Saturday, August 16, 2014

CC3C - Stamps and Framelits

I cannot believe it's the middle of August! My kids start school in a couple of days...yikes! Happy Saturday all things crafty people! It's also time for another challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! Big thank you's all around for the many thanks entries in the last challenge and of course for all the lovely comments! I am such a fortunate person to get to do this thing I love...Crafting! The Curiosity Crew and I are always humbled! Please keep those projects coming so you have a chance to win some amazing loot.
This new challenge, number nine, is the ultra cool new way to get things done in a flash...Stamps and Framelits I hope you have the goods and the book to show you the technique, because once you do it you'll see what I mean by getting things done in a flash...it's time saving, and space saving! Please play along so you can win some fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! 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 die cutting and stamping inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies! They also inspire me so much. I love being apart of this group! Thank you ladies!
Yup! I have Christmas on the brain again, but that's probably because once August rolls around all the stores already start decorating and displaying their Christmas goodies....it's crazy! BUT, it's never too early to start making gifts, so that is what I've done here on these Vintage Snowman Ornament Plaques. 
Using the Christmas Words Stencil I inked them on a pressed wood panel using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I used the Distress Marker Spritzer and a Black Soot Distress Marker to add splatter all of the panel.
After shaking a white painting pen, I added splatters of the white paint as well. Then I inked the edges of the panel.
An oldie but a goodie, the Stamper's Anonymous Christmas Carol stamp was used to stamp on Ranger's #8 Kraft tags using Watermark Resist Ink. I love the subtle shade it gives on Kraft.  I trimmed off the bottom and inked the edges in Black Soot. These will be used with Tim's Stamps and Framelits technique.
Using a technique I use in classes, that I call Gesso Starching, I coated Tim's Eclectic Elements material with white Gesso and water. This makes the material stiffen up and give it a water proof like quality. I love it.
I used the Gesso starching on another piece of material using Black Gesso. Both pieces of the material will be used for Tim's technique.
I cut strips of more of the fabric to be used for the snowman's scarf.
Using the Framelits and Stamps makes life to much simpler. If you haven't done the technique, I really suggest you try it and see how much time, as well as space, you save! My snowman are sturdy little guys and oh so cute!
Using smaller #6 Kraft tags, I inked and splatter with water. I love the molted look.
I cut the 25's out of more fabric and stitched them on to the smaller tags.
These were so simple and really look cool. I layered everything on to the wood panels and inked everything up, and added some scraps of burlap and Idea-ology metal and paper string.
More of Tim's technique was used on the snowflakes!
Then I used some of the new Ranger Stickles to add some Christmas sparkle!
 
 
 
 
I cannot stress enough the space and time saving with Tim's Stamps & Framelits! I hope you give this challenge a spin!!!


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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!


Saturday, August 02, 2014

CC3C - Faded Layers

Happy Saturday crafty folks! It's time for the eighth challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! May I just say that The Curiosity Crew and I absolutely are floored at all the Painted Industrial entries from the last challenge?!! You all blew us away! Thank you for joining in on all the fun!  I really wish each of you could win! AND...thank you for all of the comments. You all make me feel so good!
Challenge number eight is all about Faded Layers! It uses one of my favorite Ranger products!  I hope you can play along on this challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this challenge's sponsor, The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!! Thank you sponsors for your generosity! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can carefully read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some gorgeous layered inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
I decided to get going on making more cards for the stash again, so here is a birthday card with a pocket to tuck a tag and a little something in.
A 12x12 Masterboard is always my favorite way to go to make a base for cards. Tim's Faded Layers technique was perfect to do a Masterboard with. I love that I can use this to make more than one item.
I trimmed the Masterboard to fit on a card base I had in my stash.
I had Tim's new Ice Cream Blueprint stamp in mind when I decided on my background colors using Neapolitan ice cream tones. I used the same color family of Archival Ink to stamp the ice cream cone. I inked all the edges of the pieces as well as the card base. I attached these to the card parts, and added the milk cap and inked ribbon.
I stamped and heat embossed the cone portion onto Ranger's Kraft Cardstock using Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder. I cut that out, and gave it a little shading with ink.
I stamped the ice cream portion onto parts of the Masterboard, and cut those out. After inking the edges, I used foam tape to layer the pieces on top of the cone. This went on to a #8 Kraft tag. Stickles and a Maya Road Star Pin topped off the triple scoop. After stamping some cool Hashtag words, I doodled a little using a Fude Ball Pen, and added more ribbon.
  
 
 


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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!