It's a Banner Day!

Who's ready for a blog hop?  This hop involves some bunny hopping as it is all about spring art!  Canvas Corp Brands and Bella Blvd have partnered together in a creative hop this week.

There are two prizes with a retail value of over $100 each.  To be eligible for the prize please leave a comment on one of the facebook, instagram, or canvas corp brands post and use the #BBCCBTEAMUP in the comment. The prize winners will be randomly chosen from all the comments based on the #BBCCBTEAMUP.  Prize is open to USA and International hoppers.  

I had fun creating a Banner Book using the Bella Blvd Papers, Embellishments, and the Canvas Corp Brands Banners, Tattered Angels Paints and Mists.

Hop along to see all the beautiful inspiration from the teams!

Suzz

Hats off to You!

Nancy is hosting the fun "Layer it Up" challenge at the Frilly an Funkie challenge blog.  She described it as "create any type of vintage or shabby chic project featuring multiple layers."   I have had this fantastic stamp set with the cool masculine image that I have been wanting to layer up for quite awhile and this was the perfect opportunity to play around with the image.

I started by stamping this image multiple times using black ink.  I then colored and cut the pieces out to layer.

Of course I had to have a card base to use as my background and just happened to have one of the new Tim Holtz layering stencil on hand to use in the background.  

I sponged a mix of Antique Linen with a touch of vintage photo left over on my sponge. :)  that gave me a nice soft background to frame out my image. 

I added some of the new Idea-Ology Tissue tape in the background for accents along with some bits and bobs of metal. 

Don't forget to play along with us for a chance to win a  $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz

Stampers Anonymous Brett Weldele Rubber Stamps BWC010 - Steampunk Selfies, Gents	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Industrial THS051 (February Pre-Order)	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape - Dapper TH93261 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Prima Watercolor Brush-Pen Set 580421 (March Pre-Order)	Ranger Surfaces Watercolor Paper	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String - Solids	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Occasions

Courage

Hi!  Happy Valentine's Day!  No Valentine's projects to share today.

I am back after playing with a very messy waxy mix of stuff.  Leandra at PaperArtsy has been pulling together challenges highlighting different concepts, techniques and ideas which are brilliant and very inspiring. The latest challenge is highlighting "Wax".  I always love when I see art using this medium but fail to achieve what I want in this area. I decided to give it another go after seeing all the team has been doing for the challenge and Leandra's inspirational Challenge post. 

Sometimes when you are creating your art you go through stages on a project where you love it and then  you don't love it.  This is one of those projects for me. :)  I laid it out and I was in love with the effect.  Then I glued it down and didn't love it. Then added wax and moved it around to thin it out and get bunches in certain areas and back to not sure if I liked what I had created. I think art is a journey though and to learn new things and expand your skills, knowledge and even love of art you need to explore and try new things. 

 Anyhow it was very much a learning process for me and when I got done I didn't like it as much as when I started.  When I pulled the photos in the thumbnails I thought it was really cool.

 I used bits and pieces I grabbed in the fall to add to the beautiful stamped image/sentiment from PaperArtsy.

 I used the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Gold, Dragonfly, Brown), 7 Gypsies Lace Trim, Canvas Corp Tissuestock, and 7 Gypsies Large Tickets to add texture.

 I embossed using the Doily stencil over the background. 

I stamped the PaperArtsy Sara Naumann 18 - Eclectia Stamp with the PaperArtsy Hot Pick 1011 and on the background there is a little writing from one of the sets as well.

Have a fabulous Valentine's Day!

Suzz

Time Flies

Hi There!  I feel like I haven't created anything in awhile but I have been creating, but just not sharing yet! :)  I just joined the Creative Crew with Canvas Corp Brands and am loving it!  I have already posted a project on misting on the blog if you would like to check it out it is posted here.   The Canvas Corp Brands is sponsoring the Words and Paintery January Challenge this month which is one of my favorite color challenges so a perfect opportunity for me to use my new CCB products and play along.  You can see what the Creative Crew created for the challenge on the Canvas Corp Brands blog.   I also decided to use the Mixed Media Monthly challenge of "Time Flies" as it works really well with the inspirational phrase on the Words and Paintery Challenge. 

I went with the time flies and used a Verses sentiment which reminds us to focus on the current moments and what you can do today because that is life.  I layered a lot of goodies into this one card. :)  I think I was making up for lost time.

Some basic instructions for those of you who might wonder what I was up to:

1. Spray the glimmer mists onto the craft mat in various places and add water to soften the colors.
2. Drag, place and smear the paper onto the mists. Repeat as desired. (I made about 10 backgrounds from this one series, so you may be seeing these colors again!)
3. Stamp image of girl on scrap backgrounds using brown ink. Heat emboss with brown embossing powder. Cut to fit timepiece.
4. Spray time piece with brown glimmer mist. Let dry.  Using glue pen dab around the edges and sprinkle with gold ultrafine glitter.
5. Cut bee from paper.  Color with brush and glimmer mists sprayed on craft mat. Let dry. Dab glue on wings and sprinkle with gold ultrafine glitter.
6. Cover timepiece and bee with versamark ink. (I used an old inkpad as I knew the glitter was going to get onto my ink pad.  Heat emboss with clear embossing powder. While still warm apply more embossing powder and repeat.
7. Stamp sentiment in brown on background and heat emboss using brown embossing powder.
8. Stencil numbers using light brown ink over background. 

