A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge #10 - All Things Tim

 Hello and welcome!

It's time for the June challenge at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

I predict this month's theme will be a 

much played one: All Things Tim!

As in Tim Holtz! Use any Tim Holtz products on your

artist trading card or coin.

This month I made some coins:

Things by Tim used on these: burlap stencil, Vintage photo reinker

(Mixed in the crackle paste to tint it), Vintage Photo ink smudged

around the edges, Botanical Layers (butterflies), pen nibs, and

word bands.

Here are some close ups:

I hope that you'll join us for our All Things Tim challenge at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge! Need more inspiration? Simply

visit the blogs of my teammates to see the incredible projects they created!

Thanks for visiting. I hope that you have a great day!

Supplies:

recycled corrugated cardboard

DecoArt Media Gesso

Plaid - paintbrush

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint - Blue Haven, Khaki Tan

sponge

Tim Holtz - Burlap stencil

DecoArt Media crackle paste

pallet knife

Ranger Distress re-inker: Vintage Photo

Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Picket Fence Studio blending brush

Tim Holtz - Botanical Layers (butterflies), Word Bands, Pen Nibs

E6000 glue

SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

Staz On - Timber Brown

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #202 - G is for Gel Printing

 

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Hello hello!

Welcome back snarky peeps! It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, it's all about Gel Printing!

I searched through some prints I made over the years and

decided to use this blue one for a masculine birthday card:

and the inside. Forgive my hand modeling, the card didn't

want to stay flat.

Gotta love a great snarky sentiment!  LOL! I stamped the balloons

twice, once onto gray card stock, then again on a scrap of this

funky gray DP that had a nested squares design on it. By angling how

I stamped the balloon image I was able to get a different design on each balloon.

I just fussy cut the bunch and glued it onto the gray card. Cool beans!

I hope that you'll join Edna, my sisters, and our reigning Queen,

Fran, in our Gel Printing challenge! I look forward to seeing

your projects linked up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - A Snarky Birthday to You

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah

DP: scrap

Accessories: Gel Press; DecoArt Americana acrylic paints - Sapphire, Williamsburg Blue, Berry Red, Black; brayer; ARTplorations - Confetti Circles stencil; Dylusions - Arrow Lg stencil; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

You're how old?

 Hello crafty peeps!

I've had some playtime in the craft room and

was able to make the all illusive guy card:

and the inside:

I saw this stencil tutorial by Craftyfield and wanted to try it out.

I followed her example by blending ink for the first layer, then

using turquoise tinted gesso for the top layer.

This was my second attempt. The first attempt I tried pouncing the paint

through the stencil using a sponge and when I removed the stencil,

the paper ripped in spots:

I'm guessing that I took too long to remove the stencil, the paint dried and stuck.

You also get to see the actual turquoise color here, as the

white gesso I used lightened up the color when I mixed it.

I used an image and sentiment from a new stamp set I recently

purchased, stamped in brown ink. I added just a touch of

turquoise marker on the image.

I really love how this turned out, and I encourage you to try

the stencil technique I tried. It has a really cool effect!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #225 - use a stencil

Color Throwdown #664

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Inquisitive; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Gina K - Kraft

CS: Strathmore mixed media; TE; Thunderbolt

Accessories: ARTplorations - Tribal Swirls stencil; TE - blending brush; DecoArt Media gesso; DecoArt Americana Desert Turquoise acrylic paint; pallet knife; GC; Pink & Main - zig zag circle die;

MISTI; Spectrum Noir BT5 marker

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

A Tiny Craft August ATC challenge

 Hey crafty peeps!

Guess what? There's a brand spanking new ATC challenge starting

today at A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

Guess what else? I'm on the Design Team!

ATC's, or Artist Trading Cards/Coins are ever popular.

The cool thing about them is that if you don't trade 'em,

you can use them on an actual card!

Here are a couple examples here and here.)

This month's theme is super easy: Anything Goes.

For my inaugural ATC's, I went with a colorful background,

and llamas!  

 

 Here are some close ups:

I hope that you have some time to play along in the

first ever A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

 

 

Supplies:

Substrate: cardboard

DecoArt Media - Gesso and Modelling Paste

Plaid paint brushes

DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints: tangerine, coral blush, sour apple, citron green, bluegrass green, snow

pallet knife

Stamps: Stampendous - Music Score; Sunny Studio - Lovable Llama

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black

Spectrum Noir markers: BG1, 5, 7, 9, MB1,3,4, EB8,TN1,2,3,4

Stencil Girl: ATC Mixup Evans

CS: spectrum noir; cardstock warehouse

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #178 - N is for No

 

 

 Hello and welcome snarky peeps! The new challenge has

started at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

N is for NO! 

I'm not going to lie, this one had me stumped for a while.

But then I flipped through a Tim Holtz snarky stickers pack,

and found something to build my art journal page around:

 

 

 

 I love how the one lady looks taken aback by what

the other lady says to her! LOL!

