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Wow...two things to post tonight...I'm really impressing myself...lol...
First, I saw Hels challenge for the Sunday Stampers...to use a resist technique. I had an idea immediately come to mind, which almost never happens, so I went with it. I'd been wanting to try the new Studio 490 background stamp from Sentimental Art that looks like fabric...hang on, I'll get a pic for you....
See why I love it?? lol!
So, I used it with Snowcap pigment ink, and it kinda turned out light, but you can see it....
Bundled Sage is the color of ink I chose to blend over the image. All the stamps are Studio 490. The flower is grungeboard, inked and Perfectly Pearled (yep, a valid art term) with Blue Smoke. A little bauble and bling at the top...
For the Making Art! Challenge on the EWV group last week, the challenge was to use one a small stamp repeatedly on the background. I'm keeping with the idea to make 6 x 6 pages for a book...so....
I said to myself..."self, let's see how good these distress ink colors go together". So, I just grabbed and pulled three out, Pine Needles, Aged Mahogany, and Mustard Seed. You wouldn't think that combo would look good together, would you? But hey, I thought it looks AWESOME! They really do go with each other! lol!
Then I decided that my favorite Studio 490 dude should be riding the bird..because...well... being normal is quite tiring... as the sentiment says.... lol....see how time almost got away from him? Oh, I crack myself up...
Any hoo....let's hope I can keep the momentum rolling here...can't make any guarantees....
Thanks so much for stopping by..I truly appreciate it and your comments!
Hey, long time no post! lol!
Alrighty then, we're up to Challenge #26 over at the EWV Yahoo Group....some polka dots and a face (or eyes). It is loosely based on a project in Wendy's "Making Art Studio 490 Style" Book Two, page 27. Book Five has just been released..so...get 'em while they're hot. Step by step projects, well written and explained, I know you'll love it. Or, you can check out Wendy's blog HERE. She had an exciting announcement today that I think you should check out!
On with the art, then....
I've decided that I'm going to make some of these challenges 6 x 6 chipboard pages, so I can make myself a chunky book when I'm done. Don't ask me why I didn't think of this before.
So, details, you say.....
Well, first of all, I can tell you that all stamps are Studio 490.
The face is an Art Part, stamped, inked, and the crown is heavily sprayed with Turquoise Perfect Pearl mist. Love it. I decided this chick needed some lip gloss, so I used glossy accents on them, as well as the eye.
The die cut behind the face is Tim's Ornamental die, inked with Bundled Sage, stamped with the polka dot stamp, embossed with Blue Glass embossing powder, and also heavily sprayed with Perfect Pearl Mist, this time - Kiwi. Love that as well.
It just so happens that the sentiment fit perfectly on the sign die cut from Regal Crest. Love it when that happens. (How many times have I used the word "love" today? lol!)
The rest is pretty easy to see. Grungeboard and grungepaper for leaves, flowers, belt, and key. The key was treated with a mix of distress embossing powders.
The base was embossed with a couple of Cuttlebug folders since it is 6 x 6, I had to think a little bit about placement.
On to the remember this bit....
Remember this hot mess?
Insert audible shudder here.
Loved the idea, but the execution was crap. lol.
So, I really like the UTEE squares, and decided to give them a redo for a swap on the EWV group, making 3 x 3 chipboard squares...
I think they look much better. I used some Ferra texture paint in two corners, after I colored the backgrounds with wild honey and stamped with the script stamp. Made a little pocket watch from a Sizzix die and Wendy's clock stamp, used Crackle accents in the clock face, stamped a little "ART" in the corner, added some dots...DONE. Hope folks enjoyed them. I received mine the other day, just haven't gotten around to taking pics yet. Obviously. This photo was taken before I mailed mine out. lol.
Well, we'll see what else gets done this week, hope you had a great weekend..thanks for stopping by today!
While we remember the fallen and the heroes from that tragic day 10 years ago...
I thought I would share what I did this past Labor Day Holiday. It kind of falls along the same lines, and I think it's important to remember our history.
We had an opportunity to go visit and tour the LST 325, that was docked at Henry, Illinois on the Illinois River. LST stands for LANDING SHIP TANK. It was a ship built during WWII, used to transport tanks.
When it's not touring the rivers of America, it is docked at Evansville, Indiana.
It was saved from a scrap yard in Greece in 2000 by a group of 50 Navy Veterans. Yes, the Greeks had bought it for a while. You will see some evidence of that in the pictures.
It is manned by volunteers, mostly Veterans. It operates with donations.
It was well worth the meager $10 donation they asked for before boarding.
She's pretty beat up, but she's been to hell and back...what do you expect? They've done an EXCELLENT job of restoring it, based on what they had to work with.
This sign kind of gave me the chills...I have seen the movie.."Saving Private Ryan"...if you have, you know what I'm talking about. The very graphic scene of the boats landing at Normandy...
Can you imagine the GUTS and COURAGE it took to get in those boats, knowing full well that when that door dropped, you had little chance of getting out alive????
Some uniforms of the day...and this is the mess hall where they had meals....about 13 feet by 16 feet.
Nope, no Tempur-Pedic beds here.
So, let's reflect a little bit on what some have given so that we might remain free.
While some of us may not agree with the government's decisions regarding war...we MUST support those who have made the decision to fight for us. They believe in our country, and what it represents. They believe they are doing the right thing, and have acted on that belief. You can't argue with personal belief. They have made and are making the ultimate sacrifice.
I, for one, am glad they chose to follow their belief, and I will support them till my dying day. God bless the members of our military, past, present and future. Words can not express our gratitude.
So here we are at Challenge #25 for the EWV group...
I wanted to keep this one simple, maybe encourage some of the lurking members to participate, so I decided the challenge would be to make a tag, but limit yourself to using only two Studio 490 stamp sets. As I was pawing thru my sets, I kind of forgot what I was doing, and almost grabbed a third and fourth set....lol.....so then I had to backtrack a little and rethink what I was doing. Here's the tag...
Insert brief pause here while I check the names of the sets I used.....
Ok, they were two of the new ones...For the Arts and Believe in Art. I also used the new Vermillion Archival ink on the background....love it!
A little boo boo on the round BLACKOLA label hanging from the fabric...I had stamped it on chipboard, and covered with Rock Candy Crackle. After it had dried, I thought, hey, I'll just dab some Vintage Photo distress stain on here, it will go right into the cracks. Well, apparently I squeezed a little too hard, it got in the cracks all right...and ended up making it real dark. Moral of the story, a little stain goes a long way. lol. And, I just didn't have time to make another. The key is Tim's new mover and shaper key die, cut from grunge, and embossed with gold, verdigris and rust embossing powder, then swiped with the coffee archival pad. I thought it looked pretty cool.
The little "make art" on the dude's newspaper is a Cat's Life Press stamp.
Off to enjoy my weekend....hope you enjoy yours! Thanks for stopping!
Yep, here we are up to challenge #24 on the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo! Group...
this week's challenge....a flower pot with flowers. :) Based on page 16 from Book #2.
I took the flower pot definition loosely, and used the boot from the Steampunk stamp set.
Here we go:
I pleated some tissue tape underneath the scallop circle and the 6 x 6 base. All stamps are Studio 490. For the scissors and thimble, I painted some manila card with silver paint dabber, let dry, stamped the image with black archival, dried, and covered with glossy accents to make it look like shiny metal. Not bad. The little chipboard needle is Maya Road. Added some vintage buttons in the corner, and ta da, DONE!
Well, who knows if I'll have any time this holiday weekend to be in cyberland, must make hay while the sun shines! (not literally, but you know what I mean, lol). Have a great weekend, I'll be back later!
