Hi everyone It is my day over on Yvonne Blair's blog today, and I'm sharing with you a project that I've created using her fabulous products designed with Impression Obsession and Paplin.
Hi everyone it is YouTube Video Hop Day! I'm joining up with a few amazing artists over on YouTube to do a fun collaborative hop to help showcase and promote designers on YouTube. This will hopefully help to introduce you to new channels to explore.
Here are the other channels participating in today's hop:
For my project, I decided to showcase a layout using Prima's Almanac collection. I have been hoarding my limited stash of this collection for years now, and it was time to use it up! Its feminine country theme was perfect for today's layout.
For me - Memory keeping isn't just about family photos - It is also about remembering those moments that define our days. Sometimes we take for granted those quick laughs or daily reminders, or simple parts of our daily routines. My Sister and I share a little daily laugh, and today's layout spot lights that memory.
Please meet Laughing Lucy, one my Sister's goats. My sister, Kim, owns a small farm where she takes in rescue animals. Some are abused, some the owners have passed on and have no one to care for them, and some were just abandoned. Well Ms. Lucy was one of those rescues. Through months of love she has been one of those animals that our entire family has grown to love. Kim sends me a daily photo of Ms. Lucy and her sweet smile. It is my daily reminder to Laugh. I literally open my phone and belly laugh out loud. I mean seriously how could you not laugh out loud when you see this sweet face staring at you?
For today's layout, I chose the Almanac paper because it had so many farm type images. I also really loved the feminine soft colors as well. I imagine the "sounds" of the farm being like an orchestra early in the morning, with the crowing and clucking, so the music paper fit right in - don't you think?
I kept the design simple, but the overall layout looks very detailed due to the paper layers.
Here is a process video showing you all the details and lots of techniques.
Hi everyone, I hope you had a fantastic weekend, today is my first post over on Yvonne's blog. Have you seen Yvonne's new stamp release this CHA2016? I have to tell you her blog is going to be buzzing with tons of inspiration this year. Her stamps are fantastic and LARGE enough for art journals, but small enough for cards. I just LOVE them! I love that you can order these stamps in one of three mounts - Wood Mounted, Cling Mounted or Plain Rubber. This makes them perfect for your style of stamping! I'm featuring four of Yvonne's new stamps today with Impression Obsession. I created this canvas using 4 of her stamps from this year's release:
I hope you have a minute to go check it out. I created this gorgeous canvas. There is also a process video over there for you showing several techniques including how I created a clay embellishment using one of her stamps.
Thank you to everyone who came to the live class on Monday night. I had a lot of problems getting the show to air live on YouTube so we moved over the Ustream. If you guys had trouble finding us, I'm so sorry. I'm just going to keep at it until I figure it out! Good news! We did get it recorded.
We kept it light and discussed the CHA releases. I based this month's class on a sketch challenge by Blue Fern Studios. Details can be found on their blog!
I used the Love Story Collection and their Doodle Flowers Chipboard Coordinates for my layout.
I used a photo that I had taken during the Holidays of my Mom & I for the layout. In the class I shared with you how to use the Pentel Fude Brush Pen to draw a trendy title. Here is the pen that I used. The ink from this pen takes a LONG time to cure. Sometimes a day or so depending on the paper. It is also a bit tricky to use. If you purchase the pen, don't forget to remove the washer that separates the ink well from the brush tip (or it will never work - ::WINK WINK::)
I also shared with you how I created & painted these cute little clay birds. Aren't they adorable? They are the perfect embellishment to compliment this paper collection. So affordable and easy to create. I love including small clay pieces like this in my embellishment clusters.
Here is the video of the class.
Happy New Year everyone. Thank you again to everyone who came to the show live.
Tonya
Supplies:
Blue Fern Studios - Love Story - True Harmony 12x12 paper
Blue Fern Studios - Love Story - Calling Cards 12x12 paper
Blue Fern Studios - Doodle Flowers Chipboard Coordinates
Pentel Fude Brush Pen - Medium Black
Stickles (Glass dots) - Peach
Martha Stewart - Silicone Mold - Birds & Lady Bugs
Happy New Year! I hope everyone is settled into their new routines and ready to get crafting again! CHA is in full swing, so I hope you will join me live and let's chat about some of our favorites being released while we create a layout using the beautiful Blue Fern Studios Love Story Collection.
Here are the details:
MONDAY - JANUARY 11, 2016
8:00 p.m. est - I will log in 10 mins early to chat!
In an effort to bring you a better quality show, I've decided to switch up the time and venue a bit. I will broadcast LIVE from YOUTUBE this year. Also note that the time is a bit earlier, we are starting at 8:00 pm eastern standard time. Here is a link to a handy Time Zone Converter to find the time in your area.
All you have to do is be a subscriber of my YouTube Channel and the LIVE broadcast will show in your Subscription area! It will also show on my Channel Page, and Google Plus will remind you too! Follow me on Facebook and there will be a link there as well!
