Polka Dog Dog Love

Hi and happy January. This will be my final post for the Roc Nicholas Design Team. I need to take a break. I may at some point, try again to be on a design team, but for now, I will not be doing any design work. I have enjoyed my time on Roc's Design Team. She has a great bunch of ladies who design for her using her stamps which I love and will continue to use.

For this tag, I went with a Valentine's Day theme. I've used Polka Dot Dog, Stacked Love and Heart Vine to create this tag. I went a wee bit crazy with the glitter , so the whole quote which is quite hard to read is "Love Rocks!"

 

Happy New Year (a few days early!)

December 26th means it's time for my final Design Team piece for 2016 and a feature on Roc's blog.

A few of her animals have gotten together for an early New Year's Party! I used a couple of mop-up pages in my small Dylusions journal for this party. I added a few of Tim's rub-ons that were laying on my craft table for some added interest along with some texture stamping. 

Stamps used are:
Ellie, Polka Dot Dog, Bunny, Dog, Flying Pig, Screaming Bunny, and Party Dog. Additionally I used, Stacked Boxes and Flying Heart.

These and ALL of Roc's stamps can be found at Stampotique.

Happy New Year, and we'll see you in 2017! Party on!!

 

Standing on LOVE

The 26th means it's once again my turn to be featured on Roc's blog as part of her Design Team!

Poor Dog is so sick of the fighting and arguing that is going on in the United States right now that he is Standing On LOVE!

Roc's stamps that I used for this tag are Corner Sun, Dog, Stacked Love and Flying Heart.

You can find all of Roc's stamps at Stampotique.

 

Caution!

Time for me once again on Roc's Blog. 

I've created a two page spread in my mini journal for Halloween. Bird Lady 
takes center stage only she's got a kitty in her pocket in place of her usual bird! Elly is out for a walk and she's picked up a kitty to travel with her as well! And Crooked House has a kitty sitting on the roof as well! I used Dot Leaf Border on the base as my "grass."

You can find all of Roc's stamps at Stampotique.

Take a chance

It's time once again for me to be the featured Design Team member on Roc's blog.

This month I've created a tag and if Pony Tail  and Flying Pig had a baby, this is what it would look like! I love the ease of Roc's stamps to cut and mash-up the different animal stamps she creates! Steampunk Border completes my tag. 

All of Roc's stamps can be found at Stampotique.

 

SDC 256 Week 2

It's the second week of the SDC Mail Art Challenge.

I had some happy mail to send out, so I decided to decorate the envie as well as what was going inside!

I used Kassa's cute little Betsy bird, Magda's Agatha Flower and Roc's Bird Border.

SDC256-Mail Art

For the Stampotique  challenge, we are to make mail art. In other words, decorate the envelope that your mail will go in. Fun!!

I've used 4 different stamps for this challenge. Roc's Dog, Leaf Dot Border and Scalloped Lace Border and Kira's Monster News. All images were colored using Dylusions Spray Inks.

 

Good Day

The 26th and it's my day again to be featured on Roc's blog.

I started my postcard with a technique that Tim taught in Compendium of Curiosities 103 that I fell in love with. I can't share how I did the background, but it was done with Alcohol Inks. 

I reverse stamped Bird Lady. Then I stamped Flying Heart.  Finally,  I added a pop of Tim Holtz's Broken China Distress Ink to both. I heard the quote on a TV show and liked it, so I printed it out and added it. 

This postcard will be going to a player in Roc's Facebook swap group next month. There is still time to join!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/567598263326733/

All of Roc's stamps can be found at Stampotique. 

Now go have a good day!

 

Let's go!

It's the 26th, and that means it's my day to be the featured Design Team member on Roc's Blog!

Bunny and (retro 60's) Camper are off on a vacation! Destination unknown. Hopefully someplace cooler than it's been here in Florida! They don't call them the Dog Days of Summer for nothing!

I used Distress Inks to color my background, then used my Arrows stencil  and Splotches stencil for some visual interest. I reversed Bunny so he could pull Camper and used my PrismaColor pencils to color both.Hopefully they will send a postcard when they reach their final destination!

I will be giving this postcard to one lucky commenter from here and my Facebook post. All names will be thrown in the hat together. Just be sure I have a way to get in touch with you if I don't know who you are, please!

SDC253-Beach or Sea

Time for a new two week challenge at SDC.

Here's what they had to say about this challenge: "The beach is always such a fun and relaxing place to be. Whether it's sun or just fun in the sand and surf, let's see your best Beach themed projects this week"

I decided to let Flying Pig fly under the water for an adventure! I also used Leaf Border in place of seaweed. I drew the "mask" on Pig's face and added some Glossy Accents to give it dimension. I also hand drew the snorkel. There's some blue Stickles for the air bubbles going up to the top as well! Hope Pig remembers he's a mammal  and has to surface to breathe!

 

SDC252-PARTY!

The torch has been passed at Stampotique! There are new Design Team members onboard and they are having a PARTY!!

