Tim Holtz Rolling Christmas Configuration Box!

Hi, Everyone,
I Love Configuration Boxes! 
Today you will see how to get the most space out of your configuration boxes.

We start with the smallest 5x5" Tim Holtz Configuration Box, only 1 of them.  Inside are 5 smaller boxes.  Using the base & the lid as 2 separate configuration boxes glued next to each other & stacking some of the smaller boxes outside the main boxes creates more surface area for you to embellish.  The 5x5" Configuration Box has now grown to 7x14"!  Now that's spending your money wisely.  Have a look.

Hope you expand your configuration boxes to get more bang for your buck.

Christmas is in the Air!

Hi, Everyone,
After  hosting a Christmas Card Blitz at my daughter's house Saturday night . . . Christmas is definitely in the Air.  Christmas Configuration Boxes top the list & that's what I will be working on first!  Have a look at the inspiration created by Memories Wholesale.  I will post my version as soon as it is created.

I'm off to Santa's Workshop . . .
The excitement of Christmas is just beginning!

Vintage Home Decor Tags 22, 23, 24

Hi, Everyone,

This Sunday at Treasured Memories

I am continuing with my "Vintage Finds" Home Décor Tags 22, 23, 24.

One of my regular ladies who has taken all these tag classes wants to make a calendar using these tags, so I will be creating a few more tags. 

After this Sunday, there are will be 2 more classes to add tags 25-31 to finish this Home Decor piece.

Have a look at the latest creations!

 

"Vintage Finds" Home Décor Tags

Inspired by 7Gypsies, & everything Vintage.

Come to class or phone to reserve a kit!

Join me at  Treasured Memories  for Tags 22, 23, 24

Sunday, November 18, 2012

11-2:00 p.m. $28

Please bring: Sepia Ink (or your favourite shade of brown)
Pumice Stone Distress Ink, Ink Blending Tool, Needle nose pliers, tweezers
Paper piercer, fussy cutting scissors, Pop-dots, double-sided tape, stapler
Ruler, Craft mat, Fabri-tac glue, Scotch Quick-Dry glue, Sanding tool

Vintage Home Decor Tags 19, 20, 21

Hi, Everyone,
I've been playing with tags, tickets, film strips, Bingo Cards, Tim Holtz tissue wrap, Industrial Chic charms, metal buttons, photo corners, keys, stamps, metal ribbon hangers, 1" glass pieces, crocheted trim, twill tape, ribbon, tulle & . . .  a tiny wooden Violin.  Have a look!

This Sunday at Treasured Memories

I am continuing with my "Vintage Finds" Home Décor Tags

Inspired by 7Gypsies, & everything Vintage

we are continuing to create tags for

this stunning Vintage Finds Home Decor Piece!

Come to class or phone to reserve a kit.

Join me for Tags 19, 20 & 21

Sunday, November 11, 2012

11-2:00 p.m. $28

Please bring: Sepia Ink (or your favourite shade of brown)
Pumice Stone Distress Ink, Ink Blending Tool, Needle nose pliers, tweezers
Paper piercer, fussy cutting scissors, Pop-dots, double-sided tape, Glossy Accents,
Ruler, Craft mat, Fabri-tac glue, Scotch Quick-Dry glue

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012 - November

Hi, Everyone,

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012
My Version of . . . Tag 10

November

This month features the wonderful earth tone colours of fall

& what better palette of greens, rusts, yellows & browns than distress!

The dramatic contrast of the embossed resist technique with colourful distress stains & ink

along with water stained distress & multiple layers of foliage

create a very rich luscious Tag.

Come to class or phone to reserve a kit!

Join me

Sunday, November 4

For the 10^th Tag of 2012

1-3:00 p.m. $10

Supplies:Craft sheet, Fabri-tac, double-sided tape,
Scissors, Tweezers, Pop-dots, Ink Blending Tool,
Distress Inks: Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Gathered Twigs,
Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed, Walnut
Distress Stains: Stormy Sky, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick

She Art . . . Week 1

Hi, Everyone,
This past week I have been delving into Chrisy Tomlinson's form of She Art.  I am learning to create my own girls & my own She Art style.  This is an amazing journey.

My craft table is covered with tissue papers, patterned papers, gel medium, gesso, modeling paste & stencils, Golden brand paints, Adironbdack paint dabbers, Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens & Gelatos, Distress Markers, Prismacolor crayons, & Pigma Micron pens. 

The pages numbered 1, 2, 3 show the progression of a collaged background, stenciling with paint & modeling paste, then adding a girl, stamps & a quote.  Have a look at what I have created so far.

"She Loved to Play with Paper"

"She was an Artist"

"She Loved to Create"

She Art Cover & Title Page

Hi, Everyone,
Today I would like to show you the spiral book I altered specifically designated to my She Art journey.

I started off with a Strathmore Watercolour coiled book that I purchased at Michaels.  I removed the spiral coil it came with because I wanted to add additional space in the spine to allow for the most awesome thing in the world . . . embellishments!  The front & back covers of the coiled book came with thick chipboard, perfect for an altered book.  I covered them with Christy Tomlinson She Art paper, gaffer tape, & a felt flower. 

I cut 4 spine pieces from thick chipboard, added 2 attachment pieces to each side of the spine pieces, covered these spine pieces with Christy Tomlinsoin She Art paper, then glued them to the front & back covers with Scotch Quick-Dry glue.  By adding this spine extension, the spine grew from .75" to 2" allowing lots of room for future molding paste, paint, paper, & embellishents.

The spines of all of my altered books are decorated, so when they are lined up in the bookshelf they are very beautiful to look at.  The coils & empty holes are decorated with teal ribbon.

You can see how much room the spine extension will allow for a thickening book.

This is my cover page, simply entitled "She". . . announcing the faceless girls & inspiring sayings that will be adorning the upcoming pages of my She Art journey.  Note the packaging in the background - some packaging is just too beautiful to throw away & needs to be enjoyed in our Art.

Above I am practicing beautiful Hair.  We all develope our own style over time.  Mine seems to be a self-portrait . . . side bangs & flowing hair.   Pencil your hair in first, so you can erase it if need be, then go over it with a pen.  My favorite is the flow of the American Crafts Precision Pens & Pigma Micron Pens. 

Have fun creating!