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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Wicked Wednesday with Concetta Kilmer

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Concetta Kilmer.  Our challenge this week is Lots of Glitter and the image I've used is A Word to the Wise - Owl Art.  This was a fun image to use as I'm a huge lover of owls, and glitter!  I love sparkly things, must be the gypsy in my soul!


Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Concetta Kilmer's© A Word to the Wise
Copic® Markers
Stampendous® Micro Glitter in China Blue and Crystal
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Grasshopper Cardstock by My Colors®
Double-sided Sticky Paper by Snap 'N Peel®

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and fussy cut.
Trim ATC base from green cardstock.
Trim sticky paper 1/4" smaller than ATC base.
Adhere sticky paper to cardstock.
Adhere image to sticky paper.
Using the end of an embossing tool, dip it in the crystal glitter and then touch it to the sticky paper, repeat several times to create stars.
Using the waxy paper removed from the sticky paper, burnish the glitter into the sticky paper.
Add blue glitter and burnish into the sticky paper.
Shake off excess glitter and return excess to jar.

This was a super easy ATC and a fun one!  Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon with more creative goodness.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea


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Friday, March 25, 2016

Vintage Style

Today we're wrapping up a week of showcasing projects created using Fran Seiford's new book Stampendous recently released, "Embossing Powder Techniques from A to Z?"  It's 100 pages of everything you will ever need to know about embossing!  Today I used technique H - Vintage Cracked Glass Embossing Powder Technique on page 27.  This technique is great for "instant aging" creating a vintage or mixed media look.  Don't forget, if you need a heat gun to try these embossing techniques, Stampendous now carries the Wagner Embossing Heat Tool.  This is the best heat tool on the market!  It efficiently melts even the thickest layer of embossing enamel.


Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Angel Aviary
Stampendous® Cling Industrial
Stampendous® Clear Deep Impressions Chunky Embossing Enamel
VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko® at Imagine Crafts®
Spectrum Aqua™ Markers in Essentials by Crafter's Companion®
Jet Black Ink Pad Archival Ink™ by Ranger®
Infinity Permanent Metallic Marker in Silver by The Write Dudes™
Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®
Grasshopper Cardstock by My Colors®
Bo Bunny® 12" Gabriella Fairest Patterned Paper
Bo Bunny® 12" Ambrosia Flowers Patterned Paper
Gathered Twigs Distress Ink Pad by Ranger®
May Arts® Ribbon and Twine
Celebrate It™ Occasions™ White Paper Flowers
10 mm White Rose Mulberry Flowers by Pizzazz Aplenty™
4 mm Light Coffee Flatback Pearls by Pizzazz Aplenty™


Here's a list of my teammates that are playing along today:


Thanks so much for stopping by to have a look.  I hope you've spotted some new embossing techniques you're wanting to try out!  It's always fun to learn something new and this book has a ton of great information, you're going to love it!  Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again next week.

Hugs,
Lea


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Thursday, March 24, 2016

A Little Antiquing Fun

Have you heard about Fran Seiford's new book Stampendous recently released, "Embossing Powder TECHNIQUES from A to Z?"  It's 100 pages of everything you will ever need to know about embossing!  Today I used technique W - Antique Embossing Powder Technique on page 68.  This technique mimics the look of old tin ceiling tiles and is one of my new favorites!

 If you need a heat gun to try these embossing techniques, Stampendous now carries the Wagner Embossing Heat Tool.  This has got to be the best heat tool on the market!  I've had one for years and I love it.

 For today's card, I've gone a little Western with the Horse and Rider stamp embossed and layered over Leather Flowers background stamp.  My grandfather used to do leather tooling and he created some beautiful pieces, much like this stamp!  I still remember sitting on his lap and "helping."

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Horse and Rider
Stampendous® Leather Flowers
Stampendous® Birthday Assortment Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Stampendous® Cling Industrial
Stampendous® Clear Deep Impressions Chunky Embossing Enamel
Stampendous® Clear Bark Embossing Powder
VersaMark™ Ink Pad by Tsukineko® from Imagine Crafts®
Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink Pad by Tsukineko® from Imagine Crafts®
DecoArt® Americana® Sand Acrylic Paint
WorldWin® Papers DoubleMates™ in Totally Tan
Carob Cream Smoothies Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon

Here's a list of my teammates that are playing along today:


Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll have another cool technique to share with you tomorrow, so, don't forget to drop in again.  Have a wonderful day!

 Hugs,
Lea
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Wicked Wednesday with Sassy Studio Designs

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.  Our theme for the week is Star Wars and the image I've used is the iconic little green man, Yoda Honey!  She has several of the characters portrayed in fun Sassy Studio style!  I found this cool picture of Yoda and used it for my inspiration for the background on my ATC.  My ATC is kid approved according to my 13-yr old son.  That's always a good sign!



