Creatively Amused

It makes great ATC material. The background on the right is a newAmy Butler print, the designs are gorgeous as usual.

It's great fun to mix it up, using my supplies complimented by bits of stuff from Judy's stash. That swapping factor is one of the cool things about art groups! I'll be seriously looking for one, either to join or to start when i get home so drop me a note if you're interested. The fabulous seaweed, (or sweetpea), paper on the right hand card came from Paula's Kit Club . She finds the most gorgeous papers and ephemera.

One of the great things about getting together with Judy is that we can raid each other's stashes. Her first altered book was from my stash, and I raided her scrap bin for bits to use on these ATCs. Both pieces have bits of her altered and stitched Peltex, and the one on the right has a bit of painted Misty Fuse. Way cool ideas I'll be incorporating into my art from here on out. The Peltex adds dimension as well as interest, the piece on the left card is left over from one of her houses .

I picked up this nifty purse along with a bag of roving and some felting needles from the Art girlz at the Chicago show. After raiding Judy's wool stash and cutting out circles I started felting the centers and arranging the circles in groups, Jude suggested notching the top ones, which looked great of course. After adding leaves, embroidery and beads it looked way cute, so I just twirled up some yarn and felted it to the handles. Art girl Allison inspired me to try this out with her little free hand felted purses - I was a fiber artist before mixed media and I'm finding myself really jazzed about adding more fiber into my work.

Here's a photo of my festival treasure. often the goods at these things are over priced but you can find goodies, The two cards of antique lace were marked down to two and three dollars, and the buttons were in a big package with some other not so great ones for five dollars. I paid a dollar for the beaded bodice and a dollar for the antique silk rose, and got a big bag of chenille scraps, I adore chenille! Also I discovered needle felting, I know you all have been doing it for ages but wow, it's very relaxing! So Judy and I have been busy. I needle felted a purse, and made a bunch of mixed media ATCs. I'll start posting them tomorrow but I had to show off my cool stuff first.