Doggie Tags and Helmar Adhesives

Hi, today I my tags are being featured over at Helmar.  Please go on by and take a look at what all the designers have lined up for you.




I am one of those crafters that has my hands in many different genres/medias.  I paint, sketch, scrapbook, cross stitch, sew ... you name it.  One of the reasons is probably because my mom taught my twin sisters and I how to do all those things including knitting, but that didn't take with me.  Knitting takes too long and I didn't have the patience. 


So like my love of all things having to do with creativity and handmade I also have several "styles."  One of styles is whimsical art or in this case paper piecing.


I made these cute "Back to School" tags for my design team project.  I love these doggies, they are so dang cute.

For these projects I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry and also Helmars 3D Zap Dots.  If you want a project NOT to come apart a couple of years from now, then definitely have to use Helmar's liquid glue.

One trick for making your paper piecings "come alive" is to use 3D layers.  Also using dry and wet chalk for shadows and of course a high light pen.

Thank you for stopping by today - and happy scrapping

Helmar Product Used:

Helmar's 450 Quick Dry

Helmars 3D Zap Dots





Other Product Used:

Bazzill, Little Yellow Bicycle, May Arts, Pentel, Sharpie, Buttons Galore, Creative Impressions, Tim Holtz, 7 Gypsies

Retreat by the Shore with Art Anthology

Hi -  Today I am sharing my latest project using the fabulous Art Anthology products.  I decided to make a seashore inspired large tag with lots of color and layering.

Above I started with 2 4×7.5 tags.  I cut 4 inches off of one tag and sprayed both pieces with my Art Anthology Colorations.

Above I used the new Art Anthology “Stucco” texture paste and added Colorations “Waimea Bay” and mixed it so that I could use my new “Bubbles” AA stencil for my tag below.  I started to add layers of vellum, ribbon, jewels, my stencils and crystal dimension “Mermaid”

I hope you enjoyed my sea shore “retreat” tags.  Try some Art Anthology Colorations spray next time you decide to create a little mixed media.

Thank you for stopping by ….

Art Anthology Product Used:  

Colorations:  Waimea Bay, Grass, Peacock Feathers, Salted Caramel; Dimensional Crystals: Mermaid; Texture Paste:  Stucco; Stencil:  Bubbles

Other Product Used:

Helmar, May Arts, Ranger, American Tag, Prima Marketing, 7 Gypsies, Creative Imaginations, Bazzill, Cricut, Sea Glass, Shells, Charms

Naked Tags For Leaky Shed Studio

Hi, just wanted to share with you some "naked" chipboard tags I made for Leaky Shed Studio.  Their chipboard is very detailed so it is great to use them "as is".  I decided to leave them naked because I was going for a more rustic feel for the tags.

First I used Ranger ink to get my tags inked so I would have a good base to start with.  Both tags have the same colors yellow and green.

 

I pronounced the green on this "Easy To Be With" tag by adding green pigment ink on the edges and also adding green flowers, leaves and jewels.

 

 

On this "Thank You" Tag I added yellow fabric, yellow flowers and sprayed extra "lemon" mist to pronounce the yellow.

Please stop by the Leaky Shed Blog and see more photos of my tags. 

Thank you for stopping by ...  happy scrapping

 

Leaky Shed Studio Product:

Springtime Flowers

Watch Parts

 

Other Product Used:

Flowers & Leaves:  Petaloo, Prima Marketing, Zva, I am Roses

Ribbon & Fiber:  May Arts

Ink: Ranger Industries, Da Vinci, Tattered Angels

Rub-ons:  Melody Ross, Scrap ease

Other: Helmar, jewels, fabric, corrugated board

Artful Time Tag with Leaky Shed Studio

Hi, its my turn over at Leaky Shed Studio today.  I have shared this colorful tag that I really enjoyed creating.

I used the following Chipboard from Leak Shed Studio's extensive product line.

 

 

I themed my tag "Make Every Minute Artful"  I also decided to use orange as my base color.  Orange is one of my favorite colors and I just don't use it enough. 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, for more photos of my Time Tag please go on over to Leaky Shed Studio Blog.  I have also added some tips and techniques on my post.

 

Happy Scrappping ...

 

Leaky Shed Products Used:

Clock #1 (104-1)

Watch Parts (392)

Other Products Used:
Art Anthology, Webster's Designs, Maya Road, Christy Tomlinson, Tim Holtz, Petaloo, Prima Marketing

Spring Means Weddings!

