Guest Designing at Frilly & Funkie - Case It!

Hey hey hey crafters! I was thrilled to be asked by the Funkie Junkie herself Linda Coughlin, to go back to my old stomping blog grounds and do a guest design spot for Frilly & Funkie! Of course I said yes, and to my delight the fortnightly challenge is "Case It" and is based on Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas, but with a summer twist! How cool is that?!! All you have to do is make something based on any of her tags but use a summer theme. I LOVE it!!! Here is what I came up with, and I based it on Linda's Day 11 Tag.

Instead of Distress Glitter, I opted for Ranger's newer Stickles colors. I stamped Tim's cars in Jet Black Archival, colored them in with Distress Markers, and then went nuts with the Stickles. Pink Taffeta for the lady, and Ice Blue for the gent!

I stamped the couple from Tim's Stamper's Anonymous Purely Random set with Jet Black, and colored them in with Distress Markers, and gave the gent a Stickled tie.

Distress Paint and water made the background for the tag, and I tried to lay the colors out on the craft sheet like I wanted them on the tag...it worked!!! I love the tones in the summer sky.

I stamped the tire marks from the Travel Ways set along the grey area that is now roadway, outlined with a white Stabilo pencil. I wanted it to look like she slammed on the brakes first and he followed to make a little time for romance! ;0)

I loved the trees on Linda's tag, so they went all along the roadway along with some other Christmas foliage, and I stamped them with Distress Markers! I love this technique!

I stamped some words that went with the theme in the summer skyline above the mountain trees using Watermark Ink. It's very subtle but effective!

The sentiment and heart came next and I covered them for Clear Embossing Powder. Then I decided to stitch in the roadway lines! The stitching totally transformed the scene for me! I really love this simple tag!

  

 

I absolutely adore this tag, and really do think you need to pause so that good things can be taken in and enjoyed...especially love! I hope you can take some inspiration from it. Thank you Linda and the team for having me back for a day!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #10 Tags - Manila	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mustard Seed	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn	Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Travel Ways	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays 2
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Letter to Santa	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Full Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Love Stuck	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Just Thoughts	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot	Rayon Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String - Solids

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

CC3C - Distress Watercoloring, Part 1

Happy Saturday crafty peeps! Today marks another challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! Again, The Curiosity Crew and I, want to thank you all for all the wonderful comments as well as all the entries from the last Stencil and Paste challenge! Talk about amazing texture and beautiful creations! We always have a very hard time choosing a Curiosity Crew winner. You all make such gorgeous entries, and I know it inspires all of us every week. Thank you so much!

This challenge, number five, is about Distress Watercoloring, the first part.  I hope you can play along on this painty challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this fifth challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! Imagine the loot you can score! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some beautiful watercolor inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!

Linda Ledbetter

Annette Green

Candy Colwell

Cheryl Grigsby

Hels Sheridan

Marjie Kemper

Susan Mostek

Yvonne Blair

Summer is always a great time to visit the Circus. So I thought I'd show Tim's technique using his new Stamper's Anonymous Big Top Stamps and Sizzix Framelits set on an Artist Trading Block (ATB).

After using Tim's technique for Distress Watercoloring, Part 1, I die cut the images using his Sizzix Big Top Framelits Set and the new Magnetic Platform. The platform makes diecutting fool proof...love it! I hate to fussy cut so this makes my life so much easier, as I only had to cut two images by hand. I decided to add a little sparkle so Ranger Stickles finished the images off.

I wanted a clown hat, so Tim's Eclectic Elements fabric was my choice. I cut a half circle about 8 inches in length, and used four strips of 1 and 1/2 inch fabric (2 sewn together) to create the ruffles. I wanted a little more white and a little stiffer fabric, so I painted the tan stripes with Ranger's Gesso. It worked perfect.

I stitched the half circle together, and then I had a hat!!! For the ruffles, so I stitched a loose stitch across, and then just pulled the back thread from the bobbin, and it made a nice ruffle.

For the wooden base of the stand, I misted Dylusions on the wooden piece, and then added a little Snow Cap Paint Dabber over it.

After die cutting Eileen Hull's 3D Block die onto Mat Board, I stenciled the sides that would be seen using Tim's stencils and Salty Ocean Distress Ink.

I wanted to make Circus event rings on each side of the ATB, so I used Frame Industrious Stickers to create them, and filled them in with Espresso Paint Dabber to look like dirt. Then I added the images, hat, and ruffles.

 

 

 

I hope you join in all the fun, and if you do, good luck on the prizes!!!

Supplies:

Sizzix Little Sizzles Mat Board	Sizzix Eileen Hull 3D Cube Scoreboards XL Die	Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber	Sizzix Magnetic Platform	Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits Die Set in Big Top
Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Big Top Stamp Set	The Big Top Stamp Set	Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Ranger Archival Ink In Chrome Yellow
Distress Markers Set	Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Melange Fabric Pack 12 Inch	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Harlequin
Tim Holtz Collection Stencil in Stripes	Salty Ocean Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Industrious Stickers in Frames and Trims	Ranger Paint Dabber In Espresso
Dylusions Black Marble Ink Spray	Ranger Stickles in Cranberry	Ranger Stickles In Twilight	Ranger Stickles In Champagne

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Father's Day Card Tut at Ranger!!!

Hello Ranger product lovers! Today, I have a tutorial over on the Ranger blog to make these Father's Day cards with the traditional 'tie' on them. Hope you click over, and here are a lot more pics of the finished cards.

 

 

 

 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!