Over the Limit

My project today is for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge  Paint it Up. My project started from a piece of muslin with white acrylic paint smeared over the surface.  I grabbed a piece of muslin in the midst of project to whitewash a cupboard door.  I was excited to see what I could do with my leftover muslin scrap. 

The theme for my project was inspired by stamping the number 65 in the corner using black ink. My middle daughter has just gotten her permit to drive and has been begging to drive everywhere and I think that had me thinking speed limits, guardian angels and cars.

After the number was stamped I traced circles around the numbers using a black marker and punched two holes to allow me to string the twine onto the faux tag.

I stamped the harlequin pattern in the background using black ink. I stamped the time piece with wings two times to create a frame for the sweet girl image.  I stamped the card on white cardstock.

I framed out the girls face using a time piece stamped frame.

 The girl is stamped on white cardstock and colored with color pencil.  The wings are misted in coordinating colors.

I stamped a row of numbers along the left side.  I used a strip of filmstrip stickers in the background behind the car. The car is stamped on white cardstock using black ink and colored with the blues and greens and touches of white. 

I finished the piece by layering the muslin with images onto a piece of corrugated cardboard.

The background is torn and painted with white acrylic paint.  I added a piece of twine to create a hanging.

I added a few charms to the piece for texture.  The sentiment is stamped on a piece of tissue paper spritzed with glimmer mist. The edges are distressed with a touch of brown dye ink and white paint. 

Products: Artistic Outpost - Diesel Punk, 7 Gypsies - 17920 Number Barcode, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Patina, , Adirondack Snow Cap Paint Dabber,  Artistic Outpost - Think and Wonder

Join in on the fun this week to have an opportunity to win a $50.00 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp.

 

 Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Artistic Outpost January Release

Artistic Outpost has three new collections  Ephemeral Backgrounds, Think & Wonder, and Songbirds. I had a lot of fun playing with the new releases and wanted to share three of the projects created with the new plates.

The Songbirds plate has beautiful birds and music elements along with a gorgeous frame. This was the very first card I created using the new plate. Love the frame!

  

This card used the SongBirds plate as well as the music background from the Ephemeral Backgrounds. They were stamped in Vintage Sepia and the frame was embossed in gold embossing powder.


The next card showcases the Ephemeral backgrounds plate with the ledger background and the postcard stamp.  The birds are from the SongBirds plate and the tree is from the Outpost. They are colored using watercolor pencils.

The last card uses the beautiful girl from the Think and Wonder plate. 

The image is stamped using Versafine Vintage Sepia and colored using watercolor pencils on the pattern paper. The butterflies are from the cut from the pattern paper and popped up. 

To celebrate these releases, Artistic Outpost is offering 15% off your entire purchase. Now through February 14th, use coupon code January2011 at checkout, and you will receive 15% off all items.

Be sure to check out the galleries featuring the beautiful cards, tags, and mixed media projects using the new releases. 

The design team is also sharing their lovely projects on their blogs.

*Lisa Somerville *Gerrie Johnnic *Lynn Stevens *Barbara Washington *Stephanie Severin*Judy Hayes 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz