~Sacred In Nature~

      ~ My debut post as a team designer for Artistcellar ~
 

   Welcome to Artistscellar's regularly scheduled Friday posting with, me, Jackie!

      Can I  tell you, I am so happy and so excited that you have joined me for my first official post as a Artistcellar Design Team Member!  
  When I was asked to join AC's team-my excitement got the best of me, as, I ran through the house whooping and hollering and ended up tripping over the dog!~ Disclaimer~ Neither Chum nor I were seriously hurt! teehee  
  Since calming down, I have been in my studio playing with my wonderful set of Sacred Hearts Stencils!   I have practiced, played and tried different mediums and techniques and came up with some really cool pieces, but have picked my favorite to share with you today!
                                   So without further delay...

First I taped off my stencil to give me more room to hold and tape it down. Then I mixed
 Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste with Golden Fluid Acrylics in Bone Black and Naphthol Red.
This blend was applied to the inside of the heart and as I moved out I added Quinacridone NickleAzoGold, also by Golden Fluid Acrylics, to alter and blend the colors even more.

After removing the stencil and drying the piece, I put the stencil back in place and added more color with a makeup sponge.Colors used are Luminarte Silks~SpicyTomato & Sunburst both available at Artistcellar.  And if you haven't tried Silks yet, you should!




Making sure the Silks were dry, the next step was to apply KROMA Crackle medium with a paintbrush.

   

Once I liked where the crackle was, I heated up my wax and added thin layer after thin layer across the whole piece. I then brushed wax across the top of the bark while holding it upright so the wax would drip. I used red wax close to the heart to give the appearance of bleeding.



The last thing was to find the right piece from the yard to use for hanging and add the embellishments.
I do hope you enjoyed what I shared and if so, see you next week!
Jackie ")
ps. while you are out there- stop by and visit my team mates blogs- The gals are all very gifted and talented artists with lots to share!

  So there you have it- I really do hope you enjoyed this post and remember- I'm now Friday's gal -so I'll share a new design every week, on Friday,at Artistcellar!  Did you get that?!tee heehee-
One other thing, here is a shout out to  Leah Hughes the very talented artist who was my inspiration for this piece! ")

Springtime In Paris! ooo-la-la!

                 Good Wednesday morning!
     Just wanted to share the ATC's I sent out last weekend to
 Red Lead Paperworks. 
     The theme for March was "Springtime In Paris"
and since I have a secret love for Paris ( although,not sure why- as Italy is my dream country to visit! ) I signed up ! 
Here is what I created and sent along...

   For each card I painted the background with Stewart Gill Alchemy Paint -Afterglow
 Then applied was a really cool embossing powder that has been in my stash so long...I have no idea who it is by!  but, it has white chunks, gold blots and beautiful blue sparkle glitter in it- it really is amazing when heated!
  On separate cardstock I stamped and fancy cut the  Rubber Stamp Touring Auto -ATC size . Then I cut and pasted some Springtime lovers and drivers for the windows. 
The cars were distressed with Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Antique Linen.  
Then added were various ephemera such as the Eiffel tower in the background, the Paris wording and the roses.
Two of the stamped images were applied with Ranger/Wendy Vecchi's~Forget-Me-Not and the other two Ranger Archival~Cobalt Blue.
Also used on the ATC's were Metallic Stickers - Deco Bars - Gold,
and highlighting on the cars with my Scarlett Lime pen.
     And finally, I sparkly detailed up parts of the cards using  Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue~ Star Dust and Ranger Glossy Accents.
   Can i tell you... I love Stickles!!!  Just needed to say that!
                     ...here are a couple of close-ups...

 and upon posting those close-ups..I noticed the music stamping on the car I forgot to mention!  
             So glad you toured with me today!

Better late than never~ Steampunkery~

     This is a late post for  Sunday Postcard Art  
   the theme  is " Steampunkery "

     This postcard was actually due last week, but as it so often does, life got in the way!
   I had already gathered together all the different pieces and elements that I thought I might use; so, I sat down the yesterday morning and went to cutting and-a pasting!  
            I will say, I rather like how my postcard turned out ")
             Here is a close-up..

     Since this postcard cannot be used for mailing, (too many elements sticking out) the next thing I think I might do is add this to a framed box and add more steampunkery fun !...will show more pictures when I finish with my ideas! 
 off to bed now...and more art to share in the morning!