Shopping Our Stash - Graduation/Congratulations

Hello, Crafty Peeps,

Graduations and weddings will dominate the summer months so my teammates over at Shopping Our Stash would like to see your creations for your graduates from K-PhD!

This canvas panel is a gift for the IT /Systems Analyst grad.

The symbolism in this panel may be lost on many.  I included the 1's and 0's because the binary code is nothing more than a series of 1's and 0's. 

Materials Used:

Andy Skinner® Mixed Media Stencil - "Code Breaker"

Tim Holtz® Collection Stencil - Crackle

Tim Holtz® Alterations™ Mixed Media Die

Tim Holtz® Alterations Frameworks™Die - "Trellis"

Liquitex Acrylic Paints

Inka Gold Metallic Wax Paints

Hope you like the project!

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Shopping Our Stash - Winter Blues

Hello, Crafty Folks!

This week at Shopping Our Stash our Theme is:

Winter Blues

We want you to use Blue but DO NOT create a winter card!

Hey, don't blame me, this was not my idea!

But I do love this theme!

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Yes, I am playing with my homemade gelli Printing Plate again!  I am simply addicted and there is little need to try and pretend that I am not. Especially since week after week you poor people will be subjected to my amateur attempts to perfect, or at least to greatly improve, my skills in this new artistic discipline.

Click on Images to see Mixed Media Details!

Me, Myself, and I had a rather heated debate over the decision to distress or to not distress the edges.  In the end, "I" won out and left the edges of the border white.  In real life, the visual impact is awesome!  I took these pictures with my tablet and they are not the best.  Sorry!

I like the continuity I get using swatches of my gelli prints to embellish the card interior. 

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This was another stash clearing/using project!  I am slowly depleting my twelve-year-old cache of Neenah papers that were in inventory when we closed our Graphics business.

Stash Items:  

Neenah Linen CS - Solar White

Neenah Linen CS - Epic Black

Liquitex Acrylic Paint

DecoArt Acrylic Paint

Heidi Swapp Clear Stamp - "Cute"

Andy Skinner(for DecoArt) Stencils: Tread Lightly, Tornados, Children, Code Breaker

Tools and Supplies:

Gelli Plate, Brayer, Paintbrush

Crackle Medium

DecoArt Decoupage Sealer

Adhesive

Double-sided Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by!  Please visit our challenge to enter your project and to see the fabulous creations of my teammates!

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Earth Safe Finishes - Living The Dream Canvas

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

 I'm back with a fun new project for Earth Safe Finishes™ Chalk It Up Paints with Stamping and Doodling.  For this project, I not only used Chalks, but also Pigments.  Blending the pigment with white made it easy for me to create softer hues and achieve a better color balance.   Colors remain vibrant even after some serious dilution via spritzing and blotting.

Creating this canvas was my first opportunity to work with the new pigments and I had a blast!   This was also my first time using stamps and doodles as focals on canvas.  I am learning that a lack of drawing skill need not limit creatively.  Ironically, the face did not stamp and I had to hand draw most of the image (my apologies to Prima) but no way was I starting over!

For Details, Tutorial and Products Lists, Please visit:

EARTH SAFE FINISHES ARTISTS BLOG

Thanks for stopping by, HUGZ,