My Hero "Father's Day Card" by Peggy Lee

Good morning everyone, with Father's Day upon us soon in just a few

short weeks...I wanted to share with you all one of my cards.

I used a stamp set called "My Hero"!

Started with a white card base.

Stamped the airplane in chocolate ink (second generations stamping).

I also fussy cut out the images from the Skylark paper packet...

Inked all the edges with chocolate ink.

I popped up the images with tucking the banners to give

depth to the card...like the banners are flying.

As I type this blog post I remember my father who has been gone 

for  many years...I so miss him, love him more deeply!!

I try to share memories of him with my daughters, telling them stories

that he would share, songs he would sing....

I believe even though he is not with us, He Is!

Thanks for stopping in today,

hugs

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Close To My Heart

Stamps, paper, embellishments

ATC: Americana

 A few weeks ago when I was creating my 4th of July art to decorate around my home, a group of my friends decided we should start swapping ATC with each other...so here is my little goodie!
Our theme of course was "Americana"
I used the 7gypsies Epicuream papers with adding some stucco/gesso with a crackle mask and stamping to create the ATC background texture.

 Flag was super awesome to create: on the flag stamp I used distress ink faded jean-I inked it up only the star part in distress ink then carefully dabbed a brush loaded with water on the stamp (just a hit and miss) then stamp it onto Canvas Corp textured handmade paper allow to dry...gives a great water color effect.
The same steps with the red stripes on the flag using distress ink barn door after dried cut out flag distress edges and glue to a toothpick that has been stained with distress ink walnut ink...glue down onto the ATC background then tie a tad of lace and stamp the title. To add even more texture crinckle up the flag then glue down and the topper of awesome is the splatting of glimmer mist over the whole ATC!!!

Next ATC will be a Christmas Theme! Whooo Christmas Time in July!
Thanks for stopping bye,
Peggy Lee
http://pegbaker.blogspot.com/

Supplies:
ATC: cardboard
7gypsies Epicuream paper
Dylusions ink spray: black marble
Tattered Angels: Army Green and Graphite
Ranger: Distress ink-Faded Jean and Walnut ink
CTMH: stamps-script and star/flag
Paint: yellow ochre
Stucco/Gesso
Prima: crackle mask

Canvas Pocket Home Decor

I am really enjoying creating little home decor projects to adorn my home for the 4th of July celebration that is just around the corner...and I love grunge primitive wall pockets!

I had to create a little flag wall pocket using Canvas Corp's mini canvas shape pocket (which are great for creating mini banners). But a light turned on and I said ohhh a mini wall pocket with a glimmer mist painted flag would be adorable.

Here it is....

Mini Canvas Flag Wall Pocket!

The mini canvas pocket comes sewed up.

I carefully inserted my sharp scissors into the back of the pocket.

Being sure to only cut through one layer of the canvas.

Punched two tiny wholes on the corners to add wire through.

Tore a 1/4 inch canvas sheet strip.

 Sprayed with tattered leather glimmer mist to grunge it up.

Hot glued to wire wrap, then wrapped canvas strip around the wire hanger.

Flag:

I freehand a flag in pencil.

Started to paint with Tattered Angels mist.

Blue: Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Red: Chilli Pepper Red Simply Sheer

Grunge: Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist

Splats: Graphite Glimmer Mist

White: gesso

Star:

I traced on the back of E-Flute in White, cut out the star.

Grunged it up with Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy.

Button from my stash.

Burlap twine to finish it off.

To finish this little prim wall pocket I added some cranberry pipe berries.

I love all the canvas strings hanging!

Thanks for stopping in,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp:

Canvas Minis-canvas shape pockets

E-Flute in White

Burlap strings from Canvas Corp burlap sheet

Canvas Sheet

Tattered Angels:

Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Chilli Pepper Red Simply Sheer

Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist

Graphite Glimmer Mist

Ranger:

Distress Ink-brushed corduroy

Gesso

Wire

Button

Cranberry pipe berries.

Father's Day Card

 With "Father's Day" coming upon us soon, I decided to share with you one of my cards I created to celebrate this special day for the men in our lives. I knew I wanted a grunge feel with warm colors, I started with kraft card stock 6x12 folded in half. Distressed all the paper edges and used Distress ink-walnut stain to give the worn and weather look..one of my favs!  So love the tiny clothespin from Canvas Corp (which comes in a rainbow of colors perfect for your projects).

Here is a look at the papers I used from 7gypsies two paper collections.

"Travel and Epicurean"

it's great to mix and match

I know every man needs some gears on their cards, so I used Tim Holtz Gears Die cut from chip board and papers, glued together and embossed with a embossing folder, inked all edges.

The gears needed something more

 so I grabbed my 7gypsies

 awesome Time Steampunk Rubons!

I was thirlled with the way it came out....

I've been playing with this adorable

CTMH stamp-Perfect Fit Dad-Holiday set.

To finish off the card I couldn't create a project without "glimmer mist"!

Grabbed my Graphite glimmer mist from Tattered Angels and started

to splatter the whole card.

"super cool effect"

What are you creating for your special men in your life?

