tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39013738197336064602024-03-05T01:29:46.248-08:00Mix It Up With InkProjects, techniques & tutorials of my mixed media art, stamping & scrapbooking. My art is inspired by many ... Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, Jennifer McGuire, Laura Bassen, Richele Christensen, Marjie Kemper, Seth Apter, to name a small few. I've been doing this for over 15 years, and there's always something new, and more to learn. I love to teach & share what I learn!Stephanie Rodgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863639235768011185noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901373819733606460.post-17684000478899287812018-01-09T09:26:00.002-08:002018-01-09T09:33:44.075-08:00Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wishes Card Kit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed to keep my mind occupied this weekend, so I thought I'd immerse myself in a project, and what a wonderful project it was! This photo just does not do these cards justice! There were wood elements, sequins, washi tape and much more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought this Watercolor Wishes card kit from Stampin' Up! at least a year or two ago. I just checked the website, and I don't see it, but contact your SU demonstrator for help finding it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Because the kit makes 20 cards, I thought I'd save it for a day when I could devote the time to complete it. I have so many unfinished projects, I didn't need another one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the beautiful, very versatile, stamp set that comes with the kit. It's my new favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really, really enjoyed creating these cards! This kit was right up my alley, and just the project I needed. Lucky for me, I accidentally purchased two of these sets, so I can play all over again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></div>
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<br />Stephanie Rodgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863639235768011185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901373819733606460.post-87727416076552888692017-08-22T19:06:00.002-07:002017-08-22T19:06:38.555-07:00Nuvo Embellishment Mousse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend was my favorite event of the year, Stamp & Scrapbook Expo 2017 in Edison, NJ. Always so much fun! Classes, shopping, cropping, meeting up with old friends, making new friends, swapping buttons, more shopping, etc. lol</div>
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I've been so inspired after seeing new products, samples, demos, and taking classes. One of the things I wanted to play with are my Nuvo Embellishments Mousse(es?).</div>
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I only have the Indian Gold, Pure Platinum, and Fresh Copper. I ordered some of the beautiful colors today, so I printed out the color chart (thanks Vicky Papaioannou for a great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGSbjvMiEY&list=PLGzypJ4lpdboIHVeBp32nQajCyMA1jyS2">YouTube video</a> and the downloadable chart!). While creating my chart, I realized the color names are not only on the bottom, but they're teeny-tiny! So, out came my trusty Brother P-Touch Label Maker!</div>
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I began with some Stampin' Up! Basic Black card stock, and created my background using 3 different daubers. I went back & forth with each color adding layers and blending.</div>
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Next came Tim Holtz's Riveted Metal embossing folder.</div>
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I thought this needed something mechanical looking, so I dug out my Lots of Bots stamp set from Stampin' Up! This set is sooo cute! An oldie but goodie!</div>
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Had a play date with my friend, Mercedes, last night. We were inspired by the card below from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/79446380906523362/">Pinterest</a>, created by Lin from the <a href="https://heartshugsandflowers.blogspot.com/">Sending Hugs</a> blog. We used the Designer Flowers stamps & dies by Simon Says Stamp. I have the Wishing & Sending dies by SSS, but we had a little trouble finding words in my collection of stamps that would go with them. Guess I'm going to have to head over to the SSS website and order their companion stamp set! (Like I need more stamps! haha) The "friend" die is from Simon Says Stamp, and the small word stamps are from the Amazing to Zany set by Stampin' Up! The background embossing folder is Stampin' Up!'s Perfect Polka Dots, and I used Silver Lining Nuvo Crystal Drops in the center of each flower.<br />
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We got a little carried away while making our flowers. We started out using white embossing powder on a few different types of cardstock: Stampin' Up! shimmery white, cardstock vellum, cardstock vellum with Blue Sky Archival Ink by Wendy Vecchi on back, and blue tissue paper recycled from a gift bag I received.</div>
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We then moved onto watercolor paper using black embossing powder and painting with Stampin' Up! watercolor crayons. This was inspired by another Pinterest card (a post for another day), but I soon went back to the white embossing powder on the wc paper. Since there were two of us playing, we had to take turns stamping, melting the powder, and die cutting the flowers, so that took up most of our evening.</div>
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I've been sick pretty much all month with an awful sinus infection and nasty cough, and all the medication has really knocked me for a loop! Between the antibiotics, steroids, cough syrups and inhaler, I don't know if I'm coming or going. I've really been jonesin' to get my craftin' on, but I couldn't because all the meds gave me the shakes. Feeling a little better today, so I gave the Tim tag a whirl. You can see Tim's original tag <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-november/">here</a> with all the instructions so you can make your own. </div>
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I stamped the Blueprint Leaf onto some Distress Watercolor paper, colored with the Distress Markers and my Detail Water Brush. I used the mister tool to get some Ground Espresso splatter.</div>
