Desert Make and Take Part2

These are the other four projects I made at the Desert Make and Take a few weekends ago at the Hampton Stamp Scrap Art Tour.

At the Repeat Impressions table we made a really easy folded mini photo book for a cat (or dog). The top image is the front and the bottom is the back. In between are accordion folded pages with the paw prints and meows in the corners.

At the Art Gone Wild booth we made this fun fall card showing more of the versatility of their rocker stamps.

Sparkle N Sprinkle had... you guess it glitter! at their table. They make a million (well it sure seems like it) different colored glitters and embossing powders.

At Inky Antics we made this cool notebook using the Carla Craft system. It is a lighter weight version of the Bind-It-All. This book went together very easily.

I had a great time at the Desert Make and Take. I got nine great projects had a bunch of great to die for deserts and met some local crafters I hope to stay in touch with.

Until my next post,

Diane

Desert Make and Take at Hampton Stamp Scrap Art Tour Part1

This Desert Make and Take Party was the biggest of the year for the folks at Stamp Scrap Art Tour. We had 90 people in attendance. We made five projects then took a break for some great deserts and refreshments and then finished the final four projects. The way it works is you sit at any table, do the project and then about 15-20 minutes later you go to another table and do another project. You get a goodie bag when you enter with a ticket for door prizes. In between rotations to your new table they call out numbers and give out some great prizes. Chris, the gal I was sitting with won a book but isn't into handmade papers so she gave it to me!!! Wow, thanks Chris. I gave her some of the stuff I wasn't going to use in my goodie bag so I hope she was happy.

This was the card I made at the Rubber Cottage table highlighting a great background stamp and the elephant stamp they sell.

At the Just for Fun table we made two cards. The stamped border in both cards are their famous stamps. You can purchase a template to put on top after you've stamped to make your faux postage more realistic. In this case we did a bit of recycling cutting out images to fit inside the templates.

I made this card at the Purple Daisy Designs table. They were selling a kit that included the butterfly stamp and punch, the other stamps and the pre-cut card stock for a pretty good price. Attending these make and takes allows you to get first dibs on these show specials.

This card was from the Stamps N' More table. They were highlighting the stamp that was used to create this bag. You stamp on the reverse side of your patterned paper and cut it out to form a shopping bag. Add some cord and you are done.

I made this card at the Stamps on Fire table. They were highlighting this new border stamp and the glitter markers we used to color in the image.

Until my next post,

Diane

Stamp Scrap Art Tour Classes Part2

This is Jackie from Inky Antics. She used to be a middle school teacher and I think she must have been a good one because this is the third year I've taken classes with her. She must have done the best lesson plans because the instruction sheets you get with her classes can be done months after the classes and you get the same great results. Also, with a class of 17 we all finished with plenty of time to spare. We made four interactive cards in this class.



This is the first card. She called it taking a leap of faith because we couldn't quite figure out how it was going to work until just near the end. From the outside you see the cupcake but when you open it you see the sentiment. There is a bit of engineering going on when you open it that makes the sentiment slide in front of the cupcake.

This second card doesn't look like much when you get it but when you pull the ribbon you get the self standing box, pretty neat!

This third card is a confetti flinger. When you pull on the ribbon on the bottom it sets in motion the catapult box inside to fling confetti you have put inside the triangle pocket.

This is the last card. Pulling on the ribbon swings up the outside of the card to reveal the sentiment.

My family loves getting these cards. They are a real hit with young and old alike. They are VERY easy to make but look complicated.

Until my next post,
Diane

Oh no!....not more foot photos!!!

I don't actually recall saying I wasn't going to put any more photos of my foot on this blog! If you reference the last post that I made about my foot there was no mention of this.  Anyway, even though it was over 80 degrees yesterday for Halloween it is now November and that much closer to ski season. With that in mind I just had to see if I could get my foot into my old ski boots. I did but I'll have to admit it wasn't all that comfortable compared to my left foot. There was some discomfort right on the scar. My only trip of the upcoming ski season is planned for January so I've got a little more time. I had thought of getting new boots but I think I should see if I can ski in these first before I shell out about $300-400 for new boots and heaters. I have primary Raynauds and get extremely cold hands and feet in the winter. You'd think I'd find another way to have fun but I say "I like winter but winter doesn't like me".

Until my next post,
Diane

Happy Halloween

Today is Halloween a very commercial holiday. It supposedly ranks #2 behind Christmas in spending for decorations, treats, costumes and all the other things that makes the economy keep spinning. I use it as an excuse to send cards to my family. For these cards I used a Sheetload template and have Crafty Secretes images as my focal point.

Until my next post,
Diane

Classes at Stamp Scrap Art Tour Part 1

This is Jan (from Art Gone Wild) and I last weekend at the Hampton Stamp Scrap Art Tour. It was their last show of the season. I took a great class with Jan using the Clever Cutts templates.

