tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983159922383723062024-03-12T15:33:02.093-07:00creatingwiththegirlsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-19221116377352456572016-05-05T04:00:00.000-07:002016-05-05T04:00:01.527-07:00May Hop with Craft Hoarders Anonymous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's time once again for another hop</div>
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with the Ladies of Craft Hoarders Anonymous.</div>
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Every month on the 5th a group of us</div>
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will share projects and offer inspiration on ways</div>
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to use your hoard.</div>
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(Remember, use your hoard you get to buy more. </div>
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It's a win -win!)</div>
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This month I made a group of </div>
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4 Mixed Media ATC tags.</div>
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Sized at just 2.5 x 3.5 inches they go together super quick</div>
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and use up all the tidbits on my desk.</div>
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The "monsters" were stamped on to my</div>
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"underpapers" which I keep under whatever I am creating at the time.</div>
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I then used a variety of markers and pens to add a little</div>
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more color / details to them.</div>
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Then fussy cut and added to the backgrounds.</div>
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The backgrounds are a combinations of leftover paint,</div>
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stenciling, stamping,</div>
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and doodling with a Wite-Out pen.</div>
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Scraps of seam binding were machine stitched on.</div>
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Random machine stitching was added to the bottoms as well.</div>
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Word stickers from Tim Holtz</div>
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added the final touches.</div>
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Below is the list of Ladies who are hopping this month.</div>
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Make sure to visit them all and see how they are using their stash this month.</div>
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1. Gloria Stengel: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgloriascraps.blogspot.com%2F&h=iAQHLwWAl&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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2. Donna Idlet: <a href="http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/2016/05/live-create-and-discover.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/201...</a> </div>
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3. Tracey Sabella <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgracescraps.blogspot.com%2F&h=HAQEjaiuw&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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4. Bonnie Garby: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maketime2craft.com%2F&h=mAQHfAYVG&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.maketime2craft.com/</a></div>
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5. Debbie Seyer <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.debbieseyer.com%2Fmy_weblog%2Fcraft-hoarders-anonymous-challenge%2F&h=CAQE0HQiN&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.debbieseyer.com/my_weblo...</a> (Debbie has a give way this month as well!)</div>
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6. Patti Hamil <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mypiecesoftime.blogspot.com%2F&h=PAQHd5WLq&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mypiecesoftime.blogspot.com/...</a></div>
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7. Teresa Horner <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com%2F&h=BAQFPpY7z&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/...</a></div>
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8. Jacquie Southas <a href="http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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9. Vicki Robertson <a href="http://www.validationofvicki.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.validationofvicki.blogspot.com/...</a></div>
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10. Wendi Robinson - <a href="http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/...</a> </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-27463704851420249882016-03-05T04:00:00.000-08:002016-03-07T07:22:27.494-08:00March Hopping with Craft Hoarders Anonymous <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Welcome everyone to the</div>
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March Hop</div>
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with the Ladies of Craft Hoarders Anonymous.</div>
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Can you believe we are already in the 3rd month of 2016????</div>
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EEEKKK time is flying.</div>
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Every month on the 5th a group of us</div>
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will share projects and offer inspiration on ways</div>
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to use your hoard.</div>
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(Remember, use your hoard you get to buy more. </div>
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It's a win -win!)</div>
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Today I am sharing an art journal page.</div>
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The background started when I used the page to clean paint off my brayer</div>
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during a Gelli Printing marathon.</div>
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I often keep blank paper nearby for just such a purpose,</div>
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instant backgrounds for future projects.</div>
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I added Washii tape, lots of stenciling,</div>
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including this awesome text one by Stencil Girl stencils,</div>
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and my 3 hearts (for my 3 girls)</div>
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Here is the list of all who are participating this month</div>
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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pam Bray</span></a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #09242b; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/2016/03/craft-hoarders-anonymous-march-2016.html" style="color: #073763; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jacquie Southas</a></span><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/2016/03/march-craft-hoarders-hop.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Glenda Brooks</span></a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/2016/03/steampunk-birthday-birthday-card-march.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tracey Sabella</a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #09242b; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/2016/03/craft-hoarders-mach-blog-hop.html" style="color: #073763; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Donna Idlet</a></span><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/2016/03/arches-march-craft-hoarders-anonymous.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wendi Robinson</span></a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/2016/03/its-march-craft-hoarders-hop-today.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Teresa Horner</span></a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/2016/03/march-2016-craft-hoarders-anonymous.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Barbara Rankin</span></a><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #09242b; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/2016/03/craft-hoarders-anonymous-march-blog-hop_5.html" style="color: #073763; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Karen Zueger-Brownell</a></span><br style="color: #09242b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/2016/03/march-hopping-with-craft-hoarders.html" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Christy Houser</span></a></div>
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Make sure to stop by them all and leave some love.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-52224495003471933642016-02-15T09:58:00.000-08:002016-02-15T09:58:05.241-08:00Fabric Tags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We have a snow day here in North Carolina</div>
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and since it was an unplanned free day I had a chance to knock out some quick tags</div>
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The first tag I started with a</div>
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blank piece of canvas and painted all over with various acrylic paints & inks.</div>
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I added some stenciling and scribbling with a Sharpie and a WhiteOut pen.</div>
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The heart was cut from a Gelli print.</div>
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Metal arrow and RubOn words.</div>
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The lace on the bottom was dyed with several Distress Stains.</div>
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For the next tag I stamped all over a piece of canvas using</div>
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I then used multiple colors of DyNaFlow fabric paint to paint in my flowers.</div>
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Black paint and a pencil eraser for dots.</div>
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I fussy cut some of the flowers and layered them over each other for a bit of dimension.</div>
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Tucked in some ribbon under the different layers. and added a vintage bird image.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-66098596633891198132016-01-25T07:18:00.002-08:002016-01-25T07:18:48.824-08:00Made my First Fabric Cuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I recently joined a group on Facebook</div>
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that does a lot of mixed media textile swaps.</div>
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We've done collages, tags, ATCs etc.</div>
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The newest swap was for a Fabric Cuff.</div>
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I have never made one before but loving the idea, </div>
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I jumped in.</div>
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I can't believe how quickly and easily this was.</div>
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Like layering paper, except this time it was</div>
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fabric and lace.</div>
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I went with a blue theme. </div>
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Mixing in some beige lace here and there.</div>
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As my focal I stitched on a fabric flower with a button</div>
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Added some beads and a metal butterfly.</div>
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We had an ice storm this past weekend and I am desperately wishing Spring was here.</div>
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This is how it looks on my wrist.</div>
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This is the side where it attaches.</div>
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I used a vintage Mother of Pearl button as my fastener so both sides</div>
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Now that I have made my first I will definitely be making</div>
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more of these.</div>
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They are kind of addicting, and give you the perfect opportunity </div>
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to pull out all the lace & ribbon you've been hoarding.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-28664797896623940782016-01-18T03:41:00.000-08:002016-01-18T03:41:00.427-08:00Heart ATCs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have been working on a lot of</div>
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different projects lately and in doing so have tons of little scraps leftover.</div>
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Since I tend to throw NOTHING away,</div>
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these become perfect tidbits for creating</div>
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ATCs.</div>
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These heart ones were all created for trading </div>
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with others in an ATC group I belong to on Facebook.</div>
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I love the ATC's size. 2.5 x 3.5 inches means you can create quick</div>
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and use up even the tiniest scraps.</div>
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All of the hearts and backgrounds were from previous projects.</div>
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The words are all from various sticker sheets.</div>
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Black Soot Distress marker and a white Gel pen </div>
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were used to outline the hearts.</div>
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Some stamping and splattered mist finished them off.</div>
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The size of these are also perfect when you don't have a lot of time </div>
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Next time you have some leftovers from a project, </div>
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try creating your own ATC.</div>
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But watch out...they can be addicting.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-961816732379498552016-01-13T11:33:00.001-08:002016-01-13T11:33:16.685-08:00Quick Card Share<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Share a quick card I did up today</div>
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to send overseas.</div>
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I am not usually a card maker. </div>
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For some reason I find the space incredibly constricting</div>
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(go figure as I often work on ATCs which are much smaller).</div>
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The background in book text splattered with Gesso</div>
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and watered down acrylic paint.</div>
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The heart was cut freehand from a piece of "paper"</div>
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I made a while back using layers of</div>
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Stitched the heart onto the card and left the tails flowing free.</div>
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Add a bit of text and into the mail it will go.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-14151396938223688742016-01-05T04:00:00.000-08:002016-01-05T04:00:18.578-08:00January Hop with Craft Hoarders Anonymous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Welcome everyone to the January Hop </div>
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with the Ladies of</div>
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Craft Hoarders Anonymous.</div>
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Every month on the 5th a group of us will share inspiration</div>
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on how to use up your hoard.</div>
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Since this post is happening right after the Holidays hopefully many of you</div>
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received new supplies to play with.</div>
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You should be coming here from <a href="http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/">Karen's blog</a>.</div>
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After head back to <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/">Gloria's</a> for the full list or to start at the beginning.</div>