Hi, just wanted to share a quick photo of some custom banners I made for a bridal shower gift for a special friends wedding.

My client let me know exactly what she wanted. Black with a touch of red and very simple, the bride likes a simple clean look.

So I created these banners for her.  She loves them and is happy.  Yay, my job is done :)

 

 

The Mr. and Mrs. banner is for the wedding photos taken on site and the thank you banner is for after her wedding - she wants to thank her friends and family for attending her special occasion.

 

I reinforced both banners with extra tabs where I strung through the wire and the ribbon.

 

I thought this was such a cute idea for a photo opportunity to commemorate your special day.

 

 

Happy scrapping, thank you for stopping by.

Guest Designer at Leaky Shed Studio!

I am so excited today!  I am the Guest Designer over at Leaky Shed Studio.  I decided to create a tag using Leaky Shed Studio's awesome chipboard Butterflies and their Julie Nutting doll.

For those of you that know me - you know I love making tags because they are little pieces of art.  You have the freedom with not a lot of time invested; to use all kinds of mixed media and layer to your heart's content.

I used the following below from Leaky Shed Studio, go on over and check out the products and blog featuring my tag!  I also posted a mini tutorial of my process when making the tag.

Classy Girl (4 in) - Julie Nutting

 

 

Spring Butterfly (small)

I hope I have inspired you to make a tag today and don't forget to check Leak Shed Studio for awesome chipboard.

Happy Scrapping ...

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used:

Classy Girl (4 in) - Julie Nutting

Spring Butterfly (small)

Winter Tag Snow Queen

Today my Winter tag is being featured over at Basically Bare, please go on over to the BB blog to see more pictures.  The tag is approx. 4x9 and I used a variety of products (scraps) I had in my Winter box.  I organize by theme along with product line.  So I have two  "winter" boxes - one box with embellishments and the other box with paper.  Any who, I love using up my paper and embellishment scraps, it makes me feel creative.  Why?  Because when I have a collection of papers and matching embellishments its all there for me, easy peasy.  When I mix and match from what I have and try and make that combination happen - it takes more (for me) time, creativity and focus.

Here is a close up of the Basically Bare Dress Form that I used for my Snow Queen Tag.  I used a Reminisce 3D snowflake sticker I had from a couple of collections ago.

 

I know a lot of states are getting lots of snow, here in Florida we get cloudy, rainy and muggy.  But since its winter I was inspired by all the snow the rest of you are getting so I made this winter tag.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, and again go on over to Basically Bare and see what else the designers have been creating.  Happy New Year

 

Seasonal Cuteness Tags with Basically Bare shapes and Paper Piecing

Today my post is featured over at Basically Bare, please go over and check it for more in depth photos of my individual tags.  Here is my set of Seasonal Doggie Tag using the Basically Bare shapes and also a variety of paper companies such as Little Yellow Bicycle, Fancy Pants, Doodlebug, and Basic Grey.

 

 

I love how the Spring tag turned out with the flowers and bees.  The Summer tag has sunshine and shells.  The Fall tag I think is cute because I only did the back of the doggie plus it has a cute pumpkin.  The Winter tag I like because the penguin, snowman and doggie each have on their own winter hat.

 

Hope you enjoyed my post today, don't forget to go on over to Basically Bare for more photos and thank you for stopping by.

 

Happy Scrapping ...

 



My SWAP with Art Anthology and Basically Bare

I had a blast making these projects for the Basically Bare and Art Anthology SWAP!

Today is the last day of the swap, be sure to go on over to the Basically Bare blog and see what the other design team members created this week.  Also dont forget to "like" Basically Bare on FB and also Art Anthology on FB.

I have one more post scheduled for December for Basically Bare and will be posting an album that I am selling on my Etsy store so keep a look out. 

Thank you for stopping by, happy scrapping. 

Featured Designer on Sweet Stamp Shop

Today I am featured on Sweet Stamp Shop's blog!  I made a card and a tag using their "spectacle" stamps.  Go check it out they have adorable stamps.

Here is a peek

 

 

Thank you Sweet Shop Stamps it was alot of fun creating with the "spectacle" stamp set.

 

 

 

Tag Inspiration

Just a quick post to give you a little inspiration and get you in the mood for Christmas

 

I used the TH holly diecut, the hero swirl stamp and lots of Ranger distress ink with a spritz of Tattered Angels.

