She Who Stamps & Scraps

Canvas with Dylusions ~ My First Video

Before I say a word about the project, I want to say thank you to all of you who have shared videos on your blogs and on YouTube in the past.  What a learning curve this was... I had no idea (none!) how time consuming it is and how much editing is required.  Next time I make one it will be much shorter and I'll be wearing a good microphone.

Okay, now... on to the good stuff! I made this canvas for Eclectic Paperie using Dylusions Ink Sprays, one of my favorite Dina Wakley stamps, lots of stencils, inks, paint, washi tape, Prima flowers, and a few other goodies.

The video is free.

Kim is offering three different EP class kits to match the supplies I used in the video, so if you already have some of the supplies you can shop accordingly:

(1) Basic kit

(2) Basic + Inks   

(3) Basic + Everything

As I said, it's my first one, so please be kind. The screen went black for 15 seconds and I need to learn how to better control the mic.  But for free, it's all right!

Thanks so much for visiting today. I really appreciate it.

Marjie

Eclectic Paperie Design Team - First Post!

I'm posting today as a member of the Eclectic Paperie design team... so honored to join this talented team! My fellow new team members, Alison Bomber and Annette Green, are also posting today so please be sure to check out their creations, too.

It was fun to rifle through the box of goodies Kim sent from EP and come up with a plan. I knew I wanted to work with an inexpensive wood framed mirror I'd picked up recently at Michael's. The new Curiosity Collection from Authentique appeals to me and I realized I could make the mirror a teacher's gift since many of the patterns are school-ish.

I used two pieces of a Maya Road triangular chipboard album to make the frame more interesting, covered them with paper, and added Wendy Vecchi's Blossom Bucket flowers to each one. This is the first time I've used the BB pieces... they're really very intricate and highly textured, yet not too heavy.  I think I want to get another set and save it to use as stamps!

After cutting squares and distressing the edges, I embellished the plain teal squares with a Market Street Stamps alpha stamp and Dyan Reavely's letters background stamp, using black archival ink.

I started thinking of this hanging in a teacher's classroom and how there are frequently motivational signs in classrooms saying things like "You're a Star Student!" so I grabbed some Maya chipboard stars and covered them with more of the patterned paper.

I picture some little cutie Kindergartener smiling at his/herself in this one.  

Please visit Eclectic Paperie and check out Kim's site, store, blog, videos, etc.  On Tuesday, December 4th, EP is participating in Ali Edwards' December Daily Giveaway so you might want to sign up to follow the EP blog... there will be prizes!

Hope you have a great day!

Marjie

Maya Road - Mixed Scallop Triangle Banner Album

Wendy Vecchi - Blossom Bucket - Large Flower Centers

Authentique - Original Collection Kit

Dylusions Cling Stamps - Basic Backgrounds

Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot

Big Step... Opened my Etsy Shop!

 

Hope you'll pop over and check it out:  Marjie Kemper Designs is locked and loaded.

Big thanks to Kelly Rae Roberts for all the insight and inspiration she shared in her e-Course about building a creative business.  

If you're on Facebook and can give me a thumbs up on my biz page, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Marjie

 

Frilly and Funkie - Three in a Row

 

We have a neat challenge right now over at Frilly and Funkie using a Tic Tac Toe board. Each participant gets to choose the elements she/he wants to use. Here's the inspiration board Linda Coughlin dreamed up:

I went diagonally from the top left corner, using Metal, Metallic Distress Stains, and Buttons.  I altered a canvas frame.  The canvas soaked up my blue and green distress inks beautifully.  Then I layered on some stenciling before edging all the sides and openings with Tarnished Bronze Metallic Distress Stain.  I was amazed how smoothly the metallic stain blended into the canvas.

I added paint to one of Tim's word bands and had more success than I've had before:

The trick for me was using a rag instead of a paper towel or baby wipe, and then immediately going around the words with a Q-tip I had "dipped" into a baby wipe. Weird, I know, but so much more effective than previous attempts.

Last step was to adhere the required buttons with Matte Medium, which dries clear. Now I'm in the mood for more altering!

Hope you will visit the design team at Frilly and Funkie and join us for this challenge.  It's open through Tuesday, November 13, and there's a $25 store credit for a random winner and a blog badge for the design team favorite.

Thanks for visiting!

Marjie 

 

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tumbled Glass	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Shabby Shutters	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Broken China
Ranger Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink Pads	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Antiqued Bronze	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands	Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium Matte

Mixed Media with MaryBeth Shaw

I was extremely fortunate to spend a day with MaryBeth Shaw at Art Is You earlier this month. Her class was all about adding texture to paintings. We used stencils, paint, wood pieces, and cardboard.  These are three 8X10 pieces I made in class:

          

And here's a closer look (click on any to enlarge):

 

  

I really love the rich texture and deep blues and browns. If you ever have a chance to take a class with MaryBeth, go for it!