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Today I am sharing an Art Journal</div>
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page I created using masking tape, my hoarded mists, some stamping,</div>
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and machine stitching.</div>
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I recently watched a video on YouTube by </div>
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I used mists from Lindy's Stamp Gang and Tattered Angels for color.</div>
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Black Gesso added after to tone down some of the white that still existed.</div>
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Seeing as I was working on scraps of paper from the scrap bin I needed to sew them</div>
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A few word stickers and a new page for the beginning of 2016 is done.</div>
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So I once again joined up with the</div>
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The first challenges went up yesterday.</div>
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As I am still trying to figure if I want to do the planner part or keep it solely as an art journal </div>
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I decided to just do the first part.</div>
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I made a tag, </div>
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which in my zeal turned into a tag book.</div>
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And a small card that I will somehow incorporate into a future page.</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C2LB_snGUSM/VomJOu6RSaI/AAAAAAAAGuo/UpUyI1RvkVI/s1600/DSCN5063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C2LB_snGUSM/VomJOu6RSaI/AAAAAAAAGuo/UpUyI1RvkVI/s400/DSCN5063.jpg" title="DLP 2016 my first tag (which turned into a tag book) by Christy Houser" width="220" /></a></div>
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This was the front of my tag book.</div>
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Here are the inside pages.</div>
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I kept it fairly simple (for me)</div>
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the color is distress ink over gesso with some stamping on top.</div>
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I picked out a word or 2 for each page along with a corresponding </div>
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embellishment.</div>
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Some cheesecloth was misted with Tattered Angels mist and sewn in.</div>
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The little canvas pieces I found in the</div>
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Sprayed with the same Tattered Angels mist and glued in.</div>
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Stitches were "added' with a gel pen.</div>
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These are the back pages.</div>
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I left the very back page blank for journaling or as a spot to adhere to my journal.</div>
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Again I haven't decided how I am going about this so lots of random pieces right now.</div>
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This is a little card I did up to add somewhere as well.</div>
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The words are rub ons.</div>
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The flowers stamped then colored with gel pens.</div>
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Finally some seam binding stitched on.</div>
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This is looking like it will turn into another fun year long project.</div>
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Love how it is open to each of us to interpret as we wish.</div>
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!</div>
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with the ladies of</div>
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You should be coming to me from <a href="http://marisadesigns.blogspot.com/">Marissa's</a> blog.</div>
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After, head on back to visit <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/">Gloria's</a> for the complete list of participants this month.</div>
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This month I created my very first pocket letter.</div>
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For those of you who are wondering what exactly is a pocket letter, let me show you.</div>
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I took a trading card sleeve and filled it with 9 winter themed ATCs.</div>
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The backs of the sleeves have goodies, chocolate, and a letter tucked into them.</div>
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Pocket letters are all the rage right now being traded all over the globe.</div>
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This one is heading out in the mail today to it's destination.</div>
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I kept an overall theme of blue, white, winter and snow throughout my cards.</div>
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Below I have closeups of a few.</div>
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text-align: start;" /><a href="http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/2015/12/craft-hoarders-hop-for-december_5.html" style="color: #8e453a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Teresa Horner</span></a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.kathybydesign.com/very-vintage-christmas-banner/" style="color: #8e453a; text-decoration: none;">Kathy Clement</a></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><a href="http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-craft-hoarders-anonymous.html" style="color: #8e453a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; 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Several days ago in one of the, </div>
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My 9 year old has been home sick for 3 days now,</div>
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and I had an envelope sitting on my desk from, so what else to do but make some art.</div>
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This is the finished cover,</div>
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inside are 2 sewn in signatures.</div>
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Each signature is made using 4 sheets of canvas paper folded in half.</div>
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The journal also has an interior pocket and a flap closure.</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hAX1VnCqmPA/Vj3TQSxSPlI/AAAAAAAAGsg/8o5pBAcc3xc/s1600/DSCN4971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hAX1VnCqmPA/Vj3TQSxSPlI/AAAAAAAAGsg/8o5pBAcc3xc/s400/DSCN4971.jpg" title="Art Journal creating using a manila envelope by Christy Houser" width="261" /></a></div>
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This is the start:</div>
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I took a 9x12 manila envelope,</div>
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covered with Gesso, and began adding layers.</div>
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This will be the inside covers.</div>
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You can see where the pocket will be.</div>
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I added color a little way inside and reinforced my flap figuring it will get the most wear.</div>
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This will be the outsides of the journal.</div>
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I found some AMAZING tissue paper the other day at Joann's.</div>
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It's created by Rebekah Meier and marketed towards a fabric creating line,</div>
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but OH MY is it perfect for other mixed media as well.</div>
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The designs are insanely good.</div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SeCZv7AbAbM/Vj3TO4tQn_I/AAAAAAAAGsY/KfN4Xgr3kNg/s1600/DSCN4968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SeCZv7AbAbM/Vj3TO4tQn_I/AAAAAAAAGsY/KfN4Xgr3kNg/s400/DSCN4968.jpg" title="art journal cover using manila envelope by Christy Houser" width="400" /></a></div>
