Textured Tissue Wrap Birthday Card

Last week on Wendy Vecchi's blog she demoed a technique using Tim Holtz's Tissue Wrap, that she and now I am totally consumed with. She ran Glue Glider Pro High Tac adhesive (the one with the dots) down on a project and laid the tissue wrap on top. Doing so made the dots from the adhesive show through the tissue tape thereby giving it even more depth and creating texture. This was further enhanced by applying Distress Stain, another new fav of mine. I decided to try the new technique on a birthday card for bestie Paula. I also stamped on the borders of the card and added Perfect Pearls to the image. I am in love with the look, and I wish the pictures really showed the sheen on the card better. I loved the background so much I used the same technique, now coined "textured tissue wrap" by me, on a Maya Road transparent bird embellishment. Also, the photo and phrase on the card was taken from an old one I had that is now repurposed for Paula. I also baked her an almond torte, one of her favorites. There is nothing like a great friend who inspires you to create something wonderful and I hope she has an awesome day.  Happy birthday Paula!!!  And...thank you Wendy and Tim for your creations that inspire us all.

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Supplies Used:

Kraft Paper card and envelope from Paper Studio; repurposed card from Attic Salt Greetings; white and green card stock from my stash; TH Idea-ology Tissue Wrap in Terminology; TH for Ranger Distress Stain in Peeled Paint; Staz On Ink in Timber Brown; TH for Ranger Distress Ink in Iced Spruce; Numbers Border stamp by Danelle Johnson; Ranger Perfect Pearls in Green Patina; Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold; Maya Road bird embellishment; burlap

Fall Treat Bags

Every year at the Feast of Thanksgiving, someone always takes home some sort of goody or yummy, like a recipe, pictures, leftovers, or my personal fav dessert!!! I like to make and keep a couple of  treat bags on hand so my guests can take their loot in style. These are super easy and fun to do, and my daughter usually ends up being right in the middle of the making.

Supplies Used:

Small orange paper bags, Martha Stewart Pumpkin Border Punch, Prima Flowers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Peach Delight, Recollections Gem Brads, TH for Ranger Distress Stickles in Spiced Marmalade, Deja Views White Flower Patch card stock, brown and green card stock from my stash, stamp letters from my stash to form the word "Fall", ribbon from my stash

"Give Thanks" Tag for Grungy Monday!

This week for Grungy Monday the challenge is to do a tag based on Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas from 2009, Day 7. This is based on creating a custom mask from a stamped image. This was indeed a challenge for me because I don't have any custom mask sheets. So I improvised and created one out of scrap plastic from a Timmy die I just purchased. It is thicker than masking material and caused some of my background stamping to not flow, but other than that it worked pretty darn well. I used 3M Spray Adhesive on it, but let it dry several minutes before sticking it on my stamped image so it would not permanently stick. I had to further challenge myself by using 3 different stamps to create the final image that would also produce my custom mask. Live and learn. I had to get all the images just right which was difficult, but I finally got it right after a few tries. Moreover, this challenge proved even more difficult as I had to take a mulligan and make a whole new tag after I spilled water on the original after all that hard work.  So after I walked away from it for a while (fuming of course) I did some much needed cleaning, then came back and made this tag with no water bottle to be seen within 10 feet. Upon posting this to GM 26, I blogged on over to Simon Says Stamp and Show, and realized that my tag fits the criteria for the challenge this week of making something using recycled  items, because I used the plastic to make a mask. I entered it into their weekly challenge as well.

 

Rather than list all my supplies, I took photos of all the materials I used while proceeding to each step in the process of making this tag. If you would like to know the particular name or brand please email me and I will give you the details.

 

 

 

I would like to "Give Thanks" to all of you who read this blog, follow it, or comment on it. It has been over a month already and I am deeply humbled by all the emails and comments left by all of you wonderful readers. I never imagined that doing this would make me feel so fulfilled. You all are truly a blessing I am so thankful for!!!

JO JO JO!!! Happy JAVAdays!!!

 Corny I know, but catchy, and now everyone around the house is saying it. Why? Another challenge...that's why! While reading the StudioL3 blog I found out  the design team at the Eclectic Paperie had to complete a challenge using some sort of Starbucks inspiration, any or all of Timmy's new Seasonal Inks for Autumn, and any size of Maya Road's bottle caps. They extended the challenge to the rest of us, so I decided to make ornaments. 

