Grateful Heart

Hello!  There is so much inspiration out there and I used the Vintage Journey's Industrial Challenge with the Mixed Media Monthly Glitter challenge to get my creative juices flowing.

I have to admit that I had this background laying around for a long time and it was calling to me to use it.  These were the last bits of the mist so I got a ton of shimmer from the gold left in the bottles and I laid down salt to help get the pooling of the color in a crackle effect.  I looked at how the mists had pooled and saw a heart shape. 

 I decided to use that shape and used a watercolor pencil to hand draw a heart shape to emphasize the pooling of colors.  I blended it with a waterbrush and added a mix of blue and brown watercolor pencils.

 I then  used the Stampendous Luxe Mix which I have to say is one of my favorite products because they have mixed up the mica flakes, and glitter to give a beautiful mix of texture.   I sprinkled it randomly over sections which already have a high concentrate of the glimmer from the mist.

 To add to my industrial feel, I stamped a bit of the definition stamp from Stampendous over the surface and highlighted it with the monocle and a pin to clip it on.

I found a lovely sentiment in the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology stickers and some tissue tape for texture.

Products:Heidi Swapp Color Shine, Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Monocle, Pin, Tissue Tape, Small Talk, Stampendous Gold Luxe Mix, Stampendous - Dream Text Stamp

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Suzz

School Days and Happy News

Hello!  I am happy to announce that I am joining the extremely talented design team at the Frilly and Funkie challenge. Today it's the Funkie DT's turn to play along with Jenny's challenge "Enjoy your Embossing"   over at Frilly and Funkie. Here's what she says about the challenge; "Make a vintage or shabby chic project of your choice and remember to include some embossing. Use your favourite embossing methods (wet, dry, heat, or any other techniques you want to share) - just enjoy your embossing!"

 I have been hoarding this sweet paper from Graphic 45 and wanted to create a fun Valentine's card for my daughter.

I die cut the adorable image from the paper and then layered a few other pieces of the paper over an embossed background.

The background is black embossing paste using the measure stencil on a kraft background.  I had a cute sentiment from Memory Box that works perfectly with the school days image.

Products:

Graphic45 - ABC Primer Deluxe Collector′s Edition	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Black	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Measured	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Red Geranium	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Jute Twine
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Hinge Clips	Ranger Inkssentials Kraft Cardstock 8.5 X 11

The Design Team will choose their top four picks with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at Frilly and Funkie and the next three will receive badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will have a chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

New Beginnings

Hi!  I spent some time creating with some new goodies from Canvas Corp Brands for the Anything But Cute Challenge - Ring out the old and bring in the new and the Mixed Media Place - New Beginnings challenge. 

I recently received some new paints from the Tattered Angels and I wanted to play around with them along with my glimmer mist.  I followed the them of new beginnings with the inspirational words from a series of Stampendous stamp sets.

I started with a background with a stencil and the Tattered Angels glimmer mist.  I then came back in and used stencils and circles to create a series of circles painted and outlined with colored pencil.

I stamped the text using black ink over the background.  I used the remainder of the background to create a series of stars. I cut them out and stamped inspirational sayings.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Friends

Hi!  I am back to share a mini 4x4 canvas!

I have been playing with this little canvas for awhile and was happy to be able to share it with you today.

 Instructions:

1.  Paint the canvas with white gesso. Let dry.
2. Stamp the words on tissue stock using ranger archival ink. Spray with pretty salmon glimmer mist.
3. Decoupage the tissue stock to the canvas.
4. Stencil flourish using white embossing paste. Let dry.
5. Spray flourish with orange glimmer mist.  Let dry.
6. Paint a little white acrylic paint in top right. Stamp sentiment on tissue stock.  Decoupage over dried white paint.
7.  Attach lace trim to bottom right corner.
8. Glimmer mist white paper flowers.
9. Cut out bee from paper. Paint with glimmer mists.
10. Assemble pearls, flowers, stick pins and locket on lace background.
11. Attach to salt shaker as base.

This was created using my new Canvas Corp Brands supplies.  Here is a list of all the products and where you can find them:

Canvas Corp Brands - 4 x 4 Canvas,  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Rum Punch,  Coral Reef, Bahama Blue  Watering Can Birds and Bees, 7 Gypsies Distressed Words Stamp,  TissueStock White ,  7 Gypsies - Lace Trim, Stick Pins, Pearls, Flowers, Locket, Stampendous Ultra-Fine Glitter, Verses Rubber Stamps - Friends in Bloom


Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz

Love is in the Air

I have been creating with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge since July of 2012.  I have had a wonderful time. I have decided to step down and pursue a few other opportunities.  The Simon Says Stamp team (Heidi, Stephanie and Lorraine) have been wonderful to work with and I have enjoyed my time on the team.  I also have been very lucky to create art with a variety of extremely talented team members (current and retired).   For my final Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge the theme is "Love is in the Air" + the color red.

I decided to create a Valentine's tag:

The background was a mix of gray and red distress stain sprays which became very pink when watered down. :)

I misted on the craft mat and blended and smeared the paper through the inks. I repeated multiple times. After it dried I sprinkled on red and silver again over the surface. 

I stamped the word love using silver ink along the left side. 

I used the Valentine's layering stencil with Wendy Vecchi black embossing paste over the misted background.

After that I decided to use the flowers leftover from my cherry tree the other week on my tag.  I stamped the couple and the word cherish on leftover background from the original tag. I punched a series of hearts and sponged them with red ink and mixed them in the flowers.

Products:  Tim Holtz Tiny Tattered Florals  Tim Holtz Layering Stencil – Valentine Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing Paste, Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Candied Apple, Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Brushed Pewter, Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Hickory Smoke, Tsukeniko - Delicata - Silvery Shimmer, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Darkroom Door Collage - Harry and Harriet, Simon Says Stamp - All About Love, Sizzix Tim Holtz Tiny Tattered Florals, Authentique - Adore, Simon Says Stamps - Sequins

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us your love inspired challenge with a touch of red. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

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Enjoy the Journey

Howdy all.  Hope everyone is safe and warm. Lots of snow piled up on the East coast right now.  We were lucky and didn't get any of the storm here. 

I have been wanting to play along with the Vintage Journey - Vintage Travel Challenge this month. I finally found time this morning to play.

 

 I started with a mix of Stampers Anonymous stamps to get my mojo flowing.  

I stamped a repeated pattern on the top and the bottom and the map stamp in the middle. I then highlighted with watercolor pencils all the images.  I splattered a little mist onto the background. I added in the stenciled words and the fun image on vellum. 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Suzz

Best Friends

Hello!  Welcome back for another challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week the challenge is Best Friends. You can interpret this anyway you would like. 

I decided that I would go with a married couple who are just starting out and hopefully will end up as best friends.  They don't look to comfortable  yet. :)

I used an old embroidery hoop that I had laying around in the drawer for sometime.   I started with tissue paper as the base for my background which I stenciled with the doily stencil and a lovely soft pink dye ink and everything just started to gel from there.

Products:  Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Doily, Ranger Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet, Idea-ology Tim Holtz Found Relatives,  Idea-Ology - Tim Holtz Small Talk ,  Lace,  Pink Mist, Embroidery Hoop, Paper Flowers, Heart Charms, Marriage Vows

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us your stamp and punch combination. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

If you use instagram add  #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!