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Well I thought I had missed the whole month of challenges at Just For Fun but with five weeks in September there is an Anything goes challenge. I made this tag yesterday using distress inks,pencil crayons, modeling paste and embossing powders. The stamps are from Lost Coast, Stampin Up and Old Island Stamp Co.
Thanks you for looking! I hope it is sunny wherever you are.
Here is the tag I made for the challenge at Just For Fun which is to say it with words. We have had a heron hanging around our boathouse for the last few days. He will stand there for a VERY long time looking into the water....waiting patiently for a fish to come by. My stamps are from Tim Holtz/ Old Island Stamp Company and elusive images. I also used Stazon black ink, clear embossing powder , versamark and TH Ranger distress inks.
Me- I am not so patient. How about you?
Thank you for looking! Happy Sunday!
I made this for the challenge at Just for Fun where we are to use metal. I bought a piece of metal at the Reuse store for $1.00. Rick said it would be too thick for my Big Shot (I wouldn't use a die you like with that). When I cut it out I could tell it was just a bit thicker than ideal but I just passed it through 3 times and got my die cuts (See I told you it wasn't too thick). Don't you just hate it when they are even a little bit right. I don't think I damaged anything so all is well. I painted my precious metal (it is now) with some paint I also bought there -Debby Travis hammered metal metallic paint. I painted over the bird with blue acrylic painted and stamped script on it. The crown is TH grunge board painted with Ranger silver dabber. I put alcohol inks on the cage but I didn't like how it looked so I took it off. I used a bit of black paint to age it . The beads and butterfly were from my stash.
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This is my entry for Gingersnap Creations challenge to use packaging materials. I started with a piece of Prima packaging and added black corrugated cardboard on top. The main piece is brown cardboard inked with Colorbox chalk- lime pastel. The lace (Art Impressions) and dress form (Tim Holtz) were embossed with clear ep and swirls (Stampin Up) stamped over with black archival ink. I then ironed off the ep and stamped the dress form slightly off the original. I stamped a TH swirl stamp on the bodice. I cut the buttons from a velvet box liner using a Sizzix die. The bella label came off a package. The flower petals were cut with Sizzix Die-Daisy's #2 from painted deli paper and corrugated cardboard. The centre button was inked with versamark and then partially inked with archival black. I really like how this turned out. I am also going to join in on the Just for Fun Challenge- Anything Goes.
Thank you for looking. For those of you following the hummingbird tale I posted another baby picture. It is two posts down. They are growing fast.
Okay maybe this week I can play. The roof is done and I quit my "maid" job. I made this tag while I was supposed to be making Birthday cards. Four of the women on my road (including me) have their birthdays in June. A lot of Gemini's. I am entering this in 3 places ; Grungy Monday we are to use distress inks; Simon Says Stamp and Show we are to make a tag ; and Just for Fun has the theme "With my little eye".
I used Tim's fabulous distress inks for my background and for stamping the words and leaves. I used archival black by Ranger for stamping the images. Face by Rubber Stampede, flowers by Stampin Up, Be, Swirl and Bee by See D. Wings and words are Tim Holtz. I used a gold gel pen to outline some of the images and it didn't scan the color it really is. C'est la vie.
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My blogging friend Donna from Mexico sent me a maid and a gardener so I got to finish my Just for Fun tag. For this tag we had to use "scraplings". ( those leftover pieces from making cards. I cut my 21/2 inch pieces in half and covered a tag. That size is also perfect for making mini paper rosettes (TH die). I added brads to the center. The scraps and tag are all edged with dusty concord. The rayon ribbon has been sprayed, squished and heated to make it curly. The stamps are from Hampton Art. I stamped with versafine. I colored the wings with water color pencils and coated with Rock Candy distress stickles.
It seems Blogger was making mischief yesterday and disappeared the JFF challenge so I will have to link up later.
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