Easter tag journaled

Remember the tag I did on this post?

I said I'd probably start putting my not so bumpy, lumpy tags I make in my art journal?

this is it....

I tried out some new supplies I got recently, Tim's classis faves #6, around the border of the page (looks like Inspiration Emporium's out of stock right now, but, you can contact them to be added to the list), some faber-castell water color pencils and some liquitex molding paste, mixed media goodness I got at Hobby Lobby!

You can click the link above to see the supply list for the tag.

I glued the 7gypsies paper to the page with Claudine Hellmuth's multi-medium matte then I stamped the borders with Archival coffee ink on to white cardstock. Before I glued that down I got some molding paste and added a little bit of pink sherbet paint from the paint dabber and mixed it up, looks like strawberry icing! Then I got out my plastic doily I got at a thrift store, someone took a lot of time to crochet around them. I got 5 of these I think for cheap and a couple of them were tore so I used it for my stencil, worked like a charm!

I laid down the stencil and scraped the molding paste on with an old plastic card and lifted it up, then I heat set it with my heat tool. I love the dimension!

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I hope y'all have a beautiful Easter.
Were having a non-traditional Korean meal here, too bad my sister-in-law is not here to fix it for us, her cooking is just scrumptious!

 

IE challenge #2

I thought I'd sqeeze in another 3D project for the Inspiration Emporium March challenge before St. Pat's Day.

I was searching for jewelry for the big day and came across several necklaces that I knew I could recreate with my goods from Inspiration Emporium. 

I thought it was a great idea to have this to wear if you didn't have a green outfit.

I made my shamrocks from a heart in Dylusions Love Struck Lucy stamp set. I stamped them on shrink plastic with Archival jet black ink, I drew a stem with a black Copic marker and colored them with a green Copic. 

I spilled the little vial of glitter only once before I got smart and glued the cork in!

These corked vials do not have a bail on the cork for the chain to go through. So, I took a straight pin and stuck it through the bottom of the cork, I cut of the point off the pin and used my pliers to bend it around and make a bail.

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Supplies:

stamps - dylusions love struck lucy.

ink - archival jet black, copic markers black 100 and green yg17.

acces. - ideaology ball chain, corked vial, jump rings, pearl, green glitter, stick pin, shrink plastic.

tools -  heat tool, hole punch, jewelry pliers.

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Good News!

Online Card Classes' is having a new class, Pattern Play, and Inspiration Emporium is giving away 3 spots to this class, go over to Inspiration Journal and find out how to enter!

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Have fun creating your 3D master piece, upload it to the Inspiration Journal, you have until the end of March!

Have a great St. Patrick's Day, thanks for stopping by!

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!

   

Easter tag candy holder

Ahhhh, Spring is finally in the air!

It's supposed be in the 70's this week, close to 80, YAY!

I decided I wanted to make an Easter tag candy holder with the sweet little bunny die by Sizzix for Alterations. It comes with the bunny and the bow, cute, huh?

I had fun dressing him in his bunny Sparkly Fluff, Cotton Candy, Distress Stickles and a pom-pom tail. I attached him to a mini rosette.

To make the tag holder, I used a 8x4" manilla tag, scored it at 5 and 5 1/2", covered it with paper from the Vintage Shabby Paper Stack. I cut some paper lace with my Vintage Lace die and attached it to the front of the tag with about 3" hanging off each side. I folded it around to the back of the tag and stapled it to the back with my tiny attacher. This way it holds the front of the tag in place and open so the candy will go inside.

I used an office supply tag to stamp the sentiment on, it's from the Crafty Secrets Happy Easter stamp set.
Look at the white chocolate bunny with the pink bow, just perfect for my tag holder!

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Well, that's it! I hope I've inspired you just a little today to make a candy tag holder of your own!

Have a great day! 

OCL Sneak Peek ~ Day 1

Are you ready for some Our Craft Lounge Sneak Peeks of the new sets being released? Oh yeah, I new you would be :)

I'll give you all of the details in a minute, first, I want to show you my card I made with the new Hey Chick set.