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I cut the word 'NATURE' into a piece of cork, and saved the letters. They'll come in handy on another project.</div>
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I'm excited to finally get two of my projects on the wall from the Chicago Ministry of Mixology event in October with Andy Skinner and Tracy Weinzapfel. Love, love, love them! </div>
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As many of you know, I'm an ink girl, and paints are a relatively new medium for me. I've taken classes with Seth Apter, Sue Pellitier, Jodi Ohl, and some Paint Nite events, to name a few. I love the freedom of adding layers of color! </div>
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This piece was taught by Tracy. Who knew I'd be able to paint around those flowers with a paintbrush, and do those fine details?! Certainly not me! Thanks Tracy for giving me the little extra attention I needed to boost my confidence!</div>
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Happy Halloween people!! I usually don't do my tags with the holiday themes. I still do the techniques, but I make the tag my own. I've had Frankie here for a while now, and he looked so delicious with the embossed foil, I had to try it! You can see Tim's tag <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-october/">here</a>, with all the instructions to make your own and play along!</div>
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I had a little baggie of watch or clock parts in my stash, and a couple of pieces made for good bolts on Frankie's neck.</div>
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I chose one of Tim's Halloween words to embellish with. I cut it out six times! I layered 5 orange pieces, and offset a base layer of gray. After distressing with some ink, I covered the whole thing with Glossy Accents.</div>
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Quick post to get my September 2016 Tim Tag posted on Tim's website. I had made the tag about 2-3 weeks ago, but I've been extraordinarily busy this month, and I'm just under the wire again. <br />
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I pretty much did the same as Tim, because I love the colors, and this stamp set seems like it was made just for this technique. I added my own touch with embellishments. You can see Tim's tag <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-september/">here</a>, with all the instructions. Every month when you post your Tim inspired creation to his website, he chooses about 10 winners for prizes!<br />
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I'm home after another fabulous weekend at the Scrapbook Expo in Somerset, NJ. My bestie, Andrea Frank, and I have been attending since 2005, long before it became the Expo. It's my favorite weekend of the year, filled with scrapping, shopping, classes, demos, make 'n takes, collecting buttons, old & new friends. One of the things I was most looking forward to seeing demoed were the Nuvo Crystal Drops, and they didn't disappoint! I headed right over to the Sparkle 'n Sprinkle booth, and there they were, in all their glory! Sharon was at the demo table, and she showed me a lot more than just the Crystal Drops. Oy! My wallet! lol Anyways, I ended up buying the full set of Glossy colors, and the full set of Pearls/Metallics. I couldn't wait to get home to create color charts. After searching the web, and having no luck, I decided to create my own, so here they are. I don't know how to post the files here for you to print out, so if you'd like my file, comment below with your email and I'll send them to you.</div>
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I had so much fun making my tags, that I even went a little further and created bigger pieces to put on cards. I'll have to post those when I'm done with them. In the meantime, here are my technique tags:<br />
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It's been an extremely busy summer so far. Andrea & I went on our Quick Quotes scrapbooking Baltic Sea cruise at the beginning of the summer, my two fabulous great-nephews have been visiting from Arizona, I had a Wendy Vecchi class in Connecticut, family parties, new babies, busy, busy, busy! And, Rick & I just scheduled a trip to Vegas for August!<br />
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Since today is the last day of my birthday month, I guilted Kelly into making the July tag with me. You can see Tim's original tag <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-july/">here</a> complete with all the instructions to make your own. The poor girl just gets too frustrated with Tim's details! lol Kelly's tag is the flower on the left, and mine is the air mail stamp on the right.<br />
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My sewing machine wasn't cooperating with the thickness of the papers, so we had to get creative. I just wrapped around some Linen Thread by Stampin' Up!</div>
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I colored Tim's burlap ribbon with the Evergreen Bough Distress Spray Stain, dried, and frayed the edges. I also found a cute little Eiffel Tower charm to hang from my Linen Thread.</div>
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Greetings and happy Memorial Day! Thanks to all our service men & women for everything!</div>
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I created my May tag very early in the month, but I never got around to blogging about it. I also almost missed the cutoff to post on Tim's blog! Yikes! You can see Tim's tutorial on his blog <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-may/">here</a>, where he posts a new tag on the first of every month! Every month people ... this man's a machine! An extraordinarily talented machine. This is Tim's tag:</div>
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The technique was to put down some tissue tape, and stamp a focal image. Then, color the tag, add some embossing tape, more stamping, and flowers. Tim used his Tiny Tattered Florals die/tool, but instead of using that, I created some flowers using some batting (of all things), and some Distress Spray Stains. They came out too stinkin' cute!</div>
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I added some leaves cut from muslin and inked with Distress Inks. I couldn't resist adding some small pearls to the centers.</div>
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Here's a close up of the flowers. Adorbs.</div>
