My Sanctuary by Pam Barnes

My Sanctuary is an 8 by 8 inch page for a round robin book I am working on with a nature theme. The background is created with gel medium and a napkin. Script stamp is stamped with nights of navy ink...second impression.

I have collaged additional flowers onto the branches using gel medium.

I have created a spirelli frame around Avery's face and sat him on a bird.

My Sanctuary is stamped. Embellished with blue german scrap.

New at the Shoppe !!

Where do we start!

German Charlottas are a real treat to add to your ART! You won’t want to miss these… Make a necklace, encase in some glossy accents … make every art piece with a little bit of history!!

NEW Glass Vials at the Shoppe add some glitter or make a message in a bottle these vials will sure add that finishing touch to any ART!

Somerset Studios March/April only a few remain loads and loads of ART in this

issue!!

Don’t forget your ARTful Blogging copy who knows you may just be in there!!

Cloth Paper Scissors March/April Now available What's Inside: Creating Paint Tube People, Metal Magic, Printable Cotton Collage, Fickle Flowers and so much more!!!

Weekly Challenge BUTTONS

The theme for the Paper Imagery Designs Yahoo Group Challenge this week is BUTTONS!!

Here is an ATC I made for the challenge....

and here is a wire wrapped button bracelet I made for the challenge...

(click on the picture to see it larger)

Hope everyone ENJOYS the CHALLENGE this week!! If you make a Paper Imagery Designs button piece please leave a comment and tell us where we can see your ART!!

Weekly Challenge: Red & Blue

I decided to do something a little different (for me) for our weekly challenge. Instead of my usual paper piece, I did a red and blue necklace, using an old game piece, and the lovely image of Liselle (collage sheet #562). The background was done with two shades of blue alcohol ink, and I used some red German scrap (also available from the PID shop) as trim and embellishment.

Eileen

Weekly Challenge and Background Technique

Here is a 4 x 4 I made for Angies Red & Blue Challenge this week. Isn't Jacob such a sweetie pie?

I love the way my background turned out on this.Here is how I achieved this layered look.
First I glued a piece of music sheet across the bottom of a 4 x 4 piece of water color paper. I then put a layer of gesso over it. Once it was dry I painted the background red. Be sure to let each layer dry completely. Then I pulled out a couple of small plastic stencils and dry brushed over them with a blue paint on my background. Using a light hand just skim the brush bristle across the stencil allowing it to fill in some areas of the stencil and leaving some uncovered with the paint. After the paint dried I stamped the numbers along the top and bottom. I then stamped a triangle along the sides with blacksoot distress ink.

Then I dry brushed some streaks of black paint all over the 4 x 4. When all the paint and ink was dry I glued my images on and added a border along the top and bottom, drawing the small triangle border with a black marker.

Add some shading along the edges of some of the images with a charcoal pencil.

Thanks for looking!

Arlene

Jacob Inchie

This inchie has a piece of chipboard as a substrate for strength. I ran a piece of metal through the Cuttlebug and cut to fit the chipboard. It had a small square in the middle begging for a little picture. Jacob #564 came to mind.

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I used double stick tape to attach and added alcohol ink with a brush for effect. Sand off top layer of color with a sanding block. It looks like an old tin ceiling.

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Jacob was added with Diamond Glaze and a layer over top to encase him

forever! This makes getting a good clear picture of him very difficult. Sorry. The black rose was glued for a bit of flare.

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Your Friend in ART,

Linda

Fun with the Paper Imagery Designs Yahoo Group....

We have a weekly challenge to participate in. If you'd like every two weeks mingle partners are assigned for those that would like to trade and mingle their ART...or you can keep if for yourself. This weeks challenge is Blue and Red.

Here are the pieces I made...

There is also a monthly ATC Jackpot. This month's is "THINK GREEN"

Here's the ATC I made...

There are other swaps and events to play along also. Here are some ATCs I made this week for the Isabella swap.

Right now I'm working on charms for Arlene's charm swap....soon I hope to alter some compacts for Carla's altered Compact swap. Lots of FUN!!! Just wanted to share the FUN I've been having!!

OWOH WINNERS!!!!

