Challenge was to make a card using the technique from Tim's blog here:
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/september-techn.html
I used my CTMH inks and stamps and this is what I came up with:
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Showing posts with label Technique. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tim Technique Inspired Card
This is for a challenge on the If the Shoe Fits ning site. There is a Tim group and I'm a member (big surprise there, yeah?)
Challenge was to make a card using the technique from Tim's blog here:
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/september-techn.html
I used my CTMH inks and stamps and this is what I came up with:
Challenge was to make a card using the technique from Tim's blog here:
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/september-techn.html
I used my CTMH inks and stamps and this is what I came up with:
Coffee Filter Flowers
Okay, these are soo fun and who doesn't have coffee filters laying around?! These are so cheap to make, a little time consuming (well, my friend Sharon would say they are, I was able to stitch up all of these during an episode of House so I didn't think so), but the result is well worth it!
All you need it coffee filters and a needle and thread.
Directions are here:
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/coffee-filter-yo-yo-flowers/index.html
The ones on the left I did with glimmer mist. Instead of getting them all wet, I just sprayed. It was a bit quicker and they are GORGEOUS! The ones on the right I used my mica paints (found here: http://www.thescrapqueen.com/product/USJEWELMETAL/METALLIC_Jewelz_Mica_Watercolor_Paint_by_US_ArtQuest.html) and I got a great glimmery water colour effect.
I used one of my glimmer misted ones on this card (I haven't quite decided what the sentiment will be) but I was dying to start playing with them.
You can also see another one on the WTF layout challenge below.
All you need it coffee filters and a needle and thread.
Directions are here:
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/coffee-filter-yo-yo-flowers/index.html
The ones on the left I did with glimmer mist. Instead of getting them all wet, I just sprayed. It was a bit quicker and they are GORGEOUS! The ones on the right I used my mica paints (found here: http://www.thescrapqueen.com/product/USJEWELMETAL/METALLIC_Jewelz_Mica_Watercolor_Paint_by_US_ArtQuest.html) and I got a great glimmery water colour effect.
I used one of my glimmer misted ones on this card (I haven't quite decided what the sentiment will be) but I was dying to start playing with them.
You can also see another one on the WTF layout challenge below.
Monday, January 12, 2009
101 Things to do with Ribbon
Emily posted this over on the ScrapNMoms board and since one of the challenges for thescrapqueen this month is to use 31 ribbons in a layout, thought this would be great to have!
Passing on some great ideas! Hope you can use some!
1. Cut a journaling block into horizontal strips. Tie a ribbon in a bow or knot to the
left end of the first strip, then the right end of the second strip, and so on.
2. Create a page frame by stitching ribbon to each side of the page, then cover the joints with a button or another accent.
3. Collect scraps of ribbon and cover the spiral binding of a journal or album in
bows.
4. Tie a bow on a paperclip.
5. Soften the look of metal mesh by knotting satin ribbons through the latticework.
6. Colourblock a layout, punch holes where the blocks meet and lace with ribbon.
7. Create a ribbon loop off the side of the page, securing with stitches or staples, to
index sections in your album.
8. Stamp tiny tags with a single letter and use narrow ribbons to attach to your page
for a quirky title.
9. Hold a bookplate in place by securing each side with a length of ribbon, fixing the
ribbons onto the back of your layout.
10. Punch holes along one side of a photo or mat and finish with ribbons tied in loop
knots.
11. Loop ribbon around one side of a metal frame, then tie with a tiny knot or bow.
12. Laminate a leaf or another found object, punch a hole and tie on a ribbon.
13. Dye ribbons to match anything perfectly.
14. Criss-cross two lengths of ribbon to create a pocket.
15. Turn bows on their side and place at either end of a title.
16. Stamp a name or date on a ribbon, fold around the corner of a photograph and
secure with a paperclip.
17. Use ribbon to hang a locket holding something special.
18. Thread two metal rings onto a length of ribbon and secure them both in a loop at
one end (you can use an eyelet, nail head, brad, stitches or staples to close the loop).
