tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76100749113499331832024-03-11T21:52:16.405-07:00The Artful MamaJoin me in an artistic journey! Experiment, play, and just have fun!
Life is short... try to get ink or paint on your hands and clothes everyday! :) :) :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-88930097133255048382011-09-12T13:47:00.000-07:002011-09-12T13:47:57.898-07:00The Owls Return - The 2nd Flock<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh, just more owls!! I am having so much fun with this little guys (and gals!) My daughter loves the "giggling" owls! I have to say that my favorite in this second group is my little white cross-eyed dude! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next...... Xmas owls!! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6vS3i1yN6_CDQbp48KxKOROtk1pL7BRbiWqaPaBH2clYxR-sQvDki_F0AFRzidFZ5eXiCkCcFk1Q2_iHj_Mj_dE-SgDwpVxggJJ6qArRFPK2vWuZ9oza378x54ofBFHZevVKfdDjJv5R/s1600/Owls+on+Parade_The+Second+Flock.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6vS3i1yN6_CDQbp48KxKOROtk1pL7BRbiWqaPaBH2clYxR-sQvDki_F0AFRzidFZ5eXiCkCcFk1Q2_iHj_Mj_dE-SgDwpVxggJJ6qArRFPK2vWuZ9oza378x54ofBFHZevVKfdDjJv5R/s400/Owls+on+Parade_The+Second+Flock.JPG" width="381" /></span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-74561006465096048102011-09-10T21:06:00.000-07:002011-09-10T21:06:23.255-07:00Halloween Owls on Parade!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cute little guys!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a punch from Stampin Up that I borrowed from my friend, Marci. I must have punched out about 100 Halloween paper owls and about 40-50 Xmas paper owls. All of the little pieces pop out at once. You then put them together as you wish.......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had a ton of fun making these little guys!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm hoping to make them into cards ...... we'll see what happens. They may nest for a while on my desk! LOL!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gotta love Stickles and the black and white pens!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, onto the good stuff! :) After much research, I decided to purchase a BossKut Gazelle. I got it this Tuesday! Yippie! It is so much more sturdy than the Cricut! Makes super cuts and you can do so many different things with it!! (eventhough it's pink....... LOL) I have been playing around with making silhouettes of some old photos to make t-shirts. This is my first one! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I used the Heat Transfer Vinyl. I set up the design using the software program: <a href="http://www.make-the-cut.com/">Make the Cut</a>. You can import pre-made images, or you can make your own. You can also import fonts to cut! Very cooooooooooooool!! Anywho, I cut out the vinyl on my new Gazelle. It worked REALLY well!!! Very easy to use.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is my first shirt!! :) :) I'm really happy with it. Yes, I know, it's pretty "Andy Warhol-ish", but that's OK with me! I was going for that artsy fartsy look! :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I colored the tags by scrunching and covering with Distress Inks. (about 3-4 "coats") I stamped some random flowers as the background. Then I stamped the word TWEET (I know......soooooooooooooooo original) with the new Alpha Stamps by Ten Seconds Studio. They are awesome!! Colored the images with colored pencils. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The bird on the front cover is a Sizzix die cut (from a shipping tag) distressed and colored with Distress Inks. I embossed w/ a Tim Holtz folder and then highlighted some areas with Glossy Accents. It is "pop-dotted" onto the front cover.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The tags are just small shipping tags distressed with ink and then stamped with random bird images and topped off with some pretty fibers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tied the binding coils with fabric and lace strips........</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Voila! 'tis finished!! :) </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is another Valentine's Card I made using my Paper Pups Cricut Cartridge. I just love all of the cute doggies on this cart!! :) I had fun putting this card together! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Edited Feb 2, 2011 -- Added doll of my son, too! :)</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, I have never been one into paper dolls. Not really even as a kid. I, of course, bought the Cricut Paper Dolls Cartridge more for the accessories and borders. Well, after looking around at other dolls made with this cart, I had an epiphany. Duh! Make dolls of my kids!!! :) :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is my first........ my daughter in her Cross Country uniform. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TOO STINKIN' CUTE! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(even SHE likes it.........that says something!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The cute little face with glasses is a stamp from </span><a href="http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Peachy Keen Stamps</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Love 'em! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"><em>(I added Kyle to the mix! :) He is almost 6 yrs younger than Becca. He wanted a Spongebob shirt and jeans. I used a blue paper for his jeans and then smeared black chalk over them...... I think they look "jean-like" :)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-77359660529233504392011-01-21T12:20:00.000-08:002011-01-21T12:20:21.313-08:00Back in the Saddle...........<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Howdy!! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!! Happy New Year and all that jazz!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been having fun playing with my Digi Scrapping software and my new cutting toys! I bought a Gypsy to go with my Cricut Expression. (How sad is this...... it was so cheap [$49.99] that I bought it without REALLY knowing what it did....... LOL) For some reason Michael's had a Cricut blowout... cartridges for $9.99, the Gypsy and Create for $49.99, and some other accessories super cheap. So, I indulged and have been playing! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here are 2 little projects that I have done.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The "Chick Card" is for my girlfriend that moved away to Colorado. She raises and shows chickens. I think she'll get a big kick out of it:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Off to make a couple more quickie Post It Note holders. Hopefully Mr. M will come roaring back home soon!! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxo</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-28972884052124730152010-07-14T09:42:00.000-07:002010-07-14T09:42:06.270-07:00My Last 2 Fair Entries! :) We are off to turn them all in today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here we are!! My last 2 entries for this year's Fair. You have already seen this piece. I did add more color to the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">UTEE</span> pieces and I changed the picture display. (I don't really like to display the kid's pictures in such a public venue) Plus, I always get such a kick out of this image! Isn't she great?!!! :) Of course, I sealed the piece with <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">PYMII</span>. If you'd like to read my process for making the mosaic pieces, you can see my blog post here: </span><a href="http://theartfulmama.blogspot.com/2010/06/finished-embossed-dog-and-made-mosaic.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Mosaic Frame"</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, they are all tagged and ready to drop<span style="background-color: white;"> off tomorrow. It really is great because all of the kids that enter "stuff" in the fair are guaranteed at least a 3rd Place Ribbon. The kids look forward to seeing all of their creations displayed at the Fair!! Lots of Kodak moments modeling in front of their entries and ribbons! :)Every kid (and adult) also gets a free entry ticket into the Fair. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tomorrow I'll post my last 2 entries. One is still drying! LOL!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Toodles...........</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-67292868552341574952010-07-13T14:24:00.000-07:002010-07-13T14:28:00.577-07:002 Sonoma County Fair Entries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's Sonoma County Fair time again!! :) The kids and I have been entering "stuff" in the fair for several years now. We are putting the finishing touches on our entries. This kid's stuff is almost ready. My stuff???....... I am blowing on my glue and trying to make it dry before we have to turn stuff in tomorrow! LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">==========================</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here are 2 of my projects. First, a copper leaf "sculpture". I stamped the copper with real grape leaves. (used black acrylic paint) I cut out the leaves by hand. I used the <a href="http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/videos/010510.html">Ten Seconds Studio Salt and Vinegar Chips Patina</a> method. Then I ran all of the leaves through my Big Shot with a different <a href="http://www.sizzix.com/catalog?w=texture+fades&per_page=24">Tim Holtz Texture Fade</a> folder. I did a little sanding.......... sealed with <a href="http://www.pymii.com/">PYMII</a>......... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then I glued all 4 leaves onto a grape branch. (the branch has been treated with 2 coats of glossy wood sealer)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and......... voila!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Copper Sculpture! ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">===============================</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-86940363793897049682010-06-29T10:11:00.000-07:002010-06-29T10:13:24.744-07:00Colored Pencils on Metal!!?? Why not!! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">Yeppers</span><span style="color: blue;">. Another metal experiment. I am a little disappointed in the outcome of this experiment. But, I do think with a few adjustments, it can turn out much better. So........ let me tell you what I did (and show the results) and then I'll tell you what I think it will take to turn out better! :)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First, I have been smitten by the notion of drawing on metal with colored pencils. I have seen a matte black metal that is designed for drawing. I have not ordered any of the metal because it is rather expensive. Then I thought, why not try and make some out of what I have??!