 

Lots of paint, stencils and  masks were used. Grab your

favorite beverage of choice. Here come the process pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 One last look:

Ready to play along? Of course you are! We can't wait to see your

take on our NO challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, do check out what my Sistahs have come up with to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

Strathmore art jounal

DecoArt Media Gesso

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints: Dragon Fruit, Tangerine, Indian Turquoise, Cadmium Yellow, White, Black

Plaid paint brushes

Stencils: STAMPlorations - Make Marks 3 & 4 by Helen G., Dots All Over; Dylusions - Modern Script; Andy Skinner - Vogue

Imagine - ink blushers

Faber Castel - fine black Artist PITT pen

General's black pastel chalk pencil

Tum Holtz - Snarky Small Talk sticker

The Sisterhood is back! #176 - A is for ATC

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is back with our first challenge of the new year: ATC's!

If you don't know what that is, it's an Artist Trading Card/Coin.

There's plenty of links you can check out on the Google.

This is what I came up with:

 A bit of recycled cardboard, some paint, splatters, ink, a stencil (NBUS!), stickers,

and of course, a snarky sentiment and this came together better 

than I thought it would. LOL!

I hope that you find some time this fortnight to play along in our ATC

challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do yourself a favor and check out what my

Sisters, and our reigning Queen, Beverly, have created for your

viewing pleasure. Thanks for visiting!

 

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- use a new/unused product

 

Supplies:

Substrate: recycled cardboard

DecoArt Media gesso

Loew-Cornell paintbrush

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Desert Turquoise, Titanium White

DecoArt Media - Carbon Black mist

Staz On ink - Blue Hawaii

Tim Holtz blending tool

Echo Park - Catching Waves stencil

white card stock scrap

Sticko & Jolee's Boutique stickers

Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverages Sayings stamp

SA by 3L thin 3D foam squares

 

SHOPPING OUR STASH #429 - Make A Mess

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want you to get messy!

Think glitter, powder inks, paint, etc.

I broke out my sadly neglected gel press, some paints and

stencils and made some prints. I quartered one of them to

create four cards!

Here are some close ups:

#1

#2

#3

#4

This is my favorite one from the bunch. I love this technique!

I hope that you find some time to join in our Make A Mess challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We can wait to see what you come up with.

Need more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies to see

their projects.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies for all cards:

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint - berry red, winter blue, coral blush, tangerine, white

Gel Press

brayer 

copy paper

Stencils: Dylusions - Arrows; ARTplorations - Confetti Circles

Imagine ink blushers

Card #1:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gone Postal

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC: CUTplorations - Cheers word die; MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; Sizzix - Dots EF; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

Card #2:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Sentiment Builder-Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Happy word die; MISTI; Avery Elle - Citrus Blend sequins

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM & Glossy Accents

Card #3:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Big Bold & Party

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; W&W - big bold & party dies; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - Summer Sunrise

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Card #4:

Stamps: Simon says stamp - Messages for Everyday

Ink: Versamark

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Sweet & Simple Upper Alpha dies; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #167 - O is for Ocean

Hello snarky peeps! It's time again for another challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight it's all about the OCEAN!

One of my favorite places, the ocean, so I was inspired

to paint an underwater scene on canvas:

Get your favorite beverage, here come the process pics:

 Started by doodling a mermaid then re-drawing onto my canvas.

Everything is painted except the added metallic markers

doodled on the fish, lashes and the Stickles/Nuvo Glitter Drops:

 

 

I added dots and highlights to her body/tail using green metallic paint:

  

At this point, I forgot to continue to take process pictures. LOL!

I added rose gold metallic highlights to her hair, stenciled the

fish, used white paint to add the sentiment, doodled the fish with

metallic markers, added Stardust Stickles to her top and Nuvo Glitter

Drops for the air bubbles. There is two coats of DuraClear satin varnish

to seal my painting.

 

This came out so much better than I thought it would.

(even though the lettering is on a slight slant. Not

too shabby, considering I totally free styled it. LOL!)

One thing that I added a week or two after making this
(last month) was this tiny flower sticker to her hair.

Not so much snark on this, but perhaps a bit of sass!
I hope that you'll join us for our Ocean challenge at the
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! I look forward to seeing
your make on this in our gallery. For more fun ideas, simply
visit the blogs of my Sisters to see what they came up with,
and leave some commenting love while there. :)
 Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at More Mixed Media Challege - ATG + optional brights

Supplies:

Substrate: 9" x 12" Premiere' by Nicole canvas

DecoArt Media Gesso

Loew Cornell paint brushes

General's Pastel Chalk pencil - beige

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints: black, white, natural buff, warm beige, cotton candy, coral blush, Irish moss, holly green, tangerine, dragon fruit, cadmium yellow, citron green, sour apple, kelly green, bluegrass green, desert turquoise, sapphire, ultra blue deep

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics: festive green, rose gold

StencilGirl: Mermaid stencil

foam applicator

Ranger: Stardust Stickles

Nuvo Glitter Drops: white blizzard

Spectrum Noir Metallic markers: jade green, blue topaz, green citrine, aged copper

DecoArt DuraClear satin varnish
Sandylion - dimensional flower sticker