Try It Tuesday~ tags and shells!!!

Hi guys!

I have a set of sea shell tags to share today.  I sent these in for publication in 2015.

  They weren't picked up but that means I can share them with you.

I absolutely thought they were beautiful and still do :)  

I'm not going to be able to tell you to much about them other

 than the stamps that were used.  The paper name is long gone out of my head.

I know that it is "old" ~

All of the seashell images were stamped and then cut out.

 Foam sqaures were added for dimension.  The tag was created out of patterned paper.

Texture stamps were stamped randomly to create a background for the seashell images.

The tag topper is a punch by Stampin' Up!  

It always amazes me what you can do with scrap paper and stamps!!!

Supplies used:

Darkroom Door stamps: Seashells, Wildflowers Vol. 2, French Script/Texture, Scratches/Texture and Criss Cross/Texture stamp.  Texana Designs/Sand Dollar stamp.

Ink: Ranger

twine

cheese cloth (color with ink)

small sea shells

buttons

Wink of Stella ( shimmer)

Tag punch/Stampin' Up!

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Thank You Sentiment Strip by Darkroom Door~

Hi, Connie here to share with you a couple of greeting cards created using the Thank You sentiment strip by Darkroom Door.  This stamp is such a brilliant design.

I love the fact that you can use it as an background stamp also.  So versatile !!!

Stamp the Sentiment strip two times, side by side on white cardstock.  Trim out the section you would

like to be your background for the card. Adhere it to colored cardstock and adhere to the card base.

Stamp out the little bird, shade it with color and trim it out.  Adhere it to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment out, on white cardstock, trim out and mat it on the same color of cardstock  chosen

for the mat.  Speckle with black ink.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door:Thank You Sentiment Strip, Garden Birds.

Ink: Archival: Jet Black, Saffron, Potting Soil and Cornflower Blue.

The next card is a fun creation!!  Using the same principal just in a different way ~

Stamp the Thank You Sentiment Strip on white cardstock.  Trim out six words and shade with ink.

Stamp the Mini mason Jar on white cardstock and trim out.  Shad the inside with ink.  Stamp the small heart close to the bottom

of the mason jar.  Add the Thank You sentiments inside the jar.  Mat on black cardstock then mat on blue cardstock and

adhere to the card base.  Add the Thank You under the jar.  Add the word " jar! " with stickers.  Speckle with white ink or paint.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Thank You Sentiment Strip, Eclectic: Mini Mason Jar, All Occasions.

Ink: Archival: Cornflower Blue, Red Geranium and Jet Black

other:

stickers, white paint(for splats)

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer

Try It Tuesday~ Pouring Medium with DecoArt !

Hi guys!!

Super excited to share my second project, with DecoArt,  as a member

 of the Blogger Outreach Program.  I'm creating with new and fabulous 

Pouring Medium and Top Coat by DecoArt!!

A tutorial was created to help show you how these projects were created.  I hope

 it makes you want to create some ART of your own.  So EASY and so FUN!!!

#1 ~ My starting point.  A large cardboard box was used to catch the paint drip.  

#2 ~ Vintage junk store find, a lazy susan that needed an update.

#3 ~ Added paint ( 2 parts paint to 1 part Pouring Medium) to plastic cups.  

#4 ~ Stir Pouring Mixture, into paint, with wooden sticks.   Pour paint colors (dark to light) in a large cup. 

#5 ~ Flip cup, (turn project up side down) and place cup under project and do the "flip".

#6 ~ Start moving the project, so the paint moves and covers the surface of the project.

#7 ~ With the surface covered, the handles were painted, with a small brush, using the drip off paint from the project.

#8 ~ Project at rest.

#9 ~ A small amount, of paint mixture, was left over from the lazy susan pour so I used it on a small 8" X 10" canvas.

#10 ~ Up close photos of the beautiful swirls of color.  I ended up using five colors 

to create this look.

#11 ~ When applying the Top Coat, pour over project and move the project up and down

 to cover the surface.  Drying depends on the type of surface you are covering.  The wood lazy susan took a good 5 hours and the canvas about 2 hours.

