Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Fanciful Fairy Tag

I have been busy lately experimenting with my newest passion of mixed media! I am having a blast seeing these projects come together and want to share!


For this  tag I used several techniques and several mediums.
The Background: Tim Holtz tissue tape I used for a resist technique and then applied several colors of his distress stains to my craft sheet. I then swiped my tag through the colors slowly and dried with heat tool. The Fairy was stamped with black Staz-on ink and then heat embossed with glossy black embossing powder. I then applied embossing paste through a stencil and sprinkled with silver embossing powder to get that puffed up look. added some embellishments from stash and a triple bow and voila!
I would like to enter this tag in the frillie and Funky blog challenge "Things with Wings"

Wings of Love Pop up card

For Frillie and Funky challenge: "Things With Wings"


 I just love making these!!

Summer...........

Summer Beach Escapes Tag

I had a lot of fun making this tag with all the layers of inks and embossing. I also used real netting over my shells for that added beachy feel.
I would like to enter this tag into the anything but cute challenge-Summer Romance


Also entered 



Saturday, July 25, 2015

Altered Surfaces CC3 challenge #33

So sad that we have come near the end of the CC3 challenges! #33 is Altered Surfaces as seen on page 45 of your copy of Compendium of Curiosities 3. Although I cannot disclose the technique used, I can tell you that my altered surfaces are dominoes! I also used the technique on my alpha parts word "ART".

I used a variety of distress paints, Tim's Tissue, canvas, Mod Podge and some other great stash items to create this piece!


I adhered Tim's Idea-ology Postale tissue wrap to my canvas in torn segments using a brush and matte finish Mod-Podge.
I adhered my altered dominoes with glue and then made my own hangars out of copper wire and hung my cute  embellishments!



I absolutely loved this technique and know I will find myself using it again! I also have a new love for altering dominoes!!
Challenge Details:
As always, they will select a “Curiosity Crew’s Choice” winner who will receive an awesome assortment of Tim’s products, courtesy of Tim himself and Mario Rossi, his Logistic Director and everyone’s favorite “Behind the Scenes” social media rockstar To be eligible to win this special prize, you must visit each of our team members’ blogs and leave a comment there. You can easily access their blogs by clicking on their project photos (your comment on this post counts as your comment on my blog).
This months sponsor is:
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Christmas in July!

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015 --- July
Although I do love the fourth of July My favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas. I chose to take a Christmas in July approach to this month's tag and here is my result!

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Canvas .... Art Adventure...

I created this mixed media canvas for the canvas challenge at The Mirror Crack'd. This is actually my first mixed media canvas. I really enjoyed it and will definitely create more pieces like this! The Mirror Crack'd DT will pick a winnwe and a top five so hurry and enter! Linkup closes July 31st!


Art is................





Saturday, July 4, 2015

Victorian Elegance

This was my first attempt at this type of card and I really loved it when it was done. I will be entering this card in the following challenge:
Frilly and Funkie Something To Say.....

 They will be giving a $25 shopping spree to the winner of this challenge but click on link and start shopping now! They have great stuff!

My sentiment is hidden inside......From the heart