Eremophobia: noun

The morbid dread of being alone
pronunciation
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Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #21 "Favorite Technique" ( dripping inks and spatters )
Carolyn Dube - October's Colorful Gelli Print Party

 {my Sweet earth} - October Inspiration


I loved the color palette for October but my mind wanted to use them in a non Halloween projects and I wanted to use my new stencil I made ( inspired by Carolyn Dube ) by drawing an image on cardboard, and then outlining it with puffy paint and heat setting it to rise up. I planned on using it for my gelli plate but it got it's first run as a stamp on paper, and I LOVE how it turned out. This is the stamp I made, it's about 5 x 10".

I rolled on orange paint with a brayer and then stamped the paper with it.
Whatever didn't print I filled in with a paint pen.

I dripped ink sparay inks and made delightful splatters following the October color palette.

Susiebee Studios - Bouquet paper
Viva Decor - brown Paint Pen
Ranger - Dylusion Ink sprays, bubblegum pink, lemon zest
Distress Stain, vintage photo
Tattered Angels - popsicle, midnight blue
Golden gesso
Helmar - Liquid Scrap Dots
Faber Castell - PITT Pens, walnut brown,black
Reminisce white pen

Gustatory: adjective

related to or associated with eating or the sense of taste

pronunciation

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House of Cards - Month Two: Clean & Simple

I have been embracing the CAS style more and more, it's become my next favorite, right beside cute and simple. This is my CAS interpretation using the above sketch.

I love the shimmer and shine to the orange spray and the vibrancy to the yellow spray, very powerful to put the 2 together.

Reminisce - Die cut sticker

Ranger - Dylusions spray

Tattered Angels - Spray mist

Faber Castell - PITT pen
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I have a new critter to add to my list of wildlife pictures....a flying squirrel. It's not the best of photos but it's there all the same! Now I know who has been scaring the devil out of me late at night! lol 

Capraesque: adjective

From Frank Capra (1897-1991) American

Think: celebration and eventual triumph of the average guy, sentimentalism.

(Probably the first nonactor movie director to be known by the general public.)

pronunciation

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Paper Smooches - July 15-21 Cool Shades challenge

  

Craftin Desert Diva's - Summer Linky Party #10

I started my card off with a piece a watercolor paper, spritzed it lightly with water and then gave it one good shot of ink spray, took a paper towel and dabbed away the outside edges leaving me with a focal point for the camp fire.

 I was a little stumped at first with how to create the fire staying within the color parameters, because I wanted to add oranges and yellow to the flames. Then it hit me on the head like a bottle of V-8...paper piecing! So I stamped the image first on grey paper for the logs, then 4 more times for the flames. Cut out the flames and adhered them with LSD for dimension. I used the same pen to color them in, just layered the ink for different intensity levels.

The marsh mellows are paper pieced too, I wanted to make sure I had a piece of the cream white for the color scheme.

Paper Smooches - Happy Camper stamp set

Tattered Angels - Midnight Blue Glimmer Mist

Faber Castell - PITT pen, pale geranium lake ( pretty name for red, huh? )

Helmars - Liquid Scrapdots

Petunia Bounce - font

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cardabilities - Sketch #79-Design Team Reveal 

and

House of Cards - Classic & Elegant

also in:
Creative Inspirations - Inspired by: Ribbon and Bling
Moxie Fab - Tuesday Trigger

The water feature is reflecting an arc of light across the picture, I should know better than to photograph out there in the afternoon. I will replace the picture tomorrow with a better one.
UPDATE: New picture, goes to show you that it is important to pay attention to what time of day is the best time to take photos!

DCWV - Homespun Card Stack, glitter paper
Prima - Candy Gems Carmel Apple
Helmar - 450

Frisbee - noun

 Frisbee - pronunciation

"The story involves 1950s college students playing catch with cake tins and pie pans – sometimes from the Frisbie Pie Company of New England.

There was already a plastic flying disk on the market called the Pluto Platter, and the students nicknamed it Frisbie. When Wham-O bought the rights to that plastic disk in 1957, they respelled the nickname and made it official.

Because Frisbee remains a trademark, the more earthbound generic term is flying disk."

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Yay, I am so glad to be home! So glad to be crafting again, I'm not sure that my decision to not craft at all the entire week I was gone was a good one or not ;/

Quick check at the Art MoB finds that I need to make 6 female birthday cards, so expect a few, just a warning! My first one up is for Paper Smooches - Trend Watch challenge



 

Considering I only have 2 sets of Kim Hughes stamps, this was a happy start back into card making for me today.

 

Here is my card using her Surf and Turf stamps:

I colored in the little fish using distress stain first and then gelatos, finishing off with some doodling and cut him out and adhered him to the face of the card.

Also entering this in:

Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
and
House of Cards - Cute and Fun challenge with a color palette
 

Ranger - Distress Stain
Tattered Angels - ink spray
Faber Castell - PITT pen, metallic gelatos
CARDZTV - birthday stamp



peccant: adjective

guilty of a moral offense : sinning

 

 violating a principle or rule : faulty

 

pronunciation
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Creative Inspirations - Inspired by Red, White and Blue

Craftin Desert Diva's - Red, White and Blue Linky Party
Cut it Up -#21  Red, White and Blue

The background to the tag was created by spritzing my inks on a piece of wax paper. Then I pressed my tag down onto the inks and dragged it through the colors and lifted it up and let dry. Then went back and spritzed the tag with water and dabbed at the spots with a paper towel. 

The polka dot swirl sticker is offset from the tag, so to keep the sticky back from sticking to everything I rubbed a little bit of baby powder on the sticky part sticking off the edge.
 ( Now how many times can I use a variation of sticker in one sentence.... 5, it seems! lol )

 Since the hemp ribbon is thick and part of my pitcher is laying on top of it, I used the LSD to lift up the remaining pitcher and stuck the twine into the glue before it firmed up. The pitcher is cut out twice, with one cut having the handle removed so that I could stamp off the base and that gives it a dimensional look also.

 

 

Cricut cartridges - Paisley,p. 41 ( butterfly )

Country Life, p. 60 ( pitcher and flowers )

Stretch Your Imagination, p. 80 ( tag )

Helmar - Liquid Scrap Dots

Inks - Fireworks, Tattered Angels

Recollections - tiny pearls

Bo Bunny - swirl, friend sticker

Really Reasonable Ribbon - hemp ribbon
Hero Arts - flower stamp



Relict: noun

a surviving species of an otherwise extinct group of organisms; also : a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area

or

something left unchanged

pronunciation

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Still using Rangers Spring Pallette colors:

Distress Stain, Peeled Paint

Dylusions, lemon zest, vibrant turquoise

Used my Distress Marker, antique linen dipped in Distress Stain, vintage photo for the cross ( love this technique )

 

Had to use Tattered Angels, popsicle for the lavender color

Carmine Tango - font

I wanted to use the Ranger palette in the background, creating a soft backdrop for the cross. I dropped a small amount of ink on a piece of wax paper, added water and painted the colors with my water pen. Heat set and then spritzed with water and blotted.  Printed the saying directly on the card. My cross is outlined with Faber Castell PITT pen.

 

 

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And #23 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days

( I'll confess, I barely made this one in time, so I went for a great printed paper and embellished it some. )

 

 

Prima - paper

Cricut - French Manor cartridge, p. 39 ( bird )

Helmar - Gemstone Adhesive

Traveling Typewriter - font

Close to my Heart - marker

 

A close up of the scattering of tiny gems I added to the flowers:

 

entering this in:

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - #162 Add a Sentiment 



  

zarzuela: noun



a usually comic Spanish operetta

pronunciation

 

( honestly, I don't see being able to fit this into any conversations I hold, lol )

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I got the words from Pinterest and unfortunately didn't google the author until after I had already finished my piece. I say unfortunately because there was so much more to this and I wish I had read the whole poem before I began.

 I wanted to share it all with you. This poem was written some time ago. The simple statements contained in the poem can be applied to everyday life. It really applies to everyone in all walks of life. We can learn a lot from trees if we just take the time to look and listen.

 Advice from a Tree

 

by  Ilan Shamir

 

Sink your roots deeply into the Earth 

Think long term 

Go out on a limb 

Remember your place among all living beings 

Embrace with joy the changing seasons

For each yields its own abundance 

The Energy and Birth of Spring 

The Growth and Contentment of Summer 

The Wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall

The Rest and Quiet Renewal of Winter

Feel the wind and the sun

And delight in their presence 

Look up at the moon that shines down upon you

And the mystery of the stars at night. 

