The Rusty Tiara

Dresses!

2011-03-08T16:52:00.005-05:00

I know it has been a long time, since I posted anything on my blog. I have been trying to get Miss Lily all healthy. She was in the hospital, and had to have 2 blood transfusions. I blogged about it on my New Blog "The Rusty Tiara Home". I imported my "Livin With Hoosiers" blog posts and comments over to the New blog. I hope you will stop by and check it out. I also started a Facebook Page for "The Rusty Tiara". I need to get 25 "likes", before Facebook will let me keep the name on Facebook. So if you could pop on over and "Like" it for me, that would be great.! I am hoping to open my ETSY store soon also. I am really hitting the ground running, I am going to really devote my time to getting my blogs going and opening my ETSY, and get it going.

Well I have been busy creating things all over my house. The house I moved into when I first moved back to Indiana, had mold and was making everyone really sick. So I have moved into a house that has twice the space and for the same price. Well with all this room, and wall space I have been trying to make the space mine.

This is one of the first projects, I used the Dress template from Stampington. I used canvas board and acrylic paints for the background of the pieces. I used pearl paint and dry brushed over the background color. Dry brushing is where you dip a dry brush into paint then wipe it off and brush it over the surface. It really gives a great effect.

So I found frames at my local Goodwill and sprayed them with flat black paint. I took the glass out and inserted the canvas board, then hung them over my closet in my bedroom. I totally love them. I love going into my closet and seeing them over the door.

They make me smile! :)

Thank You for stopping by! Please come back soon to see what I have been up to!

Have an amazing Day!

For The Love of Shoes!

2010-05-18T07:55:00.008-04:00

I did a post about this project on my other blog. I wanted to post a bit about it on Rusty too. I found these Awesome templates at Michael's for $.99, for a package of 10. Well I didn't want to use them so I traced it out on a cereal box. They had a bunch of different shapes there for very inexpensive. I also found this fun site. Now it is to make little books for little kids to make their own stories to practice writing. I love that you can make them whatever size you want. They would make wonderful Templates. So that is exactly what I want to do with them! Here is the Link.
This is the shoe cut out of the cereal box!

I had this scrapbook paper for a while. When I was looking for paper to use for the Shoe it really hit me that this is the perfect one. It is very Lilly Pulitzer-esk I think! So I used glitter glue for the swirls and flowers. Then I used Fairy glitter for the high heel.

Then I used foam mounting tape to put it in the frame and hang it on my wall. I thought it turned out really nice. I really like working with templates. I am in the middle of working with a shoe template that i was inspired by The Wizard of Oz, is all I am going to say. I am almost done with it. So hopefully I will post it very soon.

Thank You for stopping by!

Have A Great Day! Come Back By really soon!

A Giveaway!

2010-01-29T21:37:00.002-05:00

I am having a 100th Post on my other blog! So if you would like to enter to Win it then just hop on over to my other blog and enter! Hope to see you over there. I am going to have more things posted soon of the fun things I have been working on lately!

Thank You for stopping by! Have A Great Day!

Chocolate Postie!

2010-01-23T10:59:00.005-05:00

It has been awhile since my last post. Matt's job got eliminated and 140 other salaried people lost there jobs. So I moved back up to Indiana, 3 days before Christmas. It was a crazy time. I love my new house. I talk all about it on my blog Livin' With Hoosiers! I changed the name. Well I am not Livin' With Peaches anymore.

This is my Image I used. I love this Image of this little girl shoving Chocolates in her mouth! I am telling you I am right there with her! Well I had tons of Valentine Rub ons I got on Clearance from Michael's Last year. I purchased them for like 60 cents! It was a great deal. So I put the phrase "Chocolate, Just one more". I felt it was only fitting!

Thank You for stopping by! I am getting unpacked and settled and Ready to Create! So stop back by soon and see what trouble I get myself into. The plus of my new house, is that I set up a whole studio set up in my huge basement!

Have a Wonderful Day! Come back soon!

More Fun Backgrounds!

2009-10-13T13:03:00.002-04:00

Jamie at Art-e-ology has some wonderful Images. I took this really fun egg print. I wanted it to look like someone had just thrown it on a table and put stuff ontop of it. I love looking at the stuff Jamie has. So go check out some of the fun stuff she has. I was thinking that these eggs would look amazing as a background. I also think they would look good printed off and just matted and framed.

Have A Great Day! Thanks for stopping by!

More Fun Pics!

2009-10-12T18:14:00.002-04:00

I messed around with some more Images today! I got this one one from Magic Moonlight Free Images. I love Blanca's blogs. She has two blogs. Go check them out.She does some fun stuff and has fun Images too.

