My teabag art for today featuring Dina Wakley, Tim Holtz, and Dyan Reaveley products

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  The background was painted with Dyan Reaveley paints and stamped with Dina Wakely Scribbly Circles stamp set then details added with Posca Pens.  Then I added a Tim Holtz mixed media diecut.  The images I cut out of a Leisure Arts Cityscape wonders coloring book and colored with Dina Wakley Scribble sticks, the title was stamped with Verses "Along the way" stamp set.  I added a diecut glitter heart.

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece.

My teabag art for today is a mixed media piece.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I applied tissue paper from Recollections to the base with matte medium.  I added a portion of a clock from Tim Holtz Ideology salvage stickers and then on top of that is another piece of the tissue paper, jute twine, another Tim Holtz license plate sticker and a metal brad.

Bloom where you are planted Art Journal page

Another mixed media art journal page completed "Bloom where you are planted".  The background on this page was done on my gel press plate with alcohol inks although not much of it still shows.  Also the flowers are more intense in person but my scanner does not pick up intense colors very well.

Products used:

Texture Paste

Dark Room Door 9x12 Circles stencil

Dina Wakley scribble sticks

printed tissue paper

acrylic paints

Mickey Choo stamp set

Inside Out Alphabet Die set By Sizzlit

Black Liquid Acrylic in a fine liner bottle

Manual typewriter.

June Dina Wakley Challenge on the Ranger Ink Blog - #showusyourmedia "Be true to you"

This is a journal page with attached tag for my June entry on the Ranger Ink Blog for the Dina Wakley #showusyourmedia monthly challenge.  
Products used:
ranger gel plate
Dina Wakley words in faces stamp set
Tim holtz THS005 Honeycomb stencil
DecoArt 201705 Circuit Stencil and 201506 small hexagon stencil
Donna Downey Scribble Script Stencil
Acrylic paints
Kaszazz chain link and mesh stamps
White Gel pen
Black permanent ink pen
feather die cuts
burlap
cheesecloth
shipping tag

My teabag art for today - Margarita imitating the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Cocktail Blueprint series of stamps

LOL, my favorite drink - I have always loved the Tim Holtz/stampers anonymous blueprint stamp series.  I have this Cocktail Blueprint series on my wishlist - but even if I had it it would not fit on a teabag so I decided to try to duplicate it in miniature.

This is a used tea bag but some of the tea does not leave much in the way of marks when it dries - the tag is missing from this one but I believe it was Chamomile tea.

This one is primed with clear gesso and then I used gouache to paint the image - I used a white posca pen and black permanent ink pen for details.

My teabag art for the day, Entry into the Dina Wakley, Ranger Ink May Challenge - #showusyourmedia #rangerink #timholtz

This is my teabag art for today - it is my entry into the May challenge #showusyourmedia for Dina Wakley and Ranger Ink - where you have been or where you want to go.  

This is two teabags with a cotton ball in between (glued together with Dina Wakley gel medium.  I glued on a faucet handle, buttons and a butterfly, used Dina Wakley lime heavy body acrylic paint, aztec gold mica powder, water and hair spray in a mini mister to give me the gold shimmering lime green background.  I added some Collections elements tissue paper with Matte Medium - sewed around the cotton ball on my machine with black thread, did some texture with DecoArt stencil 201506 and Tim Holtz black distress ink and with Ranger Black archival ink I stamped another circle of stitching around the cotton ball (this stamp came from Ali Express).

To finish it off I stitched some DMC floss up through the cotton ball and added a blue/black bead to the end.  My title was typed on my manual typewriter.

Amazing Adventure - Africa Art Journal Page

This Art Journal page is one of my favorites!  I used various stencils and stamps to create the background using Tim Holtz distress inks and distress oxides.

I then took a used tea bag and opened it up, primed it with one coat of gesso as I still wanted the tea stain to peek through.  After drawing my giraffe with pencil on the tea bag.  I used my gouache paints to color the giraffe and added permanent ink details.

After the giraffe was dry, I stitched the tea bag to a used baby wipe to give it more stability and then layered pieces of muslin behind it and at bottom left of layout that I had painted some gesso on and then stamped to mimic the markings on a zebra and leopard.   I used a Tim Holtz Die for the alphabet in my title and also a Tim Holtz mixed media die for the diamond pattern cardstock piece at the bottom left.

