GIU Day 2

 Hello everyone! I am the Growing in Unity girl this week at Unity stamps. Each day I'll post a project using their stamps and at the end of the week I will draw 2 names from all the comments you leave and those winners will receive a package of stamps!

 I've got a couple more bookmarks today. And again, I used the stamp set in 2 different ways/styles.

I used Mystical Mermaid for the image and the Tim Holtz small talk stickers for the sentiment.

 

 The first tag is another watercolor. Only I masked the image and then colored around it.

For this second one I used Peacock Feathers distress ink and the smooshing technique to get that background.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Beautiful Moments

It's my last post for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.

It's been both so much fun and a little intimidating to create alongside those talented ladies!

I hadn't crafted in a long time so this was a great way to jump back in.

This week's challenge is Resist It.

I ended up making another tag. 

I used Remnant Rubs and Distress Micro Glaze as my resist mediums.

I first applied the rubons to the tag, then sprayed Distress Spray Stains in Cracked Pistachio and Tea Dye. The rubons resist the ink and I just blotted off the ink the beaded on top as I dried it. I like the bits of manila that peek through. I applied Black Soot distress ink through Donna Downey's Script stencil. Then I applied the Micro Glaze through the Tim Holtz Plus tag. I sprayed Abandoned Coral Distress Spray Stain and you can see where the Micro Glaze resisted it.

I added a dancer from Tim Holtz's Paper Dolls and the sentiment and finished it off with a trio of ribbon and twine. Oh, and edged it with Vintage Photo and Black Soot.

Thanks for stopping by my blog this week. As always, Simon Says Stamp has a $50 gift card up for grabs for a random participant in this challenge so go enter!

Direction of your dreams

I'm still in the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Designer Spotlight!
Woo hoo - I'm having so much fun participating in these challenges with such uberly talented ladies.

Our challenge this week is "Tag It".

 

Here's my tag:

I started by swiping mustard and green acrylic paint on the tag. I stamped images from the Air Travel stamp set on it. Then inked it up Tea Dye and Vintage Photo distress inks. I flicked water and dripped black spray ink on it. 

I used the Rays stencil and applied translucent embossing paste through it.

Then I happened to look up and see this butterfly from the Perspective stamp set leftover from another project and thought it woud go great on this tag. I had stamped it on deli paper and cut it out. The deli paper is similar to vellum, but a little less frosty and gives it a great translucent look.

I added a trio of washi tapes to the bottom to ground my sentiment. So the sentiment is from an old Simon Says Stamp Tim Holtz Stamptember set that was only available in September of 2015. I tried searching to see if it is available in another set and wasn't able to find anything. Sorry!

I wanted a charm to hang from the crinkle ribbon. I couldn't find anything I had that would work. So I decided to pull out some of my old jewelry-making supplies and stamped these metal rounds to say "live bravely" to dangle from the top.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll stop by and participate in the challenge for your chance to win $50 to the SSS store!

Courage to fly

It's week 3 of my month-long guest designer gig at the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.

This week's theme is Birds of a Feather.

You probably don't know this about me, but I am petrified of birds! 

Seriously.

So I was a little scared when I saw this challenge. 

Not gonna lie. Lol. 

But I have a feather stencil I like so I decided to use that on a page in my art journal.

I started my background with a text stamp, book pages and washi. I added distress ink in Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo, and Peacock Feathers.

I used black paint to color my embossing paste and used it with TCW's Feather stencil and Tim Holtz's Chevron stencil. Then I used Concord & 9th's Perfectly Penned stamp set to create the sentiment.

 

As usual, Simon Says Stamp has $50 up for grabs to spend in their store. They'll pick a winner from all the entries in the challenge this week. Come on by and link up to the challenge!

Fear of the Unknown

Today I've got this art journal page:

It's week 2 of my guest designer spot at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge

and this week's challenge is Winter Blues.

 I focused on the "Blues" part of the challenge for my background.
I used distress crayons in Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire and Evergreen Bough plus two blue neocolor wax pastel sticks.

I used the numbers stamp from Perspective randomly. I sprayed ink through the Art Is stencil

and used a baby wipe through the Plus stencil to remove color and leave white pluses.
 I die cut the hearts from the Scribbles and Splat set.

The sentiment and butterflies are also from the Perspective stamp set.

I used a waterbrush and distress inks to color in the butterlies.

 I finished it off by dripping some black ink and edging the pages with a black gelato.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you can participate in the challenge for your chance to win $50 to spend in the SSS store!

GIU Day1, Something Wonderful

Welcome!
All this week I will be a Growing in Unity girl!
Every day this week I will post a new project using Unity stamps.
At the end of the week, I will choose 2 random commenters from my posts who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity. So comment every day here on my blog to maximize your chances to win.

My first project this week is this art journal page. I painted my background black, added torn book pages, added texture paste with Tim Holtz's Cargo and Ray stencils, added red and yellow paint and ink splatters.

The dragonfly is from the Unity happy stamp set. I heat embossed it on vellum and then glued it to the page. I accidentally broke off one antenna so I cut off the other to make it even!

The sentiment is from the empowered words stamp set:

I'm also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope to see you again tomorrow!

thank you tag

Just in the nick of time, I managed to complete July's 12 tags of 2016.

I went a little cuter than normal this time.

 I used this cute elephant stamp from Unity.

Stamped and watercolored him.

Then layered the word and letter dies.

Spritzes of black marker, washi, brads, and stitching finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend.

hello

I've got my last project for Summer of Creative Chemistry. 

This is the Week 8 challenge to use embossing powder and distress ink.

Spray ink and stencil for the background. Then a stencil used to emboss on white core paper and distressed.

I chose the airplane stamp for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Things with Wings".

The sentiment is heat embossed with a rust effect.

Fun card to make.

Thanks for stopping by!

nautical card

Today's card is for Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge which is "Nautical/By the Sea".

I've been working through the Summer of Creative Chemistry class at Online Card Classes. This week's challenge was to make a project using alcohol inks. I used aqua, storm, and gold alcohol inks to make the background before stamping this shell. Here's a look at the gold shimmer:

So fun. 

I also used some texture paste, gold thread and beads to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Today is a Good Day canvas

It's week 3 of my month as a guest designer for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge! 

The challenge this week is Food and/or Drink.

I decided to get a little messy and pull out some paints and a 6x6 wooden canvas.

I used teal and gray acrylic paints on the background. I like to apply the paint (both colors at a time) with an old gift card or piece of heavy cardstock instead of a brush. No brush strokes and lots of cool blending. Then I tinted embossing paste with Vintage Photo distress paint and applied it using the Moroccan stencil. 

After that was dry, I used Watering Can ink with the Dot Fade stencil and Orange Blossom ink with the Cargo stencil. Then I flicked and dripped black ink and Antique Bronze, Tarnished Brass, and Fossilized Amber spray stains. Black Licorice gelato is smudged along the edges. I stamped a Simon Says Stamp/Tim Holtz Stamptember exclusive coffee stamp, which is slightly smaller than this one, on watercolor paper. I colored it with a waterbrush and Tea Dye, Gathered Twigs, Peacock Feathers, and Fossilized Amber distress ink.  Then used foam tape to put it on the canvas.

Now the hard part is deciding whether to put this in my kitchen or leave it in my craft room!

Thanks for stopping by and come link up your projects for a chance to win $50 to the Simon Says Stamp store!