Loll's Mixed Media Tag Event!

Hello! Happy Toozday!

I'm honored to be here today as one of the special Guest Designers taking part in my friend Loll's inspirational Twelve Tags of Christmas event! There are awesome prizes to be had and the gallery will remain open until November 22!

Loll is showcasing "mixed media" art for this tag event. I thought at first this would be out of my artistic range, but I was happily wrong about that. If you are primarily a CAS card artist and think you might not manage mixed media, check out the definition below my tag.

In the proverbial words of Babe Ruth, if I can do it, you can do it!

Here is Loll's definition of "mixed media" for this event and my compliance:

1. Make a tag with stamps + ink: my snowflake is stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.
2. Add two other elements which add texture or dimension: 
• the die-cut JOY; 
• the snowflake e/f embossed on glossy paper.

That's it! How EZPZ was that?! In addition to the requirements, I added a lovely soft-grained Lost Lagoon ribbon from SU and I backed my tag with another layer of the shiny metallic paper I used to die-cut the sediment word. 

Tags are on fire right now all over Blogland! We all love them, we all make them, and I'd love to see your tag(s) entered in this fun event of Loll's. You can link up here!

I'm also entering these Challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge: Tag.
• Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge: Tag.
• Pixie's Snippets Playground: Use your snippets (scraps).

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We were thrilled to get LOTS of much-needed rain here, even thunder, lightening, hail, and rainbows! At one point I looked out and saw my little hummingbird, thus:

The smart boy figured out he would be out of the rain a little bit if he perched on top of the swing!

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New Friends Corner

Please help me welcome these five new talented friends to the Playhouse!

Juhi of Juhi's Handmade Cards. Juhi is originally from Bangladore, India, but she now resides in Singapore. She has been blogging since 2009. Her cards are truly works of art, worthy of framing. You may have seen them in the winner's circle at challenges. You will be inspired by her vibrant colors, her video tutorials, and by how impactful her CAS designs are!

Ruth of Crafting While the Baby Naps. I just love that blog name and admire any mothers who manage to mother AND blog! Ruth began her blog just this past February so she is brand new to our community! Please do make a special effort to visit Ruth and introduce yourself! Her cards are not only clean and simple, they go the extra mile with her excellent crisp execution and brilliant coloring!

Rita of Cards by Rita. Rita has been blogging since she became a Stampin Up demonstrator in June of 2010. She is a SAHM who lives in Texas. Rita enjoys making her beautiful cards to send to friends all over the world. Her expertise with Copics is apparent in her cards which are radiant and fun! Plus, she often shares adorable family photos with us!

Shirley of Glittered Paws. Shirley lives in Missouri and she started her blog in 2009. She is a retired nurse who is now a hopelessly addicted papercrafter. As her blog name suggests, Shirley and her husband have plenty of beloved pets underfoot gathering glitter from Shirley's art studio! Shirley is another Copic Certified Designer whose cards are simply gorgeous!

Maureen Wong of My C.A.S.E. Studies. Maureen started blogging in 2008! She is the mother of two humans and two furballs. Maureen loves blogging and visiting other crafty blogs for inspiration. She has served on many design teams and she was a Stamping Royalty winner in 2014! Needless to say, you will find oodles of design ideas on Maureen's blog!

Thank you for joining, ladies, and welcome to the Playhouse!

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

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Happy Easter Tag ~ DJKASE #18

Happy Friday Folks!

We have whooshed around ~ mmm, no, I don't think we made any turns around anything on our way here this week. This week we whooshed straight to Friday! I'm parched we went so fast that time!

I am here with another Friday DJKASE for your reading and inspirational pleasure! I'm not gonna lie, I was really anxious about the day when this card artist's name came up in the draw, but I admire her too much not to try my hand at copylimenting her.

I'm speaking of the brilliantly talented Ms. Anne Redfern of Redanne. Anne has been blogging since 2012. She is an award-winning designer. She is known far and wide for her meticulous and outstanding creations and her love for Tim Holtz and All Things Tim. If you ask me, Mr. Tim should be PAYING Anne for her enthusiastic promotion of everything Timish. Distressing, embossing, masking, cutting, wiring, painting, spraying, dieing, stenciling, pasting, alcohol inking ~ wait, what? I don't think there is a technique alive that Anne can't acomplish precisely and perfectly.

Here is a photo of the lovely lass.

She is every bit as sweet and kind and generous as that pretty smiling face would indicate! It has been a true pleasure becoming her friend in Blogland.

Anne is first and foremost a Tag Maker Extraordinaire as you will see when you go for a visit. But does she only make tags? Oh, bwahahaha! Pahleese! Take a look at this little darling:

Link to post

No, seriously, take a look in detail on Anne's blog when you get a chance via the link under the photo. Each of those compartments and the drawer are extraordinary works of art in themselves. Then there's the top and the sides. And the back. Sigh. (So you unnerstand why I gulped and considered accidentally tossing Anne's name in Hammy's cage!)

But you know me, I love a challenge and luckily for me, there are a few of Anne's works of art that are within the limits of my capabilities. I chose this tag of Anne's to DJKASE, which also happens to be perfect for this time of year. Anne posted it about a year ago on March 28, 2013. 

Anne's tag
I think it is so fun for spring! 

Here is my DJKASE:

Darnell's tag

I don't have a bunny die or punch, so I used a label die to make the center tag and then I ran it back through my BS using another small label die to make the opening for my Easter-basket-pink grass. I covered the openings with clear acetate and glued the two cut labels together on three sides. Then I stuffed the grass through the opening and glued it shut. That label was then attached to the pretty pink and shimmery tag and the rest is pretty self-exploratory. All the ingredients are listed below. The ribbon is a white ribbon that I swiped with a turquoise ink pad.

Annie, my friend, I know it's not inky or Timspired, but I do hope you are pleased with my DJKASE tribute! [I just noticed that I forgot to add a lovely pearl or charm like you so often do. Shuckiedarn! I did mean to add one, but it's dark o'clock now so it's too late for this post.] Thank you so much for following me, for your friendship, and for your consistent encouragement through your sweet comments! I appreciate you very much!! Mwah!

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I'm entering my tag in the following challenges:

• There is a colorful Easter egg photo inspiration at the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge:

 

• The "Spring into Spring" challenge at the Mod Squad Challenge Blog.

• The "Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats" challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

• The always fun Pixie's Snippets Playground where the only requirement for joining is that you use a snippet (scrap) on your creation! Playing at Pixie's has been a wonderful reminder and has helped me form the habit of checking my scraps first. Besides, all the people who enter the Playground are ungrown adults and those are my kinda peeps.

As always, just click on the links of any of the challenges to find out the details about rules, sponsors, and prizes.

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New Friends Corner

Besides introducing you to the amazing Anne, if you haven't already had the pleasure of meeting her, I'm tickled to introduce you to these new friends. I give you fair warning to stop now and refill your beverage!

Donna of Indiana Inking. Donna has been blogging since 2008! Every time I find someone who has been blogging that long, I think HOW did I not know about Blogland and this wonderful stamping community back then?? I had no idea all that inspiration was out there! It's okay, there is no time like the present. You will love visiting Donna and catching up with her!

Manuela of Elasdistrict. Manuela is from Germany and she has been blogging since 2010. She didn't blog often until this year and it's been wonderful to see more of her delightful posts and cards. Besides making cards, Manuela enjoys baking and gardening and she is a frequent contributor to many card challenges.

Susanne of Snaps and Snippets. Susanne is another blogger from Indiana who has also been blogging since 2008. (Do Donna and Susanne already know each other?!) Make sure you check out her "Studio" tab! Susanne is a crafter after my own heart with her amazing space and organizational skills. I think she also has my version of OCD: Organized Crafting Disorder! You will find tons of inspiration and thoughtful advice awaiting you here.

Shirley of Card Art, Etc. Shirley is another card artist who has been blogging since 2008! Shirley's blog is a wealth of information and inspiration as she shares all her knowledge with her readers through her posts and tabs. You will find Shirley's card art is impeccably designed and executed, outside and in!

Leslee of Canadian in Montana. Leslee has been blogging since ~ say it with me ~ 2008! (I sorta feel like I'm being punked! jk) Leslee's blog is a fun reflection of her life with her family. She is an avid scrapper, family photographer, and card artist. Given her location, Leslee's fantastic cards are often beautifully scenic. Once again, loads of inspiration!

Thank you so much for joining, ladies! Welcome to the Playhouse!

