Anything but a Card: 5th Sunday challenge

Its the 5th Sunday in the month so its means another 5th challenge Sunday over at Anything but a Card challenge blog.

My project is a little book I made using 5 sheets of paper for 1 signature. I was recently given From DeeDee Catron, a DYI mono plate that was made out of Amazing Mold Rubber that she made before she got a Geli plate. She lent me her to see if I would like it before getting a real one. After getting it I did a little play with it and I'm afraid to say....I liked it LOL. So after doing some mono printing on one side I did the other side of the papers.

When the papers were dried I folded them in half and did a simple stitch to bind them together. The result are these fun background pages. The pictures are in order. I have no idea what happened. lol

So once the book was put together, I got some Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps and what was around me and played in 5 pages of the book.

Be sure to check out the blog to see what the other DT members did and don't forget to play along and link the project to our blog!

VLVS! Oct. Challenge.

There is a new  inspiration challenge over at the Viva Las VegaStamps! blog. I did a page last night that fought me all the way. See I moved a lot of my craft stuff (paints, sprays, VLVS! stamps, etc. the newer stuff)from my room to the basement where the rest of my stuff is. We are selling the house so I want my room to look nice and my closet wasn't looking that great. lol So because of the stuff being moved, I wasn't doing a lot of crafting. And it showed when I was working on the page.

I wanted to play with my gelatos, so I liked how it looked but when i sprayed some star punchinella well it looked awful. a black blob. so covered it  with black paint. and wiped some it off. looked okay. then i did something to that, then it looked yuk! It went like that til I got something I liked. and this is it.

So After repainting the page black again. I took a brick stencil and some white paint and sponged the paint on the page. Then i took some tiny star punchenilla and sponged black paint on that in some spots. I then stamped the fence and the bats from VLVS! in black Menento ink(not that you can see them very well but they are there. :P ). Then I was stuck. I wasn't thrilled with the back ground. but I didn't know what else to do. So I deiced to work with it. I was flipping through a magazine and saw an ad for eye drops. I saw them mom eye and was like that can work. Cut her out. I did cut off her arm holding the baby bottle. Glued her on with mod podge(I had it up here when working on another project) I added some drips of B Positive Glimmer Glam by Tatter Angles. Then I got stuck again. I looked at my VLVS! Halloween images, I saw the raven stamp and thought he would look good standing on her head. Then I saw Frankenstein and the poison bottle. And I was like hmmm This scean played in my head. Stamped them all n white cardstock with the black Menento ink pad. Colored the bottle and Frank with my watercolors. Glued them on with tacky glue. Then I needed words. I wanted to find the words in magazines and glue  them on the page. But that wasn't working out so I typed it up on notepad and printed it and glued it. I did outline the rave with a silver gelly roll pen by Sukra and a bic black pen. to make him stand out more. Same with the words.

8 track mini

So over at the Viva Las VegaStamps! blog they have a monthly challenge. Where you can make anything you want, using a VLVS! images of course, using what you feel inspired by in the inspiration board. I was inspired by the Recycle sign. I finished up another 8 track mini that I saw the Scrappy Camper Sisters do on their Ustream(who by the way have a ustream Saturday).

After taking the 8 track apart, with the window open, I took a heat gun and melted the plastic that was sticking up on both sides so I can get a smooth on both sides to glue down paper on the edges of the 8-track. I also had to melt it so I could make holes on the one side of the 8 track so i can get binder rings through it. Once side was a little thinner than the other side.

The mini itself I used black Recollections card stock to make the pages. The decorative paper I used was DCWV Glam Rock stack. I had just bought this paper when the Scrappy sisters did this project and I knew this stack would be perfect for it. After the pages were made(used Miracle tape to attack the decorative pages to the cardstock. I took some of my VLVS! stamps and stamped them in various spots in the mini. I also used some of the cutout in the cut out sheet in the mini as well. I used 2 inch binder rings to bind the album together. added some suri silk ribbon to the rings. Yes, the mini doesn't lie flat, but its not meant to be. You can lay it down and have a page standing up for display. It was a fun  project. Though not something I would make all the time because of the fumes of the melting of the plastic. LOL

ABAC Challenge 25 Summer Fun

Well its dog days of summer and over at Anything but a card the challenge is Summer fun! All things summer and bright colors. and I'm all about the bright colors! LOL

I did another age in the 4 1/2 by 6 journal for this challenge. 

I sprayed S.E.I. Tumble dye sprays in Hot pink(DUH! you know I had use some pink! LOL), sky blue and Neon Green. I also used Inkadinkado Yellow spray ink. After it dried I tool the cloud stencil from Crafters Workshop and some molding paste from Blick's and added clouds. Then I added some mudd puddles in Key Largo. Let it sit overnight to dry. The next day I stamped the woman on the beach  and the Whimsal house from Viva Las VegaStamps! I colore the woman with color pencils. The house I embossed with the Ultra fine clear embossing powder from VLVS! and then colored it with Smoosh. I used the Craft and Hobby PVA glue from Helamr for the house and the feet of the woman. I used foam tape for the rest of her. I then stamped the sentiment from VLVS! and glued that to the page using the PVS glue.

So have some fun this summer and play in the new challenge! 

ABAC challenge 24-Christmas in July!

The new challenge over at Anything but a card is Christmas in July. Yes I know its too early to think about that. but its never too early to start on gifts for Christmas or Hanukkah. Though I didn't  make a gift for my project for the challenge.

