Believe in your Journey.

 

 Happy Friday! Hope everyone has had a great week!.

 Today I have a collaged tag to share with you. It was nice to spend a little time playing with paper and ephemera and doing a little layering and modge podging!

 This tag is yet again  basically me in a nut shell.. Grungy, vintage, collaged yumminess!!
 

 

I started with my #8 tag, a whole bunch of Tim Holtz paper and epherema, and of course my trusty bottle of modge podge! I started  to build layers on my tag,
 

 

Some elements I fussy cut, then more layering and modge poding. Until I was happy with how my layers looked. I then added a thin layer of modge podge over my entire tag.

 

 

After letting it dry I then outlined some of the pieces with my black soot distress marker,

 

 

 the smudged each line to give  the elements a bit more depth and shadow.

 

Then a few random swipes of picket fence distress crackle paint..

 

While I was waiting for my  distress crackle paint to dry I stamped my chosen sentiment for my tag..

 

and then added some remnant rubs randomly around my tag, and smudged the edges of the tag using my black soot distress marker..

 

 

 

I then cut out and inked the edges of each word in my phrase with distress ink. Stuck them to my tag and  used my distress marker to define the edges.

 

And I was done.. or so I thought,

 I then decided to add in another couple of elements and add in some machine stitching around the edges of the tag... This time I was done..

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tag is a little reminder to myself, to believe in where my art journey is taking me.. To do what makes my heart happy, not what I think others might like to see..

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base : #8 Tag

 

Paper :

 Tim Holtz Ephemera – Thrift Shop, Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs - Life Quotes

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs – Numbers, Tim Holtz Paper Stash - assorted pieces

 

Paint:

 Distress Crackle Paint – Picket Fence

 

Inks and Markers:

Distress Markers - Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Broken China

Distress Ink Minis: Kit #3

Archival Ink – Jet Black

 

Alpha Stamps

Modge Podge

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by again today, and remember  to Believe in YOUR journey..

 Happy creating! xx



Dreaming of a July Challenge??

Wow, I cant believe it's July, this year really has flown by!!  I have my very first tag  that I've created for my new term designing with Viva Las VegaStamps! to share with you today.

 

 

This is my inspiration for the new July Inspiration Board Challenge. You can find all the details here. but this is what the board looks like... 

 

 

 

I absolutely  love this board, it's got all my favourite things,  it's just so me! , neutral colours, a bit of  dreamy, vintage grungy splotchy goodness.. and the colour green! 

 

Here is what this awesome board has inspired me to create..

 

 

It started off like this.. with a little paper from 7Dots Studio. The paper I've used is again from the Nature Walk line, I really am going to be in trouble when I run out of this!!, I couldn't decide which side of the paper to use , so I've used them both!

A couple of  Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps, and of course some Distress, ( loving the colour combo of seedless preserves and forest moss! ) with a little machine stitching added in for good measure...

 

 

I couldn't decide which generation of distress marker stamping I liked better, so I layered them on top of each other.. Nothing better than a little distress marker stamping!

 

 a little bit more stamping, and distressing..this is the fun part.!

 

 

 

I then layered my stamped elements on top of my tag base, using some foam mounting tape to give some of the  elements a little extra height, and finished off by adding the word Dream, using yup you guessed it some of my favourite alphas  and star confetti from UmWow Studio and it was done!

 

 

and as always a couple of close ups...

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base : 7 Dots Studio:   Nature Walk

 

Stamps: Viva Las VegaStamps!:  Sunflowers, Line of Chevrons, Tall Mushroom,

Mushroom, Girl with Wings.

 

Chipboard: UmWow Studio: Alpha One, Star Confetti

 

Inks etc. :Distress Markers: Forest Moss, Seedless Preserves.

Distress Ink : Pumice Stone

Archival Ink : Jet Black

 

Machine stitching.

 

 

I hope I have inspired you to join us and play along this month with the VLVS! Inspiration Board Challenge..

 

Happy creating!

 

Idea-ology Overload?

An idea-ology overload?  No way!!.....Happy Wednesday!!

 

 I wanted  to share with you a tag I did over the weekend. This tag is full of everything that makes me smile.. all my favourites - A little Tim Holtz paper, a little Idea- ology.. ok well a lot of idea-ology.. 

 

 

 

I started off by cutting a tag base slightly smaller than a number 8 tag out of some paper from the Mini Collage paper stash, I then cut two tags out of some Tim Holtz Kraft resist paper. A number 8 tag and also a tag shape that was about a 1/4 larger on all side than the number 8 tag.  I then inked the edges of all three using a combination of Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and Black Soot distress inks. The smaller and larger sized tags I then also machine stitched a border in black cotton around.  The next step was to layer the two smaller tags on top of each other. I then mounted them on top of the larger tag using some foam mounting tape squares.

 

The next part was the fun part.. yup, you guessed it ,pulling all my Tim Holtz idea-ology out, and digging around and playing in it until I found the right combination of bits and pieces to arrange on my tag.. 

 

 

I had a lovely time poking through my stash.. until I was happy with my choices. I then set about layering them onto my tag. yup, I actually am going to stick it down and use it.. giggle, not just hoard it and look at it.. Go on, admit it, I'm not the only one!!

I started off with some remanent rubs - I love these!! , a journaling ticket  and a fussy cut found relative. I just adore the look on her little face.. makes me wonder just what she was thinking? I used these as my base, and then just layered and clustered my other embellishments around , under and on top of these three main elements until I was happy with the final result.

 

 

and seeing as I have actually used some of my beloved stash, I will just have to share a couple of close ups as well :)

 

 

 

 Here is a list of everything I've used to do this tag.. yup it's a little long and scary..