I picked a few winners!! The first is the grand prize winner!!! The others were for fun because I had 721 comments!!
Drum Roll........ Our grand Prize winner is......

Cheryl said...

Gasp...I sooo want to win this! Tape my name to the bottom of the hat so you won't have trouble finding/pulling out my name lol :-)Thank you! Cheryl

January 19, 2009 1:02 AM

What do you win Cheryl?? Jan/Feb 09 Issue of Cloth Paper Scissors AND 10 Collage Sheets of YOUR CHOICE!! Hows that? A $48.00 dollar value....Yes you get to pick them out .... Go here and get a head start of what you may want...



Runners up...... who will receive a 15$ Gift Certificate off your next purchase!! (cannot be combined)

Dolly said...

Ohhhhh do count me in....
this girl needs inspiration and new goodies to play with!

Smiles,
Dolly

p.s. love your blog

Marilyn said...

Ooooo, collage sheets! What a fun and generous giveaway! Please add my name to your drawing...thanks very much, Marilyn:)

Congrats to all that entered!!!

Shimmering background technique

This is a very easy technique with great result!

Needed:

Photo printpaper
Embossing inkpad
stamp

shimmering mist

You can make your own shimmering mist by adding a very small amount of perfect pearls to a mister filled with water,or for color,filled with water and a few drops of Distress ink refiller.

Stamp the image with embossing ink onto the photo paper. Let dry.

Generously spray the shimmering mist on the stamped and dried images. Now you will see the embossing ink will act as a resist to the watery mist.

Leave to dry. You can use your heattool for drying the mist quickly but i find it changes the color a bit ( and not for the best) so its better to be patient.


Using two colors of shimmering ink will leave for a prettier result.

This is a skinny ( 3x5 inch) i created with this background. In the background i used more stamps from the Michelle Ward series by Stampington Clearly Impressed.
The cute boy is named Jacob (#565)

Faux Silk Background Tutorial by Eileen

This is an old favorite of mine, and requires a few basic materials that I'm sure everyone has.

Materials:

tissue paper

rubber stamps

stamp pads

white glue (I used Perfect Paper Adhesive; use what you have!)

cardstock

Stamp your images on the tissue paper. I started with a textural background stamp, then stamped over it with some leaf images. I used earth tones for this. But try it with any colors you like.

Gently crumble up the tissue paper and even more gently flatten it out again. You don't want to tear it, but you also don't want to get rid of all the wrinkles. Cover the cardstock (I used a neutral beige color) with the white glue. Spread it all over. Press the tissue paper into the glue, making sure it is well adhered, but letting some of the wrinkles remain. Allow the glue to dry. You can help this along with the heat gun if you're impatient like me!
Trim away any excess tissue paper. Cut to the desired size and use in your project.

I used my faux silk background for this piece:

I used PID sheets: Bella 102, Birds 226, and Mushrooms.

I used Tim Holtz Idea-ology hardware (also available at the PID shop): jump ring, philosophy tag, trinket pin

All the stamps, ink and cardstock are Stampin' Up.

Variations: Cover the tissue paper with another coat of white glue. If you use one with a glossy finish you'll get a different look. After the glue dries, spray the piece with some glimmer mist.

And the WINNER is....

Absolutely couldn't believe it....put all the numbers in a cup and let my oldest daughter draw the winner. She drew.....

#36 Dragonlady....Brenda Schenck !!!!

I was shocked with the winner because she was the last one to leave a comment.

I'll get the necklace out to you in the mail soon...hope you enjoy it!!

More Valentine Fun

I've been playing with (and loving) the bottle cap images and red foil wings from P.I.D. Here are some funky little Valentines I made using these items.

xoxs

Miz Carla

Exciting News and Products @ PID!!

Paper Imagery Designs has a BRAND spanking new site!!! This is beyond anything you have experienced with PID!
Our new site is user friendly and has lots of new products for you to add to your Altered Art! It will require new user registration.

New Inventory:
Have you seen the Altered Birds Tim Holtz has created? These are HOT !! So hot the are literally flying off the shelves at PID! Get yours before they are gone and just look at what you can make

This Altered Bird was made by DT Artist Eileen Bellomo....

This is a picture of Tim Holtz Altered Birds....