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Here is the cover again before adding my closure.</div>
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Layers of Golden Fluid Acrylics, Adirondack Paint Dabber in Gold,</div>
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book text, Washii tape and stamping all helped to add layers.</div>
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I took a piece of silk ribbon and added it as my closure.</div>
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It's a fairly simple one. Just wrap around and tie.</div>
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The inside with the signatures sewn in.</div>
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Back inside cover,</div>
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again you can see the pocket.</div>
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Finally the back when it is all said and done.</div>
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This was incredibly easy to put together.</div>
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Not including drying time it was just a couple of hours.</div>
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I see myself making more of these as Christmas presents and RAK gifts this year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Every month on the 5th we share ideas on how to use up your stash and get creating again.</span><br />
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You should be coming to me from <a href="http://marisadesigns.blogspot.com/2015/11/craft-hoarders-anonymous-hop-just-for.html">Marissa's blog</a></div>
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After head on back to <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/2015/11/craft-hoarders-anonymous-november-blog.html">Gloria's blog</a> to see the full. line up of projects or</div>
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Here is my project for the month.</div>
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I did four 8x8" textile collages using a mix of fabrics, papers</div>
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and scrapbook embellishments from my stash.</div>
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I added batting and backing to turn these collages into mini quilts,</div>
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which can be added to a fabric journal or hung on a wall.</div>
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Each one took only a few hours to complete.</div>
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They are a great way to use up lots of bits and pieces you have lying around.</div>
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This is my first collage.</div>
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I incorporated some metal and paper embellishments with my fabric flowers.</div>
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The background is stamped with a script stamp and StazOn ink.</div>
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The flowers were outlined with black glitter glue for a little sparkle.</div>
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Machine stitching added a little bit of texture.</div>
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The next collage started on a piece of Damask fabric.</div>
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Scraps of sewing pattern paper and fabric collaged on over.</div>
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The lace was cut from an old handkerchief.</div>
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Distress ink was rubbed over it and dried.</div>
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Kaiser craft flowers were added.</div>
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Rub ons added to a paper tag.</div>
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The red and black piece started from sewing scraps</div>
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of the same color families randomly onto a base.</div>
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A fabric softener sheet was painted, cut into strips & sewn on.</div>
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Metal flowers and leaves were added over a dry cleaning tag,</div>
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Rub Ons added some words.</div>
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Woven then attached to the collage with machine stitching.</div>
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On the last collage scraps of vintage plaids and stripes</div>
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Mixing in lace, sheet music, lots of scrap embellishments and </div>
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A resin piece, paper tickets, Pink Paislee banner </div>
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Modeling paste added through sequin waste and colored with ink.</div>
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A piece of thin fabric was laid over the whole thing.</div>
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I then went through with my heat gun and melted it in spots.</div>
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Glimmer mist flicked on as a final addition.</div>
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These were so fun to make.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-73622650186600494392015-10-29T09:14:00.003-07:002015-10-29T09:14:48.215-07:00ATCs for today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just doing a quick share of some ATCs</div>
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I did up the last couple of days.</div>
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2.5 x 3.5 inches is perfect for this time strapped gal.</div>
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This one is painted and collaged book text on a card.</div>
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Washii tape & stamping added before the chipboard butterflies were colored with Dylusions and the Stickles for sparkle.</div>
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The background here was from an envelope of happy mail.</div>
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This started as a page I cleaned my brayer on.</div>
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Stamped random circles and painted them in with acrylic paint.</div>
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Added the ballon and words via rub ons.</div>
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Another background from a leftover piece.</div>
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Added the bird, ricrac and rub on.</div>
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little bits of art for the week.</div>
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Things have been a wee bit crazy around here.</div>
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Not much time is left to do large scale creating</div>
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but I have managed to knock out a few ATCs and a card.</div>
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The first share today is a 5x7 fall card.</div>
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The background is painted book text, covered with tape,</div>
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stamping and more paint through sequin waste.</div>
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The leaves and pumpkin were sent to me as extra goodies in another swap.</div>
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They were PERFECT for this card.</div>
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The next piece is an ATC.</div>
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I'm finding myself creating more and more of these.</div>
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The size 2.5x3.5 is perfect when time is in a crunch.</div>
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This one is acrylic paint background with some stamping.</div>
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The girl was stamped then colored with Distress Markers.</div>
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This ATC is created by collaging some painted and </div>
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The butterfly was a college image and the words added are rub ons.</div>
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Last ATC.</div>
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This one is created using some of the same papers as the butterfly card.</div>
