Smile, Today Is A Good Day w/Ranger Ink...

Hi everyone, thanks so much for stopping by today!  I have a guest tutorial post to share with you over on the Ranger Ink Blog.  I'll show you step-by-step how I created this colorful Smile Distress Crayon Card.  I hope you can pop on over and take a peek!

Thanks so much for the visit.  I really appreciate it, have a wonderful day!  xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase thru that link (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Hello friends!  I'm back today with a couple more quick gift ideas.  I just had to make one more ornament and it's very fitting, for the night before Christmas.

 Also, a quick giftable mini mason jar.

 Let me walk you thru how I put them together.

 Let's get started.  I cut a piece of Christmas Paper Stash to fit the inside of the smallest Vignette box.  Then applied some opaque crackle paste with the Mini Falling Stars Layering Stencil to the prepared paper.  Then I sprayed the paper with Distress Resist Spray (in a spray box).  While still wet, I applied Rock Candy Glitter with a Glitter Duster.  I colorized the Mini Woodland Trees with Cracked Pistachio Distress Spray Stains.  The Decorative Deer were distressed with a little Pumice Stone Distress Paint.

 The Christmas Quote Token received a few swipes of Picket Fence Distress Crayon.  I painted the Vignette box and Pinecones with Picket Fence Distress Paint.

 Everything received a dusting of Rock Candy Glitter, using the Glitter Duster.  Tim made a couple of videos for his Holiday Hacks series and I just followed his directions.  If you haven't seen his videos, you should go take a peek here!  You can see the sparkle of the Rock Candy Glitter much better on the tree.

 This little Christmas Paper Doll is such a cute, she's just waiting for santa!

 Now for the Mini Mason Jar!

 I switched out the lid for the extension kit, which held the gift card perfectly.  I spray painted the lid with red spray paint.  The Christmas Word Band was bent with jewelry bending pliers, then received a few swipes of Picket Fence Distress Crayon.  I attached the word band with a little red/white twine.

 I diecut the little tag with the Sidekick/tag die using paper from the Christmas Mini Paper Stash.  To finish it off, I added a few pieces from the Christmas Snippets along with a little Christmas Design Tape and a Mini Woodland Tree.  I might have ate some of the present as I was filling the jar (ha,ha,ha)...good thing I had 2 boxes.

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Thank you so very much for all the support and kind words, it means the world to me.  If you have any questions please let me know I love your comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them!  As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!  xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

Merry & Bright Christmas Ornament...

Hello friends!  Are you ready for Christmas…do you still need a few last minute gift ideas?  I'm sharing a fun, quick and easy Christmas ornament today.  Some of my most precious treasured Christmas ornaments have been handmade and gifted to me over the years.  Let me walk you thru how I put it together.

 Gather your supplies, here's what I used:  Mini & Small Woodland Tree Lot, Wood Slices, Decorative Deer, Christmas Quote Chips, Snowflakes, Christmas Story Sticks, Thimbles, Salvaged Snowmen, Christmas Mini Paper Stash, Glitter Duster, Distress Paints & Spray Stains, Grit Paste, Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.

Let's get started!  I flipped the vignette box (I used the 2nd to smallest Vignette box, 4 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8) and covered with polka dot paper.  Those of you that know me, know I have a real thing for polka dots...I even have eyeglasses with polka dots...ha,ha,ha.  Then painted the snowman and deer with a selection of Distress paints.

 I colorized the woodland trees with a few different green shades of Distress Spray Stains.

 The thimble was painted with a little Candied Apple Distress Paint.

 The Christmas Story Stick received a few swipes of Picket Fence Distress Crayon.

 

I drilled a couple of holes (one on each side) in the Vignette Box to thread a little wire thru to create a loop for hanging.

 To make the snow, I just combined a little Grit Paste with Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.  Then applied to Vignette top.  Everything received a dusting of Rock Candy Glitter, using the Glitter Duster.  Tim made a couple of videos for his Holiday Hacks series and I just followed his directions.  If you haven't seen his videos, you should go take a peek here!  All of the pieces were placed into the wet snow to dry.

 The Christmas Quote Chip was attached to the front of the box.

 Then I attached the snowflake with a little bow made of twine.

 Here it is on my tree...

 I hope you'll give it a try!  If you have any questions please let me know I love your comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them!  As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!  xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

Collector of the Peculiar...

Hi everyone, I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I'm back sharing some spooky Halloween makes.  Tim Holtz Halloween Idea-ology is always so much fun to create decor projects with, it always has just the right amount of spook factor and vintage flare!  I call her Nellie and she a collector of the peculiar...she's probably one of my favorites from the ancestor paper dolls.

Let me walk you thru how I put this piece together.  The base is made of a vignette box and panel.  I painted the box and panel with black soot distress paint and dried.  Then covered with Halloween worn wallpaper.  The box was trimmed in Halloween design tape.  I gave the box and panel a good coat of distress collage medium matte.  Did a little shading of the box and panel with distress paints, then glued them together.

 

those pumpkins get all the heart eyes...

 The mini pumpkins were sealed with distress collage medium matte then shaded with distress crayons and I also attached real twigs to the tops of the pumpkins.  Thanks Tim and Paula, those tips and tricks really make the pumpkins look great!

I applied a thin coat of distress collage medium matte to the apothecary and corked vials and let dry.  Then applied some rock candy crackle paint to the vials.  I just love that awesome crackle, it never gets old!  I used some collage medium matte on the labels from the Halloween ephemera pack to attach to vials.  Did a little distressing with distress crayons

 The skulls and boneyard bones were distressed with alcohol ink.  I added real twigs from my yard through out the piece.  My sister had a fall rustic wedding recently, which I did all the decorating for and used a ton of twigs in various projects...so I'm still in that mode (wink).

I did some additional shading on the tombstone with distress paint before adding the Halloween remnant rubs.

 I cut the metal gate apart with some wire cutters and applied some distress paint and alcohol ink.  I applied the same treatment to all other metal idea-ology pieces as well, including those fun Halloween story sticks.

 This years design of the spider in the Halloween adornments pack is a total rockstar, I love it!  I added a little distress paint and alcohol ink to his belly.  I just cut the Halloween quote chip with scissors and did a little sanding.

 Mummy cloth...I sure wish you weren't seasonal.  I colored the mummy cloth with distress sprays and cut into pieces and picked apart a bit.  If you look closely in the left corner you can see a bouquet.  I added color with distress stains and distress inks.

 

I hope you give it a try!  I love adding new seasonal decor pieces I've made each year to my collection from previous years.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time and have a wonderful day! xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

Creativations 2018 - Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away!

Hi everyone, thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'm so excited to be a part of the Creativations 2018 - Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away!  You should have arrived here from Joy's blog - if you didn't you may want to go back and check out all of the wonderful inspiration!  I'd like to share a project that I created for Tim Holtz's Stampers Anonymous booth at Creativation (formerly-CHA) 2018 this year.  I was so grateful to be asked to make a few things for Tim.  I'm sharing my "Collections Card" made with the New Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Entomology & Merchant Stamp Sets.

I can think of soooooo many ways I want to use these great stamp sets!!!

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Entomology Stamp Set CMS328 (available now)

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Merchant Stamp Set CMS331 (available February)

To start with I colorize a sheet of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with Pumice Stone and Frayed Burlap Distress Stains.  I stamped the background with the background writing stamp from the New Entomology set using Black Soot Archival Ink.

Then I heat embossed one of the bugs from the New Entomology set using Ranger Super Fine Black embossing powder onto a large tile of Mica.  You can easily find mica on Amazon, just search "Mica Tile", US Artquest has many different sizes to chose from.  I used an anti-static pouch on my mica before embossing, it helps a great deal.  I also handled the mica as little as possible before heat embossing.  The mica will pick up the natural oils from fingers and embossing powder will stick in places you won't want.  If that happens, just use a small dry paint brush on mica before heating embossing powder to melt.

I distressed idea-ology nailheads and an observation word band with picket fence distress crayon, pumice stone distress paint and mushroom alcohol ink.  Nailheads were adhered to top of mica with distress collage medium, then micas was adhered to card front with black foam squares directly under nailheads.  The nailheads hide the foam squares and appears that mica is floating on surface of card front.  The observation word band is attached using a little eclectic elements craft thread.

I cut a small strip of distress watercolor cardstock and lightly colorize with pumice stone and frayed burlap distress stains.  Then stamped #79 1/2 from Merchant Stamp Set with black soot archival ink.  I mounted stamped strip to a larger strip of idea-ology textured surfaces burlap.  A little messy stitching tied it all together.

My card base is a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet of kraft cardstock folded 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 to create an A2 card.  A sheet of black paper stash classic kraft stock was mounted to card base.  Then I mounted the assembled card front to the black kraft.

