Good morning! It’s my turn this month to host the ePlay Challenge over on the eclectic Paperie Blog. I’ve challenged the Design Team (and anyone else who wants to play along with us) to use wood on your project!
Here’s my project for the challenge . . .
You can find out all the details and more photos over on the eP Blog! I hope you’ll join me over there and play along with us as well!
Thanks for stopping by and joining me today!
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Hi everyone and welcome to our Make Art blog hop featuring art from the eTeam and special guest, Wendy Vecchi! We’re delighted to have Wendy joining us today, to not only share her products but also to share in her unique artistic style and to be inspired by each of the hop participants.
During the hop the team is going to be sharing the projects that they created with Studio 490 products but maybe more importantly we’ll be sharing our experience of working with the products, how we created our projects, and what inspired us to create our piece.
The eTeam is a wonderful group of talented women, each with their own style. Some of us are clean and simple card makers, others love scrapbooking, and still others are drawn to altered art and mixed media projects. The goal of our hop is to bring each of these designers and their favorite mediums together and to share how we’ve used these products to express our own individual styles through our work.
But…that’s not all…eclectic Paperie is also offering a few specials during our hop.
Wait…there’s more!
Let’s get hopping!
Thank you so much for joining us and make some time this week to create art and craft your story…
and now here’s my story!
A few years ago I was lucky enough to take a class with Wendy. She was teaching classes in Indianapolis and it was the first time she was actually somewhat local to where I am. Daisy flew in from California, Jen Buck drove across town to join us and a few others had signed up but due to weather weren’t able to make it in. Needless to say, I had been a huge fan of Wendy’s since seeing her stamps and samples at CHA that very first year and was even lucky enough to meet her in the Maya Road booth that CHA. But to take a class with her . . . . oh my BADness! It was too good to be true and as time and schedules has allowed, it has been the only class I’ve ever been lucky enough to take. Maybe some day I’ll be able to join in another.
A few months after taking that class, I realized that my creative style had changed and I loved making wall hangings! Even though I incorporated designer paper in my work, I still had that put it all together and make it work thing going on when I made only cards. I was hooked on what has become my own way to “Make Art” Bad Sherry Style! I emailed Wendy and thanked her for her inspiration and for introducing me to her wonderful work and style that allowed me to incorporate it all together, finally come up with my own style.
It hasn’t been often when I’ve had the chance to simply play with Wendy’s Art Parts and stamps without it being a special project that I had to use certain product on . . . so today, I’ve been able to create with just that . . . Studio 490 Stamps and Art Parts.
I began by pulling out all of my Art Part packages, laying them out on the floor and deciding what I wanted the project to look like. I finally decided on the long rectangle and frame, along with the smaller scallop trim from Sample Pack. I knew that I would be using her new Wildflowers Stamp Set (because that is the set I won when they were sneak peeked on Wendy’s blog) along with the matching Wildflowers Art Parts.
The middle of the frame is a manila tag that was colored (using Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique) with Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Wild Hone Distress Stains. The background stamp from Optical Art was stamped in Antique Linen, and the August Flower image from Art is Therapeutic was also stamped in the Antique Linen. The background from Sketch Art was randomly stamped around in Archival Sepia.
The sentiment “Imagine” from Just Word Art was stamped in Adirondack Pitch Black Pigment and embossed with clear embossing powder. The coneflower from Wildflower Art was also stamped in the Pitch Black Pigment, embossed with clear embossing powder, then water colored with Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy and Dusty Concord Distress Markers.
The coneflower was then stamped on the matching Art Part in Pitch Black Pigment, embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with the same markers.
The Art Parts Frame and Scallop Trim were covered with Wild Honey Distress Ink. The outer frame was then covered with DecoArt One Step Crackle. Much to my dismay, it didn’t crackle on the Art Part. Instead of flipping it over, I decided to sand down some of the glossiness of the Crackle and when I did . . . . I LOVED the results, so I kept it like it was and covered it with a bit more of the Wild Honey Distress Ink. I wanted a different feel for the scalloped pieces, so I left them plain. I think I was after that old-time frame look when the wood was different colors . . . or even different types of wood in a lot of cases.
I love the depth created with all the different layers and adding the Coneflower Art Part to the outside of the frame gave me even more depth.
The butterfly is from the stamp set Botanical Art. It was stamped in Archival Jet Black on GrungeBoard and then covered with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The antenna were made by winding black craft wire about the end of a pick and glued to the back.
I attached a self-adhesive picture hanger on the back and believe I will hang this in my newly moved and reworked upstairs crafty room.
I do believe that’s all for me today . . . except one special note. You all know that I list my product at the end of each post. I’ve used product for this project that was once carried at eclectic Paperie but is now out of stock. Kim said to let you know what she will special order any of the product used on our projects . . . you just need to let her know! So if I’ve referenced something that you absolutely need to have, just send Kim an email at [email protected] and she’ll be happy to order any product!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of our Make Art Hop with Wendy Vecchi!
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Good morning! Well, I did get my stitches out yesterday morning and I have to say . . . I hope it looks better than it does in 6 weeks. That’s when I have to go back for my next check-up. I had an allergic reaction to the Polysporin I was using, and it’s still a little red.
The Making Art! Challenge on the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group this week was to make an ATC. I finally found some time yesterday afternoon to participate.
Instead of using the typical paper ATC, I used one of the Studio 490 ATC Art Parts. That background color is the new color Peacock Feathers from the Spring Seasonal release of Distress Inks. The scallop trim was painted black and then the Maya Road Chandelier Trinket Pins were hung with black Artistic Wire. The gloves (from Dress Forms and More) were colored with Barn Red and then over-stamped with Snow Cap Pigment. That’s also Snow Cap Pigment on the background.
