Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge - Crazy For Coloring - Use Markers, Pencils, Gelatos, etc.

Hi, there, Crafty Makers!

We have another fun challenge for you this week at Shopping Our Stash.  This is the week to explore your stash and make use of all the coloring tools you have not used in a while or ever!  For me, that meant: Use Those Gelatos!!

This project is really a fusion of Gelatos and Arteza Brush Markers.

I own only four Gelatos which rather limited my color choices.  The background and border were painted using Gelatos.  The flowers were painted using both gelatos and Brush Markers.

I wanted to create an abstract feel for this design so I stamped my image with black ink and then moved my card panel just a smidgen (I used my Tim Holtz Stamping Tool) and stamped a second time with VersaMark. The image was heat embossed with white embossing powder.  The painted  border serves as a "faux" layer.

It is difficult to see here but in real life, this card has a wonderful shimmer.  When all the painting was complete, I spritzed the panel with a sparkle shimmer mist then used my heating tool to speed up the drying process.  I used Distress Ink to stamp the butterflies. 

Stash Items:

Everything used for this project has been in my stash for over four years.

Materials Used:

Cardstock: Neenah Solar White, Papertrey Vellum

Faber Castell Gelatos: Blood Orange, Banana, Aqua (I think!!) Here is the Amazon Link 

Arteza Brush Markers

Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Candied Apple, Wilted Violet

Inks: VersaMark and Momento Tuxedo Black

Embossing Powder

Scor-Tape and Art Glitter Glue.

Tsukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz: Sparkle

Crafting Tools Used:

Tim Holtz Stamping Tool

Heat Tool

Rotary Cutter

Shopping Our Stash -Fantastic Beasts

Hello, Ya'll!

Here at Shopping Our Stash, we are on the lookout for 

Fantastic Beasts: Unicorns, Dragons, Monsters...Et al!

This is Ms. London's SketchI

 I knew I had to craft a card using this fabulous Unicorn sketch by Ms. Tanya London.  Since I was playing around with my new gelli plate (made with my own crafty little hands) I decided to use one of my gelli prints as the background paper.

I chose a blue monochrome palette with gold and silver highlights.

I used a section of my gelli print to complement my sentiment!

I used Smooch™ Frost Glitz and Gold Lame on the horn.  (Unfortunately, the Frost does not photograph well.)

This background sheet is actually the paper I used to "roll off" paint from my brayer !

Creating gelli prints is a fabulous way to utilize paper scraps. Nothing is wasted and you can use any type paper to create your designs.

 Everything used in completing this DT piece is over 5 years old, except the paint which is only 3 years old.  And, of course, my Gelli Plate which I made last week!

Shopping Our Stash - Winter Wonderlan

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

The Shopping Our Stash Challenge will run for two weeks.  We all need to take that holiday break.  So, you have extra time to share your Winter Wonderland Creations with us.   These do not have to be Christmas related...just lots of winter stuff like snowflakes!

I love making boxes and these cracker boxes are so pretty!

 Link to Linda Parker's Tutorial

I CASED her project to prepare this gift for my Grandson's Teacher.  She is from Paris and I was tempted to use an Eiffel Tower Stamp but that would be too pedestrian. 

The smaller box serves as a lid and holds tea bags (I forgot to take a photo of the open box.)  We filled the large box with Hershey's Kisses!

I Created A Male Version of the Cracker Box and will share it here later this week!  Thanks for stopping by and remember to play along with us at Shopping Our Stash!

HUGZ!

CHANA MALKAH

Shopping Our Stash - Gift or Gift Card Wrapping

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, we challenge you to create pretty gift, wrapping, or card holders!

If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you know this is the time of year that I make these little gift baskets.  

For this challenge, I decided to use the remnants of Graphic 45 "A Ladies' Diary" Collection to create an ensemble gift package.

Chanukah Gift Ensemble "Shani"

I created this Chanukah Gift for my friend, Shani, who lives in Israel.  I miss her so much and we just had our annual two-hour-long phone chat that made me miss her even more.  Now I need to up-cycle a cardboard box for packaging.  I am glad Chanukah lasts 8 days!  I also need to stop nibbling on the candy!

Journal/Diary

This journal,  from a Flying Unicorn  Club shipment (last year,)
was just perfect for creating a companion journal/diary element. 

A little bling to hide the seam but mostly to add interest and voila!

The best part about making this book cover was not having to do anything except cut the paper to size and wrap it around the book.  I used my favorite Decoupage Technique to adhere the paper.  I also decoupaged the "A Ladies' Diary" label. Hard to tell this is not the original cover!

I added a pocket to the inside cover and I am thinking about adding one  "A Ladies' Diary" Stamped image to each page.  I love how the stamp strip folded over perfectly on the back cover.  Sweet! 

