Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 4 and 5

So I have been doing my challenges but I didn't get last weeks posted before the cut off so I decided to wait and just post 4 and 5 together.   I will start with challenge 5 since this is the newest challenge. 

So here is the full picture and now an up close of the wings

So here's how I created this canvas.
1. I covered my canvas with Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap-Terminology
2. I used by Glue and Seal to apply my tissue wrap and cover the top of the tissue wrap to seal it.
3. I then used Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint (modern red and classic teal) to change the color of my canvas. Followed by Claudine's multi-medium Gloss to seal it and give the canvas some shine.
4. I then used my StazOn (jet black) with my Prima stamp.
5. I used Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2 page 48 technique to create my wings on my Charlotte.
6.  The saying is from Wendy Vecchi's Remnants of Art stamp set.  I love Wendy's sayings they are so great!!
7.  I used Tim Holtz's die to cut out the saying. 
8.  I used by black paint to alter my Charlotte.  I then attached her with my Glue and Seal.

Now for my Challenge 4... What is so funny is I did really do this canvas the Friday the challenge was posted and I didn't even realize that challenge 4 and 5 were similar in theme.  Oh WELL..... 

1.  I did not cover my canvas for this challenge.  I left it white.
2.  I used Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2 page 43 technique to create my canvas and to color my soar tag.
3.  I used Tim's Idea-ology bird and colored it with alcohol ink. 
This is a quick description of how I made this canvas.

I have decided that for each of these challenges I am going to attempt to make one of these little canvases so at the end of the challenge I will have one from every week. 

Thank you to Linda at Studio L3 and Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring.

 If you would like to participate in the CC2C go to Linda's blog at
http://studiol3.blogspot.com/2012/05/compendium-of-curiosities-2-challenge-5.html

Also visit


http://www.simonsaysstamp.com

Thanks for visiting and have a Creative Day!!
Angie

Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 3

OK so first and MOST important....THANK YOU everyone for all the kind words. I still stand by everything I said in my first post, LINDA THANK YOU!!

So here is my first CC2C post on my own...I am so humbled.
Something you will notice about me when you start seeing my art is when I find something I love to do, I will do it ALOT.  My Bestest Friend Tara (who unfortunately does not live near me) kept telling me to try my hand on a canvas.  Well I did and the rest is history...I LOVE THEM!!  They are so simple to do and soooo much fun!!

With that little piece of background here is my CC2C challenge 3.

And here is a close up of the flower

How I created my canvas is as follows
1.  I covered my canvas with Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap-Terminology
2.  I used by Glue and Seal to apply my tissue wrap and cover the top of the tissue wrap to seal it. 
3.  I then used Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint (painterly pink and purple palette) to change the color of my canvas. Followed by Claudine's multi-medium Gloss to seal it and give the canvas some shine.
4.  I then used my StazOn (jet black) with my Prima stamp.
5.  I used Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2 page 46 technique to create my flower petals.  I created the flower using Tim Holtz's Tattered Flower Garland Alterations die.  My own little flair is I had to add some Perfect Pearls Mist (perfect pearl) to my petals. 
6.  I used one of Tim Holtz's corked vials and added some glass beads to the bottle with some Aqua Alcohol Ink for color.
7.  I used a Wendy Vecchi art part flower steam and attached my flower to it. 
8.  I added some yellow modeling paste using a stencil.
9.  I finally attached my corked vial to my canvas using wire.

Thank you to Linda at Studio L3 and eclectic Paperie for sponsoring.

 If you would like to participate in the CC2C go to Linda's blog at http://studiol3.blogspot.com/2012/04/compendium-of-curiosities-2-challenge-3.html

Also visit
  
www.eclecticpaperie.com

Thanks for visiting and have a Creative Day!!
Angie

My First Post

My First Post
OK so here it goes...My first blog post.  First and MOST important THANK YOU all for such wonderful comments.  I see the wonderful things that people like Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, and of course Linda Ledbetter do and that is who I think of as TRUE artists.  I have never considered myself an "artist" because of a lack of self confidence and a lack of understanding the meaning of the word "artist".  I was fortunate enough to go on a cruise with Tim Holtz last year, that is where I met Linda. 

For those of you who have not had the awesome pleasure of meeting her in person, she is genuinely kind, sweet, and humble.  I am not sure their is a mean bone in her body.  She has created a forum on her blog for EVERYONE to share their art. I have learned over the past couple of weeks that being an "artists" is not always about having your name published in magazines, or how many design teams your on, or even if other people like your projects.  Being an "artist" is about how you feel when you are creating, how you like your projects, and maybe just maybe inspiring someone else to come out of their shell and become an "artists".

So, even though I may not have the best writing skills or the best projects, I have been inspired by Linda and all of your kind words to give the blog thing a try.  I know not everyone will think my projects or my blog or my post are the greatest but that is fine because as the old saying goes "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "art" is beauty to someone.

I just wanted to say thank you to Linda for creating a safe environment for all of us to create and share art!!  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!!