Jan is also the moderator for the Stampers Anonymous Yahoo Group. There are some great artists that contribute to that Yahoo Group. I participated in one of the swaps this year and got some really neat ATC's.

In this class we made two cards. This template cuts the folding envelope and the three holes on the left side of the card. It also uses the very versitile rocker stamps from Art Gone Wild. A few of us got there early so we took advantage of that time to color in our cards using some copic markers.

This inside piece pulls out from the envelope to make the greeting for the card.

This is the other card we made and got a chance to use the template that was provided. As a bonus we got to keep this template a paper pack to make about 7 more cards.It makes a great envelope to insert a cirle with a phrase that spins on a brad. The possibilities are endless with this concept.

 

Until my next post,

Diane

Fall Colors ATC

The theme for this Altered Designs TGIF ATC was Fall Colors. I started with an old cereal box and applied a coat of gesso. On top of that is various colors of Portfolio Oil Pastels that I smeared with my fingers. The way they blend is with some smeared Matte Medium. After it dried I stamped some Inque stamps with fall colors and then outlined the edge with a Krylon pen.

Until my next post,
Diane

Circles ATC

Here's an ATC I made for the TGIF mingle at the Altered Designs Yahoo Group. I used some spray watercolors on semi-gloss paper. After it was dry I ran it through my Cuttlebug embossing folder. I applied a few embellisments and it is done!

Until my next post,
Diane

Writing Instruments ATC

The theme for this Stamper's Corner ATC was Writing Instruments. I started with more of the marbled paper and added a stamped image by Stamper Anonymous. The foreground image is by Tanda as is the ink bottle. I made the ink bottle by stamping on shrink plastic and heating it with my heat gun.

Until my next post,
Diane

A Late Wrap Up about Art Is...You in Connecticut

This was the personalized name badge I got when I arrived at Art Is...You in Connecticut. Obviously the theme was Alice In Wonderland. It was a great event, smaller than Art and Soul that I have attended for the last 3 years in Hampton, VA but still great. We got little bags of whimsy (things to decorate projects) when we signed in, lunch every day (included in the price), a free journaling session in the mornings before class, a viewing of the great documentary "Who does she think she is?" and lots other great stuff.  Each day the organizers would come in the classrooms and pass out snacks and goodies from the vendors. I got vintage postage stamps from Naval Jelly and embellishments from Dime Store Emporium. There was a stash swap (I gave MUCH more than I took and really felt good that what I gave was taken by others). We also had the East Coast Art Trunk (vendor space) for the 3 day weekend. I was good and didn't buy too much but did support them.

I took both of my classes with Suze Weinberg the Queen of UTEE and Beeswax. I took the two UTEE classes with her.

This is a closeup of the UTEE Goddess I made in Saturdays class. The background is a piece of poplar provided by Suze. We molded faces, crowns or wings or just used some of the many molds Suze brought with her. Suze taught us how to make hair out of UTEE and I made my wings with it too. My Goddess is carrying a shield in the shape of a heart. Her body is made from some glittered ornamental twigs. I used foils on the background and toned them down a bit with some metallic rub ons. There is some bling and some of Suzes' old Mini Mosaics that I picked up at the Ranger Industries warehouse sale on the way up to CT a few weeks before.

Here are some of the molds I poured with UTEE over the weekend.

You can make rings with UTEE too! We did this on Sunday in the Faux Soldering class.

We've all got extra CD's hanging around the house. Stamp on them and then dip in clear UTTE and embellish with glitter glue or whatever suits your fancy!

The technique below is Faux Soldering. Take and image and put it between two pieces of Ranger Memory Glass and then dip the piece into the UTEE. The one on the left was done at the end of the day and has colored UTEE. The one on the right was done with clear UTEE and To Dye For inks. I embellished with some beads. DON'T use regular reinkers with the UTEE in the pot they can't handle the heat!!!

Here are the UTEE donut necklaces you might have heard about if you are a fan of Suze. Hers is the red one the left, she is MUCH better at it than me.

These two UTEE charms were done by overlaying a greased cookie cutter (with embossing fluid) on an image and then pouring the UTEE in.

Have some memory frames or other small frames hanging around? You can insert a picture and then pour tinted UTEE in as I did on the left. On the middle and right I put the frame on top of a mold and then poured in the colored UTEE.

Everyone has cardboard or chipboard around the house. Dip it into colored UTEE, pull it out and immediately stamp with a rubber stamp that has embossing ink on it. Texture stamps work the best. Make sure you use real rubber not the clear stamps.

All in all it was a GREAT weekend. Next year Art Is...You! has a Wizard of Oz theme and moves from Cromwell in the middle of the state to Danbury to the western edge. I look forward to seeing who is going to teach what next year.

Until my next post,

Diane