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This week’s MAMMA challenge was to use a background technique, a metal piece, a triangle, and fabric in your ATC. It was similar to a rummage sale or jumble sale.
Since I had a couple more usable faces stampings on fabric I decided to use it for the ATC. The party hat is a triangle of fabric that I used. The bee completes the metal requirement.
The background was created using this technique for marbled paper I saw on The View this morning. Instead of the food coloring I used various colors of alcohol inks.
The text is from a book of quotations from the television show The Nanny that I picked up at the Goodwill store.
I received this card from the Gesso background technique swap from Sherry in the UK. It is entitled “My Heart Belongs to Pierrot.”
I also received my ballet ATC from Lila in Texas from the Yahoo Fantastic Flat Paperdolls group. She doesn’t have a blog for me to link.
What did you receive in the mail this week?
I recently joined the Delightful Dotee Yahoo group and jumped right in with the latest swap, a black and white Dotee.
Since I tend to take instructions quite literally, I used no other colors, but black and white. Normally, I embroider the faces, but couldn’t get my head wrapped around a Dotee with black eyes and lips. It would be a Goth Dotee and to me they are happy little dollies and not Goth and scary.
I used my rubber face stamps and some white fabric to give her a face. Black ink on white fabric. I surrounded her face with white buttons and clear and pearl beads. Her body is embellished with more buttons, white seed beads and some letter beads that spell “wish”. Her hanger is made using black and white seek beads along with clear beads. The tail is black and white seed beads and a clear bead to finish it off.
I am really pleased with how she came out and it will be hard to send her away. My partner is located in British Columbia so she will be headed to the north. She is travelling internationally. Perhaps she may pick up a bit of an accent.
I think I will name her Maree’ (rhymes with Paree’).
What have you made lately?
WordPress Tags: dotee, doll, altered art, stuffee, embellish, beads, buttons, art doll, rubber stamp, cindy is crafty, swap
When you were in high school did you take home ec classes? You learned to sew and cook and usually had to make something for a grade. I faintly remember making an apron that I never wore and cooking a big dinner with my group for some of the teachers that had planning period during my home ec class time.
We had to sit at the table, carry on dinner conversations, keep our elbows off the table and keep the food going around the table. For that meal we served my Mom’s secret lasagna recipe. It was the one that she always made for our family gatherings. I loved it. Thinking that my Mom would always be around I never kept a copy. She passed away and unlike her dump cake that I found years later in a Mr. Food cookbook it went with her.
Inspired by the home ec classes of my high school years and remembering the sewing samplers where we experimented with various stitches on the sewing machine. I created the July ATCs for Kate’s Birthday ATC swap.
It was created using two colorways of scissor fabric that I “pieced” together. I stitched some fancy stitches with my sewing machine, and added a couple of miscellaneous buttons. I wanted it to look thrown together. Like it was made with scraps for practice.
What memories do you have of home ec class?
Ballerina girl, you are so lovely
with you standing there, I’m so aware
of how much I care for you
you are more than now
you are for always
I can see in you
my dreams come true
from Ballerina Girl sung by Lionel Ritchie.
I created the ballerina ATC for the Yahoo Fantastic Flat Paper Doll group. The background is sheet music to which I added a jointed ballerina paper doll. Her arms and legs are rubber stamped, the torso and skirt are scrapbook paper, and a bit of lace was added. A crepe paper rosette is embellished with stickles and a clear gem. The face is an image from a magazine. I love the quotation.
WordPress Tags: ballerina, atc, swap, trade, lionel ritchie, girl, collage, stickles, scrapbook, paper doll, jointed, ballet, cindy is crafty
I love swapping art with others. I like opening my box to things that others have made for me. I love learning new techniques, being inspired, and learning new techniques. Mostly, I love getting the stuff!
This is what arrived last week!
There was my flapper ATC from the Fantastic Flat Paper Doll Yahoo group from Norma in Canada.
An altered domino created by Artchicapoo. She drilled different sized holes in the domino are part of the piece. So cool!
I also received my final set of handmade charms from the Mixed Media Art Friends Yahoo group.
This found object charm was created by JoAnne Reichert from Pennsylvania.
This sweet bird charm was created by Debbie Metti.
The last two, Mona in Paris and the Paris Charm were created by Linda Earley from Oklahoma. I believe they are made from shrink plastic.
And last, but certainly not least, I won a giveaway on Flickr from Sillesix. She was giving away her 100th ATC. You can see the ATC I received here.
Now if I could make them put artsy gifts inside the bill envelopes I would be a really, really happy girl!
WordPress Tags: swap, mixed media, charms, bird, mona lisa, paris, found object, atc, cindy is crafty, altered domino, heart, flapper
There‘s Edith who Enjoys Ironing. She is the creation of Kezmay from Australia. She contacted me for a 1:1 swap. She said it is created using clip art and watercolor. Lovely!
And, also, the goodies I won from a giveaway on Craft Leftovers recently. There is a dishcloth kit that can either be knit or crocheted, a pocket mirror, a CL button, a crocheted collar and a crafty apron. You can see a better pic here on Kristen’s site.
Thanks, Kristen! I love your blog and love your giveaways, too!
WordPress Tags: craft leftovers, craft apron, dishcloth, kit, collar, button, mirror, atc, edith, ironing, cindy is crafty, giveaway
This week MAMMA really challenged me. We were tasked with a new technique and using the theme of Friends. The technique is Trish Bee’s Gesso background technique. This was a new one for me, but I love learning new things.
The background is the gesso technique on top of a dictionary page. In the layers of gesso are flourishes that I rubber stamped onto the background. I used blue and black ink to color the background. The image is a rubber stamp that looks very distressed on the gesso background. Sequins surround the card and the quotation is one by Mark Twain.
We will trade them this Saturday as the swaps are every two weeks for the summer months.
I also received my card for the white swap from Nancy.
I love the look on the clown’s face. So pleased with himself. Nancy does a lot with the whites on this card and I love her textured background, too.
WordPress Tags: mamma, swap, challenge, trish bee, gesso background, rubber stamp, books, friends, mark twain, cindy is crafty, white, clown, atc
This month’s challenge on MAD MAMMA was to create a bird based on Jeanette Janson’s bird work. Jeanette’s work is so great and her birds are a work of art. Be sure to check them out.
The bird is created from a recycled coke can and sprite zero can which was cut into a bird shape. The coke can was laying on the side of the road at the end of my driveway. The head is a vintage cardinal image which I distressed a bit with my fingernail. A bit of stickles were added to the wings and crown.
He is a rather dashing fellow if I say so myself!
If you like a good challenge and creating art dolls consider joining us over at MAD MAMMA. You will trade creations with artists from all over the world and make a lot of friends, too!
WordPress Tags: altered art, bird, jeanette janson, swap, mad mamma, recycled, upcycle, coke, sprite, cans, mixed media, cindy is crafty, cardinal, stickles
It is amazing to me (still) that people like my artwork. It is humbling that they like it enough to want to swap with me. It still leaves me speechless!
I was contacted last week by SilleSix. She wanted to swap an ATC for this one that I created. We agreed on the swap card I would receive and it went into the mail.
I received this lovely card from her in trade. I love the image, the embellishments and the collage she created.
It is amazing to me how small the world is when it is centered around the art and craft world. You consider people you have never met in person to be your friends, you forge bonds, you worry when they are in pain and you rejoice when they get good news.
I have said it before, but what a wonderful crafty world we live in! Perhaps heaven is held together with glitter and Alene’s tacky glue??
I created some charms for the Cloth Paper Scissors charm swap and mailed them back in April. They were to be swapped on world charm day, June 12th. In the mail over the weekend I received my charms for the exchange.
This metal charm was created by Beverly Levinson.
This wee 3/4” poker chip charm with the eye was created by Vicki Jones.
This lovely embroidered heart was created by Kathy Kerstetter.
This charm created (I believe) from duct tape was made by Nizhoni Brown.
This lovely little piggy charm was created by Miranda Hapgood.
They enclosed a letter to tell us to check the September/October issue for pictures of the charms from the swap. I can hardly wait to see if my charms made the cut.
WordPress Tags: cloth paper scissors, charm, swap, felt, embroidery, duct tape, game piece, pig, metal, cindy is crafty
