Tim Holtz - 12 tags of Christmas 2008 #10

  Here is my tenth tag for 2008 of our TH tags from start to finish challenge. Sorry about the blurry scan. It has been that kind of week. Go here to see Tim's version of this tag. To see who else is playing in this challenge go here. 
  I hope to be back in the groove soon but right now life has been interfering with my blogging time. At least my internet is fixed now. I hope you are all having a great weekend!


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Grungy Monday #4-A New Dimension

  Can you believe we have had 2 weeks for the Grungy Monday challenge and I am just getting to it now. I loved Tim's idea with the piece of railway tie. I hoped I would find something like that I would be inspired by but it didn't happen so I went with paper and elements I love. I did pick up some watches at the thrift store so that helped. I am not finished with this piece yet but decided to put it away for today after not noticing I had cut my finger and getting blood on it and then  gluing the back on backwards. It is usually when I am trying to be very careful that stuff like that happens. I have used Graphic 45 Steampunk paper , TH embellishments, rusty hinge distress ink, vintage photo distress stain and copper tape.


  Thank you for looking! Happy Mother's Day!

Ten Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge: Day Three

  Todays Ten Times Ten Challenge tag is a steampunk theme that must include a key, 3 arrows and a pointing hand. You must also use some heat embossing and sponging. One element must be metal and one must be cut out by hand. My background is sponged with distress inks and a sea sponge. I ran it through a Cuttlebug gears folder. My light machine and cyclists and lock and ket were cut out by hand. the light filaments were distressed with wild honey di and embossed with clear. Do not disturb was also embossed. The stamps are from 7 gypsies. Arrows are TH. I think this is my first Steampunk tag. I love the theme but haven't had much success with it.
 It seems I forgot to read the guidelines before I entered these Challenges and it turns out the Vagabond can only be won from someone in the U.S.A. because of shipping etc. Perfectly understandable. That's okay. Stampin Dymonz told me to stick around for the daily prizes and said she is going to have more challenges when this one finishes. So all you Tim fans should check it out.  And whoo hoo seems I won yesterdays prize! Your kind wishes worked.


Have a super day! Thanks for looking!

Ten Times Ten Grand Giveaway Challenge -Day 2

  As you can see I am playing catch up on the Ten Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge. I am supposed to be doing other things but you know how it goes. Day 2 asked for masking and the theme is bees. I used TH stencil mask, butterfly stamp and words, and distress inks. The tag was also sprayed with perfect pearls- pearl mixed with Ranger color refresher. Come and have a look and all the great tags.


Thank you for all of your kind comments. I may not get to visit you till tomorrow.
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Gingersnap Creations: GC94: Spicy Supply - Office Supplies

Here is my entry for The Spicy Supply Challenge at Gingersnap Creations. I think you will be seeing me use my Artful Dwellings Die quite often for the next while. I have used TH crowded attic paper, tissue tape and distress inks  to create my home office. The photo color is showing much lighter than the actual piece. 


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Tim Holtz - 12 tags of Christmas- 2007- #9

Here we are with tag#9 for 2007. This was a pretty easy one as I had all the pieces. It is never too late to join in and you don't need to make the tags with a Christmas theme. If you decide to play, link your tag to "Inkin It Up" where Kathy has a place for us to link up.

They are saying it might snow today and already a few flakes have fallen. This is not normal for February. I hope you have a great weekend and Thank you for looking!

Last minute Christmas gifts

I thought I would show you these mini calendars I made using Tim Holtz papers and stamps. The holder is magnetic so they can hang on the refrigerator. They went together really fast and were fun to make.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the Tim Holtz giveaway that YOURS ARTFULLY is having. We can all use more Tim stuff.

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 19

Over at Studio L3 this week, Linda has us doing Extreme Masking. I have been playing with this technique since Monday but I wasn't happy with the results until I listened to my Bird brain. That is I have birds on the brain because after a long time of trying I finally have a chickadee taking sunflower seeds out of my hand. It is amazing how it feels to have a little chickadee grasping your finger . She sits there and throws the first 2 or 3 sunflower seeds onto the ground before she takes one and flies off. So cool. Anyway for this challenge I used TH letters and stamps. I used chipped sapphire, rusty hinge and crushed olive distress inks.

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Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 18

The challenge for this week at Studio L3 is dabber resist. This is one of my favorite techniques. I used a Stampin Up wheel- midnight musings to create the background. I used distress inks - dusty concord, wild honey and forest moss. I stamped the owl and raven on glossy card stock and cut them out. The skull is grunge board painted with snowcap white. I put a piece of red acetate behind it. I can't believe we are half way all ready. I really look forward to these challenges and it is so great to see how everyone interprets the technique.

