creepy journaling

Hi bloggers!

Today I'm sharing my 2 latest tags, journaled. 

You can find the posts for each tag with supplies here at whispers and spooky.

I'm going to focus on the making journal pages with supplies today.

I have to say I had the most fun making these pages, I couldn't wait to get back to them.

They were so messy to make, but, that's part of the fun I think!

I had Dylusions ink and water sprayed everywhere and modeling paste and paint smeared everywhere. 

Total bliss!

To start I put tissue tape down the center of the pages so the ink wouldnt pool there. I sprayed the pages with water and then I sprayed Dylusions inks in melted chocolate, crushed grape, cut grass, black marble and more water here and there. I would dry with my heat gun between sprays and add more where I wanted it

Next I used my embossing paste that I colored with paint from my pitch black paint dabber and used the vintage lace mask by Christy Tomlinson for Pink Paislee and Prima sunrise, sunset stencil.
I did more distressing with Distress ink in peeled paint and rusty hinge with my blending tool.

Then I did some stamping with Archival jet black ink. I used Tim Holtz apothecary, halloween blueprint and classic's #6 stamp sets.

I did some water coloring on the bats, spiders, and skull eyes with my water brush filled with Dylusions black marble ink. The pipette makes filling the water brushes so easy, I couldn't do it with it.

I adhered the tags and went over them with gel medium, dryed and then inked around the tags with a black Faber-Castell big brush pen and smeared the ink with my finger. I add the gel medium so the ink from the pen will smear easier.

The splatters are just water sprinkled on the pages and dried with my heat tool.

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Ok, that's it, hope you like it!
Don't forget to check out The Journal and upload your September "faux"project for a chance to win some Inspiration Emporium goodies!
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Have a great day!

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!

fall atc

Hello bloggers!

I'm back again with another atc. I enjoyed the last one so much I wanted to do another for my atc album and Inspiration Emporium.

I wanted to use my Tim Holtz mini blueprint set. I stamped the oak leaf stamp with Archival Jet Black ink on a Tim Holtz journaling ticket, it fit perfectly, YAY, they are perfect for atc's and the mini blueprint stamps!

I stamped the oak leaf again on cream cardstock and colored it in with Distress Markers in dried marigold, rusty hinge, fired brick, tea dye and worn lipstick, I did some blending with the water brush. I cut the leaf out and embossed it with clear embossing powder on VersaMark ink and adheared it to the ticket.

I took the VersaMark pad and swiped it on the edges of the ticket and embossed it with black embossing powder for some distressing. I used my tracing wheel around the ticket for some faux stitching and put mini fasteners in the corners.

I cut a 2.5 x 3.5 piece of Tim's 8x8 collage paper and adhered it to the card base. Then I dry embossed it with the woodgrain texture fade. I put Archival coffee ink on the raised areas of the card. I added 2 more pieces of paper then I did some faux stitching on the sides. Finally, I adhered the ticket to the card.

That's it!

I hope you'll give atc's a go if you haven't already, I really like them, they're fun to collect!

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Don't forget to upload your travel project to The Journal for a chance to win $50 in store supplies!

You can use my discount code IEIRISGARDEN for 10% off your order.

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Have a great day!

artsy atc

Hey bloggers!

Today I have an artsy atc to show you.

I haven't made one in awhile, so I thought I'd make one to fill another spot in my atc book.
I used more Prima and Tim Holtz goodness, that's all I reach for these days!
You would think designing an atc would be easier than a card, not so! It's just the same as designing a full size card and you have to use little stuff so its proportioned right.
But, I love looking through my atc book at the little works of art.

I purchased this box of watercolor paper cards sometime ago, I pulled them out so I could use my Distress Markers with the watercolor technique. I had to cut 1/4" off the end to make the 2.5 x 3.5" card. You can get pre-cut blank atc's at Inspiration Emporium.

I scribbled on the card with Distress Markers dried marigold, rusty hinge and worn lipstick. I used my water brush to blend the colors into each other. I dried that with my heat tool and then I stamped the card using my Prima Floral and Script background stamp with Archival Jet Black ink. I inked the edges of the atc with my jet black ink pad.

 
I used paper from the Prima Divine 6x6 paper pad and die cut the mini butterfly and ticket, I cut the banner from  a piece of the paper. The butterflies body is from Tim Holtz Label Letters stickers.
The metal embellishments are Prima Mechanical Roses, Mechanical Flowers small and Junkyard Findings clock parts.
The black tape measure is Tim Holtz Elements tissue tape.
I outlined the banner and ticket with my Faber-Castell black big brush pen and smudged the ink while it was still wet.
I made the atc holder from a wine cork and memo pin.
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OK, that's it, I hope you enjoyed the atc.
Make sure you head over to the Journal and upload your creation for the August challenge.
Don't forget to use my coupon code IEIRISGARDEN for 10% off your order at Inspiration Emporium!
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Have a great day!

