A Total Exchange of The Art...

...oooohhhooooohhhooooohhhhoooooo.... didya see what I did there??? I did a play on words... ok, so it may be a bit of a pathetic attempt at a catchy title but hey... it is true! *oh and for everyone - the explanation... Total Eclipse of the Heart by Welsh songstress and her of the massively powerful voice... Bonnie Tyler* I recently did an art exchange with the lovely, talented and ever so slightly bat sH*t crazy Ellen Vargo - if you clicky on her name there is a shuttlebus waiting to take you over to her blog... oh and there are a selection of drinks and light refreshments on board... *hey - what is this light refreshments that I hear being served on airplanes and trains? Is it a "weigh less" thing... or is it just "techno-speak"???* Anyways... tuck in, it is all free ROFL *yes peeps, I appear to have finally lorst the plot!*




So... Ellen and I decided to do a three for three tag swap... and the closing date for posting was... 15th August. And I am a baaaaaaaad swapper and was late! So... to make up for my lateness I sent a little extra bit of art for her... I know she liked it cos she has told me... and I am so chuffed that she liked it too!!! You know, it is easy to make a tag or card or something for yourself, factor in someone else and I for one get myself in a right pickle, worrying if it is good enough... and more importantly than that... will the recipient likey the piece!!!




I am, as always, utterly inspired by that artfully clever and uber talented Mrs Wendy Vecchi... all credit has to go to her for the numbers in Memo Pins idea... how cool is that!? Pop a stamped number/DooDad into a Memo Pin, fill with Glossy Accents, let it dry, voila! A coolio embellie! Well, I just turned them upside down and made them into shoes for the Maya Road birdy!




All the tags (yes, all two of them ROFL) were made using #8 size cream tag (think it is called buff) and coloured with Distress Inks. All the stamping is from Mrs Vecchi's Studio 490 range... if you haven't used these before... try them! Honestly, the amount of variations for making a flower are literally limitless...and... Wendy comes up with the most original idea's... she is a veritable fount of knowledge and I love her art! If you would like to have a play with 490 stamps... before you buy so to speak... I have a few classes at The Stamp Attic using 490 stamps... there are a couple of places left on them, so if you fancy playing and making some art Hels' stylee... if you click HERE, there is a different shuttlebus waiting to take you to the Stamp Attic... oh and there's chocolate on this one :O))




So.... as well as the tags, I sent a box, little - about 4" square... which I had painted with Trad Tan (what else would I use???) and then covered with a lashing of Rock Candy Cracklepaint... and then spritzed with Glimmer Mists... the stamps - all Studio 490 and some of the new ones too... onto grungepaper, cut out, overstamped, layered up, Butterflies... cut out, inked, layered up and then Idea-ology Mini Pin for bodies... the sentiment is on a cardstock piece, inked, spritzed with water, stamped with ink and water... and sentiment over the top... voila! *erm, this is the second time I have used this word in this post... am I going French do you think, n'est pas?... ROFLMAO... again*




I love making inky and Grungepapery things... and I loved reading Ellen's mail to me telling me she liked the art... bless her, she is a sweetie.. and... US Postal Service get a 10/10 from me, posted on Monday, arrived on Saturday! How quick is that! It takes that long sometimes in the UK!!!




Anyways... this started out as a little quicky post and now I have waffled on for faaaaar too long... but I shall say... have a goodly day... thanks for looking... see you back here later for the C of C challenge - oh I cannot wait to find out what that will be... til then... TTFN!

Hels x