Envelope Album

I learned how to make this mini envelope album on youtube.  It was by Laura @ Following the Paper Trail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yidAX2wavg

I love how it turned out!  My grandson moved 3 hours away 1 month after being born so this was my way of missing him!  Ha!  I have pics of the tags closed and some of the same page with the tags pulled. So fun to make and look at!

Studio L3: Compendium Challenge

Here's my entry into Studio L3's challenge. http://studiol3.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/compendium-of-curiosities-2-challenge-23.html
 It is from Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities 2.  Page 50.

You must buy the book and play along to find out how to use these different techniques.

CC101 Challenge

Here is my entry in the CC101 September challenge.  I love the shine from rock candy stickles!  I used Tim Holtz's autumn distress inks.  I love the colors of Autumn

Inspiration Emporium...Go Fly a Kite challenge for August

Inspiration Emporium http://blog.inspirationemporium.com/?cat=18 is having a Go Fly a Kite challenge for a chance to win $50 in Emporium Dollars.  I flew many a kite as a young girl and have fond memories of hot summer days in my backyard flying the highest of all kites and for the longest time. I had fun with this one....attaching tissue tape for the tail of the kite and making a spool out of two brads to wind the black string around that is in the little girl's hand.  The ribbon has a brad in the center to make it appear as being the sun.  I stamped on specialty paper and embossed it to make the kite then sprayed it with various ink sprays that I made with my re-inkers and perfect pearls. The background of the tag is sprayed with the re-inkers and perfect pearl sprays too.  I then used walnut stain distress stain to blend the colors together.  The "k" has been stained with broken china distress stain.  This was a fun tag to make!

Tags of 2012....August

Here is my entry to the Tim Holtz tags of 2012 for August.  This one took awhile to make....I struggle with the roses but I am happy with how it turned out.  Check out tim's blog at Timholtz.com  I used what I had to try to make it look somewhat like the one he did on his blog http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-august/.     It's fun to improvise.

Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 18

Here is my entry into Sudio L3's (http://studiol3.blogspot.co.uk) Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 18 which is from Tim Holtz's book.  This is Whitewash stamping and is a cool technique.  You will have to buy the book to learn how to do this technique out of respect to Tim.  A big thank you goes out to Funkie Junkie Boutique for sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 shopping spree to the winner at http://www.zibbet.com/TheFunkieJunkie.

Thinking of You Card

Here is a cute little "thinking of you" card that I made for a friend of mine that is recuperating after surgery.  I just got this stamp from JoAnn.com when they were 50% off with free shipping.  I love the detail in the dandelion!

Simon Says Stamp and Show Favorite Technique Challenge

Here is one of my favorite techniques, clear embossing after stamping with distress ink.   I am entering it in the challenge at http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/  I like how the image jumps off the page after being embossed and the texture is to "dye" for! (HA!)  A special thank you to www.simonsaysstamp.com for putting on this challenge!

CC2C #17 Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Favorite Technique Challenge / My Daughter's 30th Birthday Card

My oldest is turning 30!  So I made this tri-fold card for her.  I am entering it in Linda's challenge at http://studiol3.blogspot.co.uk/.  The base is Core'Dinations paper. The technique is from A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 2 by Tim Holtz.   I included all the important numbers on the card, 30 her age, 82 the year she was born, 17 being the date in August that is her birthday and the clock is set to the time that she was born, 3:39 A.M.  A big thank you to the sponsor www.simonsaysstamp.com
I am also entering this in the www.simonsaysstamp.com favorite technique challenge.  I love using Core'Dinations and embossing and distressing. 

August Challenge

Here is my August challenge entry for Chemistry 101....Spritz and Flick....Back to basics....Love this technique.  The piece is only 5 1/4 x 5 3/4.  I used Hero Arts stamp (tree trunks) for the large trees.  I used the Viridian archival ink that I had won from Barb Poole in the Chemistry 101 July challenge. The bird and pine cone branch is a stamp by Magenta.  The other one that is really giving off snowflakes is by Penny Black. (I figured it could look like leaves coming off as well.)   I ordered these stamps from JoAnn.com when they were 50% off and free shipping!  Of course I used Tim Holtz's chit chat words for the sentiment.

Rusted Enamel Project

I love the look of rusted enamel.  This little notebook has great color to it!

July Tag 2012

Well, I struggled with this one but finally came up with this rendition of Tim Hotlz's July Tag 2012....

Stamp N'Stuff

Stamp N' Stuff is having a Tim Holtz giveaway!  I never can pass this up.

http://stampinstuff.blogspot.com.au/

Winter Seasonal Distress Pallet

I decided to make a winter seasonal distress pallet submission as well. I used picket fence crackle paint.

Fall Seasonal Distress Pallet

Here is my Fall Seasonal Distress Pallet tag.  I only have the fall and winter seasonal series .  I used distress embossing, rock candy and splatter techniques.

Rusted Enamel

I had to make a seperate post for the Rusted Enamel to enter into the challenge for CC101.

Rusted Enamel Technique

Here are two of my rusted enamel techniques that I learned to do  in Creative Chemistry 101.  I love making tags and just feel that they need to be displayed as artwork.  I will have this for sale at my show this July 29th at the Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show held in Wagner's Country Inn in Westlake, Ohio.

June Tag 2012

Here is my June tag for Tim Holtz's blog 12 tags of 2012.  I love this tag...I love the vintage appearance and all the embellishments that we used.  Such a neat look!

My First show

I am getting ready for my first art & craft show!  I included some close ups of some of my artwork.

Avant-Garde Art & Craft Shows (Rebecca Adele Events)

Make sure to stop by our 2012 West Side Summer Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show on Sunday, July 29, 2012 from 11:00am-6:00pm. Wagner's Country Inn, 30855 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake, OH 44145. Over 170 handmade vendors!

 

I just made a "practice" table so that I am not stumbling over myself when I get there.  It isn't for another month yet and I still have some details to get done....like pricing each item.  I also want to make some other types of scrap art to sell there as well....busy, busy, busy!