LTSCB #178: Find Your Center

Hello Crafty Friends :o)  Spring is almost here, bring on the flowers and sunshine.

This is my post for Love to Scrap  where Anything Goes.

I created a bookmark/tag, just because I got some new fun things from Soto Studios and wanted to play. New stencils, paper, stickers, and some clear background stamps; a little mix media fun was needed. The butterfly was cut out of sheer paper and the rest is just mix media fun. 

Here's the back.

stamps: Soto Studios

paper: Soto Studios

stencils: Soto Studios

embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: ribbon, Unity Stamps: cut out sentiment, Tim Holtz: distress inks

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #72: Smooshing

 Hello crafty friends :o)  Welcome to another fun challenge at MIUCB, this month is about smooshing.

Silly me didn't take a pic of how I smooshed. It's a very easy technique.  I have the special mat for distress inks, sprays and paints, everything wipes off very easily.  I stamped with distress ink pads and used some spray ink directly on my mat, wet with some water "smoosh" my paper.  Then you can "smoosh" on some clean paper and get another design.

I made this tag to go in a card slot in my junk journal.  I used some of the papers and stickers from the kit.  

thanks for looking and reading.

·         paper:  Soto Studio: Brewtiful Coffee Bundle

·         die-cuts:

·         embellishments: Soto Studio: Stickers

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #76: Open Wide Tag

 Hello Crafty Friends!  Now that the kids are back into school, the rest of the year will fly by, but sit down, relax, and get inspired, because all the sister blogs are live today.

This post is for Love to Craft Challenge Blog where anything crafty goes.

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has collected tons of Tim Holtz stuff just because it was cool or different.  Maybe hoping it will inspire us.  I decided to pull out some of the packages and rummage through them to see what crafty ideas came to my head.  Here is it... a tag.  A little bit of this and that, just to get my fingers messy.  Always an excuse to get the sewing machine out again.

thanks for reading and looking :o)

·         embellishments: Industrial Chic: decorative adhesive tape, the Paper Studio: spare parts mustache brad, Tim Holtz: Number strips, Keepstakes, distress spray stain, distress inks, white gesso 

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #51: Wish Tag

 Hello crafty friends :o)   This is my post for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog, every month is Anything Goes.

Here is a little birthday tag, that is bright and cheery.  I used distressed ink for the background, scrap pieces of paper, texture paste, and embossing powder.   The stamps are from TLC Designs Celebrate Sentiments.

I did sew around the tag and added a fun tassel.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: TLC Designs: Celebrate Sentiments

paper: scrap

embellishments: embossing powder, distressed inks, baker's twine, tassel

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #46: Mixed Media Bird Tag

Hello crafty friends!   This is my post for Love to Craft Challenge Blog,  every month is Anything Goes.   We want to see what you have been crafting.

The image Birds Hair from artist Julia Spiri was color with my Prismacolor pencils.  I decided to make a mixed media tag.  Paint, scrap paper, tissue, sewing maching stitching, ink, gold & purple paint, cheese cloth:  just for the background.  After the sewing the stitches, I couldn't stand looking at the back of the tag, so I fixed it .

I did the same technique with a new tag to place over the back of the front tag, but without the stitching.  This little wooden bird has been sitting in my craft closet for awhile, some gesso paint, ink and gold paint to tie it into the project.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this tag in the following challenges:

• Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge: #60 Aything Mixed Media
• Creative Fingers Challenge: #185 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #4 Anything Goes

stamps: Julia Spiri: Birds Hair
paper: scraps
embellishments: paints, inks, embossing powder, cheesecloth, wooden bird,  the Paper Studios: flowers