tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76273356714576503562024-02-19T16:29:16.889-08:00suburbNgypsysuburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-12353673303463315672014-01-20T00:00:00.000-08:002014-01-20T00:00:02.689-08:00Snow and Ice<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love snow – I’ve never lived in it mind you, but I love
how it looks! I also love embossing powders, especially the specialty ones full
of chunks and shiny bits. So in honor of the winter season I decided to
experiment with embossing on clear acrylic for a snow and ice effect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trick with embossing on acrylic is that acrylic melts –
surprise! So you need to work fast and stay sharp while you use the heat gun on
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a very very liberal amount of my Ranger Distress
Embossing Pad so there was something for the embossing powder to stick to. Chunky
embossing powder is the best for texture – it’s chunky, with lots of sparkle
and texture to it, just like snow.</span></div>
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sure to move the gun away as soon as the acrylic started to buckle or warp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I edged all of the sheets, I adhered the chipboard
letters – previously covered with paper – and snowflake buttons. Using my
Crop-o-dile I punched a pair of holes at the left edge of each sheet for
binding, and tied the book together with a couple of strips of frayed white
ribbon. – the more frayed the better. Inserted in the binding is a bundle of
winter twigs complete with sparkly frost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tiny tree - thanks Tim Holtz - is dabbed with adhesive then rolled in very fine white glitter for a snow-dappled look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So happy Snow Day fellow
Gypsies. Be sure to stop back soon for more winter wonder!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love snowy trees. Unfortunately, I live in an area where
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These little cuties can make awesome little placecards for
the holiday table, and use some very simple materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The trees are made of simple stacks of snowflakes – I used a
glue gun to adhere the “branches” together. The tree trunks are old spools
wrapped with twine and tinsel. One trunk is actually a tiny bottle filled with
more Diamond Dust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The key to the snow effect is the glue – I used the Helmar
450 Quick Dry because it is stringy! And that’s what you need for the dripping
ice. Use a liberal amount and “hang” glue from branch to branch to create the
look of icicles in the trees and add a good toss of the Diamond Dust. The
Diamond Dust will harden in the glue strands, shake off the excess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just a tiny bit of winter magic for the new year. Stop back
again, there’s always something new going on at the caravan!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, not the UK Boxing Day that's celebrated on Dec 26 - I'm late but not that late - it's the "Getting Organized by Boxing Up my Stuff" Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every January I get bitten by the organizing bug. My family cringes and hides their <strike>junk</strike> valuable treasures while I purge the closets, do an exorcism under the bed and evict the contents of the kitchen catch-all drawer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to start organizing early this year and tackle the Creative Corner. My Creative Corner is a small bit of space in the family room, and currently features piles of <strike>junk</strike> interesting project ideas and ephemera stacked in every available space. I decided to tackle my growing pile of Sizzix dies, before they toppled over and buried me while blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim Holtz recently launched storage boxes for his Alternations line and I bought 2 each of the 2 different sizes of Die Storage Boxes. I was super-excited about these boxes when he sneak-peeked them for CHA-Summer 2013. My local store finally got some in stock and I ran right down and bought some. I found some great and some not so great features for both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Great!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boxes are very sturdy, they have a good solid feel and are covered with a very thick beige linen. Since most of my craft supplies are exposed to the public, these boxes will look nice while storing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not so great!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boxes came chuck full of plastic die holders. There went my New Year's resolution to reduce my carbon footprint. The die holders adhere to the bottom of the boxes to hold the dies. I found the die holders completely unnecessary for most of my storage needs. In the box for the BIGZ dies, the holders actually cause you to store <i>fewer</i> dies than if you just stack the dies in the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The box on the left has the die holder and fits 8 dies. The box on the right doesn't have the die holder and fits 11 dies while still allowing for space to get my fingers in to actually take one out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You'll note that I keep my dies in the plastic. I like being able to quickly identify my dies visually. I don't work with them enough to have the title memorized so I keep the dies with the label in their plastic. By trimming away the top closure and leaving the top open, I can quickly slide the dies in and out of the sleeves when needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plastic die holder that comes in the long box used to hold the Decorative Strips is actually necessary and very helpful. I don't have enough of the strips to fill a box, so the holder keeps them upright and nice and tidy. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The same long box also holds the smaller On the Edge Dies. Again I don't have enough to fill the box, and it comes with the same space-taking plastic die holder which I immediately <strike>"recycled"</strike> threw in the trash. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*My carbon footprint just went up a size. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose to also store my little Movers and Shapers Dies in the Decorative Strip/On the Edge Die Storage Box. The box on the left has my Decorative Strips as well as the cutting pads and extended platform - nice and convenient in one box. The box on the right has my On the Edge and Movers and Shakers as well as my mini Texture Fades - more on that in a sec!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not so great!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Movers and Shapers Dies are meant to be stored in the BIGZ Dies boxes, using metal trays - sold separately - that fit into the plastic die holders. **Carbon footprint increases 2 sizes on this one, one for the additional metal trays needed, and one for the plastic holders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead I chose to store my Movers and Shapers in the longer box - the width of the box is perfect for the Movers and Shapers packaging. Again you'll see that I keep these in their packaging with labels for fast visual reference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not so great!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Storing the Texture Fade folders means buying heavy plastic storage envelopes that are sized to fit in the BIGZ Die Box. ***There goes that carbon footprint again, I'm going to give up counting how many sizes at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead I decided to stack them upright in the front of the BIGZ Die Box. That left my mini-fades, which I stored in the long box, using the plastic holder that is actually supposed to fit in with the Decorative Strips, filling that left-over space in the front of the box. The box is longer than the strips, so something has to go in there right? Have a plastic holder!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway I used that holder to hold my mini-fades and it works perfectly. The only challenge will be remembering that they are there, when the big folders are in the other boxes. It would be great to have all my folders in one box……I might have to buy those envelopes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dies now take up a substantially smaller space than before and the boxes look awesome. I went from a huge pile under my desk, to a trim footprint of 7" wide x 15 1/2" deep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not so great!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No insert is provided for the lovely metal bookplate on the front of the box. There's no template to make one either, leading me to guess, cut, swear and recut until I got one that fit. A small detail, but if cheap binder divider sets can come with little cardstock inserts, why can't these?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And call me <strike>anal</strike> picky, but I really love when sizes match up. It would have been awesome if the length of the long box, equaled the length of 2 BIGZ boxes. For people with limited storage space, having the box sizes coordinate for easy mixed size stacking would have been an awesome design feature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall I do like the boxes and will be buying at least one more (ok and maybe a metal tray and an envelope or two don't shoot me). But I can't help wondering if there were some better design decisions that could have been made with them.</span></div>
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suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-69917967920816359282014-01-06T00:10:00.000-08:002014-01-06T00:10:00.485-08:00Wonderful Shadowbox<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Xmas always makes me nostalgic, and as the old year fades I feels like looking backward and remembering our
family traditions, and Xmases past. Shadowboxes are a wonderful way to
spotlight your treasures for yourself, or to collect together important bits of
this and that for others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keys, pen nibs, notes to Santa, a jingle bell, a vintage
watch, Xmas snow. All ingredients for Xmas memories. Don’t be afraid to stuff
the cubbies of your shadow box. The backs of these cubbies have all been
covered with papers, then layered with more bits of paper or stickers before
the actual trinkets were put in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I have a big life and a small house. Also a family, two cats, a rabbit and two Saint Bernards. (Now go back and reread that last bit because I really do have two Saint Bernards). Which means that space is always a premium and creative storage is a must.