Merry Christmas Mom!!

After several attemps with different books, here is the final AB that my mom will receive for X-mas.

RECYCLE EMBELLISHMENTS

Recycle embellishments made with pop cans. TOTALLY AWESOME
http://sbl.tvweekly.com/player.php?a42f2a8661dc8cc5a78fd87024935656y6680

I will son post my own!!!

AB Shadow Box

First ever finished AB SHADOW BOX. Christmas keepsake for my sister. Hope she likes it.

One World- One Heart

I found this events looking at other bloggers pages. It seems that it is an event to get bloggers together. I am looking forward to find out more about it since it seems that all the information will be posted in Dec.

Looking forward to make new friends and have fun!!

If you are asking yourself the same questions that I am "WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT??" click on the event icon, it takes you to the organizer website.

Postcard Swap

I have been trying out different group swaps. At this moment I am waiting on a handmade paper swap, a recipe book swap and working on a postcard swap due next week. The theme for the postcards is open but the colors must be silver and blue. I have done 4 of them and working on the last one that I will post soon. Here are the completed four.

I have done these postcards using pages from an old mailing stamp catalog that I bought at the Good Will. There are christmas stamps used in 1964. I painted the pages with glaze mixed with silver metallic acrylic paint; it is a little hard to see on the picture but it gives a nice shimmer to the pages. Then, I stamped the pages resembling a postcard and mounted on a silver postcard. I used the heat gun to give the postcard an aged look. These postcards will be on their way next week.

Thursday Photography Challenge- Large

Large Sculptures @ Millenium Park- Chicago- Sep

Mini Book Swap

This Mini Book is on its way to a member of AB yahoo group

Chicago 9/6

Millenium Park. Picture taken by...ME

Depth of Field Assigment

Learning how to take landscaping and portrait pictures in my photography class. Can you see how the background fades on the second pictures???

CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED

Thanks, Penney. http://papercraftsbypenney.blogspot.com/
The rules for this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you've nominated.

Fat Technique book from BookArtz@yahoogroups.com

I better start working on my technique pages that are due on Oct 3rd. I have to make 32 of them. I will be sharing the glue crackled technique that I have been using since I learned it. unexpensive but turns out great!!!. I used it to make the background walls for the house on the Home for Xmas page on my mom's AB that I posted previously. GONE WORKING!!!!

AB for Mom. Duct tape background

Home for Xmas

AB for my mom

These are the first two pages of the Xmas AB I am making for my mom. I used lime green acrylic mixed with white glaze to get the transparent effect. I got inspired with the tittle of this chapter, The Gift of the River, and I decided to make a collage with clothes brands. There is also a picture of me christmas shopping last year. The insert in the pocket is a page that I ripped of from an AB that I started but never finished. It is an old picture of my grandma on christmas that I transfered using gel medium technique. I will be using pink, lime green and an ocean blue as the main colors for this book

AB SWAP WITH PENNEY

This is my first AB swap.
I am very anxious to see what Penney has to say about my page...
Regardless, it is being a lot of fun to share my art with others and see what other artists are doing.

First Posting

I finally decided to start my blog. I am exciting to show my art, my journey, my challenges...