I Really Am Creating!!

I know it seems like I may be doing nothing...but honest I am!! LOL  I have a number of projects coming up next week and the week after and I can't wait to share them with you!! But for now I'd like to share some of my crafting I did while I was on the east coast of Canada, having my first visit to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island! I took some supplies with me, picked up a couple of small things while I was there and just used the quiet evening time to play and relax. Sometimes it was at the little kitchen table we had in our cottage or it was on the kitchen island in the big house we all stayed in, or the coffee table in my pretend bedroom(really a second living room but worked out great for us). I worked on fun tags, tags with trip stuff on them, a thank you card for my cousins and a birthday card for my Uncle Jim.

This was the birthday card for my Uncle Jim for his 70th birthday. So glad I grabbed a handful of my TH Paper dolls and threw them in my little travel bag.

For the map piece, I just trimmed it down, rounded the corners and then drew the hearts on. One around Nova Scotia where my Uncle lives and one around Vancouver where the rest of us live.

And these paper dolls were perfect. The two boys represent my Uncle Jim and my Uncle Rick (who passed away in July a number of years ago), the two girls represent my Auntie Judy and my Mom (who passed 4 years ago) and the lone show off girl is my Auntie Barb, who is 16 years younger than her oldest sibling. I think my Uncle liked his card.

I also did a thank you card, attached to a bottle of vodka to make more vodka slushy, for my cousin Ken and Nancy and Kaley, the owners of Hope River Farm. Be sure to check out the facebook page to follow the antics of farm life in PEI. They fed us so well while we were there and their table was full of family, 12 of us total!!

I seriously just threw in handfuls of TH Paper Dolls and other cards, some stuff from the Prima St. Tropex line and stamps that I loved like the Dina Wakely one that I used to border this card. Colour is from my DW Scribble Sticks and my Wendy Vecchi Minis.

 

These tags were from our first days of heading out to the east coast, from our dinner at the airport in Vancouver to our first night on Cape Breton Island. The Lighthouse Cottages were probably my fave little cottages. And if you go to the site and let the pics run  through, we had the 3 cottages closest to the green space. What a view and lovely beach space.

This piece was from a brochure and the top piece was my receipt from the Glenorra Distillery that we visited.

One of my sassy girl tags! It was just nice to sit and play after busy days of driving, sight seeing and beach combing.

And this one went to my Auntie Judy due to a conversation, over dishes, in my Auntie Nikki's kitchen after some wine and my made up on the spot poem that consisted of "Sassy, Sassy, kiss my assy" Yup...you had to be there to find this as hilarious as we did and yup...my family is batshit crazy!! LOL

And these three tags were done one evening while crafting on the kitchen island while we stayed in big house on the Bay of Fundy. Even though there were 10 of us, it was always kind of quiet i nthe evening, I was crafting, another group was playing crib at the dining room table, another group sitting in the living room reading. Everyone doing their own thing but still all together as a family.

 Thanks all for stopping by! One day soon I'll post some pics of the amazing scenery we saw on the east coast and some of the places we stayed. 

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Cathy

It's Back To School Time

Yes...yes folks it is the 1st of September!! What the heck?! Where did the summer go? Well over at Mixed Media Mojo the 1st means it's time for a new challenge! Are you ready to play along with this one? The September challenge is "School Fun" with a "Book" twist! I don't have the Back To School happenings in my house anymore, my baby turned 22 in August. That said, I still browse the supply aisles just in case something needs to come home with me LOL

For my first project for the new challenge I completely redid a pencil case/art supply case. I received some wonderful products from Rita Barakat, I won a giveaway she had, and put them to good use! 

Here is the front of my re vamped pencil case. And see it fits some of my must have pens and glue and a waterbrush. It will fit more than what's in the picture :)

 

This is the back of the case. Some stamped images from Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi and Emerald Creek.

 

This is what the case looked like before I started. Then I used some gorgeous paints from Momenta in Teal and Copper.

One coat of this paint gave it a good cover.

