End Of Summer Tag Card

Summer ends this week, so I thought I would make one more Summer related project, and incorporate a few challenges (Okay, FOUR...but I'm pressed for time!) into it. At The Stamp Man Challenge, the theme is "Summer Hot Colors",  the Blogger's Challenge has a theme for "Silhouettes", the Sunday Stamper challenge is "Ribbons", and Unruly Paper Arts Reader Art Quest 1, has a theme of "4x4 Format".

Warning: Lots of step out photos.

I sprayed a jumbo #10 sized tag as well as a piece of Manila paper sized 3 1/2 inch square with water. Then I sprayed Cut Grass, Fresh Squeezed Lime, London Blue, and Lemon Zest Dylusions Ink Sprays onto both items. I dried them thoroughly with a heat tool. I folded the tag in half and then set it aside.

I stamped the solid leaf design with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to make a silhouette image several times.

Using the dotted Dylusions stencil, I inked Picked Raspberry Distress Ink through the floral portion of the stencil, to make a few silhouette flowers.

I adhered three strips of ribbon to the card, but only down the middle of the ribbon so the sides were without adhesive.

I stitched down the middle of each piece of ribbon forwards and back, to make a nice thick seamed line, and stitched around the border of the card as well.

I stamped the Dylusions leaf image in Jet Black Archival directly onto the stitched ribbon. I colored in each leaf with Cut Grass Dylusions using a Detailer Water Brush. I fluffed up the sides of the ribbon to add texture and contrast.

Using the same floral stencil, I traced around 3 flowers with a permanent marker.

I colored in the petals and centers of the flowers with Lemon Zest and Bubblegum Pink Dylusions in a Detailer Water Brush.

I traced around the colored flower parts with Glaze Pens, to get a raised image to add more texture as well as some shine.

I filled in each flower with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink using a Detailer Water Brush, and I added a few more silhouette petals here and there. I mounted this card onto white cardstock, gave it a sentiment, and then set it aside.

I used an 18 inch sheer ribbon to thread through the hole in the tag, and then pulled it through to allow each side of the tag to have an equal amount of ribbon. I stitched around the perimeter of the whole tag, as well as down the middle to define both halves and keep the ribbon in place. I folded the tag back in half, and adhered the card onto the part of the tag without the hole. I tied the ribbon into a bow to close the tag card.

Inside

Back

Supplies:
From My Stash: green and sheer ribbons, white cardstock




I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Paintbrushes...Not Just For Painting! (Part 2)

And the obsession continues! Here is my Paintbrush Art Queen, dubbed Artista, and yes, she is hoarding her Art products! Don't judge her!!! She is created with all that's good...Art Parts and Idea-ology, and stamps so inky.  She is my new muse, my current artistic hero, who has sagely advise to give to me and others, "Art is not what you see. Art is what you help others to see." Those are words to creatively live and blog by. ***Note to self:  It might be time to step away from the creative cave, and visit with normal people!!!

 

I am submitting her to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "Hero".

Supplies:
From My Stash- metal wings, Bead Landing Gears, Glass Capsule, Mini Gear Charm

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Paintbrushes...Not Just For Painting! (Part 1)

Warning: New Addiction Alert! I'm participating in an Altered Paintbrush Swap, and this crazy winged and geared girl will now belong to Gloria Alexander, who should receive her today. Lots of Wendy's Art Parts and Tim's Idea-ology helped me put her together. 

Trouble is, now I want to alter all the tools in the garage!!! Even screwdrivers are really turning my creative juices on! Yikes!!! We use these tools everyday to make and alter things, but now we can use the tool itself as the project. It's opened up a whole new genre of Art for me. When you Google paintbrush art, all sorts of things pop up of people making Art out of common tools, and have been for years.  Aside from painted saw blades, I never knew or even thought about altering tools. The world of Craft Blogging has really OPENED up my eyes to the world of Art. There are so many talented and creative people out there...inspiration abounds!

Stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow, when I show you the Paintbrush Art Girl I made for myself.

 

 

Supplies:

From My Stash- metal wings, Bead Landing Gears & Glass Capsules

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Scenic Autumn

Before I get going, I'd just like to say thank you for all the comments and new followers of late! I am honored and humbled by your kindness!

It's that Funkie time of the fortnight...already! Over at Frilly & Funkie, the challenge is being hosted by the famous Linda Coughlin of The Funkie Junkie. Linda wants to see "The Great Outdoors".  The heat of the summer is starting to break here in the States.  Let's celebrate being able to get outside to enjoy the fresh air by making something with an outdoors theme.  However, there is a required ingredient that you must include... a quote about the outdoors or nature.

Take a refreshing look at what all the other Design Team has created for this challenge. 

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

The challenge for Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge this week was Enameled Stamping, from pg. 44 of Tim's book by the same name. I love this technique for it's amazing textural effects, but I didn't have a background stamp that I wanted to use, so I made my own...of sorts.

I used lots of colors of Distress Ink and even more leaves.

Here is my jumbo tag after Tim's technique. I wish my photo could really show how gorgeous this is. The color, shine, and texture are fabulous...not bragging on me, only the technique! I did not want to cover this up. In fact, I stared at it for quite some time debating what to do. I almost stuck a ribbon on it and called it good, but I at last decided a little nature would be good.

I used Manila to die cut the Branch and Tree.

I used Stain to color the wood portions and the bright red on the cardinal. I finished up the cardinal with Distress Markers and some real feathers. Everything got a coat of Embossing Powder.

Some Tim letters received Gold Paint Dabber and Chit Chat letters Glossy Accents.

Aside from CCIIC, I am submitting this to the Sunday Stamper challenge for "A Riot Of Color".

Supplies:

25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Fired Brick	Distress Ink In Mustard Seed	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Bundled Sage	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Tumbled Glass Distress Ink	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Bird Branch BIGZ Die
Alterations Branch Tree BIGZ Die	Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock 8.5x11	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo	Distress Stain In Barn Door	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers - Set of 37
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink	Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel	Burgandy Woven Jute Ribbon 5/8"	Metallic Gold Mesh Ribbon	Idea-ology Long Fasteners (FJ)
Adirondack Gold Acrylic Paint Dabber (FJ)	Idea-ology Alpha Parts, Newsprint	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!