Graphic Kraft and Black Tag Card

Hello, everyone!  It's Broni and today I want to show you a CAS Kraft and Black Tag card that I made.

I used my new TCW Dina Wakley Mini Four Ferns stencil and some Dylusions White Linen spray first on my piece of kraft cardstock.  Then I added a Studio 490 Wildflower using an ink blending tool and some Black Soot ink.

I also inked the Bird using the Wildflowers and a Bird stencil and the Black Soot ink onto a piece of a #5 kraft tag.

I adhered a #5 black tag to the front of the cardstock at an angle and turned it over to trim it.  Then I added the bird tag on top.

I used my Tim Holtz mini attacher to secure a piece of Transparent Film Strip Ribbon at the bottom, and stamped my sentiment (which I dearly love!) from the WPlus9  Quite Like You stamp set in Archival Jet Black ink.

Finally, I added a strip of black chevron washi tape and adhered the entire piece to a white card base. 
I love how it turned out, and it was so quick and simple!

I hope you like it too!
Thanks so much for dropping by!  See you next time!

 

Game On - Beach Collage

Hello there, everyone!  It's Broni here today to show you my entry for this month's eP Get Altered challenge - Game On, that's hosted by the super talented Bonnie!  Did you see her awesome altered game board? Wow!

I chose to work on a smaller scale - one I'm a little more comfortable with.  And my Game On theme is Bingo!

I started with a 5 X 7 stretched canvas and chose some patterned papers that I thought would work well with a beachy theme.  This project is all based around some small Beach themed bingo cards that I had in my stash.

I glued the papers together making sure there was enough to cover the entire canvas, including the sides.  The edges were sponged with Distress Frayed Burlap.

Next I sponged on Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean using my TCW Tiny Circles and Mini Confetti stencils and then some Frayed Burlap using my Mini Chevrons stencil.

I covered the entire back of the papers and the entire surface of the canvas with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium in Matte then adhered them together.  I used straight pins to help hold any double layers until the medium was dry.

Then I spritzed on some Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise ink spray.  When that was dry, I covered the entire surface with another coat of the Multi-Medium and added the die cut wave border while the medium was still a little wet.  Then I spritzed once with White Linen ink spray.

I colored some hemp with Frayed Burlap and added it to my #5 kraft tag  that had also been stenciled and had a starfish stamped on it.

I stamped the Dylusions sentiment from The Right Words on another #5 kraft tag and cut it out to be adhered progressively down the front of the canvas.

Then I added the wood bingo number (for the year) and date stamped the canvas at the bottom right.

I added some sequins randomly then spritzed the entire canvas with some Perfect Pearls pearl mist.  Here you can see some of the shimmer:

And here are the sweet little beachy bingo cards, with their edges sponged, up close:

And how about one more look at the entire canvas:

This was really a fun challenge!  I hope you'll play along too.  There's still plenty of time left to get your entries in!  Here's the link to the challenge: Get Altered challenge - Game On!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

It's a Good Day!

Hello, everyone!  It's Broni and I wanted to show you a couple of brightly colored tags I made.

For my first tag, I spritzed my craft sheet with Pure Sunshine and some water, then dragged the tag through it.  I love that vibrant color!  I let the paint drip, but because I'm impatient I also used my airbrush to push some of the drips along!

I used my Vibrant Turquoise, Bubblegum Pink, and Black Marble sprays with some stencils (Mini Chevron and Mini Confetti are a couple); then I spritzed White Linen over all the remaining open spaces.

I used some washi tape, some Distress Brushed Pewter paint, some Unity stamps and a Micron pen for the rest of the design.  I love playing with the pen and outlining some of the stenciled images and drawing in filler lines.

The seam binding was also spritzed with the Bubblegum Pink spray and if you look closely you can see some little stars made with Studio 490 embossing paste.

 

I used my second tag to press my inky stencils onto and then also to spritz on some more ink sprays.  There's also some tape, stamped images and embossing paste on this one too.  The wire flowers were from an old Maya Road embellishment pack.

Here's the second tag, tied to the first one with the seam binding.  You can see the shimmer of the edges that were painted with the Distress Brushed Pewter paint.  The backs of each tag were simply spritzed with the sprays.

Can you tell I had a lot of inky fun with these?  I really did!  How about you?  Have you gotten inky today?

Thanks for stopping in today!

Father's Day

Hi eP fans, it's Mary-Ann here with you today to share some of my very simple, fast Father's day cards. I need to make several cards for this holiday and I was determined after being late for Mother's Day, that I would NOT let that happen again. (shhhh, I still have two mother's day cards to be mailed!)

I LOVED the Strong collection from Authentique.  Here I used the 6x6 paper pad and embellishments. The papers in this collection allowed me to create three different cards that look like they are three different lines but they still all coordinate beautifully.

For the first card,  I layered several patterned papers and a couple Stamp Blocks and Circles.  I inked all my edges with Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo.  This helps soften the edges.  I added a FarmHouse Paper Company key and May Arts ribbon.  See that great big delicious brown button?  That gem came from an antique store in Maine.  I just love how rich it is.  Of course, I added some Scotch Foam Mounting Tape behind some elements to bring dimension to my card.

For my second card, I layered some of the beautiful blue papers.  Again, very simple but the layering makes it look richer and more detailed.  I added a couple tags and twine that I had on hand.   I again used foam tape for added volume. 

I needed this tag to add to my dad's present.  I used an Inkssentials Surface #5 Black tag an covered it with the newsprint paper.  Added a strip of the GORGEOUS woodgrain.  I added punched circles that but thought it needed something more.  I dug out my Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Remnant Rubs chopped them up and added small pieces in different locations that helped embellish my tag, still keeping it simple.   Adding ribbon, Black Shine twine from The Twinery and foam tape finished off my tag.

With just a simple, gorgeous pad of paper, I made three completely different cards.  I hope you are inspired to start your cards a bit early.

Joy Tag!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I’ve got a Christmas tag to share with you.



A manila tag was colored with Iced Spruce and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks, using the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique.    When the tag was dry, it was embossed using Spellbinders EL-014 Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities.  The edges were then sponged with more ink and the tag was misted with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls combined with water.  



All the elements of the tag were made from manila tags that had been colored with either the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique or a gold leafing pen.  The poinsettia was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-055 Layered Poinsettia from a tag colored with Festive Berries and then highlighted with Pine Needles.  The deer was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-121 Frost Forms from a tag colored with Gathered Twigs.  The evergreen sprig was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-120 Fall Foliage colored with Evergreen Bough.  The flourishes were die cut with Spellbinders S5-119 Venetia Motifs from a plain tag, and then colored with a gold leafing pen.

Hopefully you can tell in the picture above how the Perfect Pearls and water left gold shimmer on all the different elements.  



The word JOY was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders LF-014 Jewel Alphabet and then colored with a gold leafing pen to match the flourishes at the bottom.  The seam binding ribbon was dyed with Shaded Lilac, Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks.   (Video Tutorials on Dying Seam Binding can be found at the eClassroom).

As always, if I have used product that you cannot find at eclectic Paperie, please email Kim and she will be more than happy to order the product for you.

Thanks for joining me today!



Project Supplies:

Spellbinders at eclectic Paperie	Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags	Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Mini Misters	Inkssentials - Glossy Accents	Ranger Distress Ink - Iced Spruce
Ranger Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs	Ranger Distress Ink - Festive Berries
Ranger Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough	Distress Ink - Pine Needles	Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

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Halloween Album - Guest Designer Shannon Sawyer

**EDITED**  This is a slight re-post of yesterday's project, with a few more photos and links. :-)  Enjoy!

Hi everyone!  It's Shannon back with my final guest designer post for October!  I had a great time playing with the eTeam this month and am excited to show you my Halloween-inspired album that I created using a Graphic 45 Black Policy Envelope spiral book.  This is such an awesome book to play with and all the pockets that are in it that you can fill, it's great!

I of course had to use the Charcoal and Mandarin Orange twine from The Twinery to go along with my album and I used that to decorate the front flap of the album.  On the front cover I also used the wings from the "Adornments-Regal" from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line, which were behind the Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Art Parts "Pocket Watches".  I love the Art Parts, isn't this a fun way to use the Pocket Watch...as a spooky adornment!!

One of the newer stamp sets from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz is "Artful Silhouettes". There is so much more you can do with these stamps aside from just having the silhouettes in the middle of the frame. As you can see from my project, I used one of the women silhouettes and since it was a Halloween project I extended her nose and chin with a black marker....genius, right?   (**Hint**  On another Halloween project I recently made I used one of the men silhouettes and I gave him fangs!) If you don't already have this stamp set, I encourage you to get it. Not only is it fun but as I said there's so, so much you can do with it.

 Here's a glimpse at the inside pages/pockets of the album...

I used Authentique "Enchanted" 6x6 Paper Pad to decorate the pages.

I also used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints in Orange and Charcoal Black, the Inkssentials Black & White Enamel Accents and the Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Kraft Tags....Love those tags!

Thanks so much for visiting the eP blog today and checking out my project!  There are more photos on my blog so feel free to come on over for a visit!  Thanks again to the eP team for letting me share in their creative journey this month!