Suitcase girl by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all- hope you're not melting and have some place cool- With all the Halloween in stores now that's where my mind is so here is an art tag reflecting that. Enjoy.

For this tag, I started by spraying distress spray stains on the tag. I dried it then put some water drops on it to take off some of the ink. I dabbed with a paper towel. once dry, I used texture paste and a stencil to do the raised background of skull and crossbones. 

While that dried, I stamped and cut out and painted the girl in the suitcase. I used foam tape on the back of the girl  for dimension.  I put her on the tag and then fond the words from a Tim Holtz sticker book Halloween. 

I used ATG tape for the word stickers as the heavy texture of the background was too much for the adhesive that comes on the stickers. needed something stronger.

Fun tag to do and really getting me in the mood for fall. 

or at least less hot weather. Stay cool, Stay safe, and don't forget to put water out for all the animals and insects.

Stamps used:

Lady drinking tea in a box      20080

Other supplies:

Texture paste

 Crossbones stencil- TH

Distress spray stains- TH

Halloween sticker book- TH

Altered Index Card by Cathy

 Hello, Today I have an Altered Index Card for you.

                                                                         Stamps Used:

                                                               19416 waybill/invoice 

                                                               19415 butterfly specimens

I started out by coffee dying some blank index cards.

Next, I stamped the waybill/invoice in distress oxide. I then smudged the ink. 

Stamp the butterfly specimens in black ink in the middle of the index card.

I added a little string and a label to the bottom of the card.

summer mornings by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone! 

My project today is an art tag. Early summer mornings is the inspiration. I hope you enjoy.

I started by spraying the tag with water.Then I sprayed on some yellow, then orange , then pink. 

next I did shaded lilac and last salvaged patina. I blended with a paint brush and then dried with a heat tool. 

Next I did all the stamped images with a black versafine ink pad.

I went on to use a white gel pen to make all my white sparkles and highlights on the water and the foliage. I used a glitter pen to make some extra sparkle highlights as well. Last, I used white pan pastel to add the morning mist to the scene. I am really happy with the colors of this one.

Stamps used:

Pier or dock       19716

Man fishing silhouette     19715

Dandelion silhouette    19330

Dragonfly   9830

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains

Glitter gel pen

 white gel pen

white pan pastel

Square winged moon card by Cathy N

 Good evening, Cathy here with a fun square card with you today.

                                                                       Stamps Used:

                                                  9455 butterfly/spotted wingtips

                                                  17545 grunge 1787 writing background

I stated off with coloring the butterfly with copic markers and cutting out.

After that I cut out a moon face and glued the wings to the side of the face. Then I made the square card base. I used distress stains to make then I used a star stencil and the same distress ink and stamped grunge 1787 writing background on the base of the card,

I then added the moon with wings to the middle and added a saying.

Shark week.... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone~

I have a card for you today. Summer vibes all the way!

To start I stamped the surfer wave . Then I sprayed the card with water and then began painting on the colors.

 I painted the foam of the wave with dr, ph Martin bleed proof white 'love that stuff!

I added more color to get the depth I wanted and then stamped the tiny sharks. Last I stamped the shark head small and used a combination of white gel pen and dr. ph. Martin white to get the look I wanted.

I typed the words on the computer on transpaerency.

I enjoyed doing this card. I matted the card to a blue cardstock to finish the card.

Stamps used:

Surfer wave       4842

Shark head -small     4065

Tiny shark silhouette    19854

Other suplies:

Distress spray stains

Dr. Ph Martin bleed proof white

Stay Cool by Cathy N

 Good afternoon, Cathy here with a friendly fun card for you today. It's been in the 80's here lately and my fan has been going non-stop. 

                                                       Stamp Used:

                                                   12272 dog with fan

I stamped dog with fan and colored it in with copic markers. 

I then layered it on black cardstock. I then took the card base and a paw stencil and brown distress ink for the background.

Stay cool.

Catch a man..... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

I made an art tag for my project on the blog today-enjoy-

I started this tag by stamping the lady with the ax. I inked everything but the ax head, leaving that off so I could stamp the  net instead. Then I painted the images. I used a sparkle gel pen for the net rim and handle and her jewelry.

I then Painted the background using salvaged patina spray stain and old paper oxide spray.

Last I made the quote on transparency from my computer. A fun tag that can be used for a book mark or gift tag or any thing else you want.

Banksy Salvador Dali street artist       19941

Lady with ax      856

Butterfly net     16897

Other suplies:

Salvaged patina distress spray stain

Old paper distress oxide spray

Computer generated quote

Happy Birthday by Tracy Blackwolf

Hello everyone!

Today I made a quick card- great for those older folks!! lol

I stamped the woman first and then made a mask to place over her so I could stamp the cake "behind " her.

Then I stamped the fire around the cake. I used the fire breathing dragon but only used the flames.

I needed more candles so I used candle small to add to cake. Once the ink was dry, I painted the background fist using black disstress spray stain as a water color. I left room for the flames by leaving blank space that I filled in with flame colors. Then I finished painting in everything else.

Last I added the happy birthday sticker. 

I hope you enjoyed this quick funny card.

Stamps used:

Dragon breathing fire ( I used the flames only)  7683

Birthday cake missing slice   12332

candle, small   4212

screaming lady   18765

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains

Tim Holtz stickers

card stock

Stay Curious by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone! I made a card for my project today - enjoy-

I stamped the four images using memories dye ink. For the waves I used the surfer wave stamp and inked carefully to not include the surfer dude.  It makes a great splashing wave!

Next I   started to put the colors on. A combination of  spraying and using a paint brush with water. I worked to get the blending right.

I then went on to paint  the white Dr. P.H. Martin bleed proof white onto the waves. I also used A Signo white gel pen. I used a sand ink pad for the color of the beach. I felt the ocean needed more darker blue and I wanted it to blend better so I worked it until I was satisfied. Then added more bleed proof white to waves and water and rock. I dipped a toothbrush in the white and then splattered to get the right look.

Last I stamped the birds from the Banksey Hitchcock stamp, and added the stay curious sticker.

I decided a little sparkle would be a nice finish so I added that too- sadly it doesn't show up on the photos.

And that was it- oh, and I filled in the mermaid skeleton using the signo gel pen. 

Until next time!

Stamps used:

Skeleton mermaid     19257

Surfer wave       4842

line of rocks/pebbles    19720

Banksey Alfred Hitchcock birds    20078

Other supplies used:

Distress spray stains

Memento dye ink -sand

Signo white gel pen

Dr. P H Martin bleed proof white

crystal glitter glue

Meoooow! by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!!

I made a cheeky art tag for today....

I sprayed the background with yellow spray stain, added a bit of pink with a wet paint brush all after stamping the lady.

I fussy cut the fainted man. I then colored in the people using a mix of alcohol markers and spray stain as watercolor . I stamped the meooooooow twice in black and taped the cut out of lying man in place.

Last I used a stencil and pan pastels to put the background spots on. I used pink and umber. 

And that is it! fun ,cheeky tag- pun intended!

Stamps used:

Large lady in cat suit     19100

Meoooooow!       19094

Lying man         12481

Other supplies:

Disstress spray stains

Pan pastels

alcohol markers

Dreamweaver stenicl LJ817 leopard spots