Christmas in June tag

Hello!

I'm showing you a tag I made for the Inspiration Journal challenge Christmas in June.

I got out some pretty out of the box Christmas papers and did some paper piecing.

I had fun dressing up my doll stamp with her dress and I gave her some cute leggings and I added some pearl buttons on her dress and hair band.

The gold sequin trim is from a thrift store.

Supplies: stamps - Prima peasant dress doll stamp. paper - white cardstock, Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas 6x6 paper pad, Prima tag pad. ink - Archival jet black ink pad,  Distress Vintage Photo ink pad, Distress Stains in Antique Linen and Tumbled Glass, Copic markers E00 and E57 . Acces. - gold sequin trim, foam dimensional stickers by ek Success, Kaiser Pearls, crinkle ribbon, silver glitter. tools - foam squares, heat tool, Sizzix Thinlits Borders and Framelits Flowers die sets.
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Now, head on over to the Inspiration Journal and upload your Christmas project for a chance to win $50 in Inspiration Emporium goods!

Have a great day!

sentimental journey

Good Morning bloggers!

This is my last creation for September.

Can you believe October is around the corner? Summer went by way too fast, I'm not ready for winter.

Anyway, I've got a tag to show you today using the new Tim Holtz Framed Silhouettes stamp and die set. 

 I covered a #8 manila tag with paper from the Prima Divine 6x6 paper pad. I stamped the frame with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then I stamped the lady head with Archival jet black ink and die cut the frame and head with the dies in the set. I put her head on a piece of the Prima paper, adheared it to the frame and filled the center with Crackle Accents for a cracked glass look.

 Next came the bouquet of flowers. I colored the stamp with Distress Markers in worn lipstick, peeled paint and weathered wood. I used the old huffing trick to moisten the ink and stamped it. Then I cut that out with the die from the set and added the Kaiser pearls and rhinestones. I inked the stamp again and stamped it on the bottom left.
Next, I stamped the crinkle ribbon with Archival cornflower blue ink and cut it out with the die in the set. I went over it with some cornflower blue ink and my blending tool. The butterfly was laying on my desk so I added it to the tag. It's made using chipboard, the mini butterflies die set, picket fence crackle paint and glitter.

The sentiment is from Tim's chitchat verbages. I distressed the stickers with Distress Walnut Stain ink and a blending tool. I went around the edges with my tracing wheel. The crinkle ribbon is colored with bundled sage Distress Stain.
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That's it for September! Hope you like the tag!
Remember to upload your creation for the September challenge over at The Journal, it's not too late!
You can always use my discount code ieirisgarden at checkout for 10% off your purchase at Inspiration Emporium!
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Have a great weekend!

spooky

Hey bloggers!

I have a challenge piece to show you today.

The Journal September challenge at Inspiration Emporium this month is 'faux'.

I headed over to Splitcoast Stampers to check out their tutorials and Beate Johns had a great faux leather tutorial. It's super easy, not many supplies needed at all and I love the look! I did a little faux stitching too.

I made another Halloween tag, I'll put both tags in my journal next, so stay tuned for that.

 I put little pieces of masking tape on a #8 tag and trimmed the edges.

 I put Distress Walnut Stain ink on lightly and on top of that I added Vintage Photo ink for more color.

 Next I poured on clear embossing powder, no need to put VersaMark ink on first, the EP sticks to the tape.

 I heat set the tag with my heat tool...

 and that was it! So easy. Next came decorating the tag.

 

I cut out the letters for 'spooky' and the pumpkin picture from Tim's seasonal 8x8 paper stash.

I used the Alterations Vintage Lace and Umbrella Man dies to cut the black cardstock.

I colored the Crinkle Ribbon with Distress Scattered Straw and Brushed Corduroy reinkers.

For the faux stitching I went around the edges of the picture with my tracing wheel and then I connected the dots with my Sakura Micron 03 black ink pen.

I adhered everything with multi medium in matte and put a coat over everything so I could do some distressing with the Archival Jet Black ink pad and my black Faber-Castell big brush pen.

I added a couple of  fasteners at the top along with a philosopy tag, trinket pin and sprocket tied with the ribbon.

