iSpy a Christmas Tag!

Hi everyone! Today I'm back with both a iSpy Sketches project made with goodies from eclectic Paperie :D This week we are featuring  Christine Okken ( ChristineCreations at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

I started out with an Inkssentials #5 Manila Craft Tag and then went to town adding layers of Ranger Distress Inks to create the background (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Pine Needles, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo) with my Inkssentials Foam Blender. I created more depth around the edges of the tag with the darker inks and then added some "snow" with some watered down white acrylic paint in a Mini Mister :). I then added some of the the snowflakes from the Graphic 45 Nutcracker set to add to my whole snowy theme. I ended up heat embossing them with white embossing powder so that they really stood out against the green backdrop.

I created the fishtail banners with some of the Authentique Peaceful Line and then added a couple of little die cut Spellbinders swirls that were made with vellum and the snowflakes were made with the MFT snowflake die. I finished off the tag with some vintage seam binding and some cappuccino twine for an added little touch of whimsy :)

Thanks for coming by today and don't forget to check out the blogs below for more inspiration and please tune into the iSpy Blog next week for a very important announcement :)

Tobi Crawford

Vicki Dutcher

Christyne Kane

Vickie Zimmer

Angela Thomas

Jessie Rone

Arielle Gordon

Leanne Whitby

TSGA - Penguin Pals

Hi everyone and welcome back to for another There She Goes Again week card using some fabulous products from eclectic Paperie :D

This little cutie of a penguin is from the Penguin Pals set from There She Goes. He was water coloured with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and then shaded with a chalk pencil. The background was created on 90lb cold press canson water colour paper using some Ranger Distress Inks in these colours: Weathered Wood, Broken China and Faded Jeans.  I also used some more Ranger Distress inks for sponging some of the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Rosy Paper. I used Fired Brick on the red designer paper and Vintage Photo on the black polka dotted paper.

Because the original sketch has some mini panels on it, I used some Prima Mini Rhinestone Swirls to re-create that look (go with me on this one ;) After I adhered all of my papers together with Tombow Multi glue, I zipped it through my sewing machine with some black thread. I finished off the card with some ribbon and a button from the Mint Cooler Buttons Galore Collection and added the final finishing touch of some liquid applique to look like some fluffy snow for this little penguin :D

Don't forget that because it's American Thanksgiving coming up that There She Goes is having a Thankful for You sale! It's a great time to stock up on those sets that you have had on your wish list or to start purchasing some Christmas prezzies for the favourite stampers in your life :D

ISSC33 - Explore with eclectic Paperie!

Hi everyone! It's been a few days...or seven since I posted last due entirely to lack of mojo so what better way to get that mojo kick started then to use this week's iSpy Sketch! The ISSC33 challenge is from Cindy Elam (Cards4Ever @ SCS) and is based on this card

 I started off by straying a little from the sketch by coming up with this camping scene using the Gone Camping set by Market Street Stamps. I'm not sure if you can tell or not but there is a pretty thick coating of Glossy Accents on the trailer to give it more of a metal feel and I added a mini brad for the door knob :)

I Sponged the sky in with Ranger Distress Weathered Wood and Broken China and then attacked my grass and handmade trees with Ranger Distress Forest Moss and hit up the gravel with Ranger Distress Pumice Stone. I used two different inks on the tree trunks - Ranger Distress Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge.

I thought that I would try something a little different and cut out the campfire from the curly cue smoke and added it to my scene, replacing the stamped "smoke" with some Mini Rhinestone Swirls "smoke" :) I then finished off the card with a little stamp tag and anchored it down with some Caribbean Twine :D

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Market St. Stamps - Gone Camping
Paper: Gina K, Black, Water Colour, Olive, Artichoke, Suede, Cocoa
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress: Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Broken China, Forest Moss, Pumice Stone, Rusty Hinge
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Die, MFT Grass Die-namics, Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Brad, Glossy Accents, Tombow Multi, Chalk Pencil, Water Brush, Caribbean Twine,Mini Rhinestone Swirls , Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

Happy Birthday TSG!

Hi everyone! This week has been a week long celebration with There She Goes (check out their snazzy new website) because TSG just turned 4! To help us to celebrate some of the Trendsetters have come up with daily challenges and today, Jessie challenged to use some embellishments. I may have an embellishment or two for this challenge ;) In fact, I have many lovely embellishments from when Kim Schofield decided to spoil us rotten with big box of goodies from eclectic Paperie!

