Tim Tag June 2015~Look on the Bright Side~

Hihi!

Hope you are having a great day!

Just a small project I wanted to share today. Better late than than never, time ran away from me this month, so today I just finished my Tim Tag for June 2015!! yay!

See Tim's awesome how-to HERE at his blog. Each month is so fun seeing what he has created and finding inspiration from there! Lots of improv and play, it is all good and fun :)

Tim used the awesome coffee cup die, which I do not have so I picked my favorite one to play with his Butterfly with texture fade folder. I die cut the butterfly and embossed it with Distress Ink. I left one wing gently rolled up for a bit more dimension.

I sprayed the butterfly and Sizzix diecut flower with Distress Stain, Antiqued Bronze. I also applied some to the background for more shine. I love adding some sort of sparkle :)
I included the extra picture from a slightly different angle, I love how the color changes, too.

Short and sweet, I added a Tim Small Talk  sticker, "Look on the Bright Side", my mantra of the day...

Have a great day!

~hugs~

~kim

Feeling Rotten? ~ Zombie Brian Visible Image Fun!~Art Tag

Hello!

Back today with more fun Visible Image stamp play!

I have a small art tag I made using the Visible Image new release Zombie Brian!

"Feeling Rotten?" Never fear Zombie Brian has fresh brains to share!

I love making tags, they are small and fun to try out new things without much worry.

Zombie Brian is colored using Sharpie Markers. I used Distress Inks for the brains :)

The background I started by cutting a tag from a manilla folder. I dropped some Jet Black Archival Re-inker on my craft mat along with rubbing alcohol and white acrylic paint. I misted the tag with rubbing alcohol then swished it into the ink and paint on my mat. I sprayed a some more rubbing alcohol to make things run. I added more white and DecoArt Mister Cyan Blue.

Let it dry. 

Now more fun. I painted some matte medium over the whole tag. Once that layer was dry I covered the whole thing with clear crackle. Once dry and cracked I dabbed some alcohol ink, blue, onto the cracks. I sprayed it with more rubbing alcohol to get to to run and dabbed off some for variety.

I spritzed some DecoArt Media Mister Shimmer White for the light dots you see :)

I so looooovvve the cracks and darkness. I think it made a fun "Midnight" tag for dear Brian!

Thanks so much for coming by today!

When you have time, please so check out all the fantastic stamps at Visible Image, they are magnificent!

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up to the Newsletter HERE

~hugs~

~kim

Visible Image Stamps~Butterfly INKognito Collage Vase

Hello :)

Hope your weekend is just wonderful and relaxing!

Today I have a small project to share with you for my Sunday Surprise with Visible Image!

This week I wanted to play with the beautiful Butterfly INKognito stamp for my Visible Image DT creation. This is such a wonderful stamp and really a joy to play with.

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Here we go :)

This is the complete collage vase complete with a paper flower.

These are my basic ingredients. I used a clean empty hot sauce bottle that has such a fun shape! I have been known to buy a glass bottled product simply because of the amazing shape :) This one was easy however, I love the hot sauce!

I used some Tim Holtz tissue paper as well as some deli wrap paper I made. I used some dry wall tape to stencil the random small dots as well as bubble wrap. I used Americana Decoupage Napkin product to attach and seal. I like this formula, it made it very easy to layer on all the tissue and deli paper without tearing.

My Butterfly INKognito stamped so cleanly and wonderfully onto thin tissue paper on the first try! I was sooo happy :) I stamped it using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink. Truly a well crafted stamp and a joy to play with, thanks so much Helen and Mark!

A couple of views. I love stamping on tissue and deli wrap, it makes layering onto non-flat non-porous surfaces dreamy. Onto glass it really makes the translucent quality pop. These photos are slightly back lit from my window and door.

While the bottle was drying I went about making the flower.

I used a Sizzix Lotus flower die and cut a bunch of layers. I used more deli wrap to tie into the bottle itself with the blues and purples. I used some mostly white layers to make the flower "glow", too. Also some plain deli stamped with Visible Image stamps, Imagine, Dream Inspire and Ink Splats .

Up close! I love making paper flowers, so much fun as easy to customize for each project.

One more photo taken outside. To finish off the bottle I added a layer of DecoArt Media Ultra Matte Varnish and Americana Decoupage Crystal Glitter. The glitter is very fine and sorry I could not photograph it, but it has a perfect small sparkle. Sparkle and butterflies are a perfect match right?

Thanks so much for coming by today, hope you have a fantastic day and wonderful week!
As you have time today, hope you can hop over and see all the wonderful inspiration at Visible Image! Find them in these awesome spots:

Tons of Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up to the Newsletter HERE

#83 Left of Center~New Challenge~Add Ribbon, Fiber~Sponsor The East Wind

Welcome Back!

You are just in time for the newest challenge at Left of Center Creative Challenges. We are up to challenge #83 and our fabulous sponsor is The East Wind!

Visit The East Wind

For my project this week I used an image that was in the June newsletter, you can sign up for her newsletter, HERE

I made a mini poster for today:) It is 9 inches by 12 inches. The paper is Canson Mixed Media.
I inked everything with Distress Inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio.

 The flower stamp is Visible Image Flower INKognito. The sentiment is also Visible Image, This is Me set. I added some washi tape and bakers twine around the image to frame it.

I like that it came out very light and airy, perfect for the hot weather here.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

~hugs~
~kim

Skellie Fest 2015 with Lost Coast Designs~ATC Fun!

                                         I won! So happpy and thank you sooo much Lost Coast!!

Wow! I cannot believe how fast this week has gone!

Today I have made a fun ATC in cool blues and greens, trying to bring the temperature down a bit here :) Way too hot already! I am sooo done with Summer hahaha

I wanted to share a fun ATC I made using the Mini Sugar Skulls by Lost Coast Rubber stamps, you can see the set HERE

On their new blog, Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, they are running some fabulous challenges!

This one is for the Skellie Fest 2015
There is also a stamp New Release party Challenge you can find HERE
And there is a fun Numbers theme challenge HERE

I am submitting this ATC to the Skellie Fest and New Release Party challenges.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for coming by, have a great day!
~kim

Zombie Brian & Dawn~First Date~Visible Image Stamps New Release Weekend

Top Pick at Corrosive Challenge, so happy!

Hi!

Thanks so much for coming back today! I have another post for the Visible Image Stamp New Release Weekend. Today is the last chance to get the New Releases at a 20% discount when you spend 20GBP>>>>>>

>>>>>>Get 20% OFF our amazing NEW stamps released today with offer code: june2020release *until midnight on Sunday UK time*   Stunning new sentiment stamps! Awesome new characters!
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Don't miss out on all the awesome new Express Yourself sentiments and new Character sets. See there HERE

I have "Love You to Bits" with Zombie Dawn and Zombie Brian.  Everyone is nervous on a first date and zombies are no exception! Brian has done his best to secure brain buds for his sweetie. At the moment she is inexplicably distracted by a worm in her hair, poor dear she just wanted to look her creepy best!

The dear pair are colored using my Sharpie markers. 

The background I layered up using my DecoArt supplies: Modeling Paste and Misters on top of Bristol board. The modeling paste was applied thick and randomly to build up texture. I embedded a Tim Holtz diecut into the paste for the honeycomb pattern. 

Once dry I sprayed away with Misters in purple and primary cyan. Once I got some cool patterns I let it dry and sprayed some Shimmer White.

The "Love You to Bits" sentiment is included in the Zombie Brian set. I stamped it in Jet Black Archival. I mounted it on a Spellbinders diecut that is colored with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink and clear embossed. I loooovve these blues today :)  Nice early evening date for my Zombie Couple :)

Thanks so much for sharing this awesome weekend with me and please hop to Visible Image and treat yourself!

Here is a quick run down on where to find Visible Image:

Tons of Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up to the Newsletter HERE

Have a creepy fun day!

~kim

I am also linking to and supporting the following creepy challenges:

Forever Dark 2: Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenge #226: Pile it On

Visible Image Stamps New Release Day~Zombie Dawn!

Happy Friday!

Today is a fun and special day!

It is a brand new release day at Visible Image! See the fabulous new sentiments and character sets HERE The Visible Image BLOG has a great post with all the fabulous makes from the creative team. You can see the character set samples HERE The sentiments are such wonderful affirmations, and not sappy sweet, see the Express Yourself samples HERE.

I was fortunate and thrilled to receive the Zombie Couple, Dawn and Brian to play with. Today I want to share my small canvas made with Zombie Dawn!

***This Weekend only till Sunday, Midnight UK time you can save 20% on the NEW RELEASES at Visible Image.***

Get 20% OFF our amazing NEW stamps released today with offer code: june2020release *until midnight on Sunday UK time*   Stunning new sentiment stamps! Awesome new characters!
Come on over to our website... http://visibleimage.co.uk/product-categ…/new-stamp-releases/

And here is sweet Dawn :)

I colored Dawn with Sharpie markers.  The character set includes a zombie hand. I stamped four in archival ink and double embossed in black. On two of them, I flipped them over and embossed again to get a right and left hand :)

The paint strip she is standing on is stamped with Ranger Jet Black and it is from the Drag & Drip set. The background is colored with Abandoned Coral and Wild Honey Distress Ink. The background dots is the Retro Dots Background stamp.

I hope you treat yourself and have play with the awesome stamps from Visible Image. 

Find Visible Image in these places and be Inspired :)

Tons of Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up to the Newsletter HERE

Happy Friday! Come back Sunday to see Zombie Brian :)

~kim

First Post as Part of Visible Image Design Team!

Happy Sunday!

I hope you are having a bright and happy day so far!

Today is my first post featuring a project I made for the Visible Image Design Team! I am so excited and so nervous! The stamps are brilliant and I really really hope you like my project!

Visible Image

When  you have a moment hop over to check out the awesome shop, Visible Image stamps do not disappoint! They are fabulous. I really enjoyed making this canvas with the stamps I was sent, thank you Helen & Mark!


The canvas is about 6 1/2 inches wide and about 12 12 inches tall.

As soon as I saw this stamp, Flower INKognito, I knew I wanted to do a repeating pattern. I used Ranger White Super Fine embossing powder to keep as much detail as possible.

