march.... {month clip}

march.....

• spring
• shamrock shakes
• birthday month

and tgif today.

xo. kristin

transformed.....{stencil}

couldn't wait to use my new Soulful Scribbles mini stencils from Traci Bautista....(posted to my youtube channel)

i grabbed a Woodland Artpops card- rubbed a little smidge of my gold craft paint and then rolled payne's grey through my stencil onto the artpops card.....

total happiness.

and my mom came and hung out for a bit in the studio yesterday.....

do you snap?..... find me- kristin peterson (alteredstatesstudio)

happy monday.

xo. kristin

valentines..... {artpops}

wanna know how i made this adorable valentines? click here to watch my video and be sure to subscribe to my channel. 

only techy enough to be dangerous here..... but, did manage to figure out the edits!! :)

tgif.

happy weekend.

xo. kristin

winner... {calendar}

thank you! thank you! for all the very kind comments and so many visitors! you have made this a huge success! 

i really couldn't be more thankful!

and now what you are all waiting for.....the winner.....is:

Sarah- will you send me an email with your address.

happy thanksgiving all!

i am so grateful for you!

xo. kristin

woodland collection.....{new rubber stamps}

oh my!! this has been soooooo hard to hold all of this in! cannot believe i made it.....pinch me!! there is some super good stuff going on today- you better grab a seat and an extra cup of coffee.... 'cuz have i got stuff to share with you!

stamps. my faces.... on stamps. 

for you. 

eeeek!

yep. for you over at Paperbag Studios.

so here is the whole scoop: 

• Artpop Cards, 
• Mini Circles, 
• Big Circles, 
• Sticker Tape, and 
• INKed Stamps, (these are super amazing!! love the shapes and variety!)
• my own Woodland Fairies Stamps!!

and..... that is not all....no, no, no, no..... i have a give away of all give away's. i am giving away my original handmade 2018 calendar. 

all finger painted, stamped, sticker'd, scribbled and collage'd up just for you.

check this out.... (why yes, that cover does have a little stitching.....)

yes i hand stamped every month....every month. just for you.

if you leave a comment here you are registered to win this original calendar. comments will be taken until tuesday, 11/21/17 at 7pm CST. i will do a randomize drawing tuesday night and announce the winner on wednesday!

and once you commented here....swing over to Roben-Marie's blog post- as she has a super creative give-away that she made to celebrate today as well!!

want to know more about the faces and how i got started? Roben-Marie will be hosting me Saturday morning at 10am CST on her Claim Your Happy FB Group live!! we will be showing off the products and visiting.... so grab your coffee and come and join us!

xo. kristin

PS- besides using all the new stuffs posted here today, i used artpop cards previously made by Roben-Marie. i used the Wait for Me and Lo's Serendipity.

hand stitched love {week of peeks}

some hand stitching sweetness to this cute little woodland fairy pixie

all details shared tomorrow!

happy thursday.

xo. kristin

great crush {week of peeks}

great crush.... she would be.

my art stickers and artpops are coming on nov 17.....

coming....available for you......seriously pinch me.

xo. kristin

best corner {goodness}

i am working on some projects that can't be completely shared as of yet....but, i couldn't take not sharing this corner- i just love it!

acrylic paint, black ink pen, washi tape, vintage collage paper, scrapbook paper.

big news coming very soon in november- stay tuned.

happy wednesday.

xo. kristin

I was able to fix my postcard transformation video (with a little help from our youngest son.....)!! Take a peek to watch my process of transforming the Artpops card into the above mixed media postcard.

happy thursday!

postcards

a few of you had asked for a video and i was hoping to deliver.....although my editing skills are not exactly tip-top (clearly.....as this part took a long, frustrating while)- so you can imagine how disappointed i am when i was hoping to share my video this morning and let you watch my process- but after watching my video when it was posted to youtube and it was not good and i had to pull it....sorry.

i will have to try again.

love the pink and mix of collage and stamps.

i used Roben-Marie's Artpops cards again as the base and worked over the top with collage, paint and my new Dream Thicket stamps. both the cards and stamps are available at Paperbag Studios.

two-for-tuesday (postcards)

i have been so enjoying using Roben-Marie's Artpops cards to create my own postcards. the Artpops cards provide a jumping off point instead of starting with a blank white card- if you were to look close- there are hints of the original card underneath my layers.

the rubber stamps used in each are part of the dream thicket stamps of mine available at Paperbag Studios by Roben-Marie.

two-for-tuesday....happy tuesday!