The back is as pretty as the front.  I love G45 Papers for projects like this one.  Creating is fun and easy!

A little scoring plus a little Scor-tape and you get a perfect spine!

Electric Pillar Candle

I stained this electric pillar candle a few months ago to use for another challenge.  They didn't like it so I kept it on my table just waiting for the perfect project. So, what do you think?  

Isn't this a nice addition to the ensemble? 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Stop by and leave some LUV for the rest of the SOS Team

CHRIS

MARIA

BARBARA

MIMI

LAUREN

DEENA

Materials Used

Papers:  Graphic 45® "A Ladies' Diary™"

(I cut the basket using Neenah® CS and then glued the G45 papers onto the individual strips.  The paper alone is not sturdy enough.)

Flowers: Prima® Flowers

Gift Tags: Prima® "Something Blue" Collection

Brads: Bo Bunny

Border Bling:  Want2Scrap

Candy: Hershey® Nuggets

Challenges Entered:

Creative Artists Challenge:  Mixed Media

Shopping Our Stash - The 4 Elements - Earth, Wind, Fire, Water

Hello, Crafty Folks!

IT'S STASH REDUCTION TIME

WELCOME,  New SOS Design Team members!

The Shopping Our Stash Team has a wonderful talent for coming up with offbeat challenge themes.   I usually get stuck trying to come up with a suitable project and this week was no exception.  I finally chose WIND and EARTH as my ELEMENTS.  This was a fun project and I had a chance to use the Emboss/Resist Technique.

You only need to choose ONE element but feel free to incorporate as many as you can/want in one project.   Please let us know your element choice.

Wind and Earth Elements Tag

Using the Emboss/Resist Technique.

 The element WIND is represented by the Butterflies.  Some are hiding in the forest!

I love to watch these elegant, beautiful insects as they float gracefully on air and then land gently on a limb, rose, or on your finger, if you are lucky!

The Green Ink is more of my Earth Element.

Stash Items:  Graphic 45 Product Backing Card.  An Irregular piece of cheese cloth leftover from another project was colored with chalk ink and used as ribbon.  

The back of the tag was colored with ColorBox® Pigment Ink - Ocean - from the Taos Paintbox®.  The edges were inked with ColorBox® Fluid Chalk Ink - Pumpkin Spice.  

What Was Done

This is a stash item!  Whenever I purchase carded items, I save the cards to use as tags.  The card is glossy so I covered it with a layer of gesso. 

I embossed the card  using the WRMK® Next Level™ Embossing Folder

COLORING THE TAG

• Use the ColorBox®  Color Blender™ to apply your  Paintbox® inks.  For this project, I used colors from ColorBox® Chalk Paintbox®  Mercantile™(Alabaster, Red Barn, Guacamole, Sea Crystal) and Pigment Paintbox® Taos (Amber and Chianti)
• Add ColorBox® Fluid Chalk Ink - Pumpkin Spice.  (I blended colors until I achieved a "forest" background.)
• Heat Set the inks.  
• Place ColorBox® Top Boss™ Clear  Embossing Pad directly on the tag and skim across the top.  Do not apply too much pressure.
• Sprinkle clear embossing powder over the tag, shake off excess powder and then use your heat gun to melt EP.
• Spritz card with complementary colors and blot away excess. 
• Sand around the edges of the tag to remove some of the melted embossing powder.  Ink the edges.
• Use SMOOCH® to paint my die cut sentiment. 
• To add more color to the embossed images, paint the inside wings with Liquid Pearls®.  Also use Liquid Pearls® to trim the butterfly wings.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you decide to try the emboss resist technique, share your project results with me at A Place To Start in our Neverending Challenge!

HUGZ,

CHANA MALKAH

PRODUCTS - ClearSnap

ColorBox® Paintbox® - Mercantile (Chalk Inks); Taos (Pigment Inks)

ColorBox® Paintboxt® - Fluid Chalk Ink - Pumpkin Spice

Smooch® Pearlized Accent Ink -  (Lettuce)

ColorBox® Color Blender™

ColorBox® Stylus Tool and Tips

ColorBox® Top Boss Embossing Ink

ColorBox® Clear Embossing Powder

OTHER PRODUCTS

We Are Memory Keepers® Next Level™ Embossing  Folder - Butterflies

Sizzix® Alphabet Dies - Mac and Cheese™

Liquid Pearls®

Pro Art® Premium Gesso

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Shopping Our Stash #251 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

I hope you will join in the fun this week at Shopping Our Stash!  

This week our Stash Reducing Theme is:

April Showers Bring May Flowers 

Create your project using: umbrellas, rain or flowers. 

Another idea would be a creation for a Baby or Wedding Shower.  

My project is pretty pedestrian.  I am working with some new ColorBox products and I don't have many pastels, so I decided to go with the earth colors of which I am so fond!

GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!

My flower was created using the ClearSnap Art Screen "Poinsettia."  The background was embossed with the WRMK Next Level EF "Butterfly."

 Rather than fabricating a traditional card, I chose to create a panel card!  I knew I wanted to use the "Grow where you are planted" sentiment but the problem was finding a complementary sentiment for the back panel.

Supplies used:

Stash Items:
The vertical Paintbox has been in my studio since the year 2000, I think!  It definitely qualifies as a stash item! The white card stock is also about 10 years old.  It was left over when we closed our graphics business in 2005.

I used the ColorBox Stylus tool and cotton swabs to color in the stencil.  After the inks dried, I fussy cut the flower and sprayed it with Aleene's Glossy Sealant.  I love the new colors and the fabulous Chalk Paintbox!

Happy Crafting!  Looking forward to seeing your project in our challenge!

HUGZ,

CHANA

Challenges Entered:

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - Chip Off The Old Block - Use Chipboard

Hello, Crafty Peeples,

I am a day late with my post for Shopping Our Stash, but this was one of those projects that literally turned into a vendetta.  To make a long story short, everything that could go wrong did go wrong.   I was incapable of cutting a straight line or cutting paper, or applying paper completely straight. I only have good stamped images because I stamped using pigment ink on chalk paint and could remove my mistakes with baby wipes.

I started this project as a gift for my grandson's teacher.  The 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade classes went on a camping trip (4 days, 3 nights, what brave parents and teachers) and I wanted her to have this as a little thank you!  They left on Monday and the project was still in disparate pieces on my board. 

I was surprised to discover the clip would hold the chalk without any additional anchoring.   The problem of the chalk had plagued me throughout the process.  I shook it, dropped it, no problems!

I used the Frosted Flakes™ chipboard box to create my sleeve.  The clipboard is also constructed from chipboard.

Other Supplies Used:
Earth Safe Finishes® Chalk It Up™ Razzleberry
DecoArt® Americana® Decor™ Chalky Finish™ - Relique (1 part) Sleeve color
DecoArr® Americana Decor© Chalky Finish™ - Yesteryear (1part) Sleeve color
DecoArt® Americana Decor© Chalky Finish™ -  Carbon (for the clipboard)
Graphic 45 - An ABC Primer Collect Papers and Stamps
My Mind's Eye® record it! - all things CHALK! - (Journal Card and Alphabets on sleeve) front and the Happy Campers paper on the sleeve back.)
Rubber Stampede® Paint Pad Pigment Ink - White

THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY!

Share some of that love with my teammates!

CHRIS

BARBARA

JESSI

DEENA

LAUREN

DONNA

ALICA

Hugz,

Chana

Challenges:

Frilly and Funky Challenge - It's Not Easy Being Green

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #247 - You Stamped With What?

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

Chris is hosting this week and she has asked us and you to 

Stamp your project with a project not intended for stamping. 

For my project, I used bubble wrap to stamp both my background and the die cut panel beneath my leaf.

 This is a shot of the inside.   I love this stamp!

Thanks, Chris!  This challenge really causes one to step out of their comfort zone and push the creative boundaries.  

Stash Items:

Bubble Wrap

Ribbon

Water Color Paper

Tim Holtz Rub Ons

Charm and Leaf

Thanks for stopping by!  Now share some of that love with my teammates!

CHRIS

BARBARA

JESSI

DEENA

LAUREN

DONNA

ALICA

Shopping Our Stash - Challenge #243 - Oh Me Lucky Stars

Hello, Crafty Leprechauns!

Chris is hosting the challenge this week at Shopping Our Stash 

 She has challenged us to:

MAKE A ST. PATRICK'S DAY PROJECT

OR

Use A Charm(s), or Use The Color Green Predominately

  I did not have a single four leaf clover charm and I did not have any St. Patrick's Day themed paper.  So I decided to go with charms and green paper.

I am having a love affair with acetate right now (actually, I am just trying to get rid of some of the acetate packaging I've saved up,) so I decided to create a window and frame my hearts.  I used distress ink to create a watercolor background for my TCW  stenciled hearts, and then used yellow and green chalk on the background. 

The embossing folder is WRMK's Next Level Set: QUILTED

Placing all those beads around the hearts is one of those ideas that seems like a good idea and ends up...well, I just calmed down so I won't go there!

I know we are going to see some fabulous entries.  I hope yours will be in the MIX!

JOIN US HERE

Make sure you stop by and leave a little love for my teammates!

CHRIS

BARBARA

JESSI

DEENA

LAUREN

DONNA

ALICA

Hugz,

Chana