13 Days of Halloween - Day / Challenge 4

Hey y'all, I'm back today with another offering...

Simply Betty Stamps has kicked off her 13 Days of Halloween Challenges - just click on the blinky button over to the right and you will be taken to her blog with the challenges...I would love for you to play along with me!


So the 4th challenge is to make a toe tag and anything goes. Well, you do have a specific size (4" x 2.5") and you do need to use a Simply Betty Image. LOL

So for mine, I decided to use the Tea Time Tammy digi. She's part of the Lady Killers set. Isn't she just so calm, cool and collected??

I used my Silver Bullet Pro to cut the digi image out (using the print & cut method in SCAL) and colored them with my Copics. The toe tag that is used as an embellishment I found online as a blank one and filled the information in the blanks using SCAL. Used the same method of print & cut and then added some distressing to the edges and some Vintage Photo ink from TH.

For the actual background toe tag, I used a black piece of DCWV silky smooth cardstock cut to the appropriate size, ran it through my embossing machine with an embossing folder...distressed it a little and rubbed Barn Door ink (TH also) into the "exposed" areas...sprinkled on some embossing powders (detail clear & kaleidoscope), then heated them up until the whole tag was embossed with them, giving it the wonderful color you see. 

Put them all on together...and voila'...a toe tag!

So I guess this will be my entry for the 4th challenge...why don't you come play along with me??

Until the next challenge...I hope you have a blessed and creative day!

I will also be entering this in: 

Our Creative Corner's Challenge

Winged Angel

Hey everyone!!

I hope you are having a super day!! Well, I had the chance to play a little in my Art "studio" LOL. It was really nice to be able to just have some fun and do something "just because"...

I have a dear friend, Gigi, that sent me an email with a new (at least to me) technique that I wanted to try...and believe me...Gigi is an encourager **cough, cough** enabler **cough, cough** LOL!!!! Buuuutttttttt, I am thankful for her showing this to me!!! LOL

I played around with a file of mine to get the technique down...and then I played with an Angel that I got from Rob at ScrappyDew. I hope you will take the time to visit his shop...he has some awesome files and he sends out a freebie in his newsletter, HOW COOL IS THAT??!!!!????? His design team The Dewettes, does an amazing job showing off his fantastic files!!

Anywho... I took his Fall Angel file and played a little...I used my Silver Bullet Professional cutter that I got from Sherri at That's Scrap, Inc with my click blade holder, the 45 degree blade and my original holder with the 30 degree fabric blade (also from That's Scrap, Inc.) to cut the Angel and wings out. Used SCAL for the software to send the cut to my Silver Bullet...such an awesome combination!!!!!

For the White Card:
The Angel is cut from WorldWin ColorMates Smooth and Silky Cardstock that I purchased from Tyler at All That Jazz Supplies. This is an awesome card stock to cut...it cuts like a hot knife through butter...yum-my!!! The main card for the card base is Bazzill Swiss Dot 12x12...the wings are cut from basic white tissue and layered behind for the "feathery" look...I used this file as a Christmas Angel...the stamps I used (don't remember who made them - sorry) are some that I've had for a couple of years and I stamped them with VersaMark Ink and used Perfect Pearls over the ink and added some sticky back pearls from my stash to her dress and hair...sooooooo, here she is....

 what do you think??? Oh, the technique...sorry...it's cutting part of the image from the original card itself and then having the layers of tissue "popping" out from behind, so that it is a dimensional card!! LOL

I did another one, more in keeping with the "Fall Angel" theme originally intended for the file...same basic concept...I used SCAL again to send the cut to my Silver Bullet Professional cutter...used gold tissue for the wings, a basic shape in SCAL (leaf) and cut those from a coffee filter, colored those with distress inks, a pumpkin from basic shapes cut from orange mulberry paper, and various other papers from my stash...

 

wellllllll.....that's all for today!!!

So a great big THANK YOU to my friend, Gigi, for sharing this with me!!!!!

I thank you for stopping by and maybe, just maybe, you will visit again soon!!!

Until then, I hope you have a blessed and creative day!!!

Looking for blood...

Hi all!

I hope everyone is enjoying the That's Scrap Inc. Fabric Blade blog hop! If you're looking for that post, click on the badge at the right and it will take you to it. 

Now for today's goodies...I have been playing around with a few things...trying to come up with a card for someone that LOVES Halloween!! I wanted to do something out of the ordinary...nothing cutesy here!

I started out cutting some basic shapes from SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) on my Silver Bullet Professional cutter that can be purchased from Sherri at That's Scrap, Inc. (SUCH an awesome machine, by the way)

I used the My Minds Eye Haunted 6x6 paper pad...really like this one, kinda modern but also has a slight retro feel as well. Layered those onto the front of the card and thought...ummm, well, what now?!? I wanted it to have a kinda creepy feel LOL...so this is where my journey to find some blood came from...

I wanted something on my card front that would look like actual blood...yeah, I know, I'm weird! I started playing with different things and low & behold...I MADE BLOOD!!!!!!!! bwahahahahaha...soooooo, I found that if you take these two ingredients

you can create something that looks amazingly real!!

I will share a few pics with you of some of the components that I'm thinking about using for the card I'm in the process of creating. I can't show the finished card, because I would like it to be a surprise for the recipients...

SEEEEEEEE.....it really looks like blood dripping down the card front!!!!! AND it will stay that way, doesn't flatten out and keeps looking like fresh, red blood! Can you tell I'm soooooo excited by this?!? I'm sure someone else has already figured this one out, but to me, it's all new!!!

He looks like he's just finished his dinner....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Like I said, it is an unfinished card...but I'm sure you get the idea. I just mixed, in an old nail polish bottle, some of the Triple Thick and a few drops of the Barn Door reinker, until I had the color I wanted and kinda dripped it onto the card in various places...and voila, instant bleeding card!

I'm also thinking about all of the different colors that could be made and what could be done with those!! I will have to play around some more...awwww, that's such a shame...HAVING to create...I guess I will have to put myself into crafting detention!! LOL

If you use this, I would really like to see your take on it! Send me pics or a link to a blog post. If you have any suggestions or comments, please leave them...I love getting feedback!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a few minutes out of your day to visit with me. I hope to see you again soon! I wish you a blessed and creative day!!!!!

Until later,

one more for Dad

Hi all!

Just thought I would have one more share for Dad before the big day!

I was going for the slight steampunk look...faux metal and all! I think I accomplished it...

...what do yo think?

I used various Tim Holts stamps and Distress Inks, miscellaneous background stamps, Distress crackle paint (rock candy), various Perfect Pearls, brad from my stash, my TH Tiny Attacher, and last but definitely least, my Black Cat Lynx.

Thank you for stopping by for a few today, drop by anytime!

I hope you have a blessed and creative day!!

Until later,
Lisa

Father's Day

 Hi all!

I hope and pray that today finds you well! 

I've had a little time to play in my studio ( haha...I wish!) seriously, it's a room that I share with the  ironing board and pantry...but hey, it's my play room!

Anywho, I have a couple of Father's Day cards made and still in the process of a couple more. The first is made with BoBunny papers, Tim Holtz stamps & distress inks, twine, computer printed sentiment and a ticket svg I made in MTC and cut with my Black Cat Lynx. (awesome machine, by the way)

 

The second card is made with My Minds Eye papers and Tim Holtz stamps and computer generated sentiments. This one is for my son (shhhh...don't tell). It suits his personality perfectly!!

 

So, this is my offering for today! I thank you for stopping by and spending a few with me. Stop by again soon...

I hope and pray that you have a blessed and creative day! 

Until later,

Lisa