Grungy Monday 3 Colorwash

Ahhhhh week 3......I was going to skip this week because I didn't have the product and then my friend, Paula loaned me her one and only color so I gave it a shot today. (This after working Friday and Saturday at the Mesa, CKC Scrapbook Convention in the PK Glitz booth, but I'll tell that whole story in another post. I'll say this though, It was FUN!) On to my Grungy Monday post for the week. I used Terra Cotta Colorwash and the Tim Holtz musical notes mask on a plain tag. Prima flowers and sparkly brads created with a technique I learned at the convention. One of my favorite quotes from a Club Scrap kit from way back when....Musical Interlude. Not sure where I got that sparkly bling at the bottom and the fibers are from my extensive fiber stash. Enjoy your week everyone!

Grungy Monday Week 2 Resist

It's Grungy Monday, Week 2. If you want to have some fun hop on over to Linda Ledbetter's blog at Studio L3 and join us each week as we try another wonderful Tim Holtz technique. You will have a blast.

I had to improvise a little this week and after taking about 25 pictures from different angles this was the best I could get and you still can't see the technique very well. Sigh....... I tried matte gel medium on the left and embossing powder on the right. Both came out a little different, but I do like them. Still need to get some liquid medium and try again though.

I started with the little town on the edge TH die cut out of craft foam. After stamping on dictionary paper and drying I doodled around the little houses with a fine black pen. Then I shuffled through my Citra Solv backgrounds (another fun technique using Citra Solv cleaner and National Geographic Magazines--AWESOME!) and found one I wanted to use my resist towns on. I added some swirly Broken China stickles in the sky and my Van Gogh title. This is a journal page in one of my PAO sister's journal.

Enjoy the week end all!

O What a Beautiful Morning......

We had a refreshing light rain last night and this is what greeted me when I went out to the back yard. The Claret Cup cactus in the top layout is such a beautiful red. It doesn't bloom every year, but when it does it is spectacular. I used a Club Scrap quick drop from Gratitude for this layout. And once in awhile I get a really nice Tall Bearded Iris. I guess this overly wet spring is doing wonders for the garden. Another CS quick drop from Blossom for this one.

Enjoy your day everyone. It's a beautiful morning.

It's Grungy Monday (on a Wednesday)

I'm just a couple days late. Busy getting ready for quilt retreat, tomorrow. Yeah!!!! and I needed a tag for my gift exchange bag so I thought I'd try out the Grungy Monday challenge from Linda over at Studio L3 which happens to be a lovely tag technique from our beloved Tim Holtz way back from 2008. I used some homemade misters with peeled paint and broken china reinkers and a swirly mini mask. Stamps from Club Scrap's Textiles and Notions kit. Rummaged around in my sewing box for a couple of snaps and rick rack for the finishing touches. You all have a great week end, I'm off to sew!

Hey Will!! You're 20!!

I've been tripping through the way back machine, digitally scrapping picture of my youngest son, Will. Today is his 20th birthday. Really? 20? It seems like it was just yesterday, not 1994, when we hiked in the Sawtooth Mountains of southern Idaho and camped near a great sliding rock.

And didn't we just go see "Men In Black" last week end? Which prompted 2 little boys to demand their very own neuralizers so they could run around zapping everyone's memories for the next 2 months?

And I know it was just a summer ago, not 8 summers ago, that I captured a 12 year old Will with a bad headache from too much play and not enough water getting a hug from dad on the beach at Ocean Shores, Washington.

And here he is just last month (really!) at Estrella War just before the sandstorm from hell arrived to wipe out the rest of the week end. So, Happy Birthday, Will. May your next 20 be just as adventurous as the first 20.

Emergence

Darwin, our 8 year old desert tortoise emerged from hibernation this week. It was a rough winter for her this year. We had above average rainfall and below average temps and at one point had to dig her out and put her in a basket in the garage due to flooding in her habitat. After this 3 minute drink (tortoises do everthing slowly) she found a nice warm rock and went back to sleep for awhile. She'll probably be cruising around eating everthing in sight within a couple of weeks.

This layout is done with the new Raku kit from Club Scrap.

Velvet Stamping Class

Digital scrapbook page created with Club Scrap's Color in Black and White digital remix.

I had a blast last week teaching one of my quilt group's (Cactus Patchers of Tempe) how to use rubber stamps on velvet to create a quilt square or embellishment for cards. I just love how easy this is and it has a definite WOW factor when you pull up that piece of velvet and see the rubber stamp image impressed into it. It really is super easy and fun to do. Here's the quick lowdown on how it's done:

1. use polyester velvet (cut into manageable pieces that are bigger than your stamp)

2. set iron to cotton; steam is ok

3. lay rubber stamp, rubber side up on the ironing board, towel, etc.

4. center the velvet (velvet side down) on the stamp

5. spritz the back of the velvet with a few mists of water (do not saturate the velvet)

6. lay a pressing cloth gently over the velvet

7. set the iron onto the stack with gentle pressure for a count of 7-10 (do not slide the iron around, lift and move if your stamped area is bigger than the sole plate of the iron)

8. lift the velvet off and look. voila' the stamped image is impressed into the velvet.

9. use as you desire

Have fun trying your own velvet stamping!