Saturday, September 30, 2017

Dolled Up Sista Creations


This was a creation from a class I took at the library.  The class was called Dolled Up Sisters and  the instructor was Shalonda Menefee from Sistas




My friend took the class with me and this is a picture of both of our creations. 

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Laser Engraving Necklace


Here is the necklace I made at the Rockwood Library Markers Space. 


Saturday, September 23, 2017

Shell Box


I took a class at the Oak Lodge library.  The shell box was chipboard and was painted blue and when once dry sponge a lighter shade of blue.  Let dry.  Adhere grey ribbon.  With a blue sharpie, doodle on the shells then adhere them to the box.  

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #256


On a manila tag, stamp the Prima Princess with Archival Ink Tree Branch.  Color with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Makers.  Adhere layers of decorative paper to the tag.  Stamp the top of the princess on white cardstock with the same ink.  Stamp the word "Autumn" on the piece of cardstock in Archival Ink Jet Black.  Adhere cardstock to the tag.  Adhere buttons and sequins on tag.  Tie twine on top of the tag.  

3-D printing



I took a beginning level 3-D printing class.  I have never used a 3-D printer and struggled with thinking in 3-D mode versus the 2-D.  I made a sign to hang in my studio.  

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #255


On a bristol tag, blend three colors of Distress Oxide inks (Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber)  through a honeycomb stencil (Stencil1).  Splatter water drops on the tag and dry with a paper towel.  On a page from a vintage dictionary, stencil bee with black paint and let dry.  Outline the bee with water soluble Stabilo Marks All Pencil in black.  Blend with water and let dry.  Cut out the bee and adhere to the tag.  Adhere the word sticker on tag and adhere chunky gold glitter and let dry.   

Monday, September 11, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #254


On a bristol tag, blend Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberries, Peacock Feathers, and Wilted Violet)  using the ink smooshing technique.  Let dry.  Stamp the swirl (Unknown) with Distress Oxides in Peacock Feather.  Stamp the hearts and sentiment (Dina Wakley) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  

Sunday, September 10, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #253


On a bristol tag, use dylusions spray in Vibrant Turquoise in the ink smooshing technique and let dry.  With Archival Ink Jet Black, repeatedly stamp the bird square stamps (Unknown) on the tag.  Punch bird out of black cardstock several times.  Adhere the punches to the tag.  Stamp the word on label with the same ink and apply tag.  Adhere washi tape to the tag.  

Saturday, September 9, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #252


Adhere vintage sheet music to a chipboard tag.  Using water soluble color pencils, outline the Stencil1 mum stencil and blend with water.  Let dry.  Outline the images with a Black Copic Marker.  Adhere sequins.  Layer sticker on blank piece of paper, tear out and adhere to the tag.  

Friday, September 8, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #251


On a chipboard tag, adhere several different decorative paper.  Adhere the cork piece to the tag and layer the wooden bird on the cork.

Thursday, September 7, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #250


Stamp the prima princess stamp on a bristol tag with Archival Ink Carnation Red.  Color with Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers.  Using the ink smooshing technique, apply the Lobster Mermaid Marker to the edges of the tag.  

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #249



Over a chipboard tag with decorative masking tag.  Stamp the images (Blockhead Stamps) on text paper with Archival Ink Carnation Red and tear out.  Blend Black Soot Distress Oxide around the edges to create a burned edges.  Adhere the images to the tag.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo.  Red is my least favorite color and I rarely create with it and struggle to use it as the main color.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #248

On red tissue paper stamp the lips image (Stampendous) with Archival Ink Jet Black and let dry.  Crumple up and then flatten.  Adhere to chipboard tag that has been gessoed.  Tear a strip of decorative packing tape and adhere to the tag.  Enhance the tape with graphite.  Stamp the image (Viva Las Vegas Stamps) on a piece of kraft cardstock with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Cut out and adhere to the tag.  Adhere the decorative packing tape to a piece of text weight paper (to make it easier to cut out).  Draw wonky circles with graphite and cut out.  Adhere to the tag.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo.  Red is my least favorite color and I rarely create with it and struggle to use it as the main color.

Monday, September 4, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #247


On  piece of vintage sheet music brush rubber cement and let cure.  I let it cure overnight to ensure it is completely dry.  Paint over the sheet music with a red water soluble oil pastel and activate with water.  Let dry and then rub off rubber cement.  Adhere to a chipboard tag.  Adhere red washi tape.  Color the flower image (Stitch Back in Twine) with Inktense pencils.  Blend with water and let dry.  Cut out, emphasis the edges with a black marker and adhere to the tag.  Doodle on the image to create stamen.  Outline the image with graphite color Stabilo Marks All pencil and blend with water.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo.  Red is my least favorite color and I rarely create with it and struggle to use it as the main color.

The flowergirl image is a digi image I  won in a challenge.  It is from Stitch back in Twine 

Sunday, September 3, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #246


On a piece of a kraft paper bag stamp the script stamp (A Stamp in the Hand) several times with Candied Apple Distress Oxide and spray with water.  Crumple up and then flatten out.  Stamp lines (Unknown) with same ink.  Adhere the piece of paper to a chipboard tag.  Fray some red burlap and adhere to the tag.  Stamp the fox image (Unknown) on a piece of canvas with Archival Ink Carnation Red and fray the edges of the canvas.  Adhere to the tag.  Using a vintage label maker create the sentiment.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo

This tag is also part of my personal challenge to find as many ways to use the script stamp as possible.  

Saturday, September 2, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #245


Paint a chipboard tag with gesso and let dry.  Using a paint brush and my finger I painted and blended several colors of acrylic paint.  Let dry.  Stamp the images on the tag.  The couple is from Stampotique, the numbers are from Stampers Anonymous and the script is from A Stamp In The Hand.  All stamp was done with Archival Ink Jet Black.

On this tag, I used the script stamp from A Stamp in The Hand to create depth to my collage.  This is for my personal challenge to use this stamp as many ways as possible.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo.  Red is my least favorite color and I rarely create with it and struggle to use it as the main color.

Friday, September 1, 2017

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #244


Collage different vintage text paper on a chipboard tag and let dry.  Color with Portfolio water soluble oil pastels and blend.  Let dry.  Blend Distress Oxide in Antique Linen to age the text weight paper.  Let dry.  Stamp the images (Muses - Lost Coast Designs and the stamps - Fiskars) with Distress Oxide Fired Brick.  Tear out and edge with Distress Oxide in Fired Brick.  Adhere to the tag.

This tag was inspired by Ophelia Staton's Youtube Challenge for Jerry's Artarama  https://youtu.be/Do66bQl4kpo.  Red is my least favorite color and I rarely create with it and struggle to use it as the main color.