An Art Share Tag ~

Hi there!!
Today I'm sharing, what I call, an Art Share tag.  It was
created to give away to someone that loves
Art and creating like I do.  I'm using mostly
Stamper Anonymous products (old ones).  Do you recognize
any?  Wendy Vecchi?

The tag is by Ranger and is distressed using Distress Oxide inks.  I also added
in some color with acrylic paints.  Always fun!  

Love the dollar stamps!!  This is a strip and I just stamped the ones
I wanted.  Paper Dolls and the Word Strips/Small Talk are by Tim Holtz. 
The bottom border is a stamp by Dyan Reaveley.  All adhesive is by 
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.
Thanks for stopping by.
Connie
crafty_mercer  

Canvas Bags~mixed media style!

Hi guys!
I made these for two special friends of my moms~
I hope they love them.  I had such a great time creating them.
I used  a bunch of different stencils from my stash!

The Gel Press was used with DecoArt paint to create the background
for the bag.   The stencils were applied with paint and a small sponge.

After the paint dried the iron was used to heat set the paint.

Supplies used:
DecoArt paint
Gel Press
Stencils: Darkroom Door, Clear Scraps, The Crafter's Workshop, 

Stencil 1 and Dylusions/Ranger.
Canvas bags were bought on Amazon.
Other: buttons, antique trim

Thanks for stopping by~
Merry Christmas to all!! 

Try It Tuesday~ a Flamingo showed up!!

Hi!!

I have another set of art journal pages to share using the

 gel press by Gelli Arts, DecoArt acryic paint and Darkroom

 Door rubber stamps for Try It Tuesday.  I'm still trying!!

Thhis page started like the others, cleaning the brayer from the Gelli Press.  I added some vintage text paper and stamped the Flamingo(Darkroom Door) on it.  Loved the color combo and this one .

This side is showcasing the stamps and stencil used to create interest. The ink is 

Distress Oxides, my new favorite ink product.  Easy to use and I love the end result!!

Love the Flamingo and the saying that goes perfectly with the image.

These are the last of my pages that I was able to create over the New Year week.  I have a couple pages prepared and ready to go :) ~ got to get busy!!!

Products used:

Distress Oxide inks

DecoArt acrylic paints

Gelli Press

Darkroom Door Stamps: Tropical Birds, Fine Flowers, Carved Flowers and Stitched Borders

Darkroom Door stencil: Lrg. Mesh       

Art Journal: Dyan Reaveley / small

Thanks for stopping by~

Try It Tuesday~ Art, my way!

I have a really cool project to share.  It is a re-purposed project.  I really don't

 know what to call them  so I'll just show you~

I took these metal stars ( found at flea market ,many moons ago) and made some wall Art out of them.

Not sure what they are but I liked them~

I made a cardboard back for the stars and covered them with some pattern paper. 

This is by Kaiser.

I stamped some birds using the Scribbly Birds by Dina Wakley (love them).  Then some leaves using the Carved Leaves set by Darkroom Door.  Then some sentiments using both of these sets and some from Dyan Reaveley.

After all of that was done, I started putting each star together~

This is what I came up with~

I used hot glue so you have to work fast when you are gluing the back on the star.  The second one is off, but I figure when they are all hanging together it will look fine. That's what I'm count'in on:)

Other supplies used:

Distressed Ink/Tim Holtz

Seam Binding

Alcohol Ink / Tim Holtz

Background stamp/Darkroom Door

twine

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Less-ology #43 Cardboard Central

Thanks for stopping by~

Christmas Tag Album ~

Hey guys!!

I have a really cute Christmas mini album ( done at Collins Group, Houston) with Dyan Reaveley made out of tags.

No kidding, super cute !!!!

These are those extra large tags  by Tim Holtz.  Smaller ones for the inside.

We used her stencils and stamps to decorate the tags, after we applied color, using the Dylusions Ink Sprays.  

The inside pages with the smaller tags attached.

Hey, have a great weekend ~

see ya soon!

Penci and her tag class at Craft Crossing!

Hi Guys~

I meant to share this sooner and it didn't happen:):)

It is a Christmas tag class I took with Penci Petty at Craft Crossing in December.

She even did a bonus with me~

 

 The necklace is made with Dyan Reaveley products and a small canvas.

The key is a Tim Holtz product.

Here are the tags~

So fun to make:):)  These are using Tim Holtz products and the Tim Holtz Sizzix  dies (skate boots and singers).  Penci always teaches me something new and fun!!!

You can get all these supplies at Craft Crossing~she is happy to mail out!!