Thanks for stopping by,

 Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp: kraft cardstock, mixed media glue, clothespins in black

Tattered Angels: graphite glimmer mist

7Gypsies: Hampton Art Script stamp, 6x6 paper pad in Travel and Epicurean, Time Steampunk Rubons

Colorbok: black and red cardstock

Tim Holtz: gears die, distress ink in walnut stain, archival ink black

CTMH: Perfect Fit Day-Holiday stamp, black and vineyard berry ink

and Cricut Artiste and Art Philosophy Cartridges.

Vintage Telegram 31 Day Journal

 I've been working on this beautiful mini album using Marion Smith's "Vintage Telegram" digital printables that you can find here. I decided to use it for my 31 Day Journal for the month of June, I can't wait to fill this mini up with wonderful family and friend memories! I will be sharing more on my journal here on this blog and my blog and I will be creating some videos be sure to stop over. With my journal I also wanted to create some wrinkle and stain paper which I created a little tutorial you can see below as well as a little video sharing it too.

I wanted to buy new supplies to use with this digital design but decided I needed to use up some of my stash...I love using one of the journal spots as my title focal point, tucking in a clock die cut and a handmade flower with fuzzy cutting out images from the line to embellish. Delish!

You know me I had to use something vintage and old in my projects..don't you just love the center of the flower! It's a olde ear ring that I repurposed fabulous!!

peak at inside pages

tattered and torn is a girls best friend...

handmade tea stain paper

yummie

Tea stain handmade paper:

1. using copy/printer paper

2. boil water in a sauce pan with 3-4 tea bags

3. place paper in tea water bath

4. soak for desire tea stain look (15 minutes is good medium tone)

5. pull paper out of tea bath and place on wire racks to drip dry 

6. crumble the paper up in your hands and allow to dry a bit longer

7. unwrap gently to avoid tearing (but I love the tears)

8. let air dry or spead up drying by using your heat tool

9. cut paper down to size for your project

10. iron the papers to help shrink paper to fit flat in your mini

enjoy with your projects...

See how full and wrinkle the paper gets LOVE!

enjoy the video

Thanks for stopping by:

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

supplies:

Vintage Telegram digitals

Distress Inks: black soot, walnut stain

Color Box ink: chestnut

Gesso

Stucco

Prima: mask

Tim Holtz: clock die

Petaloo flowers: velvet wild roses in pink

Hero Arts: pearls and gems

Tattered Angels: tattered leather glimmer mist

vintage: lace and jewerly

Spread Your Wings Tag

That's exactly how I felt this past weekend, I could have spread my wings and flown away! If I had wings well I could have created some. What a busy time it was you see my youngest daughter had Prom this past weekend and you all know how getting ready for Prom is so busy and sometimes crazy and a little stressful but in the end it's one of the most beautiful times in your teenagers life.

Along with busy weekend with Prom my oldest daughter who is away to college turned 20 years old on Sunday and since her college is only 3 hours away we decided to drive down and surprise her on her special day lets just say she cried and bear hugged us to death...what a blessed weekend.

Let's get to the tag before I start to cry!

"Spread Your Wings" fits so well with this tag it all started with the butterfly stamp from 7gypsies.

I had stamped the butterfly onto Canvas Corps Ivory Chipboard Handmade Paper oh my this paper is amazing and thick! I just randomly ripped a piece off  then stamped the butterfly. Also stamped another butterfly on a separate piece of the same paper to cut out and pop up to give the butterfly some movement and depth.

 Colored with a couple of markers, added some splatters of Tattered Angels Graphite glimmer mist.

And this is the end result-Love It!

Tag Tutorial

Step 1: I stamped randomly on some tissue paper to create my own background.

Step 2: On my craft sheet sprayed different colors of blue mist from Tattered Angels, then dipped the tag repeatedly into mist to give color depths. (this part is really cool because it's always different every time).

also used Graphite glimmer mist in areas for shading...same as above.

Step 3: Using gel medium glued the tissue paper to both sides of tag.

Step 4: This part is one of my faves I laid down a Prima crackle mask and using stucco and gesso smoothed over the mask to give the tag some peaks and depth...let it dry.

Step 5: Burlap Flower and Leaves-using Canvas Corps colored burlap in slate grey and smokey blue perfect colors to match the tag...I cut the burlap to fit over the Tattered Floral die by Tim Holtz. I also used the Tattered Leaves die by Tim Holtz in the natural burlap for the leaves.

Since I used natural burlap I used Army Green Simply Sheer mist.

Amazing color!

Step 6: In order to keep the burlap flower from falling apart I used a nice layer of gel medium over the flowers and leaves to hold it's shape, plus you can mold your flower into shape. Let it dry then glue together.

And there you have your tag!

Also I did color seam binding and cheese cloth to match the blues with the same mist. Did some random stamping on the tag added some splatters with some glimmer mist. Then on Kraft card stock wrote in sharpie marker my title cut apart and outlined the words and adhered down.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I know I did while creating this tag and funny thing is my daughters Prom dress was the same shades of blue. Which gives me inspiration for a scrapbook layout with her Prom pics.

