Get Your Kicks On Route 66!!!

It's time for the Artistic Outpost Design Team Blog Hop!!! Our challenge this month was to use either the Huck Finn or Route 66 stamp sets. I choose the latter, and decided to do a postcard, just like I did with my On The Texas Road Again...hmmm, I'm feeling a a postcard theme set starting to take shape.

Don't forget to visit all the other AO Design Team's blogs and take a gander at their ultra cool creations. These gals have amazing talent and creativity galore!

 Gerrie Johnnic 

Lisa Somerville

Suzanne Czosek

Linda Coughlin 

Tracy Evans 

Yvonne Garner

I stamped the map image with Pumice Stone Distress Ink several times Specialty Stamping Paper.

I stamped the other images onto this map paper using Jet Black Archival Ink, colored them in with Distress Markers, and then cut them out.

A added water to Claudine's Gesso to thin it out a bit, and then brushed it onto Tim's Destinations paper to tone down the images a little, so mine would not be lost. I did this twice, and wished I would have only done it once...it's a little too toned down.

Here is the before and after the Gesso.

I stamped the other images from the plate onto the background paper with Jet Black Archival. I adhered this to white cardstock, giving it a border now.

I added back a little color when I stamped my last image from the plate, a Saguaro Cactus, in Lettuce Adirondack Pigment Ink.

 

Supplies:
From My Stash: white cardstock


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Oh Baby!!!

Every time I  have a baby shower to go to, I make a card or tag using this Madonna and Child image by Stampington & Company's Leonardo Da Vinci Collection. I have loved this painting from the master himself ever since Art History in college, and I think it's perfect for these occasions. I was delighted that the Blogger's Challenge theme this week was "oh baby", and I knew instantly I would use this image.

 

 Supplies:

From My Stash-  snaps
Hobby Lobby- Children Are A Gift From God wood mounted stamp


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Forever And A Day!

As you have heard me so many times before, I love Love!!! So I could not pass up the opportunity to participate in the Reader Art Quest 1 at Unruly Paper Arts for "weddings, anything but a card". By the way, if you check back over there on the 17th, you will find a tutorial of mine that they published. That was very exciting!
Everything here is pretty basic, except the wedding dress, which I am so proud of. I used Tim's Mini Dressform die, and started adding layers of lace to it until I achieved the desired length. I cut tulle to form the bodice and arms and added lace to the borders of it. The rhinestone embellishments are from the Prima flourishes. I think this would be a cool little embellishment on a present for a bridal shower.
I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "anything goes".

 

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- image of lady, white cardstock, tulle, kraft paper scrap



I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

OCC Is A Little Sketchy!?!

Fellow Texan, Meihsia Liu of Simply Paper Crafts, is hosting this week at Our Creative Corner.  Her challenge is to create a card or project using the sketch below, and use a ribbon bow on it.

If you need inspiration or just care to have a gander, please visit the rest of the Design Team and check out their wonderful projects. Our guest designer for the week is none other than Miss Thumb Linky herself, Sandra Mouwen, of Made By Sannie.

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

This is my first sketch challenge at OCC, and you know how sketchy I can be in my designs, so having to do a project already laid out (?) and use a bow (???) was quite difficult for me, so this really was a challenge. I am not used to anything like this, and I stay away from all challenges that are sketches. I am a fancy free kind of gal, I don't like rigidness. BUT, I have to admit it was FUN, and I am always up for a challenge. I hope I did Meihsia proud!

I further decided to add more challenges though. At Unruly Paper Arts, the Reader Art Quest 2 challenge was to "use lace", and over at Simon Says Stamp & Show, the challenge this week was "favorite stamp". After a lot deliberation with myself I narrowed it down to four, and of the four the ornate frame in the center won. At the present time, I believe it's my favorite stamp. It has a plethora of uses and looks uber cool pretty much any way you use it! Now you can see that I was really under duress this week with all these predicaments!!! Oh how I love what I do!!!

4th and 3rd choices where stamped in Jet Black Archival  on to kraft paper, and then cut out.

This was adhered to black cardstock and cut out again.

More 3rd choice stamping for the background of the kraft card. Hmmm...should I move this to second choice??? No, no, no...stop it now!

Squeezed lemonade has been staring at me since last week, so it was time to use her. I just swiped straight from the pad on to the kraft paper. I really can't get enough of last week's color challenge at OCC...really loving the yellow and craft combination! I added two rows of Lace Tape as well.

And the winner...Mr. Ornate Frame...was stamped in Jet Black and heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder on to kraft paper.

And a solid number two, the butterfly, was stamped into the middle of the frame in Jet Black and by itself on to kraft and heat embossed as well.

I was going to leave the stamped butterfly alone in the center, but decided to have more 3D action, so I cut and the frame out. The butterflies were colored in with Distress Markers. I added some gold accents with  Liquid Pearls, stick pins for antennae, a flower, a puny bow, and the sentiment.  

   

Supplies:
From My Stash- stick pins, gold photo charm, ivory cardstock


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

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!