While at it we also have Tim Holtz NEW CHA2009 Products in for preorders!! Order yours before the rush is on, pre orders ship first!! Get his whole set $75.99 thats a $13.00 SAVINGS!!

New Collage Sheets:

Met our new PID Babies Sebastian, Olivia, Liselle and so many more!

Thanks for all the great names for our new adopted PID babies some excellent names were given. In two weeks we will showcase some more new babies with some names sent in.. Thanks to Marcia, Traci and Brenda for naming these babies! Your prize is in its way!

New Goodies for your ART:

Sticky Back Canvas by Claudine Hellmuth - Create backgrounds and embellishments with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky-Back Canvas. Available in both 8 and one-half by 11 inch sheets and 12 by 12 inch sheets. It’s a self-adhesive canvas sheet that you can decorate with paints, inks and dyes, then cut out and stick onto canvasses, cards, scrapbook pages, and more.

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So close to Valentines Day the Paper Imagery Designs Design Team was asked to create some wonderful ART using Glitter, Valentines theme and lots of LOVE!!
They did a wonderful job just wait till you see what they have created!!

Primitive Valentine Tess Tag By Gabrielle Madsen

To make your primitive tag:
Add the following ingredients to 1 cup hot water; 4 TBLSP each  of coffee granules (instant) and Vanilla extract.  ¼ tsp cinnamon optional.  Add more coffee crystals as desired to darken.  I  Fragrance is purely optional but apple pie scent is fun.    Soak manila shipping tags for about 30 or so minutes.  Drain and dry as desired.   A warm iron on low will flatten warped tags.
The tag shown has a very delightful fragrance of chocolate, coffee and just a little hint of cinnamon and apple pie ;o}  This tag is not made from the recipe supplied. 
The background was stamped with Purely Pomegranate ink SU using  Basic Grey flourish stamps.  The word love (stamp unknown) was stamped with Black Staz On ink. 
A clear tape transparency was created from the Black ‘n White Paper stamp of Tess # 208 and attached over the inked background.  Various ribbons, trims, brass colored wing, heart stamped onto music paper and glittered star and stamped paper button were all attached as indicated. 

Altered Valentines Art By Ursula Vondeling

                                

 

Supplies:
Wooden picture frame black
Collage Image O'Connor #151Ink

Tim Holtz distress ink walnut stain, frayed burlap,
ephemera from an old cash register

Clear gel tacky glue
Scrap pieces
Sand paper
white glass marker
Rusty Heart shape from Rusty Tin-
Adage ticket from Tim Holtz
Stamped letters
Metal corner embellishment

First start with sanding the wooden picture frame and give it some scratching to give it a used look
then write the quote on it with the white pen after writing it go over it with some walnut stain ink to make it softer.
Than make the backside, for the back side I used an old piece of wooden board and glued a piece of an old cash register on it
and glued the Tim Holtz ticket (use some ink frayed burlap to make it old) and the rusty heart on it.
Cut out the O'Connor's and cut it in two and glue one on the left and one on the right bottom of the board.
From some scraps I made the hats and put the stamped letters on them.
Finally stuck the metal embellishment on there and the backside is finished.
To give it some dept make a wooden frame from 1 1/2 cm thick to put in the frame first and stick the finished wooden board behind it .
Now you're piece is finished.

Enjoy!!!

 

 

 

Supplies:
Wooden plate with heart shape cut out of it
Collage Image Avery #458
Rubber Stamps Inka stamps
paints Gesso
Ink  Tim Holtz distress ink black soot, aged mahogany,
Letter stickers
ephemera
pink glitter
Clear gel tacky glue
Scrap piece
Sanding paper
Marker - Fabrico ASH ROSE
Heart shapes
Quickie Glue pen
Matte finish
A piece mesh screen

First start with sanding the wooden frame and paint it with gesso.
After painting it sand it again and put on some black ink by running the ink pad over the frame in one direction.
Stamp the stamps in the corners of the frame and color them with the pink marker.
Glue the ephemera in the other corners and use some ink on the sides to age them.
Glue the heart shapes in the upper right corner and the collage Image in the lower left corner and make a hat from some scrap paper.
Then attach the letters on there and with the Quickie glue pen trace some letters and throw some glitters on it the glitters will only stick on the glued parts.
To give it a grubby look use the mahogany and black Ink on the sides.
Finish the piece with matte finish.

