Flour De Shaker by Clear Scraps.

Hi, Connie here with a gift idea using the Flour De Shaker by Clear Scraps.   Using an extra large tag and the Flour De Shaker, a super cute tag/card was made and even doubled as a gift.  Let me show you what I mean~


This is the front of the tag,  decorated with pattern paper and stickers.  To make the fold in the tag, find the center of the tag and score two lines , one on each side of the center guide. About a 1/2" space will work great for the shaker to have space. The background is acrylic paint splatted on with an old toothbrush. My favorite way to add color randomly to a background card or tag.  Here is a few step out photos of how the Flour De Shaker by Clear Scraps came together.


Trace the shape of the Flour De on pattern paper and cut it out.  Small nail scissors work great for this.  Use Beacon 3-1 to adhere the pattern paper to the back  shaker chipboard piece. Add sequins to the inside, of the shaker, and glue on the frame and acrylic piece.  Remember to remove the plastic from the Flour De  shape.  Use a small paint brush and paint the front frame with acrylic beige paint.  The sides  were also painted .  When the paint is good and dry, the Flour De Shaker is ready to be adhered to the inside of the tag.


An inside look before the gift was added ~


The money was rolled up and stuck in under the twine.

Products used:
Clear Scraps Flour De Shaker
other: pattern paper, twine, embellishments, extra large black tag, acrylic paint, stickers, Beacon 3-1 adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Take Ten Magazine~Spring Issue

Hi guys!!

I have some cards to share that were recently published by Stampington & Company 

in their Take Ten magazine.  These cards (a set of three) can be seen in the

 "a different point of view" section.  

In this section you have to create three cards using the same stamp set

 and give each one a different look.

I love a challenge!!

Take Ten ~ Spring 2017

Products used:

Stamps/Darkroom Door

Paper/Teresa Collins

Ink/Ranger Archival

Tumble Dye/S.e.i.

Decorative tape/We R Memory Keepers

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Thanks for stopping by~

Try It Tuesday ~ Fun & Games with Darkroom Door!

Hi guys!!

Spring break is here!!! 

Time to play some games :), well creating with game pieces will work.

I created this card using the Fun & Games set by Darkroom Door.  The bingo card 

really caught my eye.

I started creating my card by stamping the images, in the set, and cutting them out.  Layer the images on the background piece, created using the Word block Stamp/Friendship by Darkroom Door.

Add to a card front and then adhere to the card base.  Add twine and speckle with black ink spray.

Love the domino's and dice!! The red hearts are pretty cute also.

Fun & Games

Products used:

Darkroom Door: Fun & Games, Word Block/Friendship

Divine Twine/Oyster

Ranger Archival ink

S.E.I./Tumble Dye/grey (speckling of card)

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday!!

Easter Egg cards with Quick Quotes!

Hi, Connie here with a couple of really cute Easter cards using the new Mulberry Collection by Quick Quotes.  This technique is easy and kid friendly. A great project to make together with the family.

Do you see all of the fun papers in the new Mulberry Collection? So bright!! I used two sheets of paper to create two cards.  Here is how they are made:

Mulberry 103 and 105.  Cut in 1/2" strips (9 total). You will have a few left over.

Instructions:
1. Draw an egg.  Cut it out.  The size depends on how big you want your card to be. This one is about 4 1/2".
2. Cut the strips in thirds.  That would be 4" pieces.
3. Spread liquid adhesive on the egg template and start laying the 4" strips across the template in a straight line.
4. Let the glue dry for a few minutes.

5. Cut around the egg template.
6. Shade the eggs with Blue Jeans PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.
7. Cut a double mat: large one 4 3/4" x 6"  and the one that fits inside is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Shade with Blue Jeans. Adhere together
8. The Petaloo flowers are pulled apart and shaded with Buttercup PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.
9. Adhere the Easter egg to the card front and add embellishments
10. Stamp out the sentiment, cut around and adhere.

The second version. These were really fun to create. The Mulberry Collection added just the right amount of bright, fun colors to the Easter eggs.

Products used:
Quick Quotes: Mulberry: 103 and 105
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks: Berry Jam, Blue Jeans and Buttercup.

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Make It Artsy with Whisker Graphics and Divine Twine~

Hi guys!!

Whisker Graphics / Divine Twine was featured on Make It Artsy with 
Julie Fei Fan Balzer and Joe Rotella.

  They do a great tutorial on using twine in the latest string art craze.  I have posted
a few pictures from YouTube.  Two of the projects on the table were created by me, 

The little white flower marks my projects :)

Here is a good look at my projects, remember these ~

Here is the link to view the Make It Artsy / Divine Twine sponsor YouTube video. 

This is such a fun video, I hope you will check it out.

Thank you Whisker Graphics for this opportunity

Try It Tuesday~ideas for using that junkin' stuff!

Hi guys!! 

I'm late, but Tuesday isn't over yet.

I have some finds from a few weeks ago and a few of them I showed you

 what I did with them. Hope you enjoy!!

This isn't a junkin' find, I made it out of resin but it is where

 I put it is what I wanted to share.

Looks like a drawer pull, it is on with a magnet and will come off.  Love

 how it looks on the desk drawer.

Ok,  junkin' stuff~

This is a small Formica clipboard $9.00.  I have others and I have used them as wall art~

Do you remember any of these?  Here is how they look on the wall~

***Love the look****

Next up is a child's loaf pan $2.50.  I have milk caps in it, saves me 

from pulling the big jar down and looking through it for the perfect milk cap :)

Small square floral frog~ $5.00

Can't pass them up.

Game tokens $7.50. They would very cool on a junker necklace:)

The brass keys were .50 each. Thought they were cool. 

Remnant piece of wool cloth.  Will make a beautiful flower.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Texture/Map stamp by Darkroom Door~

Hi guys!

I have a couple cards to share with you using the new Texture/Map stamp

 by Darkroom Door.  

Texture /Map stamp

The Texture stamp is a smaller version of the Background stamps, same pattern just smaller.  Using the same pattern, the map, it was easy and fun to create a card set, 

Instructions:

1. Using the Map Background stamp and Cobalt ink, stamp on white cardstock (6 1/4" X 4 1/4" size).

2. Stamp Texture:Map on white carstock with Fern Green ink. Trim out to 2 1/4" X 3 1/4" (approximately).

3. Mat with Green carstock.

4. Stamp a small heart and color it in with Cobalt ink. Use a paint brush and squeeze a small amount of ink, on the inside lid.  Pick up the ink color with the paint brush and fill in the small heart.

5. Adhere heart to Texture:Map piece.

6. Stamp the sentiment vertical, on the card front, in Cobalt ink. 

7. Adhere the Texture:Map piece to the Background: Map card front.

8. Speckle card with black ink splats or acrylic black paint. Both work fine.

9. Add twine to front of card. Staple both ends of twine to attach.

To make a second card, that will coordinate with the Cobalt card, just switch the ink color to Fern Green. The Texture: Map stamp inspired me to create these cards sending a big hello through out the world.

  

Supply list:

Darkroom Door: Texture:Map, Background:Map, Hearts and Whimsical Words

Ranger: Archival Cobalt, Fern Green, Jet Black (refill for splats).

Tim Holtz: Tiny Attacher

Divine Twine