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Altered Art, Notebooks, Rubbernecker, Spellbinders 10 Responses »

Jul 042009

I finally finished a project I’ve been working on for a few days now. I have a trip coming up and decided that I would like to have a small notebook to keep with me to jot down any notes or things I wanted to remember. I need all the help I can get when it comes to remembering things . . . actually, I should have one of these in my car, by each computer, one in my purse and probably one in my pocket at all times. Wonder if that is why I made 5 of these? OR, could it be that I have 4 that are gifts? Maybe! Whatever the case, I love making these notebooks!

The outside of the notebooks are some rectangle coasters that I picked up from eclectic Paperie some time ago. For the inside, I cut down college ruled filler paper to the size I needed, 3-1/4” x 5”, and punched the pages with my Bind-it-All. The paper on the outside covers I found at Archiver’s a few weeks ago and I definitely need to pick up more. I used Ranger Matte Accents to adhere all the paper to the coasters and then for the embellishment on the front and inside. Matte Accents is an excellent glue when working with items like coasters, chipboard and Grunge Board. Once Matte Accents is down, nothing moves!

The sentiment panels were die cut and embossed with Spellbinders S4-138 Petite Oval and S4-190 Labels Four Nestabilities. The flourish was stamped on the main panel in Old Paper Distress Ink and the sentiment in Vintage Photo. Vintage Photo is also the ink that everything is sponged in. The button is from the vintage button collection that my Aunt Linda gave me, and is tied on with embroidery floss. Thank goodness I saved all the floss from m cross-stitch days . . . it sure comes in handy now!

After binding the notebook and finishing the front, I felt something was missing. Since this is something that will be kept in a purse or bag, I didn’t want ribbon that could possible catch on something. After playing around with initials and other stuff, I decided to die cut and emboss a border with Spellbinders Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities. On the inside of the back cover, I placed a 7 Gypsies pocket that could hold a few business cards.

Stamps: 463 Flourish Set and 461 Scraps and Scuffs from Rubbernecker Stamps
Paper: K&Company Ancestry.com Tea Floral and Newsprint and Life’s Journey Layered Script; Prism Sage Dark; Bazzill
Ink: Ranger Coffee and Jet Black Archival, Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress
Accessories: Spellbinders S4-138 Petite Oval and S4-190 Labels Four Nestabilities, and Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ranger Matte Accents; College Rules Loose Leaf Paper; Vintage Button; DMC Embroidery Floss; 7 Gypsies Tag Pockets; Bind-it-All and 3/4” O Binding Wire; Rectangle Chipboard Coasters

I hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend and have a great 4th! Thanks for stopping by today!

Watercolor Fun!

Misting with Markers, Rubbernecker, Spellbinders, Techniques, Tombow Marker, Watercolor 18 Responses »

Jul 012009

I can hardly believe that midweek is here and it’s Wednesday! I don’t know how Monday and Tuesday went by and I did nothing creative. It happened though!

The card I had for you today is one I finished a few days ago and never got it photographed . . . let alone get it mailed . . . . because a friend of mine is having a birthday today . . . .

Kittie this one’s for you!

(sorry, your card is still sitting on my desk)

Anyhoo, since today is Hump Day it’s also WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge Day! To play along with us “Red-Hot Mommas,” check out Bev’s challenge to us today on the Rubbernecker Blog. She’s actually challenged us to use both metal and ribbon on our project this week. So how many of you use brads? How many use ribbon? Use both together? You’ve got the challenge done already! It’s pretty simple to play along . . . make a card to fit the challenge and then post a link to your project on the Rubbernecker Blog. Who knows, it might be YOU who wins a Gift Certificate for 40% off your entire Rubbernecker Stamps order!

Even though Kittie’s card fit this challenge, I decided to make another. You see, I’ve still spent a chunk of time trying to get that Jerri Kay mojo working and got so engrossed in water coloring Sunday afternoon that I just had to finish this card up last night for today’s challenge.

The image was embossed with Queen’s Gold EP on watercolor paper, and then water colored using Tombow Markers. They seem to be growing on me and I’m obsessed! For the background, I decided that designer paper (after a long search through my stash), was just too busy for this image and I needed a more muted soft background. SO, I decided on the Wrinkle Free Distress technique using colors from the flowers and watercolor paper. Oh how I LOVE the look of this technique on watercolor paper. For the side border, I cut a piece of paper a little longer than I wanted and then die cut and embossed with the new Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities. I decided how wide I wanted the border, scored at the desired width and folded it over the background panel. Since I needed to have ribbon and something metal for the WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge, I ran the ribbon through the Lattice border and tied off a gold heart that I found in my junk jewelry stash.

Stamps: 63-03 Floral Pot from Rubbernecker Stamps
Paper: Strathmore Watercolor; Prism Butter Cream
Ink: Ranger Distress Embossing, Dried Marigold, Shabby Shutters and Worn Lipstick
Accessories: Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities; Ranger Mini Mister, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder; Watercolor Brushes; Venture Foam Tape; Ticket Corner Punch; Tombow Markers; Gold Metal Heart; DMC Embroidery Floss

I hope you decide to play along in the WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge and thanks for stopping by today! By the way, you may want to stop by Kittie’s blog, Kittie Kraft, and wish her a Happy Birthday!

We're Strolling!

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Inchie Art, Rubbernecker, Techniques, Tombow Marker, Watercolor 69 Responses »

Jun 252009

Good Thursday morning! We got another exciting Thursday for y’all! Rubbernecker Stamps is releasing 2 new sets and 1 background today . . . and we are having another stroll!

If you haven’t started the stroll at the Rubbernecker Blog, I suggest you go there now! I’m last on the list and if you are searching for phrase words, the first one is on the Rubbernecker Blog! Just trying to keep y’all strolling in the right direction . . . . You’re also going to find all the deets and requirements (to win a prize) on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Yesterday I worked with the Flower Silhouette set for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge. So today, I thought it would be fun to try the Teddy inchies. I LOVE these little guys. When you look closely at them, they each appear to have their own personality. My mind is already racing with ideas for these little cuties!

The Teddy images were stamped on squares of illustration board and then water colored with Tombow Markers. I have an artist friend who has always drawn and painted on illustration board, and NOW I know! The colors float across the board and don’t lose any of their color (otherwise fade and/or wash out).

Stamps: 426 Teddy Inchies from Rubbernecker Stamps
Paper: Illustration Board; Prism Tawny Medium and Iced Mint; BasicGrey Wisteria
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and Antique Linen Distress
Accessories: Tombow Markers ; Ranger Matte Accents; Venture Foam Tape; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; BasicGrey Wisteria Button and Brads; Square, Corner and Border Punches; Ribbon

The Blog Stroll ends with me and my clue in the phrase is: BACKGROUND! I hope you’ve started at the Rubbernecker Blog, followed the instructions for the stroll – visited all the other blogs, left comments, and have found all the words in the phrase.

To win one of the newly released sets (or any of the other new releases since April 1), all you have to do is leave me a comment, and then email the phrase (with the correct subject line and your mailing address) that you found on the stroll to me at [email protected]. The Blog Stroll will end at 12:00 Noon on Friday, June 24, and the winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog!

Before I run off today, Rubbernecker Stamps is sponsoring this week’s challenge at Charisma Cardz Thursday Craft Challenges. Drop by for a visit . . . they are such a talented group of stampers!

I hope you enjoyed the stroll and thanks for stopping by the BAD Side for awhile.

Wacky Wednesday #17!

Rubbernecker, Spellbinders, Tag Art, Techniques, Tombow Marker, Wrinkle-Free Distress 10 Responses »

Jun 242009

Good morning! Hope y’all have had a good week so far. It seems like I’ve been busy, but I’m not getting much accomplished. Oh well, maybe it’s just meant to be . . . me spinning my wheels (only it’s not in a convertible)! I really think it’s more like this . . . but I’ve lost the paddle!

