Sunday, April 24, 2016

PaperArtsy Challeng #8 - White Space

I'm entering this Altered Clipboard for the PaperArtsy White Space Challenge. I altered this clipboard using PaperArtsy Fresco Paints and stamps. It has a pretty good amount of white space, even though it more like pink & purple space. The stamps are PaperArtsy Lin Brown sets 24 and 22. I stamped with Ranger Archival Black Ink. I made the background using Leandra's technique using Cut & Dry Foam. It's one of my favorite ways to make a background. Thanks for stopping by!


Christmas Card Challenges #21

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week it's everybody's favorite - Anything Goes. I can't wait to see what you create.


I made a card using only papers and die cuts from the Kaisercraft Holly Jolly Christmas collection. I love buying collections and just being able to quickly create a nice card. I hope you are inspired to see what you have in a collection and go make some Christmas cards!! Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Christmas Card Challenges #20 - Color Challenge

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Color Challenge. It's never too early to start on your Christmas cards! I can't wait to see what you create.


For my card I used Cranberry Christmas Papers from DCWV. I liked this patterned paper that had the colors of the challenge, but no green so I colored in some of the white leaves with a some green Copic Markers so it would match the challenge. I used a couple of papers from this pad. The wood NOEL came from Michaels. Thanks for stopping by!


The original patterned paper.


Thursday, April 14, 2016

Do What You Love - Art Journal Page

I created a this page in my Wendy Vecchi Fat Little Mini Book. I used Distress Stains Wendy Vecchi embossing paste with a Stampers Anonymous text stamp on the background. The flower, button and heart are Wendy Vecchi art parts.  I also used some of Wendy's new Mica Sprays and the sentiment is one of her wood stamps.
Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Wish - Art Journal Page

I created a this page in my Wendy Vecchi Fat Little Mini Book. I used Distress Stains and Tim  Holtz stencils for the background. The bird and flower are from Wendy Vecchi.  I added a Wendy Vecchi button and heart to the middle of the flower. To finish it off I used the new Dylusions white pen. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Wendy Vecchi Mini Mat Book Page - Lady

Today I'm sharing another page in my Wendy Vecchi fat little mini mat book. I used this 50's lady stamp and Wendy's brick wall stamp and stencil. I also used her text stencil with Dina Wakely mica spray and Watering Can Archival ink. I colored the lady with distress markers and added some pearls. The hearts are Wendy's art parts. Thanks for stopping by!


Monday, April 4, 2016

Wendy Vecchi Mini Journal Page

I created a this page in my Wendy Vecchi Fat Little Mini Book. I stamped her background stamp in Archival Ink and colored in each square with different Archival Ink Colors and a small blender tool. The large flower is a Wendy Vecchi Art Part. I heat embossed it with a mixture of distress embossing powders and enamel embossing powder to add more texture. I added a Wendy Vecchi button and tied a bow with Tim Holtz trim. The stamp is a Wendy Vecchi wood mount stamps, I only used a part of the sentiment. Thanks for stopping by!


Sunday, April 3, 2016

Christmas Card Challenges #18 - Anything Goes

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have everybody's favorite "Anything Goes". It's never too early to start on your Christmas cards! I can't wait to see what you create.


For my card I used a Magenta Stamp for the images and the sentiment is by Hero Arts. I colored the images with Copic markers and added some Pico Embellisher to the berries, but you can't really see it in the picture. Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, April 1, 2016

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #23 - Dimension


It's time for another challenge over at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge. Our theme this month is "Dimension." Just create a project that has some dimension. Our guest designer is the fabulous Wendy Vecchi!! She's made a gorgeous inspiration piece. Our sponsor is Stampers Anonymous. We will have TWO random winners and they will each receive a Wendy Vecchi stamp set and stencil!! How awesome is that?

 I had so much fun playing with all my Wendy Vecchi products. I ended up making 8 pages filling up one of Wendy's Mini Mat Fat Little Books. Here is one page in the book. I will share the other pages throughout the month. 

For this page I created the background using Tim Holtz Crayons and a Bret Weldle stencil. 


To create the flower I stamped a Wendy Stamp from a set called Sketch Art on her Whiteout paper. I used Ranger Archival Ink to stamp the flower and Wendy Vecchi Archival inks in Tiger Lily and Orange Blossom to color in the flower. 



I used a heat gun to heat up the flower and bend the petals - that's the cool part about her Whiteout (and Blackout) papers. The center of the flower, the heart, and the leaves are Wendy art parts. To color the leaves I painted them with white Gesso and then added Wendy Vecchi Archival ink in Pink Peony and Ranger Archival ink in Rose Madder. Then I stamped on the leaves with a Wendy background stamp. The fence on the bottom is a Wendy Stencil and I used Wendy's Embossing Paste colored with Tim Holtz Wilted Violet Distress Spray Stain. The sentiment are words from Tim Holtz Chit Chat.