Wednesday, September 30, 2015

What if? Wednesday Anything goes

Hi everyone! It's hard to believe that Sept. is almost over and it is already Wednesday of this week. It's off to work i go again.  My daughter has her first IEA Horse show this weekend so we will be off to that. That should be fun and i celebrate my 45th Birthday on Friday!!! :( How did i get so old) lol!

Check out my newest Flip Card!!
 The Challenge this week at The House that Stamps Built for Repeat Impressions is

"Anything goes"





Repeat Impression Stamps

Copic Markers
DCWV- Designer Paper
Tab Die- Stampin'up

Challenges


Inspiration Destination #52 Anything goes
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
PDE Linky Anything goes UL
Crafting from the Heart #79 Anything goes (3/3)
Craft your Passion #281 Always Anything goes (3/3)
Creative Card Crew #97 Masculine (1/3)
Sweet Stamps Anything goes 10C 1-
Eureka Stamps #160 Anything goes (1/3)
Amusing Challenge #22 Anything goes (1/2)
Crafting with Dragonflies Anything goes 1-

Have a great day!!!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Too Sweet to Spook!

Since i've been in this 3D mode lately i haven't had a lot of time to make cards.  I've decided to do just that today and make a card. I won this Di's Digital image a while back and really wanted to use it today.
Isn't she cute???



Supplies

Di's digital image-Now What
Copic Markers
Spider Stickers from The Paper Studio
Spider web stamp- Tim Holtz set
Cheesecloth
Black/ Purple Cardstock from Stash


Challenges

Come and Get it Clear it out- Stash-Cheesecloth, Spider Stickers UL
Crafting with Friends #7 Anything goes (3/3)
Jo's Scrap Shack #107 Anything goes (3/3)
Simply Papercraft #14 Anything goes (3/3)
Inspiration Destination #52 Anything goes
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
PDE Linky Anything goes UL
Crafting from the Heart #79 Anything goes (2/3)
Craft your Passion #281 Always Anything goes (2/3)
Artistic Inspirations #141 Anything goes w/ Twist of Black (1/3)
Dragonfly Journey #25 What a Hoot (1/5)
The Corrosive #234 Halloween Bingo (witch, free, black)

Have a Wonderful Tuesday!!!

Monday, September 28, 2015

Simple Gift Card holder

Wow, Those weekends certainly fly by.  I was able to get all of my tutorials and projects finished for Through the Craft Room Door magazine Nov./Dec Issue. Thank goodness!!!! I still have to accomplish my cards for Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge Saturday.

Anyway, today i managed to create this simple little Gift Card Holder.  I found the tutorial HERE on  Laura's blog The Paper Trail. It is super easy to create and a fun last minute gift option.




Supplies

Old Gift Card for example
Graphic 45 DP
Brown Offray Ribbon
Aluminum foil adornment using a Spellbinders die
Avery Marking tag Distressed with Vintage Photo Stain
Martha Stewart picket fence punch
Brown Acrylic paint
Inka Gold
Tim Holtz Grunge background Stamp

Challenges

Come and Get it Clear it out- Stash-Tags, Ribbon UL
Crafting with Friends #7 Anything goes (2/3)
Jo's Scrap Shack #107 Anything goes (2/3)
Simply Papercraft #14 Anything goes (2/3)
Crafty Girls Creations #5 Anything goes (3/3)
Inspiration Destination #52 Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts #2 Anything goes (3/3)
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
PDE Linky Anything goes UL
Craft-Dee Bowz Sept. Anything with a handmade bow (1/3)
Crafting from the Heart #79 Anything goes (1/3)
Craft your Passion #281 Always Anything goes (1/3)

Have a wonderful Week!!!


Saturday, September 26, 2015

The Rest of the Pages for my Chunky Chipboard Halloween album

Okay this is a continuation of my chipboard album that i've been working on this past week.  I can't wait to get to get it complete. Here are the rest of the pages that i've Created.

This Gate is a Resin gate from The Paper Studio that i've painted with black and added Green Inka Gold to the outside for shimmer. I used some Ephemera (owl) from the Alpha Stamp collection Collage sheet that i bought. The fence is a Die Cut die that i had in my stash.  The little mouse is on a piece of embossed metal that i bought on clearance and distressed.  

