Pick a Stick Challenge - February 2016

February has brought cold winds 

and 

a new Pick a Stick Challenge!

The challenge is to create a "page" using all of the prompts chosen in order.

 My ATC using all the elements

front

and back

1.  My die cut, Calligraphic Elements I, from A Way With Words By Elizabeth Craft Designs is freezer paper used as a mask, watercolored and then peeled off.
2. "The flourish moving through my heart can open it or rip it apart"
3. No foil, so I used gold leaf bits, adhered with DecoArt Decou-Page matte, my new fave medium.
4. Cut the tiny heart with a hole punch.
5. Rubbed DecoArt Metallic Luster on a metal charm and adhered with the Deco Page- seems to be hold well!
6. No gel prints, so I cut the little hearts from my never ending stash of paste papers! Added a drop of Triple Thick for gloss.
7. The napkin( the weird blobs on the top and bottom and on to the back of the card) had a flower print when I put them on- yes more Decou-page.Added a bit to the back of the cut out heart.
8. I got a bit carried away. Some of all the above !
9. Calligraphic Wings by Quietfire. Wish they stood out more- should have embossed them. Every heart deserves wings!
10. Working to bring out the flower on the napkin, I added paint and drew in it. Oh well. It is what it is!

I'm sticking to my ATC , and them journaling page format. It works for me.

The inspiration of all in the group is worth the price of participation !

Comment and Questions always welcomed!

Pick a Stick Challenge- January 2016 - Take Time - Tea Stands for Tuesday

 I'm having a ton of fun with the 

Pick a Stick Challenge group

You can join up on the FB page

I've cut back on challenges and swaps, and this is only once a month, so doable.

It's supposed to be art journaling, and I don't.

ATC's are my size of choice.

 I gave up keeping separate journals long ago, and now everything goes into my one big one that lives by my bed (it moves around a bit).

One of the facilitators picks 10 sticks with various prompts and mediums, and you have to use them all in the order chosen.

This is a challenge .

The process was so enjoyable,  I wanted to write about it so I would remember when times are not so good.

This little journal was sitting right on my desk, taking up space, and now it will be a record of this time, when I lost track of time in creativity!

Take time    Quietfire Design 

October song- the Incredible String Band 

Pulled the gear off a card someone sent me! 

Used the gear as a stencil with gold embossing paste and glitter 

Borders of scrap scrap! 

Added more glitter

•  Added gold watercolor with a palette knife- that was a first- as a glaze 
• Journaled illegibly with a gold pen- I for get what and I can't read it!
• Cut the flower pix out of a seed packet and covered with glossy accents
• Wrote on masking tape with a glitter pen and wink of stella- this was so much fun I couldn't stop!

The prompts are posted first friday of the month, and facilitators will post their creations the last friday of the month, and all the rest of us are posting and chatting up a creative storm!

Happy New Year Greetings to all Tuesday Tea-ers!

Tea of the day is dandelion root, in fused in a jar- solar tea through the skylight!

Comment and Questions Warmly Welcomed!