Minggu, 31 Januari 2010

CPS 152

CPS 152:




CPS 152 Designer Ideas

Hello
Designer Jeanne Streiff

Stamps: The Stamps of Life (Daisies4You, lowerabc)
Card stock: Prism (Prismatic White, Black, Iced Pink)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Ribbon : Creative Impressions
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ (E-Z Runner, 3D Foam Squares)


THANKS SO MUCH
Designer: Linda Beeson

Materials:
Cardstock – Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – We R Memory Keepers
JustRite stamps
Self Adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Sandpaper
Scallop scissors – Family Treasures
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Foam tape



Anything with Love
Designer: Lea Lawson

Supplies:
Cardstock: DCVW
Paper: K & Company
Chipboard: Tattered Angels
Flower: Maya Road
Fabric: Crafty Secrets
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs & Prima
Pearls: Darice Inc.
Glitter: DecoArt
Pinking Shears: Fiskars
Twill/Sandpaper: craft supply



This week's prize is sponsored by: Just Rite Stampers. Be sure to check here each Wednesday to see what you could win along with some great samples from our Sponsor Spotlight team.


To enter this week's random drawing simply share your design with the CPS readers. Simply click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

Sabtu, 30 Januari 2010

Secret Sunday 11

Do you want to know a secret?


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals.


Over 150 (!) artists have answered a series of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. And the first continues right now!

Join The Altered Page every Sunday for "Secret Sunday." Here the secrets of all your favorite artists will be revealed. It could be a technique, a product, a secret source, a little-known website, a hidden shop, an inspiration, just about anything! If you missed any, no worries. You can find links to all the secrets on the sidebar of my blog.

Today's secret.......Open House!

Today is YOUR day. I hope everybody reading this will add their very own secret to the comment section of this post. And remember to come back often to read all the secrets as they are added. Now...it is time to spill!

This Week's Winner

This weeks prize winner is: 5. Sheryl Dickinson

Please send your contact info using the link in the sidebar. Winners have 1 week to claim their prize.

This week's prize is sponsored by: Prism Papers. Be sure to check here each Wednesday to see what you could win along with some great samples from our Sponsor Spotlight team.

To enter this week's random drawing simply share your design with the CPS readers. Simply click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

READER IDEAS - Week of 1/31/10

Please post a direct link to the page featuring your CPS Sketch 152 inspired card below by Saturday February 6 at 8pm CST to be entered into this week's prize drawing. Be watching later in the week to see what one lucky reader will win.



*Mr Linky seems to be hiding on occasion. If you don't see the box to add your link above this message reloading the page will sometimes help. If that doesn't work please try back later or leave your link in the comments section. Sorry for the inconvenience




(Please note: CPS reserves the right to remove any links not linking directly to a CPS inspired card)

Jumat, 29 Januari 2010

House Party


Remember to come by Sunday for my open house to share and hear secrets. Tomorrow's edition of Secret Sunday will be written by YOU! Stop by and leave a comment sharing your most coveted art secret and stick around to read all the others. You can enter through any of the doors or windows in this post, photographed on my travels through Mexico, Spain, Greece, and the United States.









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Kamis, 28 Januari 2010

Collepilogue Part 1

Collepilogue: The final chapter of a collaboration



Question:

How does one go from this...



to this...



and this...



Answer:

Round up 6 artists...



and spend 1 year in an altered book collaboration...



One year ago I joined 5 other artists on an altered book adventure called Inner Works. This collaboration included Jill, Veronica, Rita, Roxanne, and our host Supria. We each chose our own book and our own theme. All 6 of us had the opportunity to work in each book once as we (the books, not the artists) rotated by mail. Our adventure has come to a close and over the next few weeks, each of us will be posting the results of the collaboration on our own blogs and on our group blog - Inner Works. My own experience with this project will unfold in a series of upcoming posts.