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS!* 

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment and/or join as a follower! Please let me know you came by, so I can be sure and return the flavor! 

  

 

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Project Details
Paper	K and Company metallic DSP; unknown PP for grass; PTI kraft
Stamps	Hero Arts A2152
Ink	SU tempting turquoise
Accessories	Dies: My Favorite Things "Tag You're It" and "Well-Worn Greetings"; Simon Says Stamp "Folded Banner"; Poppy "Grassland Border" Flower: Iva Nova Chest Stickers: Mrs. Grossman Ribbon: a-muse studio vanilla silky crush

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Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge; CFC #118; NBUS #65; Rudolph Day

Greetings, Crafty Friends!

Today is the 25th day of the 10th month of the 2,013th year and that means it is another blog hop challenge at Nichole's Papertrey Ink (PTI) glorious website, as well as Rudolph Day at Stamping For Pleasure.  And we can't forget we've also whooshed around to another Friday, drawing ever more perilously close to Christmas!!

 

My friend Sandra hosts Rudolph Day where the rule is that you have to make something festive ~  and for this month's PTI blog hop challenge we are to make festive tags.  Here is our photag inspiration:

As fun would have it, there is also a "tags and bags" challenge going on at CAS-ual Fridays, so I'm linking up there, as well.

Frank Lee, I prefer making cards to making tags, so this was a challenge for me that turned out to be happily successful once I decided that I wanted to make my tags in the shape of a Ball jar.  I used a die from Paper Smooches for my jar, but you can also find fine jar dies at other companies, including PTI.

 

With one exception of pine needles (from SU!), the little jar tags are filled with PTI images, most of which are NBUS, and all of the tags are made from either PTI white or kraft paper.  The other ingredients I'll list at the end.  Almost all of the images were enhanced with either Wink of Stella pens or my white gel pen.  Unfortunately, even taking the pictures in the sunlight did not show off the winking and sparking that you can see IRL. 

 

I made seven tags.  Actually I made ten of them, but three didn't quite get finished in time.  

 

Enjoy~



  

 

  

  

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS*  

 

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment.  I'm very blessed to hear from so many of you and I treasure each and every one!

 

*Life Is Too Short! 

 

Images:  PTI "Holiday Button Bits" and
"Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers"
Dies:  PTI "Holly Jolly"
Paper Smooches "Crystal Clear" jar
Ink:  PTI spring moss, new leaf, pinefeather
Doodle Twine
Rain Dots by Cloud 9
Wink of Stella and Sakura gel pen
Miscellaneous silver thread, hemp, eyeballs, jingle bells, and felt
Cropadile, SU! rivets

WOYWW 173 ~ For Annie

Hi Gang!

 

We're WOYWWing here again, being Wednesday.  This will be quick, for me, because it's quite late and I'm having to type very quietly so's not to wake up Mister.  It slows me down.

 

Last Thursday my friend Annie, known to most of you as Redanne, dedicated her blog to me and it was a huge honor!  I'm returning the favor today and in doing so, I'm also sending her all the best wishes in the WOYWWing World because she's been run over by a truck.  Not literally, I mean, figuratively, in a manner of speaking.

 

I tend to favor clean and simple cards and crafting, less is more, one layer, that type of thing.  But I colored outside the lines for Annie and got down and dirty.  I dropped some blotches of ink on a piece of glossy cardstock, then some drops of blender, then I rolled the drops around and felt a little like I did in the 60s, man, like dude, man, look at it, man, then I smooched it all together with a rag, then I dumped clear embossing powder on it and shot it with my heat gun, and that was so fun, I did it again with purple embossing powder, and then I cut the sheet into two tags and put this and that and the other little thing on them.

 

Here is a quick photo journey of my journey, man.

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure this isn't grunge, even though my desk got pretty grungy in the process. I think grunge is just not in my wheelhouse, outhouse, or Playhouse, so I will leave that to other talented artists.  However, I can see where the Layerers get addicted.  I had trouble stopping myself from adding another one of these and another one of those, once I got started!

 

So Annie, this is for you! I hope you like what I made when I got all "inky" for you.  I expecially hope that you feel better soon!!

 

Enjoy the WOYWW tour at Julia's What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday! ~ or your day, whatever you're doing!  As always, thank you for stopping by to visit.  Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!