This ATC was inspired by the two little girls stamp used in it from our new range of “Artistic Outpost” unmounted images.   Gathering by their identical dress they must have been sisters so we thought “Reflections” was just fitting.  The background paper started out quite a grungy paper from the new “Collections” 6×6 papers but we still added some background stamps in Distress Ink Walnut Stain before we gave it a light spritz of water and moved the paper around to get some lovely runs of ink.  When the paper was dried it was stuck onto cardstock and Distress Ink in Black Soot was added direct from the pad around the edges.  The notebook punch used is from Stampin Up and the Reflections word was from a Darkroom Door cardstock word strip.  Finished off with a key charm.  Enjoy, the girls @ Destination Art.

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This tag was made with the yummy chipboard dressforms from the “Collections” range, inked with crushed olive distress ink from Tim Holtz and run through the cuttlebug with one of his amazing ” Texture Fade” plates.  The background paper is also from the new 6×6 Collections range.  The dressform was then highlighted with black soot distress ink.  We attach a run of Tim’s ribbon tape along the top of the tag as a border and added a glass pin head throught the tape.  We also distress the entire tag with Tim’s paper edge distresser.  Enjoy, the girls @ Destination Art!

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This is a canvas made with a background sheet from new 6 x 6″ Collections papers.  The tree and birdhouse is also made from Collections chipboard.  The tree is painted black with Adirondack Paint Dabber in Pitch Black and then overstamped with text images in Brilliance White Ink Pad.  The numerals are from the Tim Holtz line and the strip behind them and the tree is the NEW tissue tape from Tim. Oh la la..yummo!!! Sticky and easy to apply, the tape is wonderful.  The stamped saying is on clear acetate and sits nicely on top of a piece of cardstock dry embossed with a 10 seconds studios mold.  Here are a couple of close-ups! Enjoy, the girls @ Destination Art.

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Yes, we ‘ve been offline for a while (broken down stupid computers!!!, colds and flus, family & work commitments, network and server issues), all the curve balls life throws at you!!!!  The good news is we’re back (new computer – oh so lovely, faster and fired up to go, time to make art, lots of  lovely new gear to play with and share with you, clean bill of health and we take a sigh of relief!!!)  So we thought we would make up for lost time and give you lots to drool over with a MEGA post.  So grab a cuppa and scroll through……..you’ll see what we’ve been up to!  Good to be back, see you tomorrow! Hugs, the girls from Destination Art

Starting off with a lovely little twinchie!! The background is Appletini 10 Seconds Studios metal dry embossed over one of their delicious molds (kabuka no.3).  Once the metal has been dry embossed, a scuffer has been used over the top to add highlight.  The strip of metal down the right hand side is Pearl.  Humungo adhesive which is part of the 10 Seconds Studios range is the stickiest of adhesives you will find on the market.  It comes in a flat sheet and you just cut to size, it is the best type of adhesive to stick metal to metal.  The lovely little bird was cut from a Nestabilities Die (nested birds) and was treated with both vergidris and rust solutions for that lovely aged look.

Do these butterflys look familar??? For anyone who has ever purchased the Collections Chipboard Micro Butterflies, they might. After popping out the butterflies from the sheet, this is the negative space that is left!! Perfect for using on ATC’s and this is exactly what we have done.  On kraft cardstock we have stamped a Tim Holtz background image with Archival Jet Black Ink, treated the butterfly sheet with a good dose of Turquoise Glimmermist and attached together.  Then the two layers have been run through one of the new lovely Tim Holtz Texture Fade embossing folders (Gridlock).  We then attached the embossed butterfly layer to 2 other backgrounds to make the whole ATC.

COUNTRY ROAD TAKE ME HOME – We can hear Olivia Newton John loud and clear…hehe!!    This 7 x 5 inch canvas showcases the new Artistic Outpost unmounted stamps.  The background was achieved with various Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Dymo labelers are such fun to add to projects now and then and this one was perfect.  For a faux shellac look that we applied to the windmill, try this: Distress Ink your background and stamp your image with Archival Ink. Cover with Versa Mark Ink and a light coat of clear embossing powder. Instead of heating the embossing powder on the top of the image, use your heat underneath so the paper absorbs most of the embossing powder.  The stamp sets we used were:

OUTPOST

and HOME for the truck

And next a beautiful butterfly tag tutorial for you, hope you enjoy it!!

Step 1: Cover a large tag with background writing paper or dictionary paper and re-punch the hole at the top.

Cut  an ATC sized piece of kraft cardstock (2.5 x 3.5 inches) and corner round the edges.

Ink edges of both pieces with Distress Ink Walnut Stain and a blending tool.

Apply one coat of Paint Dabber in Snow White over a Collections Monarch Chipboard Butterfly and set aside to dry.

Stamp the bird row from Artistic Outpost Bluebird set on the bottom of the ATC sized card and the numbers from the Artistic Outpost Generation Redux set on the top.

Use Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass to stamp a floral image top right and bottom left hand sides of your tag and over the top of the chipboard butterfly.

Apply a thick coat of Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy over the top of the butterfly and set aside to dry.

Attach an end piece of vintage tape to the ATC card with Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  If you haven’t got something like this just lying around you can adapt by using a printed ribbon looped through a buckle or keyring.  Tim Holtz’s printed ruler ribbon would look great for this!!!

Attach the ATC sized card to the tag with double sided tape.

Attach the chipboard butterfly to the middle of the layers with double sided tape.

Thread co-ordinating ribbon through the top and bottom, adding a vintage key through the tape measure buckle and you’re finished!!!!!

And last but not least, another little Twinchie offering, the base is of course 10 Seconds Studios metal in Pearl dry embossed over one of their molds ( Big Mamma 5) and scuffed over the top.  Then we stamped with Archival Ink on a piece of transparency using Darkroom Door Home Sweet Home unmounted set & finished off with a metal embellishment.  Don’t forget to enter our Twinchie Swap, entries don’t close till the end of July so there’s still plenty of time, here are all the details:

All you need to do is make 6 Twinchies which are 2″x2″ square in size to receive 5  totally different and inspiring Twinchies back from other participants. You can enter up to 3 sets, please make sure your name and email are on the back of each.  Send them into us with a self addressed envelope included for your swapped twinchies to be sent back to you by Friday 30th July 2010. All the entries will be showcased on the Destination Art blog.  Our mailing address is Destination Art, 16 Shapcott Street, Oyster Harbour WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6330 and this swap is open to everyone wherever you live!!.. We’ve picked the theme of VINTAGE for this swap.  So many possibilities!!!!!!!!!  Remember, you can use any mediums, embellishments, scraps and whatever you like as long as it is all put together on a 2″x2″ sturdy cardstock base.  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

See you back here tomorrow with more art! The Girls @ Destination Art!!!!

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This spiral bound notebook was a cheap find at the stationery shop.  We’ve given the cover a facelift with some papers and various bits and pieces, this is how we did it.  First thing for this project was to make the JOURNEY tile at the top of the cover using Collections Flash Cards. These come in cream writing on black or black writing on cream.  Very sweet!

Mount the JOURNEY word onto the matching chipboard tiles that you can get specifically for the Flashcards.

Use your chosen Distress Inks to colour your mounted Flashcard.

Now for the base of the cover, we used 2 scrummy sheets of Jenny Bowlin mini 4×4 papers and corner rounded them.  The cream lined paper was stamped with a Tattered Angels clear flourish stamp.  We then used a 7 Gypsies Tag with the top cut off, corner rounded and inked with Distress Ink for the focal part of the cover.  The left over piece of tag was cut in half, one was placed behind the Tim Holtz Filmstrip and the other small piece was corner rounded and tucked in behind the main tag (this is the piece with the numbers on it).  A vintage bingo disc was added as well.

Enjoy, the girls @ Destination Art!!

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Here’s a little peek at a project we will be sharing with you tomorrow. We’re just adding the last touches to it.  Hope you will stop by and have a look at the end result.   The girls @ Destination Art

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CREATE: To produce through artistic or imaginative effort. What did you create today?

Products used: Ten Seconds  Studios Molds, Metals and Tools!

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Another design using Tim Holtz Alterations Dies, the pieces are all cut out of yummy, flexible grungpaper then inked with a variety of Distress Inks.  There’s also a light misting of Glimmermist Irridescent Gold in the background too! We finished off using Tim Holtz adade tickets, memo pin, a key and a small piece of chain.  Enjoy, the girls @ Destination Art

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