Blast From The Past - 7 Gypsies American Vintage Collection

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

My quest to use papers from my stash goes on!   A couple of years back, 7 Gypsies® came out with their American Vintage Collection™. The Company sent sample packages to Crew members and I have used the papers sparingly,  mostly to enhance other "Postale" projects. 

Recently, I saw a project that would allow me to use practically the entire collection in one small design.  

This project is based on a design by Alexandra M.  Credit where credit is due!  The link to her tutorial is at the end of this post!

On The Road Again - Mini Stamp Album

I used papers from the 7 Gypsies® Postale Collection to cover the exterior of my project!  The exterior of the mini stamp album and the interior of the box are covered with "map" paper.

The exterior of the mini stamp album and the interior of the box are covered with "map" paper from the Collection. The "Ring Pull" on the front makes it easier to remove the album from its box!  I added a simple brad to make the hardware more interesting. 

I had fun creating different stamp layouts for each page.

The "Stamps Page" in the American Vintage Collection has a nice selection of stamps so each page can be unique.  I followed the tutorial and created 7 pages but you can create fewer if you desire.

I created pockets on some of my backing pages to hold additional ephemera.  I used gold paper clips to add interest.  I used Ephemera from the 7 Gypsies® Mini Ephemera, GYPSY Ephemera.

One of my many new "crafting loves" is using hardware embellishments on my constructed/engineered projects.  I am always amazed at how these simple additions can elevate design.  I was ecstatic to find the little snap closers for the front of my box. The handle on the top is by Prima® "Frank Garcia™Memory Hardware Collection.

I was also fortunate to find these really inexpensive small hinges.  I had larger ones that really detracted from the project aesthetics. Hardware gives the project a clean, professional look, IMHO.

Here is a link to the Tutorial by Alexandra M!

The tutorial is for creating the Mini Album!

Challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Travel related projects

Hugz,

Chana

Think Pink - Breast Cancer Awareness - Canvas Corp Brands

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

I am glad to be back with a post for BCA month!   This project was created for the Canvas Corp Creative Crew Breast Cancer Awareness Project!   Christine sent out a package of materials for this challenge.  I have a lot left and hope to create a few more "Pink" Projects throughout the month!

I enjoy working on canvas.  Over the past several months, I have discovered that I like playing with paint.   I love mixing crazy colors and textures and seeing what I end up with.  This project is not so crazy, but I did have fun trying to think of an interesting way to create an impactful image for BCA!

LIVE!

I had a wonderful black exclamation point for the my "Live," but somehow, it disappeared.  I figure it got stuck to the back of something and probably ended up in the trash.  This has happened before!  I spent almost an hour searching for it and then gave up!

I wanted to use the papers in the kit, but was concerned about the varying shades of pink.  I think tearing strips and addind them to the corners and sides worked out well.  I have had this Donna Downey stencil for a while.  I planned to use it on a journal that chronicles my fight against my disease.  Using it for this challenge gave me an idea of how to use it on the journal.

I traced the stencil with pencil so that I would not paint over the area.  Then I added painted the triangled areas.  After it dried, I used texture paste to add the stenciled image. The two layers of texture paste give the image a true 3D look!  I  painted with Tattered Angels' Almost Black Glimmer Mist (about 3 coats.)   The black photo corners were a last minute addition.  I kept looking at the canvas and thinking that it needed one more element to give it a stronger voice...then I thought of the metal corners.  It is amazing how these things pop into our heads.

Materials Used:

Canvas Corp Brands (7 gypsies, Tattered Angels):

  Pink Polka Dot and Zebra Striped Papers
  Cream Burlap

  Plain Jane Baseboard  Semi Opaque Mists : Clay and Bittersweet

  Tattered Angels Almost Black Glimmer Mist
Earth Safe Finishes (VOC Safe Paints):
  Hot Pink Colorant (mixed with Titanium White Acrylic)
  ESF Sealer and Varnish
Stencils:
  Donna Downey - Crescent Moon 2
  Sizzix - Alterations Thinlits - Love Words
Miscellaneous:
 Want2Scrap Crystals and Pearls
  Pink Paislee Wood Letters - Daily Junque
  Liquitex Molding Paste
  Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Vintage Photo and Black Soot
  American Crafts Elements: Metal Photo Corners
  Viva Gold - Oldgold Wax
  Drywall Tape
  

None Of Us Live Above The Fray!

