Vintage Christmas Page

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this month is...

Vintage Christmas or Vintage Occasion.

  I made a art journal page to fit my acrylic tabletop photo frame :) I used Authentique's Christmas Calendar Collection, Old Paper Distress ink and Tim Holtz Christmas stickers. I used a misc. stamp set for the year and that's it- a very quick and easy page! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the comments you leave. 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Critter Crazy- Anything Goes with a Critter

Clever Dexter- Everything Holidays

Country View Crafts'- Christmas Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Let's Craft & Create- Anything Goes + option: Vintage Feel

you can never have too much happy...

Good morning everyone! 

I wanted to pop in real quick today and share my latest Art Journal page... 

It features a couple of cute owls and a flower from Vera Lane Studio... I love these owls- they make me happy and you can never have too much happy! :) They are colored with Copics, fussy cut out and the inspirational sentiments/quotes are from Tim Holtz.

For the background I used these supplies:

Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs & Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks

Light & Fluffy modeling paste & Stickles Moon Dust Glitter Gel

Botanical stencil from American Crafts/Vicki Boutin

Darkroom Door (mesh) stamp & Waffle Flower (November) stamp

Misc. number die 

 I won't post again until next week- so if you celebrate Thanksgiving I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Art-Journal-Journey- Wendy's Bird theme

Artsystamper- Critters

Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Papercraft- Create your own background

Time Flies...

Good morning everyone! 

I have a very special Art Journal/Calendar page to share with you today! In less than a week my husband and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary!! :)  WOW I can't believe it's been 30years... time really does fly by! I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life for all of these years!

  

So for my page this month I wanted to combine our anniversary, the 'Time Flies' theme over at Art-Journal-Journey and lots of mixed media goodies! 

My background was created by using a smooshing technique with acetate, Antique Linen & Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks. I stenciled a few clocks using the TCW time travel stencil, added Tim Holtz Melange Tissue Wrap and then randomly added some Viva glitter paste... very hard to see in the photo. I stamped some faux zig zag stitching and a few postage stamps. I used a couple of dies for the vintage clock & love sentiment and added some TH ephemera pieces. The butterflies were coated with TH Crackle paint and the sentiment & date were computer generated.

Well that's it for now- thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Take care, Tammy x

Challenges I want to enter:

Art-Journal-Journey- Halle's A Stitch in Time theme

Crafter's Cafe- Things with Wings

Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Make My Monday - Use Stencils

Moving along with the Times- Things With Wings

Sisterhood of Crafters- Stencils

Stamps & Fun = Creativity- Vintage

Bloom & Grow...

Hello everyone- Happy Monday! 

Today I'm sharing my latest Art Journal/Calendar page with you. And for my page this month I wanted to created a 'May Flowers' themed project and I used the fun Botanical stencil from American Crafts/Vicki Boutin for my inspiration... I love this stencil! 

To start- I created my background using a smooshing technique with acetate, Cracked Pistachio & Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide inks. One dry, I stenciled my flowers in Cracked Pistachio ink and then using Altenew snowing stamp I stamped the snow/dots in Abandoned Coral ink. I cut 3 different sizes of circles for the flowers and trimmed them so they would resemble the stenciled flowers. I think they turned out pretty good but the leaves didn't look right placed under the flowers so I glued them under the black centers :)

Well, that's all for today... thanks so much for stopping by!
Take care, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enter:
A Place to Start- Custom Background 

A Vintage Journey- Beautiful Blooms 

Art-Journal-Journey- Mia's Flowers theme

Crafty Friends- Flowers

Daring Cardmakers- Inky Background

The Artistic Stamper- Journaling

Other supplies used:
Stamps- American Crafts (bloom & grow sentiment), Taylored Expressions (may flowers sentiment)
 Waffle Flower (calendar) Paper Artsy (tiny circles) 
Dies- My Favorite Things- circles, stitched leaves, flower center & rectangle
miscellaneous die for numbers
white Posca pens & white acrylic paint  

luck of the Irish

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have a March Art Journal/Calendar page to share with you! 

While browsing images on my PrintMaster program I came across this adorable Leprechaun! It's a pre-colored image and when I printed it out it was very light, so I darkened it up with Copic markers- I wanted to make sure he 'pops' off the page! :)

I used several new items to create the background: Lindy's Magicals- Pineapple Paradise & Luscious lime, Sizzix Alphabet dies, Gina K. Designs Glitz Glitter Gel and a Prima Marketing stamp for the vines. The quote/sentiment is computer generated, I used a couple of small rubber stamps along with several stencils and Oxide Inks colors.

And here's a close up of the Leprechaun... what a cutie! 

Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Art-Journal-Journey- Green

Artsystamper- Green, Green, It's Green They Say

Crafty Cardmakers- Green
Cutie Pie- Gorgeous Greens

Double D- It's all about the Green and/or St. Patrick's Day

Simon Says Stamp Monday- A Bit O' Green

The Paper Funday- Anything Goes/ Optional St. Patrick's Day

Whoo Loves Ya...

Good morning everyone!

Today I have another Art Journal/Calendar page to share with you! 

I created the owl with a Sizzix Bigz die and all patterned papers are from Echo Park- Blowing Kisses collection. The '14' was cut with a Tim Holtz die, I used My Favorite Things dies for the hearts and a Little Yellow Bicycle die for the love sentiment.

For the background I used these supplies:
Ink: Antique Linen DI, & DOI, Picked Raspberry DOI & black archival ink
Stamps: calendar, stitching, owl sentiment, script & script hearts
Other: mixed media paper, heart stencil, washi tape
 plain tissue wrap & matte gel medium

I'm really enjoying making Art Journal pages and this one was so fun to put together... I can't wait to make another one! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of the comments you leave!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter
Art Journal Journey- Hearts
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Dies R Us- XOXO (Hearts, Love, Valentine's)
Shopping Our Stash- My Heart is on Fire
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday- With Love
The House That Stamps Built- Hearts
Try It On Tuesday- Share the Love

a new year is on the way...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have an Art Journal/Calendar page to share with you... I wanted to make a page that I could hang in my craft room and then in February I'll add the page to my 8x8 journal! And who knows I might make a few more calendar pages because I had so much fun making this one! :)

It features a new Digi Stamp from Vera Lane Studio... isn't she adorable?! She colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. The 'create' die from Taylored Expressions, I used my new number dies from AlinaCrafts and the mini calendar stamp set is also new.

 And here's a close up of this little cutie!

For the background I used these supplies:

Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn & Mermaid DO inks
Peacock Feathers DI & black archival ink

Rangers Old School Number stencil & American Crafts/Vicki Boutin flower stencil

texture paste, rub-on stickers, Washi tape & a Posca pen

That's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Art Journal Journey- Something New (new stamps, dies & New Year)

Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps- New Year, Beginnings or New Crafty Stash

Crafty Friends- Something New (new stamps, dies & New Year)
Dream Valley- (C10) Something New (new stamps & dies)

Fab n Funky- No Designer Paper

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes/Optional Blue

Simon Says Stamp Monday- something new (new stamps, dies & New Year)

Try It On Tuesday- What a cutie/Make someone smile today