Friday, January 23, 2009

...and the winner is.....plus Coloured Gloss Card atc's.......AND a canvas

It seems like there are quite a few of you out there who don't have a very pretty doormat and would like one of these instead, though a couple of you have said you'll use it as a journal cover.....whatever floats your boat! Using random.org the winners have been chosen for the giveaway from the last post.

The three names are.....(in no particular order) Lady Di, Sherry Goodloe and Katie Scarlett. I decided I might as well give away all 3 of them as I really don't need more than one. So the first of you to email me gets to choose which one you want. I do have your email addresses but what fun would that be if I just emailed you and said....
"you won" ....how boring!!! Hope you enjoy them and I hope you get the colour you want. ;-)





Tomorrow is the first of my Coloured Gloss Card technique atc classes and I've been busy today making extra samples and the raffle atc's for the 3 classes (dates up the top, to the right). It's surprising what colour you end up with when layering different colours of distress inks onto the gloss card, some are very unexpectedly beautiful, others not so (though you won't see any of THOSE here.....if in doubt, use Spiced Marmalade over the top and it fixes everything!!!) Because Stazon works so beautifully on gloss card, the stamping is what it's all about, besides the background colour of course!


"Servitude"...

"Eternal quest"...

"Will I love her"...


and a close-up of the wonderful black texture paste (again!) around the image of "Will I love her", which has then been rubbed with a little silver Rub'n'buff and mounted onto torn black metallic card...

"Sunshine and birdsong"...

"Collector"...


Two of my Uncles had their 60th birthday last weekend and for one of them I made an 8" x 10" canvas using a picture from the newspaper of his son taken when he was 8 years old. Paulie (my cousin) died tragically young when he was only in his 20's and it is still very hard for Paul (my uncle) to look at pictures of him....very emotional! I hoped that seeing Paulie's beaming smile in this canvas would show him in his true light, a fun-loving little boy who loved his skating and how cool to be in the newspaper when you're only 8! Yes, if you click on it it'll be bigger. I'm so glad I worked out how to do this, it used to really p*ss me off when it wouldn't work.



17 comments:

Jen Crossley said...

Congrats to the winners .Winners are grinners they say Kelsey.
Wish I was coming to your class tommorow .
The canvas you made is just awesome kelsey
Jen

Anonymous said...

kelsey I love the canvas for your uncle those circles are very funky. See you tomorrow.

lisa crofts

chrisw said...

What a beautiful thought Kelsey,the canvas looks lovely,i'm sure it will move him!

Linda M. Cain said...

I think you've seen my GD after a temper tantrum in "Will I Love Her"! THAT IS A HOOT!!!! Terrific!!!
Linda

Sherry Goodloe said...

And yes Yes YES, I AM grinning this morning!! I'm a winner. Thank you soooooooo much Kelsey. I love your work :) I'll be right over to give you my snail mail address! I tell you, with what I've been through this week, this was quite a nice treat to see my name in big bold letters as one of the winners this morning!!

cyber hugs & kisses - Sherry

Mary S. Hunt said...

love these cards!

but this eternal quest piece
is absolutley the best named piece ever!

congratulations all the winners!

Lady Di said...

OMG I can't believe I won something that you created Kelsey ... I am so deeply grateful and excited. I'll email you my details now ... how exciting ...

Anne, Bulles dorées said...

lucky winners !! congratulation !!

KatieScarlett said...

Yea us!!!

I've never won anything before - it's amazing to win something soooo beautiful, and that I want to learn to make myself. That's kismet!

I hadn't checked my e-mail or been online all day - what a fabulous treat to discover when I did finally make my way here.

K

Nic Hohn said...

Beautiful imagery and love the textures your using.

Barb said...

Congrats to the lucky winners of your fab door mats ...vbg

Love the canvas for your Uncle.

Elizabeth said...

This canvas is just beautiful!! You ahve really inspired me to get some moulding paste and have a go with it!! Your work is simply stunning!!
thanks for sharing it with us!!
Elizabeth

Sam Marshall said...

Congratulations to the winners!!
Kelsey, your canvas is stunning.
xxx

Anonymous said...

congratulations to the winners
these ATC are so beautiful, I love "collector"

Shelly said...

Congratulations to the lucky winners . . . and HI Diana !!! So happy for you !!
Wonderful cards, Kelsey. You have the touch with the texture paste.
The canvas for your uncle is so beautiful . . . what a wonderful quote and precious photo of your cousin.
Thanks for always so generously sharing !!
:-)
Shelly

Sherry Goodloe said...

I am soooooooooo glad I was one of the winners! I received my journal cover and atc in the mail today and ooooooooooooooh, I just love them BOTH!!

Stop by www.gotart4u.blogspot.com to see your handiwork :)

Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to win a couple of pieces of your artwork Kelsey!

xoxo from Southern California!

Lorri said...

Congrats to the winners.
Kelsey, I love your 'Paulie' canvas and I'm sure your Uncle was thrilled to bits with it.
Thanks for sharing!