From random thought to total obsession faster than the speed of light...
The bluish purple piece was a fun little scrap i made from leftovers after my alcohol ink get together. i was clening up and my craft mat had a dried pool of alcohol inks from my demo. now here is what is so cool about alcohol inks - i decided rather than wipe it up why not see if i could play in it a bit more. the puddle was a bit too heavy on the silver so i added a few more drops of color - stream, cool peri and stonewashed and then a heavy dose of blending solution which woke the puddle of inks from the night before right up! i grabbed a bunch of nearby scraps of ranger's glossy paper and swirled them face down in the puddle and made some great pieces!
here is a close up of the skittle bugs. these little *doodled* stamps are sized to fit skittles perfectly whaich are hand colored and hand decorated by me for each of the bugs in the set. the bee in the center has the skittle bottle (don't be confused - skitlte sare not dew drops - dew drops will not be sized correctly. run out of bug skittles? the stamps can be simply stamped and colored or you can use a drop of dimensional pearls and draw the details on yourself like the background bee and the snail.
Other skittle bugs include a ladybug, dragonfly, caterpillar, bat and spider - perhaps they will come out to play too!
the main panel is a little trick i learned from tim holtz's class at CHA. i cut the flower out on my cricut and then glued it to a piece of cardstock. i ran that through my xyron putting the sticky ON THE FRONT and then covered it with heavy duty tin foil. i used a large paper blending stump to smooth the tin foil down and get the design to show through really well. next i alcohol inked it really well. then i sanded lightly and brushed over the flower with staz on ink.
the background is the double cuttlebug technique i learned over on debbie's die cuts. i added larger inked circles with various objects on my table like the end of a pen.
i used this week's SCS sketch challenge for the layout.
and now off to finish prepping for class tonight! can't wait to see everyone!
be sure to tune in tomorrow when i announce the next studio G challenge!
don't forget tomorrow is the last day to submit for the design team call!
i decided to make an Easter Treat Bag and a Birthday Goody bag using multiple sets from Polkadot Pie. These projects really give a feel for the versatility of the line. Both toppers are cut with my nesties and folded in half.
For the Easter treats i used the little bows from the Sprinkled Background 1 - I stamped with Versamark and then dusted them with Sunflower Sparkle perfect pearls and gave them a LIGHT mist with water to set them. next I stamped one of the randomly with one of the mini hearts from Loveys with Pezzy in memento rosebud and the little flower image from Chocolate Treats 2 in memento lulu lavender. NOW for the dots for CAS4 - fruit punch stickles randomly in remaining open spaces. attach a big bright prima from Angela's with a custom skittle in the center - FUN!
The second treat bag just shows yet another option with the Polkadot Pie stamps. For this one i stamped the swirls from the Sprinkled Backgrounds 1 set using Memento Danube Blue. Next I stamped the tiny cupcake image from Chocolate Treats 1 randomly using memento Ladybug and Dandelion and then added stickle dots with red and yellow. Instead of a prima i wanted a little boy look so i stamped the larger cupcake from the same set and cut it out with my nesties. i stamped it a second time on the blue polkadot paper and cut the cupcake paper portion out. i colored the cupcake with copics, attached the cupcake paper and then did the swirl with yellow stickles. i edged the scallops with more blue danube ink.
here is a loser look at both of them.
if you happen to live in the Northern VA area I really hope you stop by for some fun and chatting over at Angela's on Tuesday - she has an INCREDIBLE shop and i did quite a bit of shopping while there!!
and now i am off to my super fun CTMH scrapping club at my friend Cori's. and then CLEAN UP time for my alcohol inky party tomorrow!
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***REMINDER***
DT call going on now - click HERE for the details and see how you can apply!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~SALE ENDING!~~~~~~~~~~~
nearly everything has been marked down for about 2 months. that sale will end on Sunday at midnight! If you have been putting off ordering now would be the time to do it!! Monday morning everything will go back up to regular price!
*~*~**~*~*~*NEW RELEASE & related festivities*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I am expecting the next new releases in soon!!! YOU DO NOT want to miss these!
The design team and i are planning some fun festivities !!!
so i WISH i had some fun exciting project for you but i don't *crying real tears* as pez tells me (when she really is NOT crying real tears or even FAKE tears).
i DO want to take some time to give a full status update on pre-orders, store news and such.
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***REMINDER***
DT call going on now - click HERE for the details and see how you can apply!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~SALE ENDING!~~~~~~~~~~~
nearly everything has been marked down for about 2 months. that sale will end on Sunday at midnight! If you have been putting off ordering now would be the time to do it!! Monday morning everything will go back up to regular price!
*~*~**~*~*~*NEW RELEASE & related festivities*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I am expecting the next new releases in soon!!! YOU DO NOT want to miss these!
The design team and i are planning some fun festivities for y'all and they will start on April 1 so be sure to join in the fun!!
Studio G:
series 30 and the chalk sets - first week of April-ish
series 32 and the matching ink pad glitter glue sets - first week of May
i DO still have a few left for pre-order but i wouldn't delay too long......
i also have some of series 26 left as well.
Ranger:
it's coming...it's not coming...it's coming...
