It's Raining Cats & Dogs!

Good morning!  Sherry with you today and I have a 5.5 card to share using the Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Collection.  It’s been some time since I’ve worked with Graphic 45 and this card was a joy to create.  I love how all the papers in the collection compliment each other and can be mixed and matched so you don’t need to add other non-Graphic 45 elements unless you want.   I also used Graphic 45 6x6 Patterns and Solids for this collection to add more interest.



The edges of the background papers were distressed with scissors and the edges were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  Brads were added to a few of the corners for interest.



A frame was made by gluing a solid color paper from the collection to chipboard and then die cutting it with ovals.  The cat image was also glued to chipboard and then cut out (to make it sturdier within the oval frame).  The flower was die cut from another sheet of the paper and the leaves were die cut from vanilla card stock, then colored with Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint Distress Inks.



The ribbon was dyed with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Thanks for stopping by and joining me today!







Project Supplies:

Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs 8x8 Paper Pad Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs 6x6 Paper Pad Patterns and Solids Idea-ology - Crinkle Ribbon Chipboard - 8.5" x 11" Inkssentials Mister Bottle - 2 oz. Inkssentials Glue n' Seal Matte Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet Ranger Distress Ink Mowed Lawn Distress Ink - Peeled Paint Distress Ink - Antique Linen Tonic Studios - Kushgrip Non-Stick Scissors

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She Flew Mixed Media Tag!

Good morning!  Sherry here with you today and I finally got my fabric entry done for June’s ePlay Challenge . . . but as my luck is running lately, I just noticed that the entry list is already closed.  Well anyhoo, here’s my fabric piece!



I started with a manila tag and added gesso using a sponge brush and The TCW 6x6 Stencil, Mini Specimens.  The gesso was added in the upper left and lower right hand corners.  Sadly, I think I covered most of it up by the time I was done.  The Wrinkle-Free Distress technique was used to add color to the tag with Bundled Sage, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks.

For the fabric in my project, I chose to work with a piece of surgery gauze.  The gauze was covered with Glue ’n Seal and draped across the front of the tag.  To keep the gauze in place, another coat of Glue ’n Seal was added over the top.  While still wet, gold perfect pearls were dusted across the gauze.



The birdcage was die cut from watercolor paper and colored with Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. Using the marker spritzing tool, gold leafing was spritzed across the front of the birdcage.  Once dry the birdcage was once again highlighted with Vintage Photo.

The face (inside the cage) and the sentiment are both images from an old Studio 490 stamp set, It’s Face Art.  Both were stamped in Jet Black on another tag, inked and cut out.  If you look closely, you’ll notice rhinestones were added to the face where her tat normally is.



The main flower was made by die cutting coffee filters with a scalloped circle die.  The die cuts were assembled using a brad in the center and then the flower was misted with Dusty Concord Distress Ink Refill and water.  As the flower was being dried with the heat gun, the flower was being shaped.  The small flowers are from some old ribbon I found in my stash that was misted with water and then misted with the Dusty Concord/water mixture.




I guess that’s all for me today.  Thanks for stopping in and joining me!








Project Supplies:

TCW - Mini Specimen Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags Idea-ology - Crinkle Ribbon Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Hydrangea Inkssentials Mister Bottle - 2 oz. Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Archival Ink - Jet Black Ranger - Distress Marker Spritzer Ranger Distress Ink Refill - Dusty Concord Distress Ink - Bundled Sage Ranger Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac Distress Ink - Vintage Photo Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass Distress Ink - Tattered Rose Inkssentials Glue n' Seal Matte Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet Ranger Mini Misters Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

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Altered Denim Bag!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I’m back with my first post after my 5-month leave of absence.  I’m sure most of you probably didn’t even realize I wasn’t posting, but I’m very happy to be back and creating for you once again!

I’m taking this opportunity to participate in Toni’s e Picks Challenge – Do Something With a Bag.  You have until the end of the day today, to participate along with us.

Instead of starting with a tote or paper bag that I had around the house, I decided to go digging through my stash for some old fabric that I could make a bag out of.  I ended up finding an old pair of denim shorts that I thought would work with what I had in mind.

In order to bleach out part of the blue in the denim, I went to my new favorite tool in my arsenal . . . Tilex.  Never without it in the kitchen, and I can see now that it’s going to be a staple in the studio as well (especially when I’ve run out of bleach in the laundry room).  What you are seeing in the photo above, is the back of the leg that I worked on.  I sprayed the Tilex all over the front of the leg to turn the shorts white, and love how it seeped through sporadically on the back to leave that splotched look.    I might also add that after the Tilex dried, I did run the shorts through the laundry to make sure there wasn’t any left in the fabric. 

Once I had the front of the leg cut away, I quickly went to work setting up a pattern for a bag.  The fabric was folded in half at the bottom, leaving me two seams along the sides.  The top edges were folded over and a channel seam was made for pull cords.

Ranger Wendy Vecchi Signature Archival Ink were used to embellish the front.  Hydrangea was used to stencil a crisscross pattern and then Cornflower Blue was used to stencil the TCW Mini Art Is script. 

Layers for the flower were die cut from bits and pieces of the left over denim shorts.  The dark blue was a section of the back of the leg, the light blue is from the pockets, the white is from a bleached section, and the gold is from an old gift bag that I ripped apart for the cording.  Vintage lace was added to the bottom and an old vintage clip earring was added in the center.

This will make a perfect bag to store jewelry in while traveling, or even for the grandbaby to keep all her little treasures in when we go shopping (she always has to take her purse along when we leave the house)!

That’s all for me today . . . thanks for joining me!!




Project Supplies:

Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Hydrangea Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Cornflower TCW 6x6 Template - Mini Art Is Chipboard - 8.5" x 11"

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