I am hoping that maybe I can get some real work done! Maybe!

Thanks for stopping by! Come back real soon! Have A Great Day!

Brush Play With Photoshop!

2009-10-12T14:27:00.000-04:00

I have been playing with the black to see the affect with the brushes! I hope you enjoy these. The keys are from Dover. Well these I think would make great backgrounds for something.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by! Have A Great Day!

Look What I Did!!

2009-10-11T22:56:00.004-04:00

I have been messing around with my new Photoshop Pro. I am just trying to figure out how to use things. I am having so much fun with it. So I wanted to show you some of what I have been up to. This is a copyright free nature photo. I altered it by adding the water to it. Then I aged it, then distressed it. All with 2 different Photo altering programs.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a Great Week! Come back really soon!

Baby Fairy Tag!

2009-10-11T22:46:00.001-04:00

I found this cute little baby! Then I had the sweetest scrapbook paper. I used the printed wings that were on the paper. Then I used glitter letters and pearls and ribbon. I thought that the word"Cute" said it all.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back and visit again real soon.

Twinchie Family Circle!

2009-10-11T17:20:00.001-04:00

I did this Twinchie with this cute pic of a bunch of kids. I thought they were so cute. I really can't remember where I got the image. If it is yours let me know. That way I can tell everyone where I got it. I used a cap dipped lightly in paint to make bigger circles. then I used glitter glue to make dots and the ring around the picture.

Thank You for stopping by! Come back and visit real soon!

Halloween ATC #2!

2009-09-17T18:46:00.000-04:00

I finally finished the Second of the ATC cards I was making with a Halloween theme. I got both images from a great blog. She has a treasure trove of fun Images. The blog is called Art-e-ology! I love looking around her fun blog.

I am hoping to make the "Or" part of "Trick or Treat" from a Moo mini card.
Hopefully I will be posting that soon.
Thank You for stopping by.
Have A Great Day!

Halloween ATC!

2009-09-14T21:06:00.000-04:00

I have been doing so many Halloween things to put up around the house. This is the first ATC out of 2 that I am doing. The other I will post as soon as it is dry. I am hoping to finish up more of the Halloween things that I am doing so I can post them soon.

Dressmaker's Form Template!

2009-09-14T20:39:00.000-04:00

I used this template from Stampington's Tempting Templates. I used Crepe paper and gathered it and stitched it down the middle of the form. I then used pearl Dark Pink Paint. I then spread it down the center it stiffened up the paper. I also cut it close to the stitching. It looks like material and held its shape. I used glitter glue to make little looking buttons. I am thinking of making 2 more in Pink and mounting them in a Shadowbox.

Thank You for stopping by. I hope you came back soon for a visit.

Pink Button Twinchie!

2009-09-14T20:25:00.000-04:00

I made this Twinchie for a challenge but I did it bit too late to make sure I posted it. That is ok. I will just do the next challenge in time and post it. I used these cute tiny buttons. I love the saying. I have been doing so much with Halloween colors, that I had to sneak in a bit of Pink in the mix. The strip of paper running down the side has subtle crowns running thru it. The buttons made the scan not appear as well as it looks in person.

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My First Postcard!

2009-08-14T20:59:00.003-04:00

I made my first Postcard. I am so excited. I found the image of the girl and decided to tint her myself. Then I found the Image of music and this Quote from Shakespeare, and It all just came together. I liked the size of the Postcard. It presented it's own challenge of filling it up but not putting too much on it to take away from any one thing.
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Have A Great Day!
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House Inchie

2009-08-11T09:38:00.006-04:00

Nancy from Small world of Inchies and Twinchies hosts a challenge. This week is Home Sweet Home. Nancy was wanting us to show what coming home means after vacation. Well Home always means to me time with my Family. So I wanted that to come across in the Inchie. I didn't take an Inchie and add a roof to it. I cut it out of the Inchie so it did make it smaller. I do like how it turned out.
This is the inside of the Inchie! I love this picture of this family. I got it for Art-e-ology. I love this blog there are so many fun Images on this site.

Stop by and visit Nancy at her blog. Stop by and visit Art-e-ology and take a look around at all the fun stuff there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Great Day!

Special Delivery!

2009-08-05T18:28:00.004-04:00

I got this awesome fun picture from one of my Favorite people in Blog Land! Susie Jefferson's blog 1st Floor Flat. I love her blog it is so full of freebies and techniques and other fun, and Fabulous things! So stop by and visit her!

When I saw this Picture, I knew what I wanted to do with him! I thought make him a Modern Day Stork with a Special Delivery!!! I really couldn't get over their expressions! They really look like they are thinking" OK! Hurry up and just take the Picture!
I picked this photo, for the fact of how amazing a Double Rainbow is! I thought that it is equally amazing having a little one around the house!

Thank You for visiting and Come back to visit really soon!

Stereo-optic Card Freebie!

2009-08-05T09:57:00.003-04:00

I love this Card! I love the quote on the Card! "I won't give you another Bite" That is such a typical sibling attitude! I got this with my other collection of postcards! So click on the Picture and then right click to "Save As" and it is yours!

Let me know if you do something with this! I love to see others art! I am planning on trying to find more images that I can use to start a challenge every week. So hopefully I will be able to soon!

Thank You for stopping by! Have a Great Day!

Bride Freebie!

2009-07-24T18:13:00.004-04:00

I found this Bride picture at my local Antique Mall. I thought she looked beautiful, and terrified at the same time. She is yours. Just right click on the picture and click on Save As, and she is all yours!
Leave me a comment and let me know what you create with her. I would love to see the fun Artwork that can be made out of her!
Thanks for stopping by! Have A great Day!

More Freebies!

2009-06-04T10:51:00.006-04:00

I found these on one of my Antique Mall trips. I thought that they were a lot of fun. I think it is a great mix to do many things with.

Just Click on the picture then right click on the picture and do Save As. Then it is yours.

If you create something fun just drop me a comment and let me see what you do .I love seeing others Artwork.

Have A Great Day!

Robin Hood And The Dark Side Of The Moon!

2009-06-03T21:26:00.004-04:00

When I saw this little guy posed with a cross-bow. I knew he had to be Robin Hood. I used paint on the paper to give him a bit of grubbiness. I thought it would be cool to put him on the Moon. I have been looking for the right picture to put on the Moon. He was definitely the right one.

I also added water to the picture, to give it a kind of surreal look to it.

Well I know he is different from the Fairies and Angels that I have done, but I was wanting to do something a bit different.

Have A Great Day! Thank You For Stopping By!!

My First Freebie!

2009-06-01T23:46:00.003-04:00

This is an old postcard I bought years ago. My kids favorite story is Ferdinand the bull. Well I found a grouping of these bullfight postcards. So this is my image and all you have to do is right click on the Image and then click on Save As. Then it is yours. Let me know what you make with it. I would Love to see different ideas. Have fun with it! I hope to start finding more to give you!

Thank You For Stopping By. Come Back Real Soon!

Pink Fairy With Bubble!

2009-05-30T07:00:00.003-04:00

I have been having so much fun with some of Viola's Free Images. This little girl is one that I found on her blog. I knew she would make the perfect fairy. I gave her a bubble made out of Vellum and some pearlescent Pink paint. I thought that a fairy would chase after bubbles.

Stop by Viola's blog and say Hello to her. I have really enjoyed looking around her blog. Thank You for Stopping By.

My Blue Angel!

2009-05-29T10:43:00.005-04:00

I used this guy from some free images off of this fabulous blog I came across. It is called Viola. I thought that he was a cutie with attitude. I love attitude. I hope that the baby is a Boy. :) Well I made his wings out of an old hymnal page. I just thought he looks just relaxed cradled on the edge of the mountain!
I loved the blue tones of this picture, so i used blue in the image of the Angel to highlight him. Thank You for stopping by! Go over and visit Viola and see what wonderful creations she has!

Some New Inchies!

2009-05-28T19:55:00.005-04:00

I have been so busy and life and school and kids even crazier! I have done a few more Inchies. I wanted to post them.

This first one I call What To Wear. I was inspired by These T-Shirt stickers that I had.

I found this great Gingham scrapbook paper. I have been very obsessed by it! So I used paint and painted on a star. used glitter glue to highlight the star. I used swirled stamps on the background and a cute phrase. I am an American Girl. I felt with Memorial Day just happening and the 4th of July coming up in a month, a bit Patriotic.
Thank You for Stopping By. Hope To See You Back Again Soon.

Little Girl Indulging In Chocolate!

2009-05-15T09:30:00.004-04:00

I found this Little Girl on one of my trips to the Antique Mall. She was on a Stereoptic Card. I couldn't resist her. I love the fact that she has a Face covered in chocolate! She really is too cute. I love that Children really kind of let loose.
Hope you enjoy!

First Inchie!!!

2009-05-14T19:22:00.003-04:00

Well this is my very first Inchie! I am so excited about finally getting it done. I decided to mix a couple of my Favorite things. I love Pink! I also Love Cupcakes! I found this cool question in an old book and I knew what I was going to do! I took swirled clear stamps and stamped the back of the paper for the Inchie. Then I stamped over the cut out of the Cupcake. I thought the swirly Cupcake was so cute.