SO new alcohol inks - they ran out before they got to me - YIKES - cuz i orderd well before CHA! i have now been told next week - BUMMER for the class i am teaching this weekend BUT you WILL all be prepared for the new inks when they DO arrive!!!
refillable pen - i do not know....
tim's ideology goodies HAVE arrived!! I will get them sorted and packaged IF you DID NOT also order new alcohol inks yours will go out tomorrow or saturday. IF YOU DO have new AI on your order then i will call again on Monday to get a firm shipping date - if the inks are on their way i will ship everything together - if it looks like it will be awhile i will ship what i have out immediately.
do let me know if you have any questions - thanks to all of you who take the time to stop by every day and those who shop with me - i truly apprecate you all!!!
We had GORGEOUS weather here in Northern VA for the last 4 days and this card is JUST how i have felt - all bright and happy and excited for some great outdoors!
my image is colored with copics and has some extra bling from spicas and crystal stickles (oh how i love the little inch worm-y). the green doodles edges are also spica and the white doodles on the patterned paper is my inkssentials white gel pen. the paper itself is gorgeous bo bunny paper from the ella collection and *might* appear soon in a little mini kit of goodies for spring :) i added extra bling to paper strips with the crystal stickles and doodled the edges of the borders too - done with one of the new ek success slim punches - best punches i have EVER used! you can punch thru cardstock with your fingertips instead of full body weight!!
Are you a Studio G *collector*?? want to become a Studio G USER instead???? be sure to tune in tomorrow to see my sample for the latest challenge in the papercraft planet studio G group - with a PRIZE from hampton arts!!!! Check the group for other samples submitted so far.
have a stampy day!
it is a gift for my dad for his bday *SHHHH Paula don't tell* - and yes it has flowers which is not manly but the focus of the picture makes it ok i think :)
the pics are my grandparents and my dad as a child back in 1940s Cuba before it all came crashing down. the digi elements are from flerg's strawberry delight over at scrapbook graphics - LOVE LOVE LOVE them.
i started by painting the entire wood frame from Michaels with a Mushroom paint dabber. Then i covered the front with a thick layer of Crackle Paint in Old Paper.
i crocheted the flowers myself and used a few Sands of Time Bead pops *AKA skittles* for the centers.
Then came the Grungeboard - i got the letters from the plain minis set and the ferns from the Nature Set, embossed the ferns with my cuttlebug and painted them all with a Lettuce Paint Dabber. Once dry I rubbed over the embossing with Tim's sanding grip and then sponged on vintage photo distressed ink to the exposed grungeboard.
now i don't know about anyone else but i NEVER seem to have enough grungeboard swirls. so i got a Hello Kitty sizzix bigz die that has swirls and flowers the last time i was in Joanns and it worked perfectly! i painted them with the mushroom paint dabber and then covered them with worn lipstick distress stickles and the letters with scattered straw distress stickles.
this bottom corner has my Butterflies A Flutter stamped in archival black ink which looks cool over the crackle paint.
well my day has certainly not gone as planned - i meant to have this post up this morning! i used this sketch from the high hopes blog and paired it with this adorable rachel anne miller stamp (anxiously awaiting my first high hopes stamps).
i colored the image with copics and accented with spica glitter pens.
i used lots of layers of bo bunny ella papers and edged everything with rose bud memento ink. the centers of the primas are puddles of glossy accents covered in seed beads.
be sure to stay tuned here - an exciting announcement coming on wednesday that you will NOT want to miss! also be sure and check out the blogs of the other DT girls and leave them some love!
i cannot stress enough how fabulous these tutorials of tim's are. if you have ever wanted to learn how to use all the cool products Ranger Ink has to offer his tutorials will show you ALL you need to know and are so clear and easy to follow!!!
next up i have more tim stuff. for this one i used Jen's Sketch For You To Try this week ->
i stamped the image with versamark and then carefully sprinkled distress embossing powders on the different parts of the image to *color* it without coloring :) is that cheating??? for this one i used 5 embossing powders - mustard seed, milled lavender, dusty concord, shabby shutters and peeled paint. i just shake the jars well and take a little pinch at a time, hold it over the area i want colored and slowly move my thumb and finger just a tiny bit so i can control the powders. once they are all down i tap the underside a bit so the powders dance around and cover their areas well. dump off the excess and heat. these powders are different than your regular slick and glossy embossing powders. these have a flat sort of sandpaper distress look which is so cool. the edges are done with an ink blending foam tool and distress inks - first dusty concord and peeled paint and then barely edged with walnut stain. the grungeboard tag frame is painted with dusty concord crackle paint.All of these items (including the new alcohol ink colors) are on sale right now but hurry! the sale will be ending very soon!!!!!! and then it is back to regular price.
i hope you are all having fun exploring some non-coloring options with me!
some close ups:
These are SUPER easy to do - several kits come with everything you need - the Starter Box and the Lavender & Lace Box OR you can buy various vase sheets, wires and glue to go with the other kits.
make your flower stems first so they have time to dry. place some flower soft in the jar lids so you can fluff it up. cover about 2/3 of the wire with the PVA glue. sprinkle flower soft all over the wire and then prop it up to dry. some kits come with sponges or you can use a piece of styrofoam.
cut out your vase - i left a little tab on each side to make it easy to glue down. cut your wire into pieces sized for the vase or pot you are using.
roll your vase around a pen to round it out a bit.
add a dab of glue to each tab and glue the vase to your base piece of cardstock being careful to slightly round it so you can place your flower wires inside.