Thank you for looking!

"They Lift Him Up" Mixed Media Layout for entry into the Feb 2015 challenge at Scrap Around The World

This is my latest layout that I completed.  I am entering it into the Feb 2015 Scrap Around the World Challenge here.

The Mood board that they provided to give you inspiration is below:

The first thing that inspired me from this mood board was the sentiment.  It reminded me of a conversation I had with my son a short time ago.  He told me that never did he imagine that he would have four children (he was an only child).  But more than that, he never imagined how much love he would feel for each and every one of them.  He said it overwhelms him sometimes.  The second thing about the mood board that called to me was the color green.  I tend to shy away from the color green so I decided to challenge myself and use a shade of green in this layout.

The following is my layout and the products that I used:

Products:
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Drywall Tape
Cheesecloth
Balloon SVG from Lettering Delights (cut on my cricut)
Arrows also cut on the cricut
Prima Romance Novel Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Remnants Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Curiosities Stamp Set
Hot Off the Press "Bike" stamp set
Kaisercraft "36" clear stamp
Vicki Boutin's In so Many Words Stamp Set
Kaisercraft "Rocks" Stamp
Prima "Welcome to Paris" Stamp Set
Hero Arts "Joy Ride" Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Wild Honey and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks
Heidi Swapp Color Shine "Chartreuse"
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists "Mustard Seed" and "Vintage Pink"
Texture Paste
Cotton Crochet yarn
Old book papers
Memento London Fog Ink
Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
Mod Podge

Thank you for looking!

My Christmas Card (Tag) for 2014

Hi all, this was my Christmas "Card" for 2014.  The front is the boy on the sled and the back has the houses that says "Happiest of Holidays from our House to yours!"  The products used to create this tag are as follows:

Tim Holtz Tag die

Snowflakes - Creative PL Stamp Set #43391 from Aldi

My own created SVG files for birch trees, Funky houses, and boy on a sled

Wood mounted Christmas tree stamp from Posh Impressions 55OG23

Tim Holtz tattered Pinecones die

Hand Crocheted Flowers

Snowflake SVG file from Penny Duncan

Pearl rhinestones

Ute

Tim Holtz Distrees Inks

Hope you like this, if you have any questions, please let me know!  Thank you for looking!

3 Generations of Taylor Men Mixed Media Layout

Hi everyone - Another scrapbook layout completed titled:
"3 generations of Taylor Men" Scrapbook Layout of my son, his father and my grandson
Products used:
Hero Arts Stamp - Watch Gears
TPC Studios Inspirational Quotes stamp #2009426
Glitz "pretty in pink" stamp set #S3207
Tim Holtz Tissue Paper and Washi Tape
Drywall Tape
Peeled Paint, Victorian Velvet and Spun Sugar distress inks
Puzzle Pieces from bargain city
Sewing Machine
Old Manual Typewriter

Thanks for looking!

1st Haircut Mixed Media Layout

This is a mixed media Layout that I just finished of my handsome grandson Jack.  I love this - he looked so serious while he was getting his first haircut.

1st Haircut - Mixed Media Layout of our Handsome boy Jack

Products used:

DCWV Paper Pad - Linen Closet

Texture Paste Mixed with Americana Colonial Green Paint 

i-stencil # 27-0104 RSc

Jenni Bowlin - Perf Mark Stamp 

Kaisercraft "Arty" stamp

Brick Stencil

Brushed Corduroy distress ink

Tim Holtz Stampendous stamp sets : Artifact, Curiosities & Remnants

Thanks for Looking!

"Sisters"

Hello everyone, another scrapbook page completed of my beautiful grand daughters taken at Easter this year.  I loved this photo because they were having so much fun together.

All of the flowers were handmade on this layout and I'll list the products I used to make each type of flower.
Products used:
Recollections Paper Pad:  Love Letters
For Red Flowers:  3/4" circle punch (for base) Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Cheery Lynn Designs Build a Flower #1 for centers, Heartfelt Creations Background Stamp and fired brick distress ink
For Blue & Yellow flowers:  Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Die-namics Prima Donna Petals Die set for the centers, Fired Brick, faded Denim and wild honey distress inks
Martha Stewart frond punch, quilled flowers and "quilled" roses and raffia
Thanks for looking!

