Wednesday Stamper:Nest

Whew! at last some creative time! We just finished up our year of homeschool (yay!). Now hopefully I will get much more creative time :)

Anyway! This week at Wednesday Stamper the theme is "Nest." I broked out some stamps from I Brake For Stamps from the "For the Birds" sheet and made this ATC. I wish it would show up better in the scan but at the top and bottom I have gold leafing. It looks much better in real life :)

Theme Thursday-Numbers

This wonderful Zebra image really spoke to me today, so I incorporated him into today's Theme Thursday Challenge! The theme was numbers so I grabbed one of my most favorite background stamps ever-the Numbers Background from I Brake For Stamps (in the Stampinback line).

I stamped the Zebra after I created the Color Blocked background with Distress inks. I really wanted him to stand out so I outlined him in graphite pencil and smudged it a bit. I then masked him and stamped the numbers in Gesso. It needed a little more so I grabbed a number stencil and used a black Pitt Pen to stencil it on.

Grungy Monday 7!

This week's challenge is distress ink colorblocking! Stamps used are from I Brake For Stamps :)

The faces are from the Stampinback line and the text is from the Time To Stamp line.

Added a little semi-circle of Gesso, to connect it all together and add to the grunginess :)

Tag Tuesday-Blue and Green

My favorite colors! I love working with these colors! Stamps are from I Brake For Stamps!

The background consists of layers of old text with Gesso, along with Distress Stains and Distress inks. Needless to say my hands are pretty well inked and gessoed!

The flowers are from I Brake For Stamps also-they are Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers and are just gorgeous. I placed decorative brads in the center and used Rust Alcohol ink to give them a little color.

Theme Thursday: Vintage

This week's theme at Theme Thursday is "Vintage." Here I used a Vintage type photo stamp from I Brake For Stamps from the With Love sheet. The word "Love" is from the Journaling sheet found here (I love it-all sorts of great works in a cool type :) For this theme I used several other things that are vintage-paper, lace, and a very old gummed label. I colored in the photo image with a combination of Caran D'ache crayons mixed with water, and colored pencils blended with Gamsol. The frame around the Image is a piece of HVAC tape adhered to cardstock and ran through the good ole Grand Calibur using a Tim Holtz Embossing folder. For the aged look, I applied some black gesso over it, let it dry, and sanded off the raised areas. I also applied some rust colored alcohol ink to give it a little more age, but it is very subtle. Print paper is from Basic Grey.
As a side note-I used some Scor-tape for the first time today. Oh My! Its now my favorite tape-that stuff is GOOD!!!! I highly recommend it!

Wednesday Stamper:More Than Words

I guess I was in the animal mood today............both of these images spoke to me :)

Images are from I Brake For Stamps .

art journal entry-feeling balanced

I have been feeling soooooooooo balanced and truly happy lately.................:)

ingredients used here: Caran D'ache crayons, watered down acrylics, printed image of scale, graphite pencil, Sumi-e ink, printed paper

Daily Life Collage

I just did an exercise this morning out of the book Collage Journeys by Jane Davies. Added color with a red Caran D'ache crayon

Art Journal Page-Mixing Things Up

This one was soooooooo fun to do..........grabbed a fashion magazine and a magazine on rabbits and went to town!

Other ingredients are Caran D'ache crayons, printed papers, graphite pencil, sumi-e ink and titanium white acrylic paints

Grungy Monday # 4

This is my submission for this week's Grungy Monday Challenge using Texture Fades embossing folders!

I LOVE using the Tim Holtz Embossing Folders-they are my favorite :) Stamp image is from I Brake For Stamps .

I used a Wild Orchid Crafts Flower for an embellishment. I purchased some of these and it seemed like a perfect embellishment for this tag. I inked it up a little bit with some Tea Dye ink.

These flowers are amazing! I am not much of a "flower" girl, but I had to see these for myself after I heard that each one is individually handmade. They are gorgeous! I Brake For Stamps is the distributor for them here in the US. Check them out here