Archive for 2011

Updated 12/03/2011:  Many thanks to The Artistic Stamper  for naming me Winner of the November (Backgrounds) Challenge for this one! * * * * * * *  Grungy Monday #26 is going on this week at Studio L3 and Linda has us revisiting one of Tim Holtz’s cool techniques from the 12 Tags of Christmas. I chose a sentiment that…

I made this tag for the Wendy Vecchi yahoo group challenge, which this week focuses on Time.  I sure was focused on time today as I had nine different parent teacher conferences in two different schools during Meet The Teacher days. For the Wendy challenge, you need to use at least one Studio 490 stamp to play…

Unusual title, eh?  I made this tag for Linda’s Grungy Monday challenge, the theme being to honor a loved one who’s no longer with us.  These are my grandparents, Jim & Frances, and they were married for seventy two years.  They died in their mid-nineties, leaving a legacy of 6 children and 26 grandchildren, and I don’t…

Screeching in under the wire at the Wendy Vecchi yahoo group where the challenge was to make something that includes 2 (or more) hearts using at least one of Wendy’s Studio 490 Stamps.  It’s hard to believe this is Lori’s 30th challenge for our group! I used the heart from Wendy’s Love to Make Art (repeatedly in…

This week at StudioL3, Linda presents a Perfect Distress challenge as demoed here by Tim Holtz: Perfect Distress I hit a block on this one and made about ten attempts before throwing in the towel.  I tried using fat brushes and skinny brushes and had a whole lot of Goldilocks moments.  Never quite got to “just…