Make ~N~ Take #3

**NOTE** The stamp sets used for this project are:
Tim Holtz Paisley Prints and Wendy Vecchi Art Rules

This is another piece of chipboard cut with the Accu Cut machine and then embellished.

First paint the top of a large brad with Studio Charcoal Black paint and let it dry. Paint 3 coats of Studio Altered Orange paint on to the flower and let it dry after each coat. When completely dry, scratch surface in a cross hatch with the Tonic Craft Scratcher.

Use Broken China distress ink over scratched surface and dry with heat gun. Repeat this 3 times. Let it cool well because the paint can still be sticky after all that heat!!

On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the sentiment from the Tim Holtz stamp set and cut out the words as on the example. Use Broken China to rub color over the word and a little extra on the edges.

Stamp the grid stamp from Wendy Vecchi's set with memento ink over the whole flower. Sprinkle clear embossing powder over it and heat set.

Use Studio Matte Medium with a brush to decopage the words onto the petals and cover whole flower. When this is completely dry, place the dried black brad in the center and take the tip of a small paint brush dipped into white paint to make the dots in the center of the flower. Heat set this and be sure to let this whole thing dry completely. Also edge the petals with Tiara Glitz Stickles.

...2 days to go and counting...

Angel

Make~N~Take #2

This flower was cut out of chipboard with the Accu Cut machine and then embellished with the following:

Wendy Vecchi Mail Art Stamp set; Broken China Distress ink on the edges until the preferred depth of color, then Shabby Shutters on the inside of the flower petals until the preferred color is reached.

Next stamp a mask of "remember make art everyday" on a piece of white paper in Black soot ink and cut it out. Place the mask on the center of the flower. Stamp the tree with Brushed Cordurly Distress ink around the petal edges, then use Brushed corduroy around the edges of petals a couple of times to darken it.

Remove the center mask and stamp the same stamp onto the center of your flower with Black Soot Distress ink. Top with Lime Green stickles and Broken China Distress Stickles.

I just love these distress ink colors together! You'll probably see more of these colors in other projects! Have a great week!


4 days and counting.....

Angel

Make ~N~ Take #1

With all the wedding planning going on these last few weeks, I found a couple of projects that I wanted to post but haven't had much time. This is the first of three small make-n-take projects. Since the wedding is this Friday, I am thinking I'll be back into the creative mood soon afterward!

This chipboard shaker frame was cut with the Accu Cut machine. I used the Tim Holtz Mini Muse Stamp Set. The other "Tim" products I used were: Scattered Straw Ink, Tea Dye Ink, Frayed Burlap Ink, Worn Lipstick Ink. Stickles Distress in Worn Lipstick. The beads inside the shaker box are Metallic Rose Glass Beads.

5 days to go.....and I'll be going through empty nest syndrome again...

Angel

Design Project: White Creative Imaginations Frame

It's been a short while since I've posted, and I must confess that wedding planning has gotten in the way of my creative time! My youngest daughter is getting married in 5 weeks!

We had her wedding shower last weekend. It was so much fun and lasted for about 3 1/2 hours. I was exhaused at the end of the day, BUT, there was no time for sleep...because it was time to be off to a bachelorette party! We went down to the river and had more food and listened to music. It was a lot of fun, but I am definitely playing catch-up on my sleep. I could not have done all the prep work for the shower if it wasn't for my oldest daughter that flew in from CO to help with the festivities! I have two great girls! Thank you both for being wonderful children!!

Now on to the design project! This creative imaginations frame is 12 x 12 and was white before I started putting my mark on it. The area where you insert your photo is on the side.
I taped off the horizontal sections with painters tape. BEFORE I put it on to the frame I took a little of the stickiness off by wrapping it on my arm. This frame is made with paper/cardstock. Although I did take some stickiness off, I too hastily ripped a piece of tape off and it took some paper with it. You definitely want to take the tape off slowly and carefully. You can still paint over it, but it may be a little bumpy.
I painted the frame with Claudine Helmuth Studio paints and, of course, you can get these from Croppinsville. The salmon color was made by mixing equal amounts of yellow and red together. The other colors were right out of the jar. These paints are heavily pigmented and a little goes a long way since they are very thick. Definitely mix a little water in with the paint when you use it. Maybe you could add a paint extender also. Some of my brushes retained a little color from the paints. The paint washed out, but a little color remained...maybe I have cheap brushes!


This is the finished project. The word "imagine" is chipboard lettering that is from Croppinsville, and it has Tattered Angels glimmer mist sprayed on the top of it. The flourishes on the sides and the black border underneath "imagine" was created with Bazzill cardstock on my Cricut machine with the Accent Essential cartridge and Cricut Design Studio.
The Tim Holtz Idea-ology charms have Graphic 45 paper adhered to the back and black buttons with twine laced through; then the buttons are glued to the top of each charm. I love the Graphic 45 paper line! You can also get this and the charms at Croppinsville. I also used Dimensional Pearls on the flourishes and Dew Drops on the border.
My previous "design projects" were not labeled and hopefully I can track them a little better from now on!
Have a great weekend and thanks for checking in!

Angel