Special Lady/Girly

 Hello again!! Glad you could stop by! Over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge the theme is Special Lady/Girly. When I think of special ladies, I instantly think of my mom. Next I think of my daughter and then grand mothers.. What do all these important people have in common?? Mother's Day. So I made a card for Mother's Day. 

I used Galoto to make the background and a baby wipe to blend them. I used the butterfly stamp from the Recollections "Dont Bug Me Set" and Prismacolor pencils to color it in. I cut him out and used wire to make antenna for him. I went over the dots and his body with Glossy Accents. I used foam mounting strips and used the black Prismacolor pencil to give it a shadow and the action lines. The sentiment stamp is from a Heidi Swapp set, I stamped it using StazOn Jet Black. I colored in the heart with the red Prismacolor pencil and also used Glossy Accents on it. I finished it up by mounting the little card to a 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 top fold card made of pink card stock. 

Faber Castell Tropical Gelatos

Faber Castell Metallic Gelatos

Recollections Dont Bug Me stamp set- Bought from Michaels, I cant find it on line

Happy Mother's Day stamp by Heidi Swapp, dont know the name of the set. Came with V-Day, Happy Fathers Day, Happy St Patrick's Day, Happy Birthday and Happy Easter stamps. 

Prismacolor Premier pencils

Glossy Accents

Scotch Mounting Tape

StaZon Jet Black

Thank you for stopping by! Hope this card inspires you in some way. Dont forget to stop by the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for fun challenges. 

Robin

Mixed Media Thursday

  Hello friends! Today I am starting a new Thursday posts just for my Mixed Media projects. When I first discovered Mixed Media/Art journaling, I was watching videos on Youtube for stamping and happen to click on an art journal video, curious to see what it was.. At first, I didnt get why people did it.. But then I gave it a try and Im hooked.. I love mixing things together and seeing what I can come up with.. You can start with a project looking one was and end with it looking completely different.  Below are two projects Ive done.

This is my shout out to the month of March. My intentions when I started this projects was to make a card for my parents. Their wedding aniversary is on the 17th and my mom's birthday is the 20th. Let me apologize now for not having a list of the supplied I used. Ill include what I remember here. I ripped some scrapbook paper for the corners, used modge podge to glue them down. I then stamped the white space with a splatter/spotty stamp with versamark, used Recollections embossing powder in Snow. I then used Distress Ink Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass and Wild Honey all over the background, including on the scrap paper. I went around the edges using Metallic Mint Gelato , blending it with my finger. I used my Cricut to cut out the hearts (George and Basic Shapes). I cut 9 out of plain white, glued three together to make 3 leaves to add dimension, and cut out 6 more hearts from a pattern paper. I used water, Distress ink Tumbled Glass and Crushed Olive and rubbed the patterned hearts in them. Used Versamark, a scrollish stamp, Recollections embossing powder in Clear and then tried to sew them all together using my sewing machine.. That didnt work, my machine was having issues, so I had stitched them. I hand cut a stem, two actually and glued them together to add dimension. I glued the hearts down to make a clover. I went around the edge of the clover with a black Prismacolor pencil an d blended it out using baby oil and a paper stump. I then used a font stamp to stamp the words. I used StazOn Jet Black and Distress Ink Barn Door. I added a little bakers twin bow to the clover stem. Glued on Doodle Bug sequins and finished it up with a faux stitch stamp.  Oh and I used a little green velvet brad to finish off the center of the clover.
Because I lined up the top heart for the clover right on the fold and then added the brad in the center, I was unable to fold it anymore. So it isnt a card anymore.. Ill probably hang it in my house some place for the month of March.
Here's a couple of close ups

I went out and bought my first Art Journal book. I got a Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media from Michaels. It seems to be a nice book.

This page is made for my little LaLa who went missing a little over a week ago. She was a 4 yr old Lhasa Apso mix. She must have ventured to far away one night. (We live in high coyote country, saddly) She is deeply missed by my self and my children.

I actually tried to do a video of this one, but my phone was (and still is) being difficult. I need to find my digital camera cord so I can charge it. So maybe in the future Ill get a video done!

I started by drawing the little dog face. I tried doing it in acrylic paint first but it didnt turn out well. Next I used Prismacolor pencils and I absolutely love the way it turned out. I blended the colors with baby oil and a paper stump.

Here is a list of all the supplies I used on this page:

Prismacolor pencils
Baby oil for blending
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed
Gelotos- Metallic Melon, Tropical colors Pink, Blue and Green (not sure the names of the colors)
Versamark embossing ink
Versamagic: Thatched Straw, Cloud White, Red Magic
Recollections Embossing Powder Clear
Wow Embossing Powder Gold Pearl
Gel Medium
Stamps:
Lawn Fawn Starry Backdrops
Jillibean Soup ("This is me Missing you" not sure the name of the set)
Creative Cafe (The Lala letters)
Tim Holtz- Simple Saying
Fiskars- Newsprint
Heidi Swapp- Clear Stamp Script
Tim Holtz Faded Dot Stencil
Tissue Paper

Thank you for stopping by! I look forward to creating and sharing my next projects with you!

You're Tea-riffic! Anything Goes!

 Hello everyone!! Thanks for stopping by. This weeks challenge theme over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Anything Goes."  I decided to make a mixed media card. It was a lot of fun!

I started out the base by blending Distress ink in Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade.I then used the Tim Holtz Faded Dot stencil with grey acrylic paint, and the Tim Holtz Splatters stencil with Momento Tuxedo Black into.. Next I went around the edges with Faber-Castell Geloto in Metallic Melon and blended it out with my finger. I then took a little looped boarder stamp and used Versamark and Recollections Clear embossing power, I did the stamp in a line all down the front of the card, flipping the stamp back and forth each time. On a separate piece of white card stock I stamped little cup from the Fiskars Latte Love set, I stamped it using StazOn Jet Black. I colored it in using Prismacolor pencils, blending them in with a stump from Assorted Tortillion set. I used the Metallic Blueberry geloto around the edge of the card stock, blending it in again with my finger. I finished of the stamp with a little Glossy Accents on the steam and the spoon. I finished off the back ground card with the "you're tea-riffic" stamp also from the Fiskars Latte Love set. I mounted the tea cup card onto the background with thin foam strips, and mounting the whole thing onto a 5.5x4 Recollections pre-made card base.

I love the way this card turned out. It would be great for a friend, a co-worked, teacher or just anyone who helped you out, I really love the embossed lines in the black ground and the splatter rings at the top right, they remind me of rings left from a glass. 

This was my first time playing with Gelotos and I have to say, Im hooked. I bought another set and LOVE them. 

Thank you for stopping by. Leave me a comment and a link to your blog, I always love finding new inspiration. 

-Robin