Sunday, March 18, 2012

Welcoming Spring In Plaid

It's time for another monthly swap, but this time it's for the tag swap at the Creative Block - Stamper's Anonymous Yahoo Group.  The requirements were to make a tag and only use three stamps, stamped only once, and in different colors. Sounds difficult, but it wasn't, and I decided to combine this week's Grungy Monday challenge of using Tim's technique from 12 Tags of Christmas 2009, Day 3 which is making "a plaid pattern" with Alcohol Ink, on the tag.
I used packaging from a 7 Gypsies product, because the paper had the same feel and consistency as Glossy Cardstock, plus it had a cool image already on it that also shows through the Alcohol Ink.
I absolutely hated how thick and foggy looking my vertical lines came out. I want to scrap this and start over, but I couldn't bear not to use something with all this precious Alcohol Ink on it, so I added a thin line of Alcohol Ink but from a Fillable Pen. I hope that still qualifies, but it really helped shape up my pattern much better.
These are the 3 images I choose (all Tim's) and the permanent ink I used. The Metallic Gold is actually orange, and I already knew that, but thought it would make a nice contrast.
I cut my tags from lime green cardstock and added a border around it with Gold Paint Dabber, then distressed the edges, and coated them with Black Soot Distress Ink. I had ribbon with individual butterflies on it that I used to Spring this up, as well as a computer generated title. I luckily had this orangey ribbon in my stash that matches the 'gold' ink.
 

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From My Stash: 7 Gypsies packaging scrap, green cardstock, butterfly ribbon, ribbon


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

A Green B-I-N-G-O!!!

 Top o' da morn'n to ya crafters! And, a very Happy St. Patrick's too!!! The leprechauns have filled me children's shoes up with goodies outside the front door, and tonight we dine on Irish Stew, Potato , and Soda Bread...yum! Since I'm a whole half Irish (on my dad's side) I'm wearing green and crafting in green as well! I am the host this week at Our Creative Corner, and as luck would have it today's challenge falls on St. Patrick's Day! Celebrations are heralded around the world with parades, parties, and of course, going green.  Ah, the luck of the Irish, or so some say. Make a card or tag with a "bingo card" on it, and use the color green somewhere on the project. Upload it to the OCC blog, and with some luck, you just might have the winning one, which of course I get to pick (nice comments could help with that!). 
 
I decided to go with a tag, and not just any tag, but one I recreated from another one I made on a Tim cruise, with a few tweaks of course. If you are looking for more inspiration or just wanting to look, please visit my fellow OCC Design Team Members.
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
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!