No Boundaries

Good morning everyone!  It's the Masculine Event over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and I've got my contribution to share with you.

This was a pretty simple card to make.  As most of you are aware, I'm just getting started with cards.
1)  Stamp Lost Cost Designs' Thick and Thin Men with white pigment ink onto a piece of watercolor paper you have gesso'd with black gesso.
2)  Emboss with black EP (hats & shoes) and LSG Terra Cotta Plum EP.
3)  Add more color with LSG Cheshire Cat Cherry and Art Anthology Glorious sprays.
4)  Using an oval Sizzix die, cut out your stamped and embossed image.
5)  Mat onto a piece of patterned paper (mine resembles stone blocks) and then onto a piece of light green card.  Score and fold.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until later.............................

Merry Christmas Tags and Pockets

Good morning everyone!  I want to share with you a project I did for Art Anthology the other day.  I created three sets of Christmas tags with matching pockets.

I’ve created a Snapguide that takes you through each step needed to create these tags and matching pockets. Please take a look:

Check out How to Create Merry Christmas! Tags by Art Anthology on Snapguide.

Here are a few closeups of a couple of the tags and pockets:

These are quick, easy, and fun to make and will have you in the holiday mood in no time!

If you would love to purchase Art Anthology products, they have a new webstore.  To see the full product line, links to the Blog, Web Store, Facebook, Ideas, Designers, and Educators, visit www.artanthologyinc.com.

Until later………..

Marilyn

Merry Christmas Santa

This is a project I did for Technique Junkies.  I wanted to create a Christmas tag since it's so close and I love these stamps.  In fact, this tag is being turned into an ornament and will hang on the Christmas tree where I work.

1)  Stamp Winter Foliage onto tag with a mixture of Tomato Sauce and Snowy Evergreen ink.  You can use a deep red and and a deep forest green if you don't have the exact colors.  Emboss with clear embossing powder.

2)  Stamp Father Christmas with Tomato Sauce and Snowy Evergreen.  Paint all white parts like the cuffs of his robe and the fur on his hat by dabbing Art Anthology Frost Sorbet. You want it to look fluffy.

3)  Paint the berries on the Winter Foliage with Art Anthology Ferrari Sorbet.  Dry well.

4)  Spray tag with Art Anthology Granny Smith and Avocado Colorations.  Dry slightly then wipe off excess.  The embossed areas and the areas painted with Ferrari will resist the spray.

5)  Stamp Merry Christmas 2 with black Versafine ink and emboss with green embossing powder.

6)  Adhere Santa and Merry Christmas to the tag.  Outline Santa with sparkly green ribbon.

7)  Top off with a wooden star that has been covered in silver glitter.

I hope you enjoyed today's tag.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Marilyn