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-----------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I took some of my Rock Star Black metal from </span><a href="http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ten Seconds Studio</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and sprayed 2 medium coats of <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">PYMII</span> on it. (</span><a href="http://www.pymii.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">PYMII</span></span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> is an acrylic sealer.... super fabulous stuff! Great for sealing all sorts of projects, including metal!!) This gives the metal some "tooth" to take the colored pencil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So. Overall, I think the technique has possibilities!! Now, how to make it better??</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">-----------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1) Freehand embossing should give better results. The 90 degree (almost) angle of the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Cuttlebug</span> folder image is too sharp. It is very difficult to color the entire image w/out getting it on the edge of the image. You could try to use extremely sharp pencils to try and avoid this problem. So, next time I will try to do a freehand image and I bet the results will "pop" more off the metal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who knows what the next step will be?!! That's the fun of it, isn't it??? :) Stay tuned.........</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(p.s. If you'd like to join in on the fun, the sign up deadline for the swap is not until July 9. Come join the group and play! :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-62535658877024216422010-06-09T15:55:00.000-07:002010-06-09T15:57:09.823-07:00Finished the Embossed Dog and made a Mosaic Frame<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yippie! I actually finished off the "All Dogs Go To Heaven" project that I started with my metal embossing kit for the Cricut from Chomas Creations. The girl I made this for is a hippie wannabe, so I made it in sort of a grungy, tie-dye style. I hope it doesn't make her too sad....... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also actually executed a project that I envisioned a while ago! WooHoo!! :) I wanted to make a mosaic frame from UTEE and metal. I thought it would look pretty cool! I used the <a href="http://store.tensecondsstudio.com/">Ten Seconds Studio</a> molds for the patterns on the UTEE. I did a freehand pattern on the metal. I used <a href="http://store.tensecondsstudio.com/">Rock Star Black</a> metal and black UTEE. I cut the UTEE pieces while it was still warm. I embossed and sanded the metal and then I cut it up into pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">========</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I took a cheapo square wooden frame that I got from Michael's and covered it with the <a href="http://store.tensecondsstudio.com/misc.html">Humungo</a> 2 sided tape from TSS. I cut out the hole in the middle and trimmed the sides. Then I painted the edges. Now, I SHOULD have painted the frame first...... oh, well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">============</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I placed all of the pieces of UTEE and metal on the frame. After I got it to look the way I wanted, I filled in all of the spaces with microbeads. I highlighted the UTEE pieces with Perfect Pearls. I touched up around the middle of the frame with some paint. I put in a photo and VOILA.... my altered item project for our local fair! :) :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First, I found this cute image online:</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then I converted the image in Inkscape to a file to import into SCAL to cut with my Expression. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><strong>(SCAL is a third party software program you can use with your Cricut to cut out shapes. You are not longer restricted to images on the cartridges)</strong></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">----------------------------------</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is a close up of the back of the metal after the machine got done embossing.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu42aWHv_3oJvTa4GgRJt60ZVOqxzyQLqmhDwN7JzpSFNuqViW-bVEcBvEFNzwLTH_u9vRKFIbVXtLxNy0Niu4i_QjebbPawMhhyphenhyphennHpq2WATIjThIvSQQ3oJmz5hS8C2jUWlEyJXE7LIB/s1600/cricut+embossing+close+up+back.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu42aWHv_3oJvTa4GgRJt60ZVOqxzyQLqmhDwN7JzpSFNuqViW-bVEcBvEFNzwLTH_u9vRKFIbVXtLxNy0Niu4i_QjebbPawMhhyphenhyphennHpq2WATIjThIvSQQ3oJmz5hS8C2jUWlEyJXE7LIB/s320/cricut+embossing+close+up+back.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziGsqPBePwLAPkLpWCEDk3UoKpduKzQKzMXEPJkD_TgZfgQCzyA3HHA_LmKoCJlJNotsbaYcTHyUwKTVyrubs1KSzm9QE7dsgcdZNUb0xzAoxQ2H1OQzIUmFmXe55InmwTdG4dHj54Ybk/s1600/cricut+embossing+buddy+final.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziGsqPBePwLAPkLpWCEDk3UoKpduKzQKzMXEPJkD_TgZfgQCzyA3HHA_LmKoCJlJNotsbaYcTHyUwKTVyrubs1KSzm9QE7dsgcdZNUb0xzAoxQ2H1OQzIUmFmXe55InmwTdG4dHj54Ybk/s320/cricut+embossing+buddy+final.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tellin' ya, loving this gizmo!!!! I really think I'll be using it A LOT!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For all you Metal Heads out there, come join our new Yahoo Group! </span><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TenSecondsStudio/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TenSecondsStudio Yahoo Group</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Come play and learn with us!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">C Ya Soon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-59406492157457775722010-05-12T11:13:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:53:05.930-07:00Last Teacher Gift 3rd Grade - Lemons to Lemonade!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whew! Talk about ducking under the wire! I just found out yesterday that Miss R.'s last day is THIS FRIDAY!! (Miss R is the student teacher in my son's 3rd grade classroom) She is fabulous and will make an awesome teacher!! The kids love her! I found out that she is a licensed pilot. (Wow!) So, Amelia Earhart was my inspiration for my final teacher gift of this year. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">--------------------------</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I designed my layout and then went to embossing some <a href="http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/">Ten Second Studios</a> metal (this time <em>Brrrrrrrrrrrr Blue</em>.... I thought it was a good "flying" color) I traced the bird and did all of the lettering freehand. The subtle backgrounds are 2 Sizzix texture plates that I have in my stash. :) I really do love this quote and I think it translates well to both a teacher and a pilot! :) :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So here is my lemon story. When I was done embossing, refining, sanding and basically all of the time consuming work, I cut out the design to fit the plaque. <strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>==============</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>=================</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I could not believe it! I was so totally OFF it was not funny! I was close to tears!!! It looked terrible! <em>"Suck it up, Susan!!"</em> Ok. Regroup. Deeeeeeeeeep breath. (where did I put that Jack Daniels??....... wait, that won't help [ok, it might have made the cut look straight after a while]) I know!! Curvy!! Curvy is good!. So, enter the "curvy" left-hand side distressed with some acrylic paint. Whew! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lemonade is served!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">----------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you like it Miss R!!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>(click on image for a closer look!)</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I used the FABBY new metal color "Peacock" from Ten Second Studios. It is a beautiful color. It reminds me of Hawaii and tropical flowers. I found the flip flop image and the poem online. I designed my layout and then embossed away! :) I used the TSS flower mold for the background and the flip flops have a Sizzix plate design on them. I did puff the straps of the flip flops, so I spackled the back. Note to self: let spackle dry BEFORE you try and adhere double sided tape.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This piece is sealed with <a href="http://www.precision-blue.com/">PYMII</a> to protect the paint from being worn or scratched off! Great stuff!!!!!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-50628337075012505612010-05-06T13:59:00.000-07:002010-05-07T06:32:17.571-07:00Metal Flowers: C.R.A.P.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, I have been inspired! :) I was watching the Taco Tuesday over at Ten Second Studios this week. They had an awesome tutorial on making metal flowers. You can see it here: </span><a href="http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/videos/050410.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/videos/050410.html</strong></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really liked the flowers made in the tut, but wanted to try something a little different. Then I saw another great tutorial on a blog: <a href="http://ninabdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/04/final-day-of-gkdpreviews-and-tutorial.html">Crafting in Croatia</a> on how to make rosettes from paper spirals. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to combine the two and I came up with my version of a metal flower. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I dub thee: <strong>C.R.A.P.! California Rosettes and Peonies</strong> (LOL ok, a stretch, but I had to make the acronym work! hee hee)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">---------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I cut a piece of square metal, embossed a quickie pattern on it with one of my Ten Second pattern molds, sanded the metal, cut a freehand spiral with patterned scissors, and rolled it up like in the Nina B Designs blog tutorial. I worked the metal quite a bit after it was rolled..... bending and squishing and "fine tuning" the flowers. I added a little bling in the middle .........and........... voila!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">What a nice thing to do!! </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Carole</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Carol, I'm sending you an email.. Send me your snail mail addy and I'll get your candy out to you!