It's a super cute set with the bunny, chicks Easter eggs and some fun sentiments. I made this card for someone who is a good listener and friend. I added a couple of extra ears, she's all ears!

You can rub her little pink Sparkly Fluffed belly!
Supplies: Stamps - OCL Hey Chick. Paper - Neenah Solar White & pink cs, Bittersweet 6x6 paper pad by Basic Grey. Ink - Ranger Distress Basic Black, Copic markers. Acces. - Sparkly Fluff in Cotton Candy Pink, Crafty Sparkles in Ice Crystal, Kaiser Rhinestones, May Arts ribbon. Tools - Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rectangle (sm), Classic Ovals (lg), scalloped & tag punches by EK Success, blending tool.

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OK, here's the details of the sneak peeks and blog hop.

The OCL designers will be peeking today and tomorrow and the Blog Hop will be Friday. You'll get to see all 11 new stamp sets being released. After the Blop Hop check out Inspiration Emporium for all of the new sets!

• Leave a comment on both sneak peek posts, today, and tomorrow and on the Blog Hop on Friday.
• You'll see the stamp set I'm giving away on Friday.
• The winners will be announced Sunday Feb. 27.
• Make sure and leave an email address on your comment so you can be contacted if you're the winner!

Here's the OCL designers who are peeking today.

Amber Hillman, Broni Holcombe, Deb Felts, Denise Marzec, Heather McNally, Jeanne Streiff, Kendra Wietstock, Kisa Peters, Lori McAree, Melyssa Connolly, Michelle Fowler, Stephanie Serrano, Tammie Edgerton
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Have a fun day, see you tomorrow!

Crafty Secrets DT Spring Fling Challenge

ETA Pattyjo asked...
That is so gorgeous! When you said a blender tool, I didn't follow you. What is a blender tool and how is it used? I really love the look of the basket picks.Pattyjo

Hi Pattyjo, a blending tool is an ink tool by Ranger. I tap it on my ink pad and then I swirl it around on my image to give it some color. You can put on different colors like I did on my picks. If you don't have a blending tool you could use a sponge, but, I feel I have better control of the ink with my blending tool. I have several of them for different colors of ink.

Good morning!

It's Crafty Secrets Challenge time again. I love these challenges, it's always fun to see what the DT does. I did a tray and basket ensemble for Easter treats or maybe some glasses of lemonade and fresh cut flowers for the basket.

I love taking something I find at yard sales and flea markets and giving it a new life. Like this wooden tray. It was painted a funky green color, so I spray painted it white and covered the inside with paper from the Pastel Paper Pad Then I picked out some images from the Birds & Blossoms and Easter Creative Scraps, cut them out and adhered them with Mod Podge, I painted on 2 more coats to help preserve it. I glued the pink buttons on the side with E6000.

The basket is made from a $1 store folding box and the Best Buds Vintage Postcard Kit. The picks in the basket are made with the Cupcake Party stamp set. I covered the sides and back of the box with paper from the Pastel Paper Pad, the front is covered with an image from the kit. The stamped bird, butterfly and hearts are inked up with Distress inks and a blender tool. I added Ranger Distress Rock Candy for some sparkle.

This is the $1 store box before I altered it.

This is the set that comes with the Best Buds Vintage Post card kit. I love all of them, they are so sweet and full of detail.

Be sure and check out the DT blogs for some fab designs!!

Crafty Secrets Blog
Vicki Chrisman DT Leader
Flo Teixeira
Heidi Blankenship
Linda Duke
Marisa Grossman
Melissa Phillips
Michele Kovack
Michelle VanEtten

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Did you have a good weekend? I did. We went to my mom's and helped her clear out some junk from her shed. They have a city wide junk pick-up every year and everyone gets their junk out by the road. Her shed looks so much better.

Then me and mom went to Batesville to do a little shopping. Terry decided he didn't want to do any shopping, so he went back home. We stopped at a nursery and I got a jade plant and a column cactus. I've been on a cactus kick ever since I saw the huge cactus in Phoenix, they were beautiful! The only thing is I'm having a hard time finding them around here. I used to see them in nursery's all the time, not anymore.

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I hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Easter Greetings ~ Crafty Secrets

I love this image from the Crafty Secrets Seasonal Images & Journal Notes booklet.

I cut the angel out and popped her up with dimensionals on the journal block part of the page in the booklet. I added white glitter to her wings for some sparkle and I sprayed the card base with Pearl Glimmer Mist.

Supplies: Paper - Vanilla, Eggplant, CS Classic Paper Pad, Seasonal Images & Journal Notes booklet. Ink - Ranger Distress Vintage Photo. Acces. - Pearl Glimmer Mist, white glitter, button brad, pink heart stick pin, satin ribbon, Kaiser Rhinestones. Tools - tracing wheel, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangle (LG) & Fancy Tags, oval punch, Scor-Pal, Big Shot, blending tool.
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I've been working in my flower beds today. It's beautiful out, we are supposed to get some rain Wednesday, but, for now I'm enjoying the sunshine and 65 degree temps...oh yeah!

I hope you have a sunshiney day!

Crafty Easter Ornaments & March Mix Finale!

Good Monday Mornin'! I've had a cuppa or 2 or 3 and I'm rarin' to go, didya know it's , ahhhhh finally, my favorite season!

This is the last week of the Crafty Secrets/Tattered Angels March Mix! It has been so much fun combining Glimmer Mist with Crafty Secrets, they go so well together! Go check out these girls blogs Lisa Zappa, Lauren Ferguson, Linda Duke, Trisha Ladouceur , they are sure to knock your socks off! Oh, the Crafty Secrets blog and the Tattered Angels blog are doing give aways, YIPPEE!!!!! Make sure and check out these sites too Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Website, Heartwarming Vintage Blog, Tattered Angels Website, Tattered Angels Blog you're sure to find something to inspire you!




I've got some more Easter Creative Scraps to share today, and, there are still images left on my sheet! Man, these sheets are jam packed full of vintage images, I've been having a blast with them! This time I made some soldered Easter ornaments. I cut my images from the sheet and soldered my ornaments added some pink ribbon and a couple of beads, done! The one on the left is a double ornament, the smaller one is hanging from the larger top one.
I learned to solder last year at Tex's house, several of us were there and when we did the soldering, there were a few choice words being said, LOL!! After the 2nd or 3rd time trying it, it's easy and fun! I think we have all gotten better at it, LOL!

Isn't this rabbit in the hat with the bird nest and eggs sweet?! It really caught my eye!

I added a couple of beads to the bottom of this one and some Prima's inside under the glass.

Supplies: Paper - Crafty Secrets Easter Creative Scraps, pink foil scrap. Acces. - pink ribbon,

beads, Prima flowers, copper tape, 2x2 & 1 1/2x1 1/2 Memory Glass pieces by Ranger, solder, flux, jump rings. Tools - soldering iron, Jewelers Extra Hands.

I hope your Monday is wonderful, remember, just 4 more days till Friday Ü

Thanks for stopping by!

crafty creative scraps easter candy house

Good Monday morning! I'm ready to start the new week, it's going to warm back up this week, YAY!! We've experienced all 4 seasons in the last 2 weeks, unbelievable! I'm ready for 1 season,