For some reason I thought it was “clever” to add hands and “eye”glasses along with the sentiment that talks about “body parts”.
Anyhoo, that’s all for me today. Join me tomorrow for my day in the Quietfire Design Blog Buzz!
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Have I got something fun for you today . . . our very first eclectic Challenge! Daisy thought it would be fun to have you, our readers, to participate along with us in our blog hops. SO, we are now incorporating a challenge into our blog hops . . . think on the terms of a creative challenge. For this first challenge, Daisy has challenged us to use Distress Inks (or stains), a die template of our choice and an egg carton.
For those of you playing along with us, Daisy has set up inlinkz on the eP Blog for you to post your creations to. For today’s challenge you have from Friday, August 12 until Sunday, August 21st to post. One winner will be picked from the submissions on the eP Blog, who will receive a $40 gift voucher to eclectic Paperie. The winner will be announced on the eP Blog on Monday, August 22.
As in the past, we will continue to give away two prize packages to those readers leaving blog comments. For this hop, two randomly chosen winners will each receive some 6×6 paper pads that have recently been received at eP along with some other surprises. You have until Sunday, August 14 to comment. The winners will be announced on the eP Blog on Monday, August 15.
The E-Team Participating in this first eclectic Challenge are (besides me):
Daisy Sparks – eP Blog
Broni Holcombe
Latrice Murphy
Linda Duke
Micki Harper
Starla Nelson
Now for my project and that little snippet of the challenge, an egg carton. Can you guess which part is the egg carton?
I started with the larger frame and a scalloped border from Studio 490 Sample Pack Art Parts. For the base of the frame, I die cut Spellbinders™ new die template, S5-066 Shadow Flowers, to use as a mask. The base was covered with Crushed Olive Distress Ink first, the Shadow Flowers were placed and then sponged over with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. The background stamp from It’s More Flower Art was stamped lightly in Archival Coffee. The sentiment from It’s Face Art was stamped in Archival Jet Black.
The actual frame portion (top) was covered with Graphic 45 An ABC Primer. The edges were sanded and then sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The scalloped Art Part was painted with Black Soot Distress Stain. The leaves were die cut with S4-328 Foliage and painted with Crushed Olive Distress Stain.
All the flowers were die cut with LF-005 Grand Peony Creations. Two from Graphic 45 An ABC Primer and dipped in melted UTEE to make Faux Porcelain. The center blue flower is the egg carton. It was die cut with the Peony Creations and then colored with drops of Red Pepper, Butterscotch and Juniper Alcohol Inks. The center is black glitter that was sprinkled on Matte Accents. Before you ask, the egg carton flower was not dipped in UTEE. IT MELTS! This was the second attempt at making flowers from an egg carton. When I first opened the carton and saw the little stars that separate the eggs, I said to myself . . . FLOWERS . . . they are flowers! So I cut them all out, colored them with red alcohol ink and thought what the hell . . . I took the heat tool to them. I liked the way they turned dark and curled, BUT they got so thin and I didn’t like the red. They landed in the garbage.
The butterfly (not part of the challenge but I just had to show you) was die cut from GrungePaper and Studio 490 Clearly for Art. Both pieces were die cut with the new Spellbinders LF-006 Wonderful Wings. The bottom was sponged with Wild Honey Distress Ink and then over stamped in Archival Jet Black with the polka dots from Studio 490 More Flower Art. The top, Clearly For Art, was heated with the heat tool to soften the Clearly For Art so I could bend the wings. The middle is a mini clothespin that was stained black with the Black Soot Distress Stain. Black Artistic Wire is wrapped around the clothespin for antennae.
I plan on sending this back to school with Mallory. I had that in mind when I picked the sentiment because this is her last year and she can begin to fly. Not that she hasn’t already!
Thanks for stopping by today, don’t forget to visit The E-Team’s blogs and I really hope you participate in the challenge. I would love to see what you do with the egg carton!
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Happy Tuesday to you! After a great weekend, it’s time to get busy . . . as if we weren’t over the long weekend. I had a great time working in the yard, grilling for the girls and getting some time in the studio. I even got to puppy sit Kate and Will’s new lab . . . I call him moose for Chocolate “mousse”, they call him Peyton.
Yesterday when I posted about my Graphic 45 Steampunk Frame I mentioned that the instructions weren’t on their blog . . . I was wrong. They were there! 
I’m still going to repeat them here for anyone that missed the Graphic 45 Blog post.
The frame was painted black and then covered with Steampunk Debutante paper. The paper was glued down with Multi-Medium matte and the excess was removed by sanding away at the edges. Vintage Photo Distress Ink was then sponged on the edges of the frame. The middle image was centered and the wings were painted with Black Soot Distress Stickles. An extra hat and dress were cut out, the edges sponged with Vintage Photo and raised over the image with foam mounting tape. The hat was also painted with Black Soot Distress Stickles.
Craft Foil was die cut with Sprightly Sprockets and then covered with Black Soot Alcohol Inks with a drop of Copper Mixative added.
The flowers were made by die cutting/embossing Steampunk Debutante paper with Rose Creations and Carnation Creations. The flowers were shaped with a petal roller and a foam pad (Video Tutorial here). All the leaves were die cut with the Foliage Die Template and then colored different hues of greens.
The butterfly in the top right corner was glued to a piece of Clearly for Art, heated with a heat tool and the wings were shaped with the Clearly for Art was still warm.
I guess that’s all I have for today. I need to go and run some errands for a meeting tonight and then get to work in the studio.
Thanks for stopping by and remember . . . life is short,
the adventures of the day!
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