Wendy Vecchi Ranger Artist Spotlight Project

Can you believe I'm back so soon?!! I realized I hadn't posted my project from Ranger's Artist Spotlight from Creativation (or even a single Creativation post :-/) this year, using all Wendy Vecchi goodies...YIKES!!! I am so sorry Wendy! It was truly AN HONOR to be asked by Wendy to make something for the show...I wanted to make her proud. She has been an incredible friend and mentor to me for years, and I love her so. So this is what I came up with. Warning...this is a super long post. Also, you can see all the other wonderful Artist's projects here. Enjoy!

I gathered all the supplies for the project, that I thought I would need.

...But then I had another idea, so I grabbed more goodies.

I began by painting all the Art Part surfaces from Wendy and Stamper's Anonymous with white gesso, and then inking the sides with Jet Black Archival and Tree Branch Archival from Ranger on portions of the surfaces.

I used sticky notes to mask off areas that I didn't want stamped, and then stamped Wendy's Fancy Foliage Background Stamp onto the top and bottom scrolls using Jet Black. I practiced on the back first and then did the front.

Using her Bricks stencil and Tree Branch Archival, I stenciled in the bricks (except left the middle blank as it would be covered up) over the surface and then poured on a mixture of Black, Frosted Crystal, Tree Branch, Watering Can Embossing Powders, for a nice brick look. Then I heat embossed the powder. Of course I practiced on the back first, and then did the front.

I stamped the Old Wood Floor image in Tree Branch onto the frame that will go around the door.

For the door, I used the inside of the frame, and inked over the whole piece with Jet Black and then poured on  Black Embossing Powder. I heat embossed it to get a gorgeous shiny and opaque door. I will add the Idea-ology Hinges from Tim Holtz and the Blossom Bucket star knob later, but I got them ready.

I stamped over the scalloped Mat Minis with the Country Gingham Background stamp to use for trims. I also added foam tape behind the door frame so I had more depth for the parts behind the door.

Using the bird and heart Mat Minis, I inked over them...the bird with Blendable Dye Inks and the hearts in Archival. I heat embossed the hearts with a mixture of Red Geranium and Carnation Red powders. I stamped over the bird with the coordinating stamp.

I inked a Bingo Number Piece from Tim, with Jet Black and heat embossed with Black Powder. Then I started to adhere all the pieces onto the Large Flourish Frame base.

Using Wendy's Perfect White Cardstock, I trimmed the pieces to fit on the back of the door and the inside of the frame, and had extra for die cuts. I placed the pads of Leaf Green, Sunflower, and Carnation Red directly onto the craft sheet, and then misted the ink with 91% Rubbing Alcohol. Then I swiped the pieces of cardstock through the wet inks to get a gorgeous marbled effect with the ink. I let these dry.

I cut pieces for die cutting, added Washi Tape to the label piece, and after die cutting, I stamped the coordinating images from Merci onto the die cut pieces. I stamped the sentiment from Mix and Match Art as well, and trimmed around it. These will all be for the front of the door.

From the Bravo set I stamped and die cut six of the large flower pieces onto the extra inked background. I cut out the middles of five of them, three to be used for the front of the door, and two for the inside.

For the flower for the inside, I added Carnation Red Liquid Pearls to a craft sheet and misted water of it to create a paint. I painted this over the flower pieces for a little shine.

I stamped the flowers and leaves over the pieces for the inside of the door randomly. I added Washi Tape to the bottoms as well. Then I stamped and stenciled in the words.I used Fern Green and Sunflower Liquid Pearls directly from the tube to add even more to the flowers. Then I layered the big flower together for the hand. I lightly inked over the hand with Tree Branch.

I added a hinge to the hand (I used a little Matte Medium to reinforce the hinges.), and used a trims to make it a bit thicker for the hinge. I also added trims to the top and bottom of the door. Then I finally added the door to the frame, and added a little more Liquid Pearls to the pieces on the front of the door.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

(Craft Sheet, Small and Detail Paintbrushes, Sticky Notes, Heat Tool, Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Craft Pick,

 Die Cut Machine, Stamping Block, Hammer, Tiny Nails)

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art STAY-tion

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Art Parts: Large Flourish Frames

-Ranger Multi Matte Medium

-Ranger Dina Wakley Media: White Gesso

-Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Tree Branch, Sunflower, Leaf Green, Carnation Red, Fern Green

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp: Fancy Foliage, Old Wood Floor, Country Gingham

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stencils For Art: Mini Bricks

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powder: Tree Branch, Watering Can, Red Geranium, Carnation Red

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Frosted Crystal, Black

-Ranger Embossing Storage Jar 1 oz.

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Mat Minis: Scallop Borders, Heart and Hands, Birds and Their Houses

-Ranger Adhesive Foam: Black, Clear

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp It Stencil It: Put A Bird On It

-Wendy Vecchi Blossom Buckets Mini Star Knob

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Hinges, Game Pieces

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Perfect Cardstock: White Panels

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer: Rubbing Alcohol, Water

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Washi Tape: Assortment 2

-Ranger Fude Ball Pen: Black

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stamp, Die, and Stencil Set: Merci and More, Bravo

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set: Mix and Match Art

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Blendable Dye Ink: Carnation Red, Sunflower

-Ranger Detail Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Make Art Perfect Card Adhesive

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Liquid Pearls: Carnation Red, Sunflower, Prickly Pear

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and a huge thanks to you Wendy! I'm working on another project, so I hope to be back soon. Until then...I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Eileen Hull Snowman and Mitten Cards

This blog is not only dusty, it's completely neglected. So sorry everyone. This pandemic has made me blog derelict.  Hello to each and every one of you, and I pray that life has been treating you kind. So with a kick in the crafty hind end to participate in a blog hop, I have a set of inky mixed media wintry cards for you using Eileen Hull's new Sizzix dies, the Snowman and Mitten Large ScoreBoard Box Dies. By the way, Eileen just posted a lovely write up about each of her Educators and our favorite project we've made using her dies. Hope on over if you haven't seen it, and you can revisit my Steampunk Baby Shoes here as well.

I love playing cards, and tried to give this that sort of feel. I think these would be great for a winter birthday or all occasion card, and not just for Christmas.

I pressed five colors of Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink directly onto the Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat, sprayed them with rubbing alcohol, and ran sheets of Specialty Stamping Paper from Ranger through it, picking up the colors. This created a cool marbled swirly background. I let this dry naturally which happens fast.

Using a stamping platform, I stamped the Mini Swirly Snowflakes from Tim and Stamper's Anonymous onto the backgrounds using Forget Me Not Archival.

Then I stamped some more using the Urban Chic and Mini Media Marks sets using more Archival. I cut the backgrounds in half to create four card backgrounds.  I added a strip of heart Washi Tape and stamped a striped border along the bottom. Then I inked the edges of each card and rounded the corners by hand.

I stamped the letters onto the upper left side of the cards, and mounted the cards onto black cardstock. Using the heart pieces cut from the Mittens Box Die using Mat Board, I inked over them in Red Geranium Archival, and adhered them under the letters for each card. I used a white pen to color in the circles in the background of each card as well.

I wanted a more 3D Snowman so I used two pieces of each scarf and hat, and trimmed sections off and layered them on top of each other. I inked over all the pieces with Archival.

I added stamped portions over the snowman and snow using the scribbly circle stamp and lightly stamped in Sky Blue Archival. Then I adhered all the pieces of the snowmen together.

To have the mittens fit the card size a little better, I trimmed off a portion of the cuff and adhered it on top of the remainder of cuff for a more 3D look. I inked the sides, trim, and cuff in Forget Me Not.

I lightly stamped over the mittens using Wendy's Ticking Background Stamp and Sky Blue to make them look knitted. Then I stamped the snowflake image in the middle, and stripes onto the cuffs. I colored in the snowflakes with Pitt Pens from Faber-Castell. I added more hearts onto the mittens and snowmen.

I added the snowmen and mittens to each card front, and highlighted a few areas with Stickles. Then to finish the cards I added the words with Label Letters from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.

 

 

Supplies: 

(Stamp Platform, Paper Trimmer, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Stamping Block, Ink Blending Tool, Skor Tape, Foam Tape, Scissors)

-Ranger Surfaces: Specialty Stamping Paper, Black Cardstock

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink: Red Geranium, Sky Blue, Forget Me Not, Bluebird, Cornflower Blue, Watering Can, Tiger Lily, Orange Blossom, Potting Soil, Jet Black

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Mini Swirly Snowflakes, Urban Chic, Mini Media Marks, Blockprint

-Ranger Wendy Vecchi Washi Tape

-Sakura Gelly Roll Pen: White, Black

-Sizzix Eileen Hull Scoreboards Large Box Die: Snowman, Mitten

-Sizzix Little Sizzlers Mat Board: White

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Background Stamp: Ticking

-Faber Castell Pitt Pens: Cobalt Turquoise, Indian Red

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Label Letters
-Ranger Stickles: Diamond, Black Diamond
 

Eileen Hull Snowman and Mitten Blog Hop Participants:

Jennie Atkinson

Sue Eldred

Madeline Arendt

Sarah Lizzie

Debbie Bankston

Nicole Wright

Cheryl Bodkin Waters

Annette Green 
Julia Aston
Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Pam Bray

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Lisa Hoel
Jenny Marples

Elizabeth Robinson

Tonya Trantham

Mitsyana Wright

Don't forget to visit all the fabulous designers in this hop to see their gorgeous makes. I am going to try to be back soonish. Thank you truly for stopping by today and making my day!!! Stay safe and healthy everyone!

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!