Supplies:

Back...Great art from the cup itself.

a venti sized cup, gift card, and cup sleeve from Starbucks, TH Alterations Die in Carved Ornaments, TH for Ranger Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs, Maya Road Bottle Cap, corrugated paper, green card stock, 2 eyelets, Q-Tip, colored wire all from my stash,  striped string from Martha Stewart Crafts, Glossy Accents, Krylon red spray paint, K&C Company Holly Layered Accents

I also received my order from winning Simon Says Stamp's random drawing last week. They even through in a freebie. Thank you again SSS!!! I cannot wait to start playing with my new toys!

Get Your Motor Running...With Steam Punk!!!

I am a member of the All Things Tim (ATT) Yahoo Group, who pretty much devote themselves to following all of Timmy's "dark-side" ways! There are tons of swaps hosted at any given time, and one caught my eye and intrigued me after Gloria, the sites moderator, invited me to sign up. The theme was Steam Punk and I was to make tags depicting that, one of which Tim himself would receive.  I have been enamored with all the craziness and quirkiness of the Steam Punk movement since the first of this year when I read about it in Somerset Studio magazine, and in particular, the motorized gadgets and gears that make things run and fire up. I focused on this when creating my tag "If Only Time Would Stand Still", in three parts...Time flying by, a motorized hot air balloon, and the workings of a brain in deep thought. I am feeling like a child...(Heck, who am I kidding? I always feel like that!)...on Christmas morning, waiting anxiously for my swapped tags to arrive to see what everyone else has created!!! I will share those with you when they arrive.

By the way, the netting on the hot air balloon is from one of my brown fish net stockings! What can I say...I recycle and you should too!!! Also, the goggles were made by connecting two S shaped jump rings with a brad, filling them in with Glossy Accents, and applying a drop of Pitch Black Alcohol Ink on top. I really love how they turned out. As a matter of fact, this is probably my most favorite of all the tags I have ever created! I hope you like it too.

Supplies:

Paper Used- Graphic 45 in Steam Punk Debutante; TH Grunge Paper (top hat), Aluminum Coated Tags from U-Line; watercolor paper; corrugated paper

Vagabond Materials Used- TH Alterations Texture Fads in Time and Mini Gears; TH Die in Heart with Wings

Coloration Used- TH for Ranger Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs; TH for Ranger Distress Stain in Black Soot; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Black Magic, Dark Rose, & Caramel Apple; TH for Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink in Pitch Black; Faber-Castell Water Color Pencils in Light Brown, Flesh, Blue and Red; Ranger Archival Ink Pad in Jet Black; Liquitex Clear Gesso
Stamps Used- TH for Stampers Anonymous Steam Punk & Numbers; Stampington and Company 's Clearly Impressed "Time" by Julie van Oosten (Face)
Embellishments Used- TH Ruler; TH Idea-ology Findings; Art Chix Studio Wings, Key,  & Clock; 7 Gypsies Gears; Maya Road Clock Face & Hands; Brown Netting or Fish Net Stocking; Brown Embroidering Thread; Creative Imaginations Swatch Book Ribbon Impress-Ons in Memories (Time Phrase Rub On); Prima Flower; 32 Degrees North German Gold Foil Wing; Acme Bead Propeller; snap button, eyelet, heart charm, watch parts from my stash; Graphic 45 Trim; TH Lace Ribbon

More Cropping With The Girls!!!

I guess we just can't get enough cropping time together! This time everybody was busy doing different projects. Tamara was digitally scrapping a calendar, Lori was making Christmas tags, Kelly was tending to her already up to date scrapbooks...I'm so jealous of that...and Paula was building the coolest Halloween Configurations Tray ever. I cannot wait for that to be finished, but it's already a WOW!!! I was working on a Christmas tag that I will tell you about a little later. I totally cherish these times with the girls and all of our projects. If you haven't met up with your besties lately, call them up, invite them in, and have the best time ever creating something fabulous while catching up with great friends! Enjoy the journey everyone!!!

 

Nice teeth Paula!!!

 

Configurations Tray Completed!!!

After a couple of get together Crops with the besties, Paula and I finally finished our Configurations Tray from the Tim Cruise. Phew! What a fun project!!! You can sit and look at them for 30 minutes and still see something you haven't noticed yet. Definitely my most favorite project of the cruise.

Paula's Tray

 

My Tray

 

 

 My Besties

Pam, Paula, Tamara, my DD and her friend

Recipe courtesy of Susan Lussier of NY

Tamara and her CE project

Paula and her Acorn Cookies