art from the well

i'm trying to slowly get my stock of mail-able cards up so that i can have something to send on short notice as needed.  the main image here came from an alphonse mucha images sheet from lunagirl vintage images.  as usual there are a few layered designer papers, tissue tape, and other good items.  i really like this one.

enjoy; love to all.

well, we had no internet for the several days before thanksgiving so i never finished posting my chipboard potion bottles.  and then i was happily gone visiting relatives in california for the extended holiday.  now i am back, our new modem is functioning, and i want to share that last alphastamps potion bottle swap creation i made...


all images came from alphastamps. the bat/moon sticker was from the stash and that fabulous textured paper came from a giveaway.  when i pick up my mail tomorrow i bet i'll have received my return potion bottles from the swap!  i hope so.  it is always so much fun seeing what others make.

i also want to share a card i made for a friend...


though the images are not specific to the holiday i sent is as a thanksgiving card.  i think i got that image from the free dover sampler, you can sign up on their website for weekly samples of goodies from dover publications. i also used other pretty coordinating papers and embellies as usual.

if you celebrated thanksgiving i hope it was wonderful.  whether you celebrated or not, i hope that all is wonderful for each of you who visits here.

love to all.

okay, i'm keeping these goodies coming.  i actually only needed 3 for the alphastamps potion bottle swap but i made 4 because of not reading the instructions carefully...  tee hee!  so here's another and then i'll share one more over the weekend.


of the three i made this is the one i elected not to send.  i like it a lot but i chose the others because i felt the other 3 were creepier and since the the theme was hallowe'en i went with creepy. i gessoed this chipboard bottle from alphastamps and then stamped with a french script stamp.  the witches brew label and the marie/witch are from alphastamps collage sheets.   additional embellishments and a silvery cord completed the piece.

enjoy.  love to all.

here's another potion bottle i made for the alphastamps swap.


the marie/witch and "i've put a spell on you" saying images and the bottle are from alphastamps.  i started by gessoing the chipboard potion bottle, did some stencil blood drips with red ink and did a strip of silver magic mesh.  i affixed the two images and added the spider and swirl stickers and also the skull.  the skull is thick so it is raised from the bottle and i put a little "blood" on the side of the skull as well.  there is a strip of black dresden border, also from alphastamps at the top, along with a little black heart.  "and now you're mine!"

and now i can't get that song out of my head! 

i had fun with this challenge.  i'll post the last two bottles in the coming days.
enjoy; love to all.

greetings all.  love and respect to veterans and those on active duty on this US veteran's day.  so i've got just a few more posts with hallowe'enie- type stuff.  i signed up for the alpha stamps chipboard potion bottle swap.  i made 4 for sending and will share one today.  that sign up is over but the due date hasn't come.  i actually finished my project early for a change!


to start i blackened the chipboard potion bottle with black distress ink.  i put a spider web and a spider sticker and some tissue tape on the bottom layer.  the gargoyle drool image is from alphastamps (as is the potion bottle itself).  i tied with some raffia string and added some skull beads on each end.  there are some tiny beads on the top.  a nice and simple yet suitably creepy piece i thought.

enjoy and love to all.

hello lovelies.  i'm just taking a minute to post a couple cards i made for dear ones recently.  i'm done with work travel for a little bit and hope to get to some serious making over the next few weekends!



love to all.