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base:

Tim Holtz Paper Stash mini - Collage

Tim Holtz Kraft Resist

#8 Tag

 

Distress Inks:

Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Black Soot

 

Idea - ology:

 Found Relatives, Monocles, Compass Coins

Accruements - Classic, Adornments - Arrows

Alpha Parts - Framed, Epherema - Thrift Shop

Film Strip Ribbon, Hitch Fasteners, Journaling Tickets

Metal Corner, Philosophy Tags, Remnant Rubs - Words

Remnant Rubs - Life Quotes, Ring Fastener, Pen Nibs, Mini Paper clips,

washers, memo pins

 

Thank you so much for dropping by, Hope you have had a wonderful weekend..

 

Happy Creating xxx

 

Whimsical End?

Happy Wednesday! Hope you are all having a wonderful week?

Its a bit chilly here today, it seems as though winter has finally decided to arrive in the southern hemisphere..

 

Today I have the tag I started working on in my last post to share with you. I've used lots of my new and old faves from Viva Las VegaStamps! on this one..

 

 

I started off by stamping images on some scraps of Nature Walk  papers from 7 Dots Studio. This paper is seriously gorgeous! I also cut my tag base out of the reverse side of Musical Blooms from the Nature Walk range.

 

I began cutting and layering my stamped images, cotton thread and some Finnabair Mechanicals and UmWow Studio Confetti... had a bit of a play around.... I then stuck my stamped images and some of the embellishments down. Some of them are juts stuck down with double sided tape, others I used small foam squares to add a bit of dimension.  Then decided that i'd sew around the edges of my tag.. for a minute there I didn't think I was going to , but it just didn't seem finished.   Played with a few more bit and pieces, added in my chipboard and a couple of little stamped strips..

 

And this was my end result..

 

 

I just love the Whimsical Bomb Girl from VLVS!

 

 

and a few more details..

 

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk -  Musical Blooms

 

Stamps: Viva Las VegaStamps! : 

 Dictionary Page, Whimsical Bomb Girl, The end is near,  Waybill Invoice background

 

Embellishments:  Prima - Finnabair Mechanicals

UmWow Studio: Circle Confetti, Arrow Confetti

 

Machine Stitching and thread

Ink : Ranger Archival - Jet Black

Distress Ink - Pumice stone.

 

 

So there you have it.. another tag added in to my tag journal,

 thanks so much for stopping by,

 I hope to see you again soon,

 happy creating xx

 

 

 

 

Happy Dance!!

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you have all had a wonderful week and have had a little chance to get in some creating!

 

I have lots of exciting things to share...

 

yay!! we made it past 10,000 page views!!

 

Thank you all so very very very much! thank you so much for your visits, kind words and support, it means so much to me!

 

 I also have some Design team news to share with you,  I''m so very proud to say that there is now another little badge on the right hand side of my blog,

 

 

 

I'm so happy and excited to be asked back to design for Viva Las VegaStamps!  they are an awesome company, with amazing stamps!, if you haven't checked them out, you really should..

 

 Here is a little sneak peek at what's on my desk.. watch this space there's lots of creating going on :)

 

see you all again soon xx

 

 

 



Feed your Soul

 Howdy everyone! hope you are having a wonderful week, It's been a perfect couple of days here for creating-  a public holiday and a rainy day - see, I told you perfect!, so I thought I'd take the time to do some creating again, just because.

 

 This is what my desk looked like while I was creating,

 

 

 how can one little tag make so much mess!!

 

This is what the end result looks like..

 

 

I absolutely adore the Nature Walk line from 7Dots Studio, The colours and design elements in this line are just so me! I've used it as my tag base, as well as cutting the dragonfly out of one of the die cut tag elements and adding in one of the phrase stickers..

 

I've also added in a few Prima embellishments -  Finnabair  mechanicals - love these too!! and some crystals and a clock hand.

 

 

 

and finished it off with of course some of my favourite UmWow Studio Star Connfetti, thread and machine stitching and a Tim Holtz metal corner. I absolutely love how this  tag has turned out, I'd love to know what you think..

 

 

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base:

7Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Winged Vines (reverse side)

 

Stamp:

VLVS - Waybill Invoice

 

Other Elements:

7Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Dragon Fly

7Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Phrase sticker

UmWow Studio Star Confetti

 

 

Thank you so much for your visit, and for all the amazing words of encouragement and kind comments you have all been leaving me, I appreciate them so very much! I can't believe that my little corner of blog land is getting close to having 10,000 visits, only about 1000 to go.. wow!.. thank you all so so much!

 

Happy creating, see you again soon!

 

UmWow Sketch time..

Hi guys, I cant believe that half of the year is nearly over already!

 

A new month means, you guessed it, another month of new challenges,  Today I have my tag I've done using the sketch over at UmWow Studio

 

 

I loved this sketch the minute I saw it, and had an idea of what I wanted to do straight away.

 

 If you haven't already been over and checked out the gorgeous ranger of chipboard available at UmWow Studio, you really should do yourself a favour, they are awesome! and such a pleasure to play with!

 

I've used the sketch elements pretty much the same way as they are here. so without to much more babbling from me, I'll show you my tag..

 

 

And a couple of close ups..

I absolutely love this small doily, from the doilies set.

 

And you can never have to much circle confetti!!

 

 

Tag base and die cut elements and stickers are from 7Dots Studio - 9th Wave and Nature Walk collections

 

Stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps! -  Waybill/Invoice Background, Coffee Ring stain and Butterfly specimens

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you are having a wonderful day..

Happy Creating xx