Life and Balance

I made this mix media tag for an anything goes swap at Yahoo Group, Inky Fun Stampers. I decided to make this mix media tag from some left over scraps of Gelli Plate prints I had made awhile ago.  I used acrylic paint to create the design along with several stencils. 

I used a butterfly stamp by Tim Holtz to stamp on the tag, added some doodles,  and a piece of seam binding to complete the tag.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Cards and More -Tags
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door- Always Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart -Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes

Encaustic Dream Heart

I have made this encaustic heart for this month's Altered Eclectics' anything goes challenge.  Altered Eclectics is an exciting challenge blog for mix media, altered art, up-cycling and recycling. 

I am new to playing with encaustic wax so I had fun experimenting with the medium. To make my project I first used an encaustic iron to add the colours (purple, silver and turquoise)  my background.   I added some glass beads to the wax for some sparkle. I used a similar method to make my heart and mounted it on white cardstock before adding it to the background.

The key and stars are metal pieces that I used wax to adhere them to the project.  To complete the piece I used my encaustic stylus tool to add the lettering and the black trim around the edges of the heart.   

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. Remember to stop by the Altered Eclectics blog to see the projects that the talented design team has created to inspire you.  

Join in the Fun at Not Just Cards

Welcome to another challenge at Not Just Cards,  The them as always is anything goes. 

My first project is a Easter tag using an image from one of our great sponsors, The Stamping Boutique. The image is called Pocket Patootie Easter Bunny.   This tag opens from the top with a place to add your message and is held together with a magnet. I coloured him with Copic markers, did some doodling and added the red ribbon to complete the tag. 

For my second project I decided to wrap a box with a black and gold napkin and us my image from another one of our sponsors, The East Wind.   The image is called Hipster Sakura Kimono girl .  I coloured he with my copic markers and glitter and added a dragon fly embellishment. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Pop over to our challenge blog and see the projects the design team created to inspire you.  

Mix Media Tag with Flowers

I made this mix media a tag for a upcoming tag exchange at Yahoo Group,  Inky Fun Stampers.  The theme of the challenge was flowers and I chose to use a stamp by Penny Black for the tag. 

I cut out my tag using the tag die from Tim Holtz and used distress inks and water to create my muted background. The image was stamped on a slant on the tag.  To add some colour to the image is used markers.  Next I stamped the image a second time on some Gelli print paper  from my stash and cut out the butterfly to give it some depth.  To complete my tag I sprayed it with Goose Bumps for a wet effect and added a glittery ribbon from my stash.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

I am entering  my tag in the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Your favourite Penny Black Stamp

Cut it Up-  Must have Die Cuts -  Spring - Anything But a Card
Docerela Creations- Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

*NEW* Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Crafting with an Attitude -  Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Scrap & Craft Challenge -Flowers

The Mirror Crack'd-Wings

One for The Girls Challenge at Come and Get It Challenges

Come and Get It Challenges this week has a One forThe Girls Challenge this week. Fitztown is one of the sponsors and I fell in love with this Fancy Fairy Children 14 digi stamp   I think she is beautiful. 

I coloured my image with my Copic markers and glitter.  Next I made these pin wheel flowers from a die and added a fancy brad to the center. To complete the card I added a wooden butterfly. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you pop over to the Come and Get It Challenges blog to see the cards the other designers created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 

Fitztown - Use some green
Speedy  Fox and Friends  W birthday card with butterfly
Simply Create Too -Anything Goes
*NEW* Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Graph'It Colour Challenge - Springtime
Crazy 4 Challenges - Let's think spring 
Crafty Catz - Whimsical Fantasy

Life Cycle

I created this card for a card swap at then Yahoo Group - Inky Fun Stampers this month.  It had been awhile since I had my rubber stamps out and I realized I missed using them.  This bicycle stamp is by  Inkadinkado and the sentiment is from my stash of unmounted polymer stamps and at this time I have forgotten the name of the manufacturer of the stamp. 