Wrap around a journal, mini book or photo mat and pull the loose end of the ribbon
through the rings, just like a belt.
19. Make a masculine tag by threading a plain washer onto a ribbon remnant, folding
in half and stapling to the top of a tag.
20. Hide journaling or an additional photograph on your page. Using self-adhesive
ribbon as a hinge, secure just one side of a cardstock block to the background.
21. Cover the join between two patterned papers with a length of ribbon.
22. Create a collage between two microscope slides or pieces of transparency, then
tie ribbon around the glass sandwich.
23. Team up ribbon with anything else from the haberdashery section: ric-rac, upholstery
trim, lace, fibers, snap trim, zips, elastic or a hook and eye set.
24. Layer a brightly coloured sheer ribbon over traditional black and white gingham
to create a custom coloured gingham.
25. Stick ribbon over vellum to hide adhesive.
26. Make a flower with loops of ribbon plus a button in the middle.
27. Cover the edge of a border of patterned page with three inch lengths of mismatched
ribbons.
28. Use letter stamps on ribbon for journaling or captions.
29. Use ric-rac as the stem for a flower accent.
30. Run a thread through a length of ribbon, making loose stitches, then pull the
ribbon together to gather.
31. Apply rub-on letters to a twelve inch strip of ribbon to make a custom border.
32. Cover a scrap of cardstock with ribbon scraps in lines, then place a cut out
shape over the top so the quilted design shows through.
33. Fray ribbon scraps, then overlap and sew to the page.
34. Place a ribbon in a tiny glass charm for a message in a bottle look.
35. Weave your ribbbons in big or little sections on your page.
36. Punch holes on one side of a photo mat, then lace the ribbon through and add a
charm to one of the loops.
37. Make one long loop of ribbon around an entire page, then use shorter ribbons to
tie knots and bows to that ribbon.
38. Make a bulletin board look by criss-crossing ribbons across the page and joinging
with brads or buttons.
39. Use frilly ribbons with rustic elements, mixing girly trims with twill tape or a
wooden tag.
40. Create your journaling in widely spaced rows. Punch small holes around key
words and thread ribbon through to box out or underline words with colour.
41. Hang a letter charm from ribbon and wrap around the bottom third of a photo.
42. Use a variety of green ribbons in short, overlapped lengths to represent grass
for a summery layout.
43. Place your title and journaling blocks on your layout, then cut slits at the top
and bottom. Run sheer ribbon through to ‘hold’ the blocks in place.
44. Spell a title by threading letter charms onto a longer length of ribbon, adding a
knot between each letter.
45. Cut a variety of ribbons to six to eight inch lengths. Adhere at odd angles to the
bottom of a double page layout, with the photos and accents above this border.
46. Place short lengths of ribbon over the four corners of a photo and secure in
place with brads.
47. Place ribbons around the edge of a large circle shape.
48. Fold ribbon scraps in half and staple to one side of a photo mat.
49. Use a wide ribbon as you would a strip of patterned paper.
50. Stitch your ribbon with a zig-zag.
51. Thread silk or paper flowers onto ribbons to create a daisy chain.
52. Use polka-dot ribbon with striped patterned papers.
53. Tie a series of bows or knots to cover a length of wire, then attach the wire by
punch two tiny holes in your page and threading it through to the back.
54. Run a simple border with one thin ribbon across the top of your page and two
thin ribbons at the bottom.
55. Tie a group of tags together with brightly coloured ribbons.
56. Punch small holes and thread a border like you would lace your shoes.
57. Use sheer green ribbons to represent leaves on flowers.
58. Use your ribbons in vertical strips instead of horizontal.
59. Repeat just one ribbon pattern throughout your layout.
60. Hang tiny jingle bells on a Christmas page.
61. Select two ribbons of contrasting colour. Attach one to the left side of the page
and the other to the right, then tie together in the middle. Repeat in the opposite
colours to make a criss-cross if you wish.
