Deirdre fell in love with the whole idea of altered art after seeing some domino jewelry online. She started making her own altered art dominos, and eventually became obsessed with artist trading cards, inchies, altered art, and altered art jewelry. Deirdre says, "I always hope to keep challenging myself and learning as I go".

Romance & Tragedy Bookmarks

Design team member Deirdre Attaway made these variations on envelope corner bookmarks. The ones above use images from Metal Tin Homespun, Valentine Bingo, and Valentine Words. The bookmarks below use images from Anti Valentine Bingo and Anti Valentine Sayings digital sheets, and the Femme Fatale collage set.

After Christmas Photo Album

Design team member Deirdre Roberts put together this letter book to hold a few favorite Christmas photos. What a great idea for family members far away—show them your holiday in pictures, in a pretty letter book! You’ll find letter books for several occasions here.

Last Minute Gift Packaging

Design team member Deirdre Attaway is so clever! She sent in this last minute photo of paper bags she’s using to package her holiday cookies. They’ve been decorated with images from Metal Tin Angels and Christmas Cheer Inchies.

Matchbook Notepads

Design team member Deirdre Attaway folded up some cardstock, stapled in some pretty papers, and decorated with images from Merry Elements. The result was these clever little matchbook notepads. Perfect, simple stocking stuffers!

Christmas Clips

Design team member Deirdre Attaway altered some wood clothes pins, turning them into pretty Christmas clips. Wouldn’t these look great holding up your holiday cards? Deirdre used images from Little Christmas, and words from Christmas Words.

Peace has been doodling, glueing, stitching and crafting as long as she can remember. She is self-taught in whichever art seems interesting at the moment, and inspired by an insatiable desire to make something from whatever is available. Peace is proof that creativity can spring out of anyone with ideas and motivation, even with little or no formal schooling or background. She proudly proclaims, "If I can, anybody can!"

Rockin’ Postcard & Poisonous Valentine

Design team member Peace Schuyler made the Eric Clapton inspired postcard above using an image from the Red Things collage set and a red ticket from the Christmas Tickets assortment. She used a Red Print Mini Folder, and images from Red Things to create the not so loving card at left.

Bingo Card Hangers

For the next week or so, the Valentine’s Day eye candy will be giving equal time to Anti-Valentines—in a very unique way. Exhibit A:

Design team member Peace Schuyler made these pretty bingo card hangers using images from the Cherry Delight Bits & Pieces, and Chocolate Raspberry Bits & Pieces digital sheets. So sweet!

Peace also made these slightly less sweet hangers, using Gummy Spiders, Anti-Valentine Bingo, and Anti-Valentine Sayings digital sheets, plus a few images from the In Mourning sheet. So snarky!

Winter ATCs

Design team member Peace Schuyler made this set of artist trading cards using images from the Winter Wonderland microscope slide sheet and the Christmas Rounds sheet.

Chenille Doll Ornaments

Design team member Peace Schuyler always sends her photos to me with some sort of message that makes me laugh. In describing these little chenille doll ornaments, made using images from the Holly Jolly standard dominos sheet, a little Baker’s Twine, and some scraps from Red Print Mini Folders, she suggested I title this post, “these suckers only take like 10 minutes to make”, which totally made me laugh out loud. Good job, Peace!

Holiday House

Design team member Peace Schuyler was inspired by the little sugared houses I made for the October 2009 issue of The Monthly Muse. She made this larger version, decorated with images from the Christmas Labels sheet.

Corinne Stubson is a versatile mixed media artist/teacher who lives in SW Oregon. Her unique work includes altered book art, beeswax collage, handmade journals and more.

Corinne has had book sculptures published in the books New Directions In Altered Books, The Art of Fabric Books and Artist Trading Cards-An Anthology of ATCs. Her ATC's have been published in the book Artist Trading Card Workshop. Her mixed media art has appeared in Somerset Studios, as well as in several indie 'zines, most recently in Bad Influence from Ten Two Studios. Corinne's book art has been exhibited through several art galleries in Oregon, as well as at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago, 2007, Urban Studio Webster in Chicago, and Bayview Book Arts Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.

Let It SNOW!

Design team member Corinne Stubson made this wintery book using a SNOW Letter Book, some manila envelopes, and images from the Winterhalter faux postage sheet.

Angelic Postcards

Design team member Corinne Stubson made these two postcards with images from the Voices of Angels collage set.

Angel Tin Gift Card Holder

Design team member Corinne Stubson has been working her magic with metal tins again. This time, she’s made a ribbon doll using the Angel Doll Bodies digital set, then backed it with a metail tin decorated with images from the Metal Tin Santas sheet and the Joyous Elements digital sheet.

Peace on Earth

Design team member Corinne Stubson made these angelic postcards using images from the Guardian Angels collage sheet.

Corinne’s Cryptex

Inspired by the cryptex from The da Vinci Code, design team member Corinne Stubson decorated a tea tin with images from Fresh Brewed Bits & Pieces, Leonardo’s Anatomy, and Italian text pages.

Carolyn Brady had dabbled in drawing, painting, collage, needlework, and other traditional arts since childhood, before finally discovering that she could combine all these together through mixed-media altered art. Her current obsessions include art quilts, small assemblages and ATCs. She has taught classes in altered books, altered art and collage and is the organizer of the Milwaukee Artist Trading Card group.

