Fictional characters

Leprechauns and Smurfs!  Do you know there really aren't any female leprechauns?  Chauvinists!

This week's challenge for the Altered Playing Cards is all about monochromatic color schemes.  It's week 26...just one more week to go!  I forgot that week 1 was spent applying gesso to the complete deck of playing cards.

Green:  Art Impressions sentiment; Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers female; Jet Black/Fern Green archival inks; distress inks; Eucalyptus Stickles; white card stock scraps; decorative green paper; Staedtler green fineliner pen; black Micron pen; Tim Holtz Wildflower stencil

Blue:  Auntie Amy sentiment (just had to buy this when I saw it!); Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers male; Jet Black/Manganese Blue archival inks; distress inks; Ice Blue Stickles; white card stock scraps; decorative blue paper; Staedtler blue fineliner pen; white Gelly Roll pen; Tim Holtz Rays stencil

Home and the simple life

Oh, how I wish!  It's been a rough week...3 deaths in my family/friends circle, 1 diagnosis of dementia, another of cancer.  Our gas fireplace is on the fritz, one sump pump has died.  But I did get a new kitchen faucet...no more dripping!  And the Irish Soda Bread I made this morning tastes yummy!

It's the 25th week of the Altered Playing Card challenge...can't believe we've nearly finished one deck of playing cards!

**Studio 490 Residential Art SCS044
**Tim Holtz Mesh & Linen CS221
**Sizzix: Townscape OTE border die
**Ranger:  archival ink re-inkers (Fern Green, Dandelion); Gold Mixative Alcohol ink; archival inks (Fern Green, Cornflower Blue); distress inks
**Sakura white pen; Staedtler gray pen; white cardstock; alcohol

**Studio 490 Residential Art SCS044; Dots & Stripes Borders stencil
**Ranger:  archival ink re-inkers (Forget Me Not, Dandelion); Pearl Mixative Alcohol ink; archival inks (Jet Black, Dandelion); distress inks
**Tim Holtz: tissue tape
**white card stock; colored pencils; alcohol

Faux metal

I'm taking an on-line card class called "Clean & Simple One Layer Cards 3".  The link will take you to the site where they have many classes listed that have been taught.  If you aren't familiar with their format, once you've paid for your class ALL the info is available forever.  While you can't add photos to the galleries once they are closed, nor make further comments or ask questions in the forums, the overall content is at your fingertips for inspiration or clarification later in life.  And the class fees are quite reasonable.  A list of supplies used is given but I have yet to buy any thing, preferring to use what I have on hand. 

Each day several techniques are shared, complete with videos, step by step photos downloadable in PDF form, as well as additional samples by the other teachers.  I won't be describing my efforts, just sharing the results. 

First up is Faux Metal.

Ingredients:  white card stock, Hero Arts stamps (Large Circle Solid E2835/Dot Design B2964/Small Circle Solid A2832/Buttons A1052), Sentiment (River City Rubber Works 1717-H), Ranger (Wild Plum/Lettuce/Stream/Cranberry Adirondack pigment inks; Jet Black Archival Ink; Detail Silver Embossing Innk), Tsukineko Versamark ink, Staedtler Maxum Gel Green pen