Halloween spooky words tin

I made this over the course of the past week:

Just a peek at some of my found spooky words...

Supplies:

• The cigarillo tin is one of my dad's.  My mom saves them for me!  This one was originally a pretty periwinkle color.
• I had excess paint on my brush one day and grabbed this tin to start using up the paint.  I did this over the course of two days: just added excess paint.
• Finally, the tin was ready to be the focus of my crafting and the Authentique witch from 2017 was fussy-cut and added using Distress Collage Medium in matte.
• Witch was then coated with Distress Crazing medium and rubbed with Prima's Artisan Powder in Vintage Ivory, then accented with Distress Crayon in Shaded Lilac.
• Black Diamond Stickles added at the edges.
• Although this tin contains spooky words I've cut and collected myself for a couple years, the one on the tin is from Tim's Halloween quote stickers set... it was too perfect! I coated it with some Distress Collage Medium as well.

I'll share this at Try It On Tuesday for the "Slap it on" challenge.

Birthday card for Neighbor Karen

Here is a card made for our terrific neighbor!

Supplies:

• Jane Davenport watercolors
• Nuvo Drops and Liquid Pearls
• Scrap cardstock

I'll share this at:

• Simon Says Stamp on Wednesday: AG
• Alphabet Challenges: N for Nature

SOS 373: Smooshy-smooshy...

This week at Shopping Our Stash, our hostess Chris is encouraging us to use the smooshing technique on our projects!

This is what I ended up with:

Supplies:

• Inexpensive watercolor paper smooshed into the following DOx: Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Tattered Rose, Shaded Lilac
• Those DOx were inked on my mat and sprayed with water+Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls
• Seldom-used Hero Arts stamp set inked in Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black 
• Next, I used the layering stamp with some Perfect Medium and then dusted it with more Perfect Pearls.
• Glossy Accents added as some air bubbles
• Green paper from my scrap bin
• The card is a plum color, bought on clearance 

Hope to see you at Shopping Our Stash with some smooshy-smooshy projects!

All Halloween

Let the scaring season begin!  I love Halloween... it's my fave.

...just 'cuz I love "behind-the-scenes"...

Supplies:

• Main background panel stamped with Tim's Doily stamps in Distress Embossing Ink then heat embossed with Lawn Fawn EP in GLOW!!! Yes!!! It's a real thing!
• The panel was inked with Blazing Black Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals
• The main image was from Tim's ephemera pack from last year, coated with Distress Crazing Medium
• Scrap of vintage cheesecloth 
• Seam binding 
• Vintage wool thread used to stitch
• Orange cardstock in the background dipped into a pool of Frayed Burlap DOx

I would like to share this with the following folks:

• Creative With Stamps: 
  
• Back To Basics: Inky background

Roses "hi"

I made this background using a stamp I carved a few weeks ago.  One morning while the kids were still asleep, I crept out to the shack and got on a kick to eliminate my stack(s) of backgrounds, and I decided to also get rid of a bunch of the letter stickers I used to use heavily in scrapbooking.  This is one of those cards:

Supplies:

• I made this background using a scrap of regular 65 lb. cardstock
• I inked the stamp I carved with Tim Holtz Embossing Ink and Recollections white embossing powder
• Color Bursts were used for the colors: Violet, Merlot, Crimson, and Lemon Yellow, I believe.
• The Thickers are from 2010

I'll share this at The Flower Challenge:

...caught a bug...

A few weeks ago, Shopping Our Stash hosted a challenge about bugs, and Bonnie used the clever idea of "catching a bug"-- as in getting sick!  So clever!  I used some of my unused bug drawings to make my own "caught a bug" card:

Supplies and notes:

• Focal sentiment punched with a Fiskars punch and written with Jane Davenport brush pens and a Tonic/Kuretake small waterbrush
• Bugs painted on a scrap of watercolor paper with Jane Davenport watercolors
• Over the bugs, I stamped old metal letterpress blocks of instructions for who-knows-what
• The green cardstock was passed to me recently from a coworker (Thanks, Michelle!)

I'll share this with the following challenges:

• TGIF:
  
• Watercooler Wednesday:
  

Mailable Thanksgiving Decor

Made this with my long-time bestie in mind.  She and I have always loved all things fall.

Supplies:

• Vintage Bingo card base gel printed using a Ranger gel plate and Liquitex acrylics
• The orange strip was a gel printed scrap on vintage typewriter paper
• DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Gold Rush added to edges of card
• Leaves were all pre-cut and in my stash (some were cut from very old sheet music books).  They were all inked with Walnut Stain DI.
• Pumpkin from a fall die cut pack by Carta Bella. It was coated with Distress Crazing medium, rubbed with Vintage Photo Distress Crayon, and Nuvo Drops were added.
• Crazing medium added to portions of card through a Prima floral stencil
• Words cut from a discarded library book
• The easel was cut from a library catalog card.  The die is by Tim Holtz.

