ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TAT: No hope for me....

Saturday 23 January 2010

No hope for me....

Cos I missed my own Birthday.. My Blogging Birthday was yesterday,
I was going to do Candy, Candles, Cake the lot!
But too late now, so I will just wish myself a Belated Bloggy Birthday.

Nothing much done in the crafty sense but since I have bought myself a sewing machine and the latest edition of Quilting Arts, and I would like to join the latest challenge over on GingerSnap 'Metallics' I have started a wall hanging.. so this is definitely a W.I.P and I'm not sure where it is going but it's going somewhere. It's not going to be a quick project to finish though, but here it is in the early stages

Thought I would also share a snap I took the other morning before the school run, I caught Edward sitting there letting his 'girlfriend' do his laces up for him. Me thinks I must have a word or two with my son before he gets too used to being looked after by the women in his life!

to my future DIL - whoever she may be - I promise I will try to get him housetrained!

4 comments:

Anonymous23 January 2010 at 18:05
aaaaaaaaaaaaw I loves those kids xx

Happy Blog Birthday no idea when mine is lol BUt you should know ! May?

Sparkles
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Julia Dunnit23 January 2010 at 21:56
Oh happy returns...I need to go suss out mine now! Great shot of the children...how do boys get us to do things like this so early on???!!!
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Astrid Maclean24 January 2010 at 09:59
Ah well, belated happy blogoversary. Your new arty adventures look and sound exciting!! Can't wait to see the further stages. Your wee laddy looks just great, he's got it sussed, and she looks as if she's enjoying it too, Don't be to hard on him:0)
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Fuchsia24 January 2010 at 17:17
Happy Bloggy birthday Mrs .

your new project looks interesting and colorful not going to be quick I can see that but cant wait for the finished article .

LOL Edward !
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Art should be shared....

But I have found someone totally copying some of my stuff (why they would want to heaven knows) and claiming it as their own inspiration... so while I find it a complete honour for people to gain a little inspiration from my tat, please be honest.
We all get ideas from other artists, thats how the art world flourishes, but please note that all artwork, photos and text on this blog are mine. I am more than happy for you to take inspiration from my work, but please do not attempt to copy or reproduce it without crediting the original idea to me.
Thank you

CRAFTY LIKES AND DISLIKES

CRAFTY LOVES
UTEE... love it and use it in large quantities
Metal..
Friendly plastic
Shrink plastic
Paint and ink in any shape or form
My Crop-o-dile
odd bits and pieces
Paperarsty stamps
Brilliance inks
Tim Holtz (aka god)
Distress Inks
Debbie Moore's Metal magic
Perfect Medium
Glossy Accents
Debbie Moore's Enamel embossing powder

CRAFTY DISLIKES
while i think there is a place for most things at some time or other...I do dislike peel-offs with 99% of my being, but and this is a BIG but there is the odd and very odd occasion that they can be used without being too offensive (boy that hurt, it was almost an admission that i have used them)
Book-a-trix... sorry but they do look like memorial stones and nothing anybody says will convince me otherwise.
Decoupage..... I am sure the Victorians are turning in their graves
Flowersoft... a friend summed this up perfectly...Devils Dandruff
People who say/think ATC's are cardtoppers.... thats Dawn Bibby off my christmas card list
Cute
Penny Black Stamps
Stick and Stamp pad and anything which is sold and just does not do the job!!
Dufex
Tilda stamps..... why half a face??

WHAT ARE ATC'S??? Artist Trading Cards

Miniature works of art created on cards have been around for centuries, largely used as business cards. The modern-day concept of ATCs was conceptualized by artist M.vanci stirnrmenn in 1996, an idea born of older sports themed trading cards, and became a movement that denounced the tradition of critiquing and appraising art, and embraced the process of one artist connecting with another and exchanging styles and techniques.
ATC are art collectables but the one rule that makes an ATC derive from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
To this rule are appended a couple of conventions. First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting in person, by correspondence, online etc and exchanging their works, thus getting exposed to and experiencing many personal styles and techniques. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (i.e. if it's a one off original or part of a series).