Happy Valentines Day!

I made two Valentine cards this year.  Inside I put my drunken Copperplate messages:

I hope you're all spending Valentine's Day with someone you love - even if you are by yourself!

Open Your Heart

Use Every Stamp 2013

I signed up for a free class at the Creative Classroom called "Use Every Stamp 2013".  You can read about it on this blog.   I've been trying to find a way to use my stamp collection more and I thought it might help.  Here's a couple of art journal pages I made in January that use stamps, as well as a bookmark:

Stamps by da Vinci and Tim Holtz

Stamps by Silver Crow, Autumn Leaves

Watercolor Pencil Crayons and Portfolio Pastels

Stamps by Stampington, Autumn Leaves and ???

February Vintage Collage

Here's an Artist Trading Card I made for the Vintage Collage swap I belong to:

I cut strips of various vintage papers and attached them in horizontal strips, then stamped on top and finished with a Dymo strip.

White Rose

This Stampington collage stamp was embossed in white.  I think the background is acrylic, but I'm not absolutely sure.  I created it awhile ago, found it during a recent "clean-up",  and swapped it out at the Vancouver Artist Trading card December swap.  I'm so glad it has gone to a new home rather than in the garbage!

Voyages

This started out as a set of three Artist Trading Cards, but my sister Dianne liked the third one and "traded" for it.  They are simple collages created with stamps.  Finally a strip of scrapbook paper and a Dymo label were added.

Strip Ease

The July Challenge over at the GPP Street Team is Strip Ease, where you are encouraged to tear your paper or fabric into strips and attach to your page.

Although I enjoyed the tearing part, I made the mistake of gluing them all down and covering them with glossy acrylic medium, which restricted what I could do afterwards.  I'm not sure I like the way this came out, and I was very tempted to "Photoshop" it.  (Yeah, that's become a verb I think.)

But my kind and encouraging sister said it was perfect, so here it is!

Go on, give it a try!  I dare ya!