Good morning, fellow artists!   I am so happy to be sharing my newest project with you:)   I am sure we all know a Dad, or a Graduate that would LOVE to receive this mixed media canvas as a gift, so hope on over to my Her ART is filled with LOVE blog and check out the details for the workshop.   In the mean time, here is the sample:  

  The workshop is going to be soooo much fun, so I hope you sign up soon!  

I {heart} Tim's Tags of 2013...

Well, I just can't believe it!  Tim has outdone himself yet AGAIN!!!   I think this month's tag is by far, my favorite!  I'm so excited to be able to call this a truly "frugal" project, which is near and dear to my heart:)   Without delay, here is my take on this month's tag challenge.  

 

Besides the fact that these are some of my ALL TIME FAVORITE colors, the fact that I was able to truly UPCYCLE on this project is just the icing on the cake:)

 

I absolutely LOVED all of the techniques on this tag, from covering the background with the new distress paints (I just LOVE the milky, chalky effect that the distress paints create), to the new Alpha Parts...SOOOO EASY to ALTER!, to the distress technique of coloring in the debossed words on the word bands.

 

One of my most favorite things, though, was stamping on acetate.  While I've done this MANY times, it's always been with Staz-on Ink.  I definitely prefer the Ranger Archival Ink and am thrilled at the way my wings turned out.  I was also THRILLED to see how soft the acetate got (it was actually from TH Idea-ology packaging).  While warm and plyable, I was able to curl the wings.  They stayed that way after the acetate cooled.  KEWL, huh?

 

 

I totally think the angle of this photo makes it look like the stamped wings on the tag look like a shadow...

 

LOVE it!!!!!

If you want to play along (and I think you SHOULD), please follow this link http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-april/ to Tim's site for a tutorial and inspiration!

In addition, if you live near San Diego, CA, please feel free to participate in the LSS challenge that follow's Tim's 12 Tags of 2013...Ever After Style!  Ever After's challenge this month goes from 4/15 to 5/14.  Therefore, it gives you extra time to get your tag into the store.  All participants receive a coupon for 15% off of Tim Holtz product just for participating.

In addition, if you use at least 80% Tim's product (honor system used for this), you are entered into a random draw and have a chance to win $10 in Tim Holtz product.
 

Mixed Media Class on April 27

I am soooo excited (I know, I know...I'm ALWAYS soooo excited, huh)...but REALLY I am, lol!
I just completed a mixed media canvas for a new class I will be teaching at Ever After Scrapbooks on April 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  There will be a 1/2 hr of free time for lunch on your own.

Remember all those paints, paste and paper dolls, from your past?  Well Lori is bringing them all back in a workshop that is sure to take you back to simpler times.  You will create an awesome canvas called "Her ART is filled with LOVE"...and will work with many of the newest mixed media products on the market.  Join Lori and be prepared to let loose, get creative, and complete a wonderful piece of ART that is sure to INSPIRE your inner ARTIST!
Cost:  $40
Supply list:

Black PITT artist pen BIG BRUSH

Black Ranger Archival Ink pad

Heat Gun

Quick drying liquid glue (fabric-tac or Beacon's 3 in 1 works best)

Scissors

Paper Piercer

Space is limited, so don't delay in signing up to secure your spot:)  Ever After's # is 760-630-2767.

Just for fun...

I hadn't really planned to work on a project today...thought I would just relax and take the day off...but then I started to "play" {huge grin here}...   I had made a few tattered floral die cuts for a project I was going to work on, but ditched, so the tattered florals were just sitting in a bin.  Next to that was a box of tags  received a few days ago from Staples.  Along side of that is some corrugated cardboard and a 12 x 12 canvas I had painted a pale aqua a while back.  I pulled out a few of my favorite supplies and came up with this:

 

I just love all of the dimension in this canvas.

 

Supplies I used:

Dylusions Sprays

Inka Gold

Silks Paints

Templates

Modeling Cream

Pitt Artist Pen

Corrugated Cardboard

Tags

Tattered Florals (grunge paper covered with aluminum foil and embossed)

Gesso

Mod Podge

 

 

A New Tim's Tags of 2013!

 

I'm so excited to announce that we are READY for the March tags at Ever After's Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas - Ever After Style!

 

The tags that can be made this month are SOOOOO COOL, that I've decided to run this month's challenge through the 14th of April!!!  Yahoo!!!  You have two extra days to get your tags into Ever After in order to qualify for a discount coupon AND a chance to win a prize!

 

I loved Tim's version of the March tag that I decided to follow very closely to what he did on his blog here, that I decided to make my tag very similar.  The only difference is that I covered my lable die cut with picket fence distress stain, then ran the label die cut through Tim's brick wall embossing folder for a bit more texture.  Then I brushed some Tea Die distress ink over the tag very lightly.

 

The colors of distress stain that I used on the crinkle ribbon were dried marigold and evergreen bough.  Also the color of alcohol inks I used on the tinsel were sunset orange and clover.

 

My "hoppy easter" is from a VERY OLD set of wood alphabet stamps.

 

I also had some fun making the new sign for Ever After this month.  I used some of the photoshop tools I learned a few years back and was so impressed that I remembered how to use them! 

 

Woot woot!

 

Oh, and I almost forgot!!!!  Our winner for the February contest is Ann Lovick!!!  Congratulations, Ann!  You have won two bottles of distress stains, perfect for use on your March tag:)