I had so much fun making these little magnets for Unruly Paper Arts! All three ladies are stamps (Teesha Moore and Lynne Perrella) colored with Ranger Distress Markers. I have a short article up at UPA today... hope you'll pop over and say hello.
Did you recognize what I used as my three magnet bases? Love recyling my lids:
I'll also enter these at Fashionable Stamping Challenge, where the theme is "Alter Something."
Thanks for the visit!
Marjie
This week's challenge at Studio L3 is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and we're to whip up a pocket watch from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology line. Linda's weekly challenges are based on Tim Holtz's fabulous technique book, The Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 2. This week's challenge is based on page 35.
Our Creative Corner is also having a Tim Holtz theme, and they ask you to show a specific technique. So in addition to the pg 35 technique, I've used one of my current faves of Tim's which is blending distress ink and distress ink markers.
After stamping the butterfly with archival ink, I masked it and added some background stamping using distress inks. Then I removed the mask and colored in the butterfly with distress markers before covering the entire thing with distress inks using a blending tool. I love how the different mediums play together and don't bleed at all.
I used some favorite metal bits and bobs from Tim's Idea-ology line and diecut the word 'fly' from one of his Sizzix dies. I couldn't pierce the pocket watch with my spinner/brad on the butterfly body, so I cut off the brad prongs and glued on the brad head. The words 'my love' are also Idea-ology.
Thanks so much for the visit. Have a great week!
Marjie
This week's Frilly & Funkie challenge calls for repurposing at least two things on the project of your choice. Last week the frilly side of the design team posted their projects, and this week my funkie cohorts and I get a turn.
Before I go into the project I just want to remind you the Frilly & Funkie challenges are sponsored by The Funkie Junkie's Boutique, and each week a random prize winner receives a store credit and a second winner is chosen by the design team. We're thrilled with all the support being shown our new blog! Besides the bi-monthly Wednesday challenges, we have special posts each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday sharing tips, demos, and discounts.
I chose this shadow box frame that I'd tried to jazz up sometime last year. Forgot to take a before pic. I started by coating it with matte medium and applying plain brown burlap strips. I spritzed those with Dylusions Ink Sprays and it immediately looked better. I recently bought a bunch of the new Tim Holtz water brushes after seeing Dyan Reaveley use them in class, and I realized they'd be perfect to color the tiny bits of frayed burlap that I missed with the mist. I filled the water brushes with Dyan's ink sprays using a pipette:
Go ahead and laugh at the little post-it that says "take before pic!" Love it when reminders are right there where they should be, yet still get overlooked.
Anyway, I now have my own stash of Dylusions Ink Spray paintbrushes... how cool is that? You can control the volume of color used, your fingers don't turn colors, you can do fine detail work with all those gorgeous colors... the list goes on and on. Linda's prices really are the best I've seen anywhere on these and many other Ranger products... check out her boutique!
I played with beeswax over the weekend and did all the flowers then. My new kick is to have a basket full of stamped images that need cutting, and to keep my hands busy while watching TV. It was a great time saver to be be able to grab those pre-cut flowers and get right to it when the mood struck.
The flower stamps are by Studio 490 and Outlines, stamped in black archival ink on Ranger's manila card stock. I colored them with distress inks using an ink blending tool and dipped them in the wax. I cut the Sizzix flourishes out of manila card stock and dyed with coffee archival ink. The butterfly is stamped twice in black archival ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I attached a scrap of Wendy Vecchi's Clearly for Art to it, heated it, and was able to bend the wings and keep them upright. The butterfly and the panel behind it are colored with distress inks.
My second piece of repurposing is just plain old packaging... I used it to get a preview on what my border stamp might look like (in this case, for the zigzag stitching). Just stamp your image with archival ink on the plastic and hold it over your project to see if you really want it there before commiting. It's great because you can move it around till you find the right spot:
This week I'm joining in at Our Creative Corner, Fashionable Stamping Challenges, and the Sizzix blog.
