Evolving underpaper

My underpaper is changing...though how she got the mark is not changing.

And to remind you of some great products, the same picture below of the beginnins g my underpaper shwong an amazing supply, is Dylusions Calypso Teal, a delicious color if I do say so myself.  And I do.

 What's on your wishlist?

Holiday Tag

 Good evening friends!  when it comes to die-cut dies, I feel like I do not have enough.  At least not enough of a variety.  There's cetain types som people may love.  Some people love alphabet dies, some may like occasion dies (like birthday, wedding, new baby).  I have some nice ones for sure, but I need a few more to fit other occasions or that can be used for different things.  Like a tree die, or a cat cit.  Can be applied to several different ideas, right?

So I'm still working on getting a few more holiday projects with my supplies.  And a new challenge that asked to use a die.  So I made it work.

I'm also entering my tag into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 

My tag started out with a bunch of paint, stenciling, and stamps over it already.  So I added part of a Dylusions girl colored with Christmas colors, a cork star from my stash, and I used a long star banner die-cut that I used with an older gelli print as well another gelli print I used with an alphabet die.  Kaisercraft has lots of offerings.  One option is this sentiment die "so happy."  I also used a die similar to this Tim Holtz alphabet die set to cut out my letters for SMILE.  And I added a bunch of baker's twine matching the colors in the tag.

Please let me know what you think in the comments!  Thank you for stopping by!

Art Journal - It's So Me

Hello friends!  Is the weekend really over?  Yikes!

I have a great project to share today to enter into a challenge.

I'm also entering my tag into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

 

I had leftover from an experiment where I mixed Liquitex Gesso, Liquitex Bright Aqua Green, and Ranger Gel Medium and pushed the mixture through my Dylusions Trees stencil. I need to get some sleep, so I will update tomorrow, but please enjoy!

And if there's something you want to see me try or do, please leave me a note in the comments!

Underpaper peek

I wanted to give everyone a peek at my underpaper, at least a previous sheet of my underpaper.  As you can see, it can carry a lot of different marks, from paint, sprays, stamps, and pens or markers.

 

 

 

 

As you can also see, I had my palette knife nearby.  I use my palette knife for several things, including spreading gesso, mixing paint colors and/or mediums together, and swiping paint or mediums through stencils.  My current underpaper looks different and that's what make it so unique.  Also, you can see a tool I used quite frequently.  For those of you not familiar with it, it's called a palette knife.  There's several different shapes, and designs.  I have at least three, and they're all plastic.  One issue I run into, which isn't really an issue, if the buildup.  As you use them they hold onto remnants of whatever mediums you use them with, meaning paint, gel, texture paste, etc.  I really love the color combinations that build up on the palette knives, so I don't want to use the knife for the project I'm currently working on.  I try to keep a camera ready to take pictures to remember the colors so I can use it to see another combination after more crafting.

I wanted to give a small list of items you can look for, including palette knife sets.

Stainless Steel 5-Piece Palette Knife Set

Arrtx Stainless Steel 5-Piece Palette Knife Set

Plastic 5- Piece Palette Knife Set

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this little peek and that you can find a palette knife set which you can use to kelp you decide which et to get for yourself.  Enjoy your crafting!

A Tag Full of Fun

 I wanted to share a quick post to give you some ideas for the holidays...

An important aspect these tags have in common is Dylusions.  I really love Dylusions, especially the color sprays.  They react with water, so spraying the paper before or after you use the sprays causes different effects and some really fun stuff.

Dylusions Postbox Red

Dylusions Calypso Teal

Dylusions London Blue

Dylusions Fresh Lime

Dylusions Bordering on the Edge Stamp Set

Dylusions Stars Stencil 

Enjoy and check these out!  Enjoy your crafting and let me know what you think or what products you love!

Another visit

Sometimes things deserve another visit.  That's this guy. 

And that includes a crafty wishlist.  Something on my wishlist? A Cricut 3.

And to remind you of some great products, the same picture below of the beginnins g my underpaper shwong an amazing supply, is Dylusions Calypso Teal, a delicious color if I do say so myself.  And I do.

 What's on your wishlist?

Deck the Halls

Hi friends! How's your weekend going?  It always goes by so quickly right?  That's what I find bittersweet about the weekends.  They're brief, but usually very enjoyable.

I also realized that I don't have a ton of art creations for the Christmas season.  So I'm hoping to change that.  And I'm doing pretty good so far.  In that vein, I have an ATC for Christmas that I gave a sneak peek of a day or two ago.

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I'm also entering my tag into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 

I used an Octopode Factory girl in Christmas gear, and grabbed an ATC the play with.  I added a file label, some ribbon and red thread, letter stickers, a button and brad from my stash, along with a little bit of punchinella.  You could say I grabbed a bunch of my stash and round out this ATC.

Something else in the background that I did was an experiment.  I mixed Liquitex Gesso, Liquitex Bright Aqua Green, and Ranger Gel Medium and pushed the mixture through my Dylusions Trees stencil. 

I also added a bright green paper clip as well.

ATCs may be small, but they are mighty!  Please let me know what you think in the comments!