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That's it, now it's your turn to do your faux project and upload to The Journal for a chance to win $50 in Inspiration Emporium goodies!

Remember you can always use my discount code ieirisgarden for 10% off your order!

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Have a great weekend!

whispers

I'm back with my first Halloween project, I love Halloween, the candy, the costumes and little trick or treaters, ghost stories, decorating, haunted houses, and crafting!

I altered a tag using a #8 kraft tag. I put on the Distress ink in Dusty Concord and Rusty Hinge with a blending tool. Then I stamped a background with the Halloween stamps from the Mini Blueprint stamp set using Archival jet black ink. I outlined the spider web with black Enamel Accents and sprinkled on black glitter while it was wet. Next, I cut the lady head with the Mini Silhouettes die using black cardstock. I hand cut a witches hat, glued it to her head and covered her with black glitter. She's mounted on one of the houses from the Artfull Dwellings die that I cut from the 8x8 Collage Paper Stash. I cut some black lace from the Vintage Lace die and added it the house above and below the 2013 Remnant Rubs Numbers. I put 'imagination' from the Words Remnant Rubs along the bottom. I stamped the skull stamp on cream cardstock and colored it with picket fence, pumice stone and black soot Distress Markers and put black glitter on the eyes, cut it out and adhered it to the tag. I stamped the label stamp on a piece of the paper and put the word 'whispers' with the label letters. I stapled it to the tag with the tiny attacher. I used Rusty Hinge and Dusty Concord reinkers to color the crinkle ribbon to match the tag.  

See the little spider in the web? I covered him with black Kaiser pearls, cute! 

There we have it, hope you like it!

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Speaking of Halloween decor, I got my new creepy Scentsy warmer today...

You can't tell in this pic but, the web glows when it's turned on, I love it!

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You still have time to upload your project over at The Journal, yeah, you could win some Inspiration Emporium goodness!

Have a great day!

play, giggle, live

I've got mixed media journal pages to show you today.

I used my Dylusions journal, pulled out some supplies and went to town!

 I love to do mixed media canvases so I thought I'd give it a try in my journal. The pages are very sturdy from all the paper, mod podge and paint. 

I love using bits and pieces of this and that to create something fun. I got the OK tags out of an old file cabinet I got at an auction. I used Tim's numbers remnant rubs here and there, I'm loving the rub-ons, they add the perfect touch to the project.

Here's a pic of the supplies I used. I ended up not using the small Prima flowers and white enamel accents.

This is how I started. I covered both pages with terminology tissue wrap and tore pieces of  Prima hello pastel paper and randomly adhered them to the pages. The tags were next, then the ribbons, lace and trinket, the paint and gesso, the paper doll, houses, sun and adage tickets. Last was the large Prima flower the Tim Holtz numbers rub-ons and liquid pearls. I did the outlining with Faber-Castell big brush pens in cold grey, dark sephia and light phthalo green. If you use a gel medium or mod podge over your papers you can outline with the big brush pens and blend with your finger, it makes your pieces pop off the page.

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Well, that's it, hope I inspired you today!

Go check out the Inspiration Journal for this months challenge, you could win $50 in products from the store. Who doesn't love shopping?!

IE Easter tag

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Every Easter my family and my brothers family would head to mom and dad's for a visit and the Easter egg hunt. Mom would always have the eggs colored and ready to go, happy memories! This year I'm getting the grands a mini Scentsy Buddy instead of all that candy, oh, I might get a few things :)

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I got out my Alterations mini bunny die for this tag, he's perfect for all the Easter cards, tags and gifts.

I've decided to put my tags I make in my art journal as long as they're pretty flat, I can make a background and glue the tag on the page. I have them hanging on a big binder ring and I think this will be a better way to display them. So the next time you see this tag it will probably be on a journal page.

