black and white ATCs

Some ATCs for a vintage black and white swap on atcs for all.

These ATCs are made using mixed media technique, collage, gesso, rubberstamping, watercolours and vintage collage images.

4" X 2"

crazy amigo challenge this week is to use the measurement of paper as 4" X 2".

here are my entries

HELPING HAND

this is the theme on mixed media monday this week............am a little in late in contributing, but thought I would use an old ATC I made.

Haven't participated in many challenges lately as my wonderful greythoud Betty isn't too good her bone marrow is not doing its job which should be in producing blood cells or platlets so she is being given a helping hand in the form of steroids.

have a greyt weekend

joan

whimsy block 8

I'm now up to whimsy galz #90.

whimzy galz

ATCs hand-drawn, watercolours and ink.

In one month I've made 80 Whimzy galz ATCs with 90% traded.

ciao crafty

Whimsy galz #55

I'm loving making these whimzy galz ATCs. In the last 3 weeks I've traded about 40 of them on the ATC group ATCS for all. What a fab group and with so many greyt artists, certainly is a challenge to try and better my techniques and learn new things...........something I've been missing for a long while in the world of ATCs here.

Greyt taking part in so many ATC swaps too.

ciao

joan

whimsy gothic gals

for a swap on atcsforall

Wednesday stamper

Wednesday stamper challenge is to use the format 2" X 4" and use at least one stamp.

here's mine.

ciao

joan

SMALL WORLD OF INCHIES

Small world of inchies challenge this week is yellow, here are my inchies and twinchies.

ciao crafty

FLY WITH ME

Challenge on MMM is come fly with me . The background for this I made with watered down acrylics and plastic wrap.

TTFN

joan

New Season

SPRING.... a new season has begun and also a new me. I'm going with the flow and am enjoying all the new art I'm learning and making, plus I'm making so many new online friends who are going with the flow too.

Since I'm into this self healing and positive way of thinking it's made me realise that part of the fault was mine as I had a low self esteem of myself , very insecure , worried of what others thought about me but now I'm realising that I surrounded myself with negativity ......... certain environments, situations and people. Now that I've finally broken away from this negativity I feel so much better but it's still a little cold out there.....I'm still like a newly formed butterfly learning slowly but surely how to fly.

please feel free to use the image I've used it's from my personal collection of vintage postcards...enjoy.....go and make some greyt art but most of all make it for yourself and for your self acceptance.

have a greyt weekend

crafty joan

ATC I WILL TEACH YOU TO FLY.

I'm learning to fly.....yes, to fly in my direction, where I want and how I want. I'm no longer flying with the flock being pulled in one direction, influenced by them and being gullable.

I'm taking some on-line art courses, as I want to broaden my horizons and outlook and some of the artists have also included a self help healing section, and it has really opened my eyes and made me look and question my motives, decisions, judgements etc. I'm seeing myself in a new light and realize how I have been taken advantage of, by myself and also others, and that I need to learn to say NO more often , I have to please myself first and not care about what other people think or say.....Yes to SELF ACCEPTANCE, NO TO NEGATIVITY & YES TO POSITIVITY.

ciao

joan

KITTY CATZ PROJECT

JENNIFER CARTER greyt and caring artist and person is holding a draw for one of these two above dolls, you have the possiblity to win one of these and it costs $1.00 per chance and the donation goes towards this kitty catz progject here.

What are you waiting for it's for a good cause....start the year of good

hugs

crafty joan in italy

SMALL WORLD OF INCHIES

Small world of inchies theme this week is sisters. I've made a twinchie ( 2" X 2" ) with a type of german glitter glass on it.

ciao

joan

JUST HAPPY SKETCHING ETC

Am as happy a larry, doing this online course with Suzi Blu. Didn't realize sketching could be so relaxing......................much more relaxing than housework !!!!! LOL

have a greyt weekend

crafty joan

practice makes perfect

Have forgotten a little about my blog as I've started doing an online course with the one and only SUZI BLU, I decided that I need to improve my artistic drawing and painting skill. Am enjoying myself so much in this online lesson community and doing assignments.

Here's one of my first coloured in with pencils faces.

ciao

crafty joan

PARTY GAL KIT

These are my efforts from the Suzi Blu Party Gal Kits sold by the Artist Cellar, am having a greyt time trying to learn how to paint in faces............not as easy as I thought, just can't seem to get the smokey eyes right..........I will not be beaten !!! LOL. I just adore the artist Suzi Blu, not only her artistic work but her philosophy too, she is just one sweetie. Have decided to take an online course with her as I really need to improve my artistic drawing and painting techniques and there doesn't seem to be much new going on for me here, only techniques that I already know and have used for years.........felt like the lone ranger at times as nobody else was interested to keep me company, but it's oh so different at the mo. I've also gone back to making stitcheries and primitive doll making...........just so many greyt primitive doll patterns out there and doll makers too.

It's so nice to be doing something different from the norm going on here which is gesso, gesso, gesso...........the scrapbooking world here has gone mad everything is being gessoed oh and also scrapbooking mixed mediad. As usual from an unknown technique to OTT mode, while surfing blogs you feel as if you keep going back to the same one all the time.

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY : THANK YOU

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all those who participated in the THRINCHIE CHALLENGE that I hosted as a first time host on MIXED MEDIA MONDAY last week. You made it all worth while and thanx to Diane for accepting me as a guest host.
hugs
crafty joan

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY

Hi everyone,
Here's my contribution for this week's MIXED MEDIA MONDAY, the theme for this week is THRINCHIE. What is a THRINCHIE ? well it's art done with a measurement of 3" X 3" square. I was participating in some swaps for inchies 1" X 1" and twinchies 2" X 2", and I thought why not go the whole hog and introduce a THRINCHIE, you can see my first THRINCHIE on this blog in a previous post in June 2008

I saw on a group that someone was questioning this use of why are we nominating names such as inchie, twinchie, thrinchie etc when this type of art has been in use for years as DECO SQUARES . To be honest I had never heard of DECO SQUARE until now........ ART SQUARED, yes , so now I have a new name to add to my ever growing list of mixed media terms.. During this challenge due to a comment left I found out that this size is also called ITTY BITTY collage / art, and Lenna Andrews has just recently done a swap, didn't realize there were so many names for this 3" squared art. I find that using these names , inchies, twinchies, thrinchies etc is easier for the people to remember and associate to immiediately, specialy non mother tongue speakers of English, as most people know how to count in English ....one, two , three.......especially when doing swaps, so from my point of view I don't think it's that bad using these names, do you?

what would you nominate 5" X 5" square = a Quintchie / quinchie, or 6" X 6" square sexie !!! ??? LOL

Don't you just love this world of mixed media ??? I do and I've made so many friends over the years and am still doing so. So a BIG THANK YOU to all you mixed media gang out there for your friendships, your knowledge, your sharing and above all for being you.

Oh and thanx to DIANE of MIXED MEDIA MONDAY for letting me be the guest host this week.
thanx
crafty joan

Ps I would love to know if you have ever participated in any Deco Square swaps or itty bitty swaps and would love to see your work.

cheers joan

Scrappy gals ATCs

hand drawn and coloured with watercolours and pieces of scrap paper by Basic Grey.