Spring HAS TO COME!

I just came across this post in
DRAFT FORM....been there awhile!!
I will share it anyways!

Can I just say I am SOO HAPPY
we are in the month of March.
We lived through the coldest winter
on record, here in New Hampshire
with lots and lots of snow!

SPRING HAS TO COME!

I truly enjoyed this month's DT package,
full of bright and cheery Petaloo blooms
and an assignment of a "Spring Project"!

I pulled out a 4 x 6 Canvas Panel
and created the background by painting
on various colors of Perfect Paint ~
Shimmering Matte Artist Acrylic
that matched the Burlap Blossoms
Yellow
Ivory and
Pistachio
I chose to use.

I colored the edges of an Ivory Burlap Blossom
to match the Antique Rose Forget Me Nots,
just PERFECT!
And how cute are the
Teastained Yellow Darjeeling Petites!?!

I will patiently awaiting the arrival of Spring...
and the blossoms because....
FLOWERS MAKE THE SOUL HAPPY!!!

PRODUCTS USED:

PETALOO

Textured Elements  ~ Burlap
Burlap Blossoms
Ivory
Pistachio
Premier Darjeeling
Petites ~ Yellow
Premier Penny Lane
Forget Me Nots ~ Antique Rose

PERFECT PAINTS
Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint
Halo
Bright Pink
Bright Gold
Moss Green
Oyster

DIE~NAMITES DIES
Large Ivy Die

CANVAS CORP BRANDS
Tattered Angels
Pure Mistable Papers
Tweed ~White

BO BUNNY
Gold Glitter Paste

VIVA LAS VEGASTAMPS
Brick Background

Hoppin' into Spring with Tombow.....

Hello and Welcome to the Tombow USA and Die-Namites Blog Hop! 

You probably got here from Latrice Murphy’s blog
but if you stumbled across my blog go the Tombow USA Blog to start! 

Here is my creation....

I am going to tell you....
this was my first time playing with Tombow's Liquid Adhesive!

AND I LIKED THEM!!

I began by painting a 5 x 7 Art Canvas with Perfect Paints.

I then applied Tombow's MONO Multi Liquid Glue

through the Crafter's Workshop's ~ Tattting Stencil

with a sponge, applied some Vintage Glitter Glass

OH THE LOVE!!!

HOW PRETTY!!

With my background complete, I let the DIE~CUTTING begin!!

Using Die~Namites Dies and CCB Kraft Paper, I cut several

Knobby Branch

and Die~Namites Dies ~ Small Ivy and CCB Tweed ~ White,

I cut (3)...

Lastly, I die~cut (1) Die~Namites Dies ~ Summer Branch

from CCB Linen ~ White

Do you see the super cute white flowers??

They were created by cutting many layers of CCB TissueStock

with Die~Namites Dies ~ Daisy Branch

and applying a dab of Tombow's Mono ~ Multi Liquid Glue

to hold the layers together. Using a fan brush, I applied more

Mono ~ Multi Liquid Glue to the edges of my newly made flowers

and sprinkled on a bit of Vintage Glitter Glass.

I loved the look SOOO much I repeated the process

on the Petaloo Botanica Bloom.

I adhered all my pieces parts to the background

using MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.

I hope you enjoyed my creation and

experiment with Tombo's Mono Adhesives.

The Tombow USA prize includes:
The Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive, NEW Tombow Foam Tape,
NEW Tombow Adhesive Dots and the Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue. 

The Die-Namites prize is: a $25.00 Gift Certificate.

Remember to “Like” Tombow USA and Die-Namites on Facebook! 

YOUR NEXT STOP IS Die-Namites Dies Blog

Here is the line up in case you get lost.

Tombow USA Blog

Martha Lucía Gómez 

Beth Watson

Pam Bray

Daniella Hayes

Erin Reed

Jennie Garcia

Tina Guigui

Jennifer Priest

Peggy Lee Baker

Latrice Murphy

Lynne Forsythe

Die-Namites Dies Blog

Laugh, Create, Inspire, Execute

As part of a business class I am taking,
I had to pick value based words from a large list of word, that appealed to me....

then reorganize the words into 4 groups with similar meanings
 then choose one word for each group, creating my
 4 Most Important Words that represent me....
I chose....

LAUGH

CREATE

INSPIRE

EXECUTE!

As part of the assignment I was told to keep the words
in front of my face....

so I created a canvas

using items from my "MISFITS" stash....

The background of my canvas was created using
TONS of the Crafter's Workshop Stencils and Perfect Paints.

I love using those "cast offs" that never made it onto
other creations....

To bring it ALL TOGETHER,

I sprayed the entire Petaloo flower cluster with
Crushed Shells ~ Glimmer Mist.

I pulled out my stash of Tim Holtz ~ Alpha Parts
for my 4 Words!

There you have it.....

Products Used:

Perfect Paints

Shimmering Matte Artist Acrylic
Lime Green
True Blue
Cajun Pumpkin
Rain Slicker
Red Wagon
Halo

Expresso
Bright Gold

Polishing Plaster ~ Oyster Bay
Fluid Medium & Varnish

the Crafter's WorkshopTCW484S ~ Netting
TCW478S ~ Beaded Chain
TCW324S ~ Cubist
TCW484 ~ Netting

Canvas Corp BrandsTattered Angels
Crushed Shells ~ Glimmer Mist

PetalooLots of goodness

Playin' with 'tovers....

Recently, I've been working like crazy on crafty projects....one day while cleaning up my crafting space, I came across a BUNCH of 'tovers..... you know the "pieces parts" that get pulled out or created that NEVER make it onto your creation. That is the basis for my canvas.

I began with a Canvas Corp Brands Natural Canvas,
some OHHH SOOO FUN new products I've been working with....PERFECT PAINTS!
and one of my FAVORITE Templates ~ Garden Gate ~ TCW382.
 

I applied the texture mediums through the template, when dry I applied a bit of Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Crushed Shells.

How AMAZING is the stenciled image! Just PERFECT for all my 'tovers!

So what do you do with your 'tovers??

Products Used
Die~Namites Dies ~ Large and Small Ivy
Petaloo ~ Darjeeling Collection
Canvas Corp Brands ~ 6x6 Stretched Natural Canvas
Tattered Angels ~ Crushed Shells Glimmer Mist
The Crafter's Workshop ~ Garden Gate 6 x 6
Perfect Paints
Authentique Grateful Collection

Makin' Tags.....part 2

Hi peeps
thank you for stopping by for part 2 of “MAKIN’ TAGS”.
If you missed part one
it can be seen here.http://lynneforsythe.blogspot.com/2014/08/makin-tags.html

As mentioned in my previous post,
I created tags using Core’dinations ~ Heavyweight 110lb ~ White Cardstock.
…..wicked nice paper!

I used TCW487s ~ Alhambra Stencil
and a bit of Wendy Vecchi ~ crackled texture paste.
….love this stuff too!

When the embossing paste had dried,
I gave the tag a good spritz of Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist.
Isn’t it awesome how it just seeped into the
crackled embossing paste!!!

Here is my finished tag….
a bit of gauze,
a piece of chippie
a Die~Namites Dies ~ Large Ivy and
some Petaloo Darjeeling and Penny Lane flowers
and a few words of inspiration!

Now are you ready for my last tag??

Have you seen the Fragments by The Crafter’s Workshop??
This is the first time I have ever used one….
I especially LOVE……
TCW2050 Crosshatched Frags!

I loaded up my palette knife with Glass Beads
and randomly smeared it through the Crosshatched Fragment.
Then, I liberally spritzed the tag with Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist,
when it had dried.

I randomly stamped on the tag
with a stamp from Viva LasVegaStamps ~ Pound ‘o Rubber.
Finished it off with a chippie
and some Petaloo Darjeeling and Botanica flowers.

I hope you have enjoyed my tags….
it truly was a fun process….
NEW Release TCW Stencils
new textures and
lots of color and flowers!!!

I hope you enjoyed my tags.....
I am entering them into the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!!

Makin' Tags......

Did you know The Crafter's Workshop has a NEW RELEASE of stencils??

I’m having a BLAST playing with them!
I’m also having a blast playing with some NEW TEXTURES
with my NEW STENCILS!!

Today, I am going to share with you
2 of the 4 tags I recently created!

I cut my tags from Core’dinations Heavyweight 110lb White Cardstock.
This paper is AMAZING….
it’ll take all the liquid you can give it and pretty much
retain it’s shape!!

For my first tag I used
TCW494s ~ Trapezoid Flower.
I applied both Wendy Vecchi ~ Metallic Gold Embossing and Crackled Texture Pastes
through the stencil.
When dry, I then spritzed the tag with Tattered Angels ~ Kraft Glimmer Mist
and painted on a bit of Tattered Angels ~ Blue Bubbles Glimmer Mist
over the Wendy Vecchi ~ Crackled texture paste.

I then ran a bit of Wendy Vecchi/Ranger ~ Watering Can Archival Ink over the entire tag face.

When dry, I then embellished the tag with Petaloo ~ Textured Elements flowers
and Tattered Angels ~ Mistable Papers
diecut using Die~Namites Dies ~ Large Ivy.

For my second tag….

I used TCW486s ~ Labyrinth Stencil
and a bit of Wendy Vecchi ~ Translucent Embossing Paste.
I then created a tie-dye effect by spritzing
various Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mists and letting them run together.

Once again…..
I embellished the tag with
Petaloo Botanica Collection flowers, burlap and a bit of jute

I hope you have enjoyed my tags….
’cause I sure had fun making them!!
Make sure to stop back later for my other 2 tags.

I hope you enjoyed my tags.....

I am entering them into the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!!

Chase the DREAM!

I really had a FUN TIME creating this project....

I had no idea what I was doing....
.....or where it would take me!

This is how I created the background paper.

I began with a piece of white cardstock.
Then, I laid down a layer of Ranger's ~ Multi Medium

all over the cardstock with a fan brush.
I placed Petaloo ~ Embossed Daisies ~ Tangerine and Tulip Yellow
randomly all over the cardstock and dried it.

Next, using a fan brush,
 I brushed on a layer of Ranger ~ Dina Wakely ~ White Gesso
not completely covering the flowers.

When dry, I applied
Wendy Vecchi's ~ embossing paste ~ translucent

through a
The Crafter's Workshop ~ Kasia's Letter Template.

I dried the paper throughly.

Then I spritzed the paper with
Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Aquamarine.
Dried the paper again and spritzed the paper with
Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Candlelight.

When dry, I used TCW ~ Kasia's Letter Template again,

 this time applying the White Gesso
with a Stencil Brush.

Creating this....

I cut the paper to size to cover my

"Chunky ATC"

I then embellished the top and front of 

my "Chunky ATC".

I had left over "created" paper and pieces parts so, I made this card.

I just love Tattered Angels ~ Mistable Papers ~ Linen
colored with 

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Olive Vine and

Glimmer Glaze ~ Parsley

cut with Die~Namites Dies ~ Large Ivy die.

Hope you enjoyed my creative journey!!!

MOTHERHOOD.....

Recently, my daughter had a WONDERFUL little baby boy.....

but his arrival has been full of challenges....
I wanted to maker her something special...
and this is what I came up with!

For my canvas I used

Die~Namites ~ Heart Leaves Swirl

and

Die~Namites ~ Large Ivy

Both dies were cut from Tattered Angels Mistable papers...

Seersucker and White Linen.

I love these papers because it allows me to

customize the colors of my die cuts for the piece I am creating.

I colored the Heart Leaves Swirl with

Tattered Angels ~ Chalkboard ~ Apricot Nectar and

Large Ivy ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Key Lime Pie.

Also, I didn't use the Large Ivy as a whole diecut.

When I designed this die....

I did so with ideas of using as a whole

or as pieces parts!

PS.....my daughter loves her canvas of encouragement!!!

PRODUCTS USED:

DIE~NAMITES DIESHeart Leaves Swirl

Large Ivy

Canvas Corp Brands6x6 Stretched Canvas

Tattered AngelsGlimmer Mist

Precious Metal

Key Lime Pie

Riptide

Corn Bread

Chalk Board ~ Apricot Nectar

Glimmer Glaze ~ Carrot

The Crafters Workshop

Mini Tile Texture ~ 6 x 6

Texturized ~ 12 x 12

Petaloo

Mixed Textured Blossoms x 4 ~ Ivory

Mixed Textured Mini Blossoms ~ Teal

Darjeeling ~ Dahlias ~ Shabby Beige

Mini Pearl Daisies ~ Cottage Blue & Pistachio

Wendy VecchiEmbossing Paste ~ White

Archival Ink ~ Orange Blossom