The rest is layering and assembling.

Products:  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Atlantic, Cross My Heart, It's Brown, Tattered Angels - Time Piece, 7 Gypsies - Pyramid Antique Silver, 7 Gypsies Tag, Canvas Corp Brands - Watering Can Pattern paper, 7 Gypsies Lace Trim, Stampendous - Bark Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder, Ultrafine Gold Embossing Powder, Idea-Ology - Film Strip,  Stampers Anonymous - Girl Stamp, Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Verses Rubber Stamps - Rose Kennedy Quote

The Challenge Images:

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Hats Off to You

Happy New Years Eve!  Tick! Tock! Time for a new Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge.  The theme this week is "Mad Tea Party".  

When I saw the theme of Mad Tea Party I was inspired by the T.V. show Once Upon a Time where the magical Mad Hatters hat is the portal between the worlds.

I started with a chipboard pilgrim hat which I painted white and black. I added a harlequin pattern on the top using a stencil and black acrylic paint.

I stamped the numbers randomly around the middle of the hat. I also added a smattering of red hearts. 
I created a set of cards using various stamps and added a few feathers in the band.

A side view:

 I stamped a variety of Alice in Wonderland images and colored them with watercolor pencils and cut them out to accent the sides.

 And around the back:

To finish it off I used a few ribbons around the band and edges. Now I have my own set of portal to escape through? :)

Products: Artistic Outpost Wonderland Collage, The Crafters Workshop Harlequin Stencil, Artistic Outpost Quotes and Quotable, 7 Gypsies - Numero 7920 - Numbers Barcode, Stampendous Wonderland, Acrylic Paints - Snow Cap, Pitch Black, Ranger Archival Inks - Black, Artistic Outpost - Auld Lang Syne

Come join in the challenge for an opportunity to win a gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp:

Happy and Blessed New Years to you and your loved ones!

Suzz

Over the Limit

My project today is for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge  Paint it Up. My project started from a piece of muslin with white acrylic paint smeared over the surface.  I grabbed a piece of muslin in the midst of project to whitewash a cupboard door.  I was excited to see what I could do with my leftover muslin scrap. 

The theme for my project was inspired by stamping the number 65 in the corner using black ink. My middle daughter has just gotten her permit to drive and has been begging to drive everywhere and I think that had me thinking speed limits, guardian angels and cars.

After the number was stamped I traced circles around the numbers using a black marker and punched two holes to allow me to string the twine onto the faux tag.

I stamped the harlequin pattern in the background using black ink. I stamped the time piece with wings two times to create a frame for the sweet girl image.  I stamped the card on white cardstock.

I framed out the girls face using a time piece stamped frame.

 The girl is stamped on white cardstock and colored with color pencil.  The wings are misted in coordinating colors.

I stamped a row of numbers along the left side.  I used a strip of filmstrip stickers in the background behind the car. The car is stamped on white cardstock using black ink and colored with the blues and greens and touches of white. 

I finished the piece by layering the muslin with images onto a piece of corrugated cardboard.

The background is torn and painted with white acrylic paint.  I added a piece of twine to create a hanging.

I added a few charms to the piece for texture.  The sentiment is stamped on a piece of tissue paper spritzed with glimmer mist. The edges are distressed with a touch of brown dye ink and white paint. 

Products: Artistic Outpost - Diesel Punk, 7 Gypsies - 17920 Number Barcode, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Patina, , Adirondack Snow Cap Paint Dabber,  Artistic Outpost - Think and Wonder

Join in on the fun this week to have an opportunity to win a $50.00 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp.

 

 Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Journey

The Moxie Fab World Challenge is In My Beautiful Balloon and it intrigued me to see if I could create a hot air balloon. I decided to pair it up with the Hero Arts Monthly challenge which includes creating a masculine card.The design is based on the Card Patterns sketch #109. 

This was a challenge for me in more than one way as I tried to limit my ribbons, lace, flowers or fancy embellishments and create a hot air balloon. :)

The balloon is a circle with the bottom cut off and a rectangle with rounded corners. Stamp balloon using Hero Arts Antique Map and Old French Writing in a brown pigment ink. Sponge balloon using gold, light orange and brown dye inks.  The basket is a rectangle with rounded corners. Stamp basket using Hero Arts Envelope Pattern and Old French Writing in a brown pigment ink.

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Report Card Time

I don't think I would mind getting a report card like this... I had originally thought to make this a tag but the size would have required a tag card and I loved the report card image. So it just turned into a card. The background is from a package of goodies I purchased and I think it is 7 Gypsies Ephemera.



I was playing around with my Hero Arts Silhouette Grass and decided to use the report card background. The Grass is stamped with toffee mixed with vintage sepia. The dragonflies are from the Antique Engravings set from Hero Arts as well. They are stamped using a light green dye ink and I added some distress stickles. The bodies are Memory Box pearls and they are the perfect golden color to match the Toffee. The lace along the top is Stampers Anonymous and in the same lovely green dye ink.



Hope you have a lovely Sunday and that it is peaceful.



Suzz