Forever Yours by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello Everyone!

Todays project is a card for Valentines day- Enjoy!

I started with the background, I sprayed distress stain saltwater taffy first.  Then spread it around with a paint brush. next I sprayed some lost shadow and last, black soot. I let them run the card as it stood up to get a blend.

Then I added some lumberjack plaid -red

Then I dried it with my heat tool. Next I cut out Poe and the Raven. The wings I've had in my stash but they were browns so I sprayed them with Black soot distress stain

I fussy cut everything out. The heart I added Glossy accents for that shine. The sentiment I typed up on my computer and added to the head stone. Painted Poe and the raven and used foam tape on some and just double stick tape on the rest. 

Last I layered onto red and black cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks project.

Stamps used:

Heart diagram       19097

Poe                         19900

Crow/Raven            20269

Other Supplies:

Distress spray stains-Black soot, lost shadow, lumberjack plaid, Shaded lilac, saltwater taffy

Wings- computer generated

sentiment- Computer generated

Headstones- Retro cafe art

IMAGINE Crafts & Viva Las VegaStamps! Day 8

 

 Welcome to the IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop. For the next week, our two design teams will be featuring some amazing projects featuring products from both our companies. Amazing stamps require amazing ink, right?

Mixed Media Prize Package

We're proud to announce your chance to win one of three different Mixed Media Prize Packages from IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps! You have until midnight PST on Sunday, May 31st 2014 to comment on as many of the Design Team Blog Posts from this week as possible. On Monday, June 1st we’ll draw three random blog posts and one comment from each of those posts will win a prize package!

Ready for some inspiration from our artists?

Here's today's posts from IMAGINE Crafts:

Tina McDonald

And from Viva Las VegaStamps!:

Natasha Serova

IMAGINE Crafts used:

Memento Luxe, irRESISTible Sprays, Delicata, StazOn

Viva Las VegaStamps! used:

Lighthouse Scene, Not All Who Wander, Victorian Flourish 

Tasha says "Very soon is summer and so wanting to see the sea ... It's probably why I chose the theme of the sea for my panno. However, it is not all about the sea. Hope is a lighthouse for dreams. And if you believe in your dream, then you can reach it through all the storm. To your Dream coast. For background I used watercolor, stamping with Delicata silver Ink and irRESISTible Gold spray." Visit Natasha on her blog to see the details.

Tera Callihan

IMAGINE Crafts used:
Momento LUXE, Ink Potion #9, IrRESISTable, VersaFine,  Kaleidacolor, Delicata, Tsukineko sponge Daubers.

Viva Las VegaStamps! used:

Waybill/Invoice Background, Butterfly Specimen, Poe, Miracle Tape. 

Tera says "I mainly used a spritz and drag marbling type technique which can be found in my tutorial, as well as ink dauber for sponging on all of my Sepia ink for a fully distressed look." Stop by her blog to get all the details.

If you're just joining us on the Mixed Media Blog Hop, here are the links to the previous days posts: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday   

***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture or the blog’s name) and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

ALSO >> We're having a DESIGN TEAM CALL. Stop by and check it out :)  Last Day!

Little House of Madness

Hello, it's Amy here today to share my first ever attempt at an ATC. I decided to also create a shrine for my ATC, so Mr. Edgar Allan Poe has a little house for his
brilliantly mad mind.
 
To create the look I was after with my ATC, I started with one standard size ATC card, and after painting it with iridescent green paint, I stamped it, using the cursive writing background stamp in black ink. Next, I used a 1.5" smaller piece of cardstock, and painted it with an aqua mist. When that was dry, I stamped randomly with the nesting gears and coffee ring stain stamps,using brown and black inks. I stamped the Poe stamp onto another piece of paper, and then sponged black ink around his face. When that had dried, I hand doodled circles around the face as well, using a template, cut them out, and mounted it using foam tape. Adding some metal embellishments gave it steampunk/time passing flair.


When creating my ATC shrine, (from Retro Cafe Art) I also stamped over the painted and papered outside, using the cursive writing stamp here as well.

I am super excited about my first ATC, and the little house it has to reside in. I've already been so inspired by the creations of the design team, I cannot wait to create another very soon! Keep an eye out for more fabulous ATC sized projects from the design team as we continue to celebrate our ATC bash!

Supplies: 
Viva Las VegaStamps!: Coffee Ring Stain, Nesting Gears, Cursive writing background, Poe
Ink: Momento-Tuxedo Black, Clearsnap mix'd media inx-noir, Ranger Archival-Coffee.
Paint: Plaid, Mist: Heidi Swapp Color Shine- Teal
ATC Shrine, watch gears, skull bead: Retro Cafe Art
Metal Embellishments: Tim Holtz, Bead Landing, vintage
Chipboard Gears: UmWowStudio