Throwback

Hello my pretties and welcome! It's Halloween and the trick or treaters will be knocking on my door soon so onto today's post. This weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is to choose a previous challenge so I picked the October 2013 "Spooky" challenge. I recently picked up the Tea Time Bigz Die and as your see I turned one of the cups into a caldron. Now my little witch can whip up some witches brew by the light of the Halloween moon. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween!

Autumn Is In The Air

Welcome! Yes autumn is in the air and the creative options for this weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog are endless. I've been in Halloween mode lately so that's the direction that I went. I started with a piece of corrugated cardboard and the Rickety House Die. Throw in a spider web, black cat, ghouls in the attic and you've got a haunted house. The ghouls in the attic were inspired by this tag by Zoe Hillman (iGirlZoe). Well that's all I have for today. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Surfaces: Acetate, Corrugated Cardboard, Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Kraft-Core Cardstock, Vellum
Dies: Bird Crazy Thinlits, Halloween Shadows, On the Fence, Rickety House, Sized Circles
Stamps: Bird Crazy, Mini Halloween 3
Embellishments: Curiosities Remnant Rubs
Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs
Distress Marker: Peeled Paint
Distress Paint: Ground Espresso
Distress Spray Stain: Fossilized Amber, Wilted Violet
Solvent Ink: Jet Black StazOn
Tools: Base Tray, Big Shot, Craft Sheet, Cutting Pads, Grid-Blocks, Heat Tool, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Sanding Grip, Scissors
Adhesives: Matt Multi-Medium, Scor-Tape

World Cardmaking Day

Welcome! Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day and I created this card for the occasion. I used some of my newest stuff from Tim Holtz and got a little crazy if you know what I mean. I'm entering this card in the World Cardmaking Day Contest over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies
Surfaces: Kraft-Core Cardstock, Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Dies: Bird Crazy Thinlits, Crazy Things Framelits, Sized Circles
Stamps: Bird Crazy, Crazy Things
Layering Stencil: Batground
Embellishments: Occasions Small Talk Stickers, Solids Paper String
Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Rusty Hinge, Wilted Violet
Distress Marker: Black Soot
Distress Paint: Picket Fence
Distress Reinker: Black Soot
Distress Spray Stain: Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone
Tools: Base Tray, Big Shot, Cutting Pads, Distress Marker Spritzer, Distress Sprayer, Grid-Blocks, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Paper Trimmer, Sanding Grip, Scissors
Adhesive: 3D Foam, Matte Multi-Medium, Scor-Tape
Mediums: Texture Paste

12 Tags of 2015 - September

Welcome! I can't believe that it's almost the end of September. The temps are suppose to drop to what we normally see here in the Twin Cities which makes me happy, the fall is my favorite time of year. Of course next month is Halloween and I've got some new stuff to create with. With that being said today's project was inspired by this month's tag by Tim Holtz but no butterflies were used, muahahaha! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps Be Gone!

Hello and welcome! The current challenge over on the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog is to use no stamps at all on your vintage or shabby chic creations. I'm in! To add a vintage touch to my project I used a portrait, well part of one, from a Found Relatives pack by Tim Holtz. For a list of supplies, see below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies

Surfaces: Chipboard, Kraft-Core Cardstock, Kraft Glassine, Regions Beyond Paper Stash 

Dies: Branch Tree, Graveyard, Halloween Shadows, Sized Circles, Tiny Tattered Florals

Embellishments: Curiosities Remnant Rubs, Found Relatives Cards, Mini Fasteners, Seasonal Chitchat Stickers, Special Delivery Remnant Rubs 

Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke  

Distress Marker: Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke 

Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Picket Fence 

Tools: Big Shot, Cutting Pads, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Paint Brush, Paper Distresser, Paper Trimmer, Sanding Grip, Scissors 

Adhesive: Glossy Accents, Matte Multi Medium, Scor-Tape 

Citrus with a Twist

Hello and welcome! Before I get to today's post I wanted to say Thank You to everyone that stopped by and commented on my 12 tags blog post. Ok so this week over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog the design team wants to see how we use citrus with a twist. First thing that popped into my head was to create a Halloween themed project using my Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress products.

I started by creating a monoprint using Twisted Citron Distress Paint and the Shatter Layering Stencil. I then covered the tag with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and applied a bunch of spiders using the Curiosities Remnant Rubs. Next I stamped one of my favorite birds from Bird Crazy onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock and colored with Distress Markers. I used the new Bird Crazy Thinlits Dies to cut out the bird, his wings and beak. For the witch hat I was inspired by this tutorial by Tammy Tutterow. Before adhering the bird to the tag I attached the fence that I cut from Kraft-Core Cardstock using the On the Fence Die. I finished this twisted tag with some Jute String and a Oddities Token on a Loop Pin. Thanks so much for stopping by!

12 Tags of 2015 - July

Hello and welcome! This month has flown by, August arrives this weekend. Yikes! With that being said it's time to share my version of this month's tag by Tim Holtz. I went with the patriotic theme like Tim but took a detour with a crazy bird or in this case a free bird. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Edited 8/3/15