Today is Rubbernecker Stamps WACKY WEDNESDAY #17, and Shelly is our hostess today. She’s given us a simple challenge, incorporate a tag on your card. Easy peasy! You can check out more about the challenge and how to win a 40% off coupon from Rubbernecker Stamps on the Rubbernecker Blog.

My card today was a fun one to make. I’ve been trying different papers with the Wrinkle Free Distress technique, and have absolutely fallen in love with the results I get when using watercolor paper. No kidding! Watercolor paper! Try it sometime, it is fabulous.

The background is watercolor paper that I’ve made using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique and Broken China, Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint Distress Inks. The background for the new 468 Flower Silhouettes (released by Rubbernecker tomorrow) was made the same way but with Broken China, Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. It’s also on a small manila shipping tag instead of watercolor paper. Can you see the difference? The flower image was colored with Tombow Markers, misted with water, and then stamped on the tag. One of my very favorite techniques of all time!

Stamps: 468 Flower Silhouettes from Rubbernecker Stamps
Paper: Strathmore Watercolor Paper; Prism Spring Willow Dark and Frosted Teal; Manila Shipping Tag
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and Vintage Photo, Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint Distress
Accessories: Spellbinders Petite 5-1/2” Deckled Scalloped Borderabilities, Small and Large Classic and Scalloped Petite Oval Nestabilities; Ranger Mini Mister, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Matte Accents; May Arts Ribbon; Venture Foam Tape; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Brads

Come play along in the WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge this week . . . who knows, you might win a coupon worth 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker Stamps. The Red-Hot Mommas will be on the stroll tomorrow too, when we release 2 new sets and one new background!

Worth Waiting For!

Rubbernecker, Techniques, Tombow Marker 11 Responses »

Jun 222009

Happy Monday! I know it’s a little late for me to be posting, but I just have to share. Some months ago a few of the Rubbernecker Red-Hot Mommas, including myself, started a crusade. We were wanting some new coloring tools. Markers! Tombow Markers! We had been watching our friend Jerri Kay and her gorgeous work with them, read her tutorial over and over again, and simply HAD to have Tombow Markers. Deep within our souls, we knew that if we could just hold one of those markers, that Jeri’s mojo would permeate our fingers and we could color as well as her! Of course, we didn’t tell Mr. Rubbernecker that was the main reason we wanted them . . . . we used the excuse that we needed an excellent water-based marker, especially since Rubbernecker was coming out with so many solid images.

On Saturday I came home from the Epilepsy Walk and there on the dining room table was a priority box from Rubbernecker. All of a sudden I started to shake, dribbled down my chin, and my knees went weak! Mr. Stodgy looked at me like I had rabies or something and asked “a box from Rubbernecker?” I responded, “Yes, but not just any old box.” I grabbed the box off the table and ripped open the top . . . there inside, on the top, was a large ziplock bag. Hyperventilating I pulled out the bag . . . markers, Tombow Markers! Oh my heavens . . . .

Since Saturday evening, I’ve been buried in the studio coloring with my new markers

The box also contained some new floral images that I’ve been wanting, so when I was ordering some supplies, I also ordered them. Well, they’re not new per se, but they are new to me.

I am overjoyed with the Tombow Markers! I love the way they watercolor and how they feel in my hand when I’m coloring. The only problem I have . . . Jerri’s mojo did not come with the markers.

Here’s one of the first images I colored, making the mistake of not working on a layout or paper until after the fact.

I know this is so not me, but I do sorta like the simple look to it.

Stamps: 63-07 Floral Panel from Rubbernecker Stamps
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Iced Pink and Majestic Purple Medium
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and SU Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Tombow Markers; May Arts Ribbon; Cuttlebug D’vine Swirls Embossing Folder; Brads; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape

I guess that’s all for today, except for one last thing . . . can you tell that I’m excited that RUBBERNECKER STAMPS now has TOMBOW MARKERS . . . and that I still need quite a bit of practice with them!