I also threw in some other handy household material tips like how to flip your stamp images using foam and Saran wrap.
I'll look forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Tutorials: Dryer Sheet Flowers
Hello all! If you have some used dryer sheets and some spare time on your hands, swing on over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog and check out my tutorial on how to make flowers out of dryer sheets (as seen below).
I also threw in some other handy household material tips like how to flip your stamp images using foam and Saran wrap.
I'll look forward to seeing you there!
I also threw in some other handy household material tips like how to flip your stamp images using foam and Saran wrap.
I'll look forward to seeing you there!
Monday, March 17, 2014
My Other Creations: Traveling Bird Fabric Collage
I am a pro-bird crafter! I love the simple silhouette of a cute fat-bellied birdie. So I decided to make a traveling bird fabric collage:
Part of the inspiration for this piece came from a fabulous blog I recently discovered called "A Vintage Journey." It's a blog dedicated to all sorts of lovely art that's influenced byTim Holtz. And the members of the Design Team are incredible! Many of them have been long-time favorites of mine whose work I always look forward to seeing.
The piece I made reflects Tim Holtz because I used several swatches of Tim Holtz fabric and I also used his distress inks to add some depth and dimension here and there. Plus he's created many fabulous stamp sets featuring birds and crowns.
I finished off the piece by stamping a "Fly" sentiment and giving this bird some traveling food (cupcakes are perfect for any scenario life has to offer).
Thinking of birds makes me happy and it also makes me think that maybe just maybe Spring is on the way!
Part of the inspiration for this piece came from a fabulous blog I recently discovered called "A Vintage Journey." It's a blog dedicated to all sorts of lovely art that's influenced byTim Holtz. And the members of the Design Team are incredible! Many of them have been long-time favorites of mine whose work I always look forward to seeing.
The piece I made reflects Tim Holtz because I used several swatches of Tim Holtz fabric and I also used his distress inks to add some depth and dimension here and there. Plus he's created many fabulous stamp sets featuring birds and crowns.
I finished off the piece by stamping a "Fly" sentiment and giving this bird some traveling food (cupcakes are perfect for any scenario life has to offer).
Thinking of birds makes me happy and it also makes me think that maybe just maybe Spring is on the way!
Sunday, March 9, 2014
My Other Creations: Upcycled Memo Holder
What an absolutely fabulous challenge theme we have this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog! The theme is, "D is for Distress." I decided to play with alcohol inks and created this weathered-looking memo holder out of an old cheese grater and a vintage curler:
Just to show you the power of these alcohol inks (which I simply dripped and dabbed onto the metal with the help of the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator tool), I've included a before and after shot of the curler.
Before alcohol ink: a nice shiny metal surface.
After alcohol ink: all sorts of swirly rusty colors.
The great thing about alcohol inks is that they instantly transform metal. And once the color's on there, it's there for the count!
In addition to smudging and coloring my metal, I also heat embossed some black cursive text onto the background (using a Wendy Vecchi stamp) for an added layer of texture:
To give the flowers a more weathered appearance, I dabbed them with brown ink.
With the curler acting as my "clip," I've attached a vintage-looking ticket to my trusty memo holder. It's also magnetic for more memo fun.
I finished off the piece with some scraggly yarn and a "Salvaged" metal word band that I also distressed.
This was a fun project and it was made possible by this array of crafting supplies that you can get at Simon Says Stamp:
I can't wait to see you get your Distress on this week! Be sure to upload the photo of your distressed creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. You can help inspire the rest of us as well as enter yourself into a random drawing for $50 of Simon Says Stamp store credit. Wa-hoo!
Just to show you the power of these alcohol inks (which I simply dripped and dabbed onto the metal with the help of the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator tool), I've included a before and after shot of the curler.
Before alcohol ink: a nice shiny metal surface.
After alcohol ink: all sorts of swirly rusty colors.
The great thing about alcohol inks is that they instantly transform metal. And once the color's on there, it's there for the count!
In addition to smudging and coloring my metal, I also heat embossed some black cursive text onto the background (using a Wendy Vecchi stamp) for an added layer of texture:
To give the flowers a more weathered appearance, I dabbed them with brown ink.
With the curler acting as my "clip," I've attached a vintage-looking ticket to my trusty memo holder. It's also magnetic for more memo fun.
I finished off the piece with some scraggly yarn and a "Salvaged" metal word band that I also distressed.
This was a fun project and it was made possible by this array of crafting supplies that you can get at Simon Says Stamp:
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I can't wait to see you get your Distress on this week! Be sure to upload the photo of your distressed creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. You can help inspire the rest of us as well as enter yourself into a random drawing for $50 of Simon Says Stamp store credit. Wa-hoo!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
My Cards and Tags: Tick Tock
Time, time! What a crazy part of life is this measurement known as time. Some days we wish it would speed up and other days we want it to slow down. It's one of the most precious commodities we have, yet we are powerless to stop it or control its movement. But before I get any more philosophical, suffice it to say that this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog is TIME. What a great theme with so many possibilities for interpretation!
Here is how my creation turned out: a time keeper of sorts that I made into a tag:
I just wanted a visual reminder about the value of time and the fact that it is always moving. It motivates me to get up and get something accomplished.
The dapper dude I used is from Tim Holtz's "Time Traveler" stamp set. I heat-embossed him with black powder and colored him in with Spectrum Noir markers and chalk.
The clock is a Tim Holtz die called, "Weathered Clock." I also heat embossed it, though in patchier sections. If you just dab on your embossing ink with a sponge in random areas, this is what it will look like after you shoot it with your heat gun.
The background is a combo of Washi tape, embossed stamping, gesso and paint. The 3D butterflies are from some Martha Stewart punches.
Here is a list of several of the supplies I used that are available from Simon Says Stamp:
So what clever creation will you come up with for "time" this week? I can't wait to see what you upload to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. Your work is always inspiring and there's no time like the present (see what I did there?) to share it with the world. Remember- you could win fifty big bucko's to spend at Simon Says Stamp.
Here is how my creation turned out: a time keeper of sorts that I made into a tag:
I just wanted a visual reminder about the value of time and the fact that it is always moving. It motivates me to get up and get something accomplished.
The dapper dude I used is from Tim Holtz's "Time Traveler" stamp set. I heat-embossed him with black powder and colored him in with Spectrum Noir markers and chalk.
The clock is a Tim Holtz die called, "Weathered Clock." I also heat embossed it, though in patchier sections. If you just dab on your embossing ink with a sponge in random areas, this is what it will look like after you shoot it with your heat gun.
The background is a combo of Washi tape, embossed stamping, gesso and paint. The 3D butterflies are from some Martha Stewart punches.
Here is a list of several of the supplies I used that are available from Simon Says Stamp:
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So what clever creation will you come up with for "time" this week? I can't wait to see what you upload to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. Your work is always inspiring and there's no time like the present (see what I did there?) to share it with the world. Remember- you could win fifty big bucko's to spend at Simon Says Stamp.
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