The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge

SHOW US YOUR SILVER AND GOLD - Create a Project for A Couple

 (Wedding or Anniversary)

The Outlawz Greetings Challenge

Hello, Crafty Peeples!  

My fingers are blue/green because I have been playing with my Ranger Paints, Stains, and Inks.  I love mixing the three together and creating fun backgrounds for my projects.  This week's challenges

provided a wonderful opportunity to get "inky".  

To create this background, I used a #8 Manila Tag. I swiped the tag with the following stains:

Spiced Marmalade, Pickett Fence (Paint), Faded Jeans, Black Soot, Tea Dye (just a spot), and Squeezed Lemonade.  I usually experiment with with adding color, spritzing and blotting until I get the undercoat I want;  then I apply my final swipes. The tag tends to get saturated, so I use my heat tool in between putting down layers (of stains) and spritzing.  A terry towel works great for blotting excess water. I use a solid design paper or kraft paper for the back of the tag to cover any paint seepage.

Once the tag was throughly dried, I spritzed it with a mist made using Ranger's "Perfect Pearls - Gold".  The edges are inked with Ranger "Black Soot".  The glimmer mist is difficult to see the in the photo, but it is very pretty IRL.  Remember, if you want your colors to be "vibrant/hard", allow your tag to air dry.  If you want the colors to "soften", use your heat tool.  Adding a sealant will also soften the colors but, be careful because, the Ranger inks and stains are reactive with water and you may get some fading and spillover of colors.  This usually adds interest to the project rather than distracting from it.

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The Papers are from G45's "Place In Time Collection "June Cut-Aparts"

The "Heart" Charms are from my stash and that wonderful "Butterfly" Charm was a gift from Scrapadabadoo for a purchase I made from their store.  I loved it so much I e-mailed them to purchase a package.  I was so disappointed to learn that they don't sell them.  I have looked everywhere for these.  If any of you know where I can find them.  Please e-mail me at cmalkah@hotmail.com.  The sentiment is from the  INKADINKADO "Patterned Love" Clear Stamp Set.

Hugz,  Chana

Challenges Entered:
The Outlawz -Saturday Paper Ala Mode Challenge - Tags and Labels
Card Mania - Shabby Chic
Created With Love Challenge - Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps Challenge #42 - Wedding
Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Shabby Chick or Vintage
Crafting For All Seasons - Weddings

Bring On The Bling - Outlawz Greetings Challenge

Hi, Crafty Peeps!

If it's Monday, then I must be posting my Outlawz Greetings Challenge project!    Brenda Turner is hosting the challenge and has challenged us to Bling Up our entries.  This was such a fun challenge  for me since I don't use a lot of BLING in my designs.  I still edited myself because I do believe it is so easy to overdo BLING. I  was learning a a new card technique: Shadow Box Easel Cards!  It takes patience, but is well worth the time and singed fingers.  Even DH was impressed.

I was inspired by a design project from LeAnne of Luvlee Scrappin!

There are a few problems with this one, but for a first time project, I'm feeling really okay with it! My image should be a bit more recessed, but I thought it was too dark and would not photograph well!  The image is a cut out from the G45 Place in Time Collection.  The Banner is a sticker from that same collection!  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company.  The flower was handmade by "Yours Truly".   As some of you may have noticed, I have fallen in love with this style of flower.  They are so easy to make and so versatile.  This one is actually the "stopper" on my easel.

Perhaps tomorrow I can convince hubby to take a picture of the side and back so you can see the construction.  He also did not take a picture of the closed card.  Maybe he is angling for a raise. :D)

The image caused me to take a trip down memory lane.  My mother had several Fox Stoles and a Couple of coats with Fox Collars.  I remember being so afraid when she sent me to get her purse out of the closet.  I would run in, grab the purse (and because I have been a klutz for all of my life) I would usually trip and fall over the bedroom hassock or the chaise lounge.  I don't think my mother ever knew how much anxiety those trips caused me. (LOL)

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugz,
Chana

This project is being shared in:
Current Issue of  "The Art Ezine" The Monthly Magazine of Art With No Boundaries
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Monthly Challenge - Pearls and Flowers
Creative Stamp Friends - Pearls, Lace, Swirls
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Shaped Cards (No rectangles or squares)
The Pink Elephant Card Challenge - Anything Goes