WOYWW #317

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

Wow, this looks a lot better than when I came up to snap a quick picture last night! Even I was horrified; so I put some stuff away, made some room, and then found these die cuts that are to go into a art journal page.  So, since I now had a clean area, I colored them up with distress paints, Hickory Smoke and Burnished Pewter.  Now, there are still some paints that have no place to go yet, so they are still out and about, and 2 of my new Brett Weldele stamps (I couldn’t find the sheet to put them back)  and all my foam applicators still lying around.   Hopefully next week I’ll get to a real clean up, as I’m on Vacation!!!

That’s all for now, now go say Hello to Julia and see what this WOYWW phenom is all about!  Have a great week everyone!

CC3C #31 Layering Stencil: Paint Resist, Pg. 47

Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3.  This is the Thirty-first challenge in where we work through the techniques of Tim Holtz from, you guessed it…his 3^rd Volume of the Compendium of Curiosities!!  As in the past challenges, we can’t give details on the challenge, so don’t ask, but do go get your own copy of Tim’s fabulous book.  Also, InspirationEmporium has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift Certificate for all the odd numbered Challenges! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

OK, this is pretty neat.  And a really great way to get lighter layers from the background to still stand out. 

I’m working on Marjie’s Online “Inventive Ink: Mixed media effects" class, and finally got the smaller Dylusions Journal (Boy..that size is freeing!!! The large one makes me overthink!)  I also received my new Hickory Smoke Distress Inks, so had to give them a try.  So after using the technique, I sprayed the pages with the Fossilized Amber and Hickory Smoke stains.  #1: Need more spray stains   #2: that Hickory Smoke is AMAZING!!

I added the Honeycomb Frameworks, the butterflies from the French Flight Framelits, a few more stamps and stencils, and Yay!  For the few inserts on the honeycomb, I marbleized distress stains on some watercolor paper, then stamped some random stamps with Broken China and archival black, then ran it with the die.  I also used Glossy Accents in a few of the holes.

Now go visit the wonderful Curiosity Crew’s work to see how they showcase their Paint resists! Have a great week everyone.

WOYWW #315

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

I got to play some more in the art journal over the weekend, so now am working on things to put on the background pages.  I now see why art journaling for me will be a work of love, until I have tons of time for crafting.  Getting all the pieces/parts together takes time!

So these pieces will be stamped with my new Brett Weldele stamps, and then placed in the journal.  I also got some wacky sayings stamps from Lost Coast Designs that should pair up nicely with these ladies. 

The rest is rather neat, as I was using the Dylusion’s Ink Sprays…now there is motivation to clean things up first!!! And of course all those new Distress Paint’s don’t fit in my previous storage tote; time to go shopping! Yay!!

Now go say Hello to Julia and see what this WOYWW phenom is all about!  Have a great week everyone!

CC3C #30: Faux Cracked Glass, Pg. 54

Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3.  This is the Thirtieth challenge in where we work through the techniques of Tim Holtz from, you guessed it…his 3^rd Volume of the Compendium of Curiosities!!  As in the past challenges, we can’t give details on the challenge, so don’t ask, but do go get your own copy of Tim’s fabulous book.  Also, TheFunky Junkie Boutique has offered an extremely generous $25 Gift Certificate for all the even numbered weeks! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

What a fun effect!!   I picked up these little bottles at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Show in Springfield, MA this past weekend.  Good thing as I, errr, have temporarily misplaced the small vials I have from Tim Holtz and 7 Gypsies (although I think those are dark glass, so not sure how they would have worked).  

So here is my bottle of wishes.  Except for a drying issue of the 2^nd step, due to some outrageous high humidity for upstate NY in June, everything seemed to work as shown.  Of course once done, I had no idea what to do with them; so here is a small burlap panel, coated a tad with Shabby Shutters Distress Paint.  I played around with some Frameworks dies, but ended up with this cool one from Tim’s Mixed media set.  I wanted a bit of sparkle on the cut outs, so used Distress Glitter..but it didn’t work the way I planned; probably should have used Glossy Accents, as that’s what I used to attach the bottle and border.  The stamp is a new one also from the show…I want to say Impression Obsession…could be Technique Junkie…

Now go visit the wonderful Curiosity Crew’s work to see how they showcased this cool Eroded Metallic effect! Have a great week everyone.

More Art Journal in Progress:More from the Inventive Ink Online Class...

Look, I'm actually using my Dylusion's Art Journal...and all my Dylusion Ink Spray's.  And an Apron! See Hettie, I can learn!  I see why I'm visually drawn to other's art journals...because I'm jealous of the fact that they have time to play in a journal, and have textured letters and pieces/parts to go on a page...


so for now, be happy I have started on backgrounds...and some day will fill them up.

WOYWW #314

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

OK, not entirely bragging…or intentionally…but these are some of the piles of the stash I acquired at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Expo in Springfield MA. this weekend.  I was pretty much just unloading the backpack so I can find the goodies that have to be shipped out. And if I hear of one vendor at that show complaining they didn’t do well, and that is why the show gets smaller every year…it’s not my fault…I went above and beyond in doing my part to ensure the success of these small independent stamp companies!  And yes, the stacks are quite literally dumped on top of all the supplies I left out after my cracked glass (using rock candy crackle paint..no broken glass yet) episode.  With luck I’ll be able to post that later this week.

Oh, and here is the tote bag that is holding all the rubber stamps & dies that I acquired (OK, now I'm bragging!) See what happens when all the LLS's disappear?…Yup, this will be a major reorganization weekend!! 

Now go say Hello to Julia and see what this WOYWW phenom is all about!  Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #313

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

First; My Desk….I spent the weekend working on more lessons for an online class called Inventive Inks: Colorful Mixed Media Effects. (You can see some of those Here) The next lesson uses Dylusions Ink Sprays, which I have managed to totally make a mess of. So as a pre-emptive strike, I tried to move everything damageable out of the way.  I have a few stencils I plan on using, and a tag I made for the class using the Nostalgic Batik method..Yup, that’s right…I used an iron…(the things we do for the sake of art..)

Some of the other batik’ed tags are to the right, and some other odd tags above, along with my eroded metallic trinket box. 

And here is the ATC I made for the Anniversary.  I still have 2 left if anyone would like to swap!

Now go say Hello to Julia and see what this WOYWW phenom is all about!  Have a great week everyone!