'TOVER'S Tag Series...Part ll

Howdy Peeps....

If you are poppin' by for the first time....

Make sure to check out the tag from yesterday!!

Today....I want to share the second tag I whipped up
as part of my 'TOVER'S Tag Series!

I had dipped this tag in the left over ink from yesterday's tag!
....never wasting a drop!

I also needed to check techniques
 I will be using an upcoming class.
Hence the UmWowSTUDIOS ~ Damaged Punchinella Background
colored with a mixture of Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Glaze ~ Satchel
and Glimmer Mist ~ Roll Top Desk

.....LOVIN' the look!

The Petaloo blooms were already colored and matched PERFECTLY!!

I only had 2 ~ diecut ivy cut from a piece os
Tattered Angels ~ Pure Mistable Papers ~ Linen.

The leaves had been caught up in some "overspray"
so I pulled out a bottle of
Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Glam ~ Lime Cordial
and painted the diecuts!

I had a bit of misc twine and lace
so I created a form of a "Loopy Bow"
to adorn my flower cluster!

Of course.....the tag had to say "SOMETHING"....
I scanned the pages of Tim Holtz ~ ChitChat stickers
and chose
"cherish, adore, love"

LOVE how the 'TOVER tag came together!!!

Have I inspired you to pull out your 'TOVER'S and
create something yet???

Pop on back on Friday for the last tag

in the series....and a little something
I have up my sleeve!!!

YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!!

'TOVER Tag Series......

Hello my friends.....

I don't know about you but.....
I HAVE TONS of leftover flowers!

Between my Petaloo Design Team Projects....
designing classes and just
creating stuff for the rest of my design teams
I have lots of 'TOVERS!
those pieces parts that just
didn't turn out the way I planned....or
got caught up in the overspray
or just didn't get put back in their package.

I throw them into a basket I have on my work table.

Here is some of the GOODNESS from my 'TOVERS basket!

You may or may not have noticed,
there are all kids of tags, cards and
other goodies that I put in my basket with
"extra" product on them

You know....the left over texture mediums or paints

or sprays left on my Craft Sheet or stencils....
can't waste that stuff now!

Here is a piece of Canvas Corp Brands ~ C Flute Kraft
that I applied various 'TOVER Perfect Paint Mediums

through stencils. I then cut them into pieces to
create tags from.

Here is where the fun begins.....

I wanted to break from my typical color palette and branch out a bit,

so I pulled out a few of my Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist.

Crushed Shells

Roll Top Desk

Bahama Blue

Navy Blue and

Amethyst

And let the fun begin.....

Here is the first tag I made.

I have been working on a flower cut out....

the Navy Blue flower is the product of my trials!

Still a few more tweeks needed.

In my 'TOVERS basket I had the buckram rolled flower

so, I colored it with Amethyst and Crushed Shells Glimmer Mist.

I pulled out one of my UmWowSTUDIOS chippies.....
Vintage Wire Birdcage.

With my fingers, I applied a bit of
Perfect Paints ~ Raw Silk ~ Polishing Plaster
to my birdcage.
I spritzed it with a bit of Roll Top Desk
and dabbed on a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you know me.....my creations need to say something!!
I used Tim Holtz Chitchat stickers.....
PERFECT!!

A bit of vintage lace,

cheese cloth and twine and there you have the

first of three in my 'TOVER Tag Series.

What do you do with your 'TOVERS???

MAKE SURE TO STOP BACK BY TOMORROW
to see the second tag!!!

Word of 2016

I don't know about you.....

but I don't find CHANGE to be an EASY THING....

in hindsight it usually is for the good....

but the path to get to the other side is not usually an easy one!

I decided I wanted to create

 a canvas to showcase my word....

I began by pulling out the things that I love and hoard....

Vintage paper and lace
flowers
stencils and
my paint and texture.

I adhered vintage sheet music to my canvas with 

Ranger's Multi Medium.

When dry, I pulled out
The Crafter's Workshop stencil ~ Tuscan Wall

and applied Perfect Paints ~ Polishing Plaster ~ Sunwashed Clay.

When dry I applied a layer of 

Perfect Paints ~  Perfect Glaze Medium.

