Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 11

Wow, it's so hard to believe that Linda and the crew have already been through 10 challenges and that we are on challenge 11. My how time does fly!

For this challenge we are working on page 52 of Tim's 3rd book

and it's all about the Effects Powders.

The host of this challenge is Inspiration Emporium and they are giving one lucky winner a 50.00 gift card to their online store. If you haven't already make sure to check out their BLOG where they have a fall challenge going on for the month of September.

There is also another great prize to be had, You can also win a wonderful prize pack from Tim and Mario themselves. One lucky winner chosen by the inspiration team will get some happy mail.

So for my project, I'm getting in the Halloween mood and so I figured I'd make some Halloween postcards. 

I really love using powders, they give the right effect to a project and add that element of "realness" For my project I mixed up some of the powders to make the graves look old and rustic. I also used the powders on my spider and "31" 
The background was created with a mix of Tim's distress paints and also Dylusions sprays

Take a look at my finished postcards

I hope you will check out the challenge over at Linda's Blog Studio L3
There are loads of inspiring project by the design team too.
Thanks again for coming by and have a great day

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 - August

For the new Tim Holtz Tag for August Tim wanted us to explore our "muse" and create this month's tag using our own creative style and "muse". 

I love this and I really love the idea of just creating using our own unique creative styles. 

Of course if your following along with my blog, you know that I have decided to make postcards instead of tags this year. I really like the idea of the postcards because my 7Gypsies craft tray is looking so full and I just love it AND I send one every month to a crafty friend of mine, what better way to get some "happy mail" than to receive a postcard

For starters I gathered some of my favorite Tim Holtz products to use

Next, using multi matte medium I adhered my tissue paper and tape onto my background

I also used Tim's stamps and archival ink to stamp my images 

I created the rest of my background using Tim's tutorial HERE

Make sure to check it out

For my finished postcard, I used Tim's Idea-ology trinkets, tissue tape, tissue paper, dies, grungeboard, embossing distress powder, stamps and so much more.

This was such a fun postcard to create, with all the wonderful layers and depth, what a thrill!! I hope you will try your hands at making the 12 Tags of 2014 for August because it's a blast!!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope to see you soon

CHEERS!

Sail Away With Me

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Not too hot and not too cold today, it's just right. (in the words of Goldilocks) lol
I spent the morning running some errands and then came home and went straight into my craft room. 
I'm working on a workshop by Andy Skinner called "The book of ruination". It's fantastic and Andy is so talented. This is a cool project and I cannot wait to show you once I'm done with it. I can't take you through the steps but I can show you my finished book. 
I also worked on an ATC that I want to enter into the Wicked Wednesday's Challenge this week. Their challenge is "Sun and Surf" and their sponsor is 2 Cute Ink

I also want to enter this ATC into the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge, this week it is "Passport To Fun", it's all about travel and fun!! 

I started out with Ranger's ATC sized card stock and used Distress embossing powder in the color Mustard Seed. I also used a sun stencil by Dina Wakley to create a sun.

I then used three different colors of distress inks to color the my background. 

I chose a Stampin Up stamp set for this ATC called "The Open Sea". It has this really cool background stamp and I used Stampin Up ink in the color Baja Breeze to stamp my background.

I then used the ship stamp and some Ranger super fine black embossing powder to emboss my ship.

I wrote my sentiment on some scrap cardstock that I first colored with Tumbled Glass distress ink and then edged each one with Blue Jean distress ink. I also edged the outside of my card Blue Jeans too.

This came together quite well, simple but a nice outcome.

Thanks for coming by today, I guess I better go get some dinner started. Making lasagna tonight. 

Just Fly Jumbo Tag and ATC

For today's project I decided to make a Jumbo tag and ATC for a friend of mine who needs a little "pick me up." 

I also wanted to partake in a few challenges (it wouldn't be like me if I didn't heehee) I will be entering this project into the following challenges:

Ranger's Blog - I decided to join their "color pallet" challenge and this month it's Earth Tones.

Fun With ATCs - Their new challenge is "Windows or Doors" and I used a window here to showcase the eyes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - The challenge this week is "Fly" I think I definitely hit that one with my phrase and butterfly. Simons Says always gives away a 50.00 voucher to one lucky winner too.

Sunday Stamper - Hels Sheridan - Her challenge this week is "Squares" 

So to start I'm using a Jumbo Ranger tag along with a matching ATC

First thing I did was covered my entire tag and ATC with Tim Holtz tissue paper. I adhered this with Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Medium

Next I used my Distress Paints to paint my tag and used a paper towel to wipe it as I went, drying in between layers.

I wanted a sort of patina look so that is why I chose these colors.

I also wanted to use my Distress Metallic paint that I just got so I broke that out and added a layer. I used the same technique, wiping it with a paper towel.

Check out a close-up of the lovelyness!! Beautiful! 

Once that was done and dry I used a Wendy Vecchi stamp and Sepia Archival Ink to make more of a background. This one is from her set called "Art From The Heart"

I had bought this crazy Window sticker from Michael's for like 90% off and I decided I wanted to use this here. I didn't want to use it as-is, it didn't go with what I was doing so I used Distress Embossing Powder and another powder to change the way it looked.

I also cut the flower and swirl part off of it. 

Next I used my handy dandy positioner from Stampin Up' to stamp my eyes in exactly the right spot onto my ATC. The eyes stamp comes from a Wendy Vecchi set called "An Eye for Art" (love this set)

I used Ranger black embossing powder to make the eyes stand out.

I glued the window frame over the eyes.

I didn't take another pic of this but you can see it in my finished product.

I then stamped another stamp from Wendy Vecchi's Stamp set "Art From the Heart" and used it as a border on the bottom of my tag. I also embossed it with the Distress Embossing powder. This is the same powder I used for my frame window. You can see where I stamped the wording in this photo too.

This part was fun... I used Tim's distress Paint and metallic distress paint to change the color of this "bling" that I had. I wanted to add this to the background but wanted it to match my project.

These are the colors I used

I used my little dabber to dab the paint onto the bling 

 First layer - Broken China

Second Layer - Mowed Lawn

Third Layer - Antiqued Bronze

This is the final outcome - I really like it

Next I did the same step with a silver metal butterfly that I had

For the tag, I made a background using the same colors except for this I used Peeled Paint instead of mowed lawn. I wanted a darker green for my tag.  I just dabbed paint onto my craft sheet and spritzing with water and running my tag through it. 

I forgot to take a pic, so sorry, but you can see it behind the butterfly in the photo above.

I also used the same colors to create my flower below.

This phrase stamp is from one of Dyan Reaveley's set called Quintessential Quotes

it's one of my favorite phrases.

Last step is just putting it all together and your done!!

Here is my finished Jumbo tag with ATC

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, this was fun to make. I'm hoping my friend likes is as much as I do because I really want to keep it!! teehee..