I chose Distressed Elements as my theme for this altered book project. I find that I gravitate toward art and art supplies that have their own history...that have a natural, weathered patina...that have the nicks of life that make them more interesting. Like people who have lived and taken risks and gone on their own personal journeys and adventures.



I am mesmerized by a distressed surface - marks, scratches, dents, chips, rust, frayed edges, layers and the like speak to me. For this project, though, I also wanted to explore the layers beneath the surface. The layers within. And maybe to use this project to tap into the awareness and expression of some deeper feelings. The book I altered lends itself quite well to this theme.

I chose to alter Oracle Night by Paul Auster. The book was the perfect size (8 1/2" x 6" + 3/4" thick) and its relatively new, crisp pages made a sturdy base for altering. More importantly, Paul Auster is a favorite author. Like me, he lives in NYC and the city plays a big role in his novels. His writing style is very distinct and there is a magical component to his work, which often focuses on coincidence and synchronicity. There is one section in this book that even describes the quest for a book, coincidentally much like my own search for the right book to alter.

When my book was returned to me after nearly a year, it was bursting at the seams --- just as every altered book should look.



The pages were not just filled. They were filled with extraordinary, unique, and meaningful art. Each artist interpreted the Distressed Elements theme very personally and very differently. I thank each and every one of them for the thought, care, and time they clearly put into my book and this project.

Join me in the coming days as I post images from both my own book as well as from the pages I completed in every other book. And follow along on our group blog, Inner Works, for additional images from both myself and the other artists. You can go there now for some page previews!

CPS 151 Part 4

Part 4 of this week's designs:


Hello
Designer Debbie Olson

Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PaperTrey Ink)
Patterned Papers: Tuesday and Sunday (Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Collection)
Cardstock: intage Cream, Sweet Blush
Accessories: Vintage Buttons (PaperTrey Ink)
Tools: Nested Flower, Double Ended Tags Trio (Spellbinders Paper Arts)


"i {heart} u"
Designer: Lea Lawson

Supplies:
Cardstock: Prism (black) & Bazzill Basics (white)
Stamps: Gina K Designs (Happy Hearts set)
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: scarlet, orange, canary, lime, surf, violet, heliotrope)
Rub-ons: American Crafts
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs
Corner Rounder: EK Success


Smile
Designer Kim Moreno

Cardstock: Core'dinations
Patterned Paper: Crate Paper
Buttons: SEI
String: Coats and Clark
Punch: Fiskars
Stamp: Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Storage Unit Inks & More


Thank-You!
Designer: Carla Peicheff

Materials:
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey JuneBug
Stickers: Basic Grey JuneBug
CardStock: Bazzill Swiss Dot
Alpha Stickers: Basic Grey JuneBug
Pearls: KaiserCraft
Trim: Doodlebug


This week's prize is sponsored by: Prism Papers. Be sure to check here each Wednesday to see what you could win along with some great samples from our Sponsor Spotlight team.

To enter this week's random drawing simply share your design with the CPS readers. Simply click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

Rabu, 27 Januari 2010

CPS 151 Prism Papers

Miss You
Designer Maren Benedict

Supplies:
Prism Cobalt Pack & Cobalt Accent Pack
Ribbon: pom pom trim
Accessories: Studio Calico buttons, American Crafts Thickers

Happy Birthday
Designer Rae Barthel

Supplies:
Prism Paper: Prismatics Pink Pack, Prismatics Pink Accent Pack
***Clear stamps: from Back2Basics set The {Stamps} of Life
***White cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Tools: EK Success circle punches, Scallop Diamond edge punch; scalloped circle punch
Jewels: Michael's rhinestones
Fiber: Hobby Lobby black/white gingham ribbon

Appreciate Beauty
Designer: Lisa Silver

Supplies:
Paper: Herbal Garden Dark, Mystic Dark and Kraft cardstocks by Prism
Stamps: Flourish by Stampers Anonymous, “beauty” sentiment from {delightful moments} December KOM by Unity Stamp Company
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress ink by Ranger and Champagne Dazzle Versamark ink by Tsukineko
Patterned Paper: Life Stories by My Mind’s Eye
Tools: sanding block, sewing machine and thread, clear embossing powder by Ranger, Rock Candy clear Distress Paint, ink blending tool
Embellishments: cream rose by Prima Marketing, vintage lace from personal stash, precision scissors
Markers: Copic markers- BG93, BG96, E53 by Imagination International


You Make Life Fun!
Designer Carly Robertson

Supplies:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
***Stamps: Papertrey Ink
***Glitter Paint: Shimmerz
Ink: VersaMark and Palette
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Butterfly punch: Martha Stewart
Crystals: Kaiser

We can't wait to see your version of this week's sketch. To share your design you can click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

Selasa, 26 Januari 2010

Open House


10 Sundays and nearly 100 secrets. And so many more to share. A big thank you to everybody who has been a part of Secret Sunday on my blog, whether as a participating artist or as an interested reader. And the Secret Sunday posts are just the first of more than 10 segments of The Pulse - The State of the Art - that will be posted and/or printed in the upcoming months.

This coming Sunday, January 31st, there will be a special edition of Secret Sunday. An open house of sorts. But I need your help to make it happen. I am asking everybody to prepare and share their own secret and leave it as a comment on the 1/31/10 post. Your secret could be a technique, a product, a secret source, a little-known website, a hidden shop, an inspiration, just about anything! And I hope those bloggers who have already shared a secret as part of The Pulse will feel free to leave another as a comment.

So brew the coffee, fill your mug, and stop by this coming Sunday for an earful. And don't forget to share you own secret too!

CPS 151 Part 2

Part 2 of this week's designs:


Some Kind of Wonderful
Designer Tami Mayberry
Supplies:
Card stock: Prism Papers (White Linen, Baby Pink Dark, Black Prismatic)
Stamps: Gian K Designs (Heartily Yours by Nina Brackett)
Dies: Spellbinders
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™


Heart card
Designer Kimber McGray

Supplies:
Cardstock: Core'dinations
Patterned Paper: BoBunny Press
Chipboard: American Crafts
Punch: We R Memory Keepers


US
Designer: Linda Beeson
Materials:
Cardstock – The Chocolate Box and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Daydream: Rain Boots/October Afternoon (both sides)
Self Adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Sandpaper
Circle punches – Papershapers
Border punch - Fiskars
Sticker word blocks – Sticko
Fluid Chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap


This week's prize is sponsored by: Prism Papers. Be sure to check here each Wednesday to see what you could win along with some great samples from our Sponsor Spotlight team.

To enter this week's random drawing simply share your design with the CPS readers. Simply click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

Minggu, 24 Januari 2010

CPS 151

CPS 151:



CPS 151 Designer Ideas

New Baby
Designer- Charity Hassel

Supplies:
Cardstock- Bazzill
Stickers, rubons- Creative Imagination



Sending Happy Thoughts
Designer Laura Williams

Supplies:
cardstock - Prism Papers
stamps - Unity Stamp Company
ink - Close To My Heart
ribbon



Let’s Party
Designer Jeanne Streiff

Stamps: The Stamps of Life (HappyBday2You)
Card stock: Prism (Prismatic White, Black, Iced Pink, Crabapple Medium, Mystic Medium)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ (E-Z Runner, 3D Foam Squares)


This week's prize is sponsored by: Prism Papers. Be sure to check here each Wednesday to see what you could win along with some great samples from our Sponsor Spotlight team.

To enter this week's random drawing simply share your design with the CPS readers. Simply click on this week's sketch image in the side bar. This will take you directly to the post where you can add your link. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it.

Sabtu, 23 Januari 2010

Secret Sunday 10

Do you want to know a secret?


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals.


Over 150 (!) artists have answered a series of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. And the first continues right now!