Here's what I used for this ATC:

Sassy Studio Designs© Yoda Honey
Stampendous® Dreamweaver Leafless Tree Die
DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Green Gold
Distress Marker™ in Picket Fence
Copic® Markers - YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG01, YG21, E42, E43, E44, E47
atyouSpica™ Glitter Pen in Melon
White Gel Pen by GellyRoll®
Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and fussy cut.
Die cut tree from brown cardstock.
Trim ATC base from blue cardstock.
Using Picket Fence marker add streaks of white over most of ATC and then wipe over it with a damp baby wipe to blend out.
Adhere pieces of tree to ATC and cover with Picket Fence.
Adhere Yoda image to ATC.
Create a wash with green paint and cover blue cardstock and part of tree branch behind light saber.
Once dry, write sentiment on lower right corner with white gel pen.

This was a fun ATC to create!  Most of my family members are big Star Wars fans so it has been a popular ATC in my house.  We would love for you to play along, too!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Pretty and Practical Storage



Welcome back to final day of the Stampendous and the Deflecto Craft Design Teams blog hop.  It’s been an amazing week with tons of inspiration and fun.  For my project today, I decorated  the Deflecto Carousel Rotating Organizer - 9 Bins.  I’m so excited to have this awesome organizer, I can’t wait to fill it up!







Here’s what I used to create this project:  

Snap ’N Peel® Sticky Paper
StāzOn Cactus Green Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
StāzOn Emerald City Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
StāzOn Blue Hawaii Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Sponge Daubers by Tsukineko®

Here’s what I did to create this project:

Apply ink dots with a sponge dauber on outside of each bin as shown.
Die cut 9 labels from sticky back paper.
Paint all three colors on each label, add additional coats as needed.
Cover each label with chalkboard paint.
Adhere labels to bins.

Here’s the list of my teammates playing along today:

Prizes:

Here’s the awesome prizes but you must comment to win. Official Contest Rules
Deflecto prize will be three on their blog:

Stampendous blog has THREE prize packages that include:

Thanks for joining us this past week!  I have so enjoyed everyone’s projects, I hope you have, as well.  Don’t forget to comment if you wish to be eligible to win!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

Deflecto Blog – http://deflectotocraftwith.blogspot.com/
Deflecto Website – http://www.deflecto.com/craft/
Deflecto Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/deflectocraft/

Deflecto Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/deflectocraft/
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

What To Do?



Welcome back to another day of the Stampendous and the Deflecto Craft Design Teams.  So, are you loving the great ideas you’ve already seen?  Plus, there’s more today and a bunch more with our big hop finale tomorrow.  For my project today, I created a desktop dry erase board using the Deflecto 8.5”x11” Black Bordered Craft Frame.  This was super fun and super easy!

Empty frame before!

Completed desktop dry erase board before writing.

Desktop dry erase board with writing.


Here’s what I used to create this project:  

StāzOn™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Acetate Sheet
Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pens in:  Pink Carmine, Middle Purple Pink, Pink Madder Lake, Orange Glaze, Terracotta, Cinnamon, Sanquine, Caput Mortuun, Skyblue,  Indanthrene Blue, Phthalo Blue, Cobalt Green, Light Phthalo Green, May Green, Leaf Green, Chromium Green Opaque, Purple Violet, and Cadmium Yellow
Dry Erase Marker

Here’s what I did to create this project:

Stamp image onto acetate with black ink, flip over and color with markers.
Trim stamped acetate to fit frame, layer white paper behind image and place inside frame.

 Because I didn't stamp directly onto the frame, I can change my design any time I choose!  The possibilities are endless!

Here’s the list of my teammates playing along today:

Prizes:

Here’s the awesome prizes but you must comment to win. Official Contest Rules
Deflecto prize has three on their blog:

Stampendous blog has THREE prize packages that include:

Thanks for stopping by today to take a peek at my project!  Don’t forget to comment if you wish to be eligible to win!  I’ll see you again tomorrow with more fun inspiration!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Deflecto Blog – http://deflectotocraftwith.blogspot.com/
Deflecto Website – http://www.deflecto.com/craft/
Deflecto Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/deflectocraft/
Deflecto Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/deflectocraft/
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Wicked Wednesday with Star Stampz

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Star Stampz.  Our theme is Spring Time and the image I've used is the adorable Spring Sun Shine.  She looks so darn happy enjoying the sun and the warm spring weather!


Here's what I used to create this ATC:

©Star Stampz Spring Sun Shine
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Little Yellow Bicycle® Hello Spring's Garden Rows 12x12 
Copic® Markers
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and trim closely.
Trim patterned paper for ATC base
Cut out sentiment and butterfly from patterned paper.
Adhere all layers as shown and adhere only one wing of butterfly, lift other wing away from paper.

