HLS Xmas Challenge ☆☆☆

Wrote a whole post and deleted it. Rrr. So this will be quick.

Here's my entry into Happy Little Stampers XMAS challenge:

Here's the challenge:

Supplies:

• Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core
• Pink Paisley sticker (red with stars)
• The stars are wood shapes from Hand Made Modern  (from Target), and I coated them with Mod Podge then covered them with Shabby White frantage and toasted them
• I used a Martha Stewart star template for the Liquid Pearls star
• The large kraft sentiment is from a DCWV stack 

Mod Squad: 3 ingredients!

This week at the Mod Squad Challenge Blog, the challenge was to pick three ingredients... Here's my taggy-tag:

Here is the ingredient list (it didn't say tic-tac-toe... it just said pick three):

Supplies & notes:

• Library card base, to corners snipped. Inked up with a minute amount of Aged Mahogany Distress Stain and some Spiced Marmalade
• Embossing + rubber stamp + flower: I used an old Rubber Stampede flower stamp and embossed it using Tim Holtz's Distress embossing ink with Recollections EP in Snow
• The bird was fussy cut from sine 6x6" DP from a crafty blog-friend ♡♡♡, then popped up
• The seam binding ribbon was from my stash. I tried to speckle the bow with Picket Fence Spray Stain but it absorbed immediately.  Maybe if now that it dried and crusted, I'd be able to get the speckles I wanted,  but now I'm over it. 
• I sprayed the entire thing with Perfect Pearls Mist in white 

I'll add a type-written phrase when I come up with a good one... 

Three Little Birds...

Awww, I've had the Bob Marley song in my head since a group of Kinders was in the library and the teacher had them softly singing it... talk about angels singing.

Here's my little creation:

I plan to enter this into the current HLS Mixed Media Challenge, as well as the current Mixed Media World Challenge, #9, both of which are Anything Goes.

Supplies:

• Library card base, pre-splattered from another project with Vintage Photo Distress Stain 
• Used Teresa Collins modeling paste over a Heidi Swapp stencil for the triangles, then, once dry, laid it into some Aged Mahogany Distress Stain and some Spiced Marmalade, along with a scant amount of  water. I pulled it out without really over-working it (as I sometimes do...), and I sopped-up the remaining ink on the mat with some vintage seam binding.  Mmmm, yummy.
• Sat and watched it dry.
• Just kidding... I used a heat tool because I'm hella impatient. 
• I tied a quick bow and glued it on,  then the project sat for 48 hours... with me regularly messing with it.  I had two main ideas. 
• Ultimately, I painted the birds from Heartwarming Vintage with Ranger crackle accents, then framed them with a truly vintage tag frame (I pried a handful of these beautiful brass guys of of an old shelf from the millyard jink pile.) The brads are Recollections. 

I hope you guys love this as much as I do. I think it looks totally cool. Makes me feel happy.

HLS: December sketch

Here's my offering for Happy Little Stampers December Sketch Challenge:

This is the original sketch:

Supplies:

• I was inspired by everyone's faux-stitching on their circles, and based on that,  I think,  I decided I'd stitch my own circle out of my fave yarn
• The holly leaves were cut from Core'dinations DP by Tim Holtz... shattered kraft-core. I folded them and edged them with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain 
• The berries are just Elmer's Craft Bond with Distress glitter in Festive Berries. (This is only the second Distress glitter I own, and for this project,  this color has more pink undertones than I imagined. Maybe I needed more of the Barn Door?)
• I par-melted some Stampendous Aged Gold frantage,  and even used a little for the old sentiment  (which I think is also Stampendous... this stamp is so old it has yellowed...)
• I rounded the corners with a Fiskars punch and edged it all with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain 

MFT Color #34

This was tricky,  but I knuckled-down this morning and created something that makes me very happy:

Here is the palette for My Favorite Things Color Challenge # 34:

Supplies:

• First thing I did was mix Tarnished Brass Distress Stain with water and drip it on the white paper,  then I blew it into branchy-patterns and dried it over the woodstove.  Then to make "leaves," I mixed Peeled Paint Distress Stain with water and did some drippin'
• The striped paper is MME; the pink is from a DCWV stack; the birds came as a treat from an amazing crafter ♡♡♡... I fussy-cut the birds from a 6x6
• I edged everything  (besides birds) with Color Box chalk in Moss Green 
• Sentiment?  What sentiment?  Can't decide on anything that wouldn't cheapen this, so I'll leave it blank and maybe when I need it I can add a birthday greeting or a thank you... or just leave it blank for a note

:)

Funkie Tag #6...

Here I am,  bouncing around the count again, but catching up.

This is my tag #6, based on Linda's post:

It was inspired by the simple, vintage feel, the holly with pink berries, and the corugated cardboard of Linda's tag:

(Check out The Funkie Junkie Boutique)

Supplies:

• Library card base plastered with Teresa Collins modeling paste, then I mixed some Walnut Stain Distress Paint and Tarnished Brass Distress Stain and daubed it over once dry.
• Petal Pink Liquid Pearls
• The cardboard was from the doors to the craft-shack!!! (Hopefully they will get installed Sunday!!!) I painted the cardboard with Spun Sugar Distress Paint 
• The greenery was the negative space of a K & Company stencil, stained with Peeled Paint Distress Stain 
• The ribbon was from my stash
• The sentiment was from a xmas sheet from years ago (BasicGrey?); I cut it out and painted it with Ranger Crackle Accents, then wiped some Tarnished Brass Distress Stain over parts with my finger

Wicked Wednesday #187

Here is my entry into the current Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge:

The challenge was a tic-tac-toe... (I love these!):

Supplies & notes:

• I found this library card with my daughter's name on it from years ago... awwww... I've been saving it for a little project,  and decided to use it for this challenge, so the first thing I did was cut it down to ATC size.
• I dabbed Tim's Distress inkpad in Broken China onto my mat and sprites it,  then smooshed the card into it. 
• Next, I glued on the charm (Tim's arrow) and the button (the blue with the diamond... been waiting to use that for years-- cut the shank off), and added little tiny diamonds that were originally from a nail set from a lifetime ago.
• Finally, I added some Martha Stewart glitter and chalked a few exposed edges with Color Box chalk in Creamy Brown 

I think I'll add a ribbon and hang this in the big girl's room. She'll dig it. She is an oceany-hipster, so the watercolored blues and hip arrow will definitely appeal to her (I think... who knows about tweens...) haha.