Mother and daughter Divas

This page is of my daughter-in-law at approximately 6 years old (on the left) and her daughter at 4 (on the right) in the same dress.  Both love to dress up and get their photos taken at this age.  Suri is a clone of her mother.  The products I used:  istencils Repeat 27-00104 RSC, handmade Arrow stencil, heartfelt Creations Vintage Word Background Stamp, Die-namics Prima Donna Petals die, Scrapmatts Leaf Sprays and dress form Chipboard elements, Forest Green Glimmer Mist, Chipped Sapphire and vintage photo and peeled paint distress ink, staz on timber brown and ranger balck archival ink, Petaloo Darjeeling Collection flowers, Hero Arts CL303 High Heels Stamp Set, brushed Cordurouy, vintage photo, broken china, chipped sapphire distress markers and water brush to color high heel shoe.  Ella Blue Paper Collection by Tina Higgins.

"Two Peas in a Pod" Mixed Media Layout

This layout is of my daughter-in-law and my beautiful granddaughter Suri.  I love this photo because they looked so happy together and I also love black and white photos - they always look so elegant.  Products used in this layout:  Prima Mask #560935, Prima Stencils 655350-2010-08, Octagon stencil, texture Paste, Acrylic Paint, Heartfelt Creations Stamp and die set Sunkissed Fleur, Distress Markers, Susan's Garden Forsythia Die Set from Sizzix, Tim Holtz Film Strip Die & Frameworks die, ribbon and rhinestones

Nightmare Before Christmas Clock

My daughter in law is obsessed with Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Movie so I told her I would make her something with the Nightmare Before Christmas theme so here is my take on it.  I hand painted the background of Tim and Sally and bumped it up in front of a handpainted rendition of a scary halloween background that I painted, added a decoupaged RIP headstone, a handpainted pumpkin, some diecut and distressed leaves, some jute twine and a die cut spider.  For the clock itself, it is a Tim Holtz Ideology Assemblage clock that I added a time mechanism to. I gessoed the clock, then  painted it in flat black acrylic paint.  When that was dry, I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Haunted Shadows Glimmer mist which gave it a purple tint. I then cross stitched some little patchwork pieces to mimic sally's dress and added them to random places around the clock.  I died some flowers and seam binding using Tattered Angels Haunted Shadow Glimmer Mist and Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine.  I stamped some random stamps and embossed them in silver embossing powder randomly on the clock.  The flowers are Kaiser craft and some from bargain city, a scary tree svg file I found on a google sear, I use black diamond stickles on the tree and the spider, florist wire for the spirals and added  a skeleton, a skeleton hand, and a bat charm.  She said she loved it!  Thank you for looking.

"He's 1" Little Boy First Birthday Layout

This is a layout of my grandson Jack.  He has just turned 1.  This was taken at his birthday party.  I love the look on his face.  It's almost as if he is totally bored with the whole picture taking process!  This was done on white cardstock.  I used Martha Stewart embossing powder, scraps from my crap pile, Stampers Anonymous "Artful Artifacts CMS080" Stamp, Circle Punches, Tim Holtz Rosette Die and yellow chalk.

Mixed Media layout "Only you can be you and we like it that way - Be an Original

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Another Mixed Media Layout "Only you can be you and we Like it that Way - Be an Original" This is a photo of my 5 month old Grandson Jack.  Look at that beautiful smile - he is always happy and I wanted to capture that beautiful smile.

Products used: White Cardstock, Scrapmatts frame, handmade tissue tape, Li'l Davis Designs Chip-Art Coaster, Crafter's Workshop stencil "Mini Ledger", Kaiser craft stamps: Arty, Perfume, and flutter. Additional stamps are Hero Arts "Long Writing Background, Studio 112 "Mini Assortment", Stampers anonymous "Curiosities", glossy accents, texture paste mixed with red acrylic paint, staz on black ink.

Thanks for looking!