Friday, October 28, 2011

When is a heart not a heart?

When it becomes a witch's hat, of course!  I took the large Studio 490 heart, black embossed in Superfine Detail embossing powder and turned it upside down, bent the top portion over, and voila...a witch's hat!

This tag meets the requirements for 3 challenges.  Grungy Monday 24 uses Tim's Perfect Distress technique, the 30th Making Art! challenge (EverythingWendyVecchi Yahoo group) needs 2 hearts, and over on the Inspiration Emporium blog you're to use orange, purple and black in your creation.  Ta da!

I used Tim's Wrinkle Free distress technique on the face (cut off the top of the crown, not the brim), and the Perfect Distress technique on the tree (behind the witch) and on 'Halloween'.  A really cool color combo is Dusty Concord distress ink and Blush Perfect Pearls.  Makes the neatest purple shimmer!

Ingredients:
*Studio 490 stamps:  Love To Make Art (large heart), It's Face Art (face), Art Is Therapeutic (crow from label), Believe In Art (sentiment), In Love With Art (small heart)
*Tim Holtz:  Trick-or-Treat (Halloween, spiderweb)
*Sizzix-Tim Holtz:  branch tree (made into a foam stamp)
*Ranger:  Kiwi, Blush Perfect Pearls; Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves, Milled Lavender, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Weathered Wood, Tea Dye distress inks; Shabby Shutters distress Stickles; Black Enamel Accents
*Misc.:  #8 tag, ribbons, gems, googly eye

A bewitching queen to be sure!  lol

7 comments:

  1. So clever, Susan! Love your colors on the face, and the heart hat is very creative. Way to go!

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  2. Love this idea! So creative! Thanks for joining the MAC!

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  3. Mrs. Creative Clever Clogs strikes again! Love this and your great colours!!! Looks just fab!

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  4. Aw, this is darling, Susan! I love your ingenious use of the heart, and the little witch's face is beautiful. What a great combination of imagery and technique! You aced GM24 and created a work of art that would make anyone smile. Happy Halloween!

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  5. You make me want to get out my distressed inks and play. You use all the tim holtz ideas so effectively and make them your own creations.

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