Oh my BADness, it’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for another What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! I didn’t get to participate last week and I really did miss it.
So here’s my work table today . . . before the after stamping cleanup.
Here’s the card I was working on . . . my entry for the Making Art Challenge on the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group.
The challenge this week was to make a card with a chipboard flower and use pigment ink resist.
The chipboard flowers are some I’ve had for a few years now. I stamped the background (from Studio 490 Art by the Number) in Snowcap pigment ink and then covered them in Tumbled Glass distress ink. The leaves were die cut from Spellbinders™ S4-321 Nested Leaves in GrungePaper and then inked in Crushed Olive. The sentiment (from Studio 490 Flower Art) was stamped on cream cardstock and then die cut with S4-310 Labels Eighteen.
The designer paper is some new that I picked up from CHA. It’s from Fancy Pants and called It’s the Little Things. This will be available from eclectic Paperie once the site is back up (it’s down for some upgrades and I couldn’t get a link for you).
I picked up some seam binding recently too. I bought 100 yards of white so I could dye it to match what I was working on. For today’s card, I dyed it with Tumbled Glass, misted it with water, scrunched it all up and then blew it dry.
Well, that’s all I have for today. I’m heading back down to the studio to pick things up and start on my next project.
Thanks for stopping by and remember . . . life is short, embrace the adventures that come your way today!
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Happy weekend. It doesn’t feel like the weekend to me but hey . . . I’ll go with the flow. Today I finally ventured into the studio to put all the crap (and some GOOD stuff too) away that I lugged home from CHA. GOOD stuff = Graphic45 papers, Unity stamps, Maya Road embellishments, out right FUN play things! Crap = lanyards, catalogs, buttons, blah blah blah!
While I was sorting and storing, I decided to get a little crafty. The Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group has started to have challenges and the first one is this week – – Making Art! Challenge #1 – – Make an ATC using scallops and a butterfly. All of the challenges will be based off projects in Wendy’s books.
So here’s my submission.
Since I used Studio 490 stamps on the flowers I posted before, I decided to add one to the ATC (hey a girl can take a shortcut every now and then). The base of the ATC is illustration board that I covered with Ranger Inkssentials ATC Sticky-Back Canvas. I colored the canvas with the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique using Dusty Concord and Tumbled Glass. I added some extra Dusty Concord around the edges before I finished them off with Vintage Photo and then gave the entire canvas a spritz of Turquoise Perfect Pearls Mist.
While at CHA I watched Wendy work with her Clearly for Art line and knew that I had to have some. The butterfly is composed of two pieces . . . the bottom is GrungePaper and the top is Clearly for Art Modeling Film with the image stamped on it as well. Too darn cool!
The frame is die cut from illustration board using Spellbinders™ Rectangles. The stamping is the background from Studio 490 It’s More Flower Art and the sentiment is from Art-Fully Said.
I’ve my 7 Gypsies ATC Carousel sitting on my desk for months now waiting for me to be inspired with an ATC. This is my first one for my carrousel.
That’s all for now I suppose. I hope you have a great weekend and remember . . . life is short, embrace the adventures of the day!
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Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. I don’t know where this week has gone . . . it was here, now it’s not!
Today’s colors for the Just For Fun® Color Challenge are:
We would LOVE for you to play along with us! If you don’t have any JFF stamps, that’s okay. You can play along anyway . . . we just want you to have fun! Plus, you might win a $50 shopping spree at Just For Fun® and then you can buy some stamps. Check out all the details of the challenge over at the Just For Fun® Blog.
The Designers playing along this week are:
Broni Holcombe
Kat Tucker
Sandy Sandrus
Starla Nelson
Roni Johnson
Glenda Brooks
Beth Moore
Margarita Ybarra
I know they would love it if you stopped by their blogs to see what they came up with using these colors.
More my card today I decided on something simple using faux postage. I saw Debby do this technique last weekend at Stampaway and decided I needed to try it again. Instead of using the stencil brushes like Debby does (because I haven’t developed the knack for them yet), I use my Ranger ink blending tools.
There’s a fabulous tutorial on this technique on the Just For Fun® Blog – Faux Postage.
- Stamps: H2481 4+1 Faux Post and H2481T Faux Postage Template, C3331 Sprig, A2712 Small Dandelion, D3360 Leaf Sprig with Berries and F2716 Queen Anne’s Lace from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps
- Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; River Rock; Suede; BasicGrey Mellow
- Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black; and Antique Linen, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy, Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick, Wild Honey Distress Inks
- Accessories: 1.25” Rust 100% Silk May Arts Ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store; Foam Mounting Tape
That’s all I have today, but to say thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!
Good Friday morning! First just let me say that this has been one hell of a week! Not only am I running around like crazy trying to clean this house (because lord only knows that I NEVER clean) but we are also getting ready to move Mallory back to school. It looks like I’m going to have to skip my trip to Stampaway this weekend. Was I told when we would be packing up the U-Haul with all the stuff Mallory is taking back? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I think not! Anyhoo, that’s Saturday! I might add though that when we do get everything out of the basement, it looks like I’m going to be able to have a dedicated class room. Yes, yes, yes! I know for sure room for two tables . . . and it could be that I move part of my studio out to the middle for even more room!
Because of all the crap that I’ve been dealing with this week I was unable to get my card finished for today’s challenge. However, I will be back a little later with a card. This is one challenge I don’t want to miss.
Today’s colors for the challenge are:
We would LOVE for you to play along with us! If you don’t have any JFF stamps, that’s okay. You can play along anyway . . . we just want you to have fun! Plus, you might win a $50 shopping spree at Just For Fun® and then you can buy some stamps. Check out all the details of the challenge over at the Just For Fun® Blog.
The Designers playing along this week are:
Broni Holcombe
Kat Tucker
Sandy Sandrus
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry
Roni Johnson
Glenda Brooks
Beth Moore
Margarita Ybarra
Please visit them and see what they’ve come up with for these colors. A few peeks that I’ve had are absolutely fabulous!
I’ll be back!
