Next meeting Monday June 9th

Hope to see everyone at the next meeting Monday June 9th. Welcome to new member Jean!
We will be trading an ATC card using last month's technique (leafing pen resist). Bring tag numbers 3-4-5 for trading.

The project we will be working on is Inky Layers pages 20-21 in the Bernie Berlin Artist Trading Card Workshop book. Bring supplies if you have them:
dye ink pad
colored glazing medium (mix acrylic paint with glaze medium)
pigment ink pad
iridescent ink
glue
papers: old, text, patterned scrapbook paper--a variety of textures and absorbency
heavy weight card stock for the base.

Please read the technique and think about what mediums you'd like to experiment with.

Kendall let us know at the last meeting that her nephew Dwayne is home safe and sound from service in Iraq. Also Ramona's British friend's daughter had her heart surgery which seemed to go well. She had received a few of the cards we sent.

Please check out new blogs:
Barb Bruder/Creative Stamper: http://creativestamper.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Ramona: http://ramonabonita.blogspot.com/

May project-Leafing Pen Resist

Here's a sampling of everyone's leafing pen resist experiments from the meeting May 12th. We are working our way through Bernie Berlin's book Artist Trading Card Workshop for our monthly projects. Click on each picture to enlarge it.

0-1-2 tags traded

Here are the first set of number tags we traded Mon night. Try clicking on the image to enlarge it! More pictures to be posted soon from Monday's meeting.

May 12 meeting

For the May meeting on the 12th please bring number tags (0-1-2) for exchange plus an ATC using the April technique--watercolor baby wipes.

We will be doing the leafing pen resist project on pages 18-19 in the ATC workshop book. Bring watercolor paper, metallic leafing pens (Krylon), brush, watercolors, black acrylis paint, bold image rubber stamps.

I hope everyone will be able to make it to the Duveneck art show on Mother's Day to check out the art work for show and sale. We may try to get a table for next year's show if enough members have art to sell.

Ramona has requested help sending cards to her friend in Germany whose daughter is having heart surgery soon. Email Ramona or Barb Beeghly if you need the address again (I forwarded an email a few weeks ago).

Stampaway tickets and class registration for the August 9th convention are available now. See previous blog post with a link.

ABC altered journal

Thought you all might like to check out this blog:
http://ullam.typepad.com/ullabenulla/class_samples/index.html

I ran across it today after someone asked for some samples of an ABC altered journal on the Gingerwood BB.

I'll post some info for the next meeting May 12th soon.
Barb

Spritz and Flick --a fun technique to try

Thought you all might like to try out a new technique from my internet friend Wendy Vecchi. She went to Ranger U last fall and learned this one from Tim Holtz.

http://studio490art.blogspot.com/2008/04/ask-you-shall-receivespritz-flick.html

Stampaway rubber stamp convention

FYI--Stampaway convention information is available at the store Stamp Your Art Out in Cincinnati, OH. It should be posted on their website within the next week and I've been told that pictures of the class samples will be posted soon also. This convention is in August but some of the classes fill up quickly so be sure to get your registration in soon if you are really interested in a particular class!
www.stampawayusa.com