So let me tell you what I did for this card. I started with some Maya Rd. Felt Pearl Posies and Mini Canvas Butterflies. Because these started out as a creamy colour, it allowed me to attack them with some Ranger Distress Re-inkers to dye them! All I did for the posies was to add a little Ranger Distress Milled Lavender Re-inker and Ranger Distress Tattered Rose Re-inker to about a teaspoon of water and let the posies soak up the mixture for a few minutes! I did the same with some die cut felt leaves with a little Ranger Distress Peeled Paint Re-inker and Bob's your uncle :D I just let them air dry while I assembled the rest of the card and then stuck them on with a little Tombow Multi adhesive.

For the little canvas butterfly, I actually pulled out my Ranger Distress Wild Honey Stain and smooshed some of the colour into it and then ran it under the tap for a second to dilute the colour a little. It was pretty solid and because it's already an intense colour I wanted to just soften it up a little.

I paired my embellishments up with the My Mind's Eye Fiddlesticks paper pack and distressed it with both Ranger Distress Antique Linen and  Ranger Distress Vintage Photo to have a bit of a shabby look to go with the flowers. I love how this card turned out and I especially love the font for the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Sweet Peas set from There She Goes. It's absolutely perfect for the card :D I finished it off with some additional pearl embellishments and some vintage seam binding that matched the Sahara Sand cardstock that I used for the matting :D

Thanks so much for joining me today and if you would like more details on how to play along with the birthday celebration challenges then please visit this post :)

Sponging a Scene Tutorial!

Remember this card from earlier in the week? Well you are in for a treat today! It's my Trendsetter week over at the TSG blog so it was my turn to put together a trend or tutorial for you, so I chose a tutorial...a video tutorial *insert oooh's and ahhhhh's here* :D

Well folks, it's been a few years since I made any sort of video tutorial and I was a little nervous but here goes and try and not laugh me out of the building, 'Kay? ;)

So, what did you think? Think that you can create something like this yourselves? I can assure you that it is very easy and it goes quick once you get started! After the tutorial was shot, I did add a little bit of shading under my crab and some highlights with my white chalk pencil to create the waves! Easy Peasy and it's perfect for all of those images that you colour up ahead of time...just leave a little extra white space around your image and you are good to go for creating the scene of your dreams!

List of supplies for the tutorial:

Stamps: There She Goes - Beach Bums
Paper: 90lb Coldpress Canon Water Colour Paper

Ink:  Baja Breeze (SU), Bermuda Bay (SU), Pacific Point (SU), Not Quite Navy (SU), Creamy Caramel (SU), Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Accessories: Cloud Template, 2-Way Glue Pen, Scrap Paper, Sponge Daubers, Masking Tape

Pretty in Pink with Eclectic Paperie

Hi everyone! I just wanted to show you a little card that I made and boy, have I used a lot of wonderful goodies for this one :D When I first sat down to start this card I had the idea in mind to use bright colours because I adore bright, bold colours...but this card had a mind of it's own and voila...a shabby and distressed card instead ;)

I started with The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Mini Mix and Match Hearts Template and then attacked it with some pink ink as well as some Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Vintage Photo inks onto My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Rosy paper to shabby it up a bit :) This turned out to be the starting point for my card :)

What goes better with a shabby style then, pearls, buttons, twine and seam binding? Maya Rd Canvas Butterflies and Pearl Trinket Pins of course! I did dress up my canvas butterfly with my Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Shell Pink. It's such a pretty shade and I couldn't resist!

I then finished off my card with a coordinating sentiment from the TSG Side by Side set and stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, half pearl embellishments and loads of distressed edges. This isn't normally the style of card that I create but once in a while like to step out of my box and try something new :D I hope that you like it and thanks for coming by today!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: There She Goes - Side by Side
Paper: Gina K, Suede, My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Rosy, K&Co
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Vintage Photo, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Shell Pink, Maya Rd. Canvas Butterflies, Maya Rd Trinket Pins in Vintage Pearl,The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Mini Mix and Match Hearts Template , Button, Twine, Seam Binding, Spellbinders Border Die, Cuttlebug, Tombow Multi, Corner Chomper, Sponge Daubers, Distress Tool

TSG Sneak Peek - Enjoy Life: By the Sea

Here we are on day three of this month's release peeks, which puts us SO much closer to the release!! We are LOVING your enthusiasm about the previous two sets we revealed, and can't wait to see what you think of today's set!!

