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Friday, April 26, 2024

Suzz's Permanently Perfect

Hi! Suzz here. I hardly ever do perfect... Part of the reason I love the vintage grunge style of crafting is that I don't have to worry about that extra smudge. :) I love archival inks and the variety of colors along with the ability to not smudge anything and dry quickly!

The beauty of the archival ink is the ability to use other mediums which you can blend and spray without losing the sharpness of the inked image. I also love the various colors which can be paired with watercolors to change the way the image looks. I decided to use the same image and ink it up with three different archival inks and color the image with the same watercolor to show how the outline ink can change your art and how it appears.

I started with three scraps of paper that I cut into a tag shape. I then stamped the flower with three different archival inks.

For my next step I used a pink watercolor pencil and a water brush to add shading to the flowers.

I loved the effect of all three flowers and how they looked different just because of the ink used on the outline stamp. The watercolor pencil was the same for all three and yet each flower looks like they have a different shade of pink and green.

I also used the archival ink to ink up the edges of the tag all around just create a nice crisp line.

Then I took each flower and created a different background using a mix of distress inks, distress ink sprays, and archival inks to add texture and interest.

On this first tag I stamped the flower on a scrap paper and cut the flower head out and laid it over my tag's flower. I then stamped the field label using black archival ink in an alternating pattern. I then used post it notes to mask off the rectangles to sponge in distress oxide ink in the alternating rectangles.

I finished with a stamped sentiment which was cut and applied at different angles.

For the next tag I used a new stencil with the same distress ink to add a little visual effect in the background of the tag.

I could have used the mask but because I was randomly applying the distress ink, I just sponged around the flower.

I also used a watercolor pencil (black) to add a hint of shading around my flower to make it pop from the paper. I used a water brush to soften the shading of the black watercolor and was able to do this because the archival ink will not respond to the water brush.

I added a hint of distress spray inks to the background and use the same effect on another piece of card-stock to stamp my sentiment and apply.

For my final tag I wanted to use the archival ink to add the pattern to the background of the tag.

I stamped the pattern using the same archival ink. The pattern started to take away the focus on the flowers so I smeared watered down white acrylic paint to soften the effect of the archival ink.

I added shading again with the black watercolor pencil around the outlines of the flowers to make them really stand out. I finished with a splatter of distress oxide stain spray spritzed onto my craft mat and picked up randomly onto my tag.

I hope this inspired you to try out your various archival inks in a fun way. I wanted to share with you the first thing I did when I received the new archival inks.

I always smear a solid section of the ink pad onto a scrap piece of card-stock. (you also can use labels which already are ready to stick on your ink pad container)

Then I cut strips and tape them to the ends of my ink pads. Because I have a wonderful ink rack my husband created for me that stores all my archival inks that looks like this:

It makes it really easy to pick out my ink pads whether they are in the rack or stacked up on my craft desk.

Suzz

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Suzz's Finish It Project!

Hi! Suzz here! I don't know about you but I have many leftovers (as I like to call them) cluttering up my craft desk, drawer and a few other places. I start something and lack a finishing focal point, image, or inspiration! The Finish It challenge was a great inspiration for me to finish off one of my many leftovers!

My starting point for the Finish It challenge was to use one of these beautiful shimmery backgrounds with mica stain sprays blending the colors to create a gorgeous mix of colors.

Then Mr. Rabbit hopped into the house and I felt inspired to tag him! I took one of the pieces created from the backgrounds of shimmery sprays and cut it down to a tag size.

I then stamped Mr. Rabbit using an archival ink and while it was still wet applied black embossing powder to make him really pop and hop on the background.

Then I decided I wanted to outline and highlight him with a white gel pen. This helped make him stand out on that strong orange background.

I wanted to add a little whimsy to the image and decided he needed a fun bow tie and some jewelry on his floppy ear.

I also added polka dots with some white embossing powder using Versamark randomly stamped around the background.

To finish it off a few black gems for his buttons and a smattering of them around the background. Hopefully the Finish It challenge has you pulling out your leftovers and finishing them off!

Suzz

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Steampunk Lovebirds with Suzz

Hi! Suzz here! I was inspired by the lovebirds! They went a little steampunk on me but I think they really shine on the front of the card!

I decided to stamp up my die cuts to add a pop of texture to the surface. I created a flock of birds before I realized what was happening. :) It was great inspiration for my card.

I cut the birds from inky backgrounds and using the Idea-ology Tim Holtz Backdrops. I spritzed the backgrounds using the same colors I used on the card. They were a mix of Seasonal Distress Mica Stains along with a distress oxide.

The backgrounds were created by first applying a layer of opaque crackle texture paste over the flourish stencil. This was done on the backdrops paper and white cardstock.

While the crackle paste was wet the sprays were sprayed multiple times along with water to help mix the colors and thin out in areas the density of the color. Then a heat gun was used to dry out the crackle paste. There was a mix of some areas crackling and others not because of the wetness when applied.

After that the background was cut for the card from one of the pieces. Then the birds were stamped using black archival ink with the various images on some inky remnants. The birds and feather were covered in versamark ink and then a layer of clear embossing powder heated up. This made the colors more vibrant and added another pop to the color on the cut out images.

Happy inking!

Suzz

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

Suzz Deck the Halls!

Hi Suzz here! It is time to get festive and I am in the midst of gathering gifts and wrapping them! I was sorting through my Tim Holtz Idea-Ology and I found the mini clipboard. What better way to get organized on my gift planning and tags for presents than having a clipboard to hold my tags and list of gifts!

I knew I wanted to use some of the beautiful backdrop paper to cover the clipboard surfaces.

Steps for the clipboard:

Pick out papers to cover the clipboard.
Remove the clip from the clipboard
Trace the clip board on the papers including the holes for the screws for the clip.
Cut out the papers and punch holes for the screws.
Stamp the images onto the paper. (I traced where the clip was going to be to help determine placement of sentiment and peppermint stick)
Heat set the images before going onto the next step.
Ink up a background stamp with versamark. Stamp randomly over the open areas of the background.
Sprinkle stamped areas with clear embossing powder.
Brush off any embossing powder on your Santa, Sentiment, Peppermint Stick.
Heat set the background image.
Attach the papers to the front and back.
Paint around the outside of the edges with white acrylic paint.
Smear some of the paint on the embossed background to pick up the pattern of the stamped image.
Highlight Santa with white gel pen.
Put the clip back on the board and accessorize with charms and ribbon.

To go with the cute clipboard I wanted to start creating a variety of gift tags for various presents. I used the scraps of backdrop paper and some of my test run images of santa.

I stamped the Santa image to try out the colors on different backdrop papers and just cut them out into a tag shape.

I accented with mummy cloth ribbon dyed to coordinate using the Mica Stain Sprays.

I also found some of the ephemera and bells to add to the tags and pulled sentiments from various Stampers Anonymous holiday sets.

Now I have a lovely organized set of tags and a list of gifts! There are some great deals happening in the store! Go check them out! Also you have to look at all the beautiful vignettes the team created highlighting the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology!

Suzz

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Monday, January 9, 2023

Year In Review - Highlight your favorite product from 2022 - Laura

Good morning!
The DT ladies from The Funkie Junkie Boutique were asked to create a project using some of our favourite products from the Funkie Junkie!

To begin with I love Stamperia Papers. The designs are fabulous and they really lend themselves to fussy cutting (something I really enjoy doing) I used the Our Way paper pack

I also love to use stencils and mediums and here I used the awesome Tim Holtz burlap stencil with the Tim Holtz Grit Paste - Crypt. I then used the Rustic Wilderness ink pad (then spritzed with water) and

Aged Mahogany Spray Stain.

I inked the chipboard with the rustic wilderness ink pad then applied the rustic wilderness embossing glaze

I colored the flowers with mica stain in orange (from the Halloween release but is sold out) and the mahogany spray stain.

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

Friday, December 23, 2022

Holiday Mini Envelopes

Hi! Suzz here. Time for some holiday fun! I was inspired by the Sizzix Chapter 3 Thinlits Tim Holtz Postale dies! I love the idea of mini envelopes!

I pulled out a mix of papers, stamps, and embellishments along with my dies to cut out the envelopes and embellish them.

I cut out a series of envelope shapes from white cardstock and then played around with stamping different images.

For my first mini envelope, I created a woodland scene using a few different stamps with brown and green archival ink. I cut out a mask of the deer to allow me to place a tree in the background.

Next I used the papers from the worn wallpaper to cut the envelope from and then embellished it with stickers from Christmas sticker book.

A little embellishment with some paper flowers behind the sticker flower along with some white gel highlights to make flower the focal point.

The papers were so pretty I decided to create a second envelope from another pattern.

Only this time I lined the inside of the envelope!

