Queen Street Block Party Info

Update: I will be near Art and Glassworks, East side of the street, 319 N. Queen Street. Stop by and say "hi."

Queen Street Block Party

Hey everyone - I will have a tent at the Queen Street Block party next Sunday, June 3, 11AM to 6PM selling my jewelry. The bike race is that day too! Double your fun! All the stores will be open and there will be other crafters and artists. Promises to be a great time. Hope you'll stop by!
Location - Downtown - Queen Street - Lancaster PA.
For more information go to W Jewelry Designs web site - over in the link section, in the right sidebar.

May ATC Technique
This is the first ATC technique I ever tried. I can’t find the link, so I can’t credit the originator.

Materials needed
Acrylic paint, 3 colors
A playing card for a base
a page from a book, dictionary – any text will do
a rubber stamp - focal image

rubber stamp - background text or script
black pigment ink
a cosmetic sponge

Directions: Smush your acrylic paint on your playing card, lightest to darkest in this manner – lightest in the center, darker on left, darkest on right, don’t clean the sponge in between and don’t worry if the card shows through. Add paint till you’re happy with it. Feel free to blend paint together over each other or whatever. Let dry.
Add a piece of text from the dictionary, book or even a phone book to the left side, angled up toward the right. Use a glue stick or whatever your favorite adhesive is.

Add text to the right side, angled up toward the left

you may want to add a background text stamp here in a subtle color, or maybe a metallic

Ink up your focal stamp and stamp slightly above center and to the right or left
Let dry and add some decorative tissue paper, vellum or napkins work great too.
Add more text if you feel like it needs it.
Embellish with a charm or fiber.
Feel free to experiment and substitute different materials, put the text in a different place, use an image instead of rubber stamping one. Post about your difficulties and successes, your experiments and your ideas. This is a starting place. Have fun.

Pages from an altered book round robin through swap bot. the theme of this book is neverwhere. A place where fantasy meets reality, but my fantasy is reality. This is where my soul lives even though i visit just a few times a year. Cape May, NJ. The two pictures on the left are the left hand page with a pocket for an atc with it in place and removed.