62. Get out your eyelets and add to a paper accent, like a monogram letter. Thread
ribbon through and tie in a knot.
63. Pin a safety pin through a bow or knot.
64. Tie a ribbon around the stem of any letter in your title.
65. Allow ribbons to come out the top of your {top-loading} page protector.
66. Place one bold strip of a patterned paper on your cardstock background. Add
an angled strip of a colour-coordinated ribbon. Add an accent near where the two
meet, and place the body of your layout in the remaining gap.
67. Punch or cut several small squares or circles. Punch a small hole and tie a ribbon
on each, then line up for a border.
68. Line up several lengths of the same ribbon and secure the ends with brads, then
place your title on top.
69. Punch a group of holes in any preprinted accent and add ribbons to make it
your own.
70. Create a bold frame using short ribbon scraps around all four sides of the page.
71. Have just the ends of flat ribbons appear from one side of a photograph. Stick
them directly to the page.
72. Use a series of ribbon-trimmed metal-rimmed tags to journal in list form.
73. Repeatedly wrap a ribbon around a block of cardstock, then tie with a charm,
tag or stamped image.
74. Use only black and white ribbons plus one colour of cardstock.
75. Stick ribbon directly to the page and cover the ends with square or round accents.
76. Place several twelve inch lengths of ribbon to the page, leaving an inch gap in
between. Number the lines of ribbon and add journaling for a ‘# of things I...’ layout.
77. Tie ribbons on bobby pins/hair grips and slide onto the edge of a photo.
78. Use ribbon inside a slide frame or book plate.
79. Create a pull tab with a loop of ribbon on a tucked away photo or tag.
80. Use just ginghams!
81. Attach tiny clothes pegs to a length of ribbon.
82. Use white sheer ribbons for angel wings.
83. Thread white letter beads onto ribbons for journaling.
84. Tie ribbons through button holes and tie on the top.
85. Attach pins or badges to a length of ribbon stuck straight to the background.
86. Put your title inside a circle frame, and hold it in place with ribbons on two or
more sides. Tuck the ribbons over to the back of the page.
87. Thread on a buckle for a classy accent.
88. Spice up a simple layout with just three knots of ribbon near the corner of a the
photo.
89. Create a pinwheel design by sticking down bright ribbons cut with an angle at
the end.
90. Fold your ribbon in half then cut at an angle to get that little V at the end.
91. Instead of peeling your stickers from the backing, cut them out and treat like
regular paper. Punch a hole, tie a ribbon and look at your sticker in a new way.
92. Create a layout with three blocks of cardstock, then hang multiple ribbons from
the bottom of each block.
93. Make a summery layout with mismatched ribbons placed 3/4 of the way down
one side, to mimic flags on a sail boat.
94. Make a mini book to hold extra photos and journaling, and make sure the sides
wrap around to the front so the covers open to both the left and right. Secure ribbon
on the back and tie on the front to close.
95. Thread circles on ribbons to mimic Christmas ornaments, then tuck the ribbons
around the top of the page and secure on the back. Design the layout on top of the
ornament background.
96. Make it simple: stick a length of ribbon directly to the cardstock. Tie a bow and
stick it on top -- an easier way to make everything stay put.
97. Create your title with letters on individual blocks of cardstock, then thread together
by punching holes and tying together with ribbons.
98. Use watermark ink to customise your ribbon with a design or phrase.
99. Make curly ribbons by wrapping tightly around a dowel rod or pencil (securing
with pins if needed), spraying with corn starch and baking in the oven for about five
minutes. Leave to cool and set over night, then remove from the dowel. Great for
album covers and bindings.
100. Use ribbon to bind a small book of index prints on your layout, then add more
ribbon to close or hang the book.
101. Grab your favourite ribbon of the moment and work your entire layout around
that inspiration. Print your photos in black and white so you don’t have to worry
about colour clashes and just have fun.