Craft Crossing FB page~

 

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See ya soon~

Some Bo Bunny~and some "coolness"!

Hi guys~

This is a make n' take I did with the Bo Bunny ladies at the Collins Rep Group retail show.  These ladies are so fun!!:):):)  Hoping to get them to come to our town:):)

Not sure what paper line this, but I liked it.  My title really fit in with the design of the layout.

  This is one of my favorite lines Bo Bunny came out with. The colors are gorgeous together.

This is called Zip-A-Dee Doodle:):):) **Craft Crossing has it in stock too!!***

The flowers are by Prima.  The sticker at the bottom is by KI Memories.

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Last year I showed you my 'ole apron that the "Tim " signed. This year I asked Wendy Vecchi,  Dyan Reaveley and Els ( of Elizabeth Crafts)!!!

My goal is to have Jenni sign it:):):) Might have to drive it up to her:):)

Have a great Monday and I'll see you for

**hint** Maya Road!!!!!

Try It Tuesday~ more carpenter's aprons!!

 

Hi guys~I thought for Try It Tuesday I would tell you how to make these craft aprons using the carpenters aprons you can find at Home Depot, Lowe's etc.

  

Trim by Bo Bunny, on this one. The flowers are by Prima.  The skirt is from antique trim, I think it is some kind of bed shirt material.

 This one has more Prima, and trims.

 

This one has a Canvas Corp flower on it . It can be left on or on.  More Prima.

These are what they look like~If you notice the one from Home Depot is orange in the center of the apron.  

*I used beige ( off white) acrylic paint and painted over that area so it would not show through.

*Find you some vintage material or what you like .  *You will need twice the width to make the skirt part. * Stitch a running stitch ( loose stitch, so you can gather the fabric)  at the top of the skirt.

  *Hot glue the skirt to the bottom of the apron.

*Use flowers, trim, buttons, flair ~ to decorate.

*You can use stamps, mists, acrylic paint to add color to the apron itself.

*I used Staz-On ink when I stamped. *The stamp I used is by Dyan Reaveley

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If you make one I would love to see it. You can link it up when I do Gone Junkin' Friday (first friday of the month) in October:):)

I can't believe I'm going to say this~if you like the vintage material I used, I'm willing to share.  I'll send you enough to make the skirt and do a square in the middle.  I'll start with 5 peeps. Email me~Re: material

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See ya soon~

Try It Tuesday~carpenter's apron, really!

Hi guys!! I have a great junker post today.  I little out of the box thinkin' too!!

So let's get started~ take it away.....

I started with these~

I bought the green one at the flea market for a buck.  Got it home and hubby tells me he can get brand new ones at the lumber yard, for $2.  So I bought some new ones.....

I painted over the orange branding area with beige acrylic paint.  I doesn't matter if the paint is a shade off because you won't even notice:):):) Just didn't want to take the chance of the bright orange showing through my, delicate green material.

I bought this pile of "fabulous" at a resale / antique store.  I think it was $3. I loved the soft flower print material. It had me at green!  The material was not straight, in fact it looked torn ( even better, right).

I gathered the material and glued it on with Helmar's All Purpose glue.  Then I added the antique trim (that is stunning, BTW).  As you can see the Home-Depot is covered up with material.  I used stamps by Dyan Reaveley ( love the Ivy) and some masks by JBS.  I used some mists and inks also.  You would normally think that this would be good for me to wear, when I teach~put all my goodies in there, I agree but............................................

 

I like it on the back of my chair, holding more stuff, that is crowding my work area.

So this took me about an hour and 30 minutes to make this.  I think $2 is worthy of a

post!!!

Would love for you to pop over on the JBS Inspiration Blog and take a look at this months projects:):)~I'll do it for you:)

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see ya soon~

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Dylusions inks~I took a class!!!!

 

I took a class at Craft Crossing ,over NSD weekend, with Janet Bradshaw .  She is on the DT at Texana Designs.  This was my second Dylusions Class, my first was in Florida last year with Dyan Reaveley herself.  I had a great time using the stamps and inks but most of all learning to use them together.  Here is the technique /reference book we made in class.

Using the stencils with a white gel pen~looks awesome!

I'm getting braver here~ stamping, removing the ink with a brush pen, really love the look!!!

 This is "our" self expression page~I'm not finished, I need to express some more:):):)

All the Dylusions Inks~

And this is the book I did in Florida with Dyan.   It is made out of the extra large tags by Ranger.

We did the same techniques that I had done in Florida but was a good refresher course!!

I know this is so out of the box for me but " I like it" ~ "I want more, I want more"  name that commercial

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See ya soon~