Altered Altoid Tin By Arlene Mobley

Altoid tin

Vintage music paper

Scrapbook paper

Gesso

Acrylic paint

Distress ink

Ranger Glossy Accents

Paper Imagery Designs Image sheet Rosia #451,

Bed of Roses #445, Avery # 459

Watercolor paper or cardstock

Vintage lace trims, buttons and beads

Alter the inside and outside of the altoid tin using vintage sheet music, scrapbook paper, acrylic paint, gesso and distress inks.

Glue a piece of vintage sheet music to a piece of cardstock or watercolor paper and trace out and cut two hearts shapes. One for the front of the tin and a smaller one for inside the tin. Color with distress inks.

Glue vintage Valentine images from PID sheet Valentine Vignettes #436

to the front of the tin and the heart.

Glue the smaller heart to the inside and position the image of Avery so she is sitting on top of the heart.

Glue oval image of Rosia to the inside lid. Trim with beads and fill with Glossy Accents.

Use vintage buttons, lace trims and beads to finish off the tin.

Sweet Valentine Queen Award By Lisa Kettell

Materials
Collage sheet #441 from Paper Imagery Designs
Crepe paper streamer rolls (two colors)
Sturdy cardstock pink, red
Discarded CD
Pink tulle/crinoline
Dresden trim, pink, from PID
Ribbons, tinsel, embellishments
Glitter
Hot glue, hot glue sticks
Tacky glue
Pink thread and sewing needle
Scissors

Directions
Trace an old discarded cd onto sturdy pink cardstock with a pencil, cut out.
Next cut out 9 strips of crepe paper strips 12 inches long from each of the two crepe paper colors, for a total of 18 strips
Paper pleat (paper fan fold) 10 strips, 5 of each color.
Hot glue one pleated strip a quarter of the way around the top edge of the card stock disk, repeat with two more pleated strips of the same color, until one layer is completely glued, repeat with the next color until the center is the size of a nickel.
Cut a triangle into the remaining un-pleated strips of crepe paper and hot glue to end of the disk, let hang, this gives the crepe paper disk an award ribbon look.
Cut out PID Valentine Image of choice, hot glue to center, cut out a 2 inch strip of red cardstock, cut into a basic crown shape, hot glue ends together and hot glue again to top of girl head, layer with pink Dresden trim.
Next cut 4 strips of pink tulle, 12 inches long, with needle and thread, slip stitch together, pull, knot. Hot glue to the valentine girl image, to form a prom skirt, finish off the sewed area with ribbon of choice, using hot glue.
Embellish with glitter, tinsel, lettering, a wand or findings of choice, using tacky glue.

Tips
-Caution, be careful when using hot glue, it can reach very hot temperatures.
-Use crepe paper or fabric in place of the tulle.

Altered CD Tin By Eileen Bellomo

Supplies:
Blank CD tin (Oriental Trading)
Collage Images – PID #s 436, 437,438
Ranger alcohol inks – red pepper, silver metallic
Ranger alcohol ink blending tool
German scrap – white foil
Ranger distress stickles – worn lipstick
Crayola glitter glue – silver, green
Letter stickers – Making Memories – silver cheeky shimmer stickers
Patterned paper for inserts – Stampin’ Up
Glue – Ranger Glossy Accents
Scrap of ribbon
Directions:
Put a few drops of red pepper and silver metallic alcohol inks on blending tool felt and dab over cover of CD tin until you get the effect you like.
Using Glossy Accents, glue white foil German scrap around border of tin.  Accent edge with a thin line of worn lipstick distress stickles.
Cut out desired Valentine images from the PID collage sheets and attach to tin with Glossy Accents.
Accent some areas of the images with the glitter glue.
Add your sentiment (I used “My Love”) with the shimmer stickers.
Use your completed tin to store trinkets or love letters or a gift card.  Or…..add some inserts cut from patterned paper and you will have a mini album in a tin.  Add your own photos or journaling, or leave the inserts blank and give the album to someone who will add their own words and pictures.