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I added a little stamping to the top left corner with one of Tim's new background stamps.</div>
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This shot shoes the gold embossing paste. I also added a saying from Tim's Small Talk, and cut it apart.</div>
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Only two days until June's tag! Can't wait!</div>
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<span style="background-color: lime;"> Just found out this tag won on Tim's blog! </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: lime;"> This makes me a 4th time winner! </span></h2>
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My craft table has been piled high with stuff since I hosted my family Christmas party here Can you guess where I hid all the loose miscellaneous stuff while cleaning up for my guests? You guessed it! My husband also had to get to the sump pump down here in my studio, so he cleaned out that part of the room and just piled everything on the floor. Well, after weeks of cleaning things up, I finally got my table and floor cleaned up (well, you can walk again, lol), so I had another playdate with my friends Grace & Mercedes. We haven't been able to work on any of Tim's tag this year, so we decided to just start with the current month: April. </div>
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Here's what Tim's tag looks like, and you can get all his instructions on his blog <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2016-april/">here</a>. I'm also going to add this tag for a couple of challenges:</div>
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<a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/challenge-85-inlaid-dies.html">Addicted to CAS</a>: Inlaid Dies</div>
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We did the Paint Resist technique. I used one of Tim's new Ledger background stamps with Antique Linen Distress Paint for my resist. Then, I sprayed some Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac and Twisted Citron Distress Ink Sprays and heated to dry. I added some stamping using one of Wendy Vecchi's earlier sets, and some of Tim's Rub-Ons.</div>
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For my dimensional element, I added one of Tim's Idea-ology arrows, one of his cute little paper clips, and a charm.</div>
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The paper I used for my mosaic flower was from one of Tim's older paper collections. I used Antique Linen Distress Embossing Powder for my faux grout, and then "painted" all the pieces of paper with Glossy Accents. I edged the Tattered Flower with Wendy Vecchi's Orange Blossom Archival Ink, and also added some around the edges of the tag.</div>
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The leaf stamp was just a solid image, so I added some fine black pen work around the leaves, and then added some dots with a very fine white paint pen.</div>
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We were all very creative, and did entirely our own interpretations of Tim's tag.</div>
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Mercedes tag: Using Tim's papers, she cut out bottle caps and a Nebraska license plate to decorate her butterfly.</div>
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She couldn't decide on the purple, or the green ruffled ribbon, so she used both!</div>
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She added a rub-on, and finished it off with the Giggle tag.<br />
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I took some black cardstock, and inked up one of my newest acquisitions, Watercolor NY by Technique Junkie. I used the Glacier White ink, and then covered with Weathered White embossing powder and melted. Since I had such tiny places to ink, I used some pointed manicure swabs I got from Harmon. It's not as easy to pick up ink from the pad with these as it is the ink blending tool. I could've put drops of reinkers on my craft sheet, but instead of wasting all that ink, I decided to just reink all my Archival pads until they were nice & juicy.</div>
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Just sitting here, checking my email, and I came across a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNxy-meCpz8">Laura Bassen video</a> for the <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2014/08/make-it-monday-176-backgrounds-with-embossing-paste.html">Papertrey Ink Blog</a>. The challenge this week is coloring embossing paste, and I couldn't resist! I love embossing paste, and I rarely color it, so I had some fun.<br />
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I began with some white cardstock, and a 6x6 Stencil Girl stencil I recently acquired.<br />
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I used Wendy Vecchi's White Embossing Paste, and colored it with some Ranger Adirondack Re-inkers. First up, Wild Plum ... beautiful, vibrant color!<br />
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I've been following the <a href="http://blog.mysweetpetunia.com/2016/02/neat-and-tangled-day1.html">My Sweet Petunia Blog</a> & the <a href="http://www.neatandtangled.blogspot.com/2016/02/neat-tangled-my-sweet-petunia_1.html">Neat & Tangled Blog</a> this week as they've been collaborating using the Misti tool. I needed to stamp with black ink, as well as Versamark ink, and the Misti tool makes it soooo easy!</div>
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I put some tape over the word "HEART" at the bottom of the stamp and applied my Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink. </div>
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After cleaning off the stamp, I repeated the process by taping over the other words, only exposing the word "HEART", and inked that with Versamark. Added some Ranger Detail Gold embossing powder and heated to melt.</div>
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I added some watered down gold paint and black paint splatters, and some gold around my saying. I also added some Antique Linen Distress Ink around the heart after cutting it out, and also on the edges of my Old Olive Stampin' Up! cardstock base.</div>
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I used another 6x6 Stencil Girl stencil</div>
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I used some Ranger Detail Gold embossing powder again for the HELLO on vellum, and then Stampin' Up! White Detail embossing powder on black cardstock for the friend. I popped up the panel, then popped up the vellum. I attached with black banner with Tim's Tiny Attacher. I finished it off with a little spritz from a black marker.</div>
