She Who Stamps & Scraps

Tattered Floral Die - Let's Go Fly a Kite

Here's my entry for Tim Holtz's Tattered Floral challenge and the numbers challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show.  I used lots of my favorite stamps, stencils and inks, and cut 40 flowers using the smallest of the four flowers on the die:

My Tonic pick is a great piercer for adding the brads:

I used an Idea-ology clock, gears, and spinners, along with trinket pins and Glossy Accents to seal in some tiny JB stickers:

Three of Tim's funky keys worked for my tail:

Another peek at the flowers:

And the main body of the kite:

I was in the mood for kites and warm weather because it's been a long winter and I'm ready for Spring. Schools are closed today because 6-10" more snow is forecast. Here's my view at the moment:

Hope you are safe and warm, wherever you are.  Thanks for the visit!

Marjie

PS -- News and a huge giveaway coming very soon! 

 

 

Unruly Paper Arts: Attach an ATC

The March issue of Unruly Paper Arts is dedicated to Artist Trading Cards... it's called the ATC Extravaganza Issue. I'm submitting this layout for Reader Art Quest #2, which calls for an ATC attached to a project.  The other challenge this month, Reader Art Quest #1, calls for an ATC house. Both challenges are open through March 25th.

I've made my layout using black cardstock, 7 Gypsies Tissue tape, a Tim Holtz ATC sized background stamp, and some small accent stamps from Technique Tuesday.  I've also used Tim's Idea-ology spinners on some watch faces I inked with distress ink.  

I coated the entire ATC with embossing powder and heat set it, as well as the little flags I made out of tape to show my son's ages in these pics.  Hope you'll visit Unruly Paper Arts and join in one or both of the Reader Art Quests.  

I'll be back on Monday with an ATC mini-album that I made for the March issue as well.  Thanks for the visit!

Marjie

Stencil Girl Products Blog Hop

I'm so happy to be joining Jessica Sporn in a blog hop featuring one of her designs for Stencil Girl Products. Today I'm using the Borders stencil along with Natasha May, Maria McGuire, Maggie Nemetz, and Judy Shea.

You might wonder if I used the right stencil at first glance, because I didn't use it as a border at all... I chose to use one section repeatedly and randomly across the pages to add interest and texture to my background.

I started by adhering bits of leftover 6X6 Basic Grey papers to a spread in my Dyan Reaveley art journal, and then added layers of Distress Paints. After the blues dried, I dry brushed white in places, and it looked like this:

Next I used a makeup wedge to sponge white paint in places through the Borders stencil:

I used more stencils in the background before pulling out some extra large Donna Downey stamps (Delicate Flowers measures 8" and the word 'dream' measures 4") and inking them with a mix of Archival ink and Distress Paints.  I love that the DD stamps are sized so well to fit the DR journal. 

I added tiny stickers to spell 'big' and heat set the sentiment below with clear embossing powder:

Washi tape down the middle, more stencils and paint all around:

I really enjoyed using Jessica's Border stencil this way.  She has a fabulous collection out with Stencil Girl.  Be sure to see her blog and visit the other people in the hop.

Simon Says Stamp and Show is looking for participants to use a stamp they love but don't regularly use, and for this project I chose a small delicate flower from Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 (She Created Art) line.  It fits in perfectly as filler between the XL Donna Downey stamps.

Thank you for stopping by!

Marjie 

Photos and Metal and Flowers... oh My!

This is my spin on a layout I spied on Pinterest a few days ago by Kristin Cronin-Barrow.  If you'd like to see Kristin's layout, it's the newest pin on my Scrapbooking Pinterest board. I used Basic Grey papers that I customized with stamps and stencils.

The half circle on the left is stamped with the Darkroom Door Measuring Tape background stamp, and the one on the right is inked with jet black archival ink through a TCW elevator gate stencil.  I used the smaller version of that stencil to add interest to the yellow background paper. I edged the letter stickers with black soot distress ink and painted the wood frame black:

After running all the photos and blue sections through my Xyron® 5” Creative Station, I put the rick rack through the smaller Xyron® 1.5” Create-a-Sticker.  

I added faux stitching around the edges, Prima flowers, and Tim Holtz's Idea-ology ornate plate, flowers and brads.  The metal brings me to the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week.

Thanks so much for the visit!

Marjie

 

Idea-ology Ornate Plates

Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black

Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot

Darkroom Door Delivery

What a happy mail day to find a box from Australia, full of fantastic new stamps from Darkroom Door!  I had to abandon all plans for the afternoon and get inky immediately. I colored Mr Bright Idea with Distress Markers and a water brush and roughed up his edges with my distressor.

I used the Measuring Tape background stamp to fill my XL tag, and inked it up with a variety of distress and archival inks by Ranger.  Tim's sentiment is embossed with clear powder, as is the old fountain pen.  I added a key tied on with twine as a note to self - it's key to imagine beyond what you may think is possible.