I used the copper to edge the front of the case and stencil the word 'discover" from Dina Wakely's stencil. I also sponged some of the copper over the teal before I stenciled.

Leaf stamp from Emerald Creek and one of my Minis in Leaf Green

This is one of Wendy Vecchi's border stamps in Orange Blossom.

Tim Holtz quote stamp in Orange Blossom too. I love this colour, I need to use it more.

And this small stack is my book twist. Added on with Dina Wakely Gel Medium. And that very eclectic stack of books is from my own libray, and in case anyone is interested the book are from top to bottom...Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling, The Mixed Media Artist by Seth Apter, Art Journal Freedom by Dina Wakely, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx, Falling Backwards by Jann Arden, Adventures in English Literature, my Dad's English book from 1965 and the bottom one is The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

The finished project!

I hope you swing by the Mixed Media Mojo Challenge Group on Facebook and see all the projects from the DT and don't forget to share your School Fun with a book twist project!

Thanks for stopping by everyone and have a wonderful Friday and fabulous long weekend!!

Cathy

Tag #5 - Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016

It would probably help if I remembered to do my post and take my pics when I completed my tag!! LOL I finished it last weekend but got busy and then had it hanging up with my completed/posted ones! I got ahead of myself on this one. :)

I used some of my favorite companies and items I had stashed away, and made sure to stay away from my go to colours of all things purple!! I figured this might be a great opportunity to stretch my boundaries and try new colours! :)

I used one of my Emerald Creek Royal Fork Charm and stained it with some burgundy alcohol ink. I inked the edges of my tiny tattered florals in Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and dyed a piece of baker's twine with the Spiced Marmalade as well.

I used some Wendy Vecchi stamps and the floral piece was from my stash, just sprayed it with some Distress stain and added a tattered floral to it and attached the piece with a Tim Holz pin.

I love the tiny tattered florals now! Once I got the hang of rolling them up...I was hooked.

Thanks for stopping by and I'm heading over to check out some of the amazing tags that everyone had created this month!

Have a great week!

Cathy

Buttons, Brads and Buckles

Welcome to another exciting Thursday release for Emerald Creek!! I never knew I'd love Thursdays so much, maybe even more than Fridays!! Bring on the B's...brads, buttons, buckles! I had fun using some of my favorite b's and trying out some new toys I got!

I started with 2 5X5 white canvasses and got the background using Distress Sprays in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Antiqued Bronze. Once it was dried I covered it in the  Crazing Distress Collage Medium. I love the effect I got from that, it could be my new favorite thing!! :) For my brick walls I used the Mixed Media #3 Thinlits die. I took the cut out part and attached it to the bottom right corner after I embossed it in Burnt Copper Leaves, I then took the little bits that were cut out and glued them all individually on the top left.

Used my oh so versatile button brads and embossed them with the Burnt Copper Leaves

Took some cardstock bits and ran them through using the Tim Holtz Festive Greenery Die and then embossed those bits with my Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder.

The button brads make the perfect flower center! And I then used Distress Paint in Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso over green alcohol ink for my flower charm.

Used a Distress crayon to quickly color around the edges of my fearless buckle. My butterfly is made with the butterfly thinlits. The top layer is embossed in Dusk Stone Violet and Frosted Plum embossing powder and then a quick swipe of ground espresso paint to finish it off. The bottom layer is a scrapbook paper scrap and painted with distess crayons and then misted with Wendy Vecchi Mica Spray in Buttercup.

Just love the crazing medium and  the textured look it adds

Please continue your journey and check out the rest of the projects from these talented ladies on the  the Design Team.

Katelyn
Claudia
Shilpa
Pam

Now it's your turn to show us your creations and have a chance to win a $25 gc to shop at Emerald Creek!!