I'd love to share this with the following challenges:

• Make My Monday: Autumn/fall colors
• My Favorite Things Color Challenge:
  
• Time Out:
  
• Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers:
  
• Stamps and Stencils: AG

SOS 372: Welcome Home!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, we are saying "Welcome home!"  We would like to see projects inspired by your home-- where you live now or where you come from.   (Thanks to Deena on the team-- this was her idea... isn't it great?)

So, what is home to you?

I was born in Maryland, and much of my family is there.  I have only been back three times since my parents lefts the state when I was six months old, but because so much of my family is there, and since my folks met and spent much of their youth in Maryland (my dad is actually a Terapin... Go Terps!), I have ties to the state.  I mean, I grew up with Old Bay and crab (although it's not blue crab here in California...).  I have also always been a huge fan of the flag, the state bird (Baltimore Oriole), and the state flower (Black-eyed Susan).  I'm wishing I had a trip scheduled soon.  One set of my aunt/uncle (I have about 7 sets there, one set in DC) own and operate a vineyard in Newmarket and it's pretty close to heaven on earth.  If you are in Maryland (CHRIS), you should visit.  They are the best people.  And I think you might like their product... :)

Supplies:

• I bought the tin a year ago at an Asian market and this is just the sort of project I envisioned!  I coated the tin initially with alcohol inks in Mushroon, Oregano, and Ginger, but they did not look great on the bright aluminum.  I then coated it with black Liquitex gesso and rubbed it with some DecoArt metallic paint in Espresso.  I also added Pebeo sand to add the corroded look.  I added some Walnut Stain and watered-down Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint to the "corroded" areas to look like rust.
• The Maryland flag (which is awesome... I have flip-flops that look like it!) is from some DP by Echo Park. It was on super-clearance at a scrapbook store I visited two weeks ago for the first time.  It was, like, staring at me.  Meant-to-be purchase.  I inked it with Vintage Photo DI and added water spots.
• I wiped some hemp twine with the above-mentioned DecoArt paint and added it to the inside edges of the tin.
• The flowers are many years old, made by Prima.  They were originally beige.  I paited them yellow with Liquitex acrylic, then added Glossy Accents to the centers and added black Recollections glass beads to make the Black-eyed Susans.
• I used scrap craft copper sheets and metal dies for the "Marys From Maryland" sign.  Then I scribbled with Distress Crayon in Black Soot.  (This tin will go to my cousin Mary: we are the "Marys from Maryland!"  [My real-life name is Mary... Mimi is the nickname that my family and closest friends call me])
• The tiny oriole is from a bird guide that was discarded from the library when a boy destroyed it.  Gotta love him.
• The hanging apparatus is a Paper Studio safety pin.  I glued it with Glossy Accenst.

Hope to see you guys at SOS, and I look forward to your projects and learning a little about y'all!

Elegant birthday

Here is a personalized card for another coworker who is also a great friend:

The card is truly the color of the top image.  I was at such an angle at the bottom image for the gold that the green's albedo went up... or something... I don't know. It's just science.

Supplies and notes:

• Sea-green cardstock
• Stampin' Up stamps inked in Ranger Archival in Jet Black
• Sentiment written with black Liquitex gesso 
• Accents and flowers using Finetec metallic watercolors
• Accents added with Black Diamond Stickles

That's about it.

I'd like to share this with the  following challenges:

• The Flower Challenge:
  
• Watercooler Wednesday:
  

More coloring...

I drew the picture below the same day I drew THIS one:

Supplies and notes

• Rexel Derwent watercolor pencils
• Micron pen
• Sentiment brushed using Black Soot Distress Crayon scribbled on my mat and sprayed with water
• Stickles added for pizzazz
• The green mat is a scrap

I'll share this at JUGS:

SOS: Upcycle

This week at Shopping Our Stash, our hostess Donna is encouraging us to upcycle something!  Ahh, stash-shopping in it's purest form...

For my project, I decorated an old box that I'd been using for pre-made sentiments and quotes that I made (not cut from books).  The box was originally from a phonics card set that a teacher was getting rid of.

Supplies:

• Old box
• Ranger gel plate
• Liquitex Basics paint
• Martha Stewart gold paint
• Old button.  I attached it with the original fabric showing because that is the best part of old buttons sometimes!
• The quote was typed a long time ago and was contained within the box
• The box had the skull glued to it before I gel-printed it

That's it!  Hope you can join us and upcycle something that would otherwise be in the garbage!  See you at Shopping Our Stash!

SOS: Crazy for coloring!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, our hostess Chris is hoping we'll all go Crazy For Coloring!  Let's break out our favorite coloring implements... gelatos, markers, Distress crayons...

In the spirit of Shopping Our Stash, I busted out my old colored pencils:

This is the picture I sketched, found initially on Pinterest:

(Here is the link to the image)

Wow.  My sketch was pretty loose, huh!  Pretty image, though!

Supplies:

• Rexel Derwent watercolor pencils from way back...
• Drawing done with a Micron 005 or 02... can't remember
• Stickles added for some pizzazz... so glad I did
• Tim Holtz Quotation added
• Green mat is a scrap 

I hope you will join us at Shopping Our Stash this week so I can ooh-and-ahh at your coloring skills!