Handle With Care

Hi!  Today I am back with my lacy art for the Frilly and Funkie's current challenge "Layers of Lace".  The challenge is hosted by the extremely talented Autumn.  Here is how she describes the challenge:

"Lace, oh so lovely lace! Whether you add delicate layers of fine lace, or tattered and torn crocheted lace, we'd love to see you add dimension and depth to your vintage or shabby chic project with lace. Perhaps you have a favorite lace stamp or will choose to lace something up, we'd love to see your creations inspired by this topic."

 This actually turned out to be the perfect timing for me as I had a wedding shower to go to and wanted to try creating a few things for the shower.

This tag was made after my other project with the scraps laying on my desk. I love when a project falls together with what you have laying out.  I had previously embossed a few pieces of cardstock for my tag below.  I also had the lace out on the table as well as the pearls.  I ended up giving it all a good mix of antique linen and a hint of espresso brown die ink.

I accented the flowers on the paper dolls with the gold paste which was perfect as it left tiny pieces of gold flecks on the flowers.  I colored the flowers with a pink copic marker which made them pop as if they were real. 

But what I really started with, was  this idea of making a little wedding cake that you could set onto the table or attach to the gift.

This took a lot more thought and precision than I anticipated.  I started with 4 sizes of circles.  Each one slightly larger than the previous one. I then used the slightly smaller circle and placed it in the middle of the slightly bigger circle. I traced the smaller circle in the center.  I then cut slits to the point of the traced circle edge all the way around to create a series of tabs.  This looks like a push pop top if you ever had one of those. :)

I then cut a strip of cardstock 3/4" by 6" for the top circle.  I folded the tabs down and ran a piece of tape along the top of the strip.  I slowly turned the circle and attached the tabs to the top edge of the strip.  When it overlapped I added a strip of tape to hold the strip together. (This came undone over night and I ended up using mini staples to hold it in place.  I think I would retry with glue if I were to do it again.)

I repeated this process with longer strips and a wider strip for the bottom layer.  After I had my layers of cake I then used die cut lace from cardstock to decorate the layers.  With various leaves and flowers to decorate. I placed it on a die cut doily and glued it onto the bottom.

Then I needed a tag to go onto the gift basket.

The tag uses a embossing folder, some die cut lace and a lovely sentiment (Verses Rubber Stamps)  stamped in blue.  The colors of the wedding are a soft salmon and navy blue and I tried to incorporate that in the tag.  The flowers ended up a bit brighter than I had anticipated.

I hope you have time to play along with us in the challenge this week.  The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team, because choosing just one winner is so hard!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Venise Lace	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Botanical	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls	Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Crocheted Lace by Tim Holtz 661499 (February Pre-Order)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Crocheted Doily 2 by Tim Holtz 661498 (February Pre-Order)	Sizzix® Thinlits™ Die Set 15PK - Tiny Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz®	KAISERCRAFT Pearls - Self Adhesive Latte	Floral Decorated Wooden Buttons - 5/8"	May Arts 2 Inch Silky Crush Wired Ribbon - Ivory
(LATE MARCH PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mail Art	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad	BoBunny Glitter Paste - Gold
(LATE JANUARY PRE-ORDER) Prima Marketing Love Story Flowers - Damianne	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Tattered Rose	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Worn Lipstick	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Abandoned Coral

Lace Angel

I love the idea of all white projects or shades of white.  This week the   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge   is all about shades of white. 

I have had this leftover dish soap bottle sitting out thinking it would be a great dress-form to decorate at some point.  The thought of shades of white had me thinking of my huge bin of lace and trim all white and ivory. 

So why not decorate my soap bottle with a mix of doilies, lace, trim and white flowers. I painted the bottle and repeated after dry. 

Then I decided to start with a doily along the bottom of the bottle.

After I put the bottom on I added a beautiful lace trim over the bust and added a row of flowers around the collar.  Well you get the idea I kept adding layers until she had a fancy frock made of lace and trim. 

Than I decided why not turn her into a lace angel.  A few tries later I have a a set of white wings stamped on kraft. 

I added a double row of pearls some white ribbon and flowers on waist. 