Thank you for looking! A special thanks to all those who have commented on my posts. It really

makes my day.

The PLAY DATE CAFE - PDCC 49

This week over at the Play Date Cafe we are given the colors hot pink, turquoise, rusty orange and chocolate brown. I have made a distressed piece using TH distress inks, a Cuttlebug "gears" embossing folder, TH "gears" die, TH stamps and embellishments. I have used alcohol ink on the clock and stickles on the gears.

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Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 16

Here we go with challenge #16. This week the amazing Linda of Studio L3 has us doing "wrinkle free distress". Wouldn't it be nice to be wrinkle free. My fish (Scrollswork) was embossed onto a baroque die cut before doing the technique. I used faded jeans, broken china, tumbled glass, chipped sapphire and rusty hinge distress inks. I outlined the fish with a black pencil and partially stamped over it with black archival ink. I filled in the back of the fish with modeling paste to give him depth, added some black soot distress stickles to his back and made him an eye using " crystal effects". I added some miniature starfish and called it complete.

Next Monday will not be the same without a new challenge but I am glad for all those lucky people who are cruising with Tim. Thank you for looking!

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 14

Here we are at week 14 of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge at Studio L3. Mondays will never be the same. This week it's all about using masks. I used a TH Haunted mask, TH flutterby stamp, black soot and fired brick distress inks, turquoise felt pen, fiskers heart punch, words from SU and a plastic spider.

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Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 13

Week 13 at L3 Studio. The Compendium of Curiosities Challenge continues. This week its about the flowers. I used a variety of papers all distressed with vintage photo ink and the Sizzix THA tattered flowers die. My flower brads were painted with black alcohol ink. The background was made using SU wheel Very Vintage and clear embossing powder. It and the paper tape were distressed with vintage photo ink. Not sure where the words came from. Thank you for looking! Come and join in the fun!

Alter it Monthly - August

This is the first time I have entered the Alter it Monthly Challenge. I can really use some inspiration to alter all those "things" I have collected. The theme for August is Music. THE ALTERED ELEMENT is offering a prize which makes it even more fun to enter. I picked up this mini cupboard at a $1.00 store eons ago. I covered it with music paper, and TH symphony tape. I also used acrylic antique white paint and matte Mod Podge. I used part of a TH stamp and an image from my stash. Thank you for looking!

THE PLAY DATE CAFE - PDCC 42

I made this for the color challenge at Play Date Cafe. This is not a color combination I love so I thought it would be good practice. All the stamps I used are Tim Holtz. The words are from Lisa's Altered Art and the paper is My Minds Eye. The inks are Stazon and distress. Thank you for looking!

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 8

I am back and ready for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #8 taking place at Studio L3. This week we are Inking Grunge. I love the cementy look of inked grunge and how stamping on it with different colors gives an image depth. I have used stormy sky, bundled sage, dusty concord and broken china distress inks. I also used midnight blue, jet black and stone grey Stazon inks. The stamps are TH, The Old Island Stamp Company and Inkadinkado (I think). I used stream and black alcohol inks on the metal dragonflies. Thank you for looking!

Thank you for all of the wonderful comments and well wishes. I was at the annual family camp out. We had too much heat, mosquitoes, lightening storms with pouring rain, kayak misadventures and a really good time!

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 5

It's Monday again ! Time to get grungy. This week for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge we are to use distress powders. I have used broken china, weathered wood, tea dye,old paper and black soot distress powders and ink. I also used the Sizzix patchwork folder and Baroque die. I will embellish this when I put it into my book. I am with Linda on loving distress embossing powder. I find the most important step when using it is to shake it up well just before you apply it. Thank you for looking !

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 4

The Compendium of Curiosities Challenge this week is Shabby Chic. The painting is shabby but the pearls are chic. I used pitch black, pool and snowcap Dabbers. The jesters stamp is from Scrollswork , the floor is Tim Holtz and Celebrate is from S.U. This is a fun but frustrating technique. Patience is not my middle name. Thank you for looking.

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 3

Time for the Compendium of Curiosities -week 3. The challenge this week is alcohol ink monoprints. I have used Tim Holtz stamps and stream,eggplant, denim,stonewash, inks and pearl mixative. Thank you for looking and thank you for all the wonderful comments last week.They are so appreciated.

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge- week 2

The challenge for week 2 of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge is to use fragments in your piece. I have used Tim Holtz stamps and one from Stampington, distress inks and archival ink to create this page for my book. Thank you for looking.