Monday~Nov 10~Wicked Wednesday #131~Merry 'Mas ATC

Happy Monday!

Hoping you had a great weekend and having fun surfing along blogs today!

I made an ATC for the wicked fun Wicked Wednesdays ATC Challenge. This is their challenge #131 and the theme is Skully Christmas.

I love ATCs they are small and fun to make! At a pocket size 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches it is fun to see how much or how little you can use to fill up the space!

The base of my ATC is grungeboard and I put the deli tissue on top then added the image on top of that. I used Distress Ink for the color. The stamps are Unity and Momenta. 

I hope you can make time to check out the challenge and make an ATC to play along!

Thanks for looking and have a fun day!

~hugs~
~kim

Shared with Wicked Wednesday #131 Skully Christmas

Compendium of Curiosities Vol 3 Challenge #14~CC3C #14~Colored Crackle

Hi Happy Friday!

This is my project for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14, Colored Crackle. You can see all the details and wonderful inspirational pieces at Linda's blog, HERE.  This even number challenge is sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique with a fabulous $25 shopping spree, see her wonderful goods at her awesome shop HERE.

The Compendium Challenge this round is to do the Colored Crackle technique as shown in The Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3 book by Tim Holtz.

My inspiration for the actual project came from Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper prompt this week, Sewing & Stitches and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Good 'ol Days.

Please click the photos to see them bigger:)

My grandmother was a seamstress and always made clothes and doll clothes. I always remember her wood cabinet for her sewing machine kind of a medium brown wood. And she liked blue. I do not have any photos of her but I found some awesome treasures in my stash to make this all work.

Crackle texture is addictive and fun! This is the second project I made this week with them and I love it! Just wish they sold it by the gallon!lol

The photo images are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash pad Lost and Found. I love this stash, the papers are so pretty, I really have a hard time using them! 

The stamps are Holtz, Blueprint Assortment. Also a wonderful Unity set with lots of sewing coolness! 

The paper under the sentiment tag is a dried empty teabag. The thread is the string from the teabag.

I used various stencils with texture paste for the patterns. After is was set, I followed the Crackle Technique as outlined in my copy of Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3. Get your copy, it is well worth it! I am horrible at remembering techniques, so it is really cool to have them all assembled in a great book:)

Thank you for looking, I hope you like it and if you have a moment, I'd love it if you left a comment:)

I am sharing this with:

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14: Colored Crackle sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Good 'ol Days

Hels Sheridan Sunday Stamper:Week 332 Sewing & Stitching

Unity Friday Friends with Flair Link up

November 6~LOC Challenge #52~Photo Play

Happy Thursday!

I am soooo glad it is soon Friday!

Though time ran away again and I have no clue where it went. I am thinking a lot of time went to playing on the PC. I was making a couple of projects then I detoured and just had a fun computer play inside Adobe Photoshop Elements.

I intended to make a mixed media actual tangible project but well, the fates conspired and it is currently only in the digital realm. Soon it will emerge from the digital dreamspace when the time is right I am sure.

It is so fun layering and collaging, is that a word? Well it is now:)

I am sharing this with Left of Center, Challenge #52. I have still not emerged from the 31 Days of Halloween, it is such a fun creative play & place to be:)

Please click to enlarge the image, sorry if it loads slowly >.<

The edges and backgrounds were images from Shadow House Creations, he has an amazing site and shares fabulous works for free. Visit Jerry at Shadow House sometime.

The ghostly ladies and owl are clip art from The Graphics Fairy and The Old Design Shop.

The butterfly, Turn Around sign, leaves shadows and wood fence are my own photographs.


I hope you like this collage and one should sometimes heed warnings...

I thank you for looking and do hope you have a moment to share what you think.

~kim

Go and see the amazing projects at LOC have fun!

November 2~Week 8 APCC~Altered Playing Card Challenge

Hello!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Today I have my latest pair of altered playing cards for week 8 of Claudine's super fun play along! It is a 26 week long challenge to alter an entire deck of regular playing cards. These are so fun and they are very close to an ATC size. There is a very fabulous and active Facebook group playing along, created just for this challenge as well. You can join up anytime, lots of people have. To get all the details you can click HERE. Come play with us!

For this play I used two cards that I had prepped awhile ago with some drywall tape and masking tape covered with some white gesso.

I used Distress Paints on my cards. Straight from the bottle I just swiped 3 colors on each card. Then sprayed with water. As it started to react I tipped is to get some drips and blending.

I wanted to make a pair but not matched, so I used the same stamps, they are Inkadinkado. The top more earthy colors card is smoother so I stamped directly on the card with Archival Ink. The colorful one below has more of my favorite dots and is bumpy. So, I stamped the hearts and butterfly then cut them out.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate your time and enthusiasm! Your comments make my day!

~hugs~

~kim

Happy November!~Mixed Media Mojo New Challenge~CC3C #14

Hello!

Happy Saturday! Hope your candy hangover is not too serious or that the ghosts and goblins of the night kept you awake late!

Once you recover, come join in the new Challenge at Mixed Media Mojo! The theme for this month is pretty much Anything Goes. The twist, incorporate Thankful into  your art. Now it can be any variation of Thankful, have fun and run....

This is also my project for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14, 14! already!! You can see all the details and wonderful inspirational pieces at Linda's blog, HERE.  This even number challenge is sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique with a fabulous $25 shopping spree, see her wonderful goods at her awesome shop HERE.

The Compendium Challenge this round is to do the Colored Crackle technique as shown in The Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3 book by Tim Holtz.

Please click the photos to see them bigger:)

I had fun trying out the Distress Crackle Paint with this project. It is so lovely and worn. The butterfly stamp set is Tim Holtz. The keys stamp is Unity. The leaves and sentiment is Newton's Nook. The cabinet frame die is unknown, just something I had in my stash.

I used Distress Ink pad minis to color the background after I had stamped the images. The keys were stamped with Distress Ink then clear embossed. The butterflies were stamped with Archival Ink then clear embossed. I colored the butterflies with Distress Ink pad minis set 11.

Thanks for looking!
Have a great day!

~kim

Sharing with:
 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14: Colored Crackle sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique