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Tammy
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01/22/2012
11/17/2011
The Ranger Great Pumpkin Challenge
I hope you have been visiting Ranger Ink's blog this week to see all of the amazing inspiration using for craft pumpkins in Ranger's Great Pumpkin Challenge. I have been about to bust keeping mine to myself! I loved how it turned out and wanted to share so badly! It is up on the Ranger blog today. I thought I would share some additional images and details here.
The participating designers started out with craft pumpkins and each transformed theirs into a work of art!
As always, if you want a really big look, click on the photo for a larger pop-up version. . .
For my pumpkin, I started out by decoupaging strips and pieces of Tim Holtz's new District Market Terminology Tissue Wrap onto the pumpkin using Cludine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium. While the decoupage was still wet, I used an embossing stylus to work the paper down into the grooves of the pumpkin. I let the decoupage overnight.
Once the pumpkin was dry, I sanded any places where the paper had large folds or wrinkles. After sanding, I used an ink blending tool to add Distress inks in browns, green, and orange onto the paper.
I used a heat tool to dry the inks. Next I sprayed the entire surface with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist. I misted the stem area with Forever Green Perfect Pearls Mist. I let the green mist sit for a bit in puddles. Combined with the inks applied to the pumpkin already, I got a wonderful vibrant green around the stem. After I let it soak in a bit, I again dried the pumpkin with my heat tool.
I really wanted to go for a frosty look on the pumpkin so I applied Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint to the top of the pumpkin. I applied it so generously in fact that in a few places it dripped down the pumpkin. I love the look so I left the drips. I love the way they picked up color and made the drips look like "melting frost".
For leaves, I used a pumpkin leaf pattern I found online to cut four leaves from wool felt. I stamped the felt with the Hero Arts Basic Grey Flower Dot Pattern stamp and Coffee Archival ink. I used my heat tool to set the ink before handling it. I sandwiched floral wire between two layers of leaves and sewed them together. (For more details on making stamped felt leaves, check out my Stamped Felt Leaves tutorial.) I applied Stardust Stickles with my finger to the edges of the leaves and misted them with Biscotti Perfect Pearls mist to add frost and shimmer.
To finish off the pumpkin, I added vines with brown and green floral wire, streaming crinkled Trimmings ribbon (sorry, I dyed this a while back and don't remember which Distress Stains I used), and a tag that was covered and embellished with papers from the Tim Holtz Season Paper Stash and an Idea-ology Mini Paper Clip.
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09/26/2011
Sunday Stamping: Imagination is Boundless
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Tammy
09/07/2011
When I see you. . . part 2
I am back to share the book from my When I See You project.
To begin, I painted the chipboard binder first with gesso to prime it and then with yellow. I painted the yellow on so that it was very streaked and would look like the whitewash effect on the lunch box. I accented the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I layered a strip of patterned paper along with a slightly larger strip of Sticky Back Canvas. I inked the edges of each with Vintage Photo and then machine stitched the two together.
Before adhering them to the cover of the book, I layered two ribbons on the cover and then applied the Sticky Back Canvas/paper strip over it.
I am so in love with the vintage cream ribbon. I bought a mixed lot of vintage ribbons on eBay and totally lucked out with a box full of amazing ribbons, including a whole roll of this beauty.
I wanted to be very simple on the front of the book. I primed a Maya Road chipboard frame and center with gesso. I colored the scalloped frame with Bundled Sage Distress Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. On the center piece, I simply added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the gesso.
In the center, I added a grungepaper heart that I colored with Aged Mahogany and Picket Fence Distress Stains. I brushed a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink onto the edges for added definition. I adhered the heart to the frame and added staples. I used sticker letters to add "my heart". As I did on the cover, I outlined each letter with a 01 Zig Writer pen.
On the first page inside, I simply added a heart, colored as before, and a fabric flower with the word "is".
On each page I selected a photo from this year that I really loved and paired it with a word that seemed to go with the photo. I wanted one word that would continue with the theme "When I see you, my heart is. . ."
When I do mini books, I really love sticking with a formula to make the project faster and keep the focus on the content. For this book I decided that the left page would be a solid with a heart and a banner with the word on the banner using the same sticker letters. I alternated between green and red letters. Each word banner is stapled onto the heart.
On the right page, the base is a patterned page that coordinates with the solid on the left, a solid color photo mat, and a photo.
My girls are so silly! When I was editing photos I realized that "laughs" doesn't really work with "my heart is. . ." It isn't "right" but I am going to leave it because it doesn't have to be perfect and really, how can you not laugh or giggle a bit at those two in their balloon crowns?
Melted, truly. Emma nose to nose with her doll Emily telling secrets.
{giggle} That puppy has the best faces.
I love the way following the same formula through the whole book gives cohesive feeling. I think it helps you not think about the individual pages as much as the project as a whole.
To finish it up, I added a little note from me to summarize. Full indeed.
To create the notebook paper, I cut a piece of BasicGrey Basics paper to the size I wanted, punched the edge with the Fiskars Notebook border punch (a must have punch by the way) and then inked the edges with Vintage photo.
I included a bit of my handwriting that I wrote using a 03 Zig Writer. I accented the writing with a super subtle grey shadow with a Moonlight Zig Color Brush Twin. I love that it is so subtle that you almost don't notice it, yet it adds a bit of depth to the letters. (Sorry, I tried to find a link to these, but they are hard to find since EK Success stopped distributing Zig products. If your store still has lots of EK/Zig stuff you will probably find them if you are interested. Otherwise, a super light grey marker with a brush tip should give the same effect.)
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09/05/2011
When I see you. . .
I love when a little seed is planted and it grows instantly into a project that comes together so easily that it seems just meant to be. That is how I feel about this project.
Recently, Stacy Julian emailed me and asked if I would be interested in making a project for her as part of her participation in the upcoming The Creavitve Connection event. I had to use a Maya Road Lunchbox tin and binder and use the theme "When I see you. . .". The phrase instantly sparked an idea for me and knew exactly what I would create and with what paper. Because I have been a contract designer with BasicGrey, I was fortunate enough to have the brand new Picadilly collection before its release at CHA. It is hands down one of my top five most favorite BasicGrey collections ever. I have been saving it for something special, and thanks to Stacy's prompt, I finally had just the project.
Because there are lots of parts I want to show about this project, I decided to break it up into parts, first the tin and then another post about the book.
To apply the theme of the project, I created an insert for the window and used sticker letters. I used a super fine tip journaling pen to outline the letters. I love adding an outline to sticker letters, I think it really anchors them and makes them jump off of the page more.
To embellish the outside of the window I combined Blossoms from the Jovial collection along with the new fabric die cut flowers from Picadilly.
The cute little birdie is from the 12x12 element sticker sheet. To make him sturdy and dimensional, I adhered him to a piece of grunge paper and cut him out.
I also used the printed chipboard elements from Picadilly as well as a few of the dimensional stickers. I brushed the edges of each with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink to add a bit of shabbiness.
I used 3D Zots behind the petals of the yellow fabric die cut flower to lift the petals up off of the flower below it. I love to use the 3D Zots like I would an adhesive foam square. I love that they are clear and can easily be cut to the size I need with a craft knife.
The lunch box was originally silver but I thought yellow would be really sweet and very fitting for such a happy and cheery project. That leads me to tomorrow's Tuesday Tutorial. . . it is all about the technique I use to paint and seal tins. It is so easy and I think adds so much to this project.
On Wednesday I will be back with a post about the book inside the tin.
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07/22/2011
Tim Holtz CHA-S 2011: Welcome Santa
The last of my Tim Holtz projects and the one that ties for my favorite. This piece a hanging piece that is puffy like a quilt. I love, love, love the vintage shabby look of the finished piece!
This piece is comprised of a matte board center with two layers of batting on each side of it and then fabric over the batting on the back and a sheet of Tim's Christmas Memories Kraft Resist paper. All layers are sewn together. (The matte board is smaller than the other pieces and is inside the sewn area, it is not sewn through.) All of the embellishing was done before the sewing.
I began adding color to the Kraft Resist paper with my ink blending tool. I used it to work in Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Inks onto the paper avoiding the leaves and berries. After inking, I added color to the leaves and berries with Letraset Promarkers. Alcohol Ink based markers like Letraset Promarkers, Copics, and Adirondack Alcohol Ink in the Fillable Pens work really well on the Kraft Resist Paper. They don't run or bleed and stay where they are put. You can even blend on the paper. The colors on Kraft look really cool and vintagey. After coloring with markers I added Walnut Stain Distress Ink to all edges and then misted the entire surface with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist.
I added a few tears and curls to the edges. I also brushed ink onto the curls and the batting so that the insides looked good and vintagey too.
This little cluster in the center makes me so happy! I love the way it came together. The bottom layer is a Styled Label die cut. I cut one from Grungepaper and one from Sticky Back Canvas and layered them together. I brushed the label with Broken China Distress Ink and then embossed it with the Snow Fluries Texture Fade. I embossed it so that the snow flakes were sunk in. I brushed Walnut Stain Distress Ink lightly over the raised area. The label was sewed to the piece of Kraft Resist Paper.
I adhered a Grungepaper heart that I colored with Fired Brick Distress Stain and Fired Brick Distress Stickles. I added Walnut Stain Distress Ink to the edges. I used 3D Foam Squares to adhere a Word Key to over the heart. The key has a word on one side that didn't feet with my theme so I adhered it word side down.
I blotted Walnut Stain Distress Stain onto two pieces of vintage lace. I layered the two pieces of lace with a strip of Grungepaper. The Grungepaper was colored with Peeled Paint Distress Stain, misted with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist, and inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I used my favorite alpha stamps to add text to the strip. I placed the strip over the heart and stitched it in place. I added two Mini Pins for decoration.
I added a bit of Trimmings Ribbon colored with Bundled Sage Distress Stain. After coloring and drying the ribbon, I tapped on some Walnut Stain Distress Ink to add some age to it. I also added a bit of waxed thread to the key to hold a Mini Tassel, a Christmas Muse Token, and a Christmas Adornment charm. I inked the token and charm with Snow Cap Pigment Ink. After heat drying, I added embossing ink and Bridal Tinsel Embossing Powder. I added a second layer of clear embossing powder to give a nice glossy finish.
I used two fabric grommets to the two top corners. I added a thread wrapped floral wire to the piece through the grommets to create a hanging wire. The color of the thread was bright green and didn't match the project well. I brushed over it with Forest Moss Distress Stain to darken it to match.
I misted a few sprigs of greenery with Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist. Once it was dry I tied it to the hanger using more of the colored Trimmings ribbon.
Trust me when I tell you that the shimmer and vintage feel of this piece is so much more in person. I just really love the finished piece. It is so simple and so pretty. I have already made plans to break this one down into a tutorial in the very near future. So if you love it, be looking for more instructions soon!
- paper- Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Resist Christmas Memories, Grungepaper, Grungeboard (easel)
- stamps- Hero Arts Printer's Type Lower Case Alpha
- dies- Tim Holtz Alterations Small Easel, Mini Hearts, Styled Labels
- embossing folders: Snow Fluries
- embellishments- Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments: Christmas, Muse Tokens: Christmas, Word Key, Mini Pins, grommets, greenery
- ink- Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Broken China, Walnut Stain; Adirondack Snow Cap Pigment Ink
- markers- Letraset Promarkers Poppy, Marsh Green, Pear Green, Burnt Siena
- stains- Tim Holtz Distress Stains Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Forest Moss and Bundled Sage
- mists- Perfect Pearls Mist: Biscotti
- fibers- Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings; waxed thread; vintage lace
- fabric- Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas, cream muslin, cotton batting
- tools- Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and Sanding Grip; Ranger Ink Blending Tool; Fiskars Pinking Sheers; sewing machine
- adhesives- Therm O Web Sticky Strip Runner, Super Tape, Super Stick, and 3D Foam Squares
- misc.- Ranger Clear Embossing Powder, Bridal Tinsel; Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Barn Door
07/19/2011
Tim Holtz CHA-S 2011: Emma's Halloweens
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Tammy
06/21/2011
Glitz Design: Love Games Canvas
I wanted to create a canvas decor piece to highlight the fun title piece about holding hands from Glitz Design's Love Games collection. I took my design inspiration for a layout sketch by Allison Davis at www.sketchsupport.com.
I covered my canvas with Love Games Floral for my base layer. I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium to adhere the paper to the canvas. After the medium was dry, I sanded the edges of the paper on the canvas and brushed on Black Soot Distress Ink.
I cut two pieces of Love Games Polka (one 5"x7" and one 5 1/4"x7 1/4"). I adhered both pieces to chipboard, sanded the edges and applied ink. I layered the two pieces and adhered them to the center of the canvas. I bent a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinner in half to create clip to "hold" the Holding Hands Whatnot in place.
I added a few spritzes of Burnt Red Glimmer Mist to a white Bazzill Fabric Flower.
I moved layers of the flower and misted in between layers near the center of the flower. The fabric wicked the color. I love how it is mixed, with some areas still white and some different shades of red.
Above the flower I added two Whatnots and a clear Peek-a-Boo. I sanded the edges of the Whatnots and inked them with the Black Soot ink. I added a Glitzer sticker to the front of the Peek-a-Boo framing the number 1 design. On the back of the Peek-a-Boo, I added red to the design with a Copic Marker and colored in the 1 with Mellow Yellow Glimmer Glaze. I added two Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners as well.
In the upper right corner I added three 2"x2" squares of Paper Layers. Each piece was adhered to chipboard and inked. I added a Glitzer sticker to each following the design in the original sketch.
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- patterned paper: Glitz Design Love Games Floral and Polka; Glitz Design Love Games Paper Layers
- stickers: Glitz Design Love Games Glitzers
- cardstock elements: Glitz Design Love Games Whatnots
- transperencies: Glitz Design Love Games Peek-a-Boos
- embellishments: Bazzill Basics Paper Worth Remembering Fabric Flower; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners
- ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot
- paints: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Burnt Red; Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze Mellow Yellow
- adhesive: Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Mutli Medium; Therm O Web Super Stick, 3D Adhsesive Foam Squares, and Zots
06/15/2011
Vintage Image Fabric Patch Tutorial
I was recently asked to be a guest designer for Paper and Pixels, a craft ezine that features lots of articles and ideas for traditional, digital, and hybrid crafting. I shared a tutorial for creating a fabric patch from a vintage image printed on fabric. You'll find the tutorial below. You can find a downloadable version of the vintage image I used on my vintage image blog HERE.
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I love collecting vintage images and papergoods and love using them in my crafty projects. Because I love both collecting and using the images, I scan all of my images and use reproductions in my projects. A high resolution scan often looks at good as the original image, sometimes even better depending on the editing done to the image. One of my favorite ways to use the images I scan is to print the image on fabric. One of my favorite fabrics to print on is Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas. I have made my own fabric sheets to go through the printer, but they take a pretty fair amount of prep work. Sticky Back Canvas is nice and thick and ready to print right out of the package. It has a nice tight canvas weave that looks wonderful when printed on.
To create a quilted looking vintage image patch, begin by editing and cropping your image to the desired size. Once edited, simply print the image on your fabric as you would a photo. I usually print mine using the matte photo paper setting. Allow the ink to dry on the fabric and then trim the image as needed. On my example, my printed version is much fainter in color than my original image. I hadn't realized my printer ink was low which resulted in a very faded print. I actually liked the light image and decided to use it, sometimes happy accidents make the best art!
After trimming, ink the edges of the image with Distress Ink using Ranger's Foam Blending tool. For my example, I used Broken China. Adding Distress Ink to the edges adds a nice definition to edge and brings a new layer of color beyond the printer ink.
A few quick spritzes of color from a spray colorant like Glimmer Mist adds a touch of sparkle and more color depth. In my example, I used Yellow Daisy for add some sunshine like effects to my image. When using a mist like Glimmer Mist, keep in mind that it is water based, which can affect inkjet printing and react with Distress Ink. Use a very light application and allow it to dry before adding more layers. If you over saturate the fabric with the mist you are more likely to get some fuzzing of your printed image.
In my example, I added a few quick spritzes of Glimmer Mist Blue Skies to accent the blue of the sky.
Cut a piece of cotton batting slightly larger than the image. I prefer a real cotton batting over synthetic batting for both the look and feel and the ability to absorb any color added to it.
If you would like to add color to the batting, simply mist it with a colorant. In my example, I wanted a vintage look so I misted my piece with Vanilla Breeze Glimmer Mist.
The batting is somewhat slow to absorb the color, so if you would like to lighten it, simply dab it with a dry cloth. If you do not blot the batting you will need to allow it to air dry or dry it using a heat gun.
If you are using Sticky Back Canvas, remove the adhesive backing and place the canvas on your batting. If you are using other fabric, place the fabric on the batting and pin in place.
Machine stitch the printed fabric to the batting.
Trim the edge of the batting just beyond the edge of the printed fabric. For a decorative edge, use pinking shears or a decorative cutting blade.
If you like a vintage look, you can brush the edges of the batting with Distress Ink to add a bit more color variation.
To apply the piece to your project, apply liquid adhesive to the back of the batting. I recommend Helmar 450 Quick Dry or Tombo Mono Aqua glue. Keep the glue inside your stitched lines so that when the piece is on your final project the outer edges will be free just as if it were stitched in place. It is hard to see in the photo, but I ran a line of adhesive along the stitching and then added lines of it through the center.
If you would like your patch to be a little puffier, add an extra layer of batting inside the stitched space. Adhere it in place and then add adhesive as described above.
Place the finished piece adhesive side down on your project. In my example I added the patch to a fabric covered album but it could also be used on a layout, card, or tote bag. Please note that this piece would not be suitable for something that would need to go through the wash or might be exposed to water.
You can treat the finished patch with a sealer like Creative Imaginations Super Sealer or Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Medium. Both will protect the inkjet printing and added colorants. However, in my personal opinion, the piece would still not be suitable for a wearable item that would need washing. I have used this same process to make a large fabric patch for my rolling crop bag. I sealed my design with Multi Medium. The piece has been rained on and stood up well.
Note: If you use the Multi Medium or another spreadable medium to seal your piece, apply the medium with a brush in a blotting and dabbing manner. Applying it in strokes may cause some streaking in the print ink.
After your piece is adhered to your final project, you can add embellishments to enhance the design.
On my book, I added a cluster of paper flowers, velvet leaves, crystal sprays, glitter star sprays, and acrylic star stick pins.
In this close up, you can see the added spritzed of Yellow Daisy Glimmer Mist. I sprayed mine so that I got droplets of color in addition to a fine mist. Many of my old papergood have spots in the printing so getting a few spots on the image feels kind of right to me when going for a vintage feel.
Along the lower edge you can see where I added more blue with Blue Skies Glimmer Mist. You can't see it in the photos, but the finished piece has a subtle glimmer to it thanks to the Glimmer Mist. To me, the glimmer is less visible on fabric as compared to paper.
The book I applied my patch too is a quilted fabric covered book that I made. The book is made of book board that is padded and covered with fabric. It has grommets and binder rings and plain cardstock pages.
06/01/2011
Glitz Design: Admit One Photo Frame
I have shared many times just how much I love to pick up frames from the bargain bin and give them new life with papercrafting projects. I often forget to show the orignial item so that you can get a better idea of the true before and after transformation.
Today though, I remembered! This frame was a clearance aisle find at my local Hobby Lobby for only $2.50. While I could probably find a bare wood frame in the crafts department for close to the same price, what I love about these ugly duckling frames is that they are painted already, including on the back around the easel. To give this frame new life and a completely finished look, all I need to do is cover the front and embellish. Handmade homedecor really can't get much simpler than that!
I covered the front of this frame with the Banner patterned paper from Glitz Designs' Afternoon Muse collection. The color of the paper was a great match to the blue already painted on the frame. I adhered the paper with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium. After it was dry, I sanded the edges and applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink with a foam ink blending tool for a soft effect.
The small red Peek-a-Boo clear frame from the collection matched the opening of my frame perfectly. I adhered the overlay with thin Super Tape to the outside of the frame so that the transparency could serve as the protective layer over my photo opening. Adhering it to the outside also created a slight shadowbox effect to the frame.
In the lower left corner, I added small bundle of posies attached to two Titles cardstock stickers from the collection. A Glitzers Sticker behind the posies and tickets creates a nice base that anchors the embellishments to the frame.
To create the posies, I punched pieces of the sheet music Paper Layers from the collection with a Fiskars Cloud Squeeze Punch. I gathered the lower edge of the cloud and stapled it to a thin piece of floral wire with Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher. I brushed the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink with an ink blending tool and then gave each posie a quick blast of color with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in SWAK (pink).
I adhered the two tickets to scraps of patterned paper to keep them from sticking to one another and to give them more shape and body. I sanded each one to create a distressed effect. I twisted the posey stems together and stapled the stems to the two tickets. I adhered two velvet leaves to the back of the tickets and added a scrap of crinkled seam binding before adhering the cluster onto the Glitzer.
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- frame: Hobby Lobby Clearance
- patterned paper: Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Banner; Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Paper Layers
- stickers: Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Titles; Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Glitzers
- transperency: Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Peek-a-Boos
- punch: Fiskars Exra Large Cloud Punch
- leaves: Prima Marketing Velvet Leaves
- ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
- mist: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist SWAK
- adhesive: Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium; Therm O Web Super Tape 1/8"
- tools: Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; Tim Holtz Sanding Block
- misc: floral wire; hand dyed crinkled seam binding
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