AS October starts and brings with it the longer, warmer days I decided that I must start updating this blog on a more frequent basis. I started one about two years ago and never used it and then I was forced to start another one recently so that I could leave a comment on Suzan B's blog (one of my favourite artists) thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com. Somehow or other they seem to have been combined (the old and the new blogs) that is and the little bit of blogging I had done previously has disappeared.
Anyway all this rambling is simply the prelude to me saying that I am going to try and make an effort in the next few months and get a blog going. I really love all these nifty blogs that I visit, but as yet not sure how they are made, but I am willing to learn as I go along. Someday my blog might be one that people want to visit. I have previously started a page on myspace and frontpage, but I have lost interest in both of them. I think mainly because I am not sure how to pretty them up, but also because they seem to be so boring. Anyway we will see how I go.
My aim is to have a little tattle most days about what Art I have seen, enjoyed or done , but not necessarily confined to that. I hope to talk about other things of interest also.
Here is something I have just finished for a swap on a flickr group called Scrappindipity. The theme for this swap was Trash and Treasure. The aim was to make a group of ATCS using something saved from the bin (trash) and something you have got and been hesitant to use, saving it for that rainy day (treasure).
I used the foil tops from tubs of butter, ran them through a little embossing thingy, bought about 8 years ago during my scrapbooking days and never used. Then I used Alcohol Ink Markers to put some colour on the raised areas. I wrapped the foil around old playing cards, then I stuck the little dried flowers which are sealed between laminate, on to the foil. Using a icy pole stick I made a freehand frame around the flowers by smoothing out the textures on the foil. Because they are done freehand, the frames are not symetrical but I think this adds to the charm of the ATCs.
I used the foil tops from tubs of butter, ran them through a little embossing thingy, bought about 8 years ago during my scrapbooking days and never used. Then I used Alcohol Ink Markers to put some colour on the raised areas. I wrapped the foil around old playing cards, then I stuck the little dried flowers which are sealed between laminate, on to the foil. Using a icy pole stick I made a freehand frame around the flowers by smoothing out the textures on the foil. Because they are done freehand, the frames are not symetrical but I think this adds to the charm of the ATCs.
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