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I'm able to enter these cards into several challenges:</div>
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Last night I had a fun and fantastic play date with 4 friends, and we had creative play time recreating the techniques from Tim's December 2015 tag. You can see his tag by clicking <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-december/">here</a> with all the instructions & step out photos.</div>
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Since Christmas is over, we all were kind of past the holiday thing, so I just put all the colors on the the table and told them to have at it. Everyone was kind of slowly moving along until we noticed Andrea going gangbusters just decorating tags and having the time of her life! That kind of loosened everyone up, and we all had a great time.<br />
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We tried starting out like Tim did using the burlap. I didn't have enough for everyone, so a couple of us used cork. We didn't have much success, so we took Andrea's lead and just went to town decorating plain tags.<br />
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Left to right: Andrea, Grace & Mercedes.</div>
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After we all noticed Andrea's beautiful tags, she proudly posed with a few.</div>
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Just a recap here on how the Techniques Class went. Can you say fabulous? We began with the Friendship Lady card (pictures of the class samples in this post <a href="http://mixitupwithink.blogspot.com/2015/12/techniques-class-at-mrs-rodgers.html">here</a>), and I thought it would be fun to offer different options of stamps and the full line of Tim Holtz Distress Inks so everyone could let their creativity hang out. The card above is the one I made while teaching the technique, and I used the lips stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Classics #5 set.</div>
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Michelle didn't want her picture on the blog because she had no make-up on. Her card is on the right. She liked everything about my sample, so she used the same stamp & colors.</div>
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Maureen is on the left, and she used a stamp from the Tim Holtz Travel Labels set with pinks & purples. Very cool.</div>
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Here's our very talented newbie, Mercedes. She used the eye stamp from the same Classic #5 set I used with pastel colors. Beautful!</div>
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And, finally, here's my dear friend, Denise. She's actually been coming to my classes since 2003! She's usually a perfectionist when it comes to her card making, and I was very proud of her "embracing her imperfections". Awesome job!</div>
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This card we mixed it up a little bit too, because everyone wanted to use different words (sorry, forgot to take pics of their cards).</div>
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At my classes, everyone usually "has to do like teacher", and they want their cards to look exactly like mine. They make me giggle when they ask permission if they can stray the tiniest bit from my design. I think everyone got much more out of this class because they let their creativity soar a little. I love seeing everyone's interpretations of my designs!</div>
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Tonight's my first class here in almost a year! I'm so excited! Since I went back to work and I've had to get up early, my classes kind of fell by the wayside. We usually gab so much, it's usually between 10 & 11pm before everyone leaves. I'm trying an earlier time slot, and warned them we've got to be on time--6:30-9:30pm. I gotta get to bed!</div>
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I spent all day playing yesterday creating my 3 designs. This first one I call Distress Heartfelt Thanks, and it was inspired by this card I found on Pinterest by Beesmom on Splitcoaststampers:</div>
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I loved the colors, and the bold image that overlaps the colored area and the white. The idea in my head was very much like this one, colors and all. Don't know morphed into what I got, but I love it, and I know my students will love it too!</div>
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This 2nd card I call Explore. This one was inspired by a video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6EMnJzMQk">Youtube</a> by Karen Titus. Very similar to the card above, but a totally different technique. I didn't like it on regular cardstock, so I did it on watercolor paper. I could've gotten the colors to blend a lot more by spritzing the paper with water, but I just loved how it turned out!</div>
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This 3rd card, called Friendship Lady was a train out of control! I was perusing my Technique Junkie newsletter from February/March 2014, and there on the back page I saw my inspiration. (This newsletter is a paid subscription, so I don't think I'm allowed to post the picture). The technique is called Diagonal Images Background, and the artist, Ann Clack, used pinks & purples to color a fairy stamp and repeat it diagonally all over the card.</div>
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I searched my stash and found this lovely. Sorry, I don't know the company, the label just says Lady with Words, a 2003 Limited Edition.</div>
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I'm going to submit my Explore card in the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-die-crazy-3/">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die Crazy</a>.</div>
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I'm also going to submit my Distress Heartfelt Thanks card in the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=3303">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Just a Pinch</a> </div>
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Happy Holidays everyone! I'm happy to report that I've finished making my 60+ Christmas cards for this year! I normally do around 120, but after doing this for almost 15 years, I've cut down considerably on the handmade cards. I only send them to my family and art friends, plus the people who've expressed their gratitude for my work. The rest get store bought cards. Hey, it's the thought that counts.</div>