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my studio - aka where the magic happens. Technically it's the corner between the living room and family room that's been stacked with plastic bins and a desk made from two file cabinets and some plywood. My craft table is a very cool, vintage kitchen table that has fold-down wings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It takes some ingenuity to fit all of my craft supplies in this space. Actually there's a lot of chaos that has been cropped out of the shot for today. When company comes over I typically shove as much as possible under the desk and then tuck the chair up to cover it. By folding down the wings of the table and turning it against the wall o' supplies, I can pretend that the corner is tidy. Delusion is essential to working in the corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working in the main part of the house also means I get a lot of help. This is Daisy, hanging out while I climb a chair to take this pic to share with the design team at Authentique Paper. Daisy wanted to make sure I had something (someone) to fall over when I was done shooting. Her favorite position was actually right up against any chair I sat in, making it impossible to leap to me feet and run for coffee at a moment's notice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographing projects can be a challenge too. Before I bought fancy lighting, I used the natural light in a couple of strategic locations around the house. Early mornings, I would shoot in the dining area on top of the sideboard. Pumpkin decided I didn't have enough stress just meeting the deadline, I needed the stress of him helping me redrape the drapery. Note the drape is truly that - it's the curtain panel from the window to the left, where the natural light is coming from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2014 is going to be the "Year of the Reorg" for me. The family room is getting finished off with cabinets, bookcases, and a real desk for me. Which means lots of organizing and purging of extra supplies - I actually get a little turn-on by organizing and getting rid of old stuff aka brilliant ideas I never brought to life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So stay tuned as the studio gets a facelift, and my studio assistants Sparkles and Pumpkin (aka Kitties of Destruction) and Loki and Thor (aka Pups of Doom) continue to support me the best way they know how. By lying around, nibbling edges and shaking drooly faces right over my fresh new project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that Xmas Day is done it's time for the crazy Day-after Xmas shopping. But in between bargain hunts, take some time to create a keepsake or two for this season. This is one of my favorite seasonal projects, featuring one
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The backing is painted with chunky paint –
I used a sponge brush to get extra chunkiness - the letters are painted olive
green and dappled with gold Stickles. I used my “finger-tool” for the Stickle
application. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Xmas tree is made from paper curls. I love curling paper
and it’s such a quick and easy way to create dimension in a piece. The heavier
papers work best for this one. Cut strips of paper and use the edge of a
scissor blade – like you curl ribbon. Gentle pressure while pulling the blade
over the paper and voila! Paper curl!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I built the paper doll using basic shapes and a mix of
papers. The collar, hat and mitten trim is actually net ribbon scrunched and
shaped to fit. Brads decorate the hat. And the arms and legs are
accordion-folded, and only tacked down on the ends for movement and bounciness.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the photo, I printed a pic on canvas – the canvas adds
another texture and is more interesting that plain old paper – then cut to fit.
Go for a headshot that is slightly larger than the paper doll for a more
whimsical look.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a great gift for the holidays, or a sweet way to
celebrate a birthday – change the color scheme and voila! Instant birthday
celebration canvas. I added random buttons and brads but you could also add
personal keepsakes or tiny pics too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by the caravan today. Be sure to come
back for more fun, and don’t forget to have a very Happy New Year!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~ Materials ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12x12 canvas</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paper and brads by Theresa Collins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grunge Blocks by Tim Holtz</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello Gypsies!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvS9E_GQKMd7SRfxcDKwP1d3JxDcx4eC3mw9p8PdPQBU5q2FIfiz6kzc3uLEuQxCIWAuTFV2dZ_q0ST_06gI62LjozGydxMt-lh-tfmt5yDUcqFLhQRCbLW9ZSqucBy7Kok46uKatYUhH/s1600/paper+chain_closeup02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvS9E_GQKMd7SRfxcDKwP1d3JxDcx4eC3mw9p8PdPQBU5q2FIfiz6kzc3uLEuQxCIWAuTFV2dZ_q0ST_06gI62LjozGydxMt-lh-tfmt5yDUcqFLhQRCbLW9ZSqucBy7Kok46uKatYUhH/s400/paper+chain_closeup02.jpg" width="382" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s been forever since I’ve been able to spend time
crafting and blogging. The challenges of real life, real job, and real-world
commitments became pretty darn overwhelming this past year. But I’ve made a
pledge to put myself first a little more for the new year, and I’m starting
here with my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Way more than a year ago I made my very first video tutorial – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqruhIDMi0&feature=youtu.be">Paper
Chain Mania</a>! It was a blast to make and lots of fun to watch, so I’ve
dusted it off for the blog today. Hi to my peeps at <a href="http://authentiquepaper.com/" target="_blank">Authentique Paper</a>, who featured this video as part of their Xmas in July blog last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some people were curious about how I shot the video. Here’s
my high-tech video studio. Note the iTouch perched on a stick – very
sophisticated!</span></div>
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In November, we lost our beloved Saint Bernard, Daisy, to stomach cancer. Many of you may recognize Daisy - she has been featured in some projects here for Authentique Paper.</div>
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And she frequently tried to art direct me while making them.</div>
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When it came time to set her free, the staff at the hospital made a cast of her paw. I've wanted to do something with it, to create some way to remember my special girl. I finally was ready this month, and I chose Authentique's new "Grace" line.</div>
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Daisy was not graceful by any means. But her personality was sunny and warm and lovely. </div>
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I love the color combinations in this collection. Lots of pinks and greens and an awesome carmel - or Saint Bernard - brown. Look closely and you'll see the edges of the papers are all torn and inked to enhance the distressed look of the paper - the paper has a great weight to it that stands up to all kinds of tearing, sanding and inking.</div>
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Look even closer, and you'll see the letter "D" is covered with a piece of "Grace". Creating your own coordinating chipboard letters is an easy trick! - See my step-by-step below.</div>
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Our girl's pawprint sits nicely along with my favorite photo of her. Paper grass edging reminds me of her love of a good roll on the lawn. The tattered rose reminds me of how she would always insist on laying under "her" rose bush, regardless of thorns. The daisies remind me of her sunny, spunky personality, and her weird habit of smelling flowers in the garden!</div>
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In January we adopted Loki, a two year old Saint Bernard. He's fitting in quite nicely and is already trying to "help" me in my crafting corner. I'm sure he'll be featured on something very soon. </div>
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Step 2 - Apply a thin coat of Glue N Seal to the front of each letter and set onto your paper. Remember that the letter's "front" needs to go face-down so you get the paper you want on the front of the letter.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">I first embossed metal sheets by using my Big Kick and an embossing folder from Tim Holtz’s Alterations. Next I covered them with a light coat of white acrylic and set aside to dry.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Once the paint was dry I did a little scuffing and sanding to expose a little of the metal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little chocolate bunny is made from a bit of "Hope" from Authentique Papers. The bunn is edged in Walnut Stain Distress Ink and coated in Crystal Fine Glitter. Some vintage tinsel for his bow and he's good enough to eat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used lots of different things to link the panels - paper clips, jump rings, paper hinges and twine. Why use the same thing on every hinge? Mixing it up adds lots of interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I dabbed chipboard letters with my copper Acrylic Paint Dabber, being sure to leave chipboard exposed. It’s really important to leave some areas clear of the paint because….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got a ping from my colleague <a href="http://mayflaum.com/" target="_blank">May Flaum</a> asking if I would contribute to this week's <a href="http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge.</a> I thought for about 2 seconds before yelling "YES". So this week I am appearing on the blog's Metal-ology Challenge.</span></div>
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As in Authentique's "Lovely". And to celebrate the loveliness, I created a tiny canvas of paper and some wonderful flowers from Petaloo and trims from May Arts. We are all doing a cross-promo this week and here's my little contribution.</div>
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The canvas is 5x7", and I "painted" it with Victorial Velvet Distress Ink. I rubbed the ink on the canvas's edges, then used a paper towel to smear and fill in the canvas with color.</div>
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After I stamped and fancy-cut the wings, legs and top, I created the tutu with layers of ribbon, book pages, and Petaloo's Darjeeling flowers. More ribbon wraps the canvas and holds the key.</div>
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I also love love love the tiny hat pins from Petaloo. Adorably small, and perfectly pink, I used a beaded and a silver pin in the top corner.</div>
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"Darjeeling Flowers" by Petaloo</div>
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suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-24159874854974057722012-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:002012-11-12T05:00:05.377-08:00Love builds a garden.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Authentique is debuted its newest collection on Friday. It's all about love, and PINK. I made this project as a part of our Authentique-LoveMyTapes cross-promo last week and wanted to share it with you here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I created the flowers with a couple
of different techniques. For all of the flowers, I covered one side of a
square of paper with washi tape - sometimes I covered the whole paper,
sometimes I left stripes of paper for added texture. For the daisies and
other petal forms, I used the "Tattered Flowers" die from Sizzix. For
the roses, I used my favorite cut and twirl technique.For added texture
and shine, I spritz some of the flowers with Goosebumps Shimmer Texture
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sticker sheets to coordinate with the papers, and I used the trims to
decorate the jar. Washi tape twisted around itself creates great twine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had a great time playing with tape
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versatile and easy to work with. Be sure to visit the Love My Tape site
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suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-22006221393509937662012-11-08T05:00:00.000-08:002012-11-08T05:00:15.784-08:00Going to the dogs...<div style="text-align: center;">
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my turn to join the fabulous Authentique-Canvas Corp. Blog Hop. I'm so
excited to share this project with you today, which literally.....went
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Daisy
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"Original" - Authentique Paper</div>
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12x12 Burlap Fabricpage</div>
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6x6 and 2x2 Stretched Canvas</div>
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4x4 Stretched Burlap</div>
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Canvas Minis circles</div>
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suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-69536317645447200322012-10-29T10:51:00.002-07:002012-10-29T10:53:02.921-07:00Off to the pumpkin patch<div style="text-align: center;">
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Happy Monday everyone! It's been a while since I've posted - life sometimes throws us curve balls. But things are settling down now and it's time to get crackin! Below is my post for Authentique's "Pinspired Monday" - today's project was a lot of fun to create, and I hope it inspires you to created some seasonal fun!</div>
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My project today was <i>inspired </i>by my love of Halloween, and especially <i>pumpkins</i>!</div>
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And my <i>Pinspiration </i>was this wonderful paper pumpkin from whipperberry</div>
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So off I went to my paper stash and pulled out "Enchanted" and go to work.</div>
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loved how simple this project really was. Wet paper strips, twist into
sticks and let set. For the thinner strips I twisted the paper around
florist's wire for more strength. The great thing is that Authentique's
paper is nice and thick, so water is all that's needed to make it
pliable and to "set". Other sites used ModgePodge for this project but I
didn't need it! </div>
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Once
all the paper twists were ready, I pulled out the hot glue gun and
started attaching the twists to a stem. Round and round and some singed
fingertips later and I was done! The curly stems are paper wrapped
around florist wire, then twisted around a pen for better curl.</div>
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hope you are inspired to create your own magic pumpkin this Halloween.
And don't forget that pumpkins are great for Thanksgiving too, and
"Thankfully" Authentique has the perfect paper for that too!</div>
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Enchanted paper collection</div>
suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-38627195765007068592012-09-19T07:27:00.000-07:002012-09-19T07:27:16.888-07:00Halloween Under Glass<br />
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love my Petaloos - so doing an Authentique and Petaloo cross-promo was so exciting!<br />
When I received my promo box the butterflies
immediately caught my eye. The gorgeous deep orange - just the right
shade to compliment our Enchanted paper. But what to make..</div>
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Then I remembered seeing vintage mounted insects in a museum book and voila!</div>
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Halloween Under Glass</div>
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used paper from Enchanted, and two different dies from Tim Holtz's
Sizzix Alterations to create the tiny branch. It's delicate enough for
the daintiest butterfly.</div>
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Around
the base is florist's moss and more Petaloos - this time their
hydrangeas in black and orange. Some twists of different black ribbons
and a scientific label finish off this spookily beautiful little piece.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Authentique</i>- <a href="http://authentiquepaper.com/products/Enchanted">Enchanted Collection</a>: 12x12 Details Sticker, "Spellbound" 12x12 paper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Petaloo</i>- <a href="http://petaloo.cameoez.com/Scripts/PublicSite/index.php?userid=&template=ShowItemPublic&item=1492202230" target="_blank">Orangeade Velvet Hydrangeas</a>, <a href="http://petaloo.cameoez.com/Scripts/PublicSite/index.php?userid=&template=ShowItemPublic&item=1492201812">Black Velvet Hydrangeas</a>, <a href="http://petaloo.cameoez.com/Scripts/PublicSite/index.php?userid=&template=ShowItemPublic&item=1492202573">Orangeade Velvet Butterflies</a>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Sizziz Alterations</i> - Fleur and Fall Garland </span></div>
suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-68176561356387005032012-09-03T05:00:00.000-07:002012-09-03T05:00:12.624-07:00Pinspired Haunted TreehouseHalloween is my absolute favorite
holiday. Ghosties, goblins, bat and cats, boney feet and witches hats.