Hope to see you over at Frilly & Funkie... this challenge is open through Tuesday, May 1st. I appreciate your visiting today. Have a great one!
Marjie
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These blues are dreamy... I started with a piece of Kraft Resist paper and glued it to manila cardstock (Ranger). Painted with gesso and then sprayed with two of Dyan Reaveley's new ink sprays.
Added some black Archival ink over stencils and a few 7 Gypsies stickers (I know, I said the S- word, and stickers very rarely show up here, but with 7 Gypsies they appear timeless.)
The small round tag up top is from Tim's Sizzix tiny tags/tabs die. I added a black button to it plus stamped "Go!" before putting on a few drops of black Enamel Accents (Ranger) to hang it.
The black letters are Tim's Sizzix Carnivale die. I roughed up the edges of the tag and inked with black Archival Ink. The "enjoy the journey" brad is from My Mind's Eye and the plane is a Tim Holtz stamp.
Used my Crop-o-Dile to get that big black eyelet set.
I'm putting this into two challenges:
The Artistic Stamper - Travel
Our Creative Corner - TicTacToe - I chose this line: blue/brad/button
Click on the tag to enlarge.
Thanks so much for visiting. Have a great weekend!
Marjie
Added Note: Ooops, that plane is indeed UPSIDE DOWN. Oh, well!
Singing the "Happy Anniversary" song... a year ago yesterday I started blogging!
I've been amazed how many people I've met (virtually and in person) as a result. It staggers my mind to see visitors from more than 70 countries. I thank you so much for taking the time to visit so often and for all the encouragement I've received here in BlogLand.
As I was looking back on my year in photos, I decided to repost some of my favorites. I ended up going with a Top 10 list, like a lot of people did at the end of last year. Here they are:
Still with me? Thanks! Just leave a comment and become a follower if you're not already. That's it! You'll be in the running to win one of these two fantastic books by Tim Holtz:
Distressables, and Distressables 2! There will be TWO winners, and I'll ship anywhere. These books from Tim's early days are chock full of great ideas. Winners will be announced one week from today on Monday, February 6th.
Thanks so much for your visits and encouraging words. Have a wonderful week!
Marjie
This is my last project as a member of the Our Creative Corner design team. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with the lovely ladies at OCC, but I'm stepping down now as the term ends and keeping my dance card open for awhile. This 6-month gig has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot and enjoyed the weekly deadline... that means 26 projects were set and met!
This week Lori Rider is hosting and she's provided this sketch:
Here's my take on it:
I really had a tough time with doing a shaped card and kicked myself when I read Lori's post again last night (when the card was finished, and I was scheduling this post)... apparently as she wrote clear as day above... the shape could've just been part of it. It's a character flaw. I do this with recipes all the time and then halfway through realize I'm missing something. Anyway...
The papers are My Minds Eye, the rub-on is LYB, and the shapes are all from my Cricut. I stamped the red circles with black archival ink and a text stamp and wrapped up the stacked hearts for good measure before laying them down on pop dots.
I want to send a special shout out to Linda Coughlin, the CIC (Crafter in Chief) who keeps it all going at Our Creative Corner. Linda's artwork will blow you away.... you can see her blog here and she also has an etsy shop under the name the funkie junkie. She has a lot of unique stuff and now she's carrying a lot of Ranger products as well. I've purchased several times from her and the items all come wrapped and bundled in the most unique ways... you'll love your mail day if you order!
I'll also enter this in the "To the one I love" challenge at Anything Goes.
Thanks so much for visiting. Be sure to check out all the ideas on the OCC blog and play along this week if you can. Challenge is open through midnight on Friday, February 3rd.
Marjie
Lori Rider is our hostess this week at Our Creative Corner, and she's offered up a photo as our inspiration for the week. Lori asks you to two take at least two elements of the photo, interpret them however you wish, and share in your post what they were.