Supplies:

paper - 7 gypsies,pattern paper and ranger adirondack distress cardstock.

stamps - su! rough edges alpha (for the sentiment) and splatter stamp for the background.

ink - ranger distress broken china, walnut stain, distress stain in bundled sage and antique linen (to color the crinkle ribbon) weathered wood.

acces. - tag, crinkle ribbon, brown twine, may arts ribbon, little white pom-pom, kaiser pearls, heidi grace rub ons - retired.

tools - alterations mini bunny and bow, regal crest and mini tattered florals die sets, 1 1/4" circle punch (for the flower center), corner punch, blending tool and tiny attacher.

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Inspiration Emporium has new releases coming in everyday, you need to check it out!

This months challenge is to do a 3-D project or anything to make your work pop!

Head on over the IE Journal to see the challenge. Have you met the new IE designers, they are some talented ladies! You can read up on them on the blog too. 

That's it, thanks for stopping by!

   

Toy Soldier

Happy hump day my friends.

Hope you're keeping warm, it's freezing here, blech!

Today I'm showing you the toy soldier tag I made into a candy cane holder.

I think these would make cute little gifts.

The first thing I did was heat emboss the toy soldier from Tim Holtz Collection Christmas Blueprint stamp set. I inked the stamp with VersaMark, poured on white embossing powder and heat set it. Next, I added Distress Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough ink with my blending tool. I wiped the white soldier a bit to remove the ink.

To make the water spots I sprayed water in my hand and flicked it onto the tag and dried it with my heat tool. I scored the tag, folded it and put on a piece of black cardstock that was die cut with Alterations Vintage Lace die on the front and wrapped it around to the back and adhered it.

I put red Kaiser Rhinestones on the lace and soldiers hat. I ran some white seam binding over the Evergreen Bough ink pad for matching ribbon.

Finally, I die cut the soldier with Alterations Toy Soldier die, using Coredinations cardstock.

Isn't he the cutest thing? I had to have him the minute I saw him!

I put him in the tag with foam dots.

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Well, that's it. When you're doing your shopping at the Emporium don't forget to use my coupon code IEIRISGARDEN for 10% off!

 Hope you enjoyed the tag, thanks for looking!

Inspiration Emporium Challenge~ shrink plastic

It's Inspiration Emporium designer challenge time again!

This challenge is shrink plastic. I knew I wanted to make a flower so I used Alterations bigz die Tattered Florals to cut the shrink plastic.
I stamped the leaves with Dylusions Doodle Parts and Archival ink and cut them out. The hand is from Tim Holtz Oddities  stamp set, stamped with Archiaval Jet Black ink and cut out.

I used my heat tool to do the shrinking. I didn't want the flower to shrink out flat so I just heated it enough to curl it, same with the leaves, I wanted more dimension. I added more color with q-tips and archival ink. Next, I glued all the layers together and glued on the pearl brad.  I covered the small tag with paper from Tim's idea-ology vintage shabby stack, went around the edges with my tracing wheel for some faux stitching. I added the sentiment with words from idea-ology chit-chat verbages.

I wrapped vintage lace around an old wooden spool and attached the tag.

I hope you order some shrink plastic and play, it's so fun watching the shrinking process!

Remember to use my discount code ieirisgarden for your discount!

Head on over to the IE blog and check out the other team members pretties!

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Have a great day!

A Crafty Secrets Halloween

These are the new Crafty Secrets stamp sets.

Halloween Labels and Jolly Halloween.

Yes, we all know how I love Halloween and all things scarey, did you know I own every Stephen King book that he's written, read them all but the Dark Tower series, never could get into those. The man can scare you and crack you up all in one paragraph. Can you believe he was an english teacher before he made it big in writing?

OK, enough about Mr. King.

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 The vintage images in these sets are so fun. The labels are perfect for your bottles of brew or signs like I used on the tag. I LOVE the chain stamp, it's so perfect with this set and for little details.

For the tag I added Distress Dried Marigold and Dusty Concord with my blending tool. I dipped a paint brush in water and flicked it on the tag for the water drop look. I think that adds so much to a distressed project.I used me Dylusions Luscious Leaves stencil on the top and right edge and dabbed on paint with my pitch black Paint Dabber, let that dry and added some highlights with my Gelly Roll white pen. I stamped the cawing crow candy label and colored it with Copic markers y15, yr18, g21, bv02 and e57. I stamped the spiders and the sign arm hanger thingy, I know there's a better name for it, lol, and chain. The Spooksville and little scene along the bottom are from the Jolly Hallween set. 

I finally jumped on the washi tape wagon and added a couple of pieces under the green button brads. I added black Kaiser rhinestones on the corners of the sign. The chipboard star is covered with Martha Stewart Onyx glitter. I colored the white seam binding with the Distress inks. I added a trinket pin and type charm C for candy :) through the ribbon.

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This is a atc card I made with the Jolly Halloween set.

I stamped the black cat sitting on the pumpkin on paper and did the cracked glass technique. I covered it with VersaMark ink and poured on clear embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool. I did that 3 times and put it in the freezer to harden up faster, then I bent it to get it to crack. I put it behind the Autumn Leaves silver frame. I used the Cracked embossing folder on the base paper and went over it with Distress Vintage Photo and Black Soot ink and a blending tool. I cut the strip of polkadot paper and used the lace stickers on the top and edges. I stamped Boo at the bottom and the cute little skeleton. I stapled on some black May Arts lace with my tiny attacher. The moon it covered with more Martha Onyx glitter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I hope you have some fun with the new Crafty Secrets Halloween stamp sets, they are a must have for Halloween lovers!

Go check out Sandy's blog and see some more samples and what she's been up to!

Have a great day!

pre-school grad gift

Good Morning!

Today is graduation day for Jasmine, she's going to kindergarten next school year!

She's so excited to start school!

I made her a little gift filled with tags with pictures on them and we'll stuff some cash in there for her.

I used the new cd3 Creating with Vintage Typography from Crafty Secrets. See the little streamers hanging from the flower? I printed those from the CD and I printed all the tags too.

It so super simple to make a quick gift, like I did here.

I used some supplies that were already on my table, the Artsy Banners stamped book page, flower and lace. I love when it works out like that.

I can't remember where I got the bandaide tin, I've had it a long time.

Since I took these pictures, I've punched holes in each tag at the corner and put them through a binding ring. I thought she would keep up with the tags better that way.

I punched various pictures of her into 1 1/4" & 1 1/2" squares and adheared them to the tags, I distressed around each one with Distress Vintage Photo ink and a blending tool, then I added the ribbon and buttons, so easy!

See all the tags, they are gorgeous!

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Have a fun safe weekend!

It's already a mad house around our tiny town!!

Flapper Fashions

Happy Friday!

I've got a flapper girl to show you today. This stamp set is by Artistic Outpost and it's called Flapper Fashions, I just checked over at Inspiration Emporium and it looks like they sold out right now. You can contact them to see when it's available again or head over to Artistic Outpost and find it there.

 I stamped the lady on cardstock with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink and stamped her again on paper from the MME Stella Rose 6x6 paper pad. I cut out her dress and paper pieced it on the girl. I colored her skin and hat with Copic markers.

I added Ranger Distress ink in Vintage Photo, Bundled sage, Broken China and Rusty Hinge to the tag with my blending tool. Then I used 2 stamps from the set, the flapper words and the flower border, I stamped the border 3 times on the bottom of the tag, I colored some tissue tape with Copic markers and put it on the side of the tag. I think it's so cool that you can color this tape any color you need with the Copic's!

I cut the Sizzix Alterations Mini Tattered Floral flower twice and added a black vintage button threaded with black twine to the center. I cut 2 hearts from the Mini Love Struck die and adhered them to the end of the tissue tape. I had a piece of the paper lace that I had cut with the Vintage Lace die and put it along the egde and added the Kaiser pearls on each scallop.

I adheared the girl to the tag, oh, I colored her necklace and bracelets with my Stardust Gellyroll pen and put a tiny Kaiser rhinestone on her ear for her earring.

I stamped and cut out the Jazz-Age and mounted it with foam dots.

I added the vintage photo corners to the bottom and some May Arts ribbon at the top of the tag. 

Remember to use my 10% off coupon code ieirisgarden at check out when you order your Inspiration Emporium goodies!

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I hope you have a great day and weekend!