Another Round Robin Page Completed!

Yesterday I received Nancy's book in the mail. It's always a great mail day when I get something to work on. If this is your first visit here and you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this entry for all the details.

Nancy cut her pages in the shape of large tags, and asked that we use a quote or words in our art. I chose a quote about friendship by Anais Nin, and used a beautiful Beeswax stamp of three women, which I colored with pencils, blended with Gamsol, and then highlighted with Twinkling H2Os. Of course I also used some of Tim Holtz's new Foliage hardware from the Idea-ology line.

The other pages already done for Nancy were spectacular, so I was a wee bit intimidated. Well, that lasted a short while. I slept on it and woke up with a very clear vision of what I wanted to do.

Pretty soon this Round Robin will be complete and I'll have my own book back. What a thrill that will be!

Gothic Arches

This week's challenge over at the Paper Imagery Design yahoo group ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paperimagerydesign/) is Gothic Arches. I usually do ATCs, but this time I decided to try a skinny (3x5"). I created the background by inking up the inside of a Cuttlebug embossing folder before inserting the paper. After running the folder through my Big Kick I had a 3x5 that was not only embossed, but had an interesting distressed green color as well. A few sprays of Olive Vine Glimmer Mist finished it off. I stamped an architectural Beeswax Stamp image next, into which a PID arch transparency fit perfectly. Some musical notes and the large crow stamp are from Quiet Fire, and the small birds on top are from A Muse Stamps. I'm not exactly sure where the quote stamp came from.