All of My Love!

Hello Everyone!
Its time for Drill#49 With Love over at S.W.A.T! We are hoping to spread the love by encouraging you to create some Valentines Cards!! 
Make sure you hope on over to see what you could win just by linking up your Valentine's Day Cards!
And if you need a little more inspiration I will be up on the Art Anthology Ustream Thursday February 12th at 8:30 PM EST sharing how I created this lovely Card. featuring Art Anthology's New Dimensional Gems!

Come Join the Fun Thursday! 

And make sure you share your card over at S.W.A.T. 
before the end of the month for your chance to win a gift card to Creative Embellishments!!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Starry Inspiration with Art Anthology

Hello All! Today I'm up over at Art Anthology sharing my Starry Inspiration Canvas
This month the  Dream Team's challenge was "Art Appreciation" . For my project I choose Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night for my inspiration....
I started by pulling out any and all my blues.....

For my first layer of color was a heavy mix of Corlorations. After my mist dried I lathered on a mix of  several Blue Velvets....

Before my Velvets dried a used my catalyst  tool to add a ton of texture and movement to my canvas. I even mixed in a bit of Dimensional Crystal!

After my layer of blues dried I smoothed on a bit MUD (our new smooth paste) to form the base of my circles, which I quickly covered with a bit of Vegas Gold.

Before my layer of Vegas Gold could dry a pushed my 

Hurricane Stencil into the paint and added a bit more paint.

Which brought me to this stage......

For my finishing touches I added a quick platter of Raider and a Van Gogh quote.

A closer look just for fun....

While I know I am no Van Gogh.... 

I hope I have inspired you to play with your paints today!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Basically Bare little blank slates!

Hello All! 
Today I'm up over on the Basically Bare Blog sharing a bit of Scrappy Fun! 
I was lucky enough to play with Basically Bare's New Mixed Media Pocket Cards and let me tell you they are so much fun!!  What are these little blank slates waiting for your creativity??? They are a mix of acrylic, chipboard and watercolor cards and I had so much fun playing with these new Mixed Media Cards. 
A bit to much because..... I forgot to take pictures of my process... :(
But lets take a look at the cards I made anyhow :) 
Here are  the cards I made using the watercolor paper:

I created the first & second  card using gelatos. 

The third is misted using Art Anthology Colorations spray.

Next I played a bit with the Acrylic Cards:

For the first card I created a little cheater sequin pocket with a bit of bling and glue. For the second card I created an overlay using staz on ink and a mix of Alcohol Inks.

The last cards I created with the Chipboard Tags:

The first card was heat embossed and layered with a scrap of paper and a sticker. The second was covered with paper and ran through my big shot.

Finally my last card, which I used for my title. 

I started this card was dry embossed covered in stunning Art Anthology Colorations and Velvet. Then Heat embossed and topped of with a die cut title.

Now lets check out my layout :)

Page One:

Page Two:

And together:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

I hope I have inspired you to create something fun!

Down the Rabbit Hole with Sin City.....

Hello All! 
I had so much fun playing with a bunch of Sin City Stamps! I must say I think I may be addicted! Here is a Peek.....

But before we get started lets take a look at the stamp sets I used:

Alice Art Rubber Stamps

Knock on Wood

Now lets dig in... 
I started by sketching out my canvas and building my back ground using a mix of Art Anthology Products. 
After my applying my first layer of color I started adding some texture to my tree using a PITT Marker and this stunning Wood grain stamp from the Knock on Wood Collection.

Next I stamped and my Alice Image three times using a waterproof ink, I used Staz On Ink and colored my images using PITT Markers.

Additionally I stamped one more Alice on vellum,

After coloring my images I started fussy cutting my bits and pieces....

Next I started building my Canvas..

After adding my quote and a bit more paint I finally finished up my canvas and I must say I love it!!

And just for fun here are some details :)

Here you can see h pieced together my Alice using a 

bit of foam tape to give her just a little pop :)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

So if your ready to start stamping head on over to Sin City! And for mor inspiration and fun make sure you like the Sin City Facebook Page!

Sin City Products Used: Knock on Wood & Alice Art Rubber Stamp Sets
Other Products Used: Golden Matte Gel, Faber Castell Pitt Pen, UM Wow Chipboard Letters, Mister Hueyes White Mist, Art Anthology Products.

Wishing you Joy in 2015!

Hello All Lanette here! 

Today I'm up over on the Art Anthology Blog and with the year coming to an end I thought I would send you some JOY for the New Year! I created this fun little wall hanger using lots of my favorite Art Anthology products. 

I started by building my background using Colorations, Water and a sponge.

I just love how this technique turns out!

After my background was dry I added some snowflakes using

Aloha & Reef right off my craft mat :)

Finally I colored my poinsettias red using a mix of reds.

This was messy .....But fun!

But they turned out pretty!!

I added my title by stamping my image on some vellum. 
(be careful when you heat emboss vellum)

My embossed title was super easy to color using Dimensional Crystals!

Put it all together and you have a pretty sweet little hanger!

Now just a few details for fun :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Art Anthology Products Used: 

Dimensional Crystal -Java, Red Corvette, Fairy & Pickle.  

Sorbet- Baby Blue Eyes & Red Velvet. 

Colorations- Waime Bay, Lark, Heart & Silk Tie. 

Velvet- Desire, Truffle, Reef & Aloha. 

Metal Effects- Silver. 

Fairy Dust- Diamond.

Gesso

                         

Pieces of you everywhere

Hello All! Today Its my turn over on the Art Anthology Blog and I'm sharing my Breast Cancer Awareness project. This project is near and dear to my heart. 

My canvas is filled with lots of tiny pieces that remind me of my grandmother and her relentless strength. She truly was an amazing woman who fought breast cancer and won! But now she is gone and I am left with her memory, which I find everywhere.  For example this rose that I ran across at the zoo last year. 

As you can see I built the picture up by using a piece of cardboard that I painted white using a bit of Art Anthology Gesso.

 And lots more pretty flowers, my grandma just loved flowers I guess I know where I get it from :) 

I felt my flowers needed a  bit more pink so I added a bit of color to using Art Anthology Colorations Spray and a paint brush.

With music notes and lots if glitter from Art Anthology's Dimensional Crystal my grandmothers personality really shines through.

Lastly I added  just a small message that says really says it all....

So as I said before this canvas is near and dear to me and I truly enjoyed making it. I hope that you enjoyed it too. Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Art Anthology Products Used: Gesso,   Sorbet -Mi Bella & Trolley Grey Colorations Spray- Hottie, Patience & Silk Tie Velvet- Persimmon, Fiesta & Cotton Candy Dimensional Crystal- Peony