tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61194571673887425402024-03-14T10:42:33.108-04:00Scraps of TimeWhen life gives you scraps, make
something with them!CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-76816272631373558882013-10-11T15:45:00.001-04:002013-10-11T15:45:10.934-04:00Creative Chemistry 102: Day 5 - Embossing
Embossing isn't something I regularly do although I like the effects on lots of stuff. Didn't have all the supplies for this one. The "black' floral chalky tag is actually spun sugar on the shabby chic technique but didn't photograph well. The floral tag is an industrial emboss and the scissors are bronze effect (he used silver, didn't have that)CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-88847350974398477982013-10-10T23:43:00.001-04:002013-10-10T23:43:47.044-04:00Creative Chemistry 102: Day 4 - Alcohol Inks
Forget about these inks since I use Copics.. didn't do first two samples (dyeing metal and tinsel) but last 3 done on Ranger glossy cardstock are techniques worth working on. Pink/red is ombre technique; blue/green is monoprint and the last is stenciling.. yes, stenciling.. alcohol ink on tag, blended with the Mixing solution and then stencil placed on foam blending tool and mixing solution toCAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-89858560867094651402013-10-09T23:12:00.000-04:002013-10-09T23:12:38.207-04:00Creative Chemistry 102: Day 3 - Distress Differently
This was a day of watching and not as much doing.. The glitter didn't do well on chipboard and the tinting a photo has me headed to the forum. One technique - smudge stamping -- has big possibilities for journaling. You stamp off and then onto the tag, smudge with foam.. could do some better composition but it was fun. Second one was brayering distress stains onto a tag and them blending. CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-74721921765956857372013-10-09T23:02:00.001-04:002013-10-09T23:41:18.896-04:00Creative Chemistry 102: Day 2 - Layered Stencils
Waiting to get a few more of these Tim stencils but love techniques.. bottom one -- Mixed Media Layering -- was out of my comfort zone but I kinda like it. The embossing through stencils (circles tag) nearly drove me to drink so instead of a stencil that took (me) forever to line up I used Dylusions Circles. Like this technique and will probably use for journaling.. looks funky when you do it CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-69081837399540313382013-10-07T20:32:00.001-04:002013-10-07T20:39:59.149-04:00Creative Chemistry 102: Day 1 - Distress PaintsLoved all but one of these techniques (altered surface -buttons-- didn't do well on plastic) and need to work on the industrial resist but these tags were quick and fun. The first tag on group of 4 is distress marbeling which will also be fun with art journal pages. The two flowers are rock candy crackle paint on chipboard, colored with distress paint. Overlying the paint with broken china CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-78092121413638466452013-10-06T15:13:00.000-04:002013-10-06T15:16:50.752-04:00Art Journal AngelsI hurried to get this done before Creative Chemistry 102 so my angel crashes weren't as spectacular as I'd planned. Used two Prima doll stamps, one of my favorite Magnolias and of course angel and wings from Dylusions, my favorite new product line. This song by Willie Nelson has always been a favorite. Colored it all with Dylusions sprays in water pens.
CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-80884718096295069852013-10-04T18:12:00.001-04:002013-10-04T18:14:09.194-04:00Yeah! Creative Chemistry 102 is Comin' on Monday!Being new to a lot of Ranger products I loved CC 101 and still have my tags with the techniques that I refer to. Since then I've fallen in love with Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions and love how you can incorporate Tim's stamps, inks, paints etc. with her stuff to be really creative. AND I'm not working now so won't be holding my eyelids open at night just starting on class. I'm so so ready for "CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-53719179045205249752013-08-19T10:53:00.001-04:002013-08-19T10:53:25.083-04:00Creating Keepsakes Convention - Acrylic LayoutsI didn't really like the acrylic workshop projects till I had time to finish at home. One "myth" I guess you'd call it is that you can't use an ATG tape gun to attach cardstock to acrylic - wrong. A water base adhesive like Tombow's won't work, a solvent from Beacon (3 in 1 or Fabric Art) has to be used on some of the embellishments and "should" be used to attach cardstock according to the CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-30654224845438891242013-08-19T10:47:00.002-04:002013-08-19T10:47:20.279-04:00Creating Keepsakes Convention --Quick Quotes "Four Forty" ClassFifth year at "CKC" as it's called. Took 3 classes -- one involved folding cards which is NOT my "thing"; one a great scrapbook from SEI which I'll post when I get the unique photo display technique layouts done and a "use lots of photos on one page" class from Quick Quotes and an acrylic class - a first.
The first pages here are from a Quick Quotes class and the layout incorporates a small CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-30621852659027829252013-08-19T10:35:00.000-04:002013-08-19T10:35:01.732-04:00Dyan Reaveley Classes!What a fun 3 days... Saturday, Sunday at Betty's store in Greensboro and then Tuesday at Dorothy's in Boiling Springs. Learned so many great techniques for stamping, ghosting, doodling... it's really an opportunity for all us art journalers. Most of these techniques are on You Tube too!
First picture is gang at Dorothy's on Tuesday. The tags used Dyan's background techniques -- the "milk boneCAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-1834634597810333822013-07-21T15:11:00.001-04:002013-07-21T15:13:56.050-04:00Dyan's Coming in 2 Weeks!So excited to be taking a weekend of classes at Betty's Stamping and Scrapbook Room in Greensboro in just 2 weeks with the divine Dyan Reaveley! Since she's so happy to sign our journals thought I would make a page for her to sign using her stamps and embellishing with doodles and Zentangles. Hope she likes It!CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-50839043691714766372013-07-18T10:06:00.000-04:002013-07-18T10:06:00.615-04:00Vintage collageI don't love this... sprayed and stenciled a long time ago and the further I got into it the less I liked the colors. "Painted lady" and floral image are LaBlanche, bathing beauties from Graphic 45 and handsome man from the new Splash of Color sheets... I love the sentimenet "blessed image" but this was a page that would never be 'right'. Colored lady with Dylusions in waterbrush and floral CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-81047418950522484052013-07-15T14:26:00.001-04:002013-07-15T14:28:12.575-04:00Ruby Slippers
Just love this "Ruby Slippers" stamp from Stampendous... great for cards, art journaling. Used Worn LIpstick, Peeled Paint, Broken China, yellow and a bit of Spun Sugar distress inks for background, spritzed and let 'em run together, then "stenciled" with Pumice Stone, Worn Lipstick and Victorian Velvet distress ink using Dyan Reaveley dots and fans stencils (foam dauber, not the "spray with CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-84062222137309845032013-07-08T10:31:00.001-04:002013-07-08T10:31:31.904-04:00Zentangled Intro to New JournalPicked up this great "Visual Art Journal" at Cheap Joe's to use as my "practice" book... the Dylusions don't run as much on this paper but it is definitely up to multi media work. Lots of different tangles for this first page...colored with Marvy Uchida Markers, Dylusions in water pen, twinkling waters
CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-61639165829923705022013-07-04T13:34:00.000-04:002013-07-04T13:34:32.161-04:00Glue Resist with Rubber Stamps and Distress InksI really like the glue resist technique using the Dylusions spray but I also really love playing with my distress inks and stamps. To show the enhanced effect this resist can have I inked both sides of the tag with Distress Inks (scattered twig, marmalade, shabby shutters). Then, instead of doing the resist with a stencil, I "glued up" one of Dyan Reaveley's stamps with Ranger collage glue and CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-25781260715868520562013-07-01T16:24:00.000-04:002013-07-01T16:24:32.530-04:00Dylusions meets Disney and Distress ReinkersHad a great picture of the castle left when I finished my 60 page Disney vacation scrapbook .... not sure how I like the translation into Dylusions.. this was a page I haa already sprayed.. Doodled a bit and used a Mickey & Minnie stamp I really like.
