and the 6 winners are...

WOW WOW WOW!!!

thanks so very much EVERYONE for all the blog comments, FACEBOOK comments,  new FACEBOOK LIKES & shares...

we both had a blast reading the comments...

for as many stamps as I have, it's still a major thrill for me to get new stamps...I hope the winners feel the same!

like I seriously stalk the UPS guy, when I get the shipping confirmation...

without further chit chat...

here are the 6 LUCKY winners, chosen by Rick...

from my FACEBOOK page...

#1...Elves In The Attic Wendy, Seattle is calling. Come here to do a class!

Like · Reply · September 14 at 10:24am

#2...Pamela Thompson These are spectacular! I have all of your ink pads and just love them, every bit as good as I hoped!

Like · Reply · September 13 at 5:41pm

#3...Trent Miller This is way cool and think that new inks I just bought of yours would go great with these stamp sets

Like · Reply · September 13 at 8:49am

and from the blog comments...

#1... Julie Steed said...

The paint over the EP really does look great. I NEED to pick up some of the clear EP!

September 14, 2013 at 10:15 AM

 

#2... Eileen said...

Thank you so much for the chance to own such fabulous goodies ... Eileen xx

September 13, 2013 at 10:12 AM

 

#3... barbarayaya62 said...

Wendy i love all your stamps, stencil embossing paste archival ink...... all!!!!!!!!!!! Thamks for a chance to win! BARbarayaya

September 13, 2013 at 9:50 AM

 

please email me with your shipping info so they can be on their way to you...

enjoy them...an UNINKED stamp is an UNLOVED stamp!

I'll be back on Thursday and I'll be participating in a blog hop...

so far I have this much done...

a tag covered with peeled paint, broken china & rusty hinge  distress paints...

I inked over the dry paints with rusty hinge, then misted with water using the polka dotty stencil...that's the subtle dots you see in the background...

then I stenciled some polka dots with antique linen distress paint onto the left side...

not sure where this is going...but so far I'm liking the multiple layers in the background & the fall-ish colors too...

guess we'll see on Thursday!

now I'm off to make (blog hop) art...

wendy

ps...I have MORE stamp sets to share...

stay tuned! we'll do this GIVEAWAY stuff again for sure!

it's a GIVEAWAY times 6!

good morning and happy weekend...

let's get this weekend started with a GIVEAWAY...

or 2...

or 3...

or 4...

or 5...

no...let's make it 6!

I have 3 stamp sets to giveaway here on my blog...

and another 3 to giveaway 
on my FACEBOOK PAGE...

more on the giveaways in a few...

since I don't have any new art to share today...

I thought I would share a sneak from my "mixed media tag art journal"... this is one of the techniques we have fun with, using the awesome distress paints...over my translucent embossing paste...

have you seen the new paints?

they are really AWESOME...beautiful fall colors!

see the art parts wings?

now they look like a plant/leaves to me...

things don't always have to be used the original way...

the polka dot leaves are stamped with my new reverse dots background stamp, using fern green archival...

and they are stamped on clearly for art, that I covered with Claudine's sticky back canvas...

we alter the yellow Blossom Bucket flower with distress paint too...

tim's new industrious stickers are my most favorite product from this past CHA...so alterable...so much fun...

so if you have signed up for this class at The Queen's Ink in Savage Md, (next weekend) or for this class at The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington, Illinois...(October 19)...

you'll make this and a whole lot more...

I taught this technique loaded class last weekend at Everything Scrapbooks & Stamps & we had a really fun day...

ok...the giveaway scoop...

leave a comment on this blog post for your entry ticket...

and leave a comment on my FACEBOOK page for your second chance to win one of 6 sets!

and while you're there...if click the LIKE button, you'll see my posts on your feed...and you'll make me happy too!

I'll be back on Monday, after Rick has chosen the 6 lucky winners...

until then, enjoy your weekend and remember to take some time for yourself to...

make art!

wendy

ps...GO BEARS!

painted paste & parts...

make that painted translucent embossing paste & art parts...

this is long, you might want to get comfy...