Inspiration Emporium travel

Today I have a journal page to show

you with a travel theme, that's the challenge at Inspiration Emporiums Journal this month.

The first thing I grabbed was the Tim Holtz Remnants Rubs Words and Elements. They've got the perfect words and travel related pictures.

I used papers from Tim Holtz's 8x8 collage paper stash, cut them in different sizes and glued them on randomly. Then I did the inking and stamping. I used Dylusions melted chocolate spray ink and Prima's Flourish stencil randomly on the page. I used the script stamp from the Prima Hello Pastel set and the lace, background and tack stamps from the Sunrise Sunset set, I used Archival jet black and vermillion ink.

The rectangle piece of paper behind the girl looked like an old vintage suitcase, that's what inspired the suitcase. I got into my chipboard and found a huge o, cut it in half, inked it up with Distress Walnut Stain ink, added the giant brads and glued it down. I punched some corners for the bottom with a corner punch. 

While I was in my chipboard stash I found some Tim Holtz grungeboard dots elements and plain seasonal pieces, the lantern and arrow. I painted the lantern with my pitch black paint dabber and added Glossy Accents inside for the glass. I put Distress Faded Jeans ink on the arrow with a blender tool and added Faded Jeans Distress Stickles.

I stamped the Prima doll stamp on cream cardstock and paper pieced her dress and headband with paper from the collage paper pad. I colored her with Copic markers e00, r20 and e57.

I cut a piece of a vintage cloth tape measure and put it on the edge of the page with the tiny attacher. 

I had a couple of pieces of vintage lace on my desk and I used those along the top and side of the page.

I outlined the suitcase and doll with my black Faber-Castell big brush marker and smeared the ink with my finger for definition.

Ok, head on over to the Journal and upload your travel creation, you could be a winner of the wonderous $50 in store goods!

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Have a great day!

   

happy birthday

 I've got another birthday card to show you today.

I picked out some papers from the Pink Paislee Prairie Hill 6x6 paper pack. I also used off white and brown cardstock. I also used a piece of  white paper lace I had cut with a Sizzlits Vintage Lace die. I cut the butterfly with my Alterations mini butterfly die set. I hand cut the little butterfly body.

I used some Distress Antique Linen ink and Distress Broken China stain on the crinkle ribbon to distress it a bit. I used Kaiser pearls for the butterflies trail and on the sentiment.

The scalloped circle is the small die from the MFT open scallop doily duo set. I used my Creative Memories circle cutter for the inside of the scalloped circle. Any circle cutter or die would work as long as it fits inside the small doily. The sentiment is stamped with Distress Walnut Stain ink and Our Craft Lounges Tweet Thang stamp set.

 Inspiration Emporium has all of the Our Craft Lounge stamps on sale, you should check it out, now would be the perfect time to buy! You can use my discount code IEIRISGARDEN at check out for a 10% discount!

You still have 3 days to upload your birthday creation at the IE Journal for a chance to win $50 in store goodies!

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Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

 

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?!

Inspiration Journal guest

Hi bloggers, it's my turn to guest post this week for the Inspiration Journal.

This months challenge theme is birthdays or celebrating.

I decided to make a pocket card for money or gift cards.

 To make the card I cut a piece of white cardstock at 4 1/4" vertically, scored at 5 1/2" and scored again at 1 1/2" from one end, folded and creased. I cut another piece of white and embossed it with my notebook texture fade and adhered it under the flap on the card front.

Next, I cut a piece of grey and white polka-dot paper from the prima hello pastel 6x6 paper pad and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I cut pieces of different papers from the pad and made flags and adhered them to the flap.

For the insert, I made a tag and attached a strip of paper with my tiny attacher to hold the money. I punched the corners of the insert and card with a SU! corner punch.

I traced along the top of the flap with my tracing wheel for the faux stitching.

I made the flower with my alterations mini paper rosettes die with a piece of paper from the idea-ology vintage shabby paper stack. I added the prima metal bird paper clip and the happy birthday sentiment from idea-ology label letters.

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                  Make sure you upload your celebration work of art for your chance to win $50 to spend at Inspiration Emporium!

Thanks for stopping by!
 

happy 4th!

Happy 4th bloggers!

The challenge over at the Inspiration Journal this month is celebrating America or any birthday.

I had some great 4th stamp sets by Our Craft Lounge, I used various stamps from 3 sets, Patriotic Parade, Life's a Picnic and All about the USA. These and all of the OCL sets are on sale at Inspiration Emporium!

I stamped them with Archival Jet Black ink on vanilla cardstock. I colored them in with Distress and Copic markers. I stamped over each image with a block stamp by Stampers Anonymous and Distress Antique Linen ink. Then I used my 1 1/4" square punch and punched part or all of the stamped image and adhered it to the navy blue cardstock. The punched border along the bottom is punched with a fleur de lis EK Success punch. The ribbon is May Arts.

That's it, now create your master piece and upload it to the Inspiration Journal, you could be the winner!

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I hope y'all have a fun, safe 4th!

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