We Must All Be Aware!

We Must All Join The Fight!

We Will All Live!

Hugz!

Chana Malkah

Shopping Our Stash-Challenge #207-For The Boys

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Shopping Our Stash!   

Masculine cards are not really my forte, but I had all the pieces for this one just lying on my crafting table. Whew, this entire project was made using leftovers from my stash.  The background paper and small banner are both from Graphic 45's French Country Collection. 

The Navy and Ivory Ticking paper and corrugated cardboard papers are from Canvas Corp.  

The stamp is a Unity Stamp Company Itty Bitty Stamp!

 I used this old Mojo Monday Sketch, but did not make my card tall and skinny!

Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to seeing your entries in our new challenge!

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Canvas Corp Brands Crew Challenge #9 - Designer Inspired

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

The Creative Crew at Canvas Corp has been challenged to translate a design from one of their favorite designers.  The translation can be a card, or DIY project, a Scrabook layout, etc.   We are not trying to duplicate their work, we are drawing from their color story, or their design aesthetic.

Faux Grecian Urn

I chose McKenzie- Childs.  I really like their hand painted accessories.  I thought it would be fun to draw inspiration from their designs, but put an antique spin on it.

MacKenzie-Childs

Courtly Stripe Puff Box & Brush Jar

CHANA MALKAH

Chevron and Splatter Brush Urn

I played around with mixing colors to come up with the look I wanted.  I wanted a Gold and Patina look on my jars ( I am working on three more.)  McKenzie-Childs creates mostly brightly colored contemporary pieces, so I was really drawing from the "hand painted" aesthetic.  I added the chevrons on the side as a nod to their use of geometric designs in many of their pieces.

Started with this empty fruit jar.

1. Removed clear labels from front and back.

2.  Applied one coat of Gesso Primer to Jar and Cap

3.  Applied one coat of Earth Safe Finishes English Tea Cake Chalk Paint

4 Applied Cheveron die cut to sides of the jar.

5.  Spray and/or paint jar with Tattered Angels'

Plain Jane Baseboard Sky

Plain Jane Baseboard Blue Bird

Plain Jane Baseboard Clay

Plain Jane Baseboard Bittersweet

Plain Jane Baseboard Grass

Plain Jane Simply Sheer Matte Mist Cozy Yellow

Plain Jane Simply Sheer Matte Mist Un-Birthday

6.  Dry brush muddy areas with Gesso to lighten.

7. Apply Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze to Jar Handles and around the neck of the jar.

8.  Paint recessed jar front and cap with DecoArt Splendid Gold Metallic Paint.

Allow to Dry, then add a top coat of Tattered Angels Saffron Glimmer Glaze.
Label as desired.
I will label my urns when all are completed.

Thanks for Stopping by!
CHANA MALKAH

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613 Avenue Create Challenge #123 - Let's Celebrate

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

Happy Mother's Day!    

This is another of my "reuse those cardboard boxes" projects!  

Celebrating Generations of  Strong, Loving, Black Mothers!

 These vintage photos were downloaded from Pinterest.  One is from the 50's, the other is Victorian.

After sizing and printing, I lightly daubbed them with Ranger's Vintage Photo.

I also applied a little Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the background design paper, 

and edges of the sentiment and ephmera.