I'll show you how I made this...

cut a #8 manila tag to 5 1/2 inches, then spread translucent embossing paste over the tag, with a palette knife...

do not cover the whole tag...I like to leave some of the sides un-pasted...is that a word?

while the paste is wet, mist the script background (from set LCS038 live & make art) with water & press the unmounted stamp into the wet paste...

set the tag aside to dry & clean the stamp before the paste dries...

an old toothbrush is a handy cleaning tool...

wow...that was quick...

the tag is already dry...

the magic of the internet...

you'll see in the photo below that the paste has now magically changed to clear...

I chose these distress paint colors...

wild honey, rusty hinge, broken china, salty ocean & peeled paint...

remember...always shake the paints before using...

you'll see that my foam is dirty...

I've been using this guy for a while with paints...it's cool that the paints do not dry crunchy, so I'll just keep using this one...

I used the same foam for this whole tag...

when you use small amounts of the distress paint, the foam dries quickly...

I usually tap in onto a paper towel just to make sure most of the paint is gone...

plan B...you could use one foam for each color, then rinse them out, dry & use later...

dispense a small amount of salty ocean onto the craft sheet & pick up with the blending tool...

tap, twist & turn the blending tool over the dry paste in 3 areas...

the tag looks like this...

then do the same thing with wild honey...

now we have this...

dry...

next use rusty hinge & dry...

getting better...

can you see how different the paint looks over the paste & over the un-pasted tag areas?

and finally add peeled paint & dry...

use cornflower blue archival with the normandy lace unmounted stamp & press a section of the stamp onto 3 areas of the background & dry...

this stamp with tiny text is a great background filler...

I LOVE it for art journal pages...

the more layers, the better it looks...

 use watering can archival (on a blending tool) to stencil striped borders...
dry...

use the honeycomb stencil with fern green archival  (on a blending tool) to add the honeycomb in 3 areas & dry...

it still needed more in the background, so I used the same stamp as before, but this time with watering can archival...

you'll see the stamping I added in the lower left corner, top left & a bit on the right side about the middle...

one more layer...

dispense a small amount of broken china paint onto the craft sheet, pick up with detail water brush & tap over the tag to create tiny paint dots...

flood the brush with water to clean/remove the paint...

paint the art parts flower with a small amount of rusty hinge paint, spreading the paint with your finger & dry...

this creates a chalky effect...

use orange blossom archival with the ornate dots background & stamp over the flower & dry...

to create the other components...

paint the art parts stem/leaves with peeled paint, dry & use fern green on the New York label to stamp over the stem/leaves...

***a different way to use the label***

*the graphics are really cool*

paint the art parts banner with rusty hinge, and use jet black archival to stamp a portion of this sentiment...add some pen stitching detail...

***fun not to use the whole stamp***

IGNORE the art parts word ART...lol...

in the end it was too light for the background, so I painted right over it with black soot distress paint...

ah...much better!

to create the small orange-ish flower...

use matte Glue N Seal to glue dictionary paper to clearly for art, then stencil the flower using orange blossom archival...

cut out the flower, add the flower center color with the scattered straw distress marker & heat to soften the CFA, then shape...

the mini black star & the flower center are from Blossom Bucket...

trim off one side of the trimmings ruffle...

mist with water...then paint with the broken china paint, dry, then stamp over the trim with watering can archival, using the polka dot border (LCS034 seriously art)...

assemble like this...

add 2 screw eyes to accent the stem & draw some dashes leading to the star...

lots of layers...

lots of dimension in the background...

painted paste & parts is a fun technique...

I think this textured background will be fun on a larger scale...

maybe a mixed media canvas...

and speaking of fun...

YIPPEE...we just had a change in the Stampers Anonymous convention schedule, so I had a free Saturday pop up...

I chatted with Amy over the weekend & we added my new "mixed media tag art journal" class to the schedule for The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington, Illinois, on Saturday October 19th.

it's a 9 hour art marathon (1 hour for lunch & SHOPPING) ...and we'll use all of the newest products from this past CHA...plus LOTS of distress inks, paints, stains, markers, embossing pastes, stencils, archivals, Blossom Bucket & so much more, to create this...

I hope to see you there!

that's it...

back to packing for the next stop on my art adventure...

I'm headed to Everything Scrapbooks & Stamps in Lake Worth Florida. we have 2 fun...all day art journal workshops scheduled...

I can not wait to...

make art (in Florida!)!

wendy

ps...I hope you're inspired to try something new...

got any ideas?

talk to us...audience participation is good!

on the edge...part 2...

welcome back my friends...

I showed how to cut the sizzix/alterations distress doilies in part one...

it's the post below this one...

here's part 2 of on the edge...

ready set...

GO!

the first tag is really pretty simple, but the kraft doily makes it fun...

I inked over the doily with  gathered twigs, using the blending tool...

look closely & you'll see the doily was lightly stamped using this ledger background and potting soil archival...

ps..it's a beautiful brown! mwah!

I used the tarnished brass distress stain to randomly edge the doily...

the new art parts flower was stamped with red geranium archival, using my reverse dots background... after I dried it, I went over the top with rusty hinge on the blending tool to color the dots...

the smaller flower center was made by stenciling the small flower from the "create a flower" stencil, using orange blossom archival...I stenciled it onto clearly for art that was covered with a vintage dictionary page, dried it, cut it out & edged it with the tarnished brass distress stain...

the new art parts stem was stamped with the reverse dots background, using fern green archival...& it too was edged with tarnished brass stain...

cute chit-chat stickers added the sentiment...

and a little black string bow was the finishing touch...

oh...I added a few black glaze pen dots too...

before gluing everything in place, I edged the #8 black tag with the tarnished brass stain...

very simple...but I like it...

I didn't add anything to the tag top since it will be a page in my art parts tag art journal...

oops...forgot to say that I added tarnished brass to the chit-chat words & raised them up with black chipboard scraps...

I was having too much fun to quit...

one little tag wasn't enough...

so, here's a card...

I think it would also look cute in a frame & it would make a fun hostess gift...or a holiday gift for a friend...

it's a simple design, just change the sentiment & it works well for any occasion...

you'll see I used just the frame portion of the doily on the card this time...

part #1 shows how to snip out the center...

below are the pieces I started with...

2 new art parts leaves...they were stamped with the reverse dots background & fern green archival...and I added a bit of brushed corduroy...

reverse dots is my new favorite background...

a clearly for art flower, die cut with tim's sizzix/alterations tattered florals die...it's stamped with potting soil archival, using my vintage mesh background...

the new art parts flower in the center was inked with cornflower blue & stamped with the "new york school of art" stamp, using watering can archival...

the remaining 4 flowers were stenciled on CFA covered with vintage dictionary paper & cut out...

2 were stenciled with orange blossom archival & 2 with cornflower blue archival...then all 4 were edged with the tarnished brass stain ...

the gold edge is a small detail, but it matters...

the 3 pieces below make the main flower & they're held together with a screw eye...

the CFA flowers were heated & shaped...before layering them...

I cut the kraft card stock base to 41/4 x 5 1/2 & the black base a little larger...

I inked over the kraft with gathered twigs & kept the center a bit lighter...

the base got edged with the tarnished brass stain too...

after I glued the doily to the card base, I stamped the sentiment with jet black archival...

I used the vintage mesh stamp with water to stamp randomly over the background...because I used distress to ink the kraft base, the water lifted the ink & created a subtle pattern & still allows the doily to stand out...

when assembling the card, I snipped the pointy blue stenciled flower in half & used a piece at the top & the other piece under the flower on the bottom...

I added long fasteners to 2 of the flower centers...

glued it all together...

tada...

this guy is pretty dimensional, because of the screw eye, so hand delivery is probably best...

but...

***tip*** 

I like to use the plastic packaging containers from sizzix dies for shipping...

it gives the PO folks something to look at and the packaging keeps the dimensional stuff very well protected...

here's a better look...

in this photo you can see the CFA flower a little better...

random tips & stuff...

to cover clearly for art with vintage dictionary paper, I use Glue N Seal, matte finish...

