A Winner and An Arch

Congratulations to Pankti.  She was No. 10 of the entries and that is the number the random generator picked.  Her card was posted in the winner's spot on my sidebar.  If I don't post a special post announcing the winner of my challenges, you can always find who it is there.

Now for my post.  I am entering the "Butterflies" challenge on Gothic Arches.  I don't usually like to use stickers, but these lovely ones were given to me by a secret pal.  i reallyt like the gold trim as it makes them really pop.  As a special touch I added a glass fragment with a butterfly in it.  The stamping is by Stampin' Up.  I picked a very dull paper and stamped with Autumm Brown as I wanted the butterlies draw your attention.

Day and Night

What time is it?  Day or Night?  I created this for the Gothic Arch's  "Day and Night Challenge".  Instead of choosing one or the other I decided to depict both parts of the challenge. If you notice the main image at the top, it is an embossed half sun and half moon. 

The clocks tick during both during the day and the night.

This piece is also for two other challenges. I decided to add the black and white banner at the bottom for the Tag Tuesday Challenge "Banners". The third challenge is for Creative Belli Blog which is focusing on  "101-Numbers".

Back to School

Well, it is that time this year - all the kids are going back to school.  I felt a little left out the other day when I was at Wal-mart and I didn't have any school supplies to buy.  In order to feel part of the crowd I bought a new day planner!   "Here is an arch I made for the Gothic Arches'  " Back to School" theme.  Can't you see this little schoolgirl  puzzling over  the "new math"?  Of course, her new math was a great deal different from the new math of today.

For my arch I began with a piece of cardstock on which I did TJ Bleach Swipe technique.  The schoolgirl image is from Graphics Fairy and the numbers she is working out are from a stamp by Artistic Outpost.

Compendium of Curiosities No.9

I finally got my copy of Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities.  This is my first entry in this challenge.  The exact challenge was to create something using Distress Crackle.  My background is almost like leather as I worked with it quite a bit.  It doesn''t act like cardstock, but has a very flexible and soft feel.  On it I did a technique called Embossed Acrylic and then lightly distressed it. 

The frame in the middle of the arch contains my crackle paint which has been distressed.  It looks almost like marbling.  Within the distressed crackle are some stamped crowns.   The stamp used was from Stampoer Anonymous.  I was trying for an antique-looking picture showing crown   As a finishing touch, I addedd some paper lace and a flower.  This will also be entered into the Gothic Arches' Crowns challenge.

Owls in a Tree

Owls is the theme for this week at.Gothic Arches  Here is a pic of the arch I made with owls.  For this one I put owls in a tree.   Hidden in the tree are three owls,  a large one and two little owls.  Stamps are by Hero Arts  The background is Cuttlebug Highlight technique.

First Gothic Arch

This is my first Gothic Arch and I'm going to enter it into the Gothic Arches Challenge for Marie Antoinette.  I am pleased.  It is not too cluttered and I emphasize the "eat cake" by putting the cake on pop dots so that it is raised and sitting out of her hand.

The background is Glimmer Lace which gives a pleasant background without my doing anything else to it.   The scan is not really showing the various intensities of the blue background.  I scanned the arch on a blue piece of cardstock so the lace would show.  On her head is a small translucent piece of sequin I found on my desk when cleaning it off.  (Yes, I finally got my desk cleaned off!).  On top of the lace is a row of pearls.  In the corner of the arch is a piece of scrollwork that I cut from a die. The digitals came from Graphics Fairy.