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art (n)
creative work or its principles; a making or doing of things that display form, beauty, and unusual perception

-- Webster's New World Dictionary

SkyBluePink Art Gallery

Christmas Cards

Lady Kimber has made these lovely Christmas Cards out of our Christmas Angel playing cards.

Fabric Postcards

The Queen participated in a Fabric Postcard Mingle and loved working on them. The base layers were pieces of upholstery fabric, embellished with netting, jigsaw puzzle pieces, lace, a vellum tag, and various machine embroidery stitches.

TIP: to use jigsaw puzzle pieces, yet keep the piece thin, peel off the printed top layer with your thumbnail. For detailed instructions on making fabric postcards, click the Links button on the left and scroll down a ways. There are two excellent tutorials there, with lots of pictures.

Bandanna Doodling

Lady Belinda Spiwak has been using an Inkssentials White Pigment Pen to make these cool Bandanna Doodles. Samples and directions can be found on Robin Beam's blog. More examples with a different overall look can be found on Lynn Robert's blog.

A Summer Frock

Vicki Allgaier set off a flurry of interest in our cute hangers with this card.

Valentine Ornaments

Lady Carol has wowed us all with her Valentines Ornaments made from our Big Bamboo Tiles. The images are transparencies she glued onto the tiles.

Chipboard Clock Faces

Princess Wanda, Personal Book Designer to the Queen, loves all things time related. She has used the now discontinued Heidi Swapp Chipboard Clocks in this greeting card collage. She placed a face image in the center of the chipboard clock, then layered it onto several tags cut out of fabric, and added a ribbon and a paper flower.

Inchies!

One of the newest crazes is creating Inchies - 1 square inch of Art! Click the image to see samples sent in by Lady Debbie.

Coin Folder and More

The Lady Debbie Metti made us this wonderful piece using a Coin Folders embellished with Double Happiness Coins, Lightweight Chinese Charms, and the Double Dragon Good Luck Charm at the top. The women are from our Chinese Calendar Girls card deck.

Debbie says, "For the coin holder, I cut one "page" off of the folder, painted it with black gesso and stamped the Asian text with Encore Gold Ultimate Metallic ink. Sprayed it with a matte fixative spray, then used a 1" circle punch to punch out the red papers and the images from the deck of cards. That's your Double Dragon coin at the top, and I added a tassel to it. I glued the coin on with Golden's Heavy Gel.."

Chinese Charms

The Lady Debbie Metti made us this charming ATC using our lightweight Chinese Charms. The woman is from our Chinese Calendar Girls card deck.

Irresistible Resistors

Barbara Rossman sent us this adorable paperdoll with Irresistible Resistors in her midriff.

And continuing her infatuation with Resistors, we now have a Circus Clown contained with bars made of Irresistable Resistors.

Cat's Eyes

The Lady Debbie Metti, Guildmistress of the Royal Academy of Design and Museum Pieces, has used our Cat's Eyes on her latest ATC and tag creations. So realistic!!

Calendar Pads & More

The Lady Debbie Metti, our very own Guildmistress, has created some wondrous calendars with our Calendar Pads. The Royal Calendar on the right uses figures cut from a Russian Playing Cards and a Heart Brad in Red just between the couple. The most unusual and interesting part is the strips of Copper Memory Foil Tape which she texturized. She used an antique tool with a toothed wheel, much like ones used in sewing or the specialized ones for working with metal foil.

The Lady in Red Calendar on the left uses a Lotus Pad with Ring as a hanger. Lady Debbie says "I cut the tag myself from a couple layers of heavy cardstock that I glued together first. It's got that ribbed texture on it as it shows in the scan. Encore Bronze metallic ink around the edges...and those cabochon 'jewels' are your Queen's Jewels. The image of the woman is from the Lynne Perrella papers from Stampington."

Hang Up Your Clothes!

A very sweet ATC made by Lady Debbie with one of our hangers.

Lion's Head Pull

Jean Sunderman has created a unique round card called "Reflect", which uses a Lion's Head Pull from our Hardware for Art collection.

Calendar Pads

CATlanta shows some fun cards she made with our Calendar Pads. Now we know why she's called CATlanta!

Pirate Playing Cards

Our very own Lady Debbie Metti, Guildmistress of the Royal Academy of Design and Museum Pieces, has been having a grand time with our Pirate Cards on her tag creations.

Stuff

Deb Hook has sent The Queen a very special card for Pack Rat Day, May 17th! To see a closeup of all the goodies inside the window, many of which came from us, click here.