While the glaze was drying I began constructing my heart.....

The patchwork heart was constructed of papers from the

Ella and Viv Company papers.

I adhered various vintage laces over

a few of the heart pieces along with a bit of

Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint.

When my canvas was dry, I applied a few layers of

Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Rainstorm

Bright Gold

Aged Copper

and Cantaloupe.

Then, I adhered my heart with

Ranger Multi Medium ~ Matte.

I then used Faber Castell's Big Brush Pens to created

depth on and around the heart!

While sorting through my life....

I came across my stash of Tim Holtz Grungeboard!

OH THE LOVE.....

The letters in the Nature ~ Plain collection were just PERFECT!

I smeared on layers of

Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic and

edged with my Big Brush Pen and

adhered with Ranger's Multi Medium ~ Matte.

Now to accent my heart.....

a bit of chicken wire

some Petaloo Botanica Blooms

and UmWowStudio chippies!!

I applied Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco over a

UmWowStudio ~ Leaf Stems chippy.

When dry, I painted with Perfect Paints ~ Spanish Moss

and once again used my Big Brush Pen to edge.

What better way to show change....

then a BUTTERFLY!!

I used one from UmWowStudio

and dabbed on various layers of paint!

What is your word for the new year???

Six Years Ago.....

Six Years Ago....this month

I was contacted by the folks are Reminisce

announcing I was the GRAND PRIZE winner

of their 2010 Design Team Search!

I remember that day soooo CLEARLY!
I scared my entire family
as I let out a loud WHAAHOOOP!

So when the folks at Ella and Viv Paper Company
(sister company to Reminisce)
contacted me to showcase some of their new
paper collections.....I was HONORED!

Here is what I created with their
Vintage Backgrounds Collections.

I began my creation by pulling out a

12 x 12 Black Canvas by Canvas Corp Brands

and the GORGEOUS Vintage Background papers...

I cut the papers into various geometric shapes

and adhered the shapes to my canvas

using Ranger's ~ Multi Medium Matte.

When dry, I cut a heart from copy paper

and placed it on my canvas.

Then, I chose

The Crafter's Workshop ~ Organic Matter Stencil

and applied

Perfect Paints ~ Perfect Clear Texture Gel,

rather heavy handily!

When it was dry,

I created a heart with some Lacelon,

a vintage plastic lace

and adhered it to the masked heart area.

This is when it get's scary....

I applied a mixture

of equal parts

Perfect Paints ~ Perfect Glaze Medium

and 

Perfect Paints ~ Aged Copper Shimmering Matte Acrylic

and applied it over the entire canvas....

and waited!

After a minute or so

(which seemed like years)

I used baby wipes to remove the excess.

The results are SOOO WORTH the panic!

See how the the paint remained in the crevices!

With my finger, I applied various

Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Sangria, Bright Gold, Peony, and Red Wagon

to my heart....

which all matched SOOO WELL

with the Ella and Viv's Paper Company

 Vintage Background #6.

I used Faber Castell ~ Big Brush Pen ~ Walnut Brown

around the edges of the heart to create depth!

To accent my canvas,

I pulled out a couple packages of

Petaloo ~ Chantilly Mixed Blooms

Lilac/Purple, Sienna and Mauve

to create my flower cluster.

I added leaves cut from Tim Holtz ~ Tattered Leaves

cut from Canvas Corp Brands ~ Avocado Burlap

accented with

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Glam ~ Lime Cordial.

I finished off my canvas with one of my FAVORITE stamps

designed by Yvonne Blair/ Impression Obsession.

I stamped on a piece of

Canvas Corp Brands ~ Tissue Stock ~ Ivory

with Ranger's ~ Archival Ink ~ Jet Black

and adhered to it to my canvas

with Ranger's ~ Multi Medium ~ Matte.

I hope you have enjoyed my creative process,

I KNOW I DID!

A BIG THANK YOU to folks at

Ella and Viv Paper Company

for thinking of me and

giving me the opportunity to create with their

FABULOUS papers!

Thank You......THANK YOU!

HI PEEPS.....

I had the needed to make a few 

THANK YOU cards....

So, I decided to use this
 The April Sketch Challenge and Die~Namites Dare!!!

Every month a new sketch will be introduced....

the sketch can be interpreted as a card, layout or altered piece!

You need to use at least one Die~Namites Die in your creation.

You have until the last day of the month to post your creation on your blog, 

with mention of the Die~Namites Die used and a link back to the Die~Namites Dies blog. 

Link your blog post, using Inlinkz, to the Die~Namites Die blog.

A random winner will be chosen from eligible participants

for a $25 Gift Certificate to the Die~Namites Dies

Here is my take on the sketch....

I pulled out a few pieces of patterned paper from

 Marion Smith's  ~ Motley and Never Grow Up Collections.

I began with the Self Portrait as the card base.

I placed the Crafter's Workshop stencil ~ Cityscape
and applied Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

through the stencil.

I then pulled out Mini Ledger Stencil

and applied Golden ~ Molding Paste

and dried it.

I applied Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain 

through the Paradise Stencil.

(I loved that it bled under the stencil!!)

Using various Marion Smith papers

I die~cut several

Nana's Flowers

I colored one of "Nana's Flowers" with

Picked Strawberries ~ Distress Stain and
Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain and then

spritzed it with a Gold Mist.

I used the second die~cut of Nana's Flowers
to fill in the die~cut areas of the painted die~cut.

I then colored a few Petaloo ~ Mini Pearl Daisies
with a smidge of Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

and applied them to the die~cut Nana's Flowers.

I had also cut out 

Beautiful Flowers

which I ended up not using it on my "sketch" card

but created a second card with the

left~over pieces parts....

I used the "left~over" Nana's Flowers

as the backdrop for

the colored Beautiful Flowers.

I just LOVE how the patterned paper mixes so well

with the Picked Raspberries ~ Distress Stain.

I DO hope you will pull out a few of your
Die~Namites Dies and Play ALONG with US!

Ranger Melt Art Mania!

Howdy Peeps!!!

Thank you for poppin in today 

to join me and Ranger as we continue

to explore Melt Art....

But before we go any further....

If I had a bucket list....this would be right up

there at the top of my list....

the HONOR and PRIVILEGE  to 

design for Ranger/Tim Holtz.

When I opened my email around 2ish am
to find an email from Tim asking me

to join such an FANTABULOUS group
of SUPER CREATIVE people...

can I tell you....

I never went back to sleep that night...

The wheels began to turn!!

Now, if you know ANYTHING about me....

you know, I am all about flowers....

so I decided I would pull out my Melt Pot,

some Clear Beeswax and a few Petaloo Flowers....

and let the games begin!!

Here is what I came up with.....

The Wild Blossoms Darjeeling Collection by Petaloo

I used......began as white flowers.

I colored them with a Wild Honey Distress Reinker Mixture,

a dab or Fired Brick Distress Re~inker ink,

a spritz of Dylusions ~ Ink Spray....

and dipped 'em in a pan of Clear ~ Melt Art Beeswax....

VOILA!

I created a video tutorial on how I colored the flowers 

and about the "dippin" process.

Hope you enjoy it!!!!

NOW DON'T RUN AWAY TOOO QUICK!!

There is a give~away involved here!!

This is how it works.....

 Leave a comment on my blog....
and YOUR IN!!

DRAWING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 1ST

Who knows....

you could be chosen for the
SUPER FABBY MELT ART GOOODIES!

PRODUCTS USED:

Ranger ~ Melt Art

Melt Pot

Clear Beeswax

Project Pan

Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Medium ~ Matte

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Reinkers

Wild Honey

Fired Brick

Dyan Reavely's Dylusion Ink Spray

Squeezed Orange

Vibrant Turquoise

Ranger ~ Perfect Pearls

Perfect Gold

Mint

Forever Green

Perfect Bronze

Tim Holtz ~ Tiny Attacher

Mini Gears

Petaloo ~ Printed Darjeeling Flowers

Wild Blossoms ~ Large and Medium ~ White

Wild Butterfly ~ White

Mixed Textured Mini ~ Teal

Chantilly Velvet Leaves