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;">Thanks to all who "played" this week. I'll be posting MORE candy on Monday! ;)</span> <br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hi All!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have decided to give away some of the cards and tags I have made over the years. Hopefully they can go to homes where they will be appreciated and not sit in a lonely box in the closet!!! :) :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For a chance to win this group of cards/ATCs/tags, just leave comment and I'll draw a name at random next Friday. (April 23, 2010) Make sure you leave your email address so I can contact you next week to get your address!!!! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_V4Lckjy8II55ZK4jCBMhneTEzyBMdxRGM_DV18x9ScAh0wzJS6EqObfSwftxzBIm3FRgBqVh2daPF_1950lobXp0XyjqGzywIzZj0Zm5e5O30MZXEgkja0VqtjPkx6h9IxQSWNG6biH/s1600/Blog+Giveaway+April+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_V4Lckjy8II55ZK4jCBMhneTEzyBMdxRGM_DV18x9ScAh0wzJS6EqObfSwftxzBIm3FRgBqVh2daPF_1950lobXp0XyjqGzywIzZj0Zm5e5O30MZXEgkja0VqtjPkx6h9IxQSWNG6biH/s400/Blog+Giveaway+April+16.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">***If you are feeling creative and like GRAB BAGS, check out my auction on Ebay. I'm "cleanin' out the stamping drawers"!! Awesome stamps.... many retired or from companies no longer in business!!!***</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can see the listing here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://shop.ebay.com/boog_dog/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>http://shop.ebay.com/boog_dog/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686</strong></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have a great weekend!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xoxoxoooxoo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074911349933183.post-38811663474571134932010-04-08T13:05:00.000-07:002010-04-08T13:05:19.076-07:00More Metal and THANKS, CHERYL!! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well! I'm very excited to have a shout out from </span><a href="http://tensecondsstudio.typepad.com/tenseconds_studio/2010/04/altered-art.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cheryl Darrow over at Ten Seconds Studio's Blog!</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Thanks!!!! Kyle and I are loving our metal and playing with it!! (Kyle has his own paper stump and burnishing block) Here are a couple of pieces that my son, Kyle, has done. (and, for the record, he is 9 :) :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">====================================</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here, Kyle used decorative wheels to emboss a "cover" for his DSi gaming system. No one will mistake Kyle's game for their own! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This sign will be hung on Kyle's bedroom door. Very important, girls, that you have a ticket to enter...... I'll have to find out if Mom's get a waiver.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And, here is a Monogram. I'm not too crazy about how it turned out, but I finished it off anyway. I like the color combo......just not too crazy about the entire piece. But, what the hey......... I can always "enhance" it later!! :) :) :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I used the </span><a href="http://www.tensecondsstudio.com/Products/metal.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ten Seconds Studio Dark Chocolate</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> metal for my piece. The coffee cup image is actually a cut file that this INCREDIBLY talented man created. You can see oodles of fabulous images designed by this man on his blog here: </span><a href="http://scale-files.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://scale-files.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Thanks, Paulo!!! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">====================================</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I printed out his image and then traced onto tracing paper. Then I taped the tracing paper to the back of the metal and used my refining tool to outline the image onto the metal. I then "freehanded" the lines and sayings on the front of the metal. Therefore the coffee cup image is embossed on the front and the lines and sayings are debossed. :) :) I then sanded the entire piece, wiped clean and adhered to a Big Lots Plaque I bought for $1.25!! :) (It had this awful image of an apricot on it.... it just peeled right off! :) I glued a piece of wallpaper to the back and then added the eyes for the hanging wire. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">As a final touch, I sealed the entire piece with <a href="http://www.precision-blue.com/">Preserve Your Memories II</a>. Because the piece is uncovered and may be touched, (who doesn't want to touch metal and feel the "ins and outs"?? :) I wanted to make sure that the piece is protected. <a href="http://www.precision-blue.com/">PYMII</a> is a fantastic product for protecting and sealing ALL sorts of projects. Paper, metal, clay, waterbased inks and paints, pencil and graphite.... the whole enchilada!! LOVE IT!! :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">========================================</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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