Passing on some great ideas! Hope you can use some!
1. Cut a journaling block into horizontal strips. Tie a ribbon in a bow or knot to the
left end of the first strip, then the right end of the second strip, and so on.
2. Create a page frame by stitching ribbon to each side of the page, then cover the joints with a button or another accent.
3. Collect scraps of ribbon and cover the spiral binding of a journal or album in
bows.
4. Tie a bow on a paperclip.
5. Soften the look of metal mesh by knotting satin ribbons through the latticework.
6. Colourblock a layout, punch holes where the blocks meet and lace with ribbon.
7. Create a ribbon loop off the side of the page, securing with stitches or staples, to
index sections in your album.
8. Stamp tiny tags with a single letter and use narrow ribbons to attach to your page
for a quirky title.
9. Hold a bookplate in place by securing each side with a length of ribbon, fixing the
ribbons onto the back of your layout.
10. Punch holes along one side of a photo or mat and finish with ribbons tied in loop
knots.
11. Loop ribbon around one side of a metal frame, then tie with a tiny knot or bow.
12. Laminate a leaf or another found object, punch a hole and tie on a ribbon.
13. Dye ribbons to match anything perfectly.
14. Criss-cross two lengths of ribbon to create a pocket.
15. Turn bows on their side and place at either end of a title.
16. Stamp a name or date on a ribbon, fold around the corner of a photograph and
secure with a paperclip.
17. Use ribbon to hang a locket holding something special.
18. Thread two metal rings onto a length of ribbon and secure them both in a loop at
one end (you can use an eyelet, nail head, brad, stitches or staples to close the loop).
Wrap around a journal, mini book or photo mat and pull the loose end of the ribbon
through the rings, just like a belt.
19. Make a masculine tag by threading a plain washer onto a ribbon remnant, folding
in half and stapling to the top of a tag.
20. Hide journaling or an additional photograph on your page. Using self-adhesive
ribbon as a hinge, secure just one side of a cardstock block to the background.
21. Cover the join between two patterned papers with a length of ribbon.
22. Create a collage between two microscope slides or pieces of transparency, then
tie ribbon around the glass sandwich.
23. Team up ribbon with anything else from the haberdashery section: ric-rac, upholstery
trim, lace, fibers, snap trim, zips, elastic or a hook and eye set.
24. Layer a brightly coloured sheer ribbon over traditional black and white gingham
to create a custom coloured gingham.
25. Stick ribbon over vellum to hide adhesive.
26. Make a flower with loops of ribbon plus a button in the middle.
27. Cover the edge of a border of patterned page with three inch lengths of mismatched
ribbons.
28. Use letter stamps on ribbon for journaling or captions.
29. Use ric-rac as the stem for a flower accent.
30. Run a thread through a length of ribbon, making loose stitches, then pull the
ribbon together to gather.
31. Apply rub-on letters to a twelve inch strip of ribbon to make a custom border.
32. Cover a scrap of cardstock with ribbon scraps in lines, then place a cut out
shape over the top so the quilted design shows through.
33. Fray ribbon scraps, then overlap and sew to the page.
34. Place a ribbon in a tiny glass charm for a message in a bottle look.
35. Weave your ribbbons in big or little sections on your page.
36. Punch holes on one side of a photo mat, then lace the ribbon through and add a
charm to one of the loops.
37. Make one long loop of ribbon around an entire page, then use shorter ribbons to
tie knots and bows to that ribbon.
38. Make a bulletin board look by criss-crossing ribbons across the page and joinging
with brads or buttons.
39. Use frilly ribbons with rustic elements, mixing girly trims with twill tape or a
wooden tag.
40. Create your journaling in widely spaced rows. Punch small holes around key
words and thread ribbon through to box out or underline words with colour.
41. Hang a letter charm from ribbon and wrap around the bottom third of a photo.
42. Use a variety of green ribbons in short, overlapped lengths to represent grass
for a summery layout.
43. Place your title and journaling blocks on your layout, then cut slits at the top
and bottom. Run sheer ribbon through to ‘hold’ the blocks in place.
44. Spell a title by threading letter charms onto a longer length of ribbon, adding a
knot between each letter.
45. Cut a variety of ribbons to six to eight inch lengths. Adhere at odd angles to the
bottom of a double page layout, with the photos and accents above this border.
46. Place short lengths of ribbon over the four corners of a photo and secure in
place with brads.
47. Place ribbons around the edge of a large circle shape.
48. Fold ribbon scraps in half and staple to one side of a photo mat.
49. Use a wide ribbon as you would a strip of patterned paper.
50. Stitch your ribbon with a zig-zag.
51. Thread silk or paper flowers onto ribbons to create a daisy chain.
52. Use polka-dot ribbon with striped patterned papers.
53. Tie a series of bows or knots to cover a length of wire, then attach the wire by
punch two tiny holes in your page and threading it through to the back.
54. Run a simple border with one thin ribbon across the top of your page and two
thin ribbons at the bottom.
55. Tie a group of tags together with brightly coloured ribbons.
56. Punch small holes and thread a border like you would lace your shoes.
57. Use sheer green ribbons to represent leaves on flowers.
58. Use your ribbons in vertical strips instead of horizontal.
59. Repeat just one ribbon pattern throughout your layout.
60. Hang tiny jingle bells on a Christmas page.
61. Select two ribbons of contrasting colour. Attach one to the left side of the page
and the other to the right, then tie together in the middle. Repeat in the opposite
colours to make a criss-cross if you wish.
62. Get out your eyelets and add to a paper accent, like a monogram letter. Thread
ribbon through and tie in a knot.
63. Pin a safety pin through a bow or knot.
64. Tie a ribbon around the stem of any letter in your title.
65. Allow ribbons to come out the top of your {top-loading} page protector.
66. Place one bold strip of a patterned paper on your cardstock background. Add
an angled strip of a colour-coordinated ribbon. Add an accent near where the two
meet, and place the body of your layout in the remaining gap.
67. Punch or cut several small squares or circles. Punch a small hole and tie a ribbon
on each, then line up for a border.
68. Line up several lengths of the same ribbon and secure the ends with brads, then
place your title on top.
69. Punch a group of holes in any preprinted accent and add ribbons to make it
your own.
70. Create a bold frame using short ribbon scraps around all four sides of the page.
71. Have just the ends of flat ribbons appear from one side of a photograph. Stick
them directly to the page.
72. Use a series of ribbon-trimmed metal-rimmed tags to journal in list form.
73. Repeatedly wrap a ribbon around a block of cardstock, then tie with a charm,
tag or stamped image.
74. Use only black and white ribbons plus one colour of cardstock.
75. Stick ribbon directly to the page and cover the ends with square or round accents.
76. Place several twelve inch lengths of ribbon to the page, leaving an inch gap in
between. Number the lines of ribbon and add journaling for a ‘# of things I...’ layout.
77. Tie ribbons on bobby pins/hair grips and slide onto the edge of a photo.
78. Use ribbon inside a slide frame or book plate.
79. Create a pull tab with a loop of ribbon on a tucked away photo or tag.
80. Use just ginghams!
81. Attach tiny clothes pegs to a length of ribbon.
82. Use white sheer ribbons for angel wings.
83. Thread white letter beads onto ribbons for journaling.
84. Tie ribbons through button holes and tie on the top.
85. Attach pins or badges to a length of ribbon stuck straight to the background.
86. Put your title inside a circle frame, and hold it in place with ribbons on two or
more sides. Tuck the ribbons over to the back of the page.
87. Thread on a buckle for a classy accent.
88. Spice up a simple layout with just three knots of ribbon near the corner of a the
photo.
89. Create a pinwheel design by sticking down bright ribbons cut with an angle at
the end.
90. Fold your ribbon in half then cut at an angle to get that little V at the end.
91. Instead of peeling your stickers from the backing, cut them out and treat like
regular paper. Punch a hole, tie a ribbon and look at your sticker in a new way.
92. Create a layout with three blocks of cardstock, then hang multiple ribbons from
the bottom of each block.
93. Make a summery layout with mismatched ribbons placed 3/4 of the way down
one side, to mimic flags on a sail boat.
94. Make a mini book to hold extra photos and journaling, and make sure the sides
wrap around to the front so the covers open to both the left and right. Secure ribbon
on the back and tie on the front to close.
95. Thread circles on ribbons to mimic Christmas ornaments, then tuck the ribbons
around the top of the page and secure on the back. Design the layout on top of the
ornament background.
96. Make it simple: stick a length of ribbon directly to the cardstock. Tie a bow and
stick it on top -- an easier way to make everything stay put.
97. Create your title with letters on individual blocks of cardstock, then thread together
by punching holes and tying together with ribbons.
98. Use watermark ink to customise your ribbon with a design or phrase.
99. Make curly ribbons by wrapping tightly around a dowel rod or pencil (securing
with pins if needed), spraying with corn starch and baking in the oven for about five
minutes. Leave to cool and set over night, then remove from the dowel. Great for
album covers and bindings.
100. Use ribbon to bind a small book of index prints on your layout, then add more
ribbon to close or hang the book.
101. Grab your favourite ribbon of the moment and work your entire layout around
that inspiration. Print your photos in black and white so you don’t have to worry
about colour clashes and just have fun.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tag for All Things Tim grunge tag swap
Didja know that there is a group devoted to All Things Tim (Holtz)? Yep, there is and I am a card carrying member (it's nicely grunged and distressd, of course).
This is a tag I just finished for the grunge tag swap that is due this week (once again, the deadline is the ultimate inspiration in my world). Tell me what you think, I'd love to know!
I actually LOVE how it turned out with all the layers and I am usually my own harshest critic.
Supplies needed: Tag (I get mine at Hollo's, it's just a standard 3x6), distress inks (dusty concord, milled lavender, and broken china), masks (flourish & borders by Tim Holtz ideology line), crackle paint (broken china)silver adirondack dabber, CTMH liquid glass (ranger makes a line of the stuff too, just whatever you have), grngeboard sheets (mine are swirls, harlequin and stripes), Heidi Swapp chandelier stamp, Azure Staz On ink, vintage buttons from my hoard, ocean waxy flax, lace doilies from my stash, turquoise stickles, & microbeads, rhinestones, and ribbon by Darice.
Steps to make:
·
Using November Challenge Technique from Tim’s blog, do background of tags (Broken China, Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord)
·
Using flourish mask direct ink over with Broken China Distress
·
Using silver dabber make polka dots and cover reinforcement at top of tag
·
Using Borders mask, paint on Broken China crackle paint
·
Using blender tool, rub dusty concord into cracks for more depth (on crackle paint)
·
Stamp in corner (HS Chandelier, sorry don’t have any Tim’s yet)
·
Add grunge letters made with stencil and sheets. Ink with dabber, fill in with microbeads.
·
Rub on turquoise stickle with finger
·
Direct Ink on ‘lace’ in broken china
·
Add embellishments
·
Make tassel for top
This is a tag I just finished for the grunge tag swap that is due this week (once again, the deadline is the ultimate inspiration in my world). Tell me what you think, I'd love to know!
I actually LOVE how it turned out with all the layers and I am usually my own harshest critic.
Supplies needed: Tag (I get mine at Hollo's, it's just a standard 3x6), distress inks (dusty concord, milled lavender, and broken china), masks (flourish & borders by Tim Holtz ideology line), crackle paint (broken china)silver adirondack dabber, CTMH liquid glass (ranger makes a line of the stuff too, just whatever you have), grngeboard sheets (mine are swirls, harlequin and stripes), Heidi Swapp chandelier stamp, Azure Staz On ink, vintage buttons from my hoard, ocean waxy flax, lace doilies from my stash, turquoise stickles, & microbeads, rhinestones, and ribbon by Darice.
Steps to make:
·
Using November Challenge Technique from Tim’s blog, do background of tags (Broken China, Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord)
·
Using flourish mask direct ink over with Broken China Distress
·
Using silver dabber make polka dots and cover reinforcement at top of tag
·
Using Borders mask, paint on Broken China crackle paint
·
Using blender tool, rub dusty concord into cracks for more depth (on crackle paint)
·
Stamp in corner (HS Chandelier, sorry don’t have any Tim’s yet)
·
Add grunge letters made with stencil and sheets. Ink with dabber, fill in with microbeads.
·
Rub on turquoise stickle with finger
·
Direct Ink on ‘lace’ in broken china
·
Add embellishments
·
Make tassel for top
Monday, November 24, 2008
I'm Free!
WooHoo! Co op is wrapped up for the fall, zoo school is out til spring, the environmental center classes are done until January and in a nutshell, I have NO PLACE to be this week! YAYYY!
So, hopefully that means I can get some art done, hang out with the chickeepoos and watch girlie movies and eat appetizers for dinner (think Mermaids food!) since it is going to be just us for dinner A LOT the next couple weeks.
Last week was uber busy, but so satisfying! We got the art hung at the Children's Center, so nice to see their walls brightened up and the kids did SUCH a fantastic job!
Here's Livy putting the finishing touches on one of hers:
Then, last Saturday was Tim Holtz inspiration night at Sarah's. I had out the crackle paint, distress ink, alkie inks, dabbers, scratcher, grungeboard and of course, packing tape and all kinds of other fun stuff. Meant to show the faux mica technique with the alkie inks, but didn't get to that.
AND I learned the soot stamping and masking don't mix. Oops, my Tim Holtz flourish mask MELTED! It was a brave little mask though, giving itself up to my artistic cause the way it did! Really, there was a tear in my eye as I cut off the curled shriveled section and through it away (I tried to think of something to do with it, but couldn't)
The coolest thing I came up with last week though was this:
It's what you get when you use packing tape transfer on a stamp (a friend sent my some Tim stamped images, I'm wanting them all, but darn it, we live on Stan's commission and Orecks aren't flying off the shelves right now so those will have to wait a bit). Anyway, it was just black ink on white cardstock. Very glaring for what I was working on. So, as chance had it, the girls knocked into a cabinet just as I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with it. A roll of packing tape fell off! Brilliant!
So, I did my transfer and then loaded up the back of the tape with crackle paint. It looks so cool I think!
This is the layout it went on then for my Book of Me (Tracey posted a challenge on my ScrapNMoms group last week to do a page about why you scrap, so I will do the journaling on a tag and tuck it behind)
Anyway, we were playing with the video camera so hopefully it turned out decent and I don't look like a troll and Sarah will be posting it the crop group.
Something else cool last week was our field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art. I walked away with a ton of inspiration! And took this photo:
Look familiar? If it doens't it probably will soon. This is the Botticelli painting chosen to be this years religion Christmas stamp. We have the original hanging here in Cleveland.
Hope everyone else had a great week and looking forward to checking in with you more now that all my fall homeschool craziness is over!
Inky hugs as always, Lissa
So, hopefully that means I can get some art done, hang out with the chickeepoos and watch girlie movies and eat appetizers for dinner (think Mermaids food!) since it is going to be just us for dinner A LOT the next couple weeks.
Last week was uber busy, but so satisfying! We got the art hung at the Children's Center, so nice to see their walls brightened up and the kids did SUCH a fantastic job!
Here's Livy putting the finishing touches on one of hers:
Then, last Saturday was Tim Holtz inspiration night at Sarah's. I had out the crackle paint, distress ink, alkie inks, dabbers, scratcher, grungeboard and of course, packing tape and all kinds of other fun stuff. Meant to show the faux mica technique with the alkie inks, but didn't get to that.