I hope you'll give it a try!

GIVE AWAY DETAILS

PRIZES, PRIZES,PRIZES!

We have a few prizes to give away, just leave a comment on the different blog hop posts for a chance to win.  The more blogs you leave comments on, the better your chances of winning a giveaway! 

Comments must be posted by midnight PST on Tuesday, February 6th. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 7th on Richele's blog

Good luck and happy hopping!

photo credit:  Richele Christensen

Here is the complete list of our Creativations 2018 - Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away blog hoppers!

IDEA-OLOGY

Paula Cheney

Vicki Evans

Emma Williams

Cathie Parreco

Kaz Hall

Jan Hobbins

Jenny Marples

SIZZIX

Tami Bastians

Audrey Pettit

Mou Saha

Richele Christensen

STAMPERS ANONYMOUS 

Kath Stewart

Cheiron Brandon

Stacy Hutchinson

Chelle Fowler

Zoe Hillman

Joy Kennedy

Bobbi Smith (you are here)

Just incase you've missed anything, head back over to Paula's blog and start again!  I know I'll be checking out all of the incredibly talented awesome designers many times, they're ALL amazing!

You can find the supplies I've used via the links below.  If you have any questions please let me know I love your kind comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them!

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

Rustic Merry Christmas Card...

Hello friends!  Hope you're having a wonderful day! The Tim Holtz Holiday Inspiration 2017 Series has begun and I'm so excited.  It will continue throughout the entire month of November and into the beginning of December, so make sure to check Tim's blog every Saturday for a recap of all the wonderful inspiration and on the designers individual blogs!  There's so much wonderful inspiration, you don't want to miss it…  Tim seriously has one uber talented group of designers, everyone of them completely amaze me!  This is my first project for the Holiday 2017 series that I am sharing today, a Rustic Merry Christmas Card.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and I can't wait, it is by far my most favorite time of the year!

To start with, I die cut the Sizzix Tree Ring die from a sheet of Distress Watercolor Cardstock.   Working on a non stick craft sheet, I shaded the tree ring.  Using Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso Distress Inks and a blending tool…starting with the lightest shade and ending with the darkest shades for outer bark (so to speak).

I lined up the tree ring cut out with the accompanied tree ring texture fade (that's included in the set) and ran thru my die cut machine.  It creates the wonderful textured ring on the slice of wood.  Then I shaded the raised areas lightly with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool.

I die cut the largest deer from the Winter Wonderland thinlit die using some black kraft paper stash.  Then using a sanding grip (making sure to protect my non stick craft mat with a scratch piece of paper), I lightly sanded/distressed the surface of the paper to expose some of the underling kraft.

I cut a piece of silver Kraft-Core 4 1/8 x 5 1/4.  Making sure to protect my non stick craft mat with a scratch piece of paper, I sanded only in an up-and-down motion on the metallic Kraft-Core with a sanding grip for a fun patina look.

Then I cut out "Merry Christmas" using the Retro Merry Christmas thinlit die and sanded silver kraft cardstock.

I cut a piece of kraft cardstock 4 1/4x11, then scored and folded at the 5 1/2 mark to make a side folding A2 card as my base.  Then cut 3 layer pieces from black kraft-core, silver kraft-core and one of the plaids from the Christmas paper stash.  I think this years Christmas Paper Stash might just be my most favorite of all time, just saying'...  I distressed all the edges with a bone folder.

I attached some linen ribbon to the plaid paper, then adhered all the layers to card front with adhesive.

I attached the tree ring to center of card using foam squares.

I also attached the deer with foam squares and a little Distress Collage Medium.  This has really become my go to adhesive for many things.  It dries completely clear and matte.

I adhered the "Merry Christmas" to tree ring using the Distress Collage Medium and the thin nozzle is very helpful…along with my tweezers.

I rolled the pinecones and o ring in a little Picket Fence Distress Paint on my non stick craft mat.

Then dried with a heat tool.

I wanted to add some sparkle to the pinecones…but not too much, so I used some collage medium and clear rock candy glitter.

It adds just the right touch to this rustic Christmas card.

I finished my card by tying off a bit more linen ribbon and attaching the pinecones.

A really easy Christmas card that could definitely be duplicated for multiples.

I hope you'll give it a try!  If you have any questions please let me know I love your comments, I truly appreciate each and everyone of them!  As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!  xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase thru that link (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!