05.31.13 FWF

Several projects to link up to

Unity's FWF today.  I've had time

to PLAY in my studio since we've

had lots of rain this past week.

So, so thankful after 2 really

dry years here!

Here is my latest art journal

page for the Bible Verse

Challenge at SCS.  You can see

some of the process on my

earlier post HERE.

I love to use Unity stamps on my

mixed media backgrounds

Next up is the card I made for dgs's

3rd birthday. Stamps are from

It's Your Day set & I used the May/June sketch
From the Unity challenge.

Papers are all from Echo Park's Little Boy collection.

This card uses a grab bag butterfly

and the SHE Script stamp (I love it!).

I cut the flower from a paint chip left over

from a project I did at church. 

 Love how they hold their shape!

I cased this from Kristina Werner's

blog, check it out HERE. She showed how

to do a partial embossing technique.  I had

these elements laying on my table for awhile,

added a few pearls & the vintage buttons.

Have a great weekend!!

One down, one to go...Father's Day

I was super excited to win one

of Kristina Werner's giveaway

boxes...only had to pay the

postage...here is a picture

of all the goodies!

I got right to work with the

For the Record collection and made

a Father's Day card for my

dad.  He has taken pictures

all his life. They have album after

album recording all the memories

of our family's life.
Linking this to Crafting By Designs' 
Anything Goes challenge this week.

This will fit in a

business size envelope.



Encourage Art Journal Pages

Thought I'd let you in on

a bit of the process of the

page I've been working on

the last few days.  This

journal is my project for the

2013 Divine Design Bible

Verse Challenge at SCS.

And I'm linking up to
Word Art Wednesday
for their 81st challenge and
to Art Journal Everyday
at Balzer Designs.

I am using an 8.5 x 11

sketchbook....I glue a couple

pages together to make them stronger.

I started with gesso and craft paint

diluted with water. Used a round

sponge to add the turquoise circles.

Stamped music on tissue paper

and ModPodged it down.

I added pink Thickers, spelling

"sing" but using random letters

on other parts of the page.  I put

pieces of cheesecloth over the

letters that don't spell anything.

I cut Tattered Florals from

old book paper and then added more

paint here and there.

I used random Unity Stamp Co.

stamps with StazOn black ink.

Here is a close up with the Prima

flowers and leaves cut on my

Silhouette added. I used a black

Sharpie to color the word "sing".

I printed the verse out on my

computer, using a free

"Old Typewriter" font I found online.

And here is the finished page:



05.24.13 FWF & CBD Challenge

Welcome to FWF Friday!
Check out the hop details on
the Unity blog! Can you believe
it is Memorial Day weekend?!
DH & I have been crazy busy
getting the crop in, hope to be
done by tonight.

Here is a card I made for the
Mix-Ability challenge #16 at
SCS called Glitter Under Glass.
I used Stickles and then a coat
of Glossy Accents on the hearts.

 Our dgd has a teddy bear

named Pookie. Love this

Phyllis Harris stamp!

And here is my take on

the current Unity sketch.

I had made a similar card last

week and need another grad card.

 

If you remember, I had tried

something called Bokeh Effect

but forgot to sponge the

background.  So this week,

I think I got it right!

 

 

Also linking this up to the

Anything Goes Grad Challenge

at Crafting By Designs.

Thanks for stopping by

and have a great holiday weekend!

FWF & Winner from MM Blog Hop!

Welcome to FWF! Check out the
UNITY BLOG for the hop details
And all the new releases and sales.

I chose a winner from the
Mixed Media Art Journal Hop.
Laura Turcotte...please contact me
with your mailing info!!

Thought I'd throw another card

into the Unity Challenge ring this week.

I combined their sketch with the Try a New Technique

at SCS.  Have you ever heard of the Bokeh Effect?

I guess it is another name for stamping off.
I did forget a step, though, I was supposed to
lightly sponge the background!

Here is the card I made, needed

a grad card for Saturday.  The stamped
panel is popped up, just can't tell in the pic.
This would be an easy design to reproduce
quickly if you needed a bunch of cards.

Sentiment is from To the Moon & Back KOTM

The grad hat stamp is from a FWF win. OA Farmhouse 

twine, stash button. Memories black ink & 

Stampabilities red ink.

We had a great week, DH & I 

got the corn planted and we had a nice

Rain on it last night!

Thanks for stopping by & have

A great weekend!



Mixed Up Media Winner

As promised I have gone to Random.org and had them choose a winner for me. They picked #4....so the winner is.....Laura Turcotte!! Please email me @ gytgram @ hotmail so I can send you your prize!

CAS-ual Challenge & Unity Card Sketch

Thought I'd give this

Bingo challenge at 

CAS-ual Fridays a shot today.

They are celebrating their 2nd birthday

And their 100th challenge!
This also works for the current
Unity card sketch challenge HERE.

I chose polka-dots, kraft,

and punches or dies from the CAS-ual
Bingo chart.

I used molding paste and a TCW stencil

to make my background dots.

The die is TH Tattered Florals.

I stamped a Unity script stamp

with StazOn ink as the flower is cut from a paint 

chip from a painting project I did last week.

I added another Unity stamp for the 

sentiment, punched a tiny heart and

topped it with glossy accents.

A thin piece of pp and some twine 

to attach my flower finished it off.

Mixed Media Blog Hop & FWF

Welcome to a

double delight, Unity's

FWF and Maria's Mixed Media

Art Journal Blog Hop!

 

 

You should have arrived from

the wonderfully talented Angeline.

She happens to have been

Unity's GUI girl this week!

Her blog is Scrappy Scrappy.

  

I've got two art journal spreads to

share with you today.  The first one

uses a stamping technique I learned

 last November when I took part in the

Attitude of Gratitude art journal challenge

with Bernice at Newly Creative.

 

I stamped the black leaves

 around the edges of my pages

over the Dylusions sprays

and then doodled around them

with my white pen.

 

(You can go to THIS POST

to see pictures of the

process & products used

on these pages.)

 

 

(This also fits Mix-Ability

 #13, Mr. Squiggle, to doodle.)

 

My second set of pages was

begun with a net potato bag! 

You can see the texture of it

WAAAAYYY in the background. 

 

(You can go to THIS POST

 for all the how-to details.)

 

I used tons of Unity stamps,

as usual!! Cosmo Cricket Material Girl

& Bella Blvd Lovey Dovery papers.

 

 

 Here is the order of Maria's hop

just in case you get lost or want

to start at the beginning....rumor has

it there are prizes for comments

along the way from the

Mixed Media Chix and Unity!

 

Maria Levine - http://riacreations.blogspot.com

Rebecca Daniels - www.bloomingpink.blogspot.com

Tracy Easson -http://queeniesscrapmad.blogspot.co.uk/

Karen Nofziger - http://karey2005.blogspot.com

Lisa Hetrick - www.lisahetrickdesign.com/in_the_studio

Angeline C - http://scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com

Gwen - http://windchimesandlilacs.blogspot.com  < YOU ARE HERE!

Julie Odil -- http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com

Chris McAdams- thriftysisters-chris.blogspot.com

Tameko Mays - www.creatingmypeace.com

Lynn Goldman - http://sunnyroomart.blogspot.com

I'll be choosing a winner on Monday

so check back to see if you are the

winner of some random Unity stamps

and other goodies!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

have a great weekend!
And now hop on to my great friend,
Julie's blog!



Art Journaling Fun!!

Here is a walk through

 of how I made my

art journal pages.

 

I started out with this

red, net potato bag. I

Mod Podge'd it to my page

and then added molding paste

around the edges.

 

 

I painted over it

all with gesso.

 

 

Next I scraped Calypso Blue craft paint over

it with an old gift card and then added

 torn pattern pieces with more MP.

 

I misted some thinned craft paint onto

 my pages, green, pink & off white.

 

 

Added some Vintage Photo DI

 

 

and some black StazOn & Broken

China DI around the edges.

 

Then I stamped using Unity

stamps with black StazOn.

Throughout All Generations,

Our House Itty Bitty, Chicken Wire,

Brave Girl Boots, Roots & Wings.

Ippity Because of You,

We R Family.

 

White craft paint went on with bubble wrap.

I used  Cosmo Cricket Material Girl &

Bella Blvd Lovey Dovey papers

for my embellishments.

 

The tag on the left-hand page

was coffee dyed and pulled through

misted Broken China DI, the one on the right

was colored with misted FC Pitt pen and

Broken China DI. I used Vintage Photo to

distress everything & black Pitt pen to edge things.

I did a little outlining & doodling with a Sharpie.

 

1981 is the year DH  & I

got married so I put that on

the EST. banner.  The pink

heart was cut from old book paper,

painted with my craft paint spray

and then stamped and DI'd.

 

Thanks for looking!



Mix-Ability #13, Mr. Squiggle

I enjoy the Mix-Ability Challenge

at SCS. Mixed Media is a lot of fun!

Here is the process I went through

to create these pages.

 

 

I started in this journal.

and Mod Podged the first page

to the cover to give it more strength.

Then I continued to stick two pages

together through out the book.

 

 

I bought my first Dylusions sprays

and came up with this after letting

it run and then rolling paper towel over it.

Pure Sunshine & Postbox Red

 

I added the stars with Golden molding paste

and stamped this Hero Arts gate stamp.

The molding paste absorbs some

of the color so later I went over

them with some

 Picket Fence Distress Stain.

 

 

I used a die cut and the same Distress Stain

to make an area to stamp my Prima verse.

Using the negative dies for this

and the stars was inspired

by the Mix-Ability Challenge #11,

Frame It, at SCS. 

 

Next I stamped the Inkadinkado leaves

around the edges with black StazOn

and doodled along them

with my white Signo pen and then

added a bunch of K & Co rub-ons.

Vintage Photo DI around the edges.

 

I had this Scenic Route chipboard bird

 laying on my desk for ages so popped

 him on there. He was painted with Distress

Crackle paint and blue DI.  I added

the Kaisercraft pearls for his wing and also placed

some in with the stars. 

 I put the Presto Stik BE GLAD letters on and

then thought my gate looked rather

unattached! I traced around a bone

folder, added gesso and then Crackle

Paint.  I doodled with a Sharpie around

 the stars, the scalloped circle and the fence

pickets to finish things off.

 

I'll be linking this to last Friday's

Mix-Ability Challenge #13, Mr. Squiggle.

Hop over there to see what the

challenge is for this week!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a closer

look at my pages!

Coming Friday

Be sure to stop by!

There will be a double

blog hop on Friday.

I'll be part of Unity's FWF

as usual BUT...I'll also

be part of Maria's

mixed media blog hop!!

 

 

SEE YOU THERE!!