We were to make a party themed project to welcome the new Team members and also a few changes to the challenges. Instead of a weekly challenge, it will now be a fortnight, or every two weeks. 

After making a Gelli Plate print for another project, I used a portion of it for my background. Then I gathered some party people, namely Schmurphy, Twinkie and Party Dog and a lone bird from Roc's Bird Border stamp! Party on dudes! Party on! And welcome to the new Design Team!

 

SDC 251-Black and White Only

Nellie is the hostess this week at SDC251.

Here's what she had to say about her challenge:  "I challenge you to use only black and white in your project this week"

Well let's get at it!!

I started with a black tag and applied white Texture Paste thru a Tim Holtz stencil. This stencil is only available when you take a class with Tim, as I did back in March at  Whim So Doodle in St. Pete! I then stamped Bird Lady on a piece of dictionary page along with Polka Dot Dog and Banner. I added both black and white highlights to all three and snuck in some VIVA German Glitter on both Bird Lady and Dog for just a little sparkle! A Tim Holtz Chit Chat sticker and some black and white twine completed my tag. 

 

You Are My Sunshine

It's my turn again to be the featured Design Team member on Roc's blog.

My postcard will be doing double duty this month! It is also going to be my entry for the June/July postcard swap. I started with Roc's fabulous new stamp Corner Sun. And of course I had to use Screaming Bunny! Who wouldn't want him singing "You are my sunshine?!" Even one of Roc's cute Birds from Bird Border had to make an appearance! I had some sticky back canvas with a plaid design leftover from another project so I cut a few "flowers" as well.  This is a song that my dad sang to me when i was little, so it holds a special place in my heart. 

All of Roc's stamps can be found at Stampotique.

There is still time to join in on the June/July swap. Come check out Roc's Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/567598263326733/

SDC250-Butterflies, Flowers and All Things Garden

Jackie is the hostess this week for SDC250.

Here's what she had to say about her challenge: "Now that summer is almost here, it's time to spend some time in the garden and enjoy the nature and flowers. Let's see your best Butterfly, flowers and all things Garden projects"

Feline is out for a stroll in her garden, collecting beautiful moments!

I started with Tim Holtz's Chevron stencil along with Mustard Seed and Pumice Stone Distress Inks. Then I used some of Wendy Vecchi's Fern Green embossing powder along with Roc's Heart Vine stamp adding that to the left side. I stamped off Feline onto a piece of white cardstock and used Dyan Reaveley's Spray Inks to color. Finally, I added a bit of Viva German Glitter on the hearts and on Feline's crown. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz's Chit Chat sticker set and a couple of very old concho's from Close To My Heart to anchor the sentiment. 

 

SDC249-Man Up!

Carol is the hostess this week for SDC249.

Here's what she had to say about her challenge: "Journal page, card or mixed media, all is ok as long as it has a male image on it"

Twinkie has taken on a new summer job as a dog walker. He's got himslef into a bit of a kerfluffle though, with too many Vic's running in between his legs and behind his back. He is being himself though. Bravely!!

 

SDC248-All Creatures Great and Small

Nellie is the hostess this week for SDC248.

Here's what she had to say about her challenge:  "Wild and woolly or friendly and domesticated we love them all..make sure to include an animal or two on your creation this week."

I was working with my Gelli Plate yesterday for a Playing Card Deck Swap I am in and pulled a few extra prints, so that is where I started for my background. I additionally random stamped some images on the deli paper and also used Archival ink thru a stencil for some more texture and interest. The house was the positive of a die cut , so I added some tissue paper that I stamped on and made it into a dog house for Polka Dot Dog along with a bit of Scalloped Lace Border for decoration. I used three of Tim Holtz's chit chat stickers to complete the tag. 

 

Cardboard Roll Album

It's the 26th, so that means it's my day to be featured on Roc's blog 
as a member of her Design Team.

This is a picture heavy post, so grab a drink and enjoy!

I know a young lady who has anxiety issues. She also loves to make art. So I decided to make part of her gift and allow her to finish it as she wishes. I started with toilet paper tubes, flattened them, painted them, then used an old Graphic 45 paper pack and accessories, Botanical Garden to cover the tubes. Then I cut out 8 manilla tags using a Tim Holtz die and my Vagabond. Once they were cut, I used Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paints and colored both sides and when that dried, I used Tim's Flourish stencil along with Dina's Gilt and Sterling paints thru the stencil. Then I stamped and cut out various Roc images and adhered them to the tags. Miss E can color the images as she chooses. Each tube holds two tags with images on both sides. 

Here are the stamps I used: Stacked Love, Screaming Bunny, Stand Tall, Polka Dot Dog, Crooked House, Ponytail, Flying Heart, Bunny, Flying Pig, Stacked Cups, Feline, Stacked Boxes, Ellie, Party Dog, Dog, Bird Lady, Heart Vine and last but not least Scalloped Lace Border.

Now, on to the pictures!

 I hope Miss E has as much fun coloring these images (plus a few others I will throw in for her to use however she wants) as I did making the mini album!