Do what makes you happy . . .

Happy Saturday everyone!

Tracy here today, I am sooo excited to be sharing . . .

" What makes me HAPPY "

For me it has to include a lot of splatters and splodges with Paint, Ink, Sprays,

 chopped up pretty patterned papers

and a smattering of stamps!

Apologies in advance for the longish post.

Now first I have a confession to make . . . my project was going to be " 3D beach huts " but while rooting around my shed I came across some cardboard packaging and before I knew what I was doing I had grabbed a pallete knife, cracked open the gesso and splattered it all over . . .

lovely lumpy bumpy texture!

Now being an impatient kind of girl . . . I grabbed my heat tool to speed the drying up, I love how it bubbles up and adds more texture.

Still thinking along the lines of beach huts at this point, a little snipping and chopping up of pretty papers by Fancy Pants - Down By The Shore Papers  along with some old book pages was required . . . sticking in place with Multi- Medium

Did I mention how I love to splodge and splatter?

I used a mixture of  Tim Holtz Distress Stains, Distress Re-Inkers and Ranger Perfect Pearl Mists .

I already started to outline and scribble here with a fine black liner pen but it did get lost along the way with more paint, inks and sprays added!

Okay another confession, at this point I had NO IDEA what so ever about what I was going to do next and went into a frenzy of paper cutting, inking, adding more paint, background stamps, stickers, washi tape . . . on and on until I ended up with this. . . little rickety shabby beach houses and seeing as I live in Scotland ... we do need chimneys to keep us warm, lol.

The frenzy would be like a You Tube video on fast forward!

Still Iwasn`t finished . . .

 Some sentiments from Donna Downey`s  Art and Possibility stamp set, chopped up and fixed in place with Glossy Accents and the the raffia . . .well you can imagine the mess I had created by this time and while moving things around the raffia fell ontop . . . kinda liked it, so spread more out and fixed in place using a hot glue gun.

Here are a few close ups . . . can you see I added more of the papers for a door, a heart and to stamp the sentiments on.You can see more of the splattered colours here and lots of scribbles along the way.

 Washi tape for chimneys and random alpha stickers for the smoke whirling out.

 I didn`t like the reddish roof this one had so I added another roof from a book page and blended it in.

Ooops forgot to mention that I have the Pan Pastels mixed media 1 set, I used the Black, Titanium White,

Permanent Red and the Turquoise from the set.

The finishing touch was to take a clear embossing pad, randomly apply, sprinkle with Utee and heat.

It hasn`t really shown up in the pictures but it sure does add another texture.

So now you know what makes me happy ... inky,painty splattered hands,lol.

 I hope you aren`t too disapointed at not seeing any 3D Beach huts, but instead my Scottish Shabby ones.

Take a little time and do what makes you HAPPY this weekend.

Till next time

Tracy x

List of materials from eclectic Paperie Shop, just click on the links -

 Claudine Hellmuth Studio - Multi Matt  Medium, Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Stains -Weathered Wood, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick,Picket Fence

Tim Holtz ink Reinker -Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy

Perfect Pearls Mists - Perfect Pearl, Bronze

Pan Pastels Mixed Media set 1

Inkssentials - Glossy Accents, Foam Blending Tool 

Mini Misters

Fancy Pants - Down By The Shore 6x6 paper pad

Unity Stamp Company - Art and Possibility stamps { Donna Downey }

33 Years and Counting !

It's Toni here back to show my second DT post. For this I've been thinking way outside of my comfort zone and produced my very first scrap book page! I can't believe I've been crafting for so many years and not done any scrap booking, could be the start of something new. The page is in celebration of our 33rd wedding anniversary which just happens to be today! I've used this photo of Graeme and I as we are about to cut the cake. We're both laughing and as I recall, ( well it was a long time ago) we had a lot of laughs that day. We celebrated at home with all our family and friends and partied long into the early hours. OK so back to the layout. I started with a piece of chip board and sealed it with Studio Gesso, I then used a Wendy Vecchi, Dots and Stripes stencil with Embossing Paste, to create texture

Once dry, I painted the board with Paper Artsy Fresco Paint firstly in Sage and then over painted with a colour called Concrete.

Here's a closer shot of the Clip Board and Large Postage Stamp die cuts I used to mount the photo. These new Alterations dies are brillant and I was pleased to find that they worked in my Cuttle Bug. I finally mounted them onto a distressed piece of paper from the gorgeous Authentique Renew pad. 

These flower embellishments were painted with Antique |Linen Distress paint, and the  leaves were free hand cut from a piece of the gorgeous Kraft Core Paper.The flourishes were cut from a Cheery Lyn die and embossed with gold embossing powder then given a coat of Perfect Pearls powder, before heating again, just makes it a little more subtle. So there you have it my my first scrap book page. Most of the fabulous supplies I've used can be brought from the e P store, so if you're inspired to try any of the techniques I've used, hop on over to here and stock up.

eTeams Pick Challenge Winner!

Wow...the submissions for our last eTeams Pick Chellange were amazing!  And I think we had our highest number of submission yet!!  So much crafty goodness to share and look at...I loved each and every project!  And you're all making it very hard to pick a winner...everyone's work is so different and equally creative and beautiful!

 

But a winner must be selected and this week it's.....

 

Jenny from Pushing the Right Buttons

 

I just loved this sweet bird house and all the darling elements she used on her project, including using the gear die, with the corrugated cardboard, for the roof.  Great stuff!

 

Jenny, please contact me at kim@eclecticpaperie.com for the prize details!

Get Altered Challenge - Clocks!

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Get Altered with eclectic Paperie challenge.   The Get Altered Challenge is held on the first Thursday of each month and each challenge is an opportunity for you to be inspired by one of our eTeam’s creations, and to share your work, and be entered into our challenge prize drawing!

This week it's Erin's turn to host another fun and exciting challenge. 

After much thought, I decided on a Clock challenge.   I challenge you to alter a clock!  Any clock!  Old, new, borrowed, inherited!  Pick up any type of clock and alter it to fit your artistic style!  I can't wait to see what you create!!!

Ok, so after I shared what today's challenge was going to be w/ the eP Team, I really started looking for cool clocks.  I came up w/ nothing.  So, one day my husband was heading to Walmart, (he shops, I get to stay home!  Impulsive shopper right here!  :D ), I had him pick me up a $5 clock!

This is what he brought home!

 

I was so happy!  This was exactly what I had wanted!  Something SO plain, that the least amount of work would do wonders to this little diamond in the rough!

I took the clock all apart and spray painted it black w/ Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Spray.

Next, I painted the outer part of the clock with Black Soot Distress Crackle Paint.  Then, I rubbed some
Honey Amber Acrylic Paint all over it to bring the crackles out.

I took some MME paper and created the inside circle.  Then, I took a plastic canvas that you would use
for sewing and taped a Damask stencil onto it.  Using a palette knife, I pushed through some black gesso
through the design onto the paper.  The checked design is what your end result is!  I used to only use the plastic canvas for punching holes in an orderly fashion.  Now you can use it with gesso!  Whahoo!

 To create the flowers, I took Tim Holtz's Tattered Floral Die and die cut a few flowers and put them together w/ bronze brads.  I curled and sponged the edges for more dimension.

I cannot wait to see your fabulous altered clocks!!!
Erin

Hi Everyone!  Starla here! I'm so excited that Kim asked me to be a guest DT on the eP blog this month!!

Life has severely limited my crafting mojo for several months now and I will admit that I was a bit apprehensive about coming up with a project worthy of the eP standard!! I decided that stressing was not the best way to get back into the creative groove.  Instead, I got out some very neglected "toys" and spent the day making a glorious mess and having fun exploring creativity!!

I decided to pull out my 6x6 Gelli Plate, some TCW stencils and Claudine's wonderful paints.  Warning!  Making monoprints on the Gelli plate is very addictive!!  Here are just a few photos to show you how my day was spent!!

Pulled out Wendy Vecchi's Black embossing  paste...OOOOO!! How fun is this?!!

Close up of the raised paste

Decided to use some of the extra paint on my mat to stencil another background

Just a FEW of the prints that I made!!

After a few hours of messy fun, I finally decided that maybe I should actually use one of the backgrounds to make a finished project.  Being as I'm a bit rusty, I decided to start off with the basics and made a card.  

Basic details:  Card base is cut to 5.5 x 5.5".  Monoprint background was adhered using Scor-tape.  DP for the frame is from Basic Grey's Bowties collection.  Frame was cut with Spellbinders Lacey Squares and Classic Squares.  The sentiment is from Wendy Vecchi's Be Happy Make Art set.  It was stamped with Stazon Ink onto a piece of clear transparency (Staples).  The sentiment frame was adhered to the background with dimensions to add some interest.  The flower was die cut using Spellbinder's/Donna Salazar's Carnation Creations from crepe paper tissue from Melissa Francis (from my stash).  The petals were inked with Distress Inks in More Mustard and Fired Brick.  The swirl bling is from Want2Scap.   

I thoroughly enjoyed getting messy in creating again!! My creative cogs are already turning with ideas for next week!!

Thanks to Kim and the eP Team for letting me join in the fun this month! 

Damask w/Red - so pretty!

Greetings!

Teresa Jaye is here to play!

I love the combination of 

black/cream damask with rich red. 

This classy combination turned out beautifully 

on this 5x7 wall hanging. 

I started with a layer of book paper then added damask tissue paper by Hallmark, adhering and sealing with Mod Podge. The heart is made using the Large Heart Stencil by Wendy Vecchi. First I put down a light coat of gesso then colored it in with Faber Castell Gelatos. I used just a little pink in the center but mostly used red, blending it with my fingers. The shading is done with Faber Castell Big Brush Pen in cold grey III. The metal key comes in a brass finish and I colored it with Tim Holtz Distress Stain in brushed pewter. The words are in the "Traveling Typewriter" font. The edges of the piece and the words are distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in black soot.

The products I used can be purchased at the amazing eclectic Paperie online store, I have linked them up for you!