This was a fun card and very simply done.  I think it is telling me spring is here and time to get out the bicycle. Hope my partner enjoys it.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a very creative day. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Corner -  Spring has Sprung

Graph'It Colour Challenge - Springtime
QKR Stampede – Add a Sentiment

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

*NEW* Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Spring Is In The Air

Heritage Plaque

I just finished a encaustic wax class and decided to use what I learned on this vintage plaque I was Making.  The digital image from the vintage collection from CS Designs.   I thought the image suited my design of burlap, old lace, and flowers. To check out CS Design's beautiful art work check it out here. 

This is what I started with.

Here are some closer views.

The white flower was handmade by my friend Paige and I made the pink flowers.  The flowers, burlap, and frame were dipped in bees wax.  I coloured my image with Panpastels and added everything to a wooden cutting board. To complete the project I added a metal heritage tag from my stash.   

I am entering this project in the following challenges:  

2 Creative Chicks - 24 Anything Goes

Country View Crafts' Challenge - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Flowers

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes (Mixed Media Altered Art / Mixed Media ONLY)
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Mix Media World - Anything Goes

Butterfly Girl

For this week at Come and Get It Challenges it is a WInged thing challenge.  I have used an images from one of our sponsors, Lacy Sunshine  . The image is called Becca Butterfly Flowers Flower Pot Pretties. 

I thought I would make an Easel card to show off this pretty lady. Isn't she just my flowers adorable, she was fun to colour.  I used some designer paper from my stash and cut out some butterflies and made pattern the flowers out of the same stash of paper.  

Thanks for looking. Pop over to the Come and Get It blog to see the cards of the other design team members have created to inspire you.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar – Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy -  Girly

QKR Stampede – Think Spring

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
Scrap & Craft Challenge - Flowers
Creative Knockouts - Shaped cards
Lacy Sunshine - Lots of Green

Get Creative with Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge

These are my two projects I made for this week's challenge at Not Just Cards. the first image I used was by one of our sponsors, QKR Stampede  called Painter Rabbit.   I coloured my image and cut him out.   Thought it would be cute to put in a nest of Easter Eggs to be coloured. 

My second project is a image from Sticky Bear called BBKates - Cool Buddy's.  I coloured the image and then added some Diamond Glaze to give the glasses some texture. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative day. Hope you will join us this week at Not Just Cards. 

Anything Goes Challenge but must include Recycling

It is a Anything Goes Challenge this week at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-invent. 

This is my project

This is what I started with

           Wooden lid from a box, silver Duck tape, and plain and textured

cardboard paper.

Shower hooks and napkin rings 

Another view of the project. 

I covered my box with the silver Duck Tape and lined the inside of the project with the textured cardboard that I got from a friend.  It's original use was the wrapping off of her stained glass that she purchased it.  I dried brushed the textured  paper with silver acrylic paint.  I really liked the effect.  The metal rose and the hanger at the top of the box is a napkin ring that I took a part. 

I used a few of CS Designs images from their Steampunk digital stamp collection. I used Solitaire Heavy metal , Metal phrases,  and a sentiment from the  Artistic Sentiment collection called Somewhere Between Chance & Mystery. The two metal pieces holding the words are part of a set of shower rings that I purchased at a thrift store. 

I added a few more recycle findings from my stash to complete the project.  I used more than 10 recycled articles in this project. I had lots of fun putting this project together.

I hope you will join us this week at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-invent. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics : Must be Mix Media, Altered, Upcycled or  Recycled
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes 

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Altered Art

Make Your Own Background Challenge

Come and Get It Challenges this week has a make your own background challenge this week. Aurora Wings is one of the sponsors and I fell in love with this  Big Eye Girl w/ Curls Sipping from a Flower Cup digi. 

I coloured my image with my Copic Markers and glitter pen. The back ground was made with my Gelli Plate, acrylic paint and several stencils.  I really like the way the background turned out.  It is nice to be able create the paper to match the image.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you pop over to the Come and Get It Challenges blog to see the cards the other designers created to inspire you. 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Catch The Bug - Spring into spring 
Wags 'n Whiskers - Ready for Spring
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Spring Green
Scrappers' Delights - Always Anything Goes 
Whimsy Inspiration -Use A Sentiment

321 Challenge at Come and Get It Challenges

Come and Get It Challenges this week has a 321 Challenge 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image. Scrapper’s Delight is one of the sponsors and I fell in love with this  Harlequin 1 Digi.  I think she is beautiful. 

I coloured the image before I made my total plan for the card.  Once I had coloured her I realized that I did not have any patter paper in my stash to go with the colours I had chosen so I decided to make my own pattern paper for the card. I used a diamond stencil for the background and blue acrylic paint.  My second paper was from my stash but did not quite fit my plan so I outlined the diamonds and edges with a blue pen to make them stand out and tie the papers together.  My three embellishments are the stars dye cut out of foil sliver paper. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you pop over to the Come and Get It Challenges blog to see the cards the other designers created to inspire you. 

Another Great Challenge from Not Just Cards

Welcome to another challenge at Not Just Cards.  The theme is anything goes just create your project or card and enter it in the challenge.  This week I created two projects for the challenge.  

My first project is a tag an image from  All Dressed Up  called Cool dudes  . I coloured the image with my Copic markers, added some snowflakes and a little glitter and my little tag was complete. 

My second project is a simple Easter basket using an image from Robyn's Fetish called  Waking Up Birdie .   I found this lovely basket at the thrift store that I thought would make a lovely Easter Basket. I created my embellishments for the basket with the image, layered it on the basket and added my Happy Easter sentiment also by Robyn's Fetish. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Pop over to our challenge blog and see the projects the design team created to inspire you.  

Doctor, Doctor

CS Designs is having another exciting recycle challenge this week. Anything goes but must be recycling. 

This is what I started with for the project but in the end did not use two of the wooden books and the old silver penny bank.  

This is my completed project. 

This is what I started my project with.

I was excited to use two of CS Design's from their new Vintage images. I coloured my box lettuce green.  I also used copies of some original prescriptions that I found at an antique store in Superior, Arizona this winter.  They were dated 1919 and mostly came from the state of New York.  They were a real find. For the background I used the antique paper bag .   

Closer look

 

This wooden book that I antiqued originally was part of a set of three that had a wooden teddy bear sitting on it.  The teddy bear was used in another project.  I used Kroma and red acrylic paint to get the aged effect on the book. 

Top of the Assemblage

I added a wooden knob to the top of the box , added a metal star , more prescriptions and a ink pen.   I love the new vintage images that can now be found in the CS Designs Digital Stamp Store. 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look. I hope you will join us in this challenge. Just create your recycled project and enter it here.  

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes (no cards)

A Girl who Crafts - Anything Goes

Mix Media Tag

I am this Mix Media Tag  for a tag swap at Inky Fun Stampers this month.  The theme of the swap is to create a tag with a face on it. I used a Prima Cling stamp for the challenge called   Jamie Dougherty Cling Mounted Bloom Stamps.   

I stamped the image on my tag material and coloured her with my Copic Markers. I made a mask and covered the coloured image,  I then proceeded to create a background with acrylic paints, gell plate and several stencils.   Once I had the background o where I liked it I took a charcoal pencil and created a shadow around the image to give it some depth.   I also added some stars to my ladies dress. 

To complete my Tag I added some numbers, lace , sentiment by Stampin Up and a bow.  Hope my partner in the challenge likes my tag.  

I entering this tag in the following challenges:

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes 
Sentimental Sundays -  must include Sentiment - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - must Stamp all or nothing - one layer or lots 
Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Rubber Stamps Only
 Simon Says - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday