Hi! I here to share that I have a new Mixed Media Tutorial up over at the STAMPlorations Blog today. Just in time for those last-minute gifts, I’ve made a Coffee Shaker Gift Tag & Gift Card Holder. Please go on over and visit the STAMPlorations blog to see all of the details. blog I hope you enjoy seeing the process I used to create it.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
I hope you enjoy the tutorial and look forward to reading your comments over at the blog!
Grace & Peace,
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Hi! I’m excited to be here with you for another day of the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop.
Here is my card, using ARTplorations Flourishes Stencil: 
I also used the largest of the CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and STAMPlorations Sketchy Alphabet.
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Here’s a quick slideshow of some of the process that I used to make the 1-layer card front.
Grace, Peace & Merry Christmas,
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Hi! I’m excited to be here for STAMPlorations with another reminder post for the first ever Holiday TAGplorations event.
I made a bunch of tags for the kick-off day and as a reminder the day before yesterday. You can see those here or here if you’d like. Remember to comment and link up over at the 4 November post. 🙂
I have 3 tags to share with you today.
I heat embossed the framed coffee cup, masked off the mug, sponged on the red stripes and sponged on the brown around the edges.
This next tag os a long one! I used the smallest die in the luggage tags die set and did some partial die cutting to make the tag base. The mugs are from the Anywhere There’s Coffee set. I fussy cut those. The rainbow cord is from Really Reasonable Ribbon, but I’m not sure if they carry it anymore.
The next tag is another long one and could also be used as a bookmark. 
I used the smallest rectangle in the Rectangle Nesting Dies and did some partial die cutting again. I also did some masking and elongated the Framed Tea Cups stamp.
After heat embossing in white, I added Brusho Color Crystals and spray starch. I can’t decide if I’ll use this as a tag or put it in someone’s stocking as a bookmark. 🙂 I love rainbows. It would be fun to get one in my stocking on Christmas morning!
I hope that you enjoyed seeing these tags today. Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
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Event details:
*When: Beginning November 4, Friday, 8 a.m. Pacific/Los Angeles Time (GMT-7)
*Commenting and linking up is from November 4 to November 25, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (3 weeks)
*Winners will be announced on December 9 in the November Challenges & Hops winners post
*Prizes:
10 prizes (with a value of $178+) will be distributed among randomly drawn winners:
– (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $15 gift certificate to the store
– (3) randomly drawn participants to the TAGplorations linky party will each receive the Luggage Tag Dies
– (3) randomly drawn participants to the TAGplorations linky party will each receive the ATC Tag Builder Dies
– (1) randomly drawn participant to the TAGplorations linky party will receive a $25 gift certificate to the store
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Hi! I’m here with a post for today’s STAMPlorations’ Stencil Sunday for October 23.
I have my first ever mixed media canvas to share with you today. 
To make this canvas, I used a variety of ARTplorations stencils and a wide variety of techniques and mediums too. This is a photo of my friend, Cindy, and I last Spring when she came to visit me.
I started working on this canvas months ago and set it aside because I just could not get it to work out the way I wanted it too. I don’t seem to have a good photo of the original try, but you can see it in the top left corner of the photo below:
Originally, I had used blues and greens and lots of white and had stamped a sentiment and some butterflies and stenciled some hearts too. The cool colors did not make me happy. Also, I had used a smaller version of the photo and had adhered it directly onto the canvas. I had stamped a sentiment over the edge of the photo and, anyhow, I did not like the results. So I picked it up again recently and reworked the colors to compliment the tulips in the photograph. 
I added some more texture with heat embossing and embossing paste.
The ARTplorations stencils, Retro Circles, Dots All Over, which I used on this are all beautiful and fun to play with. I also used some STAMPlorations stamps (Framed Tea Cups and Big Bloom Factory(fussy cut the flowers)) and the CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies.
Cindy and I love tea and have enjoyed having tea together at our houses. Can you see the Framed tea Cups? I stamped them on either side of the framed photo.
Now, I’m quite pleased with the results.
Thanks for stopping by and make sure you stop over and check out my Design Teammates’ super creations!
Grace & Peace,
Don’t forget our current mixed media challenge! I want to invite you to create and link up non-card mixed media projects. The theme is always anything mixed media goes except a card and you must use at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The linky closes at the end of the month.
Prizes: $15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils to the winner
choice of 1 ARTplorations stencil to the top picks.
ARTplorations/CUTplorations/STAMPlorations Products used in this project: Retro Circles Stencil, Framed Tea Cups,
Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, Big Bloom Factory,
Honey Bee Lane 