WARNING - YOU MAY BEGIN DROOLING - Here is a glimpse at the beautiful Blue Fern Studios Love Story Collection, and the Blue Fern Studios Doodle Flowers Chipboard I will be featuring at the show.
As always I will do my best to record. Hope to see everyone there. Oh and don't forget to right down your favs from CHA2016, so we can chat about them!
Tonya
Please note that I am not affiliated with any of the Brands used in this broadcast. They have not paid me, contracted with me, or compensated me in any way to promote or teach the products that I am demonstrating.
Happy New Year everyone! I hope your year is off to a great start. I have some exciting news to share with you to kick start the year in the right direction! My great friend Yvonne Blair, whom I met several years ago when hanging out at my Local Scrapbook Store, She Scrapbooks, contacted me over Christmas break and told me she was releasing her second line of art journal stamps this week with Impression Obsession. She then asked me to be one of her Art Girls! A lot of SQUEALS took place, as I'm sure you can imagine. I'm so very excited for her, she is so sweet and talented, and I know my sweet followers are going to love her stamps and journaling products.
Yvonne's collections will be perfect quotes and doodle art drawings for all your art journals, Bible journal pages, cards, and mixed media projects. I can't wait to share more with you! Here is a little sneak peek at two of the stamps that Yvonne is releasing this week at CHA.
Her pieces are painted with turquoise on the tag so that they "shine" against the warm colors of pink and gold on the tag. The Shine Your Light Stamp says "Shine The Unique Light That is Only Yours To Shine." I added the sentiment onto a piece of acetate (recycled packaging) with gold foil, then painted the back with turquoise paint to make it pop. I just love the hand Sketch Butterfly Stamp was foiled onto a piece of cardstock painted turquoise, then I added doodled white lines with a gel pen to fill in the negative spaces. I love that the areas of the butterfly are left open so that you can doodle inside the wings, giving it a unique look every time you use it.
Merry Christmas everyone! I just love this time of year! I've been getting my Christmas cards ready to be mailed. Today I wanted to share with you a simple way to watercolor that takes very little time, but looks like you spent hours. The best part - these cards are flat, and can easily be mailed!
For today's focal point, I stamped this gorgeous stamp by Stampendous! It comes with a mask/stencil which comes in handy for layering larger projects or painting negative spaces. As you can see the stamp fills an A2 card nicely! There is a coordinating die for this stamp set that is sold separately.
I recommend a heavy card stock if you plan to emboss your stamping like I did. I would use a stock that is 80 - 110lb if possible. Watercolor paper could be used, but the stamping may not be crisp.
Card dimensions:
The cardstock is cut at 4 1/4 inches x 11 inches then scored at 5 1/2 inches so it is a top folding card
Interior Panels: 4inches x 5 inches
Here is a glimpse at my finished card:
For a super simple watercolor method where you don't have to be too persnickety about colors mixing, try heat embossing your stamped image. The enameled raised edges give boundaries for the water to pool and help keep your pigment trapped. While you may experience a little wicking it will be minimal, and you won't have to be too fussy. I really love the richness the gold embossing offers to the overall look of the card.
To watercolor my card I created a palette with an ice tray using this watercolor set. You can see how I did this in my September Ustream!
Here is the video where I created the card:
Who wouldn't enjoy receiving a hand painted card. These are just gorgeous! Thank you so much for hanging out with me today!
Tonya
Supplies:
Stampendous Cling Create A Poinsettia CRS5081 Stamp
Thank you to everyone who came to watch the show live yesterday. We experienced some problems with a blurry video so for those of you who stuck it out - THANK YOU! I did however, find the wisdom to record from a separate source, so I do have the entire show in FULL detail YAY!
Here is the finished watercolor from yesterday's class. Isn't this little guy JUST Darling?
Thank you again for your patience, for the ones that came to the show live! This was my first time broadcasting from YouTube, and clearly I have to figure out the encoder software.
Our next broadcast is set for December 7, 2015. Stay tuned for details and venue information. If I can figure out the Kinks on the YouTube, I think everyone enjoyed that environment better. If not, then we may move back to Ustream. I'll let you guys know later in the week!
Thank you so much again for being the bestest subbies every!
I FELL IN LOVE - the second I saw her post a project with them. Like shamelessly begged for her hand drawing to be stamps, and boom within a week here they are - like Prima was tuned into my wishes. (LOL) Well not really but I like to think so! They were probably in production long before she shared the hand drawing.
If you have these cute little stamps and want to follow along - I'm going to use this little fellow as inspiration for coloring up my little birds:
I am also going to play around with my Tim Holtz Markers:
Ground Espresso,
Pumice Stone,
Cracked Pistachio,
Peeled Paint,
Evergreen Bough,
Tumbled Glass, and
Warn Lipstick.
Also grab out a pale distress ink pad either of these colors will work: Antique Linen, Old Paper, Pumice Stone, Tea Dye
I hope you can join me live. I know many of my USA friends may be working, so I will record. I just wanted to share a live class with my international buddies who are always sleeping when I broadcast live.
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