I like the 1 ounce jar, because it has a built in brush, but I refill it with the 4 ounce jar, which does not have a brush...it's much more cost effective...instead of buying a second small jar, just for the brush...

spread the CFA sheet with a thin layer of Glue N Seal, add the dictionary page over it, brayer, then dry...NO BUBBLES...even when using fragile vintage paper...

covering clearly for art is a good way to use up patterned paper scraps...you can stamp an image & cut or use a die to cut the CFA...

I added a tiny bit of Multi Medium between the flower layers...the screw eye holds the layers securely together & the Multi Medium keeps them in place...no spinning...

to glue the doily to the kraft base, I put a blob gob some Multi Medium on my craft sheet & used a toothpick to apply it to select areas...

make sure the dabber top is fairly dry...NOT super saturated...when using the distress stains to edge pieces...

archivals are awesome...oops...that slipped in!

but I did want you to notice that the color of the base does affect the final outcome of the archival color, since archivals are fairly translucent... 

take a look at the photo above & you'll see cornflower blue over the art parts flower & also over the white dictionary page...

this is cool...because you get coordinating colors...

phew...

all of this because I was inspired by tim's on the edge distress doily die...lol...

well I hope I've inspired you to...

make art!

wendy

on the edge...part 1...

I totally LOVE getting new products to play work with...

BUT...I also find it a fun challenge to put a twist on something I've had for a while...

you've heard it here before...

if it works more than one way...I'm excited...

so I was wanting a doily for an art journal page...

but... 

I wanted one that would stand up well to inks...

I checked out the paper doilies in the baking/candy section...

nope...too flimsy for my need...

don't bother...save your $$$...

so I got to thinking, then the little lightbulb in my head turned on  & the idea worked...

duh...you probably knew that...if it didn't work there would be no post...genius!

I'll make my own doily...with this die...

it's tim's on the edge sizzix alterations distressed doily die...

I've had it since it came out a bit ago & I've used it many times as an edge, just as he intended it...

                            

to change things up here's what I did...

I cut my paper to 5 1/2 inches square...

this example is cut from specialty stamping paper, because it's strong & I know I can easily ink it/stamp it & it won't fall apart...

here's the first cut...

before you toss the cut outs in the trash...grab those 2 cuties you see in the bottom right corner of the photo...

they look like funky flowers to me...

with just one cut with the die, it makes a beautiful card base...

next, I positioned the paper on the die like this...

this photo is looking down on the die...

you can see the die edges peeking out on the sides...

make sure it's straight on the die...for both cuts...

here's what it looks like after the second cut...

I snipped those end pieces to remove the doily...

then removed the cut outs...

and this is the result...

a REALLY cool full oval doily...

SUCCESS!

it can also be used vertically & it's the PERFECT fit for a #8 tag...

here's another cool thing...

we can use anything to cut the doily...

any color for whatever coordinates with the project plan...

I was thinking a kraft doily would look good...

yep...it does!

for this one I used 2 layers of kraft card stock, since I'll probably have it hanging off the tag...

and then another thought popped in...

I LOVE when that happens...

hmmm...what if I wanted a doily frame?

so I cut another full doily & then snipped off the center in the spots where it was connected to the frame...

just a few snips and I got this...

now there's plenty more thoughts floating around...

a BLACK doily? 

you bet! I'll be doing that for sure!

a doily cut from manila card stock?

yes...I have one waiting...

it's nice & sturdy...exactly what I originally wanted...

a doily cut from clearly for art to use as a stencil?

oh yes! I'll be spraying distress stains thru one, just as soon as I get a little play time...

or cover clearly for art with vintage dictionary pages (use Glue N Seal) & die cut sturdy printed doilies...they will not break or crease if they hang off the edge...

note to self...try that!

or die cut the clearly for art blackout & have a really strong BLACK doily...perfect for hanging off the edge of a canvas or art parts base...

how about doilies cut from patterned card stock? these will be cool using tim's paper stash & it will totally change the look of both the doily & the paper stash! 

I might have to try that right now...I'm getting excited...

and another thought...

it's a good way to use up those left over cardstock pieces...

so...what did I do with my doilies?

NOTHING...YET! 

but...pop back on Friday for on the edge part 2...

HOPEFULLY by then I'll have a little time to play with them 

and...

make art!

wendy

ps...what are YOU thinking? got any ideas brewing? do share!