Tree Bark

 Hi!  I have been busy playing with the new Darkroom Door Release!  There are so many fun stamps.  I had a few samples I created for the Texture Stamp Tree Bark and thought I would share them out to you. 

I started with using the bark as a background to the beautiful butterflies.  I love the sentiment as it is so charming.  

Then I decided to mix up my background and use the texture bark mixed with the coffee stain.

I used the soft antique linen to blend into the background. It almost looks like cloth. 

The next card took me the longest because I wanted to add the feather and spend hours stamping and re-stamping the feather in different colors and then stamping the coffee stain over the feather image and cutting it out to place on the original card.

I knew it wouldn't stamp cleaning onto the bark so I spent the time to create it separately and fussy cut it and place it onto the circle exactly aligned. 

Happy Sunday! 

Suzz

Products are from Darkroom Door

• Darkroom Door Texture Stamp - Tree Bark
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Spread your Wings
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Number Medley
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Buzzing Bees 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Bird Life 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Garden Birds
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Simple Sayings 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Wings 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Correspondence
  
• Darkroom Door Eclectic Stamp - Coffee Stain
• Darkroom Door Texture Stamp - Splatter

Chalk it up

Happy Wednesday!  Time for a new challenge at the Funkie Junkie Boutique!  Laura is hosting the new challenge: Chalk it up and she describes it:

"September is normally when kids head back to school, it when the learning begins again....Create a project about learning, does not have to be a school themed project, learning is not just about books and school, sometimes it learning a new scrapbooking technique, or a cool fact and you must include chalk!  IE - chalk paint, chalk board, actual chalk...."

I have some pretty chalks and hardly ever use them. I decided to play with them and learn some new ways to try them out. 

The first card I stamped in archival ink.  I then used a combination of smearing the chalk inside the lines along with painting with water a bit of the chalk around the edges to add a depth of shadows.   

The chalks come with an applicator which I used to apply the background colors.  I then used a waterbrush to add the darker hues.  

I also added some shading with watercolor pencils on the leaves and some highlights with a white gel pen.  

On my next card I used the chalks to highlight the embossing on the leaves and background.

 I created the background with the texture paste and a stencil.  While it was still wet I spritzed it with distress stain spray.  After it dried I used chalk to rub over the surface in various areas to add a shadow and highlight the embossing. 

For the leaves I also spritzed with a mix of distress stain inks.  After they dried I used a dark chalk rubbed over the surface to accentuate the veins.  

Everything recieved a lovely layer of clear embossing powder to make them shine. 

Please come join the challenge!   The overall winner will be offered the chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. 

 Thanks for stopping by! 

 Suzz

Products: 

• Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Impresslits - Oak Leaf
• Ranger Seasonal Distress Texture Set
• Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Script
• Distress Stain Sprays Antique Linen, Crackling Campfire
  
• Seasonal Mica Distress Stain Set 
  
• Pebbles Chalk
• Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text
• White Gel Pen
• Stampers Anonymous Floral Outlines
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black, Brown  
• Idea-Ology - Pine Cones
  

Twisted Tree

 Hi!  I wanted to share two new cards I created with the Darkroom Door Twisted Tree.  I love this new stamp set!

Some stamps speak to me and this is definitely one of them.  I created two versions of the same card this morning.  I wanted to try it out in a variety of sizes. 

I could see this on an Artist Trading Coin, Tag or ATC.  I used the new masks from Tim Holtz for the Moon and then the Twisted Tree stamps for the Tree, birds and sentiment.  

Very spooky and fun! 

Suzz

Die-na-mite

 Hi!  Welcome back.  The new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique starts to day Tera is hosting and it is called Die-na-mite!  

Here is how she describes it: 

"Dies can make a simple or boring project extra mighty... I want you to Use your dies to make a project! They can be your main focus or work in the background to make your piece mighty."

 The new Halloween Ephemera from Idea-Ology and Tim Holtz has been sitting on my desk and this moon fellow has been smiling at me through the packaging.  I couldn't resist him. 

 

 Previously I was working on a project that left me with two leftover moth die cuts.  I decided to use them with the handsome moon and create a take off of the song. "Fly me to the Moon".  

The background started with embossing with the distress grit.  I added a layer of antique linen and Hickory smoke over the surface.  After all that dried a few strips of film strip and tissue tape finished the background.  

I finished with the stamped sentiment and the cut out of the words. 

I hope this has you thinking about what you could use your die cuts to inspire!  

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Suzz

Products: 

• Sizzix Chapter 3 Thinlits Tim Holtz Perspective
• Stampers Anonymous - Perspective
• Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Hickory Smoke
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
• Ranger Distress Spray - Antique Linen
• Ranger Distress Texture Pack
• Ranger Distress Oxide - Black Soot
  
• Idea-Ology Label tape
• Filmstrip 
• Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencil #3
• Black Embossing  Powder 
• Idea-Ology - Hardware Heads
• Idea-Ology - Halloween Layers