Join the The Altered Page every Sunday for "Secret Sunday." Here the secrets of all your favorite artists will be revealed. It could be a technique, a product, a secret source, a little-known website, a hidden shop, an inspiration, just about anything! If you missed any, no worries. You can find links to all the secrets on the sidebar of my blog.

Today's secret.......Road Trip!
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Deryn Mentock
Blog: Something Sublime
Etsy: Something Sublime
Blog: Objects and Elements
Flickr: Deryn Mentock

A 6000 square foot warehouse, in Dallas, full of vintage beads, findings, stampings, buttons, clasps....you name it! If you don't live in Texas, Katy Schor has a website: Beads by Sandy

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Marie Otero
Website: Marie Otero
Blog: Lost Aussie...on the Loose

The little Amish man's secondhand shop in Intercourse, PA - great for found object 'treasures' and ephemera of all kinds.

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Nina Bagley
Blog: Ornamental

A source for mica:

Tar Heel Mica Company
4736 S Us Highway 19 E
Plumtree, NC 28664
828-765-4535

They don't seem to have a website, but do sell mica by the pound. Alllll sorts of mica. In times past, I was told to "ask for jude" when calling. He is the man.

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Cory Celaya
Website: Art with Moxie
Blog: Art with Moxie
Etsy: Moxie Gallery

A little boutique called The Purple Lizard in Phoenix, Arizona and Timeless Creations in Fort Collins, Colorado (art classes and other fun stuff).

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Lyle Baxter
Blog: Just a Note
Etsy: Almost Heaven
Website: Almost Heaven

First City and Country Antiques, a shop for photos and such in Absecon, New Jersey.
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Nancy Neva Gagliano
Blog: Openings Connecting

My secret: I am so fortunate when I am able to spark the creative fires and to recapture the art spirit by entering into another place, away. Going to my most beloved Taos, New Mexico over the last 40 years always draws this spirit from me. In that light, by those mountains, surrounded by that air and sage and hearts that beat strong, I thrive.

BUT, when I've been a part of Sas Colby's Studio in the Sky week-long workshops at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, I am transformed.


This will be my fifth! summer for this exceptional experience where I rest and I work, am alone and in the comfort of an incredible community of 14 or 15 seekers/speakers/makers of the soul, of art. We are in the care of a master teacher, and the best chefs!! alone and together, we each find our voice, our own secret. We're fed luscious meals, yes, but also poetry and varied instructions and invitations to actualize expression with whatever medium we chose.

The studio is open all night...I can work alone, or with others when ideas and materials are shared, friendships created and the flow goes forth. . . returning home with me.
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Kecia Deveney
Blog: Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy

My art secret is going to flea markets. I like to work with vintage or discarded items. I consider it recycling; paying very little for this stuff (and sometimes it is free!). I find it a challenge to go home and turn it into something a little more modern and fresh. I've moved from making mixed media to jewelry with my vintage found objects.
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Jen Crossley
Blog: A Mark in Time

I love the search for Junk. It is so cool when you find that piece that gives you a buzz or the wow factor. Swap meets are the best places or a small antique shop, Smythesdale Antiques, near where I live. She has cool stuff and is cheap.


There is always something to be found. I never come out of there without buying something.
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Robert Stockton
Artist Portfolio: Robert Stockton

The people who run a place called Fun Junk at 3644 Mud Bay Road, Olympia, Washington (they also occasionally bring some of their fun junk to sell in Seattle, making it more accessible to those of us who don’t make it to Olympia that often!). Fun Junk, as mentioned above, in Olympia, is open 10 AM to 6 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, only. They sell a multitude of interesting ephemera, including, a variety of paper products.


They have a website on which they sell SOME of their cool stuff: Fun Junk Online. They may also be contacted at redun@comcast.net or called at (360) 259 1796. You can also follow the Fun Junk blog called Nancy's Fun Junk. Great stuff!
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