tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87285082193378594712024-02-20T15:31:35.847-08:00Artful CuriositiesBlessed are the curious...for they create a better world.Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-62160583320390304732016-02-17T11:10:00.000-08:002016-02-17T11:29:45.670-08:00Mixed Media Love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My art life has taken a turn! I'm thoroughly enjoying my mixed media journeys. Here is a start to a colorful and energetic book that I will be teaching. Stay tuned for more........Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-73365265902031388782014-05-01T16:08:00.004-07:002014-05-04T08:20:46.593-07:00White upon White upon WhiteIt is a very HOT and WINDY day here in San Diego and it has taken the sweet spring mood away like a bomb! So it's great that I am finished with my Spring swap cards.<br />
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The theme for the monthly card and tag swap with<a href="http://aswapforallseasons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> A Swap For All Seasons</a> is white for May, and I knew immediately what I wanted to create. I have been having so much fun making little dresses out of paper, and a wedding dress would be so perfect for the theme! I was assigned Joyce to send my creations to so I was hoping that they would be special. Joyce is the first person that sent me cards in this group and they were so lovely.<br />
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Linking with<a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Pink Saturday</a>.Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-21625942888567036892014-03-11T10:10:00.001-07:002014-03-14T17:20:13.484-07:00Spread Your Wings! Altered Peat PotSpring is soooo here in Southern CA. Actually it's almost like summer! It is supposed to be in the 90s this weekend. I am so lucky to live here. I find it so much easier and inspiring to be creative on beautiful sunny days and this week is full of them.<br />
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So how perfect is it that the theme for my monthly art club is a birdie altered peat pot. I have been experimenting with tea dying and knew that I wanted to incorporate some of the dyed fabrics, papers and ribbons in to this piece. I covered the peat pot with dyed burlap and lace. I then shredded some tea dyed French text to create the nest. I dipped the bird in a cup of tea, but if I had that to do over again I would paint the tea dye on. The bird took forever to dry and the glues holding him together started to fail. After adding some flowers and the laser cut frame I finished it off with some tea dyed seam binding and adhered a tea dyed doily with chipboard to the bottom of the pot to add some stability.<br />
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All this while I listened to the birdie outside my window sing while she was sitting on her eggs in a nest she made in my patio light fixture!<br />
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<br />Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-55312219279181702342014-03-02T13:57:00.000-08:002014-03-02T13:57:04.193-08:00A Swap for All Seasons MarchWhere oh where oh where is Spring? Hopefully it is right around the corner. Now I know I shouldn't complain since I live in San Diego but we have had a week of well needed rain and it is just enough to remind us how lucky we are that it is almost always sunny here! I know my Midwest and east coast friends are really ready for Spring. It has been a tough winter for you guys!<br />
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Our them this month for the Swap for All Seasons theme is Spring and Yellow. These are the cards that I sent to Joy. It's always fun to work with Spring colors but I don't typically choose yellow. So I added purple to my combo and loved the way the French Perfume Labels worked in the color scheme.<br />
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<br />Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-58512478029146944732014-02-27T15:57:00.001-08:002014-02-27T16:00:18.438-08:00Art Joy Stuff Vintage Paper ATC SwapThis month I decided to join an ATC swap hosted by Kimberly of <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ArtJoyStuff</a>. She hosts a different theme monthly and this time around it was Vintage Paper. I thought "that sounds pretty easy, I can handle that," and so I joined in. Well this was NOT easy! The rules were that everything on the ATC had to be vintage. EVERYTHING! I guess I didn't think it would be that big of a deal until I tried to make the card with my limited supply of vintage items.<br />
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I had a bunch of pages from an old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme book and I started with that. Then I found a beautiful piece of flocked metallic vintage wall paper. It still looked so plain! So I went to bed and started again in the morning and came up with millinery flowers and a roll of vintage seam binding. In the end it was fun and challenging to use all vintage materials.<br />
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<br />Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-55549036875367807102014-02-16T11:03:00.000-08:002014-02-16T11:04:47.215-08:00New Grandma Baby ShowerLast week we hosted a shower for my dear friend Lorraine who is about to be a grandma for the first time. The shower was part of our monthly art group, Paper Soirée, which is held at Paper Tales. The ladies were all excited to shower Lorraine with scrapbook supplies for her new Grandma Brag Book. Each month this group hosts a swap so we continued with this tradition and swapped paper baby shoes. We all made two and traded one and we each gave one to Lorraine. My girlfriend Pam and I made all of the decorations and my daughter Cassidy helped by folding Origami boats for party favors. We all had so much fun and Lorraine was so surprised!<br />
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Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-11719353980714260452014-02-10T07:43:00.000-08:002014-02-14T16:15:02.873-08:00A Swap For All Seasons Valentines <br />
This was my first month in a wonderful swap group called<a href="http://aswapforallseasons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> A Swap For All Seasons</a>. I love this group because you can choose to participate each month and you create a card and a tag to send to your partner. This is pretty easy and not overwhelming if I run out of time because I have overcommitted myself (yes, we ALL do this!). The group is managed by a sweet and very organized woman, Linda.<br />
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And I was the lucky recipient of a beautiful package from <a href="http://scrapforjoy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Joyce</a>. She is so sweet. After visiting my blog she learned that I love Marie Antoinette. She used this as her inspiration to create a card and tag for me. Visit her blog to see the beautiful pieces!<br />
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Linking with<a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Pink Saturday</a>.Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-11978945251189286762014-02-07T08:54:00.002-08:002014-02-07T08:54:17.419-08:00Stitched ValentinesThese are the Valentines Day cards I made for a Marie Antionette Mail Art swap. I have been having a wonderful time mixing paper and various laces, burlap and other fabrics and stitching them all together with my sewing machine. My machine is about 25 years old and is causing me some frustration but I am continuing on none-the-less. I now really understand why they call the top and bottoms thread equalization tension because it is definitely causing me some tension!<br />
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Linking to <a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Pink Saturday</a>.Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-55807248139637677342014-01-29T18:52:00.000-08:002014-01-31T13:09:31.800-08:00Altered Valentine Candy BoxPink and red, lace and doilies, glitter and ribbons......what's not to love about getting creative in the Valentine season! This is one of my favorite times to create and here is an altered candy box that I have designed for a few swaps that I entered this year. I just love changing up these old candy boxes and I love filling them with little trinkets in mini cupcake liners. Happy<a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Pink Saturday</a> to my favorite blog party visitors!<br />
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A little Charlotte so sweet!</div>
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This adorable piece is created in a vintage pastry tin. This MAMA swap has truly been one of my all time favorites. Thank you so much <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly</a>!</div>
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And here is the glittered frame that Kimberly will open today:</div>
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On the eighth day of Christmas</div>
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This beautiful heart to adorn my Christmas Tree!</div>
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This ornament is so cute. Once again, Kimberly has used a fabric panel printed with a vintage image in her work. She has inspired me so much that yesterday I spent hours printing images on to fabric!</div>
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And for Kimberly, here is a little globe featuring the Eiffel Tower in a snow storm. I have one myself, and I shake it and dream of Paris during Christmastime. I hope Kimberly does the same!</div>
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Isn't this beautiful! I just love the color palette and Kimberly's incorporation of vintage photos printed on fabric in her work. I will treasure her precious gifts for many years to come.</div>
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I created this little dancer in her own stage shadow box for Kimberly for her Day 7 gift:</div>
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On the sixth day of Christmas, </div>
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A ballerina dancing on a leg in my tree!</div>
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Isn't she fabulous! A beautiful assemblage piece of art to hang on my Christmas tree was my gift on day 5. I just love it! </div>
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Happy<a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Pink Saturday</a> to my blog party friends!</div>
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And here is what I created for Kimberly, two ornament shaped tags with lovely little angel faces.</div>
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This beautiful pin features Marie Antoinette as the "Queen of Hearts". My photo doesn't do her justice. She is protected by a layer of epoxy and mounted on a metal heart. <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly</a>, she is so amazing!</div>
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<br />Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-7724552872589368752013-12-17T07:23:00.000-08:002013-12-17T07:25:43.037-08:00Twelve days of Christmas Day TwoIt has been such a holiday treat to open a sweet little gift every day between now and Christmas! Today my surprise was a set of adorable little burlap tags with lovely little images sewn on them. Thank you so much Kimberly! You are so creative! I hope you like my little gift of a miniature couple figurine. I just thought they were so cute.<br />
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<br />Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-35130346024649220972013-12-15T09:41:00.000-08:002013-12-15T09:47:01.037-08:00Twelve Days of Christmas Swap Day OneThe season of Christmas is upon us and what a wonderful way to enjoy it than to celebrate for twelve days with little gifts each day! I hosted this swap in my Marie Antoinette Mail Art group, and my "Les Douze Jours de Noel" swap partner, Kimberly, has rewarded me with such a beautiful group of packages. I opened the first one and was so delighted with a beautiful little bottle.<br />
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And here are the twelve little packages that I sent to <a href="http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly</a>. I hope she has opened her first gift so I am not ruining the surprise, but it is a little Marie Antionette shoe ornament that I created.</div>
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Fairies, fairies, fairies, who isn't entranced by their spells? This little cutie, a Paper Whimsy image, was designed for my French Club swap. I have to admit, I had a hard time giving this little sweet girl away! But Bonnie drew my name for the month, and she loves little triangle banners so I knew she was going to a good home. Plus Bonnie's little granddaughters would get to share her too! </div>
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Participating in theses swaps has really helped me try out different types of designs and push myself a little out of my comfort zone. And I just adore the ladies in this local group. Everyone is so supportive and encouraging!</div>
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Wow, can you believe I am working on Christmas packaging? It seems so early but I am hosting a Twelve Days of Christmas swap in my Marie Antoinette Mail Art group. All twelve gifts should look similar, so my go to is always vintage music paper. I just love the nostalgic look of it, and it goes with any color scheme. Because it is for MAMA the accent colors I have chosen were Marie's favorites, pink and blue. The burlap adds some texture and I really enjoy creating roses out of it as well as other fabrics. Ooh la la, I think it's going to be a fun holiday season!</div>
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Halloween is over, let the holiday crafting begin! I will be teaching how to create this Christmas advent calendar at Paper Tales in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego on Sunday, November 17th and would love it for you to join me! You will learn how to create these adorable boxes with drawers that hold little treats for the 25 days of Christmas.<br />
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I just love advent calendars. When I was a little girl my mom would present us with one of the flat pictures calendars with doors that held chocolate and my siblings and I would look forward to that chocolate each day! A few years back I created a calendar for my girlfriend Lorraine and filled it with little vintage and new Christmas crafting supplies. Unbeknownst to me, she sent it in to Somerset Magazine and they wrote a feature article on it. It was such a highlight in my artistic career, and I'm forever grateful to Lorraine for submitting it. So this wonderful tradition is near and dear to my heart, and I would love to share it with you! You can find out more information on my class on the <a href="http://papertales.typepad.com/photos/classes/martiadvent11-13.html" target="_blank">Paper Tales website.</a><br />
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I wish you all a wonderful start to the holiday creative season. May you find many an inspiration and may you not get carpal tunnel syndrome from all of your pinning!<br />
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Happy <a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Pink Saturday</a> to you wonderful blog party visitors who are visiting here!Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-15808500808535383352013-10-24T16:09:00.002-07:002013-10-25T17:19:09.403-07:00Three Wicked Witches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Or, maybe they are sweet witches................these three spooky ladies are sitting in a paper tea cup filled with "brew" bubbles. My girlfriend Lorraine and I started these a few weeks ago and I was adamant that I would actually see it through to completion.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am still trying to finish up a few Halloween projects while I am starting on my Christmas projects. My studio looks like a pumpkin threw up all over winter wonderland! This will probably be the last of Halloween, I am really ready to move on! </span><br />
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Welcome <a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Pink Saturday </a>visitors!Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-64470236947148426982013-10-23T09:42:00.000-07:002013-10-23T09:42:25.688-07:00Let It Snow!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again, Christmas is in the air at my house, even though it is in the 80s here in San Diego this week. But I am preparing for the November meeting of my French Art Group and we are swapping altered tea tins. My friend Debbie must drink a ton of tea because when we meet for breakfast she hands me a bag of tins each time. I decided I must have enough to use for our group and came up with the idea to create a Christmas themed tin to hold tags that we will make at our meeting, shown in the post below.<br />
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I covered my tin in gift wrap and placed a little snowman on a glittered pedestal. I bleached a green bottlebrush Christmas tree that I bought at Michaels and added some glitter snow and snowflakes. A few more embellishments and voila! a perfect little decorative tag tin which I will proudly display and my tags will be easy to find this year!Marti McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459712730269183365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728508219337859471.post-17215819937684868482013-10-22T15:00:00.000-07:002013-10-22T15:00:31.336-07:00Designing for Christmas Already!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am already in the Christmas mood! After hours and hours of searching for my Christmas supplies I finally came up with a couple of boxes so I could start working on the make and take for our November French Art group at Paper Tales.<br />
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This little tag is made for the Tim Holtz Carved Ornaments Sizzix die. Of course I don't own it, I have borrowed it from my girlfriend Lorraine and now I must find it for myself! Isn't it a cute shape for Christmas gift tags? The darling little angel sits on a silver snowflake also cut from a Tim Holtz die (thank goodness I at least own his one) and it is layered on the Tim Holtz mini snowflake rosette. This die is new and creates two gorgeous different three dimensional snowflake rosettes. I also borrowed this from Lorraine but have already found it online and it is on its way to me now. It's funny how my post today sounds like anTim Holtz ad, doesn't it! But I really am excited to use all of these dies throughout the Christmas season.<br />
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I have embellished the little tag with a crepe paper rosette, a scalloped circle, a punched snowflake, some seam binding and a miniature aqua blue jingle bell.<br />
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I can't believe it isn't even November yet and I am already planning all of my Christmas wrap. Now all I have to do is buy the presents!<br />
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