Circle Tag & It's all started....

Sharing Virnna's last tag with you today....and guess what?? Tim's 1st tag of the season is posted!!! GO CHECK IT OUT....

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I created this tag to show that a person doesn’t always have to use a rectangle or square.  I applied Evergreen Bough Ink to the embossing folder on the recessed side and ran the circle through the Big Shot.  Since the circle was a little wider than the folder I did have to apply a little more ink with the Ink Blending tool. I then sprayed the circle using some Perfect Pearl Mist to give it some shine.

Other details:

Stamp-Flourish from the Shabby French Set

Dies- Spellbinders Nestabilities Beaded Circle and Classic Circles

White Opal Liquid Pearls

Ribbon &Brad-Store Stash

Pearls-Basic Grey Opaline

Snowflakes Tag

Oh Oh Oh!!! It starts tomorrow!! Tim's Tags! I love seeing what he does each day!!! Here's another tag from Virnna!!
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On this tag, I embossed the ATC and then applied a few layers of Picket Fence Distress Stain to make it whiter.  I then applied Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, and a little Black soot to the sky area.  Around the embossed snowflakes I used a paint brush to apply the ink. Next I stamped the Stampin’ Up snowman on the card and on to some Copic Xpress-It paper.  I colored the snowman and paper pieced it onto the card.

Other details:

Copic Markers-B0000, BG0000, G0000, G14, G17, YR04, YR07, R37
Pearl Paint Dabber

Glitter Ritz Glitter

Queen & Co. Pearls

Twinery Maraschino twine

Corner Rounder

Music Bar Tag

Tag #2 from Virnna today!!!
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For this tag I stamped the tag using Tea Dye ink and a music background stamp.  Next, I embossed the tag with the texture trade.  I used the ink blending tool and applied Vintage Photo ink over the embossed area and Festive Berries over the non-embossed section.  I sprayed the tag with Perfect Pearl Mist Forever Red then added my stamped calendar, flowers, and garland.

Other details:

Stamp Set-Holiday Mini

Archival Black Ink

Prima Flowers

Ribbon

It's Tag Time Again!!!

It's my favourite time of year! Christmas! And that means Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas!!!! Virnna is already started by going back over some of the great techniques from past years and creating her own versions!

I am going to tease you a bit and only share one tag per day this week as we lead up to the start of the 2011 version on Tim's blog...

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It’s official. Tim Holtz has announced that he is doing the 12 Tags of Christmas 2011 beginning Dec. 1. I am sure he will amaze us all with all his wonderful creations. Before he does that, take a look at some ATC/Gift tags featuring Tim Holtz’s Holiday Texture Trade embossing folders and manila ATC cards that I created this weekend.

Tag #1-Trees

This tag is based on a tag Tim created last year for day 6. You can go to his blog and click on the link for 2010.  I stamped on the folder using the flourish stamp from the TH Shabby French set and then ran it through the Big Shot.

Additional Supplies:

Distress Inks-Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Vintage Photo

Archival Black ink-used to stamp the flourish

TH Stamp Sets-Shabby French, Mini Holiday, Bitty Grunge

Fibers- Basic Grey Urban

Early Evening

Here is a great layout layout from Virnna using the Fancy Pants Summer's End collection we have in store! I just love the colours!!!

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What says the end of summer then one last attempt at flying a kite in the early evening hours?  And what papers does one use when scrapping this event?  Why Fancy Pant’s Summers End Collection of course! 

Because it was evening time, the wind had died down, and it really wasn’t the best kite flying weather, but my son was able to get the kite in the air by running as fast as he could.  He didn’t seem too discouraged and had a great time racing around trying to keep the kite in the air. 

Here’s the finished layout

The left side

The right side

And a close up 

I really like the soft colors and hints of fall in this line and they complement the photos well.  At least I think so!

Supply list:

Patterned Paper- Fancy Pants Summers End, Bo Bunny Double Dot
Stamps-Recollections, Crafts Smart
Markers-Copic
Flowers-Prima Marketing
Ink-Gathered Twigs Distress Ink
Twine-The Twinery
Metal Embellishments-Stampin’ Up
Stickers- My Mind’s Eye Lime Twist
Alphas- Thickers Amy Tangerine Lovely

Technique Tuesday - Wobbles

Wow! What a Technique Tuesday Hiatus!! I hope to be back with them more regularly after Christmas, but I just had to try this out and share it with you! It took me about 2 minutes to do. Seriously. So quick.
I have heard people talking about "Wobbles" lately and I wanted to try to see if I could make them myself. And then, when the cards for the Card Swap came in, somebody had made one themselves and put it on a card - so I was SURE it could be done!

Some of you will know of my La La Land Crafts Digital Stamp addiction that I have right now, and when I was deciding what I wanted to use for a stamp on my card to wobble....I knew right away that it would be Luka On Sled!! He's so adorbale. I coloured him up with lots of Copic Markers and then went to work on the card!

So, let's see what we have.....

What you need:
A thin crafting wire about 4-5" long. (I actually used a twist tie as it was all I had on hand)
Scotch Tape


First....twist the wire around your finger about 3-4 times:

Next....tape the "spring" to the item you want to wobble with scotch tape:

And finally.....tape the other end of the spring to your card:

And watch it wobble away!!!

Disclaimer....I think these will work better on smaller/symmetrical shapes as he was a little off balance. I wanted him to wobble around the sled though so I didn't move the spring up any. I actually made a second one and attached it behind his head and DIDN'T attach that one to the card. It just helps it hold its position.

The paper I used was from last year's Fancy Pants Wintertime collection from out of my stash!

Thanksgiving Tradidion

We are seeing a lot of Thanksgiving themed items and posts on the internet with American Thanksgiving only a couple of weeks away. I thought I would join in the fun with a layout Virnna did about this past Thanksgiving with the new Fancy Pants Summer's End collection in store now! Enjoy!
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I got some pictures printed off of our time in Nova Scotia this past Thanksgiving.   It was such a nice weekend, and I took lots of photos. Here is one layout of what I am sure will turn into three or maybe four layouts. 

We have been having a lot of fun using Copics here at the store, but the sunflowers in this layout are actually colored with watercolor pencils.  I colored the image with the pencils and then used a brush and water to blend them together.  I had a lot a fun using this technique.

I also created the “washi” tape effect following this technique found here in this video.

Supply List

Letters- Thickers Amy Tangerine Lovely

Stamps-Bo Bunny Forever Fall, Fancy Pants

Trinket- Bo Bunny Garden Girl

Patterned paper-My Minds’ Eye Lost and Found Christmas, Bo Bunny Forever Fall

Cricut Cartridge-Potpurri Basket

Mist-Pinecone Glimmermist

Button-Bo Bunny Welcome Home

Twine-Mandarin from the Twinery

Watercolor Pencils- Lyra Osiris

Ink- Memento Rich Cocoa, Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink

Number Stickers- My Mind’s Eye Lime Twist