Love Birds @ Unity Stamp Co

I wanted to play in the Unity Challenge this month.

I just received a huge package from them!!  They have some wonderful sales going on.

You should check them out.

 

They have a color scheme to go by or a sketch.  I did the color challenge.
I hand cut the heart and colored them with gelatos.  I used the Love Birds Unity stamped.  Stamped the tag with versa mark and then embossed with cherry cobbler.  Used Gathered twigs to color the tag and then went around the edges with walnut stain.

The two birds and small heart were colored with Prima pencils.

Joy in the leaves

I so loved the pictures we were able to capture when our Granddaughter was visiting and played in the leaves.  She had so much fun!  We had fun watching her!

I combined two challenges. 
CSI #102 had a sketch and clues.  Evidence: branch, leaves, birds, dots were embossed on some of my leaves. I used Unity Stamps to stamp on some of the leaves. I distressed the edges with Walnut distress ink. The birds were die cut from Tim Holtz die.
Berry71bleu required the theme to be JOY and you had to journal at least 3 sentences.

Let it snow @ Simon Says Stamp

Snow, Snowflake, Snowman

that's the challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp

 

 I love this digital image from Meljen's Designs.  When I printed it, I made it big enough to fit this 12x12 canvas.  Colored it with pencils.  Did my canvas background with stencils and ink.  They are hard to see, but there are some stamped snowflakes on the background too.
Had these foam die cut snowflakes in my stash.  Inked them and then glittered them. 

 This is definitely one of my favorite canvases!  Love it. 

Mixed Media Christmas Tags-FINGERS BEWARE!

Are you ready to have some fun??

 

 I had to piece together a gift box to wrap a gift and had some pieces left over. What's a girl to do?
Cut them up into tag sizes!! Of course!
After I had cut them into various sizes, I covered them with black gesso. Then the fun began!!

 I rubbed some white gesso on-with my fingers....got some stencils out and did some stenciling with Traditions Acrylic Paint.  Don't forget to turn your stencil over & dab the left over paint somewhere too!
Found an old tooth brush (I thought about using my husbands-but decided that would be a Grinch attitude & since this is Christmas-I'd better be nice or Santa won't come!)
Flicked some white Traditions Acrylic Paint around (I didn't use my finger -I scraped it with an old credit card)

 I ripped up some small pieces of Tim Holtz tissue paper & some left over cello paper with white swirls and glued onto various spots with Liquitex Matte Medium Gel.  Took a white gel pen and did some doodling as well.

When completely dry-I embellished them!  Used some stuff in my stash.  Sentiments from Stampin Up.  Cardstock from MME.  Seam binding.  Diecuts from K and Company.

 Used Kaisercraft Christmas Tradition designer paper and made the angel.  Cut the holly leaves with my cricut.

They all turned out great!  They have found a home on my Christmas packages.
I hope this inspires YOU to have some fun and play a little!

You can find the high lighted items at Robyn's store:  Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium
All prices are 20-25% less than retail. 

Happy Holidays to PaperArtsy

I was inspired to make this arch with a technique done by PaperArtsy designer Joanne Wardle.

I painted the gesso'd chipboard with a teal blue acrylic paint. Covered it with crackle glaze and let it dry overnight.  Then I painted with cream acrylic paint.  I got some awesome cracks!

 

Then I stamped the song stamp from Tim Holtz Christmas stamp set with brown Archival ink.

I used several colors of distress inks.

Stamped the sentiment with Black Stazon.

Stamped the pine with pigment ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

I stamped the Santa image on mixed media cardstock and colored with oil pastels.

I coated the white parts with snow writer.

 Added red and clear bling to finish it off.

Here's a close up showing the cracks.  Love it!

Just over to PaperArtsy to get some inspiration yourself!

Tiny Miracles

I love scrapping pictures of my granddaughter!

I'll soon have a 2nd grand baby and I can't wait!! Anytime now.

 I was inspired by the challenge at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration.
I loved the color scheme.  My grand daughter was born 1/6/12. 

I fussy cut the picture of the beautiful flowers she received and wrote words on the petals with a silver marker pen.

I'm also entering this into the challenge at Word Art Wednesday where they're doing ANYTHING GOES!

"Who" loves Owls?

This box started life as a Clark's Shoe Box.

 

I gesso inside and out.

The outside I then painted a cream color.

Got my stencils out and went to work!

 

I sponged Traditions acrylic paint and Ranger distress paint.

Don't forget to turn your stencil over & press the opposite side down for

a really cool look too!

 I hand drew my owls, tree limb and leaves and paper pieced them onto my box. Used gelatos and watered down burnt umber paint to go around the edges.  Used Liquitex Matte Medium gel to glue everything down. (I need to own stock in that company-I use so much of that stuff!! LOL)
When done, seal the box with either more matte medium or spray varnish.

Can you see my Paper Artsy stamps in the background?  I love altering boxes.  Makes a nice gift or a great way to store everyday items.  I hope your inspired to try it!

I'm entering in the Sarah Hurley Challenge and Simon Says Stamp where you have to create your own background.
Entering The Artistic Stamper challenge where anything goes!