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Machine stitching around the edge</div>
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While cleaning the other day I found a whole stack of these vintage bird images</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-75218712482387894102015-10-05T04:00:00.000-07:002015-10-05T04:15:36.355-07:00October Hopping with Craft Hoarders Anonymous!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
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It's time for another hop with the ladies of </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should be coming to me from <a href="http://marisadesigns.blogspot.com/2015/10/craft-hoarders-anonymous-happy-birthday.html">Marissa's blog</a> .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After, head on back to <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #888888;">Gloria's blog</span>.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">head on over to <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Gloria's blog</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month I used up a bunch of hoarded <a href="http://www.gelliarts.com/">Gelli prints</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and turned them into art journal pages for an upcoming swap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have such a large stack of prints that I barely made a dent in it with this project</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a small overview of several and below are closeups of the pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This first page is a pink and black base using <a href="http://stencilgirlproducts.com/">Stencil Girl</a> & Crafter's Workshop stencils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Once the stars were added, some Liquitex acrylic ink was flicked on</span></div>
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The next two use a variety of stencils and multiple layers</div>
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Rub ons and Washii tape added as accents.</div>
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A blue Gelli print base combined with </div>
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book text also gel printed to create this heart page.</div>
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The inside of the heart is lined with an Intense pencil and the word was stamped</div>
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Some Washii tape, stamping and coloring were added to this Gelli print.</div>
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The stamp is from Donna Downey,</div>
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once stamped it was traced over with an acrylic paint marker and colored in with Pitt Big Brush markers.</div>
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Another blue printed base with various</div>
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Rub ons were added and the heart was cut from another piece of Gelli printed book text.</div>
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The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of Gelli printed tissue paper.</div>
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The base is another Gelli print.</div>
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The larger blue circles were cut from a piece of Gelli printed tissue paper.</div>
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and the layers blend seamlessly in collage)</div>
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Been down with a cold / flu for a week and a half</div>
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So haven't done much creating.</div>
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Finally starting to feel better and pulled out my AJ yesterday.</div>
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Created a page on a base of leftover paint from making postcards a while back.</div>
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I always use pages in my journal for the extra paint from projects, takes that blank page syndrome away.</div>
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So the base was leftover paint.</div>
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I then splattered some Liquitex Acrylic ink in Carbon Black</div>
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randomly across the page.</div>
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Then some music lines were stamped using Archival ink.</div>
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The hearts are leftover painted papers from my heart postcards</div>
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aslo a few weeks back.</div>
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Seriously I don't throw ANYTHING away.</div>
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They were then outlined with a Derwent Intense pencil.</div>
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The pink painted scraps also came from an old project.</div>
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Dylusions mist in Vibrant Turquoise was sprayed heavily in spots </div>
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A sentiment was stamped on a scrap of Gelli printed tissue paper </div>
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More doodling with the white pen in spots.</div>
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The circles are made using a cardboard tube and white</div>
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I like how the paint reactivated the Dyslusions mist in spots and drew up </div>
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some of the color to tint it.</div>
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Finally there was Distress ink in Black Soot</div>
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Feels good to be back making things.</div>
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Today I want to share the pages I have made for a swap at</div>
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This is an easy fun way to swap art journal pages.</div>
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You a swapping loose pages created from 8x8 sheets of paper.</div>
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It cuts down on shipping costs as well as the chance that your book could end up lost in transit.</div>
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Any base works (for mine I am slowly making a dent in my scrapbook paper stash) and the themes are always fun.</div>
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A great way to add to your art journal.</div>
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As I said you start with an 8x8 sheet of paper and fold it in half. </div>
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This gives you 2 4x8 spread and 1 8x8 spread.</div>
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The theme for this swap is <i>GIRLY </i></div>
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and it gave me a chance to use up lots of my Graphic 45 images I was hoarding as well as vintage images I had in my stash.</div>
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This is the front of the first page</div>
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The image is from an old newspaper, and some G45 ones were added as well</div>
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When you open this is the inside 8x8 spread.</div>
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Graphic 45 images, tape and stenciling and stamping.</div>
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This is the back.</div>
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More G45, some acrylic clock faces, Gesso, stenciling and tape.</div>
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Start of the 2nd page.</div>
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Another newspaper image, acrylic paint, stamping, tape & stenciling.</div>
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The inside features a free collage image from an art magazine,</div>
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layered over papers, gesso, ink and stamping.</div>
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A metallic Sharpie was used to add a bit of color to the stamped images</div>
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The back.</div>
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Paint, stamping, collage image and rub ons</div>
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Tape, scrapbook paper and a collage image.</div>
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The inside is created by collaging over a piece of scrapbook paper </div>
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with book text to only have the 2 sentiments left visible.</div>
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Some paper scraps over that and a thing layer of Gesso.</div>
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Some collage images and stamping with more metallic marker for a pop.</div>
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The back is created with tape, scrapbook papers & G45 fussy cut images.</div>
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G45 images, die cuts, acrylic paint and stamping.</div>
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The inside is more collaged book texts, Gesso, acrylic paint & stenciling.</div>
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The collage images were mixed with Kaisercraft flower die cuts.</div>
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The back.</div>
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Almost done!</div>
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This page was created eons ago and I found it while unpacking a box.</div>
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The image is from a magazine layered over tissue paper.</div>
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The Eiffel Tower is stamped & embossed.</div>
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Postage stamps & bling finish it off.</div>
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The inside of this one is my favorite.</div>
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A piece of scrapbook paper, covered with sewing pattern paper, Gesso,</div>
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The image is the last one from the newspaper.</div>
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Now here I should be showing you the back but oops! forgot to take a picture.</div>
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You can see it in the video though.</div>
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That's it for my 5 Girly pages for the swap.</div>
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Something a little different from me today.</div>
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Over at the DECONSTRUCTED ART JOURNAL page </div>
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on Facebook </div>
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is an on going swap for handmade <i>Journal Charms.</i></div>
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The idea is to create a dangly charm which can be attached to the </div>
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Fun, right?</div>
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This is a little outside of my normal mediums but thought it would be interesting</div>
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Here is my charm...</div>
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I used a combination of metal charms, glass beads,</div>
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pearls etc.</div>
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The above picture is what it looks like hanging straight down.</div>
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And this is what it looks like spread out a little.</div>
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I don't think I'll commit to making these all the time but definitely will periodically.</div>
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It makes me smile seeing it all hanging there and can't wait to see it dangly from someone's journal.</div>
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Off to get it in the mail...</div>
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WELCOME!!!!!!</div>
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Thanks for joining me for the <b>September Craft Hoarders Anonymous Hop</b>.</div>
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You should be coming to me from <a href="http://marisadesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/craft-hoarders-anonymous-hop-just-note.html">Marissa's blog</a> .</div>
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Once a month a group of us will get together to inspire, share, and show you how to use up </div>
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To start at the beginning or to get a full list of participating bloggers</div>
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head on over to <a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/">Gloria's blog</a></div>
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My project this month is an altered deck of playing cards.</div>
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I joined a swap with <a href="http://jessicaleighbrogan.com/offerings/carddeckswap/">Jessica Brogan</a> called the </div>
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Inspirational Card Deck Swap.</div>
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Alter 52 cards, send them out and get 52 back.</div>
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How fun is that?</div>
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To create my cards the backgrounds are all from my underpapers</div>
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(the paper I cover my desk with to catch errant paint, mist, and stamping)</div>
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I added some more stamping, Sewing pattern paper,</div>
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Wasii tape etc...</div>
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Some cards have embossing </div>
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The hearts on some of the cards were created by cutting </div>
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free hand from painted pieces of book text.</div>
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I have tons of sheets of word stickers</div>
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52 cards sure is a lot.</div>
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They all measure roughly the size of ATCs.</div>
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That is 2.5 x 3.5 inches.</div>
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To finish them all off I flicked watered down acrylic paint</div>
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over them all.</div>
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I love me some splatters.</div>
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So the other day I shared a step by step tutorial on creating backgrounds..</div>
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Today I want to share with you what I turned that background into.</div>
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More mixed media postcards...</div>
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Most of these are going out to a swap with Lisa Vollrath over at</div>
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but one of these is being sent out to </div>
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<b>April Dawn </b>who was the winner of the random comments drawing.</div>
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April, send me your mailing address and your postcard will be on the way!</div>
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Here are the 5 cards I created.</div>
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I could have made a sixth one but I cut that down and made a tag.</div>
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See these backgrounds are versatile...</div>
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and here are photos of each one.</div>
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The green, blue, yellow color combination is not one I use often but as I worked I grew to be happy with it.</div>
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I used word stickers to create little sayings on each card.</div>
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My hearts are all free hand cut from book text that was painted</div>
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when cleaning off my brushes in other projects.</div>
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These are so easy and fun to make. </div>
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I love sending them out for people to find in their mailboxes, WAY better than a bill!</div>
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Today I want to share a background tutorial with everyone.</div>
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This background will be turned into mixed media postcards for a swap I found over at</div>
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and hosted by Lisa Vollrath who can be found at <a href="http://tentwostudios.com/about/">TenTwo Studios</a> .</div>
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(I have been a fan of her collage sheets for years)</div>
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Anyhoo</div>
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I am in a use up mode lately. </div>
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Trying to use the items I have around my house rather than go buy the newest latest & greatest.</div>
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I realize over the years I have bought and bought...now I need to USE!</div>
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This background uses what I have on hand, </div>
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nothing fancy or special today, yet in the end I have a unique background waiting to be turned into</div>
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6 postcards.</div>
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Several for the swap and several left over.</div>
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<b>Like what you see?</b></div>
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<b>Leave a comment and you may get randomly picked for a piece of happy mail from me!</b></div>
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So let's begin...</div>
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First up I am using a 12x 12 piece of card stock (which I have piles and piles of)</div>
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You don't need special heavy weight paper for mixed media projects, I find that card stock works well for just about everything I am doing right now.</div>
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I tore some Washii tape and added strips here and there.</div>
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Squirted on some blue Americana acrylic paint (again I love my fluid acrylics but you know what...inexpensive craft paint works just as well for these) craft </div>
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Spread it with a brush and squirt on some green paint by Plaid Folk Art.</div>
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Using the same brush spread it around.</div>
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Some orange...</div>
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Nothing fancy.</div>
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I still had some white space so went back in and added a bit more color.</div>
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I took a fan brush and dry brushed some Liquitex unbleached titanium</div>
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to calm everything down and blend some edges. Wipe most of the paint off on a piece of scrap paper first, I wanted just a touch of the light color.</div>
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A script stamp and Archival ink...perfect for use on paints.</div>
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It dries quick and smudge proof. Script stamps are some of my favorite ones, they find their way onto just about everything I do.</div>
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A circle stamp by Club Scrap and Teal Blue StazOn ink.</div>
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This is where a mistake happened but turn the mistake into a happy design element.</div>
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I was using a mister with water & acrylic paint inside. The mister clogged so I took the nozzle off and started flicking, until I forgot I had the open bottle in my hand and tipped it over.</div>
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Dylusions mist through a Crafter's Workshop stencil in areas.</div>
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Stamping with numbers and Archival ink.</div>
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I went back with the same stencil and used it with Gesso this time.</div>
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In some spots I got white diamonds, others the Gesso reactivated the Dylusions mist and it absorbed and was tinted by the mist.</div>
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I went into my drawer full of rub ons.</div>
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Lastly some Punchinella and the same yellow paint as used on the background before.</div>
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I just rubbed it through with my finger here and there.</div>
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A little while ago I stumbled across and online mixed media postcard swap</div>
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As I love getting mail that isn't a bill I immediately signed up to play.</div>
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Super easy, create several mixed media postcards and get several in return.</div>
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I can't wait to see my mailbox filling up with fun mail.</div>
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These are the ones I created for the swap.</div>
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I started with a piece of cardstock 12x12 with the idea I could create a large background then cut the cards to size.</div>
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Acrylic paint in multiple colors were swiped across the paper.</div>
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Stamping added after using Solvent ink and several different stamps.</div>
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The circles were stamped, painted in and then outlined with a Sharpie marker.</div>
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Acrylic paint wasdabbed through some punchinella.</div>
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Finally some scribbling with a fine black tip pen and a white pen.</div>
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The hearts were freehand cut from a dictionary page that I had used to clean excess paint off my brayer. They were then outlined with a Black Soot Distress Marker.</div>
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Each card then had a sentiment stamped onto it.</div>
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All are ready to go postal (YAY).</div>
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I can't wait to come back and share what I receive in return.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Hey everyone, I have some exciting news for all you paper craft hoarders out there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On the
5th of every month, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>starting
September 5th</u></b>, a fantastic group of hoarding crafters will be participating
in an inspirational Monthly Blog Hop! We will share projects with you, show you
how we are using up our hoarded supplies, and encourage you to dig into your
own stash! Our goal is to inspire you to USE IT UP! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Each
month, you will start at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/">Gloria Stengel's Blog</a></b> and
hop through 20 amazing blogs. The participating crafters will share projects in
all styles and media types, using both old and new product! Some designers will
share tutorials; some will share storage solutions; some will share how to use
your scraps and leftovers; some will share videos. There is a wealth of
experience and creativity among these crafters! Many of the designers are on
popular manufacturing teams and a few are part of exceptional challenge blogs. I
hope you will take the monthly journey with us, and DE-HOARD your supplies!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gloria Stengel</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: black;">Ginny
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jacquie
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Glenda
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.pinkchicpaperdesign.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Amber
Milone</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Tracey
Sabella</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Donna Idlet</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.maketime2craft.com/"><span style="color: black;">Bonnie Garby</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Wendi
Robinson</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Teresa
Horner</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.kathybydesign.com/"><span style="color: black;">Kathy Clement</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://re-creations4him.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Jan
Ennenga</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Barbara
Rankin</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Karen
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-52998955245673564422015-08-01T07:46:00.000-07:002015-08-01T07:46:39.207-07:00Making my first DECONSTRUCTED Art Journal page...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I recently joined a group on </div>
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Instead of swapping full on art journals we swap pages or signatures.</div>
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In the end you get 3 pieces of art to add to your journal.</div>
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I loved this idea and quickly jumped in, I'm always looking for inexpensive ways to swap art.</div>
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Pages are definitely easier to swap, almost instant gratification, instead of waiting for a book </div>
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to make it's rounds the pages come directly to you.</div>
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Absolute fun!</div>
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This was my first creation for the swap.</div>
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In the end you create a front, center and back page to swap.</div>
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My front page is created using Gesso, NeoColor IIs and stamping.</div>
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Open up the signature and this is the main piece.</div>
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The background is created with acrylic paint, stamping and collaging some </div>
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Gelli printed tissue papers.</div>
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I did a little machine stitching up the side and added some Crafty Secrets collage images.</div>
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The quote is a Donna Downey stamp on more Gelli printed tissue paper.</div>
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The back page is created using</div>
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Modeling Paste, A Stencil Girl stencil, and several</div>
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layers of acrylic glazes.</div>
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Off to get this in the mail.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-50780282510881207342015-07-29T10:57:00.000-07:002015-07-29T10:57:16.447-07:00Making some mail art today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Since I can only work in bits and pieces during the summer </div>
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I have started making a ton of backgrounds.</div>
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They have a twofold purpose...use up some of the vast amount of "stuff" I have, </div>
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and two I then have a huge supply to draw from for later.</div>
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The other day I created this background.</div>
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I started with a 12x12 sheet of cardstock </div>
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(of which I think I shall never run out of I have so much)</div>
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and began adding acrylic paint colors.</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qK6gvGhZ6pM/VbkSWo3QKsI/AAAAAAAAGb4/QVDOiuD7NGw/s1600/11800427_10205441100319334_1392180859200534058_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qK6gvGhZ6pM/VbkSWo3QKsI/AAAAAAAAGb4/QVDOiuD7NGw/s400/11800427_10205441100319334_1392180859200534058_n.jpg" title="mixed media background by Christy Houser" width="400" /></a></div>
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Lots of stamping, collaging of scrap papers, doodling, splattering etc</div>
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and this was the end result.</div>
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A finished 12x12 background to use as is or be cut down for other projects.</div>
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This one was destined to be cut down into 6 4x6 pieces to be turned into postcards.</div>
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Next I added some hearts freehand cut from Gelli Print scraps,</div>
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and some stamping using Club Scrap stamps.</div>
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They make me happy, and these projects fit perfectly into my time constrained life right now.</div>
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Ready for the mail!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594456440767604375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698315992238372306.post-65294025166332896492015-07-28T09:08:00.002-07:002015-07-28T09:09:35.763-07:00Gelli Printing with the girls and NeoColor IIs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As we are reaching the final stretch of summer vacation</div>
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I am starting to hear those dreaded words</div>
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"I'm bored!"</div>
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The other day I heard them followed by "can I make art?"</div>
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but not just art, the 8 year old wanted to use the Gelli Plate.</div>
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She loves using it but, being 8, she can make quite a mess (and while I am a messy creator sometimes her messes are even too much for me) so I needed a way for her to use it but keep the mess at a minimum and clean up easy.</div>
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I pulled out my NeoColor IIs, the Gelli Plate, </div>
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and a spray bottle filled with water.</div>
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She would mist the plate, doodle on it with the NeoColor IIs </div>
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(which are water soluble)</div>
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and then lift her image with a variety of paper.</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QWKLgt1Jm2Q/VbJxMazpCTI/AAAAAAAAGaw/GloEaAWgwS4/s1600/IMG_7071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QWKLgt1Jm2Q/VbJxMazpCTI/AAAAAAAAGaw/GloEaAWgwS4/s400/IMG_7071.jpg" title="Gelli Printing with the plate, water and NeoColor IIs" width="400" /></a></div>
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This kept her occupied for over an hour.</div>
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AND gave me some backgrounds and printed papers that I can include in my work.</div>
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BONUS!</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JQblcJvaHhQ/VbJxSUe1H5I/AAAAAAAAGa4/9by2ZMeghtI/s1600/IMG_7063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JQblcJvaHhQ/VbJxSUe1H5I/AAAAAAAAGa4/9by2ZMeghtI/s400/IMG_7063.jpg" title="Gelli prints with NeoColor IIs" width="400" /></a></div>
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Yep that is her arm in Frog Flannel PJs.</div>
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100 degrees in summer and she still wears them.</div>
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I pick my battles.</div>
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She just doodled away on the wet plate.</div>
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One more print....</div>
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Clean up was super easy, basically just wiping the extra water from the table.</div>
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The crayons did stain the plate a bit, </div>
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but no more than when I use spray inks and ink pads on it.</div>
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Good news is it doesn't affect the plate at all.</div>
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This will definitely be on the approved project list for future reference.</div>
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It's a win win for both. She makes art, I get to use it up.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.</div>
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