Vintage Papers

My friend made a fabulous haul the other day , scoring a lot of various vintage papers ! And as always she was soooo very generous and shared some with me ! Heaven ....so I hurried home & created a few things !! Melissa has a shop on Etsy where she sells many of her fabulous finds , you can click here to go to it ! Found On The Prairie is her shop , I love all of the Letterpress goodies that she has !!

Some of the paper goodies I got ....even included a pack of Student Pass ,how crazy is that ! Ledger papers of all kinds , and some wonderful long envelope's of some kind ( not sure what they were used for )  ! A box of the sweetest little files also , so I made an altered book using the files , fun , fun !!

The long envelope things , which really are not an envelope were also fun ( I know ... I don't make any sense ) ! One side in a pink and the other in a green !!I made a large tag out of chip board , and covered it with various papers so you could write sweet notes on either side !!

My little Altered book has the files with added other pages such as old postcards, and other interesting papers, that I inked, stamped , some I gave texture to with folders that I ran through the cuttlebug !

And tape... love tape ! Would it be considered an ok obsession  "paper" !!

Well ok or not , I got it !! Old paper , new paper , love it all !!

Thanks for stopping by , take the time to leave a comment , I love them !!

Have a wonderful & creative day !!

Fun with Gelli Printing Plates

Having fun with my Gelli Printing Plates ! I love this new product !!! I purchased mine at Altered Pages and can be found here .The other day I was "playing" with it and wanted to create some tags.I covered my plate with acylic paints and then used various rubber stamps, die cuts and my Brushsticks ! All I can say about the Brushsticks is if you dont have any.....get some ! I have used them for many things , but they are excellent to use on the Gelli Plate !

One tag I used my birdcage die from Altered Pages. I really like these dies, they cut wonderful ! Okay....so I layed the paper die I had cut out on my Gelli Plate , then lifted it off and , a fabulous impression for my tags !

 I am all about layers and worn look so this works well for that ! On this tag I also stamped with

some stamps . I empssed the word "DREAM" with clear emossing powder, also a background stamp of dots, and an ever so tiny bird stamp !! I embellished it with some adorable fabric rose ribbon on the bottom that I sprayed with a glimmer spray !

I love how it turned out with an old worn look !!

Have a fabulous & creative day !!

Hail & Blooms !

What a title ...eh ??????
We had a hail storm last evening and did it ever sneak up on us fast , no time to move planters , ect... so  everything got hailed on ! Came down fast & thick if there is such a thing ! My garden was covered in the white stuff , looked like it was snow , I know some that were out driving had to pull over as it was like a white out .... but , when I got up this morning what a sweet surprise for me , a big yellow bloom opened on a zucchini plant , like God was letting me know my plants will be okay !!  Sweet !!

Off to go work on some projects in my studio , I am hoping I get something accomplished , because it has not been happening much lately !
Have a fabulous day !!

Canvas Project

Just posted over on Altered Pages blog a canvas project I created ! Stop over & check it out !
You can click here to see it !

Art In The Pines

I am headed to Arizona in July , yes.... going to the Art Retreat hosted by Altered Pages ! It is in the Cool Pines of Arizona  with classes,goodie bags and lots of fun ! How fun can that be to create art & relax !!! So set aside July 20 to 22 on your calendar & head to the Pines !!!! You can click on this link for info and to register !! Class size is limited , so don't be tardy & miss out !!

Library Cards and Pockets

Just posted my tag I created using the library cards and pockets from Altered Pages on the AP blog ! Click here to see the rest !!

It is already May , thoughts of flowers butterfly's and soft colors ! I made some spring tags !Using some of the great products from Altered Pages !

Using a die cutting machine such as the Zing , cut a tag from colored card stock , about 6 1/4 by 3 1/4 " . Using card stock of color choice emboss with embossing folder , I used dots folder, then cut out a butterfly shape of your choice with die machine or by hand.

Using Versa Mark stamp pad stamp image of your choice on tag , then using clear embossing powder and heat set . Using stamp pad of choice and a inking tool ink portions of tag with at least two colors

Add your floral image ( Klein Postcards ) with edges distressed and inked, using mini clear Squares adhere your image on tag .

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Choose your Edges Mini Boarder's and cut desired size , then ink edges and if large enough stamp a sentiment on it. Adhere with Mini Clear Squares.Using Glimmer Mist or any other glitter product spray your paper florals and when dry add them to your tag where you like , layering the paper flowers and adding a half pearl in center of each flower. Add your butterfly , you can also ink the butterfly for a more distressed look and also brings out the embossing more.

Hope you enjoyed the post !! And have fun creating !!