Thursday, April 16, 2015

Make N Take Magnet

 
Hello everyone. A quick post as I'm off to a weekend gig at The Crafty Scrapper, where they are having their store birthday party, and all day Make N Takes. I am honored to have been asked to teach one, and here are is a pic of what I am having the participants do...ala Wendy Vecchi style.
Participants have their choice of colors on these magnets, using Art Parts, Stencils for Art, dies, and  of course stamps.
I hope everyone likes the magnets. And here is a snippet of what all the other teachers are doing as well. If you are in the Dallas area, come on down for food, crafting, and fun. You can't beat the price!

I will also be teaching the Collection Folio...a massive undertaking in the kitting world...but I can't wait to get started. That's my weekend in a nutshell. I wish you a wonderful weekend as well!!! AND...I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Saturday, April 11, 2015

CC3C - Smudge Stamping

Happy happy April Saturday!!!  Tis time for another challenge, number twenty-six...WOW, in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!!  The Curiosity Crew and I absolutely were blown away at all the Frameworks projects last time!  You all are so inspiring!!!  Thank you for joining in, and of course for all of the comments, likes, and retweets!
Challenge number twenty-six is using the Smudge Stamping technique...a cool vintage looking technique in my opinion! I can't wait to see your makes using this!  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 great stamping inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
Recently, I snagged this binder album from Heart of Texas Studio, that happens to fit all my Tim Holtz Collection Layering Stencils perfectly, and it needed decorating, so I thought the Smudge Stamping technique would be perfect for it.
Here is the Tag Binder Album...nice thick chipboard.
I love this image from the oldie but goodie stamp set The Journey from Tim and Stamper's Anonymous. I stamped it twice with Jet Black onto a #8 Manila Tag from Ranger, and cut out the car with the men inside to use as layering pieces.
I inked both cover pieces with Aged Mahogany...my favorite...and stamped the alphabet from the Typography set with Jet Black.
I used Tim's technique on two #10 Manila Tags, and then stamped the sentiment in Jet Black and embossed it with Clear Powder.
I had to add stenciling because this is a stencil binder after all, so I used the Harlequin and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Then I added on lots of Idea-ology metal pieces, but only on the front, as I want it to lay flat.
 
 
 
 
Here is the back...no metal pieces so it lays flat.
 
As always, I hope you join in all the fun. This is a super easy technique and one to use so much! Until next time.

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!