A Forgotten Post

We were challenged to make projects with Shrink Plastic for the Inspiration Emporium.

I hurried and did mine, but forgot to post it after the IE blog did the roll out....so here from Minnesota comes the Shrink Plastic Card....Girls Rule!

This was really a collaboration of several products, but it turned out very different than what I'd been doing.

The card itself is sprayed with Turquoise Spray Ink.

It's stamped with a Dylusions stamp, a dotted background stamp, and Archival Ink...white dots are added with a Posca pen.

The black tag is embossed, sprayed with Perfect Pearls, and trimmed. Then more white penwork is added.

The white doily is painted with acrylic paint then Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder is added. Lastly I spritzed with more Spray Ink.

Then the black pen adds some markings for contrast.

The Shrink Plastic pieces are lightly coated with Gesso, dried overnight, and then stamped, cut out, and shrunk with a heat tool.

You can punch a hole before shrinking or use Drill Punch after to add the jumpring for the butterfly.

Add markers or inks with a brush for a hint of color.

They're all layered onto the card and a pink Crinkle Ribbon bow is added to the top of the tag.

Vintage card....done!

Linda

Products Used:

• Tim Holtz - Stamper's Anonymous - The Girls,  and Papillon
• Tim Holtz -  Alterations Texture Fades Embossing Folders - Burlap and Swirls
• Tim Holtz - Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo, Crinkle Ribbon, Drill Punch
• Dylusions Spray Inks - Black Marble, Vibrant Turquoise
• Dylusions Stamps - Bordering on the Edge
• Ranger - Jet Black Archival Ink, Clear Shrink Plastic, Black #8 tag, Perfect Pearls Mist- Heirloom Gold
• POCSA - pens/white and black

Trying to Keep it Simple - A Simple Tag

I like to make what I call a "simple tag"....layers of colors, stamps, pen ink...and a couple of 3D pieces.

 

So I started with a new #12 manila tag. Sprayed with Dylusions Inks.

 

The cool thing was, I sprayed these colors over a piece of paper I'd previously sprayed with Copper Perfect Pearls....hence...when I flipped it over to blot it....a bit of copper adhered itself to the tag. LOVED it!

 

 

 

 These are some of my FAVORITE stamps of all time that are again available from Stamper's Anonymous.

 

Priceless TREASURES!!!

 

 

 

I used Black Soot Distress ink and embossing powder on all these images.

 

 

Different parts of the tag before I added the white pen marks.

 

I loved it without anything else....but I had to add a bit of white.

 

I glued it to a piece of black chipboard for stability.

 

The 3 pieces of laser-cut gears are from Paper Whimsy. The top one is Distress Stained, the other 2 are painted with Liquid Pearls. Then stamped with Archival Ink.

 

The colors are bright...and perfect when they run together.

 

White pen marks are so much fun to add here and there to break up the color.

 

 

 

 

The green gear is a bright eye catcher in the corner breaking up the white pen marks.

 

I have always loved this stamp...I'm so glad I finally got to use it. Classic!

 

Be Well and Be Good to each other!

 

Linda

 

Products Used:

• Ranger - #12 Manila Tag, Jet Black Archival Ink, Liquid Pearls Hydrangea & Key Lime
• Dylusions Spray Inks - Fresh Lime, Crushed Grape, Vibrant Turquoise, and Squeezed Orange
• Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Black Soot, Distress Stain - Broken China
• Tim Holtz Stamps - Classic Favorites SCF 01
• Paper Whimsy - Fancy Cogs 01
• Uni-Posca - white pen
• Fine Black Embossing Powder - Unknown
   

Watercolor Technique with Stamps and Inks

 When I saw these great stamps drawn and designed by Mario Rossi III. at CHA, I KNEW I loved his style.

 

Drawing your own stamps makes you truly an Artist  ..IMHO.

 

So, to do my part to help a thriving Artist....I bought a set that is all about my favorite time of year...

 

FALL!

 

 

 What could be more about fall than the Fall colors in Dylusions Spray Inks...and mixing and playing around with them on watercolor paper was just WAY too much fun for me!

 

 

 

 

They are bright, they are concentrated, and they are gorgeous.

 

Spray your paper with water, here a Pentalic Watercolor Journal, and then load up the sprays. I did NOT blot them, I just dried them with the Heat It Tool. I wanted the intensity.

 

 

Then I stamped with Archival Jet Black ink using Dyan's Word Love and Mario Jr.'s Autumn Blueprint.

I'm not good at taking pics as I go, so this is a bad light shot, but I wanted you to see how the brown and green run together and make a very dark color.

 

This is the BEFORE.....

