WOYWW - 88

Usually I'm in the "Gee is it Wednesday already" group, but this week I was getting ready to post WOYWW on Monday night lol. It's been busy on the ole crafting table this week including one stint to post 9 cards (and 9 separate posts) for the Papertrey Ink Design a Stamp Set with Nichole Heady Contest as part of the Fourth Anniversary Celebration which had me up until 3 AM by the time I photographed and posted everything.

So, as you can see, I was doing a lot of stacking and pushing which reminded me of a video from CHA at Scrap Time where Tim Holtz was creating in the same manner. He called it creative chaos I believe, so if it's good enough for Tim Holtz, well by golly it's good enough for me lol. They have 5 videos of a 50 minute session of Tim Holtz doing a demo at CHA. Oh my bug, the glassine paper, the "stand" which is so brilliant, the stamps well just everything!

I made a steampunk mini book which I am filling with little bits and Tim Holtz message stamps as the recipient really likes those. It's a tiny tiny book (3.5 x 5") and the sort you have to hold open to read (and put in the scanner to get images lol).  I used one of the stamps from the Stampers Anonymous 100th collection (with all the tickets) which says "art is a shadow of what a person is thinking". I dug into my handy dandy box of experiments and scraps which double as ready to use embellishments.

When I found the little frame cut out of kraft cardstock, I got me thinking about the trip Tim Holtz (I know, how many times can I squeeze Tim Holtz' name into a single post lol) wrote on his blog about to Disney and I came up with this little embellishment for the page using the skew button on my Gypsy to make the shadow (which is foiled to match the frame). I undercut the image so it would have a more jaggedy edge to it.

Lastly I have evidence of use of my treasured Waltzing Mouse stamps I got for Christmas from the sister who made me the gorgeous quilt. Faux knitting fun abounds :D. There will be lots more to come, but I needed to show the stamps have been in use lol.

If you would like to see more crafty creation sites fun, head over to Julia's Stamping Ground, better yet, snap a picture and join in the fun :D.

Steam Punk Mad Plaid Love

Today is my day to be the Guest Designer at TheBugBytes which is always exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time lol.

This started out with the last image from Love Struck 2010. I'm not the typical Valentine's Day Person, so I chose a black and plaid combination. A couple of tips about box making I've learned over the past couple of weeks: it's much easier to decorate a flat box, so decorate before assembling, and use the edge of a craft table to fold score lines rather than a ruler.

I decorated the heart with the Viva Decor Hematite Glitter Line. With the height set at 9.04" on the Gypsy, the box dimensions are 4" x 1" x 6.5". I used the Your Story (the Your Story Photo would also work for this) to make a mini book that will go in the box with a candy bar.

The mini book cover 3.5" (the front cover is 3.25" to show some of the pages) x 5" with a 0.5" spine that I scored in the middle so the spine had a little dimension. I used Black Magic Core'dinations cardstock and ran the front through my Cuttlebug Clockworks folder (which is a whopping 5" x 7" btw). It's the perfect size for those Tim Holtz message stamps I've been collecting lol.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge 9

This tag is by Maile Belles. I colored it with a Cadmium Red Copic marker and the card is made with Pure Poppy cardstock.

This has been a wonderful challenge. I wasn't sure I'd get all 9 tags used in projects. It's also been very serendipitous as I've been considering dipping my toe in digital stamping and now I've gone and jumped into a very small lake lol. You can get the .pdf file for the tags here as well as some information about the Papertrey Ink Design Team and projects they made. Wish me luck as the prize for the random draw is a Guest Designer Spot at PTI and working with Nichole Heady on a stamp set.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge 8

This tag is by Lisa Johnson. I painted it with stickles and the card is made with Pure Poppy cardstock.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge 7

This tag is by Alli Miles and is colored with ArtQuest Jewelz the shimmer is amazing and is only hinted at in the picture. The sentiment is from the Year of Flowers: Lily of the Valley stamp set. The card is made with White Shimmer Cardstock.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge 6

This tag is by Nichole Heady. The "Birthday" and the outside circle have all been colored with the Clear Spica Glitter pen and it is sooo glittery in real life, sadly it is beyond my camera skills, especially at this hour to capture the glitter. The mat is White Shimmer cardstock and the card is made with Aqua Mist.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge 5

The tag in this project is made by Dawn McVey. The sentiment and the star are from the Star Prints stamp set. The cardstock is Blueberry Sky.