It's SCC Challenge Time! ~Create Your Own Background~

Hello, everyone! It's another SCC challenge! It's time to get creative! This challenge is all about creating your own background! No patterned paper!

Create your Own Background, no embossing folders or digi's 

Use Stencils, ink, delusions spray, whatever you like, just make your own background.

 

 

This lovely lady is  April Showers Rio and Toots! She's ready for a lovely and fun rainy day! 

For my background, I used some glossy paper, alcohol inks (sailboat, denim, silver metallic, and pool), and some glossy accents for rain drops. I like how the background looks like water falling on a window pane.

Come join in the fun over at SCC! And be sure to check out all the DT creations!


 Corinne
http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

Celina
http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/

Irene
http://irenescardcreations.blogspot.com/

Trish
http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.com/

Kaylou
http://kayloucraftyblog.blogspot.com/

Sharon
http://mrslumpys.blogspot.com/

 Guest DT Regan

Creative Creations Challenge! ~Bingo~

Hello, everybody! I have a fun challenge for you from Creative Creations Challenges today! It's a Bingo challenge! Pick any three in a row to get Bingo and enter the challenge!

The sponsor for this fantastic challenge is Digital Delights by Louby Loo!

Below is the Bingo card. Be sure to check out the full details at the CCC Blog.

 

Any three in a row will do! I went all out and did a full Bingo card! I used every square on the card to create my project. Take a look!

DIY Door Hanger. I used some lace (colored with Lindy's Stamp Gang Cattail Copper Brown mist), the DIY sentiment, a couple of different ribbons to hang it from, flowers colored with LSG Cattail Copper Brown and Tibetan Poppy Teal, and an image I cut out of some Tim Holtz kraft cardstock,. I distressed the tag with some Walnut Stain and Broken China Distress Inks, and used some lace with pearls (colored with Lindy's Stamp Gang Tibetan Poppy Teal), and a couple of kraft cardstocks. I also made something other than a card. So that about covers it! Lol.

 

This challenge was a lot of fun and I hope that you'll stop by Creative Creations Challenges to join in!



Simply Challenged - February 12 - Valentine's Day!

Hello, all! Time for another SCC challenge! Here is the description of the challenge directly from the SCC Blog!

 
You ready for the new Challenge? Okay to win a prize don't forget you must use a Simply Betty Stamps Image.. and must be at least 6 different entries..
Make a Valentines Day card... See Easy Peasy...


This is the Valentine's Day Card I created:

You Get My Gears Going... Valentine Card. This is Love Gun Lola from the Teen Scene Steampunk Valentine Collection! Isn't she awesome!

 

Here are the links to the other DT. Check out all the amazing creations and be sure to join in the challenge!



SBS

http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

Corinne

http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

Celina

http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/

Irene

http://irenescardcreations.blogspot.com/

Trish

http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.com

Rachel

http://rachelspaperwishes.blogspot.com/

Louise Guest DT

http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/

Punky Scraps Challenge 50

Hello, all! After a much needed break and a blog hop to get us warmed up again, Punky Scraps challenges have begun again!

Challenge 50 is a photo inspiration challenge. Below is the photo chosen to inspire you all:

 And here is the sample I created using the above inspiration photo:

The design of the inspiration photo inspired me to add the reflection of the larger photo at the bottom; to add the splatters, frames and stamping; and to use a kraft paper background. The photos are of the sunset on South Padre Island, TX when my family and I were there to visit.

Supplies: paper is from My Mind's Eye and Graphic 45; Prima flowers; alphas, bling, and stamps from my stash; Tim Holtz flourish stamp; Staz-On ink; and Lindy's Stamp Gang mists in Red Hot Poker Orange and Afternoon Delight Denim; and Tattered Angels mist in Coffee Shop.

Grungy Monday Challenge - Tim Holtz Wearable Art

Hello, all! It's been a long time since I participated in a Grungy Monday Challenge and I have missed them so! I really want to make them a priority in the future. So to begin participating again, I chose to start with this past week's challenge (Challenge #37): to create wearable art using Tim Holtz products.

Tim Holtz Wearable Art!

Jewelry, clothing, buttons and badges-- you're welcome to submit anything wearable, as long as you've incorporated at least one Tim Holtz product and/or technique. Idea-ology pieces are a natural fit for this challenge, but you could also decorate a T-shirt or scarf, make a hair ornament... there are so many options!

Curiouser Bracelet. I created this bracelet using Tim Holtz's Type Charms and a bracelet blank. I made it to inspire me to stay curious and show my love for Alice in Wonderland. I added some charms that remind me of Wonderland and will probably change out the skull and ring out once I find some tea cup and tea pot charms.

12 Days of Christmas - Day 2 & Blog Hop

Hello, all! Today is day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas at Smeared Ink. It's also a new release day for them! So for today's blog hop we will have two additional players from the DT. I hope you will take a look at all the fun creations and be inspired to create some fabulous Christmas projects.

BLOG ROLL!

Tori

Lady Brayton

Paula

Kymberly

Ike

Heather

Sugar

Jennifer

Abbie Kay

Kelli

Helen

Donna Cook

Glittery Katie

Black Dragon

Jane

Alison

Kristy

Celina

Lisa

Monique

MaryKay

Liz

Dianne

Freddie

Kapree

Here is my project for today; a Christmas card featuring a fabulous steampunk image from Smeared Ink.