 

These inks have the great quality of a watercolor paint that can be lifted with water and a brush.

 

Here I'm adding puddles of water with a brush and lifting the color wherever I want to lighten.

 

 

 

 

 Using a paper towel, I lift the layers of color to lighten within the stamped image.

 

 

Just continue to take the color off in sections wherever you like.

 

I completely covered the area with the words to take lots of color out around them.

 

 

 

 

This is the AFTER.....you can see the backruns of the water created that I really like.

 

 

This detail shows the white and black penwork. And lots more stamping using the rolling technique from Dyan.

 

I used white paint on Basic Background dot stamp and colored over with the Broken China Distress Marker. Where I added some random circles with it over the Lemon Zest spray...it turned green.

 

Pretty cool...but on the white paint it remained blue.

 

I went back and took the tops off the sprays and just painted intense color back into the leaves where I wanted more color.

 

 And here you can see the drops of water that I flicked here and there...and blotted off to reveal the lighter underside of the paper.

 

These Inks are so great for this technique....

 

So if it looks way too dark, just wait, lift the color with water, high-light, and stamp some more.

 

Layers, and Layers, and Layers create depth into which you look at your painting.

  

 The Broken China over some of the white dots was the last thing I did. It just needed a bit of different color here and there to break up all the warm colors.

  

 

 And this is the last shot to bore you with of the book completely open.

 

I have to try some more of this ..... not enough hours in the day!

 

Linda

 

Products Used: 

• Dylusions Ink Sprays - Lemon Zest, Squeezed Orange, Black Marble, Postbox Red, Melted Chocolate and Fresh Lime.
• Dylusions Stamps - Word Love, Background Love, Bordering on the Edge, and Basic Background.
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Broken China
• Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous- Autumn Blueprint
• Ranger - Snow Cap Paint Dabber and Jet Black Archival Ink
• uni-POSCA - White and Black pens

 

 

A Hodge-Podge of Photos from CHA

This is just for fun...no rhyme or reason to it at all.

Just just take it for what it's worth...entertainment.

I LOVED this project we made in Donna Downey's class!!!

It's an 8x8 canvas with Gelatos, inks, paper, stamps...oh, so much going on here!

And so happy for Candy Rosenberg's creation winning Fan's Favorite and Judge's Favorite of the show!

The detail here is over-the-top amazing...check out the bird.

Congrats to Candy!!!

Did you hear Graphic 45 had a Vintage Photo Booth???

It was so cool...hats, boas, fans...etc...here Charee and I posed for a really fun shot.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Graphic 45 family and all their products.

Definitely the Royal Family of Paper Crafting.

Sadly I didn't get one single shot of the booth...what was wrong with me??? I was too stunned to take photos I guess.

I just gotta show you one of my favorite shots from the show with Gentleman Jim Hankins and Shelly Hickox...fellow DT members. xxx

And now for the "Shelly Show!"

Check out these fabulous projects she brought to the show.

Her Apothecary Shop on Wheels..awesome.

Her snowman project..gorgeous.

Her cards sitting amongst the new Bags from Tim.

And this one is fantastic....the fold-out Halloween box!

She's after your job Vanna!

Now, we're on to KaiserCraft...oh what beautiful projects in here.

Love the Christmas things...

And these storage units....be still my beating heart!

More to drool over..... I didn't get a picture of my girl Melissa Kennedy, but we always have a great hug.

Be well, my friend.

This is a T-shirt with the new Fabric Paints in a pen by Tulip.

I truly loved doing this class with Judy Haeffle from Prairie Art Stamps...she is such a talented Artist.

She paints like nobody's business...

  Soooooo many possibilities here.

Then we highlighted it with glitter.

I need to do it again to do it well, but you get the idea. They are PERMANENT when dry. Not heat setting involved. Brilliant!

The Uber Talented Ania Dabrowska aka Finnabair, in front of her masterpieces in the Prima booth.

 (sorry I misspelled earlier..corrected now)

She is as sweet as she is brilliant.

The lighting in the hall makes for terrible pictures, but this is a new board with some awesome creations on it...I think Kaz and Candy C. are on here...just guessing.

A couple of more of the dresses...sorry I don't know the designer, but she got honors as well.

And one more of my faves!

These new stamp designs are hand drawn by Mario Jr. for Stamper's Anonymous.

They were on a large drafting table in the display.

And this is part of the SA booth.

This gorgeous beauty was sitting in the LeBlanche booth...I think...someone correct me if I'm wrong.

She was stunning!

Now I'll bore you with pictures of me and friends.

The ever popular Dylan Reaveley..Lady Dy!

Caesar and Gentleman Jim.

And Lynne Forsythe and I after a fun, fun day.