AND I learned the soot stamping and masking don't mix. Oops, my Tim Holtz flourish mask MELTED! It was a brave little mask though, giving itself up to my artistic cause the way it did! Really, there was a tear in my eye as I cut off the curled shriveled section and through it away (I tried to think of something to do with it, but couldn't)
The coolest thing I came up with last week though was this:
It's what you get when you use packing tape transfer on a stamp (a friend sent my some Tim stamped images, I'm wanting them all, but darn it, we live on Stan's commission and Orecks aren't flying off the shelves right now so those will have to wait a bit). Anyway, it was just black ink on white cardstock. Very glaring for what I was working on. So, as chance had it, the girls knocked into a cabinet just as I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with it. A roll of packing tape fell off! Brilliant!
So, I did my transfer and then loaded up the back of the tape with crackle paint. It looks so cool I think!
This is the layout it went on then for my Book of Me (Tracey posted a challenge on my ScrapNMoms group last week to do a page about why you scrap, so I will do the journaling on a tag and tuck it behind)
Anyway, we were playing with the video camera so hopefully it turned out decent and I don't look like a troll and Sarah will be posting it the crop group.
Something else cool last week was our field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art. I walked away with a ton of inspiration! And took this photo:
Look familiar? If it doens't it probably will soon. This is the Botticelli painting chosen to be this years religion Christmas stamp. We have the original hanging here in Cleveland.
Hope everyone else had a great week and looking forward to checking in with you more now that all my fall homeschool craziness is over!
Inky hugs as always, Lissa
Monday, October 27, 2008
Been Playing......
Okay, obviously, if you didn't gather by the photo to the right I am a HUGE fan of Tim Holtz products. I also LUUUURVE masks. So, when I saw Tim had a line of masks out I screamed and grabbed a few (I would have got them all, but Sarah at www.thescrapqueen.com had the rest coming in, so will get them from her this week when I get the crackle paint, dabbers and other stuff I ordered from her)
This is what I did with the haunted set:
Pretty happy with how it turned out.....now to find an appropriate photo for the page! Livy is going to be a Barbie princess and Trin is a glam witch (think lots of bling and feathers). NOT very frightening. Guess I could always take a shot of Stan and throw it on there. A "This IS my costume" sort of page. (Actually, he was designing some sort of ninja halo something or other costume, but I put a stop to it.....a girl can only enable so much!
Okay, wow! So, that really doesn't show up too well, does it?!
Okay, step by step so you can see the masks:
1. Laid down masks (see instructions on back) and I went over it with black ink on a sponge. Moved them a couple times to cover the whole page.
2. Then I sponged over that with a topiary coloured ink (working with my CTMH inks here.....could have done this all in reverse and just sponged the entire paper with the topiary first and then done the masks, but I was playing as I went)
3. Finally, I grabbed a few H'ween themed stamps (a mix of CTMH and Studio G) and random stamped my paper.
This is what I did with the haunted set:
Pretty happy with how it turned out.....now to find an appropriate photo for the page! Livy is going to be a Barbie princess and Trin is a glam witch (think lots of bling and feathers). NOT very frightening. Guess I could always take a shot of Stan and throw it on there. A "This IS my costume" sort of page. (Actually, he was designing some sort of ninja halo something or other costume, but I put a stop to it.....a girl can only enable so much!
Okay, wow! So, that really doesn't show up too well, does it?!
Okay, step by step so you can see the masks:
1. Laid down masks (see instructions on back) and I went over it with black ink on a sponge. Moved them a couple times to cover the whole page.
2. Then I sponged over that with a topiary coloured ink (working with my CTMH inks here.....could have done this all in reverse and just sponged the entire paper with the topiary first and then done the masks, but I was playing as I went)
3. Finally, I grabbed a few H'ween themed stamps (a mix of CTMH and Studio G) and random stamped my paper.
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