12 Tags of 2015 - March

I finally had a chance to play along with Tim's 12 Tags!  I love the tags he makes, and usually have most of the things he uses, but don't always have the time.  I had a special someone I wanted to send this to, and I really love how it turned out!  You can check out all of the details on Tim's blog.  This one was a little tricky with the use of the texture paste and embossing powder.  This is actually my second attempt, because the first one didn't look so good!

 

 

I wanted to make this more of a card than just a tag, so I monoprinted a second tag and used one of Tim's handwritten sentiment stamps.  Of course, I had to add a little sparkle with some Glimmer mist!

 

I assembled my card with the ribbon, and here's how it looked once it was together.

 

 

Thanks for checking it out!  Can't wait to see what Tim has in store for April!

 

 

Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 14

The next challenge is colored crackle.  I had a ton of fun with this one!  So many different ways to use this technique, but I decided to go with a Fall/Gratitude theme.  Here's my finished project:

 

I wanted to add lots of layers and a lot of texture.  The frame was a four dollar find at Michael's, can't beat a bargain!  I used Antique Bronze Distress Spray on the background paper, and on the leaf.  Love the little extra touch of glitz!  The Trellis framework die was cut from grungeboard, and painted and then distressed with ink.  I used cork, vintage foil, and paint to adorn the pieces inside. 

Here's a close up of the leaf, it was mounted on a cabinet card.

 

 

I used a piece of Wallflower paper for the background, and thought it needed a little extra something, so I used the Clockworks layering stencil to add some extra interest to it.

 

 

The Funkie Junkie is the sponsor of this challenge.  Thanks for looking!

 

 

Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 13

I'm so excited to finally be participating in one of the challenges for Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities 3 book.  I purchased his book several months ago with the intention of playing along with the challenges, but things kept getting in the way.  Until now!  This challenge was to use a product, one of his worn covers.  I chose the Composition Worn Cover as my base.

 

I started by coloring the fabric on the cover with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.  I originally intended to add "Tags" to the cover as well, but it just didn't look right, so I stuck with my Big Ticket Die and the butterflies from French Flight.  I love the simplicity of it, as well as the addition of the word band.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but the butterflies are attached to the symphony paper with dimensionals, and they were given a touch of Wink of Stella for some twinkle!  A girl has to have some sparkle!

 

 

Here's a close-up of the spine of my book, I colored some seam binding with Evergreen Bough and Seedless Preserves. I added a Muse Token which states Knowledge.  This last weekend I took a class with Tammy Tutterow, and she talked about choosing embellishments with some meaning to you, I thought the K was great for the Knowledge I've gained while using distress products, and it's my first initial too!

 

Here's the inside of the book, I was inspired by Marjie's project, and loved how she designed the inside of her cover.  I used a combo of Distress Paint and inks, and also made my spray with Distress re-inkers and alcohol.  I used the Harlequin and Gothic layering stencils as well.  I love the "texture" created with the different techniques!

Here's a close-up of one of the quotes and detail of the layers:

 

Be sure to check out the other entries Compendium of Curiosities 3.  Inspiration Emporium has generously sponsored this challenge.  Check out all of the fun supplies they offer!

 

 

12 Tags of 2014 - October Edition

Well, a lot of you know the infatuation I have with anything "Tim Holtz", specifically products of course!  I believe Tim has created a monthly tag for the last three years, and I can't wait for the first of the month to see what he's come up with this time!  Here's his October tag:

I have had very good intentions of playing along, and even wanted to create a book to hold the tags in, but this is the first one I've actually done within the same month!  Tim used his new Distress Stain Sprays on the tag, and I'll really didn't want to like them, because it would be just one more thing I would have to have, and unfortunately, I liked them!  I didn't have the exact products and stamps Tim used, but I'm proud of myself for improvising and not thinking I had to run out and purchase the exact same things!  Not that I don't already own quite a good stash anyway!  Here's my finished tag:

I really love how it turned out!  It was fun using the texture paste with the layering stencil for the background, and my color isn't quite the same, but sometimes I like just the first layer of color, and worry by adding more I'll muddy it and ruin the affect.  I used the Halloween Blueprint stamp set, and had to improvise with my accessories at the top.  I used Black Soot Distress Paint to tone down my Silver Tinsel, but learned in my class with Tammy Tutterow today I could have used alcohol ink with better results.  I'm still happy with it, and really excited to participate in the same month!