The sentiment is from Prima's Life and Time Collection.  The Ephemera is from Tim Holtz 

TUTORIAL

MATERIALS USED:

4 Flaps from a corrugated cardboard box 

Sizzix Alteratios' Postage Stamp Frame Die (This is a Movers and Shapers Die)

Spellbinders' Small Deckled Rectangles Die

Earth Safe Finishes (ESF) Gesso

ESF "Chalk It Up" Plum Preserves

Tattered Angels'  Plain Jane  "Bittersweet" and "Clay" Matte Mist

Viva Inka Gold "Old Silver"

Cut eight panels using the Postage Stamp Frame

Reserve one panel (this is your base.)  Using a retangular die,

cut out the center of the frame of the remaining 7 frame panels.

Use a strong wet glue to adhere the 7 frames.  Be sure to apply glue to top and sides.

Cover with Gesso. Do not apply glue to the inside, if you do, you may not be able to 

"float" your elements.

 Choose your color profile and any accent finishes. 

Apply main and accent colors to top and sides according to your profile.

Use brush strokes and color to create the look of aged wood.

I used Tatted Angels Plain Jane "Clay" and Bittersweet" to paint the edges of the frame.

I used Inka Gold "Old Silver" to highlight the brushstrokes on the front and to highlight the tops, sides and small rectangular frame.  To create the "floating" effect, insert photos /images into the spaces between the frames. 

Images stamped on "clear" cardstock are best to achieve the true "floating" effect.

 Decide on the placement of your embellishments.  I wanted one grouping to guide the eye.

Thanks, once more,  to Tammy Tutterow for her inspiration!

HUGZ,

Canvas Corp Brands Crew Challenge: Save A Recipe - 7 Gypsies Farmhouse Collection

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

I am so happy to share my recipe book using the 7 Gypsies' Farmhouse Collection!  This is only my second project for Canvas Corp since I joined their design team. I hope you enjoy looking at this project as much as I enjoyed creating it!  But most of all, I hope you leave inspired!

CANVAS CORP BRANDS - SAVE A RECIPE - CREW CHALLENGE

My husband, a home cook/amateur chef, has pretty much banned me from the kitchen!  I do like to sneak in there sometimes to whip up some of my favorite recipes.  The recipies are saved on my Mac, but I really like books/paper.  One day, I told myself: " Self, if you make a recipe book, you can keep it in your studio and just hop down to the kitchen with it when you need to."  This project is the brain child of that inspirational conversation! Oh, yeah, and the CCB Crew Challenge!   

Chana's Farmhouse Recipe Book
My goal, was to create a "vintage" book that might have been found in an old country kitchen.  I chose the palette to communicate the look and feel of  an "aged and much used" family treasure.

FRONT

The Farmhouse Paper is so pretty,  I didn't want to muck about with it too much.

 I chose to do spot color only!  The Onion was colored using Viva's Inka Gold's "Greenyellow."  I used Tattered Angels' High Impact Metallic Platinum to color the colander and the rooster.  Gelatos were used to color the cherries.  Heavy distressing on the edges of the spine creates a well worn look.   The paper on the spine is Graphic 45.

BACK

Coloring the carrot was a bit of a challenge, but I was really pleased with the outcome.  I used Tattered Angels' High Impact Platinum Paint mixed with a little Viva Inka Gold Old Silver to achieve an antiqued salt/pepper shaker.

I used Ranger's Divided Tag Sleeve to hold the Page Marker, which is stored in the front of the book. 
I wanted burlap somewhere in this project, so I created a recipe card holder as a decorative insert. 

The recipe card folder has blank index cards.  There are additional "decorated" recipe cards in the pocket of the folder.  I used the Ranger Pocket Pages as section dividers. Cutouts from 7 Gypsies' Farmhouse Collection  and Carta Bella's Homemade with Love were used as pocket inserts. 

I created my own recipe cards and used stencils to embellish the front and back.  The backs of the Pocket Pages were covered with papers from the Carta Bella Homemade with Love Collection.  These papers introduced soft color without overtaking the main Farmhouse color profile and they added visual interest to the book by breaking up the black/white/kraft palette.

These pockets serve double duty as they will hold recipes that I tear out of magazines, etc. , until I can transfer them to a proper card.  Because the backs are covered, I can stick handwritten recipes and notes behind the decorative panels.  My book will stay neat and tidy and pretty!

