February Challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

Are you ready for another challenge at 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous?

This month's challenge is a perfect way to create a piece for that 

"someone special"

in your life.

                                                                 How I Love Thee 
     You may create a Valentine, anniversary, wedding, or other love-themed project for this challenge. You may create something that has the word "LOVE" on it. Dig into your hoard and find all those hoarded hearts and pink sequins and doves and wedding paper that you have been saving for just the right project!

I created an 8x8 canvas for the challenge.

Prima and SEI specialty paper are the base.

Layered with drywall tape, Washii tape, stamping and modeling paste.

The sentiment was stamped on vellum,

traced over with a Copic marker,

and framed with a resin frame by Prima.

Some texture....

Supplies:

Paper: Prima & SEI

Modeling Paste

Crafter's Workshop Stencil

Prima ink

Bobunny Stamp

Prima Resin Frame

Lindy's Stamp Gang & Tattered Angels mist

Sequin waste, Drywall tape & Washii tape

Make sure to visit the Design Team members blogs

 to see how the have worked with this challenge.

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel 
Kathy Clement
Nancy Dynes (on vacation)

Pam Bray
Teresa Horner
Wendi Robinson

                          Once you have visited the blogs make sure to head back to
                                                    Craft Hoarders Anonymous
                                                        and link up your project.

                                    Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Still time to enter the January challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

Just a friendly reminder...

There is still time to enter the January challenge at

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

This is a fun one for sure;

CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE!

Create any type or style of project you wish, as long as you pick ONE (1) item from each category in the chart below! Choose your cardstock, printed paper, or other base (box, canvas, tray, etc.). Next, choose your adhesive. Finally, from the chart below, choose your coloring medium, fiber, technique, texture, and embellishments for your project! The combinations are almost endless! (You may choose more than one item from each category, but you MUST have AT LEAST ONE from each!) Have fun, and welcome to a NEW YEAR at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

Here is the chart to choose from...

This is what I have made using the above chart.

I used the Beloved kit from Swirlydoos to create this layout of me and the youngest.

From the list I have;

Spray Mist, Paint, Twine, Stamping, Distressing Tool, Chipboard, Metal,

Flowers, Buttons, & Bling.

Whew!

Supplies:

Kaisercraft paper & Die Cuts

Prima Crystals & Flowers

Tattered Angels Mist

Blue Fern Chipboard

Twine, Metal, & Gesso

Make sure to visit the Design Team members blogs

 to see how the have worked with this challenge.

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel 
Kathy Clement
Nancy Dynes

Pam Bray
Teresa Horner
Wendi Robinson

               Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Kicking off the new year with a Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge

Happy 2015!

It's time for a new challenge at 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

This is a fun one for sure;

CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE!

Create any type or style of project you wish, as long as you pick ONE (1) item from each category in the chart below! Choose your cardstock, printed paper, or other base (box, canvas, tray, etc.). Next, choose your adhesive. Finally, from the chart below, choose your coloring medium, fiber, technique, texture, and embellishments for your project! The combinations are almost endless! (You may choose more than one item from each category, but you MUST have AT LEAST ONE from each!) Have fun, and welcome to a NEW YEAR at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

Here is the chart to choose from...

This is what I have made using the above chart.

I used the Beloved kit from Swirlydoos to create this layout of me and the youngest.

From the list I have;

Spray Mist, Paint, Twine, Stamping, Distressing Tool, Chipboard, Metal,

Flowers, Buttons, & Bling.

Whew!

Supplies:

Kaisercraft paper & Die Cuts

Prima Crystals & Flowers

Tattered Angels Mist

Blue Fern Chipboard

Twine, Metal, & Gesso

Views of my dripping mist, chipboard & twine...

Make sure to visit the Design Team members blogs

 to see how the have worked with this challenge.

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel 
Kathy Clement
Nancy Dynes

Pam Bray
Teresa Horner
Wendi Robinson

Craft Hoarders Anonymous…Challenge 21

Hey Everyone!

It's December 1st and time for another challenge at

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Challenge 21

                                                        Celebrate the Season 
Raise your hands if you hoard Christmas or other winter holiday items! Who has a drawer full of "retired" holiday papers and embellishments? Who goes crazy over the candy cane ribbons or the sparkly embellishments? Share a winter or seasonal holiday project with us. We would love to see your Christmas projects, but you may also enter Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's, other holiday celebration projects, or any winter-themed projects. Celebrate the season with us!

This is the layout I created for the challenge.

You may not guess but this is a Christmas themed layout.

Last year the little one received a new hat, cowboy boots and walkie talkies.

She spent the entire day with the items on or in her hands.

Watching their joy brings me joy.

I used several Spellbinder dies here;

 Mix n Match Ornaments and Superellipse.

The ornaments created a fun garland across my page.

To bring extra sparkle I painted all of them with Distress Stickles in Tattered Rose.

My title was handwritten and then cut out.

The garland again.

Love my little elf :)

Supplies:

Paper: Crate Paper, American Crafts, & LilyBee Design

Tattered Angels mist

Spellbinders dies

Elles Studio & Pink Paislee die cuts

Tim Holtz Stamp & Distress Stickles

My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

Gesso

This month our challenge is sponsored by

Spellbinders® Paper Arts LLC entered the craft and hobby market in 2003 with the introduction of the Spellbinders Wizard™ Universal Craft Tool and a unique, patented collection of dies unlike any introduced before - or since. Always on the cutting edge in introducing innovative tools to the market, the Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer™ machine is the company's latest offering for paper crafters, jewelry artists, mixed media creators and more . In addition, the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine is perfect for large format die cutting and embossing. Known worldwide for its game changing products, the company brings revolutionary technology with its Imperial Gold die templates that cut, emboss, deboss and stencil. Spellbinders product lines include more than 250 patented and patent-pending products, allowing crafters, hobbyists, artists and teachers to create one-of-a-kind; beautiful projects across a different variety of craft genres.

One person who links up their project before the deadline has a chance to win 

this awesome pack of dies.

So head on over to the rest of the design team 

and see what they have created.

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel
Jan Marie Ennenga
Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement

Pam Bray
Wendi Robinson

Then head on back to 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous 

and link up your project.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge 20…BOX IT UP!

Welcome back!

It's half way through November (and 5 1/2 weeks until Christmas EEEKKKK)

and time for another challenge at 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Challenge 20:

BOX IT UP

Create some sort of altered box.

You can create a box from scratch or alter a pre-made one.

Your box can be made of paper, wood, chipboard, plastic or metal.

As long as you dig into your hoard to decorate your box you meet the requirements.

The box may be a decoration, a gift, a gift holder…whatever you decide, just

BOX IT UP!

This challenge the Design Team was given wonderful boxes by

Eileen Hull

          Eileen is a Designer member of the Craft and Hobby Association and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Designer Council. Eileen is from the Washington, D.C. area where she and her husband live in their empty nest. The newest member her family is a vintage camper, which she is driving cross-country, teaching and crafting all the way.
      Eileen has designed a signature line of ScoreBoards™ Sizzix dies, which includes the every popular Artist Trading Blocks dies.
     Her tenth Sizzix collection was released in February. 2014!

This is the box I created using one of Eileen's boxes.

All sides are covered with art, hearts and little inspirational phrases.

I even dug into my hoarded stash of Gelli Print scraps to finish it off.

I can rotate it on a whim, always changing what I am sharing.

Feel free to scroll as I have tried to share photos from almost all sides…

Supplies:

Eileen Hull 3x3x3 box

Liquitex acrylic paint

Washii tape

Book text

Gelli Prints

BoBunny stamp

Solvent ink

Distress marker

Word stickers

This month we are also sponsored by

Heather Hudson.

One lucky winner will receive this

If you haven't checked out Heather's store, make sure to do so.

Her collage sheets are awesome!

Last but most definitely not least, make sure to visit the rest of the

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Design Team

to see what they have done with the challenge.

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak (on vacation)

                                                                      Glenda Brooks
                                                                     Gloria Stengel 
                                                    Jan Marie Ennenga (on vacation)
                                                                    Karen Zueger

                                                          Kathy Clement (on vacation)

Pam Bray
Wendi Robinson

After you have visited everyone head back to the Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog

and link up your box creation.

You have 2 weeks.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Art Journal page with Bister

Sharing another Art journal page today.

This was created by first gessoing the page and then

pulling out my Bister stains to play.

These are so fun to play with.

By varying the amount of water you add you can alter the opacity of the colors.

Plus you get awesome drippage

Once the background dried I added some random stamping with a script stamp

and black Staz On ink.

The upper part of the page I added more stamping  to create 

a sort of brick wall.

The flowers are another old foam stamp.

Using black Gesso with it I stamped all over the page.

I needed a thick paint so when I used my white Faber Castell Pitt Pen it would't reactivate the Bister.

Using the Pitt Pen I outlined all the flowers and stems to make them pop a bit.

I am going to enter this in the 

Mixed Media Monthly challenge

where this month's challenge (#6)

is to use stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

It's all white now….and it's harder than it sounds!

So while I was checking out the challenges this month on the

Flying Unicorn Forum

I came across one hosted by Denise called

It's all white now.

Ok

My interest is peaked.

The rules:

 Your layout must be all white. Off white is ok and so is ivory but no color!
 You must use a black and white or sepia photo. No color pictures.
 You must use a stencil
 Must use Gesso, molding paste, or white paint.
 Must have at least 7 flowers.
Must have at least 1 embellie

I knew no matter what other challenges I did this month I HAD

to do this one.

It really is a challenge!

First off I had to find some white paper. 

Seeing as I apparently have used every piece of printed white paper I created my own background design on a piece of Bazzill Basics.

Using a large crackle stamp by Impression Obsession and white

embossing powder I created an all over background pattern.

My 7 flowers were a combination of fabric ones cut off a strip of tulle

and some Petaloo ones. 

The center beads were gold and I repainted them White with 

High Impact paint from Tattered Angels.

Modeling Paste through a Club Scrap stencil.

I heated it with my heat gun to get a bubbly sort of grunge effect to go with my photo.

You can see the embossing really well in this shot too.

The Moments title is a clear Prima sticker.

more embossing and paste.

You can also see where I melted the edges of my photo in spots,

started as an accident but was a happy one.

The melted edges so fit the photo.

Lace was layered under the photo 

and 2 stick pins were added as embellishments.

And this is my all white layout.

It was most definitely a challenge once I got going.

This girl needs color!

Make sure to check out the challenge thread 

and see how others are going all white.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities #126 with Swirlydoos

Checking out the 

Sketchabilities blog for  sketch #126,

I knew I had to use it for my next layout.

I combined it with the SGC challenge at Swirlydoos.

The challenge there was to tell your story somewhere on the page.

Journaling was to be an integral part of the page.

The other part of the challenge there was to talk about your fur babies.

Well we don't have any ourselves but we are lucky enough to have plenty of friends who share theirs.

This is the awesome sketch….

and here is my layout.

I used mostly supplies from past and present Swirlydoos kits.

One of the tags tucked behind the photo has the journaled story.

It's about the little one and our friend's donkey.

She spent hours with them, feeding, patting, and riding (until she fell off).

She was so happy.

Some stamping on the background paper with BoBunny & Clearsnap stamps 

using Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

Blue Fern Studio chipboard layered with paper scraps,

doilies and some lace trim.

Some Prima ink was rubbed through a Crafter's Workshop stencil 

to give a little pop of color.

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Antique Bronze was 

misted randomly onto the page.

Make sure to visit the Sketchabilities blog and see the other takes on the sketch,

and the Swirlydoos forum 

to see how others are journaling on their pages.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge 16 : All about the office supplies!

It's time for another challenge at 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

School is back in session and this challenge celebrates all that you need to buy for the occasion:

Challenge 16

                                               Who Loves School and Office Supplies?
Most paper crafters also love school and office supplies. We love crayons, markers, shaped paperclips, notepads, folders, and more! If you hoard school and office products, get them out! Use them up! Use at least one item that is really a school or office supply on your project.

I created my piece on a large shipping tag found at the chain office supply store.

The background was created using a combination of tissue paper, Modeling paste, Lindy's Stamp Gang mists and Modeling Paste with a stencil.

The image is another Crafty Secrets collage image, layered over a piece of burlap from Canvas Corp.

The flowers were stamped on some gelli printed deli paper, 

stamped with the Posy Patch Flowers set from Heartfelt Creations and then fussy cut out.

I added some circle hole reinforcers which I also colored with Lindy's and stamped on.

My final school supply is a paper clip with the number charm on it.

Supplies:

Tag

Crafty Secrets collage image

Heartfelt Creations stamp set

Burlap

Lindy's Stamp Gang mist

Modeling Paste

stencil

There are 3 sponsors for this challenge

Heartfelt Creations® is a leading Rubber Stamp & Scrapbook manufacturer for the craft industry. Heartfelt Creations was established in 1997 as Golden Rule Supply manufacturing Rubber Stamps. In January 2006 Golden Rule Supply became Heartfelt Creations.

Heartfelt Creations provides a unique line of artistic stamps, detailed dies and designer papers. Many of our stamps coordinate with our exclusive Spellbinders™ dies. The innovation of our stamps paired with matching dies offers a whole new dimension of possibilities and quickly adds eye-popping 3D depth to any project. Our designer papers are designed to coordinate with our product collections adding the perfect complement to any Heartfelt Creations stamp or die.

Website: http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/

Online store: http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/product-home

Blog: http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HeartfeltCreations

                                                         

Crafty Secrets/Heartwarming Vintage Company is owned and operated since 1993 by Sandy Redburn, who started out publishing supplier resource and marketing books for professional crafters and small businesses.

Over the years the business evolved to focus on Sandy's passion for antiques, vintage images, paper, ephemera and old books which became the basis for the Heartwarming Vintage Collection of paper arts products and Clear Art Stamps. Sandy has a blog and writes an online newsletter which has over 12,000 subscribers as well as an e-newsletter for retailers of their products. Be sure to join in the fun with our monthly Blog Linky Party, the first Monday of each month when we invite you to upload your Crafty Secrets creations for a chance to win a $50 shopping spree in our online store, and every participant receives a $6 shopping credit.

Website: http://craftyvintagegirl.com/index.php/

Blog: http://www.heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.ca/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crafty-Secrets/129235430422442

 Lindy’s Stamp Gang

Lindy's luscious luster is all uniquely two-toned! With vibrant shimmery sprays, flat sprays, vintage sprays, embossing powder and lots more!

Lindy’s Stamp Gang is the creative” baby” of Lindy Plakinger. She passed away in 2008 after bravely battling illness. She was a self-made cartoonist, loved drawing, crafting, designing new products, and creating her funny cartoon characters! One of her greatest joys was traveling to stamping and scrapbooking conventions across the US, demo-ing to her heart’s content with her sister, and giggle partner, Vicki!

Lindy’s Stamp Gang will continue, as was her hope, and dream. Her husband and daughter have taken over the company keeping her creativity alive. Tracey, (her daughter), has always been a “jar filler” in the background of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, but is now trying to fill some incredible shoes!

For more Lindy’s Stamp Gang please visit!

Website: http://www.lindystampgang.com

Blog: http://www.lindystampgang.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindystampgang

      Make sure to stop by the other team embers blogs to see what they have created:

Amber Milone
Christy Butters---You are HERE
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel 
Jan Marie Ennenga
Karen Zueger

Kathy Clement

Pam Bray

        Then head on over to Craft Hoarders Anonymous and link up your Office Supply Creation.

                                Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!