This is the inside tag photo mount. The paper is from Echo Park Chillingsworth collection. The tag closes with a hidden magnet.


I found this awesome Rat at our local Micheals store. I thought that he would make a great tuck.  The Banner at the bottom is also a tuck that you can add photo's etc... to.  
 I painted my metal Filigree piece in black and then added some gold Rub n Buff to it to distress it.

On this page i used a piece of Wood chipboard that i found at Michaels and painted it black.  The image on the black tombstone is from Ephemera's Vintage Garden.  The Skeleton card is from the Chillingsworth Collection paper by Echo Park. The fence at the bottom is also a tuck for pictures, tags etc....


On this page i've embossed a Sizzix die frame in silver and added Black acrylic paint to distress it.  The Bats are part of a die set that i own.  I put acetate on the inside of the frame and the frame is open at the top to add a picture or more tags. I found that little clothespin embellishment from our Walmart.

I have totally enjoyed Creating this album from start to finish.  I still need to add some ribbon to the top of the tags and add some fibers to the ring holding it all together but for the most part it is complete.

Challenges
Craft for the Craic Sept. Anything but a square
Crafting with Friends #7 Anything goes (1/3)
Jo's Scrap Shack #107 Anything goes (1/3)
Simply Papercraft #14 Anything goes (1/3)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #18 Anything goes (3/3)
Eclectic Ellapu Sept. Anything goes UL
Altered Eclectics Anything goes Mixed Media UL
Crafty Girls Creations #5 Anything goes (2/3)
Inspiration Destination #52 Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts #2 Anything goes (2/3)
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
Retarte #61 Anything goes/Halloween Twist
Scrapper's Delights #48 Anything goes

Have a Wonderful Weekend! I have to write a tutorial and catch up on a few Design Team Cards. It Should be a fun weekend!!!!

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Couple Pages in Mixed Media Chipboard Halloween album

I have had a blast working on this Halloween chipboard Album! Today i want to share a couple of inside pages that i've completed.  If you missed the Cover and the Back of my album that i've already posted, make sure to take a look at them. 


On this page i used some of my awesome Die-cuts that i own including a Sizzix Fence Die and a Memory Box Grand oak tree die. The paper is from Chillingsworth Manor stack by Echo Park.

I used a Spider web die as a tuck for this page.  You can add tags, Photo's etc... behind the Web. 
The Spiders i found at the Michaels in the Halloween section by Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gothic stickers. The Skull image i found as a freebie on Pinterest.

This is a Wooden Spider Web that i painted with Black Acrylic Paint.  Paper is also from Echo Park and the stickers are Tim Holtz "Gothic" Spiders. The Journal cards are from Ephemera's Vintage Garden and the Paper Stack.

Challenges
Crafting from the Heart-#78  Anything goes (3/3)
Craft Your Passion #280 Anything goes (3/3)
Love to Scrap #62 Anything goes (3/3)
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
Retarte #61 Anything goes/Halloween Twist
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #18 Anything goes (2/3)
Eclectic Ellapu Sept. Anything goes UL
Altered Eclectics Anything goes Mixed Media UL
Crafty Girls Creations #5 Anything goes (1/3)
Inspiration Destination #52 Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts #2 Anything goes (1/3)

Have a Wonderful Evening!!!

Through The Craft room Door Magazine for Sept/Oct

The newest online issue of Through the Craft Room Door has be published!!!! It is super awesome and has 180 pages to view. Lots of Fall/Autumn Card ideas and many tutorials!!! If you do not subscribe yet, you should.  For $18 a Year you get 6 fun filled issues and free digital stamps in every issue.  If you aren't a subscriber yet go HERE and check it out.

Through the Craft room door also has weekly "Anything Goes" challenges. Come join our group and see what you've been missing.

Go to see the preview HERE or go to my Sidebar and click on the video.

Have a wonderful Day!!!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

What if? Wednesday- Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone!!! It's Wednesday which means that it's The House that Stamps Built challenge day for Repeat Impressions Stamps

We Rock Stars want you to use this sketch below and create a card.



