My "Row House" village

My "village" is done.  (I'm no doubt going to build another).  These were soooo much fun to create!  And I have all kinds of ideas for more floating around in my head :)  I got some new Tim Holtz clear stamp sets today and used some of them on these.  I posted pics of a couple of them, but some of them had been remodeled :)  Plus, I decided to get off my lazy behind and use my camera so you could see the golden shimmer background. The Rose house underwent some slight renovations and I wanted to show the golden shimmer when it's tilted in the light. 

You can go here to find out how to make your own Shimmer Mist:

http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblo...technique.html

I have Pearl Ex powders and made my own using floor wax, water, Pearl Ex and an SU reinker.  I used equal amounts of water and liquid floor wax, added a small amount of PE, then enough drops of the reinker to suit my taste.  I mixed them in a mini mister so it doesn't take much at all.  When I stamped the sentiment over it in the Rose house, the shimmer can still be seen through the black India ink I stamped with.  I may use a bit less PE powder next time, although I'm quite happy with how it turned out on the house :)

Row Houses

Some of you may have heard of these already, but I just learned about them...and I absolutely LOVE them.  They are simply decorated pieces of chip board or cs, cut into a point to resemble a roof.  Here are a few of the ones I've done:

For more examples, visit Trishbee's place

Artchix ATCs

A long time ago, a friend sent me some Artchix photo sheets.  Now, things like that are something I don't normally do since I love stamping so much.  I joined a swap for which I had to make altered Artchix ATCs.  So, I said to myself "Self...you got the stuff, and you love ATCs, so give it a shot!"  Using old bits and pieces of old jewelry, feathers, homemade flowersoft, and other embellies that I've hoarded...er, collected, I mean... over time (you know the ones..."I-love-it-but-don't-want-to-use-it-cuz-I-can-use-it-on-something" but you don't ever?)
ANYway, here are my efforts.  Had to make five.

Christmas Gifts

My dh brought home some paint cans made of plastic!  I found it was just the thing I needed for packing the gifts for my grand daughters.  I altered them both witht the same patterned paper just different colors.  I used Sizzix dies Flower Charms and craft foam with alphabet dies.