Tim's Texture Plates and Vintaj Brass

Keep in mind, I'm no jewelry maker. I dabble in it like I do way too many other things. But this is such a cool technique, I had to show it to you.

This Altered Brass Blank from Vintaj was run through the Cuttlebug with Tim's new and fabulous Texture Plate Bingo. I still can't believe that stuff embosses through the machine. Amazing!!!!

Then you use Alcohol Inks to color the debossed area. Sand off and that's it.

The other pieces from Vintaj are Curving Fern, Bead Caps Blossom, Ornate chain, Woodland Leaf, and rivets. Of course you have the green beads, jump rings, and eye pins, too.

This was really a fun project. But I'm much better at stamping, in my opinion. Like most things, it just takes practice. And better eyes!!!!

On another interesting note, we had at least 3 tornadoes rip through the area the other night. Lost power for a tiny bit. But no damage to us. The poor Artists out at the Junction City Art show weathered it pretty well. It was such a change on Sunday when we went. Great show and did buy a few baubles. Bill saw some of the damage today when he went to breakfast with friends. We were very lucky.

And I had a couple of questions on previous blog entries. The "stuff" above and below the picture in the LO called TJ and Me is trim I bought down in Missouri at Sherry's shop.

And Jan wanted to know if there were any other layering books out there I'd recommend....yes, "Delight in the Details" by Lisa Pace is fabulous. You will learn sooooooo much from her wonderful book about many different things to use in collage and paper arts. She is the Queen of Glitter.

And did you know, you can actually get dark pink nail polish out of your Berber carpet if you immediately soak it with Blending Solution? Yes, it's true. No one need know HOW the polish got onto my carpet.....and the kids are in Disneyworld so I can't blame them!!!!

So get on line, or go to your local bead shop and order some terrific stuff from Vintaj and don't forget to get your fabulous new Texture Plates. Do your part to get the economy back up and running!!!!!

And CREATE ART!

Tissue Tape from Tim!

Now this stuff is really fun!!!!!!!!! Tissue TAPE!!!!! Who'd a thought?

You can't even imagine how cool it is until you actually see it.

I just was playing around while we were watching the Blackhawks get their butts kicked.....whine.

This is a little guy from the Lost and Found paper pad. He's taped to the blue paper from the Shabby Chic pad. I used one of the Market Place tapes.

Added a couple of tickets, stapled some Film Strip at the top, added some Ruler Ribbon, and the Bird charm. You can see the Tissue Tape at the top under the Film Strip and on both sides. Yes, I stamped on it on the left.

I added a couple of stamps to fill in the background from the Urban Chic set.

Done!

That kid is so cute, isn't he?????

Speaking of cute Kids!!!

The little darlings came over today and made "Awt Pwojects!" They're going to Disneyworld so we made and frame for a picture they will bring back to remember the trip.

Under the Sea was our theme.....love the colors. And they're really getting good at Metal Embossing! LOVE the Words from Ten Second's Studio!!!!!

Can you tell who's the ham?

Paint was everywhere, hence the aprons to keep me out of trouble with MOM.

Be Well!

Layers and Layers

Everybody who knows me knows that I love to layer stuff...on chipboard, on metal, on paper...I love layers.

The Queen of Layers wrote a great book that got me started...Layers by Shari Carroll. If you don't have it, you should really check it out!

Anyhow, Tim's new die cuts from Alterations just make a whole new dimension available with layers using die cut pieces.

This is just a peek at something I worked up with paper, canvas, paint, inks, stamps, Idea-ology and paper. Fun, fun, fun!!!!!

Busy time, working on assignments and trying to keep up with life in general.

Be well and Be Good to Each Other!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Friend in ART,

Linda