November Hopping with Craft Hoarders Anonymous

                                    Welcome everyone to another hop with the ladies of 
                                           Craft Hoarders Anonymous.
       Every month on the 5th we share ideas on how to use up your stash and get creating again.

You should be coming to me from Marissa's blog

After head on back to Gloria's blog to see the full. line up of projects or

scroll on down to the bottom where I have it listed for you.

Here is my project for the month.

I did four 8x8" textile collages using a mix of fabrics, papers

and scrapbook embellishments from my stash.

I added batting and backing to turn these collages into mini quilts,

which can be added to a fabric journal or hung on a wall.

Each one took only a few hours to complete.

They are a great way to use up lots of bits and pieces you have lying around.

This is my first collage.

I incorporated some metal and paper embellishments with my fabric flowers.

The background is stamped with a script stamp and StazOn ink.

The flowers were outlined with black glitter glue for a little sparkle.

Machine stitching added a little bit of texture.

The next collage started on a piece of Damask fabric.

Scraps of sewing pattern paper and fabric collaged on over.

The lace was cut from an old handkerchief.

Distress ink was rubbed over it and dried.

Kaiser craft flowers were added.

The photo is a collage image by Tim Holtz.

Rub ons added to a paper tag.

A paper butterfly diet was added in

the upper corner.

The red and black piece started from sewing scraps

of the same color families randomly onto a base.

Metal embellishments were mixed with paper ones. 

A fabric softener sheet was painted, cut into strips & sewn on.

Metal flowers and leaves were added over a dry cleaning tag,

and a paper tag.

Rub Ons added some words.

The fabric softener sheet which was painted & cut.

Woven then attached to the collage with machine stitching.

On the last collage scraps of vintage plaids and stripes

were collaged onto a base.

Mixing in lace, sheet music, lots of scrap embellishments and 

modeling paste.

A resin piece, paper tickets, Pink Paislee banner 

all added.

The image is another one from Tim Holtz.

Modeling paste added through sequin waste and colored with ink.

A piece of thin fabric was laid over the whole thing.

I then went through with my heat gun and melted it in spots.

Glimmer mist flicked on as a final addition.

These were so fun to make.

Pull out all sorts of items and collage away.

Make sure to visit the blogs before and see what others have created for your inspiration this month.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog Hop List:
Gloria Stengel 
Debbie Seyer
Jacquie Southas
Tracey Sabella
Donna Idlet
Nancy Dynes
Wendi Robinson
Kathy Clement
Karen Zueger-Brownell
Marisa Job
Christy Houser

 

Playing with Sketchabilities 130 and Swirlydoos

Happy 2015 everyone.

I hope your Holiday season was filled with family and fun.

My house has finally cleared out.

The last of the visitors left yesterday and I finally get to start creating again.

Today I pulled out the newest sketch from the

Sketchabilities blog, #13o.

Totally fun and ready for some messy media.

I also had on my desk the December kit from 

Swirlydoos

Enchanted Evening.

Perfect!

This is the layout I created.

The base paper is from BoBunny Rose Cafe line.

I added some scraped on Gesso and Primary Cyan fluid acrylic paint by Golden,

followed up with some stamping using stamps from

Tim Holtz and Club Scrap.

A little strip of dyed lace and some Dresden Foil trim.

Prima flowers & resin.

The chipboard is from Creative Embellishments, 

colored with Prima ink and clear embossing powder.

A doily is layered under the photo 

and blue twine circled around it.

Some Tim Holtz rub ons and splattered

Glimmer mist in Slate finish off the page.

That's it for today.

So happy to be back creating.

Now to go put away all the decorations!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

More cards from my Deck of Art….

What a wonderful Monday!

The kids started back today, I have almost full use of my arm again,

AND

I get to create uninterrupted.

Whoo Hoo!

Sharing some more cards from my Deck of Art today.

They are all created on playing card bases.

These are so fun and quick to do, allowing for major impact with little time loss.

The first one sharing is along the same lines as my previous ones.

Both in color and the heart theme, it was halfway done when I had my accident and has been sitting lost and forgotten on my desk until now.

The next 3 all have the same bird theme. 

Years ago I bought this collage sheet with funky bird/people/objects on it.

These cards were created using the last 3 images from the sheet.

I can't help but smile when I look at them.

There are words and rub ons from Tim Holtz.

Distress Paints were used to create the background colors.

I love how you can just rub them on and then use a paper towel to limit and blend the colors.

Little bits of Washii tape leftover from a back to school craft finished them off.

Here is the pile all together.

Oh this makes me so happy.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities #118

I absolutely love this new sketch from

Sketchabilites.

Plenty of inspiration and a chance to use a bunch of my favorite medias on my page.

The photo I use is taken from the top of the Radio Tower in 

Dusseldorf, Germany.

We got up just as the sun was going down on the 

Rhine river and everything was bathed in a golden light.

It was simply breathtaking

and was perfect for this sketch.

Here is the sketch...

And this is the layout I created.

I used the March kit from

Swirlydoos for most of the pieces.

Then pulled various medias from my stash to add.

The paper is from Prima (Stationers Desk).

I scraped Modeling Paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil

and once it was dry colored it with Pan Pastels

(absolutely love how they color the paste).

Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in Latte was misted randomly.

The circles are fro Blockheads and were stamped with Adirondack ink.

There is a rub on on the photo giving a title but it was hard to photograph.

Much easier to see irl.

The tag behind the photo can pull out and has some journaling on it.

Prima flowers, twine,a Doily misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang mist

 and a chipboard heart covered 

with Washii tape created one cluster on the page.

Cheesecloth, Glitz paper layers,

and Prima tags layered under the photo.

Drywall tape, more ribbon and Washii tape also layered under the photo.

The cluster in the left hand corner was created with Prima tags, Washii Tape, 

Tim Holtz Rub ons and cheesecloth.

To finish it all off watered down Burnt Umber acrylic paint

was flicked around the page.

Make sure to visit the Sketchabilities blog and see how everyone interpreted the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Journey Through the Past...

I was browsing YouTube the other day just watching

mixed videos. 

Hopping from one to the next when I stumbled on to an oldie but goodie

by Tim Holtz

(video is here).

A 3 x3 album made with 1 sheet of paper, yes you read that right…1 sheet of paper.

I have made these 3 x 3 albums before but never with the addition of the pockets.

A new twist on an old favorite and I had to play.

I used a piece of 7 Gypsies map paper from my stash.

I felt the old time vintage look of it would go perfect with the theme.

Pulled out some collage sheets with vintage images and went to work.

The initial album goes together really quick.

A few folds, some cuts and add some tape to hold the edges...

Voila!

a 3x3 album.

The fun part became the adding of images and embellishments.

Lots of collage images...

Little bit of stamping...

Pulling out Rub Ons that have sat in my stash forever...

Metal doodads...

Foreign stamps...

and remember I said it had pockets.

Well those pockets need something to go in them, 

so I made 3 tags to go along with the vintage theme.

These albums are so much fun to create.

Off to think of another theme.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!