WOYWW 240

Hi everyone just a short note. My flight to Anaheim was canceled today. Going to try to head out there tomorrow. So what do I do when I'm stuck? I go to my desk.

I've been working on this piece for sometime and now I think I can call it done. Hope you like it. I know it's a little bit different for some of you. 

  A happy WOYWW to all. If you don't understand what I'm talking about check out Julia's blog at the Stamping Ground to find out the details. You may want to check out some of their desks and join the fun.  I will be skipping next week more than likely unless I can post from California. I will be headed out to CHA, Prima's Art Venture and several Copic classes as soon as I can get a flight. On a. bus headed to the DesMoines airport. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Ttfn

Vintaj Earrings

Just a quick post to share some wrap earrings I made with Vintaj findings.

12 Tags of 2013 - April

Hey bloggers,
April is coming to an end and I must get my tag for this month posted. Rather than making a tag I did a couple of six or six cards. Be sure and go over to Tim Holtz's blog and check out the master at work. There's a ton of inspiration there. I was playing with the new distressed paints. Warning this post is photo heavy. I have a lot of the in process shots for you.

These are the papers after the first application of paint and ink.

I stamped and inked some tissue for the focal piece.

I then covered the tissue with clear acrylic.

 After the initial drag through the ink and paint, I covered the entire surface of the card 

with Distress ink.

Then comes more water to get all the great texture.

I used Distress markers to accent some of the stamped images.

The Distress Paints and Vintage Patinas

Added the embellishments

I used clear film over a stamped image and popped it up. 

Distressed the edges and more embellisment

Hope you enjoyed my creative tour. Thanks for stopping by.

12 Tags of 2012 Challenge

I am so thankful for many things in my life. I have great friends and family and a wonderful crafting community to share ideas and inspiration with each and every day. Tim has created another beautiful tag this month. I hope you hop over to his blog and check it out. So here is what Tim's art has inspired me to make. I was able to incorporate a Vintaj leaf I embossed and colored with Patina.  Well, must keep moving. Monday comes too soon.

Compendium of Curiosities Volume II

Today was all about playtime.

So it is the second week of challenges from Linda at Studio L3. To participate in CC2C #2, and to be eligible to win Angie's Tim Holtz Messenger Bag, create your own work of art using the Faux Patina technique on page 58, and link it to Studio L3 Blog using the InLinkz button at the bottom of her page. You're in the running as long as you honor these simple rules:

Follow the technique as it's written in A Compendium of Curiosities 2 on page 58 (adding your own special flair, of course!), and clearly state that the technique comes from Tim's book.

Include a link to Studio L3 in your blog post (or photo description if you're linking from an online photo-sharing site)

Out of respect to Tim, please don't post the technique instructions on your blog! Any entries that don't follow this rule will be unlinked.

if you need a book, Tim has them on his site. That said, I had a wonderful time creating elements from Tim's technique.

A variety of color trials

Using new Sizzix Embossing folders

Dragonfly on paperclay

Embossing powder on leaf

Love this technique

I hope you had a playtime this weekend.

Working on it

So when you are up at five, what do you do? I head to the craft room. I have several pieces in progress from this morning. I am enjoying working with my Sizzix, Vintaj and Ranger products. Want to see what I have been up to? Let me show you. The photos are of my work. There is a great video that was shot at CHA you might enjoy too.
Scrap Time – Vintaj metal techniques – CHA Winter 2011 from Mark Giles on Vimeo

Sizzix Embossed painted Vintaj blank

Flea Market Cold Connections

Jasper and VintaJ

Embossed Cold Connection Vintaj

On My Work Bench

I have been collecting some elements to craft with and want to use my new Vintaj metal components in some projects. Here we go. This is a shot of some stuff on my work table.

This is a bracelet from their beautiful brass. Next I want to try some blanks.

A Good Find

As promised, I went in search of supplies this afternoon. Found my paint dabber, but had a pleasant surprise in Hobby Lobby. I was looking to see if they carried the blanks from Vintaj and to my astonishment found not one but two embossing folders. I did a little dance in the isle and hurried to the checkout with my prize and a coupon. I went to three stores and was able to use a coupon in each. yippee.

I hope the picture is clear enough for you to see the texture I was able to get on these blanks using the Sizzix folders for Vintaj. I also found some of Tim's Idea-ology product line. what a great day.