Tiny Grungy Tags

The Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge is  all scratched up!  I saw the word grungy and I knew I wanted to distress the edges with some brown dye ink.

I love my tags and decided to use some blank tickets and just parse out bits of different stamps and create little mini tags.

I had fun pulling out the various sets to find images to place on the stamps.

Who can resist butterflies?

I have been wanting to use this pear stamp and never had the chance.

This lady also never was inked up before so I was happy to put her on this tag.

I loved giving him a rainy background and the quote is perfect with the image.

I waned to show what a difference a touch of color around the edges can make:

I think the sponged brown adds depth and creates a highlight which draws the eye to the main image.

Products:  Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black,   Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain,   Visual Artistry - Lost and Found,  Idea-Ology - Metal Word Bands, Natural Hemp, Brown Cardstock, Melissa Frances Adopted Ancestors,   Darkroom Door - Eclectic Key,  Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Words,   Stampers Anonymous - Train Engine,    Idea-Ology - Swivel Clasps, Visual Artistry - Purely Random, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Atlantic  7 Gypsies Naked Tags, Stampers Anonymous - Artful Artifact,   Stampers Anonymous - Purely Random,  Stampers Anonymous - Wish Text,  Darkroom Door Chicken Wire, Stampers Anonymous Butterflies and Moths

For an opportunity to  win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher come join in on the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

TIme Flies

Based on my big cleanup yesterday with my scraps I decided to use some of the scraps I die cut. I used the Sizzix village shapes and turn them upside down to create tags. My theme is inspired by The Vintage Journey Time Flies Challenge.  The DT is extremely talented and inspirational.

I turned my shapes upside down and layered them together to form a mini book.

Have a blessed Sunday!

Suzz

Anniversary Cards

This morning I decided to clean up my desktop and cut some shapes.  Sometimes when I am lacking in my mojo just cleaning up my desk and putting things away makes me feel like I accomplished something.  I pulled out my big shot and my pile backgrounds and cut away while watching several old murder mysteries.

This card came from a messy piece of gray/black glimmer mist on a piece of cardstock.

 I needed an anniversary card for my SIL & hubby.  I die cut a series of hearts from the scrap.  I cut them and set them aside. 

The design was inspired from the card below. Sometimes I end up with pieces that don't work with the card I am working on and that is what happened with this.  I ended up adding a fine mist of pink glimmer mist.  

When I decided to create my card I actually had another card pieces cut waiting to be used.  I had cut two pieces on an angle to use as a top layer.    I created this card first and used the same effect on the first card.

This uses a new stencil from Memory Box with the Wendy Vecchi Silver Embossing Paste. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Exclusive set called Beautiful Words.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Love

Hi!  I have a quick little tag I wanted to share today.

 I just bought a few Ranger distress paints and wanted to play with them.  I also had a new criss cross stamp itching to be used.  I painted the manila tag with the blue paint.  I let it dry and then inked up the criss cross stamp with the orange/gold paint and stamped it on the tag.  I repeated it to cover the tag.  I loved the effect of the paint on the stamp and I used it to ink up the butterfly and stamp it on white cardstock. 

I decided to highlight the butterfly with a doily in the background.  I have to say I am addicted to these little sequins. 

Products: Darkroom Door - Texture Stamps - Criss Cross, Darkroom Door - Eclectic Butterfly, Darkroom Door - Love Wordblock, Simon Says Sequins, Ranger Distress Paints -Ripe Persimmons, Salty Oceans

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Welcome to the Family

The Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge this week is  Family!  Being inspired by family means different things to me.  I spend some thinking about what I would create..  I started thinking of the definition of family which had me pulling out an old dictionary that I have on hand to pull pages to use in my art.

I had purchased this cheap dictionary awhile ago when one of the kids needed one for school. 

I went through the dictionary and pulled out the definitions for family, sister, and brother.

I tore around the edges and taped it down onto a piece of white cardstock.  I painted around the edges with white acrylic paint.  I sponged and distressed the edges with brown dye ink.  I then circled and underlined the words.

I stamped trees to represent the family tree. I stamped splatter using he same brown ink.

I then added in a few smattering of birds flying across the sky.  I pulled out this cute baby chipboard button and added welcome to the right half and took the stamped home an added it on the front.  I used a metal embellishment and layered on a few background panels to finish my card.  I thought this would make a cute baby card.

Products:  Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black,   White Acrylic Paint,  Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain,  Darkroom Door - Splatter,  Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Darkroom Door - Trees, Visual Artistry - Lost and Found,  Idea-Ology - Metal Word Bands, Natural Hemp, Brown Cardstock, Melissa Frances Adopted Ancestors

For an opportunity to  win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher come join in on the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Tags A Plenty

I have been walking in and out of my craft room all day working on a series of tags inspired by Tim's Tag of August.

 A lovely play on tissue tape, distress stains and bits and pieces of metal accents.

I started with a masculine series of tags which I decided to give up on when I re-read Tim's post about muse and how he picked out a variety of different items to fuel his project.  I decided to start again and use a new stamp set for me to inspire my next series of tags.

 I ended up with two variations of the same tag.  I kept plaing with different textures and backgrounds. On the first tag I inked up the Hero Arts doily stamp with yellow paint and stamped it in the background before I put down the tissue tape.  I stenciled with white embossing paste with the doily layering stencil on either corner and the number stencil.

On my second tag I used different stencils and added some additional stamping.

 I ended up with one more tag but I am sharing to use with another project for a future challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Travel the World

I've been playing again with the new Darkroom Door  texture stamp scratches. 

I started with stamping the scratches over the entire surface using Ranger Archival Ink - Potting Soil. 

I waned something with texture in the main image to blend with the scratches and the scenic image from the bicycle stamp worked beautifully. I added a row of numbers along the bottom from the Home Sweet Home set.  

I had a brown edge from the bicycle image so to separate the two areas I added a bit of chain stapled to the dividing line. I used it on top to hang a charm.

Something fun for me to play around with.

Have a great Friday!

Suzz