The design of the Mr Bright Idea stamp blew me away and I thought Tim's sentiment went perfectly!  Here's a peek at some of the other goodies:

I can't show you them all as some are sworn to secrecy for a bit longer, but it's very safe to say I'm loving what I've received and look forward to playing with all of them.  Linking to Paper Issues and Creative Every Day.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Marjie 

 

Art Journal: Relax

Simon Says Stamp and Show is looking for 'something messy' this weekend, and that's my middle name when it comes to spray inks.  I love having inky fingers and have to remember when I teach a class to offer gloves to those who feel differently.  I was drawn to the birds challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges so I made some trees for these little ones to perch on.  The trees are gesso through a stencil:

I had a rough day today starting with a fall on the ice in the driveway and ending with a speeding ticket (42 in a 30!).  When I came home to finish this page I decided the message to myself should be RELAX.  Or as the officer said, "Slow down, Ma'am."

Also linking to Art Journal Every Day, Carolyn Use Your Words group and the light challenge at Creative Every Day. Thanks for visiting!

Marjie 

Gelli Plate Party - Month 2

Carolyn Dube's Gelli Print Party kicks off its second month today and I'm happy to be joining in with this page from my art journal.  You can find all of Carolyn's details here:

I started with a print I made back in December when I did this tutorial for Unruly Paper Arts.  I used my Gelli Arts plate on deli paper using multiple layers of paint applied through stencils.  

The waxy paper becomes almost leathery in feel with the layers of paint added to it. I love the rough torn look of it. I added lots of stamping and some bits of tissue paper, tape, felt arrows, and my favorite part - the die-cut letters spelling out 'path':

I made these with Tim Holtz's Sizzix Word Play die, using a leftover print that I glued onto grungepaper.  They seemed a bit lost on the page so I cut another set of letters with black cardstock, and used those to create a shadow effect behind my 3D letters.

You can get your very own Gelli Plate here (I know you want to!):

I'll link this to 'Anything Goes' at Simon Says Stamp. Thanks for the visit!  Be sure to head on over to Carolyn's blog to join her par-tee!

Marjie

eTeam Picks Challenge - Altered Boxes

Hello, friends. Today it's my pleasure to host the first eTeam Picks challenge at Eclectic Paperie! I've chosen ALTERED BOXES as the theme, and I altered a plain white tissue box cover.

 

As you can see, I went heavy with my Dylusions Ink Sprays and used loads of stamps and stencils. I used three of my favorite Dyan Reaveley stamp sets - Around the Edge, Bordering on the Edge, and Background Love.

   

If you've been by before, you know I'm a huge fan of Dyan's Ink Sprays. I like to "Commit to the mist!" (as Dyan says) and let whatever will be, be.  Sometimes, though, I want to control the color application, like when inking my leaves below.  I used a Water Brush to make those leaves pop.

You can use one Water Brush for all the colors (spritzing ink on your craft mat and picking it up with the brush, then cleaning before switching colors) or you can go hard core and make a designated brush for each of your favorite colors. I love having the separate brushes - it's a huge time saver if you use these a lot (and if you don't... give them a go... they're addicting.)

Please pop on over to the Eclectic Paperie blog for all the contest details.  It runs two weeks and there will be a prize, as well.

Thanks, always, for visiting!  Hope to see you enter the challenge.

Marjie

Card: Life is Ours to be Spent

I was doing some clean-up on the computer over the weekend and came across this card, which I hadn't yet blogged.  The flowers are the Sizzix Tattered Florals die and paper punches, and that shaped panel is the Sizzix Cabinet Card die. Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Marjie 

Art Journaling with Pan Pastels (Stencil Tutorial)

Thanks so much for the incredible response to my guest spot at Sizzix... I really appreciate all of your comments and emails about that!  For today's post, I've used Pan Pastels to color this art journal page.  Kim is going to be stocking Pan Pastels over the weekend at Eclectic Paperie, and I will be teaching an online class using them early in February.

Today I'm linking to Art Journal Every Day, Frilly and Funkie, and the Wendy Vecchi yahoo group. Frilly & Funkie has a Follow Your Muse theme, and the Wendy challenge calls for at least one of Wendy's stamps and stencils. I used her large alpha background stamp all over the page, inking it randomly, then applied Pan Pastels for color.

I used the negative (frame) part of Wendy's heart stencil, and laid another stencil on top to give my heart texture. I forgot to take a picture at this stage, but here's one I took of an earlier attempt, just so you see what I mean about combining stencils:

I found that particular stencil pattern to be too large for the heart, so I saved that page for scrap and did another one using the small houndstooth pattern.  Then I cut a Sizzix Movers & Shapers heart from the scrap page, and rather than use it, I traced around the negative space of it and made a thin hollowed heart frame.  I placed it down on the bottom right and used black gelato to trace around it, and put the original piece between the left and right hearts.

Thanks so much for visiting today.  I hope you'll follow my blog and sign up for the Eclectic Paperie blog - you can subscribe by email to both to get alerts when there's new blog content.  

Class content and photos for my class will be up within the next few weeks, and I promise you, you will love what you can do with the Pan Pastels, no matter what your personal style may be!

Marjie