Steampunk Christmas Card. The fantastic images of the Dr. and chimney are from Smeared Ink. I colored them with my Copics and added some Crystal Stickles. The papers are from Echo Park Paper and the gears are from Tim Holtz. I added some stitching in green with my Sew Easy Tool and some Christmas Red Stickle dots. The alphas are from Echo Park as well.

Grungy Monday #13

If you're looking for the Mad Tea Party post, it's the one below this one.

Hello, all! Today is Grungy Monday #13 over at Studio L3! I guess 13 is my lucky number because I was chosen by Linda to be a guest designer for this week! Guest designer along with me is Suzanne Bouchard. I can't tell you how excited I am to be doing this! I love all things Tim Holtz! This week's technique uses Tim Holtz's Adirondack Alcohol Inks. Here is a a link to the technique on the Ranger Ink website: Tim Holtz Demos Adirondack Alcohol Inks.

Since I am mainly a scrapbooker, I created a scrapbook page with this technique. Here is my take on this technique. I created the background for my page.

Time layout. These are three photos of my eldest daughter at three points in her life; as a baby, a youngster, and when she graduated high school. Time does fly! I used the Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink technique on glossy paper (12 X 12). The alcohol ink colors I used are Bottle, Denim, Sail Boat Blue, Lettuce,Purple Twilight, Eggplant and Silver. I matted the photos with black and turquoise cardstock. And I used various clock and time stamps with Archival Ink to make a pattern. I added some ruffled trim that I used Lavender Fields Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist on, some Webster's Pages velvet ribbon, a Prima rose, a Petaloo flower, Thickers in Lullaby, and a Tim Holtz clock and game spinners.

Here is a close up of the background with the flower cluster and title.

For more techniques, products, and information, please visit Tim Holtz at http://www.timholtz.typepad.com.

Steampunk Saturday {Sunday}

Hello, all! Well, my homework has once again gotten the better of me and I missed posting yesterday's Steampunk Saturday layout because I was busy trying to write a paper due on Monday. Not only that but one of the circuit breakers for my house broke and I spent all day yesterday trying to figure out how to replace it! I'm so glad I have an electrician cousin living near me; he's coming over some time today to replace it.

Now on to my project! I used the Studio L3's Grungy Monday technique for this past week on this and I must say that I am completely happy about the results. Now in his technique, Tim Holtz describes making your own foam stamps and that is what I did (I used my new Vagabond!). The fun part is that I've been looking for gear stamps and the ones I've found are either not to my liking or too expensive. Now I have some that I love!

Steampunk Gears Foam Stamps.

Making Memories Layout. I used the Matte Medium Resist Technique from Tim Holtz to create the background, along with Bo Bunny Timepiece Paper and Embellishments, Thickers, Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, and some 7 Gypsies Gears.

Saturday Steampunk 4-2-2011

Hello, all! I have a few pages to share with you today! Starting off with a steampunky page that will be an example at my Steampunk Challenge at scrapbook.com. Then I have a few more to share that are based on sketches (a couple of which did not make deadline since I've caring for my son, who caught strep throat). So here we go:

April Showers layout. This is a page I created as an example for my Steampunk Challenge. The topic this month is April Showers. The flowers in the claw foot tub are photos of the roses I have in my front garden. I used basic textured green cardstock for the base and distressed the edges and stained them with Distress Stain in Vintage Photo. The floral paper is from Tim Holtz's Lost and Found paper pack. The pipes, tub, and shower head are all images from Internet. The title is made up of two styles of Thickers. 

April Showers Close Up 1. I used some rhinestones and Glossy Accents on the flowers and out of the shower to simulate water. I also used various stamps with Vintage Photo and Forest Moss Distress Inks. 

April Showers Close Up 2. Here  close up of the shower head and the water droplets coming from it.

Sketch #093 from Twisted Sketches from 3-24-2011. The twist was "swirl," any way.

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas 2008. Tag #10.

Maria layout. I completed this page using the Twisted Sketches Sketch #093 and for the Grungey Monday Challenge at Studio L3. This page was inspired by Tim Holtz's 2008 #10 Tag. I used a Tattered Angels Glimmer Screen as a mask, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks, Grungeboard flourishes, Prima Symphony Flowers, Lindy's Stamp Gang Gold Embossing Power, Forever Red Perfect Pearl Mist, Thickers, and a page from my DCWV Immortal Love stack (music paper).

The Color Room Palette #51.

Color Riot layout. This is not my typical style but I thought all the paint splatters were fitting. These are all photos of the colors of our house when we first bought it. All but a few were painted over. I used the sketch from The Color Room that went with the palette and used plenty of paint and Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, and Fired Brick. I wet distressed all the paper squares and circle.

Pages in Time Blog Thursday Sketch 3-24- 2011.

Playground layout. This was based on the Pages in Time Blog Thursday Sketch for 3-24-2011. I used Echo Park papers and stickers for this. The photos are of my son playing at the park's playground. I am loving Echo Park papers more and more! I inked the edges of the papers with Distress Inks in Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, and Spiced Marmalade.