 

Papertrey S.A.F. 2014

We had such a fantastic time stamping during the festivities today!  I'm so grateful to have some amazing friends who could join me in my stamping room and play along with the challenges!  This is our 3rd year in a row to get together on Stamp-a-faire day, and I look forward to many more!

PTI - 1960's

Now it's time for the mod 60's!  This one was definitely out of my wheel house!  Not at all what I usually stamp, but I'm happy with the results!  I did a "Google" search for colors of the 60's and came up with this color scheme:

 

PTI- 1940'S

This was a fun challenge to do!  Loved building a background with such fun stamps and even more fun colors!  I basically copied Betsy's example, but changed up a color or two!  Betsy said her design was fashioned after vintage tablecloths, and you can totally see her vision!

 

PTI - 1920's

Well, we skipped the Regency Era, it just wasn't coming very easy, so we'll go back to it later!  Now on to the 1920's!  Love this one so much!  The die created for the rhinestone embellie is really cool!  This was one of the sets I was super excited about when I saw the kit. Show me a girl who doesn't like a little/lot of bling! I pretty much copied Heather's design, the one thing I added was a black mat around the edge, I just think it is really striking with this addition!

 

PTI - Renaissance Era

This was a tough challenge for me, I had a little difficulty with the wax seal, but in the end, I think it turned out ok!  I do love the colors of this kit, and really love the die set in it as well!

 

PTI - Ancient Rome

Our next challenge is Mock Mosaics.  Susan and I changed things up a bit with the die and cut a "stencil" from paper for the mosaic portion.  I stamped the butterflies first, used Versamark ink and clear embossing powder with the stencil and it all came together perfectly!  I used the Life is Beautiful stamp set, and the mosaic die from the PTI kit, along with PTI Wet Paint Cuts dies to

finish if off.

PTI Morning Timer Challenge

Loved this challenge! We had a choice of several layouts and several color combos, the card is to be completed in 20 minutes.  I probably could have made 2 of the same card and still had a little time left! Love it!

The colors used are Summer Sunset, Limeade Ice, Terracotta Tile, Smoky Shadow & Soft Stone. Great layout, super easy to put together, and turned out really cute!

Stamp-A-Faire

Stamp-A-Faire Opening Activites!

 

So excited for this day to be here!  We are starting all of the fun activities that Papertrey has in store for us.  Here's a pic of the little giftie items I have for my friends who are joining me for this fun event!

The theme is traveling, so the gable box is an assortment of candies from year's past.  The purple sheet you see is a Candy Travel log which gives the history of some of the candies in their box.  They also received a luggage tag, embellished notebook and pen!

Paper Pumpkin

Paper Pumpkin is a fantastic way to create some fantastic projects without a lot of effort! Each kit comes with detailed instructions, inks, stamps, and precut supplies.  You just supply the scissors and adhesive! You can prepay for a 3 or 6 month subscription, or month to month. The month to month subscription can be cancelled at any time! Right now, new subscribers can receive 1/2 off their first two months! I'm here if you have any questions!

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2014 Memories Jar

Hello Everyone!  Just thought I would pop on to show you a quick project I made to start the new year off!  This was an idea I had seen on Pinterest, but fancied it up quite a bit because I wanted it to be gift worthy!  Sorry, it's not my best picture skills, but I forgot to take a pic before I left home.

So, the jar is just a quart canning jar, I used a die to cut a piece of pattern paper for the lid, and then used SU! Banner dies to cut my Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party papers, and also added a little splash of color with some retired SU patterned paper.  I printed the "instructions" on the Pool Party and then die cut it with the die.  This is the what it says:

Starting January 1^st, write

 good things that happen to

 you on little pieces of paper:

µ  Surprise Gifts

µ  Accomplished goals

µ  The beauty of nature

µ  “LOL” moments

µ  Memories worth saving

µ  Daily blessings

On December 31^st, open the jar

 and read all of the amazing

 things that happened to you in 2014!