Then I went back to stamping and used the festive collage stamps to drape the boughs of holly across the front of the envelope.

The little sprigs of holly along with the sentiment filled out the rest of the envelope. The berries were all stamped twice and pop dotted to raise them up and add a little texture. Then a sprinkle of glitter was added all over the branches and berries.

The next envelope used some pretty mica sprays over a stenciled background.

The envelope was laid flat and crackle embossing paste was used with the layering stencil to add the festive words.

After the embossed background had dried the spray was misted over the front and then a different mica spray was spritzed over the back. I am going to add a lovely snowflake to the front when I get a few minutes!

Next up is jolly St. Nick!

He was stamped on the white envelope while it was open and then colored with a hint of watercolor. He has a little shimmer on his fur to highlight his lovely hat!

Now I have a set of mini envelopes ready to put a special message and attach to a gift!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

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Monday, December 12, 2022

Tim Holtz Gift Name Tag

Good morning!

I love Tim Holtz stuff!

I don't always feel like I do his stamps justice but they are so fun to work with!

I used the Stamper Anonymous Tim Holtz Department Store Stamps to create a couple of gift tags!

I stamped the wreath twice. I stamped and embossed with green and then added a bit of green distressed crayon. I stamped in red using the Ranger Distress Ink Pad - Lumberjack Plaid then embossed with Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze - Lumberjack Plaid colored it with a marker then glued it on as well as the "Merry Christmas" that I embossed in vintage gold. I added some baubles for the little berries!

I stamped the bells 3 times, once embossed with gold, once in red, and once in green. I then fussy cut and assembled then added some small beads for berries!

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

Friday, December 9, 2022

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Festive Collage & Inky Fun

Hi! Suzz here. I am here to show how I played around with the beautiful Stampers Anonymous Festive Collage. I was inspired by the Festive Collage Stamps (they have been on my craft desk for a few weeks) and started to try different inks and ideas!

This actually was my last card I created and I loved how it turned out. I started with stamping a background using a lovely green ink and various stamps at different angles. I added a touch of inky distressing around the edges of the card and some splotchy ink spots.

I then stamped Mr. St. Nick and colored him to put on the front. I needed a little background to show off his fine attire so I stamped a tag using a lovely mix of gold and brown inks.

The star was a piece of white cardstock that a star had been cut out from. I just used my paper cutter to cut around the star shape and created a star frame. The star frame got a coat of shimmery gold and brown dye ink. I finished with a fun little sentiment and some embellishments.

Next up is a cute little treat bag. I purchased these muslin bags at the craft store.

I knew stamping directly onto the fabric would not give me the best effect. I decided to stamp on tissue paper and then apply the tissue paper to the bag.

I stamped on the tissue paper multiple times. It is really important to use an archival ink to get an image that won't be lost when applying the medium to adhere it to the fabric. Also too much ink and too much pressing on the tissue paper will allow it to bleed and lose the sharpness of the image. This was a rejected image because it bled a little too much on the leaves.

Next I applied the decoupage medium to adhere it to the fabric. I like to use a decoupage medium and find that if I put it on the surface first and then lay the tissue paper onto the wet surface and then apply another coat over the tissue paper I get the best results. Also make sure you go over the edges with the medium.

I also made sure to put a non stick surface inside my bag to keep the bag from sticking to itself. :) It made a cute little gift bag and I can stamp coordinating tissue paper to put inside with the gift!

Next I decided to pull out my white ink and try it on a few different surfaces.

First I stamped on the kraft cardstock. I used watercolor pencils to add a hint of color to the image. I then sponged the entire surface with versamark watermark ink. I then embossed with clear embossing powder. It added a lovely depth to the color of the cardstock and highlighted the coloring and the image.

The next card was stamped on kraft as well but I used a neutral color and highlighted and shadowed with coloring pencils and white gel pen.

The image was stamped with a brown archival ink. I then added color with watercolor pencils and a waterbrush. I finished with a white gel pen to make areas pop on the card.

After the soft effect of the white ink on the kraft card I decided to try to really pop the ink on a black background.

The image was stamped with white ink on a black background. Then colored using the watercolor pencils. A very simple effect but very eye catching!

Finally my favorite way which is to just stamp the beautiful image using a neutral color and then color the image with watercolor pencils.

I stamped with a soft brown ink and then colored it with watercolor pencils and a brush. I left it plain to have the image shine.

I hope this has you inspired to try out the festive collage stamps and various inky ideas!

Suzz

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