Paris in January

This is my first blog post of 2013 and we are starting off a bit unruly taking Tim's January "12 Tags of 2013" technique and combining it with Unruly PaperArts RAQ1 challenge to add a "Fleur-de-Lis," while keeping a Paris theme! So here we go!

The fun part about playing along with any challenge is to change it up a bit or at least I think so! I changed out Tim's grungy gears for the "Fleur-de-Lis" and "Mini Dress Form," but still used all three of those fabulous Metallic Distress Stains! After a light sanding, I shaded using Walnut Stain. I also cut out a foam stamp using the FDL movers and shapers and stamped in the middle of my hanging sign.  Added the metal gears and a little zipper skirt which was inked with Broken China Distress Stain. Pretty much followed the guidelines for inking and embossing. The little hand was inked with Broken China, although it looks more like an off-white. Wish I could figure out that capturing the correct colors, but this girl is not willing to buy an expensive camera! Sorry, I must save $$$ for Tim's new releases! Oh My Crafty Goodness!! Need I say more?

I had to use Google Chrome for this blog post as with IE and Blogger, the area to add pictures from my computer was missing in action!  Anyone else having that problem???  I just don't get this stuff, really I don't!   Anyway, I thank you for stopping by today for a visit!  Welcome to all my new followers!  Have a wonderful 2013!

Distress Stains:  Metallics, Broken China, Tattered Rose
Distress Inks:  Broken China, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Friday Focus with Metallic Stains

TGIF, right?  You better believe it!  It is this Funkie girls turn to do a Friday Focus at Frilly and Funkie and Distress Metallic Stains is the product of choice!  If you would like more details, hop on over to Frilly and Funkie.  You have to love Tim's products and I really hope he will add more colors to the Metallic line.  I love these stains!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by today.  It is always a pleasure to have you visit!  Enjoy!

Reflections Without Ink!

OK, well that is  to "Stamp Without Ink" at Simon Says Stamp and Show or at least not traditional ink pads.  As luck would have it, Simon Says Stamp, is also the sponsor of this weeks #28 CC2C at Linda's lovely Studio L-3, so I will be linking this up to both!  Linda has chosen, page 65 of Tim's book, "Reflections Stamping."  You know I can't give details, but I will tell you that I used Distress Metallic Stains, "Brushed Pewter" for this technique!  Here it is and I hope you can see the sheen from the Metallic stain!

The snowflakes in the background were stamped using the metallic Brushed Pewter stain.  The reindeer (after following the instructions on page 65, minus the use of an ink pad), was stamped directly on my background!  The background was inked with Distress Festive Berries, Vintage Photo and edged with Walnut Stain and then the magic of Water Spritz took place.  I used the Barn Door marker for the calendar and sentiments stamps, which were cut out and Walnut Stain marker for the crackle stamp.  All stamps are Tim's .

Many thanks to Linda, Simon Says Stamp, Mr. Holtz and especially all of you for stopping by to visit!   Have a wonderful rest of the week! 

Umbrella Guy Goes Spooky!

This my Saturday StepXStep project at Frilly and Funkie,  and you can find all the details about the brick walkway, graveyard, etc., there, so fly on over and have a look.  I decided to take Mr. Umbrella Guy out to play, along with his Scary Cat!   I had a pretty good time working on this piece and even came up with a few spare parts to add to that Halloween Spookiness!   BTW, I really love those new Metallic Distress Stains.  It is my new tool for edging tags and adding a nice sheen to backgrounds and the occasional graveyard!  Here we go and again all the details are at Frilly and Funkie.  We are also off to visit Inspiration Journal with our "Spooktacular Decoration" and I Spy Saturday at Sizzix.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend, spooky or not!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Base Tray	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Vintage Lace Die	Tim Holtz Mini Cat and Raven Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Dies	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Umbrella Man BIGZ Die
Tim Holtz Mini Spider & 31 Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Dies	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Graveyard	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Bricked and Woodgrain Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Halloween 3
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy 4 oz size	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Tarnished Brass	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Brushed Pewter	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Antiqued Bronze
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Black Soot
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers - Set of 37	Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #12 Giant Tags - Black	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grunge Paper
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ball Chain

Halloween is a Favorite!

As luck would have it, Linda has us on page 53, Challenge #25 in our CC2 books and we are playing with Perfect Pearls!  Now that is a favorite of mine, among many and as Simon Says Stamp is the sponsor, well they also have a challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show "A Favorite," so we are double dipping as I love Halloween and Perfect Pearls!   Will also link this up to the current "Spooktacular Decorations" challenge at Inspiration Journal!

I can't tell you about the technique for challenge #25, but I can tell you a little bit about that awesome skull!  I stamped this dude on recycled plastic, after scuffing the plastic up a bit.  I really wanted a ghostly effect.  Once I stamped him using Archival Black, I clear embossed.  Yes, you must be careful with plastic as it can easily distort.  The Graveyard was much fun to make and I will tell you about that at a later time.  Added a couple of shrinky dinks and a star was born.  All stamps are Tim's as are the Perfect Pearls, dies, etc! 

Keeping this short and sweet as it is kind of late here and I just wanted to get this posted tonight!  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are having a fabulous week!

Perfect Pearls
Archival Black
Distress Metallic Stains, Vintage Photo
Distress Ink Vintage Photo
 

Rusty Shades of Autumn

The current challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges is "Shades of Autumn/Fall" and my DT Sister, Paula, chose this fabulous theme!  Speaking of fabulous, if you stop by FSC, you will see some gorgeous inspiration.  With one week left to play, come on and join in and remember there is always a prize from Cottage Crafts and a chance to be among the "Top 3." 

It is funny how things come about as I was going to sit out the current challenge at FSC, as sometimes life can get in the way.  Then I saw Simon Says Stamp and Show "Rustification," and I played with a Rusty background, using Gooosebumps, Metallic Stains, and Rusty Hinge!  Inked up some "Rusty" goodness on ribbon, metal and grunge paper!  From there it just kind of evolved and then this AM, I saw Lisa's Bloggers Challenge, "Take Flight" and so imagination took flight.  I know that was silly, but that is exactly what happened!  I knew I wanted to catch up with the FSC girls, but just need a little lift! 

My little dress form was a previous failed attempt and once I inked over my "dislike" and picked off bits, I really like the rusty effect!  This was fun and now I need to get motivated to do a few house chores before the dinner hour calls!  Ha, I just realized the chain was suppose to hang off her shoulder!  Must have slipped during wing prep! 

Have a truly wonderful weekend and many thanks for stopping by today!

Metallic Distress Stain
Archival Sepia
Distress Ink:  Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain