Congratulations to Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge 3 Winner

If you haven't discovered Linda Ledbetter's weekly Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge over at Studio L3, check it out today.

eclectic Paperie sponsored Challenge 3, Marbled Stains, last week and we've chosen a winner.  Congratulations to Nadia. Loved her tag and the use of white really highlighted the technique.

Nadia, please contact daisy@eclecticpaperie.com and send your email so we can get your $25 eclectic Paperie coupon code to you for some shopping fun.

-Daisy

E-Team Journal Blog Hop Update

Happy Friday!

First weekend of May and lots of things going on. It's Star Wars day for some as it is "May the 4th". Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo as well as National Scrapbooking Day. Today was to be the last day to upload your Journal Cover if you are interested in joining the E-Team Blog Hop next month. We've decided to extend the deadline and give you a couple more days. There are already some artful journal covers that have been shared. Please go to THIS POST to upload and share your journal cover. You have until Sunday, May 6th to upload your journal cover.

I am very late to share and post my journal cover. I think part of it was procrastinating and not wanting to commit to ink it up. I started with covering the cover with some Gesso. Spreading it thick was my goal as I wanted to etch some words the cover. Taking a pencil, I wrote some words in a variety of handwriting as well as random scribbles. I really wanted to create some texture.

To be safe, I let the covers dry overnight. I wanted to use some of my Claudine Hellmuth Paint Studio stash. I love these smooth paints and how you can mix it up. I used this helpful chart to create up to 51 colors with just the 15 existing colors.

 

Using water to create a color wash, I started to apply the colors onto the cover of my journal.

Using some Distress Ink (Vintage Photo) with a blending tool, I was able to tone down the colors a bit and highlight the etched words. I decided that my journal cover is going to be a work in progress for this E-Team Blog Hop series. I'll probably add some embellishments along the way. 

I hope you find some time this weekend to get a little inky and create something for yourself. Thank you to everyone who have already shared their journal cover. You have two extra days if you decide to join in on the journal fun. 

Have a great weekend and 

- Daisy
"feed your creativity" at eclectic Paperie

Journal Blog Hop Winners

HAPPY MONDAY! 

Thank you! Thank you, for joining the E-Team for our new blog hop featuring our Journaling Adventure.  We appreciate your time to visit the E-Team and sharing your comments about their beautiful journal covers. We hope that you are inspired to start your own and join us, too. We'll be posting a new journal entry every 4th Wednesday of the month. You are all invited to join us.

Congratulations to the following lucky winners of the journal blog hop. Please contact daisy@eclecticpaperie.com to confirm your email address. You have until the next blog hop to claim your $25 eclectic Paperie Gift Certificate.






From Micki's Blog:

From Starla's Blog:

Don't forget, eclectic Paperie is looking for 2 Guests to join us next month for this Journal Blog Hop. Upload your journal cover HERE.

Happy Journaling!
-Daisy

Time for a New E-Team Blog Hop: A Journaling We Go!

Are you ready for an exciting new E-Team Blog Hop? The E-Team has been talking about journals so we finally decided to take on a Journal Blog Hop of sorts. 

Imagination is everything. 

It is a preview of life's 

coming attraction. 

-Albert Einstein

Journals take on a very personal and meaningful element for its owner. I challenged the E-Team to choose a journal of her choice and create a cover. The E-Team will be given a different quote each month to serve as inspiration for their monthly journal entry. It will be fun to see their inner artist come out and interesting to see their interpretations. Only their imagination and time will be their limit.

Broni Holcombe

Micki Harper

Linda Ledbetter

Starla Nelson

Sherry Cheever

Visit each E-Team participant on her blog to see what she created. We'll have some goodies to share for several lucky readers

• We'll randomly choose 2 winners to receive a $25 Gift Voucher to shop at eclectic Paperie.  

• You have from today until Sunday, April 29th to leave a comment. 

• Winners will be announced on the eP blog Monday, April 30th. 

EXTRA! EXTRA! 

Want to Join an E-Team Blog Hop?

Do you want to join us for a journaling adventure? Want to explore your inner artist? Ever wanted to try creating a journal, too? We are calling on you to choose your journal and create a cover, too. Upload your journal cover here and we are going to choose 2 people to join The E-Team Blog Hop next month. You have until May 4th to upload your Journal Cover. Come journal with us!

Faux Postage Blog Hop Winners, Come on Down!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for taking the time to join The E-Team for our Faux Postage Blog Hop. We appreciate all your kind comments. They encourage us to keep pushing the creative envelope as we prepare for our next blog hop.

Congratulations to the following winners. Please confirm your email address by sending an note to daisy@eclecticpaperie.com and we will send you more information about redeeming your $25 eclectic Paperie gift voucher. We have lots of new items for your shopping pleasure.

From Micki Harper's Blog:

From Sherry Cheever's Blog:

Wishing you a Happy April!

-Daisy

"feed your creativity" at www.eclecticpaperie.com

eP Blog Hop, Get Your Faux On - Part 3

Happy Last Day of March!

Time for a new e-Team Blog hop. The e-Team is ready to share Part 3 in our "Get Your Faux" series. We are featuring Faux Postage today.

Faux Postage is simply a technique to feature your stamped projects to mimic postage stamps. It can be as versatile as you want by customizing the "postage size" you would like to work with. There are a variety of Faux Postage techniques and tutorials out in the blog world. The e-Team got jump started by referring to the Splitcoaststampers tutorial by Beate Johns that you can see HERE.

Let's get some details of this new e-Team blog hop first:

• Visit the e-Team blog participants to see their Faux Postage creations. There are a lot of variety in design and use of this Faux Postage look.
• Please leave the e-Team comments beginning today - Sunday, April 1st.
• 2 Random Winners will be chosen from the e-Team blogs to win a $25 eclectic Paperie gift voucher
• Winners will be announced Monday, April 2nd on this eP blog.

Sherry Cheever

Micki Harper

Broni Holcombe

Linda Ledbetter

Daisy Sparks (eP Blog, You are Here)

Starla Nelson is not joining us today but make sure you check out Exploring Creativity to see what she is up to.

Let's Get Your Faux On....

There are many free templates available online if you do a search. I had a new Lawn Fawn stamp (Gnome Sweet Gnome) that I wanted to play with but found that Mr. Gnome was a little bigger size than a traditional postage stamp. I created my own postage outline using Pages on my Mac. Just had to create some rectangles with dotted outlines. Traditionally, you would create a mask for this faux postage technique but I wanted to go a more simple route. 

Picking out the colors I wanted to use,  the coloring began. 

Mr. Gnome dude is so cheerful and was the perfect image I needed for this springtime card. I reached for the new Lawn Fawn papers in a 6x6 paper pad. The design is called Bright Side. Love all the colors and cute designs.

I really wanted simple and easy so I cute some strips to layer on my 6x6 size card. I always find a little Distress Ink adds some dimension and interest to any project.

I created two cards with the image and my self-made faux postage template. No masking was involved, just cheerful papers & some Copic Markers.

You can always find all the new product arrivals at eclectic Paperie in our Brand Spankin' New section. We will not be carrying stamps anymore but you can go directly to most of your favorite stamp companies as they sell directly to consumers on their websites.

Wishing you a great last couple days of March Madness. Don't forget to see how the eclectic Paperie Blog Team (AKA The e-Team) got their faux on during this blog hop. Their projects will inspire you to Get Your Faux Postage On!

-Daisy
"Feed Your Creativity" at www.ecleticpaperie.com

Hey Blog Hop Winners, Come Get Your Faux On!

Happy Saturday!

Thank you for visiting the E-Team during our Get Your Faux On: Part 2 blog hop. We hope you picked up some techniques or ideas to try out yourselves. We very much appreciate the time you took to visit each of the E-Team ladies and leave feedback, too.

Congratulations to the following 2 winners. To claim your $25 eclectic Paperie Gift Certificate, confirm your email address to daisy@eclecticpaperie.com. You have until March 12th to claim your prize.

From Starla Nelson's Blog

From Broni Holcombe's Blog

We are working on some ideas for future blog hops for the next several months. If you have some technique, idea, or project that you would love the E-Team address, please let us know. 

Have a great weekend!

-Daisy