YIPPEEEE!!! Who's Ready For A SWAP???

Hey everyone!! I am SOOO Pumped you are here and hope you are ready for my very first of many swaps!!! I can't tell you enough how excited I am that you are thinking of joining in on the Fun!!

As some of  you know I have the privilege of being a Creative Team member with the fantabulous

CrowAbout StudioB @ Deviant Scrap.com

 Nancy ( aka  Ms Fancy Pants) designs some of the most amazing graphics and I love love love getting my Zetti on with all the unique and extraordinary elements! So with that said I am sure you are getting the hint that this first swap will be all about her and her newest kit

"Bit by Bit"

You can find some amazing examples using her kits on her

Facebook Page

Nancy Baumiller - Crowabout Studiob at Deviantscrap.com

  

or

 her blog

www.crowabout.blogspot.com

Now that I have given you the link Please go check out her page and hit the LIKE button

 as she is co-hosting this swap with me and has so generously donated a

$5.00 Gift Certificate
to
CrowAbout StudioB
for the
 Prize Drawing

 here on

 Atelier Mel'odee for this months swap

BAZINGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I got so excited about the ATC Swap I created a few of my own

  The Graphics Kit
 "Bit by Bit"
 has so many cool elements

Not to mention background papers

you can find them here:

Bit by Bit Element Pack

 Bit by Bit Paper Pack

So my ATC Junqie's here's

The Details!!

This Month's Theme:
"LOVE"
 (not romantic) but more Freedom to Love self

Although you may use elements from any of  Crowabout StudioB kits,

 the kit for this month is her newest

 "Bit by Bit"

You will create 3 ATC's

2 to be traded with other artists and 1 to trade with me!!

 I will create a photo album on

 My Facebook Page

Melodee Isaacs

So I may give Shout Outs as they come in!! YIPPEEEE!!

Swap Opens TODAY

JANUARY 30th

and

  DEADLINE

 February 28th

 Announcement of  Drawing
WINNER

 For The

$5.00 Gift Certificate
to
CrowAbout StudioB

 (and a few extras from Ms Fancy Pants herself!!)

 March 1st!!

To Enter

the
Swap and the Drawing

Please send a $5.00 PAYPAL "GIFT" Invoice
( Friends and Family section on PayPal)
for Return Postage and Handling
 (tucking in a few little goodies)

 to

Atelier Mel'odee

Email: Melodee.oia@gmail.com

With this being is first Swap
I will be limiting it to

 15 participants
 this month,
(this way I don't get overwhelmed my first time out!! LOL)

If you become unable to participate after entering please let me know asap so someone else may have the chance. I will gladly return postage and handling during the first two weeks of  the swap but after that there will be NO returns!

All entries should be in the mail by February 20 no matter your location, however for international  participants I am in the USA so you should send out two weeks prior to

Deadline
February 28th.

Also please try and make your ATC's as easy to place in a standard size envelope as possible (especially international)!! This helps save on mailing costs as oversized envelopes can cost almost DOUBLE the standard cost!

Well peeps that's it in a nutshell LOL ;)
 If I have forgotten anything please feel free to leave me a comment or pop me an email (www.melodee.oia@gmail.com) with any questions you may have!!

Remember the Deadline to receive them all is

FEBRUARY 28th

and

I will announce
WINNER
on
March 1st

I am sooo excited and can't wait to have you join in!! Thanks again for popping in and
a
BIG THANKS to

 NANCY BAUMILLER

of

CrowAbout StudioB

At

Deviant Scrap .Com

Blessings My Artful Peeps

              Mel’odee

New Kit From Crow About StudioB

Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know Ms Nancy at Crow About StudioB  has come out with a new kit !! I am so excited about this as I will be hosting my very first ATC swap using her
 "Bit by Bit" kit available now over at www.deviantscrap.com

 

 

Her images are amazing and I can't wait to show you the ATC's I have created with them. I hope you are ready for some awesome fun. For all of the details please join me on Thursday January 30, 2014. I will be showing off some fun art as well as sharing with you all the information on how you can participate in the February ATC swap!! It's going to be a Zettilicious good time!!

So until then

Happy Arting my Peeps!!

 

                                                                    Mel’odee

 

Little Asian Houses

Hey folks, Hope you are enjoying this beautiful Tuesday morning. It is so great to finally be back in my atelier creating! Not to mention how great it was to say GOODBYE to 2013!

Today I want to bring you a closer look at the little Asian houses I created for this months "Chinese New Year" challenge over at www.alteredpages-artsociates.blogspot.com If you haven't checked out the challenge yet please click on the link and check it out after you leave here!!

When I received my collage sheet Mystic Asian as a design team member for Altered Pages, I fell in love with it! AP's collage sheets are just so vivid and beautiful and these lovely images just said ooh la la to  me!! I really wanted to  showcase these beautiful Asian women uniquely and I was pretty sure I wanted to use canvas but was still not really sure of what I wanted to do exactly. Then while I was creating the idea of little Asian houses struck me! That's when most of my ideas hit me. You know, right in the middle of creating or at night while I am trying to sleep!! LOL

 

 

 

So I grabbed a couple of 4x4 canvases, some cereal boxes,(yes, cereal boxes, Anyone who knows me knows I must recycle something in my art!!) Dylusions Inks and several other little supplies and went to work. I first gesso my canvases and let them dry. I then took pieces of the Mystic Asian collage sheets and adhered them down in random places with my gel medium. After drying I then adhered the images of the Geisha's down. Next, I added some texture by applying my homemade molding paste over some stencils and then let it dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 While all was drying I created the roofs out of the cardboard cereal boxes and repeating the same process I used for the canvases.

 

 

 

 

Once everything was good and dry, I added some color using my golden acrylic paints and then using my black inktense pencil and a little charcoal pencil and my blending stump, I added some definition to the areas you see. I then used my inka gold rub and rubbed down all the molding paste to make it pop.

 

 

 

 

 Next I topped it off with some buttons ( Chinese coins would be awesome!!) and some painted wooden balls for feet on my houses. I finished everything off with a little varnish spray and there you have it!! I hope you enjoy what you see  and if you would like more ideas hop over to the Alteredpages blog and check out all the other great designs!!

 

 

 

 

 

  I hope you will keep dropping by here  as I can't wait for you to see and read all about my trip to Kentucky and my very first mixed media art class!!

I hope you enjoyed today's post but, it's now time for me to hit the studio and get busy creating. I have some cool valentines goodies coming to Altered Pages and a cute valentine kit coming as well. So please be watching. Oh and don't forget to grab your AP goodies and join us for this months challenge by creating some Chinese New Year goodies of your own. Voting on the AP design team projects is going on now but YOU have until January 31st to get your entry in!! Oh and don't forget to VOTE!! Here's the link: http://alteredpageschallenges.blogspot.com/
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! 

 Tah Tah for now,
                                        Mel’odee
 

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Hi everyone and thank you for stopping by. I am sharing with you a sneak peek of what I have been working on the last few days.

  

 

 

 I created these fun canvas houses for the "Chinese New Year" challenge I am participating in as a design team member for AlteredPages.com. There is a challenge going on now for their fans as well. You will have to come back here next Tuesday to find out more about these wee beauties and what I used to create them. But for now if you would click on the link provided and vote for your favorite DT members creation your vote would be greatly appreciated!!

 

 Here's the link www.alteredpages-artsociates.blogspot.com

 

I will also be posting on  the AP blog  as well next Tuesday and each and every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. So please keep coming back to stay up to date. Also be looking for the very first of many Swaps beginning here on my blog in February.

Thanks again for stopping in!!

 

                           Mel’odee

 

 

 

 

I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

 

Hi everyone and welcome back.

 

 

 I know it has been a while since I have posted but wow this time of year always seems to be a crazy time. Not to mention what crazy people decide to do some home remodeling in DECEMBER!!!! Yes, you got it Me Wonderful and I have been remodeling and I tell ya, I wasn't sure we were going to survive it but so far so good!!!! We are now enjoying our time in front of our beautiful new rock wall and pellet stove!!!

Isn't it beautiful!!

 

 

 

We still have lots to do as we are remodeling the whole house but first things first!!

 

 

We have now put a hold on our work to get through the holidays so I had a little time to do some shopping  and better yet creating!! This months challenge over at www.alteredpages.com is called "The colors of the season" they have left it up to the creator to use their own imagination and interpretation of  all the amazing colors you see during the Christmas holidays to create their very own amazing piece. With that said, most of you know I LOVE vintage as well as shabby chic. Now my home is more primitive but I LOVE LOVE PINK! So I when AP came out with the "Think Pink collage sheet

 

 

 

 I could not wait to use it to create this sweet shabby chic pink tag to represent a Pink Christmas.

 

 

 

 

I used some cardstock and paper from G45 Christmas Emporium and another paper pack I had in my stash and inked the edges. I am a junq'ateer so I am always on the hunt for vintage lace and wedding dress scraps so I added some of that to the piece. I also embossed the edges with some gold tinsel added some yummy pearls and silk ribbon a little Wink of Stella and there you have it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I will be entering this shabby goodness in this months challenge over at www.alteredpages.com. You should as well!! It is open to everyone and Ms Jean has some Awesome goodies to give away to the winner. There will be two winners one from our design team and one of you. So click on the link below and head over!1 Your piece doesn't have to be all AP but you must use at least some of their products. I have no doubt my sweet art sisters will come up with some AMAZING art work!!  Well that's it for today friends. I will be back in January with more creations, but keep stopping by as I will be going on a Wonderful Christmas journey in the mountains and there will be lots to show over the next couple of weeks!!

Thanks for popping in and from my little atelier here in the Ozarks to yours

 

 

 

 

Altered Angels Among US

HI Everyone, Hope you had a Marvelous Thanksgiving and are not to stuffed from all the yumminess and of course the left overs!! Speaking of leftovers, have I told you all how much I love LEFTOVERS? 

 Well Most of you who know me, know I am in love with repurposing junk (Leftovers) or at least what most folks call junk! For me one mans junk is truly my treasure. So today I bring you some of my repurposing once again.

 I am in love with angels, love the thought that I have angels watching over my family, my friends and myself as well. Because of my fondness and in honor of my mom (my personal guardian angel now in heaven) I decided to create an angel. But how was I going to create her and what kind of junk was I going to use? Well, the wheels got to spinning one evening as I was pouring the grand kids a soda. BAZINGA!! I knew what I was going to do and got busy. With a few sheets of paper, some images from www.AlteredPages.com, a little bit of stuffing and matte gel, OH and don't forget the coke can,  I want you to meet,

                                                 

              “Paix”

 

 

"Paix" (which is French for Peace)  was made from repurposed scraps and collage images from  AlteredPages.com Sprayed with a little ink spray created from Gelato's, hand stamped and ladened with scrap pieces of Graphic 45 paper and some floral collage images which I also found over at Altered Pages. I used a wooden ice cream spoon and another AP collage sheet for her head and face along with a little bling for her halo. I then added some tattered vintage lace and some vintage applique from an old wedding dress I found while at one of my favorite flea markets.

 

 

 

 

Now I bet your wondering what I needed the coke cans for? Well look closely and you will see the tin coke cans have now become Angel Wings!!

 

 

 

 I cut them out, altered them with a little matte gel, pieces of paper and then embossed them with gold embossing powder. I left the back side unfinished so you could see.

 

I had such fun creating her that plans are in the making for her and her future sisters "ESPOIR" (Hope), "JOIE" (Joy), and "AMOUR" ( Love) to be offered as online classes!! Classes are be planned to start sometime in February with "Amour" as our featured angel. So please be watching  the blog for more info and how you can be apart of this fun time!!

 

Well I hope so much you have enjoyed today's post. I know I truly enjoyed creating her and feel blessed to be able to show her off  here and over on www.AlteredPages-Artsociates.blogspot.com . Even more so, to be able to find just the right images and products to make my vision happen, Thank you AP for having just what I needed!!  And Thanks to you my artsy angels for dropping by and I hope you will join me again next time.

 

 

                                                               Mel’odee

A Little Vintage Elf'n Magic

Hey everyone, It's AP Tuesday again. All I can say today is WOW! So much yummy goodness going on over at the Altered Pages Blog I feel like I have been stuffed with a Thanksgiving Art Feast!! LOL! So many talented design team members and I am so thankful to be a part of such a great team! If you haven't done so head over to the blog and check out the November Elf challenge. I would love for you to join us not to mention lots of good prizes to the winners!!!

Speaking of elves, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I bet it's even beginning to look a little like Christmas around your homes as well. I have been working on some new Christmas ornaments for my own tree this year and decided to create one more little elf ornament for you. I love victorian and vintage especially vintage toys so with that in mind here is what I came up with

 

 

I created this little rendition of a vintage toy ornament using  some  spools, fibers, glitter, G45 paper and AP's Elves and Gnomes collage kit. You can find lots of cool collage images just right for those vintage handmade ornaments over at www.AlteredPages.com!

 

 

 

 

 A few bits and baubles from my personal stash of junk'n finds,  a little fussy cutting, embossing and glue and Wa La!  Can't wait to hang him on my studio tree!!

 

 

 

(This is the back side)

 

What fun it was to create this little guy.  He is going to look really cute hanging from that  little green tree in my atelier!!  I think it really is starting to look a little like Christmas!!   

 

 Have a Beautiful Blessed Thanksgiving my sweet art friends,

 

                             Mel’odee

 

 

  

One Jolly Soul With Something BiG To Crow About!

Hi everyone and greetings from Mo.!!  I hope all of you have been enjoying this most beautiful month of  November while gearing up for the holidays!! I have been busy in my little atelier here in the Ozarks gearing up for all the fun going on throughout Blog land and at home as well. Designing designing designing and trying to figure out how to add in some quality outdoor time with my Mr. Wonderful!! Fall is a BIG time here in the Ozarks as I am sure it is in a lot of other places. The leaves are falling and the weather is getting cooler (or at least it is supposed to be. LOL).  

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkins, hay bales and scarecrows adorn porches

 

 

 

 

 and around here, the crows are crowing their little heads off!!!

 

 

 

 

Yep, those little black fellas are making their presence known and taking a leisurely walk through the woods, leaves one at times needing earplugs.  But, I love to hear them as it is always a sign fall is here.

 

Speaking of Crows.......  I have a big exciting announcement to make and have been choking on my tongue trying to keep quiet until all the details were worked out!! Some of you read about it on my FB page and some may not have. But, I am ready to make the big reveal!! Yours truly is proud to announce "I have been accepted as a new member of CrowAbout StudioB  design team!    Don't know who CrowAbout StudioB is? Shamey! Shamey! if you are an art journal crazy like myself and do not know!! LOL!  To find out more about Nancy Baumiller and Crowabout click here She herself designs for Deviant Scrap.  And now for my very first original and official design!!  Are ya ready LOL!! Here we go..................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAH DAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used snips and snippets from CrowAbout's newest kit Merry & Bright Digi Kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 as well as the Cutie Patootie kit and Funky Holiday dress-Up kit. Nancy has some most amazing digi kits and they can be found over at Deviant Scrap!

 

 I am just so blessed to be able to have the opportunity to be designing for TWO great companies. Thank you to Nancy at CrowAbout StudioB and Jean over at Altered Pages for the opportunity. I have no doubt it's going to be an amazing journey!!

 

   I hope you have enjoyed today's post and will keep coming back  for more creative fun and to find some upcoming challenges, swaps and giveaways and tutorials!! So for now I bid all of you farewell as it is time for me to head back to my little atelier and get my art on. I will be back Tuesday with more creative goodness and more BIG news!! 

 

Please remember I love your feedback so feel free to leave a comment!!

 

Toot-a-loo my artsy friends!!

               Mel’odee

Altered Pages Challenge #13 - Elves & Gnomes

Altered Pages Challenge #13 - Elves & Gnomes

Hi everyone, are you excited about the holidays? How about a monthly challenge!

We are gearing up for Christmas over at Altered Pages & to kick off the season, our November Challenge theme is all about Elves & Gnomes!

So because of my love and passion for assemblage art and mixed media art dolls I created these little Elf Christmas ornaments

 

 

 

 

These little sweeties measure 3 inches at their widest point and 5.5 inches long and are made from pine and wire. I used the Elf and Gnomes collage sheet from AlteredPages.com and resized them using only their faces. I also used scraps from Graphic 45 "Christmas Emporium" and Glitz "Hello December" paper packs.

Through in some metal corners for wings and lots of scraggly wire. I created paper beads for their legs using the same papers as above.

 

Oh and you CANNOT forget their EARS!!!

 

 

 

 Elves must have ears!!! I created them out of sculpy clay and touched them up with a little dab of Ecogreen acrylic paint and a little dab of Gelatos all found at AP!!.

 

There's gonna be loads of fun going on over on the AlteredPages site as they host this months challenge. You will not only be able to enter your very own elf project but you will be able to vote on your favorite Design Team elf as well!! I Hope you will join in on the fun & link up your Elf project too!

 

Visit the Challenge page for more info!

 

So...  Tah Tah for now my artsy friends,

and have a very blessed artful week!!

 

                                 Mel’odee

 

 

November Blessings

Happy Tuesday everyone!!
 What a blessing it is to be able to share with you today.  November has been noted as the month to be thankful. In reflecting back on this year and what I have to be thankful for I realize that even though this has been a crazy crazy year the blessings have been abundant even in the darkest of  hours.   I know sounds crazy right? Blessings being plentiful even in the midst of the storms? Yes, truly there have been. For example, My dad become unexpectedly ill and we almost lost him twice. Two long months at the hospital by his side day in and day out brought weariness, emotional highs and lows and everything else that comes with sleeping and caring for an ill loved one day in and day out. Where is the blessing in all of that you ask? Well, I am happy to say finding the strength I never knew I had for one thing not to mention daddy came home and is doing well. It brought me closer to my love for art as I was able to have my art journal at the hospital. I could go on and on about the blessings that came from this and believe me this was truly a dark time as I am a daddy's girl even age *!&#*!! LOL (There are some things a girl just doesn't speak of!!)  While we may not see the blessings all the time they are there in every shape and form and I can say I definitely have been blessed. I am also blessed and thankful for all of my sweet art friends, while I may have never met you in person, each of you in have blessed me with your beautiful words, your constant "you can do it's" and your own inspiring works of art. You never cease to amaze me.    I have so many reasons to be thankful and I am sure you do too. I am also blessed to have been selected to join a team of amazing designers over at www.AlteredPages.com So in honor of this bountiful month of blessings I created this little card for all of you! Yes it will have to be a virtual for most but you get the idea LOL!

 

 

 I used  the collage sheet 2250 Thanksgiving place cards and 2021 Let us be Thankful, paper from Graphic 45 French Country collection and a little wink of Stella ( yes it's there and I do apologize for the pictures, having a little camera difficulty this crazy day,LOL)  all found at  www.alteredpages.com, along with some brown & red cardstock, vintage lace and trim and a tiny brad. I love AP and they have such a great line of products and Ms Jean is adding new products everyday!!

 In creating this, I took brown cardstock and created a standard A7 greeting card or 4 1/4 x 5 1/2  ( 4/14 x 11) folded in half. Then cut 2 strips of G45 paper measuring 2 1/2x 5 1/2 and the other 3x5 1/2. Flipping the larger strip over to reveal the green and then sewed them together and roughing up the edges with a little sandpaper. Next I cut out the image from collage sheet 2250 and layered it up with some brown cardstock and more G45 and added a little vintage lace from my junque'n stash. I added more vintage lace and a little trim to the top of the card and then adhered the image down up top. I then cut the greeting from collage sheet  2021 layered it on a little red cardstock added a teeny tiny brad and adhered it down, topped off the pumpkins with a little Wink of Stella glitter  and waa laa. This was a quickie card but came out so cute.

I just love vintage especially this time of year. It just seems to bring about the warm fuzzies especially as I reflect back through the year, a year despite the difficulties has had so many beautiful and wonderful blessings. What are you thankful for this year, I would love to hear in your comments.

As I said before, I so am thankful for the opportunity to be apart of  a fabulous design team and for the blessing of being able to share my work with all of you, our wonderful followers, my friends!. So for today and always I send you  "Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving and a blessed year"!!

                                                                                            Mel’odee