Thursday, May 29, 2014

IMAGINE Crafts & Viva Las VegaStamps!

Hiya, Folks!!  Today, the week of VLVS! and IMAGINE Crafts hoppin' lands on my little 'ol blog :-))

Mixed Media Blog Hop 

 Welcome to the IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop.  For the next week, our two design teams will be featuring some amazing projects featuring products from both our companies.   Amazing stamps require amazing ink, right?

Mixed Media Prize Package

We're proud to announce your chance to win one of three different Mixed Media Prize Packages from IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps!  You have until midnight PST on Sunday, May 31st 2014  to comment on as many of the Design Team Blog Posts from this week as possible. On Monday, June 1st  we’ll draw three random blog posts and one comment from each of those posts will win a prize package!

Ready for some inspiration from our artists?

Here's today's posts from IMAGINE Crafts:

And from Viva Las VegaStamps!:


 If you're just joining us on the Mixed Media Blog Hop, here' the links to the previous days posts: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday   ***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture or the blog’s name) and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

And now, on with the goods!!  Here's what I came up with...

I've really been diggin' fabric lately, so I wanted to see how a few of the lovely Memento Luxe inks played with muslin.  I just dabbed some of the Rose Bud and Dandelion inks onto a  plastic plate, added a touch of water and dropped it on!  The colors stayed true and I LOVE the bits of orange that was created where the two mixed.


To jazz up this simple embroidery hoop, I've given it a gentle whitewash with some watered down white paint and stamped it here and there with the Waybill/Invoice Background stamp in StazOn Jet Black ink.  I also took a few of the muslin scraps and stamped it with the same stamp.  I absolutely love the shabby ribbon look it created!!


To create these pretty vellum butterfly embellies, I stamped the Butterfly Specimens stamp with Memento Luxe ink in Tuxedo Black and then embossed it with Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.  A little more of the Rose Bud and Dandelion ink applied on the back with a Sponge Dauber, and they were ready to stick down!


The chippies were also embossed after I colored them up with the Delicata Golden Glitz ink.  While trying to heat them up, a couple of the letters flipped over and a bit of the embossing powder came off.  It created this really fun texture---so I went with it!


I gotta say, I'm super in love with this layout!!  I guess it doesn't hurt that it's rockin' the face of the cutest little girl I know :-)))


Thanks so much for stoppin' by!!

xx,

23 comments:

  1. Wonderful project! Love it. Light mood. Stamps on the hoop - cool!

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  2. Oh, SO cute! I love all the cool details and the techniques you used to make this unique memory layout! Those stitched circles are so fun!

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  3. So pretty! I LOVE the vellum butterflies! They are just so delightful I love using embroidery hoops for mixed media projects!! TFS!

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  4. Gorgeous project love every aspect of it.

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  5. So Sweet! What a lovey way to showcase your photo.

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  6. Oh I love it. LOVE IT. What a super neat idea! Your style is incredibly cool and right up my alley! One of the reasons I love these co-sponsored hops is because I get to find out about artists like yourself and be inspired when I may not have ever come across you otherwise. I'm so thankful you are a part of this wonderful hop, thank you for sharing your awesome creativity and inspiring me so!!! I'm your newest follower :)

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  7. Now I know what to do with all of the embroidery hoops that I have left over from my embroidery days (before I got into paper crafting). Love the butterflies. Great idea to decorate the edge of the hop. Very pretty project. thanks for sharing.

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  8. Mary,
    Amazing! I will now look at embroidery hoops a different way. You did a grand job.

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  9. Beautiful project and love your technique.

    Sue
    http://suek86401.blogspot.com

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  10. Wow, this is gorgeous! I love the colors and embellishments.

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  11. WOW - what a FABULOUS project Mary!!!
    LOVE your embroidery hoop and ALL the techniques you have combined to create it!!!
    LOVE the colors & design, REALLY LOVE your GORGEOUS vellum butterflies!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION :)

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  12. Wow, this is beautiful! And such a fun and cool idea. Love what you did with the hoop. And the color pop is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  13. Great idea to use the muslin. Your project is very nice, love all the pretty touches you used to finish it off. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how you stamped the edge of your hoop, it is so narrow. Thanks for showing us a fun idea to try.

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  14. Love to use fabric. What a great idea - thanks for sharing it.

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  15. I love the soft inked colours!! Lovely pic and nice elements!!! A very sweet muslin creation.

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  16. Awesome project! Everything about it is beautiful.

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  17. What a clever way to show off a photo. Looks great and yes, your little girl is as cute as can be.

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  18. WOW... GREAT Wall hanging... the muslin as a base is wonderful... LOVE the way the ink takes to it. . I like how you used scraps of muslin to use as embellishments. I must try this!

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  19. This is such a wonderful Idea!!! It would be great for gifts even!!

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  20. I haven't tried the Pan Pastels yet but you make it look so beautiful! Gorgeous!

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