Now what does any good angel still need?  A set of wishes to hand out!  I die cut a series of hearts and placed them on wire stems.  I used the rubons with different words added a little angel dust.


Products: Maya Road Fabric Tape , Prima White Crochet Squares, Kaiser White Lace,  Prima White Flowers, May Arts White Ribbon, TIm Holtz Idea-ology Remnants Rub-Ons, Simon Says Exclusives Holiday Shapes, Wire, Melissa Frances Pearls, Kraft Cardstock, Stampers Anonymous - Tattered Wings , Hero Arts - White Ink, Ranger Distress Ink - Antique Linen, White acrylic paint, Stampendous Ultra Fine Glitter

Play along for a chance at a  Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Paris

I love going to the mailbox and seeing what awaits me. There is nothing more exciting that receiving a handwritten piece of mail.  The challenge this week at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is airmail.  It got me thinking about my various travel stamps.

My first thought was this wonderful Hero Arts Around the World stamp that I rarely use but really love.

I misted the background of the tag with a touch of brown spray.

I stamped the background repeatedly with the postage using black ink.  I then added color to sections using my watercolor pencils and waterbrush.

I decided to die cut a few shapes and wanted to die cut the Eiffel tower.  I thought it would be fun to die cut it from travel themed paper tape.

I wrapped cardstock with paper tape.

 

I die cut the shapes from the tape. I then cut the clock from white carsdtock and inked it up with the Ranger Distress Stain - Aged Mahogany .

I added a few strips of the paper tape to the background before attaching the die cuts. I smeared Aged Mahogany over the surface of the Eiffel tower and sponged the edges with black ink.

 I added a gem flourish, leaf, and multiple flowers to finish my focal point with the letters for Paris around the edge of the clock.

Products:  Around the World, Tim Holtz - Sizzix Die - Eiffel Tower Die, Tim Holtz Sizzix Weathered Clock Die, Darjeeling Petaloo Flowers, My Moments Flowers,  Cavallini & Co - Paris Paper Tape, Prima Wood Engraver Button, TIm Holtz Idea-Ology Accoutraments, Pink Paislee Copper Luxe Letters, Ranger Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany, StazOn - Black Die Ink, Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Mister Huey - Chocolate Brown Spray, Aged Mahogany Distress Stain

Come join in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for a chance to win a $50 Give voucher for Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Happy Birthday To someone Special

Took me all day yesterday to to get one card done.... Sometimes the creativity is not there and we had lots going on...

I love this new embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I had inked up the folder with brown pigment ink and embossed some ivory cardstock last week. This embossing with the inked background is so pretty. Sat on my desk all week waiting for me to figure something out.

I decided to use it with a few other colors from the Hero Arts challenge this week. They provided some colors for the challenge this week. I tried to incorporate all the colors green, orange, deep red, ivory, and brown. (Hence the little pop of green on the button)

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background
• Hero Arts - Old French Writing
• Hero Arts - All Occasion
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Penny Black -Poppies
• Watercolor Pencils
• Pearls - Michael's
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Lace - Unknown

Thanks for stopping by....

Suzz

Art Creations Friday Challenge # 9

ACF Challenge # 8 is this pretty little girl: http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/2009/01/9th-challenge.html

I framed her out with a page from an old book which I masked and sponged with a pink color. I then mounted it on a tan cardstock with a light tan inked damask stamp.

I added some antique lace and velvet ribbon and paper flowers.

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Two similar but different cards....

Have you ever had a card you wouldn't give up on? Well.... my first card I am sharing I made 4 variations of it. :( I spent way too much time on that first card. I ended up using some of the same elements and made my second card.

I am curious if anyone else out there does the same thing... Usually I will keep the elements if it isn't coming together and put them in a scrap pile of pieces I like that I want to go back to someday...

Tell me if you like card # 1:

or card # 2... :)

The recipes are very simple and I won't go into the details. The corner circle was cut using a fiskars circle templates. They come in a set with multiple circles and I used the circle cutter.

Products: (for both cards)

• Hero Arts - C4594 Pod Branches
• Hero Arts - F4827 Scroll Tree
• Hero Arts Clear Design - Happiness Messages
• Hero Arts - Bird in a Cage
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• StazOn - Timber Brown
• Hero Arts - Pearls
• Crystal Stickers - Pearls
• Lace - JoAnn's
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Pink Embossing Powder
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Circle
• Marvy Uchida Circle Punch
• Fiskars Circle Templates, Fiskars Circle Cutter
• Fiskars Threading Water Punch
  

I also made something elegant to share tomorrow... Unfortunately I am off to do my second calendar page.. Arghh... This will probably take me a couple of days... Thanks for dropping by..

Mini Cards

I am quickly becoming a big fan of the mini card.... The only drawback is having an envelope the right size...

I love that I can reach into my overflowing scraps of paper and grab a piece and fold it in half and start a card. Usually I find myself in the land of 5 x 7 cards... You can only create one card with a sheet of paper and if you want to layer you usually consume a couple of pieces of paper.

This little card was made from the scraps of the previous card and some other scraps from all my supplies. (Except the charm)

I cut up the sentiment since I decided to make inchies on the front of the card and keep the feel of the inchie.

Recipe:

1. The background for the stamped image is the alcohol ink technique in my previous post. I made 2 backgrounds and was still not happy with my end result.
2. Stamp the image on the alcohol ink background in versamark and heat emboss with a copper embossing powder.
3. Cut into 1" squares. Mount on lime green paper.
4. Stamp sentiment on same paper and cut carefully apart. Mount on top of stamped image in various places.
5. Attach heart charm to lower left hand corner. Tie piece of ribbon through charm.
6. Mount entire background to blue rectangle.
7. Put lace under blue rectange on top of card base.
8. Attach bling on lace.
9. Done..

Products:

• Hero Arts - Collage Take Time
• Hero Arts - Clear Design Anytime Messages
• Hero Arts - Gem Flowers
• Crystal Stickers - Pearls
• Lace Unknown
• Judikins - Copper Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Versafine Royal Blue Pigment Ink
• Charm - Unknown

Happy Halloween!

Lace Challenge on SOF....

Still playing with Stamptoberfest challenges over at Two Peas...

SOF Lace Challenge: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblogpost.asp?id=39658

I knew I would play along with the lace challenge.... Who can resist lace and the images that lace brings to mind.... The only real challenge is they wanted a holiday card with lace and this takes me to the card I already made with lace and holly and berries... So I tried a different path...


















Recipe:

1. Background paper: The background was made with the distress re-inkers. I put 4 or 5 drops of tattered roses in a mini mister full of water. Drenched a piece of paper and added the salt to draw the color in concentrated areas. The next step was to wait for it to dry and rub off all the stuck on salt.
2. Ink the stamp with Versamark Watermark Ink and stamp in a row across the paper until the entire background is covered. Heat Emboss with tan embossing powder.
3. I then used the EK Success corner rounder. It has a guard you can remove which then allows you to create a half circle on the edge of the paper. The first scallop you punch doesn't have to be lined up anyhwere specifically. The second half circle you want to try to line up the end of the paper scallop in the left side of the punch. You want to do this with bottom of the punch facing you. Play with this on scrap paper the first time you try it. (or in my case 3 or 4 times to feel comfortable)
4. Then I decided I wanted to stamp on top of the patterned background. The only issue is that the embossing powder I used was a distressed embossing powder which means it has a texture and doesnt' take the ink very well. So I decided to use acetate. I pulled out my acetate and my StazOn inks and stamped all the images.
5. The sentiment ended up being mounted because I stamped it on the acetate and the lines of the words are to fine and didnt' show up clearly. So I re-stamped on a left over piece of the background. Whenever I make background paper I usually do the full sheet and save the extra pieces.
6. The rest of the card is putting bits and pieces together. The lace hids where I attached the acetate to the background paper.

Products:

• Hero Arts Design H4946 Long Branch
• Hero Arts F4899 Bird in a Cage
• StazOn - Olive Green, Jet Black
• Versafine Onyx Black
• Stampendous TC55 Holiday Quad Cube
• Ranger Distress Embossing Powder - Old Paper
• EK Success Corner Rounder Punch
• Penny Black 3028F - Joy, Hope...
  

I really like how this card turned out. I hope you enjoy it too..