WICKED WEDNESDAY ATCs # 21 - CELEBRATE ART

I made a mini canvas this week for the Wicked Wednesday challenge. However, as it only measured 3" x 2.5" I extended the letters to gain the extra .5" on the height.

I coloured the canvas with distress stains before stamping over it with the Mona Lisa stamp. The little portion under the fragment was coloured with distress markers before sticking the fragment down with glossy accents. The letters are grungeboard painted with a black dabber and edged in gold.
I hope that one of the most famous paintings in the world is a suitable subject this week.

A LITTLE CHARM

How I am longing for those new facetted fragments from Mr Tim. Oh! and most of the rest of his summer releases - well, a girl has to have what a girl has to have, don't you agree?

Anyway, back down to earth. For one of his classes at the CHA show, Tim and his students made a gorgeous charm embellishment and the photo of this is  now on his web site. Obviously I couldn't make one the same, so I got going with what I had and voila, this is what I came up with. Once I decide on the colour scheme of the card it will go on , I'll add some net or ribbon or something.

The fragments cover some Paper Artsy, Rum and Raisin paper I bought last year - too late for Xmas cards!!
I used the little angel I made the other day, a pearl drop I made yesterday and several metal charms. Sorry the photo isn't better, but we have another rotten, dull day here and taking piccies is difficult.
Well 'peg leg' has just gone out to sort out his mobile phone contract, They are charging different amounts each month which isn't right, and also for a look round the flag market car boot in Preston. He's on a mission to find something for a friend. Suppose I better clean up some more sawdust from yesterday when he started to fit a new bi-fold door on the front room. Notice I said started? not sure if I'll ever get to say finish!!

BITS AND PIECES

I really don't have a clue how to add a link to a post. I always include the whole blogspot name just incase. However, I know there is an address bar under the post title so for this one I have typed in the following:

http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/ (notice my backup here just incase the above doesn't work!!).

Sunday stampers challenge for this week is - Bits and Pieces - and yes Hels, I did start singing the 60s song when I read that. Being my age, those old songs are the only ones I remember!!!

Anyway, here is my entry. Actually it's one of the pages I've made for Heather's chunky book swap - Vintage Journeys, so hope it's ok.

I've made some distressed fragments, some stamped grungeboard pieces and some distressed grunge, oh! and a crackled bit of grunge. The piece down the left side is torn from my map book - better not go to the Orkneys!! and the bits I've used are; a coin charm, a key brad, a metal buckle with velvet ribbon, a couple of metal corners, an Ideology pin (with the word vintage on) holding a metal tag. It looks like some of the pieces are held together with staples but they are all stuck to a card base.

I just have to make the reverse for this page but am stuck for ideas just now.