Products Used: 

Emerald Creek  4 Hole Button Brads

Emerald Creek Floral Spray Charm

Emerald Creek Fearless Buckles

Emerald Creek Vintage Ivy Embossing Powder

Emerald Creek Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder

Emerald Creek Frosted Plum Embossing Powder

Emerald Creek Dusk Stone Violet Embossing Powder

Distress Sprays in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade, Antiqued Bronze

Tim Holtz Thinlits dies, Detailed Butterflies and Mixed Media #3

Distress Paint in Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso

Distress Collage Medium - Crazing

Prima Flowers

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!!
Cathy

Challenges Entered:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Home Decor
2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
Anything But Cute - Celebrate Your Style

Happy Easter Everyone!

The first day of Spring had come and gone already, Easter is this weekend and in our area the kids are on Spring Break. And it's time for new projects from the Emerald Creek Design Team! Scroll all the way to the very bottom of the post for a little surprise :)

This project is simple and for my nephews. I used some of the amazing embossing powders that are exclusive to Emerald Creek and I have two cards for my my favorite little guys.

My background was done on my Emerald Creek Arctic White cardstock and I used a Dylusions stencil and Dylusions Lemon Zest paint and a Tim Holtz stencil and Wendy Vecchi's Violet Archival Ink. Had to have the splatters since we have so much of that when we color eggs!

Using the the awesome Easter Parade Embossing Powder!! It's so pretty...but pictures do not do it justice! Such a pretty shade of yellow with bits of blue and pink and sparkle!

Did the basket in San Tropez Tan and Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing powder...i just love the texture I get from these powders.

Chicks and eggs for the the 4 year old.

Basket of bunnies and eggs for the 8 year old.

Products Used:
Emerald Creek Easter Parade Embossing Powder
Emerald Creek San Tropez Tan Embossing Powder
Emerald Creek Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder
Emerald Creek Bunsket Stamp
Emerald Creek Chics Stamp
Emerald Creek Arctic White Cardstock
Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks in Violet, Tiger Lily and Buttercup
Dylusions Paint in Lemon Zest
Dylusions and Tim Holtz Stencils

Don't forget to check out the Design Team's creations on their blogs!! You won't be able to help being inspired!!

Julia
Katelyn
Diana
Shilpa
Claudia
Pam

And don't forget to share your creation with us and have a chance to win $25 to spend on Emerald Creek supplies!

Enter here and share your Easter creation with us!

Thanks for stopping by....have a wonderful weekend!!
Cathy

Spring Is In The Air

Spring is just around the corner and that means....FLOWERS!!  I love flowers and taking pictures of flowers and sharing all those pictures on Facebook (and this year I'll share them here too). Spring also means more blue sky!

And we are off to Bring in Spring with a new post from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and the amazing Design Team!

Nothing says spring like bright happy flowers and blue sky! And of course you need good dirt to grow beautiful flowers. The dirt for these flowers was made by mixing Emerald Creek Burnt Copper Leaves and San Tropez Tan embossing powders! I did the blue background by tinting my Ranger Ink Clear Texture Paste with Tim Holtz Distress Spray in Broken China and using a stencil and then painted over it in Peacock Feather.

I love this Emerald Creek Daisy stamp!! So cheery when done with Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink in Violet and Cactus Flower. The yellow flowers behind were painted with Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions paints in Bubblegum Pink and Lemon Zest.

 

Hello Spring was printed with a pink metallic Sharpie on a little chalkboard I had in my stash. And to make it stand out a bit more I embossed the edges with Emerald Creek Weathered Wood embossing powder...doesn't it look incredible!? I already have more ideas for this embossing powder!!

Look at this glorious dirt!! Well it's not really dirt...it's the amazing embossing powders San Tropez Tan and Burnt Copper Leaves!!

Did I mention I love the Daisy stamp?! And I do like to use wire for my flower stems.

And these are all the supplies I used for this project.

Please remember to share your spring creations with us at Emerald Creek Dares and you could win a $25 Gift Certificate to spend at Emerald Creek Craft Supplies!

 Time to check out the Design Team's creations!! Swing by and say hi and show these talented ladies some love! :)

Julia
Katelyn
Diana
Shilpa
Claudia
Pam

Thanks for supporting us and stopping by to see what's new!

Cathy