Sunday, March 29, 2015

Nonnie's Blog Challenge!

Hello readers!
Here is a blog challenge to push winter out of the way.  It was only 16 degrees yesterday morning and I am really over it!  So let's finish off winter with any winter project - tag, card, scrapbook page, art journal page or any home decor project.    A whole host of winter projects might be just the send off it needs.  Can't bear to due any more winter?  Then just use blue and purple as a theme!
Here is some inspiration.


The prize is a brand new Prima wood mounted stamp from 2015.  It's not a big stamp, but it is a harbinger of spring to come!

 

Add your picture of a project that is about chasing winter away or is blue and purple at the link below. 
Check this link for instructions if you have trouble linking your picture.


Friday, March 27, 2015

March Tim Holtz challenge


I had trouble thinking of a Christmas concept to go with Tim's beautiful tag, but now that it is done, I have to admit that I love it! 

Monday, March 23, 2015

1 Stamp - 5 Ideas

One of the things I love about stamping is that the same stamp can be used to create so many different looks.   This stamp is a dress pattern stamp by Wendy Vecchi from the set called Fashion Style and Art  (SCS 032). 


Here are pics of the stamp on 5 different projects.



Bright and cheery - I paper punched the little heart, there is a tiny button on the red dress and the little black flower is a baby prima with a little orange glitter dot in the middle on the pop dotted orange dress in the middle. 

This is a vintage look!  The dress and skirt were stamped on white tissue paper that I sprayed with tea dye reinker mixed with water in a mini mister.   The background piece was stamped with the green dots from the set before it was embossed.  After it was embossed I inked the surface with tea dye and red marker on the vertical lines and green marker on the horizontal lines.  Staples and buttons finish it off.


 Entirely different look - more of an art journaling/modern look.  Painted tag, stenciled with blue ink, stamped with the dress stamp in jet black archival and finished off with lots of ribbon and a word charm.  I like attaching them with regular safety pins - a good buy with a coupon at Joann's.



Even small stamps can almost always be used to make a  background.  The focus here is the black die cut which is decked out in hounds-tooth paper and gems.  Red, black and white is a classic combination that you can't go wrong with!


Sweet, country Birthday card.  The dress was stamped on printed paper before being cut out; all the papers are Basic Grey.  The paper was from a 6x6 pad which gives you the right scale for this size stamp!












Sunday, March 22, 2015

Mini book class on March 28

Mini Book Class: $25
1:30-3:30 pm


The book has lots of potential uses:   


  • tell the story of your favorite pet(s), 
  • make a quick book for a BFF's birthday, 
  • document a day in your life - 2015 style, 
  • keep a journal on a weekend get away, 
  • tell any story of a one day event - birthday, anniversary, or any person.  

Your photos and words will personalize it!  

Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.  In addition to your basic supplies, please bring Cracked Pistachio distress paint and a pink crop-a-dial if you own one and a pencil.


 
 

If you can't make it to class but would like a kit,
please just let me know!

Here are a few pictures of the book which includes German Scrap, Tim Holtz Idea-ology pieces, fibers and lots of fun stamping! 


This show the book standing up - there are lots of fun pages and envelopes to use as pockets!
Below are pictures of some of the page spreads.
Location: 
Grand Stay Hotel; Conference Center
7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor - Enter in driveway between hotel and Dunn Bros. coffee.


Tag and Page Classes on March 28

Page class: $20
9-11 am on March 28
Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.  I used the following distress paint colors:   Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves and Tarnished Brass.
March page class inspired by March TH tag

Tag class: $20
11 am - 1 pm on March 28
Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.

If you have them, bring the following: I used a Tim Holtz alphabet stencil called and a crafters workshop stencil with swirls made of dots as well as texture paste (any embossing paste will do).  I used the following distress paint colors:   abandoned coral, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, broken china, picked raspberry, mowed lawn, evergreen bough and faded jeans.


Location: 
GrandStay Hotel; Conference Center
7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor - Enter in driveway between hotel and Dunn Bros. coffee.