn't it fun looking!!!! It was alot of fun to create......I printed my fairy off with my Laser color printer and cut it out .......I then modge podged it to my base which is actually a hot pocket box that I sanded the paint off the surface then wiped it with some Tim Holtz Distress ink then coated with some Tim Holtz distress crackle paint in Vintage Photo.......once dried I spritzed with some yellow pearl ex spritzer dried with my heat gun then applied my fairy and the words Joker that I cut with my cricut.......Oh yeah, before I applied the Joker words and the fairy I used my Stazon black ink and rubberstamped the swirleys on the background.......

This definately isn't my usual style but it was a fun card to make and the recipient it's going to I really think will like it!!! I'm hoping so anyway!!!!


Ok.....Now my attention is going back towards my creation of some more SVG files and the design of some more Journals for the cancer project my friend Shirley Nagel is working on.....I will be posting more in the next day or so.....so I do hope you will check back with me!!! I SO appreciate you allowing me to share my creations with you...I hope you enjoy them.....I as always, want to THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me!!! I hope you all have a very blessed Thursday!!!! Please come again, until next time!!!!!

A Heart Request....

I received a request for a heart card for someone to use for a birthday card they were wanting to make.......So I accepted the challenge to come up with something different.....This is what I came up with........I'm sharing several pictures so you can get the full affect of the card.......If you would like to have the card file and the envelope file they are listed at the bottom of this post...either click the image or the designated area.......

I used several techniques to create this card.....used some of my hinge and closure files I had previously designed and shared...they can be found in the SVG section of the labels to the right side of my blog if anyone didn't get them for and would like to have them........

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I really hope you like my newest design....if anyone has any questions on how I created it I'll be happy to help you...you may feel free to email me at pennyduncan@att.net ......I want to THANK YOU as always for stopping by to visit with me.......I hope you all have a VERY blessed Friday and please come see me again...until then.....

I'm been having some funnnnnnnnnnnn.....

I just absolutely LOVE playing with Inkscape......I'm getting to where when an idea comes to my mind I'm beginning to sketch out ideas as quick as I can so I don't forget what I'm wanting to do.....I have an amazing beautiful journal coming my way soon from a very dear friend I plan on using for this very purpose......Anyway....I spent most of my day yesterday creating some files in Inkscape.........I love tags and just won't allow myself to buy blanks anymore so I decided to make up some cut files........I've done mock ups of them and also am putting a link under each mock up for the file if any of you are interested.......please feel free to grab them....

I didn't think you all wanted me to go in to great detail on how I quickly did the mock ups...BUT if any of you have any questions, PLEASE feel free to email me I'll be happy to help you out and explain what I've done pennyduncan@att.net .




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Then I decided I wanted a box that would have a top to it...you know the kind that fold over and that's how it stays together.....so I designed and created one......I only created the one file.....all you need to do is make it a wee bit bigger and you have the top.......easy peasy!!!!!





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Then this is an envie I created a week or so ago....I couldn't remember if I shared it or not and didn't want to take time to look .....LOL so I'm sharing here.......I cut it out of wallpaper and it cut like butter!!!!! I made it to fit the shudder card I make several weeks ago.......as I decided to put the card/envie set in my ETSY store......


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Ok, so that's all my creations to date....I really hope some of you find some things that may be useful to you!!!! As always I want to THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me....I SO enjoy hearing from you all........I do hope you will come by again and leave a comment here if you would like!!! I hope you are all having a very blessed day and an equally as blessed Tuesday!!!! Take care, until next time....

Ok....a 3rd one done....

I've been playing some more and created this third Journal for my ETSY store!!! I wanted to use the three flowers I had made over the weekend so decided what best way to use them then on Journals.......This one isn't my favorite but I think it is nice to look at.......I did use a rubberstamp on the phrase and the black swirleys this time........(I just gotta say I like the look of the Laser Printer more.....) The flower I made this past weekend I wanted to give it more of a glossy look so I took it outside and sprayed 2 coats of Kryon High gloss coating on it....then I sprayed with some Ameretto Mister to give it even a bit more depth.....and wiped excess off with a paper towel...I am happy with the way this turned out......


You'll notice I also used some silk flower petals with rhinestone brads as well for additional accent around the large flower and some artificial leaves in the bronze and off white colors...they have a bit of a pearlized look to them........the contrast is nice....I also used some heart shaped rhinestones above the bow and on the upper right corner of the journal......an edge of wallpaper border trim cut down and a strip of lace.......and of course my large cream wired ribbon wrapped around the journal.....




So this is the latest creation....do you like it??? I'll be getting this one along with the other 2 and a Thank You card I've created and whatever else I can get created posted on my ETSY store by the end of the week.......feels good to be creating ART again......


Ok, that's it for me now....I did ALOT of blog browsing today and viewed some AMAZING ART others have created...I think that is so much fun to just browse everyone's blog....You all are SO talented!!! I would like to THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me!!! I do hope you will come by again.....I hope you all have a very blessed evening....until next time....

It's been a great 2 days...

So far I am really enjoying my vacation......I decided I wanted to make some different flowers that I can use for a multitude of ways.......thought I would share the cut files I created...which you will find below each mock up I made of the different flowers........

For this first one I resized the flower in Inkscape a couple times then brought into SCAL and cut I also used the leaves I created...they are below the last flower I'm sharing.......I cut all the flowers for each of the designs with white cardstock and then decorated all of them with an aray of Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Embossing sleeves, Rubber Stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powders, sanding block and brads.......If you have any questions on the techniques I used on any of these please feel free to email me and I'll be happy to try and answer your questions.....






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The next project I worked on was this ATC....I had to do 12 of these for a swap in the Paper Craft Planet ATC group.......I took an image into Corel PSP and removed the color from it and printed it off onto watercolor paper......I then used my Watercolor pencils to color the lady's clothes, hat & bow.....I used my Copic flesh color marker to color her face and neck....I used my Copic colorless blender and some of my Tim Holtz alchol inks to color her feathers in her hat......the background of the image I used several different layers of Tim Holtz Distress Ink......stippeling it on with makeup sponges........The frame I designed and cut with my Cricut...designed in Inkscape and brought into SCAL and cut........then I coated with Versamark pad and coated with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Walnut Stain and embossed....I LOVE the aged metal look it gives them....love love love that look!!!! Wrapped 2 colors of ribbon and added 3 purple rhinestones of staggering sizes.......With having to do 12 of these it definatley took some time but I am happy with the results.....I LOVE the look the Watercolor pencils give!!!




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As always, if you would like to have the image or the cut files, please either click the image or the designated area......If any of you that are on AOL have problems downloading send me an email and I'll be happy to send you the file!!!!

Ok, that's it for me for tonight.......I'm excited to know I'll be here in my ARTHaven all day tomorrow creating and I'm so looking forward to that.....I as ALWAYS want to THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me.....It makes my day when I get to read your comments.......May I ask if you would please consider leaving your email addy in some way that I may be able to thank you or answer any questions you may have.....I truly in my heart feel if you take time to stop by and visit with me and take even more time to leave me a sweet sweet comment I owe you the proper Thank You!!!!! Ok, enough babbling from me......I hope you all have a VERY blessed Monday.....Take care and be safe...until next time....