Last month we released the new Enjoy Life set with matching dies, and THIS month, Melyssa has created a set full of stamps to go along with the dies!! From crabs, to sand castles, oysters, and octopi, this set will help you use the Enjoy Life dies to there fullest!!

Enjoy Life-By the Sea is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 25 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Would you like to win the new Enjoy Life-By the Sea  stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, August 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: There She Goes - Enjoy Life: By the Sea
Paper: Gina K, Water Colour, My Mind's Eye Stella Rose
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Chipped Sapphire, Baja, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Soft Sky
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Sponges, Caribbean Twine, Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Water Brush, Chalk Pencils, SU Scallop Punch, The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Mini Mix and Match Hearts Template, Buttons Galore Mint Cooler, Brads, SU Labels Punch, Corner Chomper, Tombow Multi, Googly Eyes

ISSC29 and TSGA - Wonder

Hi everyone! It's the There She Goes Again and time for the newest iSpy Sketch ISSC29 Challenge! This week's challenge is brought to us by  Renee Matarese ( Renlymat @ SCS) and is based on this card.

I have used the little girl from the Believe in You set and added a little sponged background for additional colour behind her :) She was just the perfect size to go with the sketch not to mention kind of adorable too :D 

Because it's TSGA week, There She Goes has a back to school them going on and they are featuring these sets and have put them on sale! Score!

Chemistry Regular Price: $18.00 Special Price: $15.30

Chem 101 Regular Price: $7.00 Special Price: $5.95

Believe in You Regular Price: $24.00 Special Price: $20.40

Technology Bytes Regular Price: $18.00 Special Price: $15.30

 

Thanks for joining me today and don't forget to pop by the TSG blog to see all of the new cards that the Trendsetters have created as well as the iSpy Girls to see what sketchy goodness that they have created for you!

Tobi Crawford
Vicki Dutcher
Danielle Daws
Christyne Kane
Vickie Zimmer
Angela Thomas
Jessie Rone
Jenny Peterson
Arielle Gordon

Card Recipe:

Stamps: There She Goes - Believe in You
Paper: Gina K, Water Colour, My Mind's Eye, Grey
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Ranger Distress Vintage Photo, Baja, Bermuda, Plum
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Dies, Button, Twine, Ribbon, Craft Knife, Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Chalk Pencil, Sponges,

The new eP!

Hey everyone! I have been keeping a secret from you all and so has Kim Schofield! Kim has recently treated herself to an early birthday present and purchased eclectic Paperie!  She has re-hauled, re-stocked and re-established the store with all kinds of new goodies for the-relaunch and decided that her birthday was the best day to showcase her gift to herself :) She also has a brand new design team and guess who's on it? I'll give you one guess ;) Me! And I'm pretty darn excited too!

So in honor of Kim's birthday, let's help her celebrate by checking out the new goodies in her new store! I have used some of the wonderful goodies that she sent to me to create this fun campfire card :) I used two of the Market St. Stamps sets - Gone Camping and Woodgrain for the campfire and decorative panel and combined it with the fabulous papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found line. I also used my Tombow markers to water colour the campfire and then sponged in the background using various inks and stains. I then added some little Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen dots to create a bit of a twinkling sky :D Lastly, I finished off the card with some twine, raffia and buttons from my Buttons Galore and More Color Blends Mint Cooler set.

Because today is the re-launch of the store, there are some exciting specials offered! You don't want to miss out on any of these!

• The first 25 orders receive a free sample paper pack of Carta Bella 12x12 papers

• Mystery Shopper - at midnight on 8/15 one shopper will be randomly drawn and will receive their entire order for free

• Order the Summer Seasonal Distress Ink set and receive all three coordinating reinker s for free (while supplies last)

•  25% off on select items (these will be listed on the eP blog)

Thanks for joining me today and don't forget to check out the rest of the eclectic Paperie Design Team! These girls are incredible and will have some lovely projects to show you! Happy Birthday Kim and here's wishing you the best with your new business!

eclectic Paperie Blog

Kim Schofield

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Julie Masse

Michelle Daigle

Micki Harper

Sherry Cheever

Tammy Hershberger

Tenia Nelson

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Market Street Stamps - Gone Camping and Woodgrain
Paper: Gina K, Water Colour, My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Rosy
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Ranger Distress Stain Chipped Sapphire, Wild Honey, Baja Breeze, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Pointe, Sahara Sand, Basic Grey
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Dies, Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Chalk Pencil, Water Brush, Buttons Galore and More, Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Pen, Raffia, Twine