Nancy at the Small World of Inchies and the other ladies that she has shown their work is just amazing. You really should go check her blog out.

Thanks for Stopping By!

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-08T14:40:00.003-04:00

Happy Mother's Day to ALL!

Have an Amazing weekend!

Inchies And Twinchies!

2009-05-05T10:49:00.005-04:00

I am not sure how exactly how I came upon Nancy's Blog. I usually am out trying to find new blogs to look at all the time. I have been fascinated by the concept of Inchies and Twinches. Now I am finding the Inchie a little intimidating. I am still working on my first one. Well My First Twinchie seemed a bit easier. Well I hope you like it! So pop on over to Nancy's blog it is so cool.

{Click the Pic to see Nancy's blog}
Here is my very First Twinchie! Now A Twinchie is a 2 inch square. I fell in love with this girls pout. I found it on one of the free image sites. I am a sucker for a cute Pout! I thought the word believe fit. The word is actual a piece of Metal. I wanted a bit of subtle color and a bit of brightness to draw you to her face. I used the little flower I made with a brad to do that.

I Hope You Enjoy! Come Back Soon!

Fairy Of The Lilypads!

2009-05-04T21:31:00.004-04:00

I found this Awesome picture of these Lily pads. I used a Vintage Butterfly Image, and one of the Vintage pictures I purchased from the Antique Mall. I really Like the colors in this. I just really think of the Fairies being near water and all the creatures of the night.

I hope You feel transported to a realm that the Fairies Frequent!

Have A Great Day! Come Back Soon!

Guardian Angel!

2009-04-25T06:25:00.005-04:00

I have been wanting to try an Angel. I knew I need to not only find the right vintage picture, but the right Picture in nature. When I saw this little guy(at lest I think it is a boy) I knew it would make the perfect Angel.I went on the hunt for pictures of clouds and water. Then I happened upon this beautiful picture of the bow of a ship. I knew instantly it was perfect. It seems as if the Heavens have opened right up. I places him in a way that I feel he is Guarding the way of the ship.
I was inspired to make this with the inspiration of a Guardian Angel, because we all need one, but I have a good friend in Afghanistan. So I am dedicating this Picture to all the Men and Women off fighting that A Guardian Angel will Guard their Way!
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Pink Fairy At The Waterfall!

2009-04-18T07:21:00.006-04:00

I had so much fun on Friday! It is the Kids last day of Spring Break. The only way that you know a kid wants to spend that is being dragged to multiple Antique Stores, by your Mom, to find old Pictures! Well they were so thrilled. I found this little girl at the last store I went to. I knew She was Perfect!
This Time I wanted my Fairy to be a tad different.I bought Clear Stamps of different kinds of wings. I took subtle patterned Pink Scrapbooking paper and stamped the paper. I Colored Copy the picture again and cut around the stamped wings and the color copy of the girl. I used glitter and markers and ink to highlighter her edges. Well I thought she would look good with a waterfall. So I put her kind of appearing to sit/hover over the Fall.

Thank You for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed your Visit. Come Back Really Soon and Have a Great Day!

My Hero!

2009-04-14T18:36:00.001-04:00

This is a picture of my Son, when he was about 3 years of age! He was Superman for Halloween. I have always thought of him as My Little Hero! I made his cape from a page of a book then used an ink pad to color it. This is a cool picture of a glacier. I found this awesome site for copyright free nature scenes! Thank You for stopping by, and seeing my Hero!
Thank You Druce for giving me permission to use you as a project.

Fairy At The Waters Edge

2009-04-13T21:18:00.000-04:00

I am so excited this is my first real Post on my new Blog! This picture of this little girl I found 3 years ago at my favorite antique mall where I use to live in Virginia. I was captivated by her Attitude. I had to have her! This is a color copy of the picture of her then I cut her out. The wings are from a butterfly that was on scrapbooking paper. I used color pencils and glitter glue and then glued on the wings. I then scanned in my creation, and overlayed it onto this beautiful picture of a forest path that I had applied a waters edge to. Then I saved it and now I am sharing it with you! I Love the juxtaposition of the creation against the vibrant Natural Picture!
I had so much fun creating this and am looking forward to creating more things!
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I am hoping this blog can turn into an exchange of ideas, and inspiration, and creation.

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Blog In Process!

2009-04-12T12:59:00.000-04:00

Please be patient with me I will start Posting to this blog very soon! So check back!

Thank You For Stopping By!