 

I have posted some new item on my Kitsnbitscraps Etsy store and will be posting a another album this week.  Go check it out :)  Buy handmade for the Holidays.  Thank you for stopping by

Halloween Tags With Basically Bare

Its almost Halloween and I created 2 Halloween inspired tags.  My tags are featured today on the Basically Bare blog.  Let me know if what you think.

Here is a peek:

Happy Halloween

Out to Sea with Trinity Paper Arts

Well summer is almost gone though you wouldn't guess that if you lived in S. Florida.  We are still getting lots of sunshine and beach time.

Today I would like to share with you a beach tag I did for my post over at Scrap Street e-zine. There is always something going on over there with lots of inspiration and tutorials.

For this tag I used lots of Helmar Adhesives. I also used my favorite beach paper from Trinity Paper Arts; Surf N Swim.

The 450 Quick Dry is also great for adhering netting or mesh because it spreads thin, and dries clear. You also get some lead time to adjust your elements before it dries. Once the glue dries it adheres forever!

Enjoy the rest of your sunny summer days! Happy Scrapping!

Product Used:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Helmar Quick-fix adhesive runner

Trinity Paper Arts Surf N Swim:

Noteworthy B

Stripes A

Borders A

Borders B

Beach Day A

Decor Stickers

My Tags are featured over at Basically Bare

I want to share with you some tags I made for the Basically Bare Design Team.  Go check them out!  I really loved the way they turned out and guess what?  They look alot harder to make than they really were!

I used the new Hats and Staches chipboard embellies from Basically Bare.  They were already black so all I had to do was emboss them with some WOW embossing powder then spray some glimmer mist on them and voila!

I would love it if you went on over to Basically Bare and left me some love :)

Thank you for stopping by and happy scrapping!

Lookie What I Got

As promised below are the tags that I received in my Tag Swap.  I met up with the girls at the Paper Niche last night and we swapped our tags.  I love all my tags and the ladies did such an awesome job on them all.  I had a very good time and I even got some scrapping time in. 

Starting from the top and to the right:

1.  Mindy:  http://prettylittlepaperlove.blogspot.com/

2.  Liz: 

3.  Gine:  http://ginesscraproom.blogspot.com/

4.  Luci:  http://lucisscrapoddities.blogspot.com/

5.  Me :)

6.  Jean:  http://jeansworldabound.blogspot.com/



Such talented ladies!! Thank you!

Tags with Wings

I was invited to do a tag swap with some girls from my local store - The Paper Niche.  The theme is ''Wings.''

I thought about doing angel wings but figured most of the girls would do that so I decided to go a little off path and made Butterfly wings instead. 

FLY

Manilla Tag measures 3 1/8 by 6 1/4

I used the Fiskars "threading water" punch and added layers of paper at end of tag then finished it with the last layer of trim from fancy pants.  This is one of my favorite trims.

I cut out a heart to fit the Maya Road tin out of Vintage Blue "stripe" paper then I used my melting pot and heated up Utee.  I dipped the heart into the Utee.  I added stickles around the inner heart to fill any "gaps" then I popped up and layered my butterfly.

Products Used:

Maya Road heart Tin

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Cuttlebug butterfly die

K & Company script paper

Glitz Designs "Vintage Blue"

Glimmer Mist "Attic Blue" and "Sunflower"

Cuttlebug "dots" embossing folder

October Afternoon "kitchen cupboard"

Jenni Bowlin "Haven"

May Arts brown organza ribbon

Fancy Pants trim

Utee

Petaloo flowers

Zva leaves

Mark Richards bling

office tag

jewerly tag

Tsukineko "jumbo java"

Ranger "silver" stickles

Fiskars "threading water" border punch

Day 5 of 25 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Its Monday and we have inspiration for those Monday blues! We hope you are in the Christmas spirit and we are helping with that :)

So yesterday I said that I had been inspired by Tim Holtz christmas tags, so today I will be showing you some tags that I made.  Tim Holtz is amazing and he is very inspiring, I used alot of Tim Holtz inks, die cuts and ranger products.  I also love taking bits and pieces of leftover kits or just odds and ends that are left over after my album making frenzy. 

I hope I can inspire you to make some Christmas tags too.  Now go on over to see what the amazing Bea has in store for you.  She is so talented and I have seen her at work.  That girl is FAST!!  Check her out for our DAY 5 of our 25 Days of Christmas.

Thank you for all your lovely comments, I love it!!

Thank you everyone for participating ... Happy Scrappy Day 5!

Come back and see what Beatriz from Amazing Grace and I have for Day 6.