I like it when we have photo challenges because there are loads of options to choose from (colors, textures, layout, etc.) and I really enjoy checking out the many different ways the design team interprets it. Today's no different ~ we have some very cool interpretations on the OCC site. Lori offered this photo for inspiration:
As I looked at it all week long, I kept being drawn to the branch in the background. And what goes better with brown than blue? The blue frosting on the cake led me to pair two of my favorite colors. I had a few ideas in mind and used my large Sizzix branch die twice but didn't like what I ended up with. Then I remembered my thin branches embossing folder and came up with this:
It photographed as if green, but the raised branch lines are actually a rich (coffee) brown archival ink. I used a Sizzix bookplate die to frame my sentiment and a Cuttlebugs embossing folder for the brances. A Hero stamp and a few brads finish it off.
Thanks for visiting. I hope you'll join us this week at Our Creative Corner. We are also having a design team call open through midnight on Monday, January 23rd. All entries are welcome. Details are on the home page.
Have a great day!
Marjie
I'm so happy with the way this canvas came out. I've already hung it on the wall right next to my work table.
It makes me smile.
You can see all the details in yesterday's post. I felt it needed more and I'm glad I kept going. I'm also entering this into Lisa Somerville's Bloggers' Challenge: Wings & Things.
Thank you so much for visiting. Hope you have a wonderful week.
Marjie
Paper Piecing With a Twist is the theme at Our Creative Corner this week, hosted by the very talented Vicky Burdick. Vicki asks us to stamp something and then paper-piece part of it with designer paper. The only other restrictions are to use no ribbon, and only one embellishment.
I've fallen in love with the Dreamer Collection from 7 Dots Studio. These are just the most gorgeous papers. I used an Acey Deucy stamp, stamping my lady repeatedly on different papers from the Dreamer line. Cut out the parts and layered them on a tag I'd also cut from Dreamer, using my Tim Holtz Sizzix die. It's all resting on an 8X10 canvas I painted with watered-down acrylic paints.
In keeping with the restrictions, I used only one embellishment (stickers) and no ribbon. I stopped at this, but didn't feel it was finished. This is one of the things that I find difficult about working with specific parameters. I love challenges, but often I just want to go further and see where things take me. Anyway, I finished it up last night and will show you tomorrow what I came up with in Part 2. Hope you'll pop back over.... I really love the way it came out!
Also, I want to make a shout-out to Patti at Absolutely Everything. AE is a fantastic brick and mortar store in Massachusetts, and I've happily traveled there more than once for Tim's classes. They also have an online store with great inventory and super fast shipping, mostly because of Patti's amazing customer service. She ships with the speed of light! I definitely recommend you give them a try next time you need supplies.
Thanks so much for visiting. I hope you'll join us at Our Creative Corner this week. Besides the current challenge, we also have a Design Team Call open through midnight on Monday, January 23.
Marjie
This week at Our Creative Corner our hostess, Vicki Burdick, has asked us to make shaped cards... any shape except a square or rectangle. Some of the design team used templates found on the internet. You can also use diecuts or go freehand. Just not a square or rectangle.
I went with Tim Holtz's cabinet card die (Sizzix). I cut the card and stamped it with a large Hero Arts grid/flower, added a wood Jenny Bowlin button and dots of black Enamel Accents (Ranger) around the whole thing.
I cut the mini styled label (also Tim/Sizzix), stamped it the same way and added tiny paper Scrabble letter stickers from my stash. I added a couple of ancient cream colored eyelets (raise your hand if you bought every color of eyelet available about ten years ago...) and some fiber to tie down the sentiment. It's popped up on foam tape.
Everything is edged in brushed corduroy distress ink.
Thanks so much for the visit. Please pop by the OCC blog and Vicki's blog (It's a Stamp Thing) and join us this week. The challenge is open till midnight on Friday, January 13. Have a great day!
Marjie
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