Seek nourishment from the good things in life 

Simple pleasures Earth, fresh air, light

Be content with your natural beauty

Drink plenty of water 

Let your limbs sway and dance in the breezes 

Be flexible Remember your roots

Enjoy the view!

 

Here is my interpretation:

  

6" x 12" wall hanging

  

Higgins - Turquoise India ink

Tattered Angels - Popsicle, Pearl

Tsukineko - Paris Dusk

American Crafts - brads, Marvy Marker

EK Success - Metallic Writers

Vintage Street Market - Linen tinted tape

Faber Castell - PITT pen
Creative Imaginations - overlay ( dove, fussy cut )
Cricut - Don Juan cartridge, p. 34

entering this in:

PanPastels UK Challenge Blog - Challenge #3 Nature

 

inchmeal: adverb

little-by-little, gradually

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This card as it is, would be a very pretty card. The background paper is the wax paper that I keep in the bottom of my spray box. It sits there until it get's covered and then I create projects from it. After creating the background for my wall art and coasters I thought I would use it for:

75 Creative Card Challenges Week: Challenge #49

Make Your Own Background Paper

 





But look how pretty this paper is with the light showing through it, so I knew I had find a way to incorporate light as an element.

 

 I cut a heart into the base card stock, and adhered the wax paper over the top. I used my uplight box to see the outline of the heart so that I could glue down the twine to enhance the shape.

 

Bling, bow and sentiment later...

 

numerous inks ( Ranger, Tattered Angels )

twine - misc.

sentiment rub on - Karen Foster

 

It's been awhile since I have oohed and ahhed a card this much, I just love holding it up to the light.
~I feel the need to make another~

♥

ensemble: noun

a complete costume of harmonizing or complementary clothing and accessories

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Frosted Designs - On the Third Day of Christmas

3 mists/inks/paints

 

I used 3 mists:

Tattered Angels, Midnight Blue, and Pearl

Ranger's Dylusions, Vibrant Turquoise

 

I first sprayed the background with Midnight Blue, then Vibrant Turquoise followed by a nice coating of Pearl. The backdrop has a lot of nice shimmer to it.

( when will I learn that Dylusions are so strong, they over power other colors?? )

Next, I applied:

Me & My Big Ideas - Glitter snowflake rub ons adding a tiny rhinestone in the center of each snowflake

 

( I can always see mistakes better in a photograph, the snowflake on the left needs to be touched down! )

 

I took a piece of scrap white paper, tore the top edge and then hand stitched around the snowy ground finishing it off with a rub-on sentiment from American Traditional Designs.

 

Here is the finished card complete with a beautiful reindeer set in a snowy white scene.

Cricut - Winter Woodland cartridge

 

also entering this in:

Perfect Sentiments Let it Snow Challenge 

 

With some extra paper left over I made 2 more cards for the Art MoB with these snowman stickers from my stash that I discovered, had matching ensembles with the background! lol

I love to embellish stickers, you will see a pom pom adhered to the snow hat, rhinestones on top of the buttons, Ranger's stickles added to their carrot noses and even another sticker added ( the holly on the stove pipe hat also with rhinestones added for the berries )

 

 

hence: adverb

from this place

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Hello WOYWW stalkers......errr.....visitors!

What's on my desk, you ask? Well, yesterday there were 24 little Christmas Tree table place cards which will hold a dinner mint in each one for the guests of the lady who commissioned me to make them.  I delivered them today to Art MoB for pickup, hence there is nothing on my desk today! 

I had a couple of people ask me last week about the round silver thing off to the right which holds my lamp. It's something you put a cake on to cool after it comes out of the oven, I got mine from a Thrift store for 50 cents. It has an added benefit of holding my stickles upside down while I am working with them.

 

entering my place card boxes in:

 

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #94 Holiday Spirit

Cricut cartridge - Tags, Bags, Boxes and More , 1.5"

Fiskars embossing plate - Snowflakes

Ranger's stickles - Frosted Lace, Xmas Red, Green, BabyBlue, Golden Rod

sequins and beads - misc.

Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mists, Pearl

ScorPal - Score tape

Aleene's Tacky Glue

 

Have a great day y'all :) 

quandary: noun

a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma

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To sentiment or not...that is a very good question!

 

My 6x12" wall hanging for the Art MoB:

 

 

It's a modern looking tree to be sure, but I just cannot decide on whether or not to add any wording to it, and then what would fit the design? I am in a quandary!

 

UPDATE:

Thank you for all the suggestions, they really did help me to think it through, and this is what I came up with! I hope you lke it :)

 I printed out the words using Petunia Bounce font, cut them out and lined weach word in alternating red and green pens, then attached them with jump rings. Lots of fun movement which I like.

 I added a pretty double bow using my Bow Easy tool and ReallyReasonable Ribbon, adhered with Helmer's 450 adhesive.

 

 

The details:

1. I start with a 6x12" chipboard and gesso the background, let dry.

2. I then cut chipboard strips and covered each one in scraps of left over Christmas paper adhered with Aleene's Tacky Glue.. I also made sure that each strip had a special effect to it ( like adding Rangers stickles to the peppermint stripe piece, or gems to the holly paper)

3. I used my stencil to get the brick effect by spritzing it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Candy Apple Red, let dry.

4. Using the same stencil I went back over it adding gesso this time, let dry.

5. I used Stazon ink and stamped my Christmas words in a random fashion.

6. I applied 2 layers of tissue over the words to mute them using Golden Matte Gel Medium.

7.I edged the board with Dylusions Ink Spray, Melted Chocolate ( with a sponge ), and then dabbed Cinnamon stickles to the edge.

8. Adhered the tree chipboard shapes with a layer of tinsel pipe cleaners in between each piece.

9. The last step is threading Really Reasonable Ribbon twine through the board and the beads for the hanging apparatus.

 

Here is a slide show for the creation process:

 

I have to say I got tickled after stamping the sentiments onto the brick background. I arranged the words going up, down and upside down to give them a random appearance, only to realize that

 Ho, Ho, Ho upside down becomes Oh, Oh, Oh....lol  Ho well, it is what it is!

 

entering this in:

 

Pan Pastel's challenge #45 - Red and Green

Try it On Tuesday - November 2 - Christmas Sparkle

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Challenge #60 Anything but a Card with ribbon

 

hooked: adjective ( slang )

 Captivated by or devoted to a custom or thing

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I love color, it's no lie, so when I saw the Helmar Monthly October Color challenge I was hooked. I also LOVED the picture of the flower that was the color inspiration too...double hooked! I actually didn't even want to alter the picture, if I had water droplets, I would have added those too!

Here is mine, I did a hanging canvas for my Art MoB studio. You can see all my wall hangings if you click on the tab at the top of my screen that says Wall Hangings for the Art MoB.

 

 

And if you want to see the progression of how I made it, here is a slide show. I really fought the background as you will see, in the end, it's black, just like the color inspiration. I just couldn't get that color combination out of my head. I told you I liked the picture! lol I used my Helmars Gemstone Adhesive for all the colored gems.

 

 

Products in order of use:

( opinion of products are purely my own )

 

Daler Rowney Gesso ( applied with an advertisement credit card, who says junk mail is all bad ?)

Atlas page maps ( really wasted this, since you can't see them in the end )

Art Word stencil ( another waste in the end )

Lil Davis Designs - Mint Glitter Glaze

Glimmer Mists ( Popsicle ,Peach Delight, and Candy Apple red )

water mist

Patio Paint - Petunia, Fern Green

Apple Barrel - Black Gloss, Pumpkin Orange

Delta Ceramcoat - Bright Red

blotted with wax paper

Faber Castell - Metallic Gelato ( used dry and rubbed with my finger to smooth it out )

Allene's Tacky Glue ( give it a moment to set up before adding twine )

Twine ( colored with the Galaxy marker )

American Crafts Galaxy Marker - ( LOVE this white marker! )

Reminisce Black pen

Me & My Big Ideas - colored gems

Studio 18 - gem

Helmars Gemstone Adhesive ( awesome stuff, especially since I am clumsy and kept smearing glue on my gems, but you can never tell once it's dried!!!! )

Reminisce sticker letter ( had to use glue under the letters to get them to stick to the gloss paint )

Pitt Pens - Black

White Reminisce pen

swirl - Don Juan cartridge

beads - misc.

fickel: noun

 describes persons or things that are not firm or steady in affection, behavior, opinion, or loyalty

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My favorite?...why the one I am currently working on, of course. At least that's the way I feel when working on any project. This one is no different, although some things have to grow on you a bit in order to become a favorite, take this tag for instance.It started off in a normal fashion, cutting the tag base and embossing it. I did get to use one of my new embossing folders which is just beautiful. I then used regular paint to cover the raised areas using my blending tool as Timmy advised. Then followed up with the 2 brown inks.

Cricut - tag- Don Juan cartridge ( 6" )

embossing folder- Sheena, heavy swirls

paint - Delta, Forest Green

Ranger - Distress inks- Antique Linen

Ranger's - Distress Ink ( reinker )- Brushed Corduroy

I really was not looking forward to making any flowers. As a rule, I don't like making them at all, and I have 2 cartridges just for flower making. You can imagine my disappointment when I learned that I stunk at flower making. :( Hoping that TH could change my flower making; I dutifully watched the the video, wishing it would spur on that moment of flower creativity and I admit I was intrigued about using the toothpick to base the flower's structure on. I still may not be a superb flower maker but the process was enjoyable anyway, and I will use this trick again, although I do confess that when I made my first one, I had to laugh because I thought.."oh,look, a tiny cute pink pine cone.."

flowers - Cricut - Flower Shoppe cartridge ( 3", 2.5", and 2" )
branches - French Manor cartridge ( 3" )

Ranger's - Distress inks - Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn
Tattered Angels - glimmer mist, Pearl

I altered the sentiment because I thought this one went better with my butterfly, and I made the butterfly dimensional along with the saying. I didn't have a frame stamp ( that wouldn't involve masking ) so I cut out my frame on the Cricut using a 2 sided tape applied to the card stock before I cut the image so that I could still emboss it easily. I also probably ruined the flowers by adding the inside color with alcohol inks, but lesson learned as they ended up being so bright.

butterfly stamp - Hero Arts

Cricut - frame - Happy Hauntings cartridge

sentiment - Karen Foster

Tim Holtz - alcohol inks - Watermelon, Citrus, and Sailboat Blue
embossing powder - American Crafts

I did substitute the pearls with a clear and black crystal, the pearls just looked too white. I also used a green ribbon because I think it balanced the color of the tag well.

crystals - old necklace from stash

key charm - Cousin

ribbon - stash

Tim Holtz August Tag

Pan Pastels - Challenge 30 - Summer Fun

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #53 - Bling and Ribbon

Divas by design - Challenge 46 - Flowers

So I learned a few things, not to drop bright colors inside a muted toned flower! along with a new technique for making flowers. It's still my favorite, but then I am a fickle crafter and I know my next favorite is always right around the corner! ;)

And in my continuing endeavor to increase my TH stash I made my monthly purchase:

 And my goodies that Sheena sent me..because I was... and I am quoting her:  "being my first non UK commenter" ...lol..That was such a treat and I love her products too. I am looking forward to playing with all this treasure as soon as I can! She was very generous! :)

digi: noun

digital picture from the internet

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T!M Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 - July

Panpastel UK Challenge Blog: Challenge #25, use a digi
Perfect Sentiments Challenge: PSC39 Anything Goes w red, white, blue + sentiment
Unique Crafters Challenge #5 Patriotic

But it was fun! Of course I don't have all the TH products, this was purchase last month:

Had fun making the TH tag, while my canned air was out I also cleanned my lap top, so bonus! lol

I got a little carried away with the fireworks part, adding Tattered Angels spray mists to the alcohol inks :/ Since I didn't have the stuff TH used to get the silver effect I used Ranger silver stickles instead. I didn't have the charms or the metal number, but had a washer and a chipboard number, inked them in silver, added silver embossing powder which I then heat set. I added the word July to the washer with black Stazon ink. I used tin snips and some metal to cut out the star, then burnished down to the edges to make it "less dangerous! " :)

I was able to use the Ranger Alcohol Inks on the ribbon part of the tag, I wet the ribbon, scrunched it up and secured it with a paper clip before dotting it with the colors, was hoping for the same effect and was overall happy with it, although the heat gun could have melted the ribbon if I wasn't careful and I wasn't feeling brave enough at that time to see what the ribbon would end up looking like in a 'melted state'. lol

I didn't have the Statue of Liberty stamp but downloaded a digi which worked pretty close to his stamp I think:

Really Reasonable Ribbon twine

Really Reasonable Ribbon double ruffled ribbon

DCWV Neutral Stack ( white core )

I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th!

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Project Pinterest July 9th