See inspiration is all around us...

Thanks for starting your week with me.

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp:

Colored Burlap and Natural Burlap

Kraft Card Stock

Ivory Chipboard Handmade paper

Black Cord hemp rope

7gypsies:

Butterfly stamp from Hampton Art

Tattered Angels:

Graphite glimmer mist

Blue Bird Plain Jane baseboard

Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Army Green Simply Sheer

Prima:

Crackle Mask

Ranger:

Claudine Hellmuth Studio-multi-medium matte

Archival Ink-jet black

Distress Ink-black soot

Stamps:

Tim Holtz Collection-Mixed Media by Stampers Anonymous

Carte Postale by Stampamdous

CTMH Marker-brown bag

Stampin Up Marker-Brocade Blue

Martha Stewart-stucco

Gesso

Cheese Cloth

Seam Binding

Vintage Button

Natural Tissue paper

Create Yourself Canvas

A few months ago I shared with you the Turquoise Precious Stone Paint System from Tattered Angels.  I absolutely love this system so much that I've been through 2 kits now.  I recently got Marion Smith's Leak Shed Studios Butterfly mini album and decided a canvas was going to be born with these two products! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started with the Turquoise Precious Stone kit on the canvas, added some script stamping, and darkened the edges with black archival ink. I wanted the butterfly to resemble a garden decoration tarnished and crackled from the sun. So I covered it with Naturally Aged Fine Wood Paint System in White Washed Pine. However, I used more of the brown tones in the kit, and splotches of the white. For a patina effect I added some of the turquoise from the stone kit. When it was dry, I topped it off with Rock Candy Crackle.  I bent the butterfly in half so it would appear to be flying.

 

 

 

I flanked flowers around the base of the butterfly and started tucking in pieces of metal and  wood to give the piece interest. Eighty percent of these pieces were designed by Marion Smith. I wanted to keep with her products as much as possible, since she has been such a huge inspiration to me, and has encouraged my growth. 

 

 

I also added these cute mini butterflies that were made with the Stampendous Frantage mica pieces, and a Martha Stewart punch. 

 

The Tim Holtz plaque at the bottom says "Life is about creating yourself."  I thought this was perfect since I'm going through some changes and the butterfly's entire life is about creating itself.   

 

 

I love how the wings of the butterfly and the vine formed a heart. This wasn't planned, but a nice surprise since everything on this canvas is something that I LOVE down to the Designer of the Products used! 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogpsot.com

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Today the United States celebrates Thanksgiving.  This is a time for us to reflect on the blessings in our lives, and a time for us to give thanks.  I for one am thankful and blessed for so many reasons personal, professional, and in my hobby.  As you move about your day today I hope you stop to think about the little things as well as the big. 

 

One of my biggest blessings is the friendships I have made in the crafty community. I have been a follower of Marion since before Brooke was born. I had the chance to take one of her classes a few years ago, and since then our relationship has blossomed. It is awesome to now call a mentor friend.  I recently had the opportunity to meet with Marion and her family at the Arsty Escape. I wanted to create a layout of the two of us together. 

 

 

 

 

A few days ago Marion announced her latest printable the Grand Mini Album collection. I fell in love the second it was downloaded.  The patterns are in rich turquoises, teals, tans, yellows, greens and blacks with chevrons, news ads, damasks, and her signature distressed vintage style. 

 

I couldn't wait to make something with it.  This layout uses 2 sheets of the patterned paper, the note cards, and an envelope.  I used my punches, dies, and Spellbinders to give the individual pages interesting edges.  In the background I distressed the card stock and added some paint to match the colors in the mini. Then drew a grid on the paper leaving some of the grid unfinished for interest.  The scraps were punched with label punches and butterflies.  I collaged the pieces and made this 12x12 layout from mostly 5x7 designs.  To draw you eye to the center. I cut the Chevron strips and made the flags/arrows pointing to the photo.  The photo was an Instagram photo that I cropped to look like an old Polaroid.  I then painted some Prima Pillar White flowers to match the flowers in Marion's designs. 

 

I love the look of this layout, it was so fun playing with these patterns. I'm in the process of making a mini album now, that I can't wait to share with you. 

I hope you guys have a fantastic day with family today, and take sometime for yourself.

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

Resources:

Marion Smith Designs: Grand Mini Album Printable

Prima: Flowers, and Leaves, Distress Tool, and Song Bird Ticket stamp, Romance Novel Washi Tape

Hampton Arts: Remember This Background stamp 

Spellbinders: Large Square Nestabilities, Grand Nestabilities Labels 4 Die

Sizzix: Tim Holtz dies: Butterflies, On the Edge File Tabs,  Type Set Alpha die.

EK Success: Label Punch, corner rounder

We Are Memory Keepers: Curly Bracket Tab punch

Golden Gesso

Liquitex Gold Ink

Martha Stewart Paint: Pool, Butterfly Punch

Ranger/Tim Holtz: Archival Ink Sepia, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Tiny Attacher, Tissue Tape - Definitions