I love that the paper I used had lots of little words and simple sentiments that could easily be trimmed out for use and were perfect for the image.  Simple, sweet and springy!

Thanks for stopping by today for a visit.  I hope you'll join us with your own interpretation of Spring Time.  See you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea


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Friday, March 11, 2016

Stampendous, DecoArt & Andy Skinner




Welcome back!  Have you enjoyed this week of creativity with Stampendous and DecoArt?  I don’t know about you but I’m loving the stamps Andy Skinner has designed for Stampendous.   I’m almost sad that today is the last day of the collaboration, however, we’ll still be using all of these amazing products together.  

For today’s project I’ve made a sweet little sign I’m going to hang on a wall somewhere in my house, I just haven’t decided where yet.  This was one of those fun projects that all fell in place with looking at one stamp!  Those are my favs!  I painted several different layers onto my little 5”x7” canvas board.  I really wanted it to look like it’s been painted multiple times over the years, I think it does.  Sweet and simple!


Here’s what I used to create this canvas:

Copic® Markers - YR21, YR23, YR24; R30; C1, C4, C5, C6, C7
VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Imagine Crafts®
StāzOn™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Imagine Crafts®
StāzOn™ Ganache Ink Pad by Imagine Crafts®
Basic Grey® True Love Patterned Paper
Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pen in Black
5”x7” Canvas Board

Here's a list of my teammates playing along today:


Lea Fritts (here)



You’ll want to get your commenting fingers ready…so put down your paintbrushes! Each comment on a post will enter you to win a fabulous prize package! (One comment per post, per person.)  This contest is open to everyone!!  We have three packages and each has a Fluid Media Starter Kit, all three of Andy Skinner’s new Stampendous Stamp Sets, and a Jumbo Acrylic Handle. This is a great prize package!


Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you’ve really enjoyed this week.  Don’t forget to comment so you’ll be eligible to win.  Have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you next week!


Hugs,
Lea
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Mixing It Up


Hello, hello!!  I’m beyond excited this week as the Stampendous Design Team is playing with our BFFs over at DecoArt!  As you probably already know, Andy Skinner has designed some amazing stamps for Stampendous.  What you might not know, Andy just happens to be the DecoArt International Education Coordinator.  How cool is that job!?

Andy and his band of merry mixed media artists are playing along with us, including Julia Stratford-Wright, Mark Gould, Mel Hookham, and Jools Robertson. Plus, there will be posts this week on the DecoArt blog, too.  Since, I know you’ve already been wowed by my teammates earlier this week, I hope today’s posts will be just as awesome!  I've prepared some step-out photos just for you!


Once stencil is taped down, sponge on ink in a random fashion.  I purposely did not cover the entire area the stencil covered.


Squeeze one drop of Diarylide Yellow Media Fluid Acrylic into Regular Embossing Paste. As you can see here, I've only used one drop of Fluid Acrylic.  Since they're so highly pigmented, it only takes one drop to get amazing color results.


Mix paste and paint thoroughly.


The paste is a little lighter than I wanted so I'm going to darken it some. 


 So, I've added a little drop of Cadmium Orange hue and mixed it up.  Notice, I've used the tiniest of drops to get the perfect color!


Here's my paste, the perfect shade I wanted and ready to spread! Because it takes so little paint to tint the paste, there's not much needed


Here it is, all pasted and drying!


In the meantime, I've stamped my images, created my card base, snipped a flower stem and cut out a leaf that I stamped my sentiment on!  Once my paste dried, I added some distress ink and layered it all to form my card!


So, here's my card with a rather fun and funky sunflower!

Here's the complete list of products I've used to create this card:

Stampendous® Andy Skinner Curiosity Stamp Set
Stampendous® Daisy Thanks Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Stampendous® Dreamweaver LJ806 Hexagons Stencil
Stampendous® Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Diarylide Yellow and Cadmium Orange Hue
Memento™ Cantaloupe, Dandelion and Rich Cocoa Ink Pads by Imagine Crafts®
Vintage Photo ID Distress Ink™ by Ranger®
My Colors® Desert Cactus Cardstock
Faber-Castell® PITT™ Artist Pen in Green Gold
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive



WE HAVE AWESOME PRIZES!!


You’ll want to get your commenting fingers ready…so put down your paintbrushes! Each comment on a post this week will enter you to win a fabulous prize package! (One comment per post, per person.)  This contest is open to everyone!!  We have three packages and each has a Fluid Media Starter Kit, all three of Andy Skinner’s new Stampendous Stamp Sets, and a Jumbo Acrylic Handle. Look at this great prize!

Here's a list of my teammates that are playing along today, be sure to leave them some love:


Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll have another project for you tomorrow so make sure to come back.  In the meantime, have a wonderful day, I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea
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