Postcards

i love the look of this edge....

working off of Roben-Marie's ArtPop cards as the base to make all of these postcards. the ArtPop cards and Dream Thicket stamps are both available here at PaperBag Studios.

 i used watercolor to tint the card pink and started with a man's face from a magazine; but, he was a bit too masculine still- even with his pink cheeks and lips- so i found the eyes and added those. 

not into strange creatures? how about abstracts?.....

maybe a fairy?

happy tuesday....

29 faces challenge 2014: day 4 and 5

i felt so outside of my comfort zone for day 4. i was uninspired and found this face very difficult to do. i was frustrated and must have painted over this faces four times before i found some level of happiness. the first three days had come relatively easily.

i wanted to make sure that day 5 was not a struggle and while i was fixing supper i was contemplating faces and inspiration....and then, i remembered Lady Gaga and her "painted" face for her latest album Artpop. i loved the colors.

i loved her inspiration and was much happier with this face. it came much easier than day 4.

documented life project {week 4} secret message

there is something about writing down your thoughts and seeing them on paper. this week's project was to document and then, paint over and just save a word.

i actually like doing this with my paintings- writing down and getting out whatever is rattling around in my head and then, painting over the words. 

maybe the words show through, but, usually, the words get softly lost in the layers of paint and then, only me, as the artist knows and understands the full meaning of the painting. when someone buys the painting because they love it enough to pay for it- the fact becomes, that each of us, the creator and the new owner love the painting in two different ways but equally.

i didn't exactly follow the rules on this project this time....i wanted to make sure that i could go back to this thought and documented piece. i wanted to see this note to myself again....

i wrote my thoughts on a separate piece of paper and glued that note in and just showed the edge....tempting you to see the paper go around the edge and possibly see if the note continues on the other side....

i used my gelli plate to print the background, stamped, used a popart card from Roben-Marie, and washi tape to dress up and attach my card.

honesty and mailart

my honesty comes with a very pleasant surprise of a sale in my etsy store.....here is my scoop...i am only techy enough to be dangerous and especially when i first started my store, the resizing of pics, and all the steps required to get something posting was almost more than i wanted to do. so, my store sat empty for long periods of time. i did not give it the time and patience that it deserved. i did not do my part and work harder to do the research and learning to get my store up and going.

but, this year one of my goals for my artsy self was to work harder on my etsy store. so, i gave it a bit of a facelift and freshened the pics and updated the wording; and i pledged to myself that i would post current work to my store and if i had a sale- perfect....and, if not, at least i was giving myself a fair chance.

i have been making "softie" ornaments that i of course, think are so darn cute, and decided to post those in my etsy store for sale. on monday when i got home from work and checked my email....i had a SALE!! from my etsy store!! i have sold paintings in the galleries, done commission and private requests; but, nothing from etsy.

a little squeak came out with pure joy and then, i did the happy weird momma dance in the living room! this continued throughout the evening and every half hour or so, i would tell anyone close to me at home that i had an etsy sale. my family was tired of me by the end of the night....

but, with this sale, i wanted to make sure that the package was shipped appropriately and in some proper mailart fashion. so i went straight to the studio to whip up a package.

 i started with a file folder that i had gelli printed and worked on building my layers from there. this is one of Roben-Marie's famous mailart preferences for paper and i would agree. love printing with my gelli plate on file folders. the other thing i used was Roben-Marie's Art Pops for my address label. her Art Pops line of cards has been a main staple of supplies in my recent mixed media pieces- the cards have been easy to slip into use.

i loved how this piece of mailart turned out, but, with all my packing to ensure that my ornament's vintage dangles would not break- my package would not safely hold together during shipping. so, next best thing, i placed the mailart and ornaments into a boring plain shipping folder that will arrive safety- but, when she opens it....poof- mailart and ornaments happiness will come out!

anyway- if my buyer stops today....thank you so very much for your purchase! you made my night and week!