I stamped onto Bristol paper, and inked with Distress Inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio for the bright colors.

The bottom layer is stamped using Ink Splats and clear embossed. The sentiment is one of my absolute favorites, (come back next week to see more of my new favorites)!! It is part of the Imagine, Dream Inspire set, as real must-have :)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

There is lots of fun at Visible Images and many ways to keep up with all the new releases and exciting makes from the whole team. I hope you join and play along soon. Here is a list of where you can find all the best Visible Images spots:

Tons of Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up to the Newsletter HERE

Have a super Sunday! See you soon.

~hugs~

~kim

Left of Center Creative Challenge #81~Theme. "For the Girls"

Hello!

Happy Friday!

Today starts a fun new challenge at Left of Center Creative Challenges. Today is #81 and the theme is For the Girls. Our awesome sponsor is Simply Betty Stamps.

Play with us HERE

As always with our Left of Center Challenges, if the theme does not stir your muse you are most welcome to create anything Dark, Gothic, or whatever you would like to try, maybe a technique new to you, the goal is to play and have fun!

I have always loved the style of the artist known as Finnabair. Recently she has started an open Facebook group and launched some amazing 'get started in mixed media' project called Spread Your Wings on her blog. It features some wonderful how2s and simple prompts to get you started.

A few of my friends have made some projects in this way, and I decided to jump in. It was helpful because I was kinda stuck where to start. So I used Rebecca's start, put down paper strips, tape, paste, just start with texture.

Here we go, I apologize now, there are lots of photos.... :)

This is my canvas it is about 8 inches by 10 inches. The skull graphic is a free image from the Graphics Fairy.

My base is Bristol board. I love how sturdy it is and it is what I had on-hand. I covered it in DecoArt white gesso. I also used my finger to add some swirls and dents into the gesso. Once dry I added dry wall tapes and some string.

To add the color I used the DecoArt Media Misters in Primary Cyan, Shimmer White and Purple. They were misted with some water to make it run and blend.

The next layer I used the DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Interference blue and purple

The Interference colors are awesome, depending on the angle of view it can have a color shift, which I absolutely love :) I am such a sucker for shine and shimmer! Viewed straight on they are harder to notice.

Next, making the charming part :)  Ahead of time I had made a stash of paper clay charms using Mod Podge Melt molds. The paper clay charms are fun and light weight. The disadvantage is they tend to disintegrate when wet. So I tested a couple spraying them with one coat of DecoArt Mister. there is a blue rose you can see there. It held up really well and did not melt :)  The black dots you see are hot glue dots I made as well.

This step you can cover the charms with gesso or acrylic paint. I used my DecoArt Mister Skimmer White. Just go lightly if using paperclay just in case, you still do not want to saturated them too much. I masked off the face to keep some color away till I was ready there.

Once the spraying was done and dry, I carefully added some Silver Rub n Buff to bring up the texture. The sentiment is Tim Holtz and edged with Distress Ink Peacock Feathers.

Thanks so much for reading along. Please ask if you have any questions! I appreciate it!

Long post, just a reminder I hope to see what you make, share with us at Left of Center Creative Challenges, the theme is For the Girls. See I made this for the girls, a steampunky skelly gal! Can't wait to see your spin on the theme!!

Have a great weekend!

hugs,
~kim


I am also sharing this with and supporting the following challenges:

Finnabair & Friends Open Studio Event on Facebook

Smudgy Antics: June Anything Goes, twist 3 colors

Forever Dark Challenges: First Challenge (awesome ladies!) June Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: June Altered Art/Mixed Media

Summer Fun~ Mixed Media Mojo New Challenge~ Theme Summer Twist Monochrome

Happy Monday and Happy June 1st!

This sunny hot Monday morning (in my teeny part of the world) bring the start of a new challenge at Mixed Media Mojo. Our theme this month is Summer with the optional twist, Monochromatic! You have all month to link up your creation and have a fun play!

Here is my small canvas, please click each photo to make it a bit larger :)

This is happy Summer moments. Moments that pass by quickly but stay with you for a lifetime. Be it playing on the beach, flying a kite or blowing bubbles :)

This canvas is 5 inches by 7 inches. I had a play with the supplies I was provided with by the DecoArts Blogger Outreach program. I love the paints, Misters, stencils and lots of mixed media wonderfulness! I always use these willingly, they are a joy to create with!

 I used some Andy Skinner stencils, Children and Serendipity, with modeling paste. The background colors I used the Misters in orange and white. I love these since they dry permanent.

While the Misters were wet I sprayed with some more water. Then added some of the white Mister. While it puddled and moved, I used a chopstick to swirl it. I love the way it dried! I adore the canvas texture. I added School Bus Yellow to the modeling paste for the kite.

The bottom, "Beach" I masked the top half and sprayed the letters with the Mister orange and Some Dylusions Yellow. The Dylusions is water reactive even when dry, so it tends to soak into anything as I learned. I used the texture sand paste for the breaking waves.


Happy June! Thanks for coming by and hope to see you soon at Mixed Media Mojo~

hugs,
~kim