ATC Naughty List

I'm enjoying some holiday fun with my family, so I set up some posts ahead of time.  When it comes to the holidays, I love the Grinch.  Everyone has different feelings about the holidays, but I feel like the Grinch is a welcome friend.  It's a nice redemption story but also a fun way to be a little snarky and sarcastic during the holidays.  And I think at the very least, the Grinch started out on the Naughty List, especially when he's throwing his own kind of party for the holidays.

However, since I'm lacking Grinchness in my craft stash, I used an Octopode Factory digi stamp with a mini alphabet stamp set for the sentiment.

 

I'm entering my ATC into the following challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 

A forgotten piece of patterned paper got cut up into a bunch of ATCs.  This one has some old markings, that might be from actual markers.  There's also paint through some stencils.  I added a die-cut frame, my digi girl, and a funky star for a fun, and maybe little bit naughty, holiday party fun.  The star is from an old gelli print.

I've include affiliated links for items I used for this project or similar products.  If you click the link I get a small commission while keeping the price the same for you.  Enjoy the links and thank you for your support!

• Archival Black Ink 
• Tombow Markers
• Artist's Loft Markers
• Apple Barrel Mint Paint
• You're So Tweet Stamp Set 
• My Favorite Things Birdie Brown Stamp Set
• Punchinella 
• The Crafter's Workshop Chevron Stencil
  

 

Please let me know  hope you like the ATC!  Let me know what you think in the comments and have a great day!

Mini Art Journal Day 5

Hello once again my crafty friends!

I'm so glad you're visiting today!  I have another page in my mini art journal for the Art Marks Challenge from Rae Missigman and Sandi Keene.

Day 5 - Commit

 

 

I'm also entering Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful.

For some Art Marks Challenge history, you can click here.  And Rae's Instagram account here shows what's she's making for each prompt.  For those just tuning in, I'm working in a mini art journal I made out of envelopes, but you can use many different things, including scrap or underpaper, so some pages already had stuff on them.  A hole punch and some baker's twine and a mini art journal is born!

I'm planning to post all of my pages, though some may be individual pages and some may be in groups.

All of the Art Marks prompts are making me think.  Think about what the prompt means, not just to me, but in general.  Committing is big; you're promising something, even if it's just to yourself, for the long haul.  You can commit to training for a physical challenge, commit to education, commit yourself to family, or make a commitment to yourself.

But underlying any commitment is keeping the promise to keep doing it.  Even this challenge is in a sense a commitment, even though it's supposed to be fun and there's not exactly any consequence for not finishing it.  However, something I've committed myself to in my own life is improving my financial situation.  I know, people aren't supposed to talk money in polite company, but I think this is something we can all relate to in some way.  And I lie helping my friends, when I can.  I like to consider you all my friends.  That's why I'm sharing my artwork, and maybe a little money talk to help us both.  Committing myself to improving my financial situation involves a couple side hustles.  And I'm guessing we all either have one or have thought about one at some point.

In the spirit of helping you, my friends, I want to share a couple things with you.  Both are great, but take work.  One is Cliqly.  Super simple, You log in, spend 10 minutes sending e-mails, earning click commissions.  If you include your referral link, you can also earn referral commission.  No scams, honest.  Anyone can do this, no tech experience needed.  I mess around with art, not making money.  The other avenue is being an Amazon affiliate.  I share the products I love to use with you and I make a small commission on sales, without a price difference for you.  So thank you!

There's a lot going on in my background, so I'll go step by step.  First I made circles using my Sakura solid paint markers in blue and neon orange.  Next I sponged teal paint through a piece of punchinella.  Here's an example of what punchinella can look like when you purchase it.

 

What is punchinella?  It's sequin waste.  All those little circles are punched out sequins, but the waste is just wonderful.  You can do so much with it.  I've used it on its own on projext, you can cut it into shapes, or use it as a stencil.  There are some stencils with a punchinella pattern, but if you have some punchinella, you can use that too.  I discovered it years ago and fell in crafty love!  

After the punchinella, I traced a few letters through a stencil I have that looks like something you'd get for school supplies, and I sponged blue paint through the circle and star of a Dina Wakley stencil called The Basics.

 

A little black paint through my Dylusions Chequered Dots stencil and I outlined the border squares with my white-out pen.  I used mini wooden alpha stamps for the words "STAY THE" and American Crafts Thickers, similar to these but regular aqua in color, for "COURSE."  I think I've mentioned how much I love Thickers and how I have several sets.  This is another of those sets.

 

I added several details with my Sharpie pen.  The girl is actually a combination of a stamp set and a digi image.  The head and body are come from a Dylusions stamp set called Mini Moo that I colored with Tombow dual-tip watercolor markers.

 

I purchased mine individually, however this set is a good place to start.  The legs I cut off and decided to use later.  Instead, I grabbed the legs from the thinking girl I used earlier in my journal and added them here.  I think it looks just right.

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my art journal page.  Bye for now!