Products used:

DecoArt: Pouring Medium

DecoArt: Top Coat

DecoArt: Americana Decor/Lace

DecoArt: Americana Gloss Enamels/Desert Turquoise and True Blue

DecoArt: Dazzling Metallics/Festive Green and Splendid Gold

Supplies needed:

Cardboard with sides ( for pouring area)

disposable cups

baby wipes

disposable gloves

paper towels

This is a sponsored project for the DecoArt Blogger Outreach Program.

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Chipboard embellishments, perfect for scrapbooking ~ Clear Scraps!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the chipboard shapes and titles by Clear Scraps.  I love adding these chipboard embellishments to my pages.  They are easy to add color to and they happen to look fabulous plain!


The pictures were trimmed down, so they would fit across the page, and then matted on white cardstock.



Paper borders were added to enhance the photos.



The chipboard pieces were embossed using Distress Oxide ink and embossed with clear coat embossing powder.  They were both done at the same time and they both came out differently.  The "GameOn" title came out a mat texture and the film strip is shiny.   Could be the difference in the chipboard, no sure, doesn't really matter~ both look great!!!



I love clustering the chipboard shapes with other textures and embellishments.  I used stamps and stickers to create the cluster.  The small photos were trimmed out of a large photo to fit inside the chipboard film strip.  I love how it looks.  All of the photos, in the film strip, were from one 4"x6" photo. Kinda cool!!!



Clear Scraps has a large selection of words and phrases that make great titles for scrapbook pages.  Check them out~

Products used:
Clear Scraps: Chipboard Words & Titles: GameOn
Clear Scraps: Chipboard Shapes: Film Strip
Beacon Glue
Pattern paper: Bella Blvd.
Ink: Ranger: Distress Oxide/Jet Black
clear embossing powder
stamps

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Happy 4th~

Happy Birthday America!!

A card celebrating the USA using Darkroom Door products!!

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Be safe and have a great day~

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Darkroom Door Inspiration FB page Challenge ~ June/July vintage card!

Hi guys!!

My take on the June/July challenge on the Darkroom Door Inspiration

 Facebook page~

Supplies used:

Darkroom Door: Gazette BG, Box Brownies, Photography, Stars, Carved Leaves Vol. 1, Whimsical Words and the Lrg. Mesh stencil.

ink: Ranger  and Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks.

June/July Challenge: Vintage!

This month we challenge you to create a project in a vintage style! Whether it's vintage themed stamps, vintage style colours or embellishments... bring out the days gone by in your projects! As always, you need to use Darkroom Door products (stamps, stencils, or paper) in your projects.

Here's how to enter the challenge: 
* Create a project using any Darkroom Door stamp, stencil or paper product. You can use other products too, but DD products must be one of the main elements or features of the design.
* Post a photo here in the Darkroom Door Inspiration group
* You have until July 31st, 2018 to enter.
* Project must be new and not previously uploaded to the group.
* Create as many projects as you like! (of course you are always welcome to upload ANY other project you create with Darkroom Door products too, not just ones for the challenge! We like to see what you are creating!)

TWO winners will be picked at random (within the first week of August) and will receive a Rubber Stamp set and an Eclectic Stamp each of your choice.

To get you in the vintage mood, here's a card I created using the new Handwriting stamp set

Good luck and happy creating!!

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Hope to see what you have created!!!

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Secret Garden Collection by Quick Quotes~ a scrapbook page!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the Secret Garden Collection by Quick Quotes.  The colors are rich and vibrant and so colorful!!!

The pictures were printed out on the iP8720 Canon printer.

I printed two photos on one 4"x6" photo paper.  I did this twice to get the four pictures I wanted to use on the page.  The pictures were adhered to make a photo strip.  It is such a good way to use multiple photos on a scrapbook page.  The focal photo was printed on the iP8720 Canon printer also.

The chipboard word was colored, using PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.  The banner was created out of the orange arrow paper from the Secret Garden Collection.  The flowers are from a flower punch I had in my stash and then shaded with the PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.

The journal strips were written in Word and printed out on the iP8720 Printer by Canon.

Products used:
Quick Quotes: Secret Garden Collection (coming soon)
Quick Quotes: Whistlin' Dixie 500
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks: Sandy Shore, Sunset and Midnight Confession
Canon iP8720 Printer
other:
twine and pearls

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer