I'd rather be in Paris...

Hello Again!!!

As promised, today i'm sharing my 3d Shadow Box Card that I made yesterday.

 I absolutely love how it turned out!!! 

from the side here you can see that this card has tons of dimension.

Close up of "Carpe Diem" on the bow

I went with a Tim Holtz/Vintage feel but chose to challenge myself to use only Viva Las VegaStamps! (Which really wasn't much of a challenge since they have so many amazing images & sayings!!)
 As I'm sure you probably guessed I am loving my new vintage camera man stamp! 

Supplies Used: 

Victorian Cameraman 1 3/4 x 3 1/4

I'd Rather Be In Paris 1 x 1 1/2

Carpe The Hell 1 x 3 1/4

Parisien 1 x 2 1/4

Scrapbook Paper

Wild Orchard Roses

Various Tim Holtz bits

Black StaZon ink

Viva Las VegaStamps August's Inspiration Board Challenge

Yay, My 1st Monthly challenge submission for Viva Las VegaStamps. They have just brought back the monthly challenges (although I didn't know about them in the past) I am super excited to participate in them now! 

This months inspiration board was this-----> 

I absolutely love the colors and everything about it! 

For my inspiration, I drew from the colors, the roses, the crown, the stitching, and the text. 

I knew instantly the 2 stamps i wanted to use: 

                

Here you go here's where i was inspired to go with my tag:

For my tag i started with a background piece of paper from the Bo Bunny Gabrielle 6x6 collection, and added it to a 6 1/4 x 3 1/8" #8 Manila Shipping Tag. This started be off with the color scheme and the background text. I added a doily, then stitched around the tag using white thread to keep the romantic shabby feel I was going for. 

Next I stamped the Crown on a separate piece of card stock and fussy cut it out. I then adhered it with a pop-dot for added depth. (This crown stamp is so detailed it almost looks 3D on its own! Love IT!)

The Journaling card is a digital collage piece made by me, which i added to start bringing the rose part of the inspiration in. From there Everything just fell into place. I added the lace boarder, stamped the "Treat me exactly as you would the Queen", added the Tim Holtz fragment Doll, wings, number plate, and grunge board hinges which I painted with white picket fence crackle. 

I also used both stamps to hand stamp the ribbon and seam binding to match. 

Thank you for stopping in, and I hope you all enjoy my take on the Challenge! 

Happy Crafting everyone!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!!

First thank you to all of those who fight, and have fought to defend our freedom!

Last night I created a fun vintage style stamped tag to hopefully give everyone a little independence day inspiration. I hope you all enjoy!

 

For this tag i used the Tim Holtz distress ink in: Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Chipped Sapphire, and Fired Brick. The truck stamp is also by Tim Holtz, the flag, stars, fire works, and freedom stamp is by Cloud9 designs. (I'm not sure what brand the background word stamp or the 2 charms are.)

 (I also created this fun Asian style piece of mail art) 

Shrink Plastic Charm Tutorial

Today i'm going to show you how to make this wonderful Shrink Plastic Charm!

First gather your supplies:

• piece of #6 recycled plastic (I used a washed out food container) 
• a pair of scissors (i used Tim Holtz Scissors)
• non-stick craft mat
• permanent markers (any brand you like is fine)
• StazOn ink pad in the color you choose (I used black)
• Your heat tool
• Hole punch 
• Tweezers or something to hold onto plastic while heating it
• And last but not least your STAMPS!! (I used the bird man by silver crow creations, and the star and word dream are part of the Tim Holtz collection by stampers anonymous)

Step 1: 

  Stamp your image on the plastic and cut out whatever shape you'd like your charm to be 

(remember these shrink to less than 1/2 the original size so the larger the better)

 Step 2: 
       Punch the hole in the plastic wherever you want the charm ring to go through

Step 3:
       Color the back side of your image and allow to dry for a minute.

                                              (I also chose to add more stamps at this point)

(This show my original stamped piece before heating was 4in long)

 Step 4:
       Heat that bad boy up!! Don't panic it will warp, and curl and do all sorts of funny things, but don't panic it will flatten back out on it's own as it heats 
          (i usually leave it laying on my nonstick craft mat while i heat it, i only lifted it for the picture)

 Step 5:
    You did it! Now let it cool for a minute then you are ready to add it to your projects! In my case i made a fun charm dangle clip. (note the new size is only 1 and 3/4 inches!!)

 Here you can see the front and back sides of m charm.

 (note that the metallic marker i used was opaque so it gives a nice 3D affect when compared to the transparent colors)

Well Here you Go my finished Charm Clip!