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So, this year, I decided to create a tutorial of the immense work that goes into the endeavor every year. I'm actually considering including a note in each card directing the recipients to this blog post.</div>
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These cards took me almost 3 full days to complete, and without certain tools, it would've taken me much longer. I have to give special mention to two special, time-saving tools:</div>
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My <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/SearchResults.aspx">Stampin' Up! scoreboard</a> (this link directs you to the website of Tina Rosenkrans, my friend & demonstrator). I also own the Martha Steward scoreboard, but this one beats it hands down.</div>
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I wanted a nice, soft, peaceful feel for my design, so I chose to use Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass.</div>
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I sprayed the paper with water and spread out with the brush. I then began with the Salty Ocean and started spreading the color from the bottom up. I switched to Tumbled Glass and spread it towards the top where it ended up barely visible.</div>
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I laid all the cards out and let them dry completely.</div>
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While those were drying, I started cutting up my card bases. I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Crest-Cover-Solar-White/dp/B000JFDE5Y/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1449438351&sr=8-11&keywords=neenah+cardstock">Neenah Solar Crest 110 lb. cardstock</a>. It's an investment, but well worth it. You get 250 sheets, and it comes out to around $.21 per sheet. It's heavier than regular cardstock, and it's fabulous for a card base.</div>
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I cut each 8-1/2" x 11" sheet in two (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"), and using my Carl cutter, I was able to cut 2 sheets per time. I could've cut 3, but I didn't want to take a chance on slippage.</div>
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For the card fronts, I used Stampin' Up!s retired Solemn Stillness set. I chose the tree with the stars.</div>
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For my sentiment, I used Stampin' Up!s retired Greetings of the Season and chose the Peace on Earth. I removed the rubber from the wood (as noted above) and placed the stamps on my Misti tool.</div>
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I laid my stamps where I wanted them positioned on my card upside down (not shown). I closed the door of the Misti and the stamps adhered to the cover. I opened the cover to check alignment.</div>
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Perfect alignment and stamping every time! I added Ranger Silver Detail embossing powder and set aside. I repeated this for about 10-15 cards, and then heat set all the cards. Repeated until I was done with all the cards.</div>
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I lined up all the cards and heated one to another until all were done.</div>
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I also used the Merry Christmas from this retired Stampin' Up! set Season's Greetings. I used Ranger's Jet Black Archival Ink and my Misti tool.</div>
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And this, my friends, is what 60+ handmade Christmas cards looks like.</div>
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I'm also going to enter this card into two challenges:</div>
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<a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Let It Snow</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.happylittlestampers.com/2015/12/hls-december-christmas-challenge.html">HLS (Happer Little Stampers): Include a star on your project</a></div>
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Grace & Mercedes came over for another night of play, and we decided to work on Tim's tag for November. You can see his original tag <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-november/">here</a>, along with all the instructions and step out photos. The pumpkin stamp worked very well for this technique, so we all decided to go with it.</div>
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I didn't own the background stamp Tim used on his, so Grace & I substituted with Stampin' Up!'s Linen background stamp, and it worked very well with the Distress Paint resist technique. While working on it, I accidentally ripped my pumpkin. The arrow from the blueprint stamp is actually pointing to it! haha!</div>
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Another new technique we learned was adhering foil with just a glue stick along the edges of the tag. Definitely going to do this technique alot more in the future! Here, you can see I added some rub ons by Tim.</div>
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We all loved cutting through the cork and using the negative as an embellishment on our tags. The cork was very similar in color to my background colors, so I added some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink on the top of my cork, especially around the letters. I also used Tim's texture hammer to smash the tops of my brads. </div>
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I was out of Idea-ology arrows, so we all got a little creative with embellishing the top half of our tags. I decided to use a hanger clip with a canvas tag (Close to My Heart). I just folded it over the hanger. It was adhesive backed, so it just stuck to itself. I found a metal embellishment in my stash and added it with another brad. I used a larger brad to adhere the hanger to my tag.</div>
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The girls & I took a selfie after taking pics of our tags. That's me on the left, Grace in the middle, and Mercedes on the right.</div>
