Altered Claudine Canvas

One of the best things about Ranger U, was of course, learning from the pros themselves. One of them, Claudine Hellmuth, not only taught us the ropes on what her awesome products can do, but she also taught us how to make a canvas using transfers...so cool. I was able to complete my canvas...or so I thought. Once I came home, I decided it needed more, much more. So now it's my Altered Claudine Canvas used to show off my kids, and it was perfect to use for my Funkie Design Team piece for Frilly & Funkie's fortnightly challenge of "alter it". If you want to play along, you have until May 15th.

You so need to peek at all the other Design Team's blogs for massive inspiration. This is truly a talented team, and I am so fortunate to be able to be apart of it. And, don't forget to hit the Funkie Junkie Boutique for some awesome prices on great product.

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps 

Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms

Terry Horrall -  Terry's Work In Progress 

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style 

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness

This was my original canvas...gorgeous already.

I used Alcohol Ink to stain all my metal pieces to give them a rosy look to coordinate with my canvas.

More staining with Alcohol Ink.

I also colored these green beads with Alcohol Ink to coordinate.

The beads, nails, and bead findings were used to make ornate feet for the canvas.

Paper roses, glass drops with map backgrounds, and seam binding ribbon were added as well.

The numbers were adhered to memo pins, which will hold pictures.  A bird and nest completed all the embellishments.

 

Supplies:

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Mother's Day Tag

Mother's Day is this weekend, and while I have the Mom's in my life covered, there is one more I can't forget...my best friend, who is second mother to my own children.  I wanted to make her a tag, and with all the challenges out there, I decided to combine four of them for this tag. At Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper, the challenge is "browns & blues" (I used the new Peacock Feathers Distress Ink). At Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge, the technique is "faded layers". Sarah Engels-Greer's Mojo Monthly challenge is "floral frenzy". And then of course there is the "celebrating Mom" challenge at Lisa Somerville's Blogger's Challenge.

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- Brown Sharpie Pen
The Paper Studio- Metal Flower brads


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Travel With Artistic Outpost

First...did you see that moon last night??? WOW!!! Anyway...I am a week late in getting to this, but it's time for the Referral Challenge at Artistic Outpost. This month's challenge is "travel". There are so many sets and images from AO that you can use for this (I used seven). The possibilities are endless.  Make something with this theme and link it up for a chance to win a fabulous prize package. You have until May 31st.
I decided I wanted to use several images from AO that depict travel, so I needed a larger foundation. I went with a jumbo tag, which are my favorite. And, I am excited to tell you that the Funkie Junkie Boutique is now carrying these tags. I haven't been able to find them anywhere else in quantities smaller than 500. 

I sprayed Color Wash in Sailboat Blue and added dots of Picket Fence Distress Stain onto my craft sheet. I misted this with water, and then dragged my tag through.

There was enough color to do two more smaller tags....waste nothing!

I used the stain to make clouds.

I also used the stain to stamp the propeller image. It made a nice subtle, almost watermark type of image.

I stamped words using Broken China Distress Ink to complete my background.

I stamped my images in Jet Black Archival onto Specialty Stamping Paper. The images are so crisp...love this paper. Before you touch an image though, give it a good drying with a heat gun.

I colored in my images with Distress Markers, cut them out and adhered them to the tag. I stamped a sentiment as well, and added some more of the same words from the background.

Supplies:

Jumbo Manila Tag 8x4 (FJ)	Adirondack Color Wash in Sailboat Blue (FJ)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Picket Fence White	Inkssentials Water Mister (FJ)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China
Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Industrial Chic Stamp Set	Diesel Punk Stamp Set	French Flight Stamp Set	Lovely Day Stamp Set
Paris Exposition Stamp Set	Artistic Outpost′s SteamPunk Stamp Set	Artistic Outpost′s Huck Finn Stamp Set	Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Distress Markers (FJ)	Rayon Seam Binding	Ranger Fired Brick Distress Ink (FJ)

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Playing With Yellow Marbles

Happy Saturday crafty peeps!!! Today marks a new challenge at Our Creative Corner! Anne Marie, of Stampin' Anne,  is hosting again, and this week she has a color challenge for you based on this picture.

Make a project using yellow, kraft, and white or ivory, then upload it to the OCC. If you need inspiration, you will surely find it with the Design Team. The projects this week are probably my favorites. Everyone really outdid themselves, and our Guest Designer, Anna Christensen, from Anna Christensen Crafts, made a fabulous card as well!

Linda Coughlin- The Funkie Junkie

Vicki Burdick- It's a Stamp Thing

Sue Butler- Scrumplescrunch

Ann Marie Hile- Stampin' Anne

Wendy Janson-  It's All About Stamping

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Holly Kean- Kean On Paper

Irena Kowalczyk (aka Rudlis) - Love, Life and Crafts

Meihsia Liu- Simply Paper Crafts

Tui Nathan- Stampin Time

Lori Rider- The Diva Stamper

Kristin Tierney- Lilly Beth Boutique

Sharon Wheet- Designs by Sharon

I needed to make four sympathy cards for a family who just lost their dear beloved mother, but I thought I would make more of a keepsake, so I went with a tag. These colors were perfect for this...warm and soothing, but yet bright. I also wanted to use Tim's technique of Marbled Stains (does the title make since now?) for the Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge this week, sponsored by Eclectic Paperie, but I had an issue, and I was too late for the challenge. I am submitting this to Inspiration Journal's challenge of "May flowers" though.

I decided to do the Marbled Stain on both the manila tag (which turned out great) and the Kraft Resist Paper, but the kraft didn't like it much, and you just can't see it well, hence, the issue. But, we must try new things, and always test out and play with our products to see what they can do, so I am okay with it. It still has nice color to it.

After I adhered the kraft to the tag (yes, now my pretty marbled look is mostly covered up), I used Distress Markers to color in some of the butterflies. They look so cool, and I was so pleased how this tag came out. You can see the difference in color below, from the regular kraft to the colored.

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- white embroidery thread, flower (I have had them about 10 years), Bible verse stamp, kraft scrap, buttons
32 Degrees North- Dresden Foil Lace Trim


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!