Tag was sprayed with Dylusions and the flowers and birds from one of Dyan's stamp sets colored with Distress reinkers. Love how bright and CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-87990562834093461702013-06-23T20:31:00.000-04:002013-06-23T20:46:02.120-04:00Schizophrenic Sunday - Dylusions & DisneyDid some practice Zentangles and plaid on Dyan R's couture stamp skirts so this page is a hodge podge of those with a sentiment I found online that I love. Green skirt is Zentangled and colored with Copics (G000, G1, G2); orange is plaid using technique from Betty colored with a wash of Honey and Yellow distress reinkers watered down a bit... the 2 girls (well, one is headless but....) are CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-52180410688033737982013-06-19T20:23:00.001-04:002013-06-19T20:23:39.571-04:00Ahh.. Pinterest againTrying to upload pics from the PC and it won't work again. So.....CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-71403611474949476212013-05-31T11:32:00.001-04:002013-05-31T11:32:27.326-04:00Sometimes... All You Need is Peace and Quiet.......Why or why won't Pinterest take a photo from my photo library on my laptop and post it instead of the silly little box you have to click on to see a picture? oh well.
Layout inspired by Memorial Day mountain getaway.. I love lyrics for journaling.. use 'em all the time and these came to mind as we were sitting on the porch of our cabin at Fontana. So remote, air is crystal clear and cool. CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-78744028521273879542013-05-28T21:02:00.000-04:002013-05-28T21:02:17.258-04:00Zentangled Pottery & Other MeanderingsSpent Memorial Day weekend at our place at Fontana and discovered a great pottery and farm on the way up the hill... her cheese is homemade and to die for and her pottery just lovely. Lots of interesting vases, platters. We purchased a colander I fell in love with and a platter that looks for all the world like it was Zentangled! Potter had never heard of Zentangles but she has now! I did some CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-33677934882504311712013-05-15T17:30:00.002-04:002013-05-15T17:31:00.272-04:00Hello, Pinterest Vehicle!
Why Pinterest won't let you upload pictures directly from your photo files I do not know OR it's a case of Caro discrimination or my blog just misses me.. Inantimate object = not likely. First efforts of Zentangling from Book 3.. I'm making balloons for my Disney scrapbook! This technique fascinates me now that I'm officially lazy, retired and on "one arm probation" for 2 months. Can't wait CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-48021476623936818632013-05-10T13:42:00.000-04:002013-05-10T13:44:39.110-04:00Art Journaling: Again
Not much time to play with my new Dylusions with the move and settling in but now, with my torn rotator cuff putting me on "light duty" through at least June and a ton of new toys to play with in my craft room... let the experimenting begin. This page combines one of Julie Nutting's Prima mixed media dolls, a Shimmer Sheetz embossed butterfly, great bird theme stenciling with the new white CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-75519888358030062842013-04-14T14:03:00.000-04:002013-05-10T13:35:44.036-04:00New House for Pinterest
Why can't you upload from photo files on your PC to Pinterest? This is too long a process .. almost...
CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-31276951146355631222013-03-03T15:46:00.000-05:002013-03-03T15:46:04.181-05:00Crazy File Cabinet CleanoutWhen you go to clean out a file cabinet you've only thrown stuff into for about 8 years or so you find all kinds of receipts and stuff. Downsizing means downsizing your mess too... luckily Dyan Reaveley had some great quotes for this too!
CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119457167388742540.post-8435839301707318752013-02-25T10:26:00.000-05:002013-02-28T20:16:17.663-05:00Adventures with Pork and Wire Ribbon... ha.... ha... but not at the same time. First is the kitchen adventure which looks for all the world like a gloppy mess despite my trying to make it look appealing = obviously food photography is not my "thing."!
What to do with pork tenderloin when you have divine Rosemary bread from Healthy Grains Bakery in the pantry? Solution was really delicious and will do again! Browned the pork CAROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336464213883352696noreply@blogger.com1