One of the sections in the book is LUNCHES.  For my brown bag lunch recipes, I created a brown bag recipe card.  The bag is punched two ways to that it can be placed vertically when using the recipe that is on the back, or one of the recipe cards that are stored inside!

Inside the back cover is additional storage for blank recipe cards.  To create this holder, I simply colored a white Farmhouse Folder with TH Vintage Photo and Pumice Stone DI.  The back was glued to the cover and decorated with the cute little sliverware charm.

I could never have a recipe book that did not include a section for Coffee and Tea Recipes.
This section is still under construction, but I wanted to share anyway!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please visit our blog:   The Creative Studio.  
You will love the wonderful Save A Recipe Ideas from other Design Team and Crew Members.  These ladies are UBER talented and their recipe saver ideas will inspire!

Special Shout Out to Tammy Tutterow whose Art Pocket Art Binder E-Class inspired me to create my Pocket Recipe Book!

613 Avenue Create - Create Your Own Challenge - Neew Grid

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

I am having some real time management issues.  I thought I scheduled this post for Sunday! 

This week at 613 Avenue Create, we want you to create your own challenge using Kathi's wonderful new grid.  Pick one item from each column and off you go!

Please let us know which iems you chose.

Canvas Corp Brands has a new line of 7 Gypsies Papers called American Vintage!  I received a few sheets in my box and one of the sheets was old vintage postage stamps.  My tag did not turn out exactly as I envisioned, but I still like it.  I have a few projects in mind that will make great use of these old stamps.  The tag background was created using Canvas Corp's Tattered Angels Sprays and Mists and distressed wtth Tim Holtz Distress Inks.   As is often the case with my tags, this project was inspired by a design by Tammy Tutterow.

My Grid Elements : TAG, ENCOURAGEMENT, METALLIC

The tag itself was cut from a Kellogg cereal box.

The Stamps are from the Graphic 45 Typography Collection

Additional elements are: Washi Tape, Twine, Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbons)

Tim Holtz Film Strip and a charm from Beading Station 100 Plus BSI

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugz,

Chana

CANVAS CORP BRANDS 2015 DESIGN TEAM REVEAL

Hello Crafty Peeples!

It is so nice to begin my term as a Canvas Corp Brands Crew Member!  

For those of you who do not know, CCB is the parent company of  

Tattered Angels, 7 Gypsies, and Canvas Home Basics.  

  

It is awesome to be surrounded by so many talented ladies!  

For the DT reveal, we were asked to design a 4" x 4" canvas project that captures us as designers.  Those of you who visit here regularly know that I can be all over the place as a designer, so I really had to FOCUS on this project.

I had to incorporate earth tones into this canvas design.  They are so me!   I used a combinations of products:  Tattered Angels' Plain Jane Baseboard Matte Mists (Semi-Opaque) and  Plain Jane Simply Sheer Matte Mist (Water Color. )

I also used Inka Gold, Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glazes,  and Luminarte Primary Elements  (to hightlight the stenciled hand) and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo  Ink to sponge  the edges of the canvas and the dragon.

My current love for Mixed Media , Collage, texture paste and stencils is realized in the addition of this marvelous dragon and sentiment from 7 Gypsies'  Epicurean " 6"x6" Paper Pack.  I fussy cut the dragon, colored it, applied 4 coats of Mod Podge, and once dried, a coat of Crackle Accents!  

I applied masking tape to the sides of my canvas to achieve the look of  "distressed plaster."   Misc. embellishements provided depth and texture to the project.  All in all, I believed that I more or less captured my design aesthetic.  My style is evolving, so it will be interesting to see how I present myself on canvas at the end of my term wtih CCB.

I was totally awed by the fabulous canvas creations of my fellow Crew Mates.  

Each one seemed to be more beautiful that one that preceded it.  

Please click HERE to see our "Canvas Wall."
You can vote for your favorite canvas!

Thanks, bunches for stopping by!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah