CCEE1626 - Mixed Media

For Vicky's last week as hostess for the CCEE Stampers, she told us that she needs to practice mixed media; so that's her challenge this week.  I'm probably right there with her -- mixed media is difficult for me too.  She gave us a long list of media that we could choose from:

*  Pencils (wax, oil, watercolor, graphite/charcoal, chalk/pastel)
*  Pastels  (chalk, oil)  
*  Markers  (watercolor, pigment, water-based, acrylic)
*  Pens  (ink, glitter)
*  Pigments  (Gelatos, watercolor crayons, metallic rub ons)
*  Paints  (watercolor, acrylic, oil, poster, tempera)
*  Inks  (dye, chalk, distress, reinkers, pigment, hybrid)
*  Powders  (mica, pigment, chalk)
*  Sprays and airbrushing
*  Dimensionals  (embossing paste, gesso, fabric, found items, papers (collage, piecing), ephemera,  foils)
*  Heated elements - encaustic wax, embossing)

For my card I chose ink (stamped image), markers (alcohol markers to color the fern and the postage stamps), dimensionals (embossing paste for the two leaves) -- and I made a collage.  I actually added some reinker to my embossing paste, which was originally white.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what everyone else designed using mixed media.

MFP Blog Hop Day 4 - Vintage Fashion

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

Nov. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  Nov. 25

Java Time

Featured Nov. 26

Crisp Winter

 Featured Nov. 27

Ice Skating

Featured Nov. 28

Vintage Fashion

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, on the MFP Stamp Shop blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win; and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 
10 PM EST on Friday, November 28, 2014.

Again I'm not an official member of the Blog Hop today, but I'm glad you stopped by to see what I did with today's set, Vintage Fashion.  I thought a collage would be a good design for these vintage images, so I looked for some patterned paper that would lend itself to a collage.  I added a clock face and a die-cut button.

For my second card today, I used a doily as the backdrop for the dress and paper-pieced the skirt and bodice front with the same paper I used for the background.  I added a pretty bow and a hat pin to finish it off.

Here's the Design Team for today.  Be sure to check out their cards.

 Jane C

Pat 

Marilynn

Nancy

Bonnie 

Sue W

  Pam M

An'Jenic

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I hope you have gotten lots of inspiration from the design team this month.

MFP Blog Hop Day 3 - Family

CCEE Stampers Challenge one post down

Dec. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured December 10 - Calm and Wisdom

Featured December 11 - Bow Hunting

 Featured December 12 - Family

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the blogs listed below (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All three winners will be announced on Dec. 14, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win; and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 10 PM EST on 
Friday, December 13, 2013.

Today's set is all about Family.  The images on this set lend themselves to vintage collage.  I created one masculine card and one more feminine card.   Victorian collage is not my strong suit, so be kind in your comments!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog during this month's hop.  Be sure to check out the rest of the cards in today's hop and comment for a chance to win a free stamp set.

Here's the Design Team participating this week:

Lois (that's me)

 Pam

Pat G

Kathy

Toni

Janine

Shirley Q

Gail

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Card #1

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Family

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Vintage Photo

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Linen Cream, Hazelnut Tan; DCWV Tattered Time DP

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Clock Face, Stipple brush, Sizzix Wavy Layered frame

Card #2

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Family

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Vintage Photo

Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Linen Cream; Recollections Lace DP

Accessories:  K & Company butterfly and flower, Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles die

MFP Blog Hop Day 3 and CCEE1328 - Be Virtuous

July Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured July 9th - Lotus Blossoms

Featured July 10th - Shello 

Featured July 11th - Be Virtuous 

Featured July 12th - Presents

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the blogs listed below (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day!  The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on July 13, 2013, on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win; and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11 PM EST on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Dino News"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Dragonflies"
                                                      

My first card today is serving two purposes -- the MFP Blog Hop featuring the set Be Virtuous and the CCEE Stampers Challenge.    Sabrina, our CCEE Stampers hostess for today, asked us to use at least four different stamps to create a collage.  I created my collage using several sets from Mark's Finest Papers, three of which are from this month's release (Be Virtuous, Lotus Blossoms, Dragonflies) and one from May (Marsh Silhouettes).   After I created my collage, I cut it into four strips to fit into my Oriental screen.  You can find the tutorial for this screen one post down.

I found the layout for my second card on Page Maps and the bamboo background paper on the internet when I googled "bamboo."  There was no watermark on the image, so I printed it out and cut it down to size.  I attached the two Oriental coins to the ribbon by running the ribbon through the hole at the top, putting a little Scor-tape on the end of the ribbon and folding it over.  I then attached the coins to the card with a glue dot to keep them from flying around.

I'm sure you're going to like what the rest of the team has for you today.  Check out their blogs and comment to win a free stamp set.

Here's the Design Team:

Patty, Lois (that's me), Jane, Pat, Debbie, Kathy, Angela, Thrifty Stamper, Toni, Janine, Sue, Marilynn, Karen, Bonnie, Cathy, Pam, Kate, Shirley, An'Jenic, Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

CCEE1318 - Make It Shimmer

Shirley is the CCEE hostess for May, and she's starting off the month with a great challenge.  We were to make a card with shimmer; however, it's hard to see the shimmer on my card.  I used SU's Shimmer White card stock and pearlescent chalks.  You can see the shimmer IRL, but not so much in the photo.

I used a positive/negative technique which I saw in the Technique Junkies Newsletter last year.  It's a little different than another positive/negative technique which I have used before.  I think this Inkadinkadoo image is one of my favorite collage images.

We'd love for you to play along with the CCEE Stampers.  Just pop over the the blog and join in on the fun.

Stamp:  Inkadinkadoo (don't know the name)
Paper:  SU Shimmer White; Mark's Finest Papers Aged Berry, Licorice Whips, Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accesories:  Copic markers, Pebbles Pearlescent Chalks, Rhinestone bling, Silver photo corners

Stampin'B Challenge- Collage Card

I don't often do collage cards, but that's what the Stampin'Bs challenge was this week. I used images from Mark's Finest Papers' Garden Fairies set, stamping some of them with Memento London Fog randomly on the Sweet Fairy DP from Prima. Two of the images, the fairy silhouette and the butterfly, I stamped with Memento Bahama Blue on smaller scraps of the same DP, matted them with MFP Bang Up Blue, and glued them to the outer edge -- cutting off the excess.



I added the punched-out butterflies, flowers/brads, and rhinestones; as well as the sentiment punched out with a circle punch and popped up with a Pop Dot. I actually like the way it turned out!

Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers - Garden Fairies
Paper: MFP Premium Heavy White and Bang Up Blue; Prima Sweet Fairy DP
Ink: Memento London Fog and Bahama Blue
Accessories: Circle punches, MS butterfly punch, Rhinestones, Prima flowers, Brads, Pop dot