Linda Martinelli

HALLOWEEN TOMBSTONE SWAP

At my Yahoo Group we all decided to do a Tombstone Swap. An ATC that had the design of a tombstone. I thought it was pretty unique, so I joined in. We had to leave a little room on the side for binding, should be a pretty interesting book.   I got the idea from Heather.  She is in my blog roll.  

All products:  Stamp'in Up except for ribbon which was purchased at a big box store.

HALLOWEEN FAT BOOK SWAP

Hi Everyone

This is my Fat Book Swap for my Yahoo Group - Altered_stART Group.  There should be 13 pages that will be bound and sent out after October 15th.  I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone else has done.  It's a great group for anyone who loves mixed media, ATC's, Journals, etc.  They always have some kind of swap going on.  Just go to Yahoo and look for the group name.  

All products Stamp'in Up except for the skull bead, skull ribbon and spider web  You can e-mail me for that information.

LITTLE POCKETBOOK BOX

I bought this tiny pocketbook box (unfinished) at Michael's a few weeks ago.  I painted a little girl's portrait on the front of it.  I collaged the other side of the pocketbook and lined the interior.  It took me longer than I thought it would, but I liked the way it turned out.

  That's the front

 This is the other side

 Here's the interior.  

WHIMSICAL GIRL

Hello Everyone

A while back I took a workshop from Willowing's Wonderful World of Whimsey - I know that's a mouthful. She is a lovely gal who gives these querky little workshops on her NING website.  You should check her out.  She also sings and has groups for people who have fears about creating art (hmmmmmm) I think that might be me.  There is sooooooo much on her site I could go on and on forever, but you must go and see for yourself.  It will mean hours of entertainment for you.  Here is the "mixed media" girl I painted.  I think she turned out alright for the first go at it. Yeah?

PAPERDOLLS

Hello Everyone

I know I haven't blogged in along time, but I won't bore you with the details of why I haven't, let's just say I wasn't feeling up to it.  But I have something really interesting to post today.  I belong to a few Yahoo groups and they have been having some wonderful and different swaps.  I joined a paper doll swap over at the Altered_stART group.  Take a look at my four dolls.  There are just so sweet.

I took a Suziblu class to learn how to paint faces, so I used that technique to paint the face.  I used a Deco Art Varnish (gloss) over the face to seal it. Decorative scrapbook paper was used for the body and arms.  Prima flowers and leaves were used for sleeves and background flowers.  I had some old lace that I used for the cuffs. Brads and buttons were used for the movable arms and legs which were made from a rubber stamp which I purchased from Stampington & Company.  The decorative hats are from the women A.T.C. Collection at www.leisurearts.com I also used some of Martha Stewart's Glitter for their shoes. Other embellishment  I had lying around were thrown on for good measure.  I hope you enjoy them.

SPRING SKINNY PAGES

Hello Everyone - it's been along time coming, but I finally have something to blog about.  I belong to a Yahoo Group called Art Techniques and haven't joined in a swap yet, until now.  It was for a Spring Skinny Book - which is a work of art that is 4" x 7".  You could use any technique you wanted, as long as it portrayed "Spring".  I thought about it for a long time and experimented with a few different ideas and this is the page I came up with (Front and Back).  I got to practice my one-stroke roses, which was very rusty, and play with water colors - my favorite.  Here they are.  I hope you enjoy.

            

 

 

I don't know why I can't get the pictures to be the exact same size, but they both are 4" x 7".

I used a variety of supplies on both projects, if you have any questions, just leave a comment and I'll try to answer them.

 

     

   

RODEO GIRL

Hello Everyone

I finally finished SuziBlu's Rodeo Girl Workshop and I wanted to post my finished painting.  I think she is so pretty.  Alot of work and time, but definitely worth it.  Can't wait until the next class.

HANDMADE VALENTINE ORNAMENTS

I bought a white feather tree just to hang my handmade Valentine ornaments.  I'm not done decorating the tree yet, but I wanted to see how the ornaments looked on it.  It's so soft and pretty.  I just bought some unpainted wooden hearts from Michaels, painted them with acrylic paint, sanded, etc. Decoupaged and added some ephemera on them.  Ribbon to hang and some beads at the bottom.