 

 

 

Gift Card & Ornament Set

I've seen tons of these super cute espresso cups all over the blogs I look at!  They are so stinkin' adorable, that I just had to order some and try them out.  I love how they turn out, and I think I can totally take credit for turning the cup into an ornament!  At least, I haven't seen it done yet anywhere else! This is a pic of one/two of our stamp club projects this month:

 

Isn't it adorable?!!  So, we started with a pattern of the outside of the cup, stamped the SU Endless Wishes photopolymer set on it, which unfortunately is no longer available :(, apparently it was very popular.  We used Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Silver Encore ink to stamp the pattern and then adhered it to the cup.  The gift card holder uses the Pop & Place card base, then it's score to create a pocket on the inside.  I think this would make a great gift for teachers, co-workers, you name it!  The cup would be perfect filled with chocolates, or maybe some type of a coffee flavored candy.

Happy Card Set

The next class I will be holding is for a cute note card set.  The set is packaged in our new chevron bags with a cute embellishment to keep it closed.  The set contains 5 notecards and envelopes, as seen below.  This would make a great gift for someone's birthday, or the upcoming holidays!

The class will take place on Thursday, September 26th at 5:30.  Cost of the class will be $14.00, and includes a package of rhinestones for you to keep after class.  If you would like to make a second set of notecards, just pay an additional $5 and you can take home 2 completed sets!  I will need your RSVP and class fee by Wednesday, September 18th.

Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock

Last weekend while we were camping, I was finally able to work on my assemblage clock.  Most of you know I have a thing for some of Tim Holtz's products, and when I saw this in the Spring, I just knew I had to buy one and give it a try!  I used watercolor paper for the butterfly, and for the background papers.  I felt it would be a better medium to use my blender pen to color in the butterfly and also to create a mottled paper for the background.  I used Pool Party, Island Indigo and Pear Pizzazz for my colors.  The butterfly is a stamp I've had for many years, and love the detail in it.  For the background paper, I used my re-inkers in Pear and Indigo to create a mottled affect with water and a paint brush, and then waited for it to dry, and ran it through my Big Shot with the wallpaper embossing folder.  The finishing touch was using some seam binding with the re-inkers and paint brush again to be sure everything matched.

I also used the swirled flower image from Creative Elements with my white Staz-On to add a little extra to the outside glass.  The unmounted stamp worked really well for this, because I could bend it to conform to the edge of the glass. Below is a close up pic of the glass so you can better see this detail.  It's very pretty in person, there's a lot of bling and sparkle going on!

Sprinkle of Salt

So far this is my favorite card I completed yesterday!  I love the idea of the salt, but definitely want to try it with a chunkier version next time!  I also think when I brushed on my colors, it should have been watered down a bit more, but still think it turned out neat.

I think it turned out so cool!  This is one of my all time favorite sentiments from PTI, it's the Think Big Favorites #3, love the combo on the fonts!  Add a butterfly with a little bling and voilà you have a cute card! I used SU! colors Strawberry Splash, Crisp Cantaloupe & Coastal Cabana, love these happy colors!

Mixing Mists to Match Challenge

The next challenge I jumped into for Stamp-A-Faire was the mist challenge.  I really love how this card turned out!  I embossed the SU! star available as a single stamp in silver and then mixed my mist which was Midnight Muse and alcohol in a mini mister bottle and spritzed away, I then went back in to add the sentiment with Midnight Muse ink.  Love the sparkle of the glittery silver paper on my layer, but not sure you can really detect it in the pic.  I also added an extra touch with our new SU silver ribbon in the mini cattie.

Tea Dyeing with Kool-Aid!

First challenge of Stamp-A-Faire 2013!  This was a lot of fun to try, and it smells great too.  I used Grape, Lemon-Lime and Black Cherry Kool-Aid for the colors.  The Mendhi Medallion and birthday sentiment were clear embossed on watercolor paper and then I dipped into the Kool-Aid.  I also colored some twine with the dye as well.  Definitely something I will try again!