Repeat Impressions Rubber Stamps

Challenges
Crafting from the Heart-#78  Anything goes (2/3)
Craft Your Passion #280 Anything goes (2/3)
Love to Scrap #62 Anything goes (2/3)
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
Retarte #61 Anything goes/Halloween Twist
Sweet Stamps #21 Anything goes 1-
Where the Heart is #1 Add some text (1/3)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #18 Anything goes (1/3)
Crafty Calendar Anything goes 1-
Blog Quick Quotes #55 Anything goes 1-

Off to work, Enjoy your day!!!

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Through the Craftroom Door Sponsored by Frantic Stamper


HI Everyone! It's Time for a New Through the Craft Room Door challenge with Team B as the inspiration team this week.

Sponsored By Frantic Stamper
You Could be the lucky winner of this die
Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Christmas Light Card Panel

I won this School bus die From Frantic Stamper a couple of months ago so i decided to use it today on my Journal cover. I thought that Since my son loves and plays football that he might want a journal for himself.



Fitztown digital image

Challenges

Crafting from the Heart-#78  Anything goes (1/3)
Craft Your Passion #280 Anything goes (1/3)
Love to Scrap #62 Anything goes (1/3)
Not just Cards #24 Anything goes UL
A Gem of a Challenge #153 Boys,Boys, Boys
Crafty Friends #14 Starts with a B (BLue, Bus, ball) (1/3)
Brown Sugar #164 Anything but a Card (2/2)
Jo's Scrap Shack #106 Boys (1/3)
Altered Eclectics Anything goes Mixed Media UL
Crafty Time Anything but a Card (3/3)
Eclectic Ellapu Sept. Anything goes UL
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #18 Anything goes (1/3)

Enjoy your Tuesday!!!


Monday, September 21, 2015

Back cover of my Mixed Media album #2

I posted the front cover of my album a few days ago HERE.  Now i've completed my back page and wanted to share it with you.  I found all of these house silhouettes online while doing a search for " "Haunted House Silhouettes" I enlarged them to 150-200% and printed them out.  I then traced them onto Chipboard and cut them out, painted them black and began Decorating. I will show you the inside of my pages also as i go along.




Supplies used to Create

Rubber Stamp- Tim Holtz Skeleton
Alpha Stamps Collage sheets- Doors, Spooky Windows,Tiny Halloween
Cheesecloth
Metal Frames painted Black
Inka Gold- in Black, Silver
Cuttlebug Brick Embossing folder
Die Cut Bat and Spider and Web
Tim Holtz Idea-0logy Metal Border

Challenges

Altered Eclectics Anything mixed Media UL
Art Journal Journey Through my Window
Crafty Time Anything but a Card (2/3)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy #116 Anything but a Card
The Mirror Crack'd #13  Tic Tac Toe ( 3D, Shrine, free)
Sisters of Craft Sept. Anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu Anything Goes UL
Haunted Design House Nights are drawing in
Artistic Inspirations #140 Anything goes/Twist of Magic
The Corrosive #233 Mixed Media (3/3)
Hiding in My Craft Room #217 Freestyle
Scrappers Delights #48 Anything goes
Sweet Stampin Emboss it (1/2)
Brown Sugar #164 Anything but a Card (1/2)

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Send a Smile 4 Kids- Fall colors 4 Kids

It's Challenge time again at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Won't you come and join us? 
 The Challenge for the next 2 weeks will be

"Fall colors for kids"

Sponsored by


Digital image-Stitchy Bear

Challenges

Stitchy Bear Stamps Anything goes
Crafty Catz- #293 Special Occasion (1/3)
Aud Sentiments #140 Anything goes w/sentiment (4/5)
Crafting Musketeers #29 Autumn colors 1-
Crafting for all Seasons #110 Layer it all up
Inspiration Destination #51 Anything goes
Papertake Weekly Animal Magic
Paper Minutes-#400 Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown-#262 For a Child

Sponsored By



Digital image-Lacy Sunshine

Challenges

Lacy Sunshine- Changing Seasons
 Morgan's ArtWorld #7 For the Kids
Creative Knockouts- #107 Happy Fall Y'all (1/2) 8C
Kreativeinkauf-#30 Children (1/3)
Our Creative Corner Shades of Autumn (2/3)
Crafty Gals Corner #37 Anything goes (1/2)
Creative Moments #77 Kids Rule (1/3)

Sponsored By

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Chipboard Book page #1 Mixed Media Style

I found all these house silhouettes online and i knew i had to print them and cut them out of Chipboard and Start my own Haunted Album.  I just love making scary things.  I bought these Spooky Windows , and Alchemists Workshop collage sheets from Alpha Stamps.
This is the first page that i've finished for my Spooky Album.



Supplies

Alpha Stamps collage sheets- Alchemist and Spooky Windows
Rubber Spider web stamp from Stampers Anonymous Trick or Treat set
Stencil-Block- Walmart
Modeling paste
Green Inka Gold metallic Rub
Cheesecloth
Mod Podge
Black Acrylic Paint
Idea-ology Border Stickers- Tim Holtz distressed
Black Rubber Spider- Dollar Tree
Metal frame painted and inka Gold
Ghost Button
DCWV Paper for roofs

Challenges

Crafty Girls Creations #4 Anything goes (3/3)
Altered Eclectics Anything mixed Media UL
Anything but cute #5 Mixed Media Makeover
Art Journal Journey Through my Window
Crafty Time Anything but a Card (1/3)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy #116 Anything but a Card
Rhedd's Creative Spirit Sept. Anything goes (3/3)
The Mirror Crack'd #13  Tic Tac Toe ( 3D, Shrine, free)
Sisters of Craft Sept. Anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu Anything Goes UL
Haunted Design House Nights are drawing in
Artistic Inspirations #140 Anything goes/Twist of Magic
The Corrosive #233 Mixed Media (2/3)

Awesome day for challenges!!!




Wednesday, September 16, 2015

What if? Wednesday-Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi Everyone! The new challenge begins today at The House that Stamps Built for  Repeat Impressions Stamps.  
We, Rock Stars would love for you to use the inspiration photo below and Create a card or project.






Repeat Impression Stamps

Challenges

Crafting from the Heart #77 Anything goes (3/3)
Craft Your Passion #279 Anything goes (3/3)
Dream Valley #115 Autumn Colors (2/3) 10C
Paper Minutes #400 Anything goes
Papertake Weekly Animal Magic
Sweet Stamps #14 Anything goes 1- 10C
Crafty Boots-Monochrome
Not Just Cards #24 Anything goes
Our Crafty Corner #1 Autumn Colors
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Anything goes Monochrome 10C

Enjoy your Wednesday i'm off to work!!!

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Spooky Altered Coffin!

Now this was a fun project!!! I found this coffin box at our local Dollar Tree and Thought, " I could alter this to what i want it to look like" I Bought it and did just that.  I love getting messy! Mixed Media Art is just so much fun.  I have no idea why it took me so long to get started. lol!




Skeleton and Raven Confetti-Walmart
Google Eyes- Dollar Tree
Tissue Paper
Black Acrylic Paint
Inka Gold in Green and Black
Mod Podge
Chain
Modeling Paste
Rubber flies- Dollar Tree
Cheesecloth
K and Company Skull die cut and Danger sign

Di's Digi Designs Fall Colors
Scrappers Delights #48 Anything goes
Crafting with Friends #6 Anything goes (3/3)
Crafty Catz #292 Autumn Colors (3/3)
Creative Corner Anything but a Card
Simply Papercrafts #13 Anything goes (3/3)
Aud Sentiments #140 ATG with a Sentiment (3/5)
Crafty Girls Creations #4 ATG (3/3)
Crafting from the Heart #77 Anything goes (2/3)
Craft Your Passion #279 Anything goes (2/3)
Dream Valley #115 Autumn Colors (2/3)
Incy Wincy Designs No Rubber Stamps (2/5)
Paper Minutes #400 Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations #140 Anything goes with a Twist of Magic (1/3)
Haunted Design House The nights are drawing in
Melonheadz Friends Try something new (1/2) Altering a box is new
Altered Eclectics Altered Art Anything for September
Rhedd's Creative Spirit Anything goes Altered, Mixed Media (2/3)
The Corrosive-Mixed Media (1/3)

Have a Great Tuesday and i'll see you tomorrow with a new Repeat Impressions challenge.