Who can resist?? Not me!<br />
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Authentique has started a <a href="http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/" target="_blank">"Pinspired Monday" </a>series, where each designer finds inspiration on Pinterest, and uses it to create a project. So off I went to Pinterest and this is what I found - a haunted house!</div>
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Which led me to create...</div>
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a haunted treehouse! </div>
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The
treehouse itself is built with a Configuration cabinet, lined with
papers from our Enchanted line. Once the sections are covered in paper
and the edges covered with paper tape the real fun begins - creating
each scene!</div>
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The Apothecary's Shoppe is my favorite. I loved mixing potions and poisons for these tiny bottles.</div>
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"Red Pepper" alcohol ink</div>
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thank you gypsies for visiting the blog this week. the contest winner this time is</div>
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loris visited and commented every day this week! thanks so much loris. please email me at suburbngypsycaravan@gmail.com with your address.<br />
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loris won 3 6x6 authentique paper bundles including the new "essentials" bundle, and a whole bunch of bling from want2scrap!<br />
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tomorrow is a very exciting day at the caravan. i'll be launching my very first video tutorial! be sure to stop by for the "festive-ities"<br />
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it's been a melancholy day, as i watch the events roll out in colorado. and while i did promise a new exciting blog post each day and fabulous prizes, today seems to call for something quieter and more reflective. so i thought i would post the page layout and card that i sent to CHA. both about life and beauty and love.</div>
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"enjoy life and the beauty of living" ~ card ~ "lively" collection </div>
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<br />thank you for visiting today. don't forget to leave a comment! and come back tomorrow for the last day of CHA reveals! and give your loved ones an extra hug tonight.</div>suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-88562118124514815072012-07-19T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-19T00:00:02.698-07:00CHA-aaaah-CHA day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
welcome gypsies to the haunted caravan! as many of you know, halloween is my all time favorite holiday. and to celebrate i thought it only fitting to create something very special with authentique's new halloween collection "enchanted"</div>
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</div>suburbNgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14394357496386936757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627335671457650356.post-43991666633092879442012-07-18T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-18T00:00:04.211-07:00CHA-cha-CHA day 3<br />
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hi everyone and welcome, or welcome back!</div>
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today life is a bed or roses - or a box of roses. </div>
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for those of you that are new to the caravan, CHA stands for Craft & Hobby Association and this week in IL is the summer show. all this week companies will be sneak peeking their new products, bloggers will be frantically typing their reviews, and many of us will be strutting our stuff - showing off our projects for our design teams.</div>
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as a very proud member of authentique's design team, i got to send a big box of projects to the show. and this week i'll be featuring them here on the blog!</div>
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visit the caravan and leave a comment to get entered in a fabulous drawing! </div>
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the prize package includes 6x6 authentique paper bundles and some nifty extras to inspire your own creations! </div>
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the winner will be announced on july 22!</div>
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i've been busily building fabulous projects for authentique's booth at CHA this month. i have some really amazing projects to share with you - but not until july 16!<br />
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when authentique launched their "glory" collection i was thrilled! i loved the deep red, and the patriotic theme. and it was so flexible, you didn't have to do just patriotic projects. i created "by the sea" to celebrate an old-fashioned seaside.</div>
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but then i couldn't resist using "glory" for something a little more patriotic of course. last week authentique had a cross promo with want2scrap, so i combined their bling and authentique's "glory" to create some very special flowers.</div>
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thanks for stopping by today. have a fun and safe july 4th, and make sure to check in next week as i start sneak peeking my CHA projects, and kick-off a CHA contest!</div>
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