Have Fun!

Maybe you own that new Tim Holtz rubber stamp set named Dapper!? I really like it because it´s so versatile - here´s a tag I´ve made with it, including some other rubber stamps from Cavallini, EK Success, and Darkroom Door, and a hand image from Crowabout StudioB.
This tag was born out of the daily mess on my desk because that´s the way most of my designs come to life - what about you? Do you like your studio to be tidy, or do you prefer to create a little chaos before you´re ready to make art?

Welcome to Poe´s Birthday Party

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen´s Veranda are having a blog hop celebrating Poe´s Birthday today, and you can join the fun until January 23. Here´s my collection of Poe inspired artwork that includes at least one rubber stamp; these pieces date from 2009 to 2015. 

Hope you´ll join the celebration (you´ll find more info at the bottom of this post)!

An InLinkz Link-up

Funky Couture

Outside, it´s still very grey and rainy, so it´s necessary to make some colourful art! What could come handier than a new image kit from Nancy Baumiller´s Crowabout Studio? As all images come as printable collage sheets with the kit, they are great for your cut and paste collages (though you could definitely use them digitally, too!). With her brand new kit "Funky Couture", I´ve made a cut and paste page in my Moleskine journal and a giant tag. Hope these will inspire you to get out your images and colours and start having fun!

Smell My Feet

Have you already noticed Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB Halloween kits? There´s a background paper kit called Sleepy Hallows Papers and an element kit called Smell My Feet. I´ve used them both for my giant cut and paste tags. The one above also has a word die cut from Tim Holtz, the one below uses rubber stamps from Flamingo Art.

Halloween Pocket Tags

I´ve been busy this weekend, making my tags for this year´s Red Lead Halloween Swap themed "Halloween Pocket Tags". You can see the whole package on the picture above, and the scans below show the five tags inside the pocket; the last scan shows the pocket itself. I only show the fronts here, but the backs are also decorated. All stamps, stencils and images and most embellishments used are from Red Lead, I´ve only added a few tapes and embellishments from other sources.

Spring Tag Book

A few weeks ago, there was a Spring Tag Book swap in one of my Yahoo groups. I didn´t have the time to make two of these in time, but I really had fun making just one for my sister´s birthday.
The accordion folded book is made of four tags, held together by tissue tape, then gessoed and inked before it´s decorated with lots of Spring themed stamps, then coloured with watercolours and embellished with Spring coloured ribbons. You can find the instructions for this project here.

Darkness

This week´s challenge theme over at Tag Along is "Poe", and here´s my Poe tag using stamps and stencils from Red Lead.

Home Sweet Home

This week´s theme for the "Tag Along" challenge is Home Sweet Home.

By the Light of the Moon

This year´s Halloween swap at Red Lead is themed "By the Light of the Moon Altered Tall Tag". I´ve just finished my three tags and can´t wait now to see what the others come up with! You can still join this swap, the tags aren´t due before Sept 30. We use large tags for this swap (4 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches).

Girls of Summer

Hidden Vintage Studios have come out with a new kit today that´s called "Girls of Summer". I´ve made two cut and paste samples this time: "Destination unknown" above is a 4 x 6 postcard, the tag below is a standard sized one. The clouds in the background of the tag are taken from the new Tumble Fish Studio kit "Send in the Clouds" - hope you´ll check out these lovely new kits at Deviant Scrap!

I Love Red Lead Stamps!

I´m proud to say that I´m a guest designer for Red Lead this week - and it has been such fun to play with their wonderful rubber stamps, collage sheets, papers and embellishments for these samples. Many thanks to Chris and Sharon for running such a great business and for always coming up with inspiring new art and with fun swaps at their Yahoo group!

Longing for Spring

Whenever a tag swap is announced in my ARTchix Sisters Yahoo group, I hardly can resist ... unless it´s a Valentine theme ;-) Well, this time the swap is Spring themed, so here are my six tags for it! I´m sooooo longing for spring!

Two Hearts

You don´t often see pink stuff on my blog, but with the upcoming Valentines Day, I´ve made two sample tags with Tumble Fish Studio´s new Valentine Junque kit. These are really large tags, 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (10,5 x 21,5 cm), and I´ve used only Marsha´s collage sheets here plus gesso and Derwent Inktense pencils.

Naughty or Nice?

Did you realize that there are only six weeks left before Christmas??? Well, I was shocked when I noticed that fact - it´s time to get my train ticket for Christmas now if I don´t want to pay more than necessary ...
And it´s time to get in a Christmas mood, so I´ve been very fond of Hidden Vintage Studios´ new kit called "Better Not Pout", and I was so inspired that I even made four pieces with it!
The first two are digital and combine the kit with images from Tumble Fish Studio.

And the following pieces are samples for cut and paste artwork with the coloured and sepia collage sheets included in the kit; the first one is the first one in a long row of Christmas cards I´ll have to make, and the second piece is a tag envelope. Both combine the images with stamps from Oxford Impressions and Scrollswork in a very minimalistic colour range.

Flitter Everywhere!

Have you ever used Mica flakes on your art pieces? Well, you see them on my first two tags above ... as well as on my kitchen table, kitchen floor, my desk, carpet and scanner ;-) But wow, they really make these tags festive, and I´m sure I´ll also use them on some of my Christmas cards this year. 

These tags were made for the annual ARTchix Sisters Christmas tag swap. I´m sorry that the last one was unscannable and the photo is a bit blurry, but the gift and giving hand are just too bulky. Hope you´ll like that tag nevertheless.