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We took this group tag pic before I was done because the girls were leaving. Graces' tag is on the left. She wrapped some string around a pen nib. She also put the Gathered Twigs Distress Ink on her cork, and when she saw what Mercedes did, she also added black Wink of Stella on her tag between her letters. My *unfinished* tag is in the middle, and Mercedes' tag is on the right. I showed her how to layer some of Tim's Idea-ology gears with a spinner. She took it a step further and wrapped some gold cord around the spinner. She only put the Distress Ink around the edges of her cork and tag, and added the black Wink of Stella to her letter openings. She also used one of Tim's ledger stamps for her background. Stunning!</div>
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I gotta tell you, Mercedes is very, very new to stamping, and this is only her 3rd Tim tag, and each one, she has knocked out of the park! She's a natural!</div>
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I promised a giveaway when I got my new blog up & running, so here it is. I attended both of Tim's classes at the Papercraft Clubhouse in CT, and received an apron for each one. I asked Tim & Mario to sign one for me to use in a giveaway on my blog, and they were both happy to oblige. I'm also adding in the Simon Says Stamp exclusive Tim Holtz Stamptember 2015 custom stamp set.</div>
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I need to build up my following again, so all you have to do to enter is sign up for my blog, and leave a comment. You've got until Friday, December 4, 2015 to enter. Good Luck!</div>
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This is gonna be a long one. This all began last weekend at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour in Edison, NJ. This was probably their best show yet here in NJ (in my humble opinion). We actually had Ted Cutts from Stamper's Anonymous there! Yay!<br />
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I was so excited to finally meet him! I've always heard from Wendy Vecchi & Tim Holtz how wonderful, funny & generous he is, and they were right!</div>
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We went down Friday night for the Make 'n Take Dessert event, and our friend, Grace, came down, as well as "the Kathys" (two sisters we met at the Scrapbook Expo in Somerset, NJ back in September).</div>
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Two sweet, fun new stamping/scrapbooking buddies. Here's Catherine on the left, and Kathyria on the right. <br />
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So, many, many dollars later, my bestie, Andrea, and I were on our way out (loaded down with full shopping bags), and we sought out the Kathys to say goodbye. We found them at the Technique Junkies booth waiting patiently for their turn at the make 'n take table. I noticed what they were making, and almost fell over!<br />
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I took so many pics that day, but I believe this was the sample of the make 'n take with the talented Pat Huntoon herself teaching it!</div>
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It took a while, but we finally got our turn, and I was introduced to the wonderful world of Art Anthology Dimensional Paints & Colorations Sprays!</div>
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Fast forward to our tutorial today. I'm entering this is four (yes! FOUR) challenges: Make Art with Wendy Vecchi--celebrate fall; Simon Says Stamp Challenge--letter N (nature); Jennifer McGuire--share handmade kindness with someone who works in my community (I'm going to give this to Karla, who's a hairdresser down in town here); and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--Thinking of You.</div>
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I made 3 masks using Tim Holtz's Mask Sheets. After stamping on the sheet with Black StazOn, I peeled the mask off the backing sheet and placed them on plain copy paper before cutting. I did this for 3 reasons: It's easier to see where I'm cutting with the white paper behind; the paper cuts down the stickiness of the mask so as not to damage my card; and it's easier to store on the backing sheet now.</div>
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All 3 of my masks on their backing sheets.</div>
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I needed a stamp to fill in the background, so I tried this old Pretty Petals background stamp from Stampin' Up! ... not bad, but it's not exactly what I had in mind.</div>
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After going through all the stamps in my vast collection, I found this set. Sorry, but I don't know what company it's from. I used the floral wreath with the bee in the center.</div>
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Perfect! Just what I wanted.</div>
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I got to work painting. I used the Art Anthology Dimensional Paints, and started using Vegas Gold, Red Velvet, and Imperial (respectively).</div>
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I added some Pumpkin Spice to the Vegas Gold flowers, and then painted all the leaves & stems with Basil. Only one card ended up with bees, and I painted the bodies with Vegas Gold, and the wings with Gold Digger.</div>
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... and went crazy from there, adding Patience, Glorious, Rustic, and Plush.</div>
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On our make 'n take, we used the Stone Effects Dimensional Medium in Lava to stencil a word. I wanted to use Wendy's Classic Words stencil. It was a little watery then I remembered, but I did it anyway (just noticed SHAKE WELL on the bottle now while looking for the color name, duh!). Messed up a little, but I can live with it.</div>
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At the time, I thought it was because the stencil was too small, so I used the Art Anthology Soliloquy stencil I bought when I purchased the paints at the Techniques Junkies booth.</div>
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This came out much better, and I was happy, but I decided to use my black Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste on the last card.</div>
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It looked a little lost, so I added 3 more words, with a little drying time in between each so as not to smudge.</div>
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Well, if you read my last post, I got my table all cleaned off, and I was ready for my play date with Grace & Mercedes. We decided to work on the October tag by Tim Holtz. This is his version ...</div>
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You can see Tim's process of creation <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-october/">here</a>, complete with full instructions and step out photos. I didn't have the zombie die, and I usually don't like to make holiday themed tags anyway. I've had the Bird Crazy stamp sets, and the bird dies for a while now, and I was excited to finally get to play with them! What a ball we had!</div>
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We decided to create our own backgrounds on watercolor paper instead of using scrapbook paper. We wanted to have our birds stand out on their own without the distraction of a patterned paper. Since Grace hasn't been able to play in a while, and Mercedes is new to stamping and creating tags, we went to Richele Christensen's blog for some inspiration. She has a post for some cards she created for Tim using the Bird Crazy and Accessories stamps, and the dies. You can see the post <a href="http://californiaartgirl.blogspot.com/2015/09/totally-crazybird-crazy.html">here</a>. You gotta go check them out!</div>
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I decided to use this saying from Tim's Small Talk, and I cut it apart and added some bling.</div>
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I added some Clear Wink of Stella on the ties, along with a little bling on the bowtie (thanks for the idea Mercedes!)</div>
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I finally got to use some of this gorgeous ribbon I scored at the last Create event we had here in New Jersey. So sad they're not doing it anymore. :-(</div>
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Here's Grace & Mercedes with their tags. Grace went with a birthday theme, and Mercedes did Halloween.</div>
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I didn't get a close up pic of Mercedes' tag, so I enlarged the one from above. She did a fabulous job! This was only her 2nd Tim Tag! I think she's a natural at watercoloring! And, it was her idea to add some bling to the bowtie and her witches hat. So cute! Can't wait for our next get together!</div>
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Is this what your studio looks like? Are you so overwhelmed you don't know where to start? It was only 4 short years ago that my sweet hubby created this beautiful studio for me where I swore everything would have it's place, and it would never look cluttered. Ha! I mean, I always knew I was a stamp/scrapbooking hoarder, but I think I finally have to admit, I'm out of control and a bit overwhelmed.</div>
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These are more pics of my workshop table where I used to (*sigh) teach classes. I've been telling myself lately that I'm not teaching because I want to give myself a break, but alas, it's probably just because I can't get my table cleared off!</div>
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I try putting things into smaller piles so I could put things away more efficiently, but then I get a new package of goodies delivered, or I unpack a bag from a recent crop, expo, or class I've taken, and I'm back at square one!</div>
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This is my tall table, where I originally dubbed it my "creation station". I think once, when my studio was first finished, I was able to create here. Usually, when I have to clean off my table quickly, things just get dumped onto here.</div>
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I just have piles upon piles on this table. When I have to finish off a birthday card or something, I usually balance a box or binder of stamps on top to find what I'm looking for.</div>
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This is the floor along the base of my Stampin' Up! stamp shelves. I've got boxes lined up there from tools I've bought, and I feel I need to hang onto the boxes "just in case". Time to get them into the attic.</div>
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These alone are two big shopping bags of rubber stamps from my friend who finally cleaned out her stamp room. I can't decide what to do with them ... hold an event where people can choose a bunch of stamps for a small fee? ... sell them on EBay (well, I'd have to learn how!) ... donate them and be done with it?</div>
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This is the other end of the room. Yup, more bags. These are piles of organization items I don't use anymore, like five(!) Tim Holtz stamp binders. Baskets, boxes & bags of scrapbooking embellishments. I've got a sewing machine cabinet buried in there!</div>
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This wall is my favorite part of the room. The shelves to the right of the drawers hold all my Ranger and Tim Holtz stuff ... stamps, inks, paints, pastes, Idea-ology, etc. All the piles at the base are supplies that need to find homes. And all those drawers hold punches ... yes! ALL punches! I don't need all those punches anymore, do I?</div>
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And, what about this corner? I've got Wendy Vecchi's Ranger suitcase (it came home with me from the trip to England with Wendy Vecchi--she emptied it from class supplies, and I filled it with stamps & supplies from a stamp store in London), and a huge rolling bag with supplies from an event that was probably a year ago!</div>
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OK, so this pictorial confession is a challenge for myself. I'm having a friend or two over Wednesday night to have a creative play date. My goal is to at least get my table cleaned off, and things PUT AWAY, not just piled onto the other table! I'm going to post before and after pics over the next few weeks of all this clutter disappearing and to keep myself accountable. Maybe I'll do some giveaways while cleaning stuff out.</div>
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If you want to see more classes once again in Mrs. Rodgers' Neighborhood, please, keep me on task! Now, I'm off to get started!</div>
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I went to a crop last Saturday, but I wasn't really in the mood to scrap, so along with all my scrapbooking supplies, I also brought my latest die acquisitions and label maker and wanted to organize them. When I got to this Simon Says Stamp Mod Circle die, I just had to play. I saw this technique done on a blog months ago (I thought it was Jennifer McGuire, but maybe Kristina Werner?--couldn't find the post) and fell in love. I'm sooooo not a glitter girl, but this looked like so much fun. The die has been out of stock ever since. I guess a lot of people felt that way! I had packed my Martha Stewart glitters and Stick It paper, just in case, and I'm glad I did. This actually, was the 2nd card I made.</div>
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I wanted this first card to be golds, silvers & browns, and I was so disappointed with the Stick It paper. You can see the line across where the seam was between pieces of release papers. I didn't notice this until all the glitters were done. The adhesive is a fine film, so when I lifted the 2nd piece of release paper off, the film stayed with the release paper, and not on my card. I can fix that like above, but what a bummer!</div>
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This was another die I bought. I liked it because you could do an entire background, or just cut out individual words. I'm not sure of who makes it, and it's still packed away with all my gear which is still in my car.</div>
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I cut out three of these because the first one had a few spots where it didn't cut all the way through. I tried it again using just a metal shim from Memory Box, and then again with the Metal Precision Base Plate by Sizzix. I think for this die, the metal shim worked the best.</div>
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I didn't want to waste all those beautiful letters, so I started running them through my Xyron machine and layering them. After just two words, I was so done. haha! I only had black & white cardstock with me, so I decided to try this.</div>
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I still couldn't bring myself to throw out that big pile of letters, so after spending about 15 minutes sorting them out, I started playing with simple designs on black. Love them! They'd make great "over the hill" cards. I could also just use the word happy on the inside. Plain & simple.</div>
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Tried one with the word happy on the front, but I think I prefer the one word cards in this design.</div>
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For an all day crop, I only completed one layout spread, but I had so much fun playing with these dies, and also getting my new dies organized. When I got home and checked my emails, I noticed it was World Cardmaking Day. Well, what do you know?! haha! Guess it was meant to be.</div>
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I'm going to submit the top card in this post in the Simon Says Stamp World Cardmaking Day blog post. Today's the last day to post, and it's the only one that's completely finished!</div>
<br />Stephanie Rodgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863639235768011185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901373819733606460.post-33712821512298363392015-09-27T12:31:00.004-07:002015-09-27T12:31:45.638-07:00September 2015 Tim Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, I'm sitting here on my computer, and I'm on this site where I notice there are only 3 days left in the month. Whoa! I better take some pics of my September tag, blog about it, and get it linked up to Tim's site today!</div>
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I won a prize for last month's tag, so riding on that high, and seeing the awesome tag Tim created for this month, I got on it right away. You can see Tim's tag in all it's glory <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-september/">here</a>, along with lots of step-out photos and complete instructions. I love making these tags for several reasons ... 1) Tim teaches us a boatload of techniques with each & every tag, 2) I enjoy putting my own spin on the tag and using what I have on hand, 3) Tim makes it easy to link up your tag on his site so other people can see it, and you could possibly win a prize, and 4) I just love making them and displaying them in my studio!</div>
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A lot of times, Tim's tag is just so perfect, I want to recreate it exactly as is. This tag is very similar to his.</div>
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With all that said, I had a little scrapbooking get-together with a couple friends at the beginning of the month, and I decided to bring my supplies to make this tag instead of SBing.</div>
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My friend, Mercedes, who's new to stamping and Tim Holtz, wanted to make one too, so we got to it. We used Alcohol Inks on glossy cardstock, Transparent Embossing Paste, a stencil, Wendy Vecchi's Clearly For Art in clear, Distress Inks, and a little bit of Idea-ology.</div>
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Here's a side view so you can see the dimension of the butterflies that were created with the Clearly For Art. These plastic sheets (it comes in clear, white & black) are so much fun to work with to create dimension in your art. You just stamp on it, cut it out with either scissors or a die, and then, using a heat gun, you heat up the plastic and shape it. When it cools, it holds it's shape, even when going through the mail! And, if you don't like it, you can reheat it to flatten it again, and start over.</div>
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Here's another view. You can also see the transparent swirl design that was added over the alcohol ink background. You just add the paste through a stencil, and it dries clear giving you this really cool raised effect!</div>
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These tiny black spots were added by using a Spritzer tool and a black brush marker. I really love this tool, but a lot of my students have a little trouble at first, especially, if they have weak hands. A little practice over some scrap paper usually does the trick.</div>
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I added some Mustard Seed Distress Paint over this Idea-ology Word Band with my finger tip. After a couple of seconds, I wiped it off the surface, and the paint remained in the recessed areas. Tim also showed us how to attach it with wire & brads. A little tricky, but I love it!</div>
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I finished off my tag by adding some of Tim's linen ribbon (not sure of the real name). It's very easy to pull it apart and get some cool, frayed ends.</div>
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