October 7~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 7~12 Tags of 2014

Happy Tuesday!

A sweetly spooky tag today this 7th day of October! 7th project in 7 days for the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween fun! If you need the details, pop over to Terra's blog HERE

Should you need a refresher for the Blog Hop, it is right there under Mr. Neon Skele on the right sidebar. Thanks so much for all the enthusiasm in your comments, sooo appreciated<3

I know you all are super busy and so let's just Hop to it! Off we go....

Boo! My inspiration was drawn from Tim Holtz and his 12 Tags of 2014 October Challenge :)

Please click each image for a larger version:)

I have a manila tag, plain then transformed! I stamped the black cat and spider and embossed them in black, following Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 October make. Then I cut a mask for each, once the tag cooled, I used Tim's Dot Fade stencil and applied texture through the stencil and over the embossed images.

The skele kitty is another stencil from the Danse Macabre stencil set by Beatrice Coron. I just wanted the kitty portion this time around, so I only applied paste in that area.

Now let the paste dry.....while waiting I stamped the pumpkins with Jet Black Archival ink.

Then colored them with Distress Inks and water brush. Once dry I added Glossy Accents to the colored portion for a bit of dimension.

Once the paste was dry, I added some Distress Ink though stencils at the bottom, the diamonds and blocks then clear embossed them.

That done,  I misted the whole tag with water. Then I used Dylusions Spray inks to play. I love the vibrant color! I sprayed and blotted until I was happy with the pattern.

Cut out the pumpkins and adhered them to the surface.

Thanks so much for your visit!

~hugs~

~kim

I am linking to Tim Holtz ongoing challenge: 12 Tags of 2014 October 
I encourage everyone to pop over and see all the wonderfulness!

September 24~Mixed Media Mojo Challenge~Fall using Texture Paste~DT Project

Happy Wednesday, First Wednesday of Fall!

The weather is just starting to feel like it is changing, the nights are finally chilly here, yay!

Today I have a post for my Fall DT project at Mixed Media Mojo. There is still plenty of time to play along, too! The September theme is Fall and the twist is add paste, join us and see the fun HERE

I made this canvas starting with a flat 5x7 board. I added my homemade texture paste to add the bumps and ripples. I pressed some pieces of drywall tape into the wet paste to add more texture.

As with many of my projects, I have a theme or prompt to work with but never quite sure what direction I am going to go in! I knew I wanted the Fall colors and the Distress Ink color Wild Honey is tops on my list right now so it is featured brightly.

I like to emboss my stamped images, really helps for coloring! I used Distress Inks and Paints for the colors. The green dots, I used the Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil also tops of my favorites at this moment. I colored my texture paste with Distress Paint Forest Moss, just to celebrate the last bits of green as colors are changing for Fall.

All of the stamped images are Unity. The pumpkins are from a Unity blog hop random draw contest I won:) Thanks Unity! I love the pumpkins and leaves they have such fun shapes! They are such fun stamps to use! I'm lovin' it!

The sunflower is a digital stamp. I printed it onto cheap dollar store photo paper, then did an image transfer using clear shelf contact paper. I dyed the ribbon using Distress Ink in these colors, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Ripe Persimmon.

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you have a few moments to leave a comment. Comments make my day:)

I am also entering this project into a couple of challenges.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Stamps and Stencils

Unity Stamps {Be Inspired} Challenge: 

Fall Colors from Inspiration Photo Color 

Basic Sketch Layout & (LOVE) Unity Stamps:)