Heart Ornaments

Design team member Carolyn Brady made the pretty clay heart ornaments at left using images from the Little Love sheet. She also made the chipboard heart ornaments below, using images from Black & White Standard dominoes, Anti-Valentine Sayings, and Pharmacy Labels.

Bottle Cap Magnets

Design team member Carolyn Brady made these three snow-encrusted bottle cap magnets using images from Christmas Rounds for a recent upcycled holiday ornament workshop. She cleverly used white dimensional paint for snow—less expensive than snow paint, and easier to handle on small surfaces.

Secret Santa ATCs

Design team member Carolyn Brady made these clever folding artist trading cards for a recent swap. She cut up some Red Print Mini Folders, and decorated them with images from Silly Santas and Festive Pennant Alphabet.

Polymer Clay Ornaments

Design team member Carolyn Brady made these pretty polymer clay ornaments using images from the Little Christmas collage sheet.

Soldered Twinchie Ornaments

Design team member Carolyn Brady made these clever soldered ornaments using images from the Little Christmas collage sheet and the Christmas Cheer digital sheet, then suspended them from some Swirly Wire Hangers.

Livia has made drawings and doodles since early childhood. She became a technical artist and a draftsman, working in the oil industry, architectural interiors, and early computer design and manufacturing. She now embraces as many mediums as she can.

In Love & Out of Love Cards

Design team member Livia Hajovsky made the pretty valentines and matching envelopes at left using images from the Homespun Hearts collection. She also made the slightly less cheery cards and envelopes below, using Gummy Spiders and Anti-Valentine Sayings digital sheets, plus a few images from the In Mourning sheet and Dreadful Dollies faux postage.

Let It Snow

Design team member Livia Hajovsky made this little winter book from a set of Blue Print Mini Folders, and decorated it with images from Little Christmas, Visit From St. Nick, Christmas Rounds and Merry Elements.

Angel Ornaments

Design team member Livia Hajovsky made these soldered microscope slide ornaments using images from the Angels & Madonnas Standard Dominos sheet. Livia says she likes to use the dom images when making slide ornaments so she has that extra strip above and below for embellishment.

Angel Slide Ornaments

Design team member Livia Hajovsky made these soldered microscope slide ornaments using images from the Angels & Madonnas Standard Dominos sheet.

Cardstock Ornaments

Design team member Livia Hajovsky made these punched cardstock ornaments using images from the Angels & Madonnas Standard Dominos sheet.

Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser is a full time mixed media lettering artist and calligraphy maverick living in southeast Michigan. When she's not busy writing and producing the No Shelves Zine, she is on the road selling her art at fairs and festivals throughout the country.

Hanging Hearts

Design team Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser made the heart-shaped door hanger shown at left using matboard textured with gesso & acrylic. She decorated with an image from the Little Love sheet and words from the Valentine Bordered Sayings digital sheet.

Patti also made the polymer clay and laminate chip hanger below, using images from In Mourning and Anti-Valentine Sayings.

Poe-tastic Ornament

Every year, at least one design team member sends in a Christmas ornament with Edgar Allan Poe on it. Here’s a version from design team member Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser. She made a transfer from an image from the Silly Santas collage set, applied it to a Clear ATC Base, and embellished it with a a Swirly Wire Hanger.

Blessed Ornament

Design team member Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser made a tiny piece of wall art from a soda can, embellished with one of the Madonna and Child faux postage stamps.

Shadowbox Ornament

Design team member Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser made this shadowbox ornament using an image from Winter Wonderland as a transfer.

Tea Tin Candle Holders

Design team member Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser turned her tea tins into candle holders, with a little help from French text pages, baker’s twine and images from Paris Ephemera.

I’m looking for:

• Artists who are already creating at the top of their game, and can show me a large photo gallery of mixed-media and altered art.

• Artists who can produce on demand, according to a deadline, and who can take direction. You should be someone who can find inspiration in anything that’s thrown at you.
• Artists who have open minds, and broad styles. This means you should feel equally comfortable producing romantic and girlie, or dark and creepy.
• At this time, I am only looking for artists who live in the United States, due to the cost of shipping supplies.

I’m NOT looking for:

• Artists whose creative focus is rubber stamping, scrapbooking, painting, drawing or beading.

• Artists who are already designing their own products. If you’ve already gone into business designing the types of products I produce, having you on the team would present a conflict of interest due to the types of conversations I have with the team.
• Artists who are expecting to design products. Design team members do not participate in the actual product designs, beyond the occasional brainstorming session or suggestion.
• Artists who already belong to multiple design teams, or to teams that produce products similar to mine.

  In exchange for their work and good humor, design team members enjoy a variety of benefits including:

  • FREE products from Ten Two Studios to use in their artwork.

  • A FREE subscription to The Monthly Muse.
  • Inside information on what’s going on behind the scenes.
  • Promotion on the Ten Two Studios site, and through my weekly newsletter. This gets your work in front of over 4,500 subscribers every week!
  • Occasional private projects, such as altered book round robins and swaps.

  Does this sound like your kind of thing? If so, please fill out the following form completely (all fields in this form are required, and must contain information in order for the form to be sent):

  [contact-form-7]

  Please make sure you send ALL the details listed in ONE contact form message, and that your email and web addresses are correct. I’m looking for folks who can follow directions, so this is your first test!

  ]]> http://www.tentwostudios.com/designteamapp/feed/ 0