She's really on a Roll....you go get 'em, girlfriend!!!

And last, but certainly not least, the gorgeous Lisa M. Pace.

Her class was OUTSTANDING...when I get it done, I'll post a picture.

This one is awful of me...looks just like me though, but Lisa is gorgeous here, so I had to post it. She is stunning as a redhead.

That's all I got.....let's hear it for all the talented people who worked TONs, and TONs of hours to help put this show together.

Your Friend in ART,

Linda

Up, Up, and Away Tutorial with Dylusions Inks

Happy Easter to everyone! Here's a fun tag tutorial to play around with.

The Balloon kinda looks like an Egg and the background tags are SO Easter in their colors.

I am in love with the new Dylusions Ink Sprays from Dylan Reaveley.

The colors are brilliant....but what would you expect from the perfectly names sprays like...Bubblegum Pink or Squeezed Orange?

So let's get started with our little tutorial on a tag!

I started with a #8 Manila Tag and spritzed it lightly with water.

Then the magic begins.

I sprayed the middle tag with several different colors of Dylusions Ink. Patted with a paper towel and dried with the Heat tool. Then I spritzed it with a bit of Walnut Stain Ink. Picked up some drops from the Non-Stick Craft Sheet and dried again.

Then I thought....try Dylan's technique of spraying one, then blotting a second one on top to capture the excess ink....

So the ones on the sides are that process.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do, didn't want to ruin the "cool" tag, so I started with the dark one on the left. (who says "it's just a piece of paper???) I'm a chicken sometimes.

So off we go! I used the Picket Fence Distress Stain on the dots in the Mixed Media stamp set from Tim Holtz.

Works like a charm!

Then I stamped the Balloon from the Remnants set with Jet Black Archival Ink and embossed with Super-Fine Clear Embossing Powder...LOVE that stuff.

You can still see the white dots underneath the Balloon...amazing!

Here I used a tiny border stamp I got a couple of years back at CHA...sorry I am not positive of the brand. Just stamped, not embossed.

Then the WONDERFUL Chicken Wire stamp from Mixed Media with Coffee Archival Ink went over the top using Dylan's "roll the stamp" method rather than putting it on a block.

The Flourish was stamped with Deep Purple Archival Ink.

NEXT LAYER!!!

White Gelly Roll Medium tip pen.....no Sharpie here.

Add the color around the stamped images at the bottom, and around the Flourish to make it look like the wind blowing.

I added pen to areas of the Balloon and in the middle of the Chicken Wire.

Have you tried the new Specialty Stamping Paper from RANGER????? OMGosh!

Amazing stuff. I'm not easily impressed, but I'm here to tell you that stuff is a Totally Different Animal to stamp on...WOW!

So, off my soapbox. Stamp the Air Mail stamp using Venetian Orange Archival Ink on the paper.

Here I used the Deep Purple, then a Venetian Orange (not too cleaned off stamp) and a CLEAN stamp with Venetian Orange. (see the darker difference)

The ink wasn't completely dry on the paper and kind of pooled here and there, so I decided to EMBOSS them all with the Clear embossing powder.

It gave them a really cool mottled edge. I cut them out and added Broken China to the edge, and Old Paper to the middle, with Distress Markers to soften the stark whiteness of the paper.

Then a thin black pen line made the whole piece stand out.

Now here's something I learned from Michele Charles YEARS ago in a class I took from her.

I used my Pumice Stone Distress Marker to add an edge to the Balloon and Flag. This creates a shadow and makes the figures have dimension.

The edges are darkened with Walnut Stain and Black Soot Distress Ink, and the tag is layered onto a piece of Black Chipboard. At this point I was going to add a ribbon, but I liked it just the was it was.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.

New products are coming in every day at Inspiration Emporium, so check them out!

Linda

• Ranger - Dylusions Ink Sprays - Squeezed Orange, Fresh Lime, Bubblegum Pink, Crushed Grape, Lemon Zest, Vibrant Turquoise
• Ranger - Tim Holtz - Picket Fence Distress Stain
• Ranger - Tim Holtz - Black Soot and Walnut Stain Distress Ink
• Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Markers - Pumice Stone, Broken China, and Old Paper
• Ranger- Mini Mister, #8 Manila Tag, Heat-It Tool, Super-Fine Clear Embossing Powder, Non-Stick Craft sheet
• Ranger - Archival Ink - Jet Black, Deep Purple, Venetian Orange, and Coffee
• Stamper's Anonymous - Tim Holtz - Remnants, Mixed Media, Fancy Flourish Stamp sets
• Sakura - White Gelly Roll Pen
• Unknown clear border stamp
• Heavy Black Chipboard