The Little Brat

Today is the the eighth day of Smeared and Smudged's 2014 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop!  I'm excited to be here, along with all the other great artists that you can see in the blogroll to the right.  Start at the top with Terra or just jump in anywhere and follow along.  If you've arrived here from Keren's blog, you'll want to continue on to the lovely Leigh after stopping here.

We guarantee to give you an alternative view of the holidays!

Today I have a little piece I have entitled, The Little Brat.  As you can see this is another of my adventures in discount framing!

And here we have my best friend through the holidays, a little elf I just like to call "Evan."  (Sometimes his friends "Jim" and "Jack" visit my house, too!)

The details:

1. Santa and child image--from Old-Fashioned Christmas Illustrations CD-ROM and book, by Dover Publications.
2. KimberlyGeneral’s,  Loew Cornell, and Prismacolor watercolor pencils
3. Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edgers 
4. Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk Inks
5. Swirl stamp (in background)--from Hero Arts Not Perfect Poly Clear stamp set
6. Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Gold
7. Tsukineko irRESISTible Pico Embellisher

Merry Christmas Darling

Today is the the sixth day of Smeared and Smudged's 2014 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop!  I'm excited to be here, along with all the other great artists that you can see in the blogroll to the right.  Start at the top with Terra or just jump in anywhere and follow along.  If you've arrived here from Keren's blog, you'll want to continue on to the lovely Leigh after stopping here.

We guarantee to give you an alternative view of the holidays!

Today I have an ATC, called Merry Christmas Darling.

She's a witchy Christmas diva.

The details:

1. Christmas diva--Willow, from Nikki Burnette's etsy shop, aurella27
2. KimberlyGeneral’s,  Loew Cornell, and Prismacolor watercolor pencils
3. Spectrum Noir colored pencils
4. "Merry Christmas" sentiment--from stash
5. Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Gold
6. Background--collaged and stamped with materials from stash
7. Tsukineko irRESISTible Pico Embellisher

Confused and Enraged

Today is the the first day of Smeared and Smudged's 2014 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop!  I'm excited to be here, along with all the other great artists that you can see in the blogroll to the right.  Start at the top with Terra or just jump in anywhere and follow along.  If you've arrived here from Keren's blog, you'll want to continue on to the lovely Leigh after stopping here.

We guarantee to give you an alternative view of the holidays!

To start things off today, I have a piece I've entitled "Confused and Enraged."

I got this frame (with a piece of "art" in it, naturally) for a couple of bucks at Goodwill, after reading this post by Ann over at wonderstrange.  She's so right!!  A cool frame makes everything looks better and more artistic!  And the price was oh, so right!

The details:

1. Reindeer image:  from Old-Fashioned Christmas Illustrations CD-ROM and book, by Dover Publications.
2. Alphabet:  Studio G alphabet
3. KimberlyGeneral’s,  Loew Cornell, and Prismacolor watercolor pencils
4. Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edgers
5. Background:  collaged from scraps, painted, sanded, and sprayed within an inch of its life

Six Blue ATC's

I've been playing around with collaged backgrounds lately, and then I read this post over at wonderstrange, and of course got some super ideas on how to improve and change what I've been doing.

I made a masterboard and then cut it up into ATC-sized units.  Then I finished each one, making the whole set related but not exactly the same.

I had a lot of fun with these--I foresee more sets of ATC's in my future!