I did an ATC. My brain wasn't thinking gifts yet. LOL

Paper I used is from Sandy Lion. I glued it to a atc that is already cut to size. I took  plastic canvas circle and sprayed Sugar Cookie Glimmer Mist. I stamped the window with the Menorah on white cardstock. colored it with Prisma color pencils. Glued it to the atc base. with the Helmar craft and hobby PVA glue. I edged the atc with picket fence distress crackel paint. Did it very lightly. Then I stamped the girl onto the window. The window and girl are from Effie Glitzfinger. I had some trim from a RAK that I thought looked like snow so Glued that on top of the window with glossy accents. I then stamped the sentiment from Viva Las VegaStamps! edged it with tumble glass distress ink pad. Glued it with glossy accents.

Hope you play in ABAC challenge!

ABAC challenge 23 Steampunk

The New Challenge over at Anything but a card is Steampunk. OY! I do not do steampunk! This had me stumped for a while. But I think I manged it.

 This little journal was one of the gifties from the Austin retreat in April. Its a nice size. 4 1/2 by 6. The papers are from DCWV Tatter Times matte stack.  After I glued the paper down I added the rulers so it hide the seams of the papers I used. Next I took a couple of masks from Hampton  Art Graphic 45 sprayed it the Lindy's stamp gang Phathom Fushia Moon shadow Mist. I added some drips. I stamped a couple images of the Brian Kesinger that Viva Las VegaStamps! has of his art. Colored with prisma color pencils.  I then stamped a couple sentiments from VLVS!

It may not be too stempunkish, but its my version. lol If you like steampunk, and I know a lot of you guys do, come play in the challenge!

ABAC Challenge 22: Lets Get Messy!

The new challenge over at Anything but a card is about gettin messy! So get out those Sprays, paints, inks etc and get playing!

My project is a canvas that I picked up at an Estate sale. This is what it looked like before:

I liked the size of it. And I didn't pay $4 for it. It was 1/2 off day when I got it. There were 2 of these. While working on it I thought I should of picked up the other one. lol 

This is what it looks like now

I did 2 layers of Gesso of the canvas and the sides. I then picked out some craft paint. Used the bluse as the base. The dimonds you see are from what was wraped around a wine bottle I got earlier this year. I looked at and thought it would be cool to use. I added some drips and splots of black, pink and white craft paints. Then I did something I didn't like and did THE WHOLE THING OVER! The result is the background is what you see now. and let me tell you I got messy!  I work infront of my computer and my poor monitor had spatters of white splots on it.

The Dress form is a die cut that a friend sent me(I now have the die on clearance from Hobby Lobby. LOL) I first put paper on it and then did the drips and splots like the canvas. Then added the three dew drops at the weist. Glued it on the canvas, then that it looked horrible and got out the black craft paint and painted it in two coats. you can still see the drips if you look closely. lol 

I painted the sides of the canvas a couple times. I finally broke out the Wild orchid Crafts flowers that Natasha and Sarah sent me. Hot glued them to the canvas. The sentiment is from Viva Las VegaStamps!. Edged the sides with Salted Ocean. Glued it with Gloss accents. 

Hope you all play in this new challenge over at ABAC! 

melted crayon fun

Last year I showed an ATC I made using the Melted crayon technique that I learned how to do from Martha,Seeking for Art. Today I'm going to show you 2 more ATC's I did recently with the melted crayon technique, this time using Kromecote.

I wanted to see if the Melted crayon technique would work using Kromecote. So, I started playing around with it. I did 2 ATC's using both sides of the Kromecote. The glossy side (left side) and the matte side(right side). You can see the different results I got.

I'll start with the left one. The glossy side

I stamped on the Kromecote with the Brick background stamp with Black Versafine ink pad. Because I stamped on the glossy side The ink is still very wet, so I embossed with the Ultra High gloss embossing powder. Yes, more experimenting. After it was embossed I  took some crayons in blue hues and with my craft iron melted the crayons and wiped them on the Kromecote. When I was done I heated the back of the atc to get the way hot. I turned it back around to wipe off the wax. But I was starting to wipe off the color off as well(even some of the embossing). So I left it alone. i like dhow it looked anyway. I stamped the Boy in cape on white cardstock. and colored him in with my Prisma's. I used foam tape to put him on the ATC. I stamped the all my Heroes sentiment and cut the words apart and glued with glossy accents because there is wax where I was putting the words at I had to hold there a little bit to make sure it didn't pop off. 

Now to the Matte side

I stamped the Harlequin Diamond background with the black Versafine ink pad. I used magenta and purple crayons with my craft iron. I turned the paper over to heat the way. then I took a paper towel and wiped the wax off leaving the color.

On white cardstock I stamped with Black Achrival ink pad the Writing Arrow, coffee pot inn. I painted them with my Pearlesent water colors. The arrow smudged a little, but I was fine with that. I used Miracle tape to the coffee pot on the ATC. The arrow I made it like a tree and used foam tape to put it on the ATC. I stamped the A morning without coffee sentiment. and cut out the words. Glued them on with glossy accents. 

Stamps used
brick background
Boy in cape
all my heroes
Harlequin Diamond background
Coffee pot inn
A morning without coffee

Items used
Kromecote
Miracle tape
Black Archival ink pad
Black Versafine ink pad
crayola crayons
foam tape
glossy accents
pearlesent water colors
water brush