Easter is just around the corner, the stores have isles of candy and pretty pastel colors! I love walking the isles and just taking it all in!
I made an Easter candy house using the new Crafty Secrets Easter Creative Scraps and the Sweet Chips Chipboard Little Folding House! I can't get enough of these sweet images, I used them on all 4 sides.
There is a front and back and 2 little chickies peeking out of the windows on each side. I glued the house on a chipboard coaster and covered it with glitter.
I made the shingles on the roof with my SU! scalloped punch. I punched scalloped circles out of scraps from my CS Pastel Paper Pad and cut each one in half and I applied them starting at the bottom of the roof, going up. There are 4 rows with 3 half scallops in each row on each side of the roof. I adhered them with my atg gun along the top edge of each scallop so I could curl the shingles up a little for dimension. I sprayed the roof with Pearl Glimmer Mist before I added the rick rack, it shimmers so pretty!
I bought these cute little pink chicks at Michaels, there were a bunch in a little box. I covered the eggs with Martha Stewart glitter.
The pink handle on the roof is a wooden ball that I painted with pink Making Memories paint. Terry got involved with this project, he drilled a hole throught the ball so I could attach it through the roof of the house. I used a silver pipe cleaner, I threaded it through a button and put it on top of the ball and threaded it down through the roof and twisted it to keep it in place. I punched a Martha butterfly and attached it with the silver pipe cleaner that I wound around a pencil for the spiral.
Take the roof off and enjoy the little malted eggs, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Supplies: Paper - Crafty Secrets Easter Creative Scraps, Pastel Paper Pad. Acces. - Sweet Chips Chipboard Little Folding House, chipboard coaster, pink rick rack, pink trim, Pearl Glimmer Mist, Martha Stewart Green Agate, Tourmaline & Turquoise glitter, Martha Stewart baking twine, buttons, eggs, Colorbok Metal Dots, Glossy Accents, wooden ball, pink Making Memories paint, silver tinsel pipe cleaner. Tools - SU! 1 3/8" and scalloped circle punches, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, scalloped scissors.
I hope you enjoy your Monday, thanks for stopping by!

crafty chick and treasures!

Look at this darling Easter chick! She's from the new Crafty Secrets Easter Creative Scraps. The images are darling for Easter, I have an ornament in mind too!

The Easter scrap set is park of 7 new scrap sets that became available 3-9-09. You can check them all out here on Sandy Redburns blog!

Supplies: Paper - Crafty Secrets Earthy Paper Pad, SU! Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip. Ink - Ranger Distress Vintage Photo. Acces. - vintage lace, buttons, linen thread, gold brads, Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist. Tools - hammer (to distress the brads), sewing machine, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, Tim Holtz blending tool, slit punch.

I went on a little adventure a couple of weeks ago. There is some land by where my daughter lives that is leased for hunting. It has this very old abandoned house on it. Me and my daughter decided we would go and see the house, we were told about it and wanted to check it out. The house was left with stuff in it. I have always loved this kind of thing. Whenever I had a chance to go through an old house like this I jumped at it!!

One of the front doors was wide open....ACK, I love it, LOL!! We went in and it was really dirty, musty and creepy no telling what kinds of wild animals had been in and out of there. There were beds couches, kitchen table and chairs, wood stove, fridge, everything, but nothing was usuable anymore. I love to imagine who the people were and how they lived in this old house. There was stuff everywhere, it's getting a little too warm to be digging around much, I was afraid I would wake up a snake or 2 or 3, YIKES!! This little log building was behind the house. I think it must have been a smoke house where they smoked their meats, it was too small for anything else.
This was in the front to the side of the yard. It's a dug out storm cellar, dirt floor, I could see an old chair in it turned over. For those of you who don't know what a storm cellar is, it's where you go when a tornado or bad storm is coming, to be safe. This was as far as I got here, no way I was venturing down in there, nope, no way LOL!

I picked up a few things around, to me they are treasures, to someone else...not so much, LOL!

They needed a lot cleaning and bleaching, but, now they sparkle! The poor Cupie doll was dirt-y!! I couldn't take her clothes off, they were sewn on, so I just threw the doll in the washer with bleach, now she's like new, she's in an old snuff glass. Look at the Bingo cards, red, WOOHOO, I'll have to make some Lisa Z ornaments!! The green Jadite bowl has a hairline crack in it, so no eating cereal out of it, but, it's perfect for buttons!
I hope your Thursday is a good one, thanks for stopping by!