Marjie

Unruly Paper Arts: Add Dimension to Canvas

The October issue of Unruly Paper Arts is all about canvas, and we're starting the month off with a few new Reader Art Quests where all are welcome to join in on a specific theme.  This one is adding dimension to canvas.

I've used many layers of paints, archival inks, Dylusions ink sprays, stencils, and modeling paste. I'll join in at Try it on Tuesday with their layers challenge. Hope you'll pop on over to UPA and join in the challenge, and check out all the great articles lined up this month.  

Thanks for visiting!

Marjie

Collaged Magnets

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

 

Donna Downey's Altered Brush Project

When altered paint brushes bound for North Carolina started popping up on so many blogs I follow, I was intrigued... so I played along with Donna Downey and made one to help decorate her new studio walls.

I first met Donna at scrapbooking classes organized by Creating Keepsakes a zillion years ago, and since then I've taken many of her online classes. I hope someday to get to the new studio and take classes in person. 

Donna has  weekely feature on her blog called "Inspiration Wednesday" where she shares free how-to videos.  She'll knock your socks off!

For my brush I used Tim's Sizzix heart cut out of grunge paper. I added three metal clips painted with acrylic paints, and stamped the silver/metal part of the brush with alcohol inks to get the blue patina. I typed the words on my typewriter (for real) and stamped the letters with a Studio 490 background stamp.  Lots more blue and black paint finished it off.

I know a lot of you are playing along too.  Please let me know when you post your brush... I'd love to see them!

As always, thanks for the visit.  Hope you have a great day!

Marjie 

Frilly & Funkie Friday Focus: Art Parts

Today it's my turn to host the Friday Focus at Frilly and Funkie, featuring the product that will be on sale all week at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  

This week the focus is on Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 Art Parts. I made this piece awhile back and it's one of my favorites. Art Parts are so versatile and really give a lot of depth to whatever you're making. Details are over at Frilly and Funkie.

Hope you'll pop by!

Marjie 

 

Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Leaves	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Florals	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Borders & Bottles	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Classics Set 6
Distress Stain - Scattered Straw	Distress Stain - Forest Moss	Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot	Ranger Ink Blending Tool with 2 Blending Foams
Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock	http://www.zibbet.com/TheFunkieJunkie/artwork?artworkId=769693

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Frilly & Funkie Challenge: Canvas

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We are using canvas for the current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie... hope you'll join us! You can use it in small parts or pieces, or as a whole stand-alone piece.  I went with an 8X8 canvas and included a small (3"X3") one on top of it.  I used so many color agents my work table looks a bit like a bomb went off... paints, distress inks, archival inks, gelatos, and Vintaj paintas.  

Simon Says Stamp & Show has a 'favorite technique' theme going, and for me it's been stencils for a long time now.  I seem to need a stencil somewhere on each piece!  In this case I used four. Also lots of stamps, and a combo of lettering.  

Dina Wakley is doing an Art Journaling on Canvas series this month, and I'm sharing this as my second play-along with her. Really looking forward to taking classes with her again next month at The Ink Pad in NYC.

The big "D" stamp is an old favorite by Stampers Anonymous, stamped on Ranger's manila card stock and colored with distress inks.  The metal heart is Vintaj, colored with Verdigris patina plus black paint. I adhered it to the mini canvas with one of Tim's tiny brads, colored the same way. I like how it's hanging off the edge:

The corners are filigree metals from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I colored them with the Verdigris patina and then rubbed in some brown and black distress inks. I am amazed at the finish. This was my first time using the Vintaj products.  I have to say, I really like them. I cut the corrugated cardboard letters from Tim's Sizzix Word Play die and inked them with distress inks and paints. The "&" looked lost on the background so I gave it a little mat. Here's another look:

Those scrabble letters have been in my stash a long time.  I don't know who makes them but I liked their 3D nature for this canvas.

That's it for me, today.  I hope you'll come over to Frilly & Funkie and check out the challenge and the rest of the design team's work.  We have a $25 Funkie Junkie Boutique store credit for a random winner, and a blog badge for the design team favorite.

As always, thank you for the visit!

Marjie 

 

Ranger Vintaj Patina Kit = Weathered Copper	Vintaj Artisan Heart	Filigree Metals (18 pcs) Mega Metals Value Set	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Word Play Die	Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock
Ranger Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink Pads	Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China	Ranger Distress Ink - Peeled Paint	Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo	Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Ink Blending Tool with 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black	Corrugated Cardboard	http://www.zibbet.com/TheFunkieJunkie/artwork?artworkId=769693

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