The Altered Tin with Lesley Vanable

This was a fun project. I have been saving a few (well more than a "few") tins for a while knowing someday I'd figure out what to do with them. Lesley Venable had us buy a few supplies and bring some things to decorate our tins. She supplied the tins the "pages" to go inside along with the mini ball chain to hold them together. She brought some great collage images and supplies too. Oh yeah, her husband made the greatest cookies all packaged in bundles --- yummy!! If you look at the picture on the far left my tin is finished but I wasn't crazy about how the key was adhered to the top. I hadn't intended it to be used as the way to open and close the tin but I wanted it more secure and flush with the top. I came home and showed it to Hubby who had a great idea. He inserted a molly spacer into the bottom of the key. This is the same thing you'd use on drywall with a heavy wall hanging. Then he drilled a bigger hole in the tin and used a screw to hold the key to the top of the lid. The last two photos show the new and improved tin with a bit more detail on the front and back. I love the rusty patina look.

Until my next post,

Diane

I won, I won, I won!!!!

Remember the post a few days ago where I showed my first creations with Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back canvas? What, you don't remember, or didn't see the post? Well anyway, everyone at Art & Soul got a piece of the canvas at registration to use anyway we wanted. Ranger Industries, the distributor, ran a little contest for us to post our creations on our blog and include a link back to them. It was a quick turn around since Art and Soul finished on the 4th and you had to have your link posted by the 11th. They drew three winners at random on the 15th and I found out I'm one of the winners. I'm going to get $50 worth of products from the Claudine Hellmuth Studio line. WOW, I can't wait for the good old Wells Fargo wagon to bring thump'n thpethyul for me.

Until my next post,
Diane

Stampers Corner Paris ATC Mingle

This ATC mingle from Stampers Corner had the theme of --- you guess it, Paris. I got the background paper from Elizabeth's blog at The last door...down the hall. It is actually a two part that you'd print on cardstock and put together to make a 3D of the Eiffel Tower. The overprinting is done with a Stampers Anonymous stamp by Tim Holtz exclusive to Michael's. The remainder was a bit of aging with Ranger Distress Inks.

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Diane

Eyelets Mingle ATC

The theme for this ATC Mingle by Stampers Corner was "Eyelets". I used some Mary Metallic Markers on black paper with a spritz of water and then dried the paper. I stamped with VersaMark and then added detail white embossing paper that didn't exactly come clean after tapping the paper, huffing on it and using a spot paint brush.



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Diane

A tribute to my Dad for two Yahoo Groups

I've mentioned previously that I belong to a LOT of Yahoo Groups. I'm active in some and lurk in others. I may have already mentioned that I like to make unique ATC's -- in other words edition 1 of 1. But in this case it was too easy to pass up. What were the chances that two of my groups would have the same theme in the same month? Altered Designs called it "Old Photo" and Stampers Corner called it "Photos from the Attic". Well this design worked for both. The stamps are from Artistic Outpost and the photo -- is my Dad. I used some scrap paper and Ranger Distress Inks.

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Diane

Hidden Message Card ala Inky Antics

I think I mentioned this before but I'm lucky enough to live VERY close to where the StampScrapArt tour does an annual show. I took a class last year from Inky Antics. When finished the card looks like the one on the left. When you pull the ribbon you get the hidden message like the image on the right. I like taking their classes. You get ALL the cards done in the time allowed and great instructions so you can reproduce the cards later. I used a dimensional sticker on the front from K&Co and the words we stamped with Studio G $1 stamps. The inside message is from Inque.

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Diane

Tanda Stamps ATC swap

Here's the latest ATC's I did with Sid in the UK. This month I got to pick the theme and I chose that we do the three ATC's with Tanda Stamps. I had seen something he had done on his blog and he used their stamps. I took a look and really liked the product -- BUT -- at the time the dollar/pound ratio was really bad. I was patient and waited until things got better - much better. I was also able to take advantage of free shipping and now I'm the proud owner of Advert Plates 1-4. The first on the left was made with a stamp from Advert Plate #3. The background paper is from the Travel Stack by DCWV. The one in the middle is done with stamps from Advert Plate #1. I can't remember where I got the big digital image from but I printed that our as the focal point. The "Sunny Dorset" stamp is from Advert Plate #4. I colored in the image using Prismacolor markers. They are alcohol based like the Copics which are the rage but can't be refilled.

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Diane

Photography mingle ATC

I like the topics that have been picked lately for ATC mingles on the Stampers Corner Yahoo group. This one was Photography. The base layer is just semi-gloss paper colored with Brilliance Galaxy Gold. The next layer is a print out of free clip art from Tack-O-Rama, a great resource for some recent retro/vintage photography, clip art and fonts. They focus on the 20th century when men wore hats and women wore gloves and casual Fridays meant Dad wore a sweater and a tie instead of his suit. I first discovered this site when I saw some pictures being used by 1stFloorFlat blog. I used a Sizzix Sizzlet die with my Cuttlebug to make the photo corners. The camera stamp is from 100 Proof Press. After stamping and cutting out I added another layer for support and then got some dimension by adding pop dots. I colored in the camera using chalks.

Until my next post,

Diane

TGIF Masking ATC

I started making an ATC for my Altered Designs Yahoo group with the theme of Flowers (last weeks theme). As I was making it I didn't want to have this flower with just a blank background. I wanted to put the words in but I had already stamped the flower so I made a mask using Eclipse Tape. It is sort of like a big roll of post its with just the sticky stuff. It became obvious to me that this was going to be my masking ATC and I'd just have to come up with another on Flowers. I distressed the edges and then dabbed some of the Distress Inks on my acrylic block and spritzed with water and then dragged the edges through for a bit of dimension. The words are from the Inque French Fancy set and the flower is from Impressions of Faith.

Until my next post,

Diane

Happy Mothers Day 2009

Today is Mother's Day in the USA and here's the card I made for my Mom and Mother-in-law. I don't want to play favorites so they both get the same thing. It's a bit on the weird funny side with the double sided patterned paper by Rusty Pickle. The stamp is from Inkadinkado and the pattern is another...you guessed it Sheetload.

Until my next post,
Diane