Exciting news!!

So my girl, Tamiko sent me a link to check out a designer call for SinCity Stamps.

I had to make a page and show a step by step using a stamping technique, Most of you know I am a frugal artist and use anything I have around my house or trash, so here goes 

 Started with some gesso on a piece of stockcard

 add texture with a paper towel

 Love this easy effect!!!! 

 Added some acrylic paints

 Using a homemade stamp I made with an eraser.

Then made some big circles with my favorite jar lid.

 More circles with another lid cap.

 No this is not what you think it is, LOL it held thread from my new mini sewing machine.

 stamp, stamp, stamp making more circles with white paint.

 another favorite tool of mine, a pencil to make small circles.

Yep a spool is another great stamping tool.

 Love how it is coming along.

 This is some of Tangie Baxters mystery box I got last week.

 Cut and slap some glue and pasted him on my page.

 I need to fill up some space, here is a cute cheap stamp I got at our local Meijer's.

 Found this heart already made in my happy mail box of goodies.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my set of Faber-Castell gelatos!!!!!!

 I just fill an area thick with the gelato

 rub it in a bit with my fingertips

 take my stencil and use a baby wipe to rub away

 on the reverse side I just rub the extra onto another blank area.

 these oink tid bits are also from my TB mystery box

 I love to sew either machine or hand and always try to stitch on my pages.

 found some cute ribbon in my happy mail box of goodies.

used the big dots to help stick on my heart.

 coming along, coming along!!!!

 Ohhhh here is another cheap dollar stamp I got at Meijers.

 I love using postage stamps on my pages and I got a ton of vintage ones in my TB mystery box.

 found a couple word bits to use.

 I add a little ink to the edge's to make it stand out a bit more.

found a tiny heart stamp in a set of alphas I have

 used white ink pad and stamped in some tiny hearts 

 feeling naked still so added more painted circles.

 I like to fill up space :)

 OMG got my new heating gun and I love it, had some fun heating up some of the circles and I love the texture effect!!! ROCKIN'!!!!

 Like I said I love using my trash and these lady bugs came on the heat gun box!!

 Since it was a heavier cardboard I removed the backside.

 glued them on with a glue stick.

placed a bic marker boarder around my word bit

 added some white paint pen dots to my word bit  boarder

 I outlined the Rino and Lady bug's with a gray gelly pen.

 also added some more dots too in the word bit, POP!!!!!

 More gelly pens to place a small title.

 Hey, I like how that came out!

and WAAAALAAAAAA I really like how this all came together. I hope I make the cut.

DId you check out SinCity Stamps yet, what you waiting for? Just click the logo box.

Now a few more things before I end this post. Here are some yummie's I treated myself to this week. Everything under a buck!!!!! 

Remember Tangie Baxter's Mystery boxes she had for sale, check my post out HERE.

I had a new AJ book I needed to decorate the front cover. 

So I used tons of goodies I got in the mystery box.

 Here is another page I made with some more TB mystery box goodies and a Rosie the Riveter photo is a print out from FREE VINTAGE POSTERS ... here  

The photo does no justice to my page, but I did sew on some flower buttons and beads to the skullys eyes and more beads in the ribbon. The Detroit old English "D" and Detroit Tigers logo is from a bag of peanuts Larry brought home this week. 

Well that is about it for now, and many thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you soon!

A selfie page I made a few months back :)