Previous Existence - A Tag Duo for Artists LIVE! What the WHAT?!

I am BEYOND super excited to share with you today that I have joined the Artists Live group for a short period of time! Through the end of the year I'll be doing one LIVE show a month via the Artists Live Ustream channel. The group goes live every Monday @ 11am PST. 

You can see me this coming up Monday (9.19) where I'll be doing this Tag Duo:

This tag duo is a delicious bit of mixed media goodness, paper layering, chipboard altering, stencil using, stitching goodness. I've incorporated a bit of black out (or in this case white out) poetry that I picked up from Ivy & Petra's Poetic Plaster & Wax class.

My poem reads:

Individual tree

or man fleeting

poetic recollection

(of) a previous existence

How good is that?! There is no video at this time for the tag duo, but we record the live shows if you can't make it. But.. I HOPE you can and hope you'll be there to see the magic happen in real time :)

Feel free to accept my invite via this facebook event.

So Join me on Monday for a live taping of these beauties! 

Tag & Bookplates by Tim Holtz Clear Gesso Blick Artists' Acrylic Gesso Princeton Catalyst Blades and Mini-Blades Flurries Stencil Flat Wash, 1" Plastic Water Cup Liquitex Acrylic Glazing Medium Carbon Black Fragrance Free Quilted Baby Wipes All Colored Marking Pencil Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Man in the Moon Ranger Heat It Craft Tool Matte Medium Jet Black Archival Ink UHU Stic Glue Sticks Yuletide Tim Holtz Scissors Tree Solid White Bulk Tissue Paper 5-Piece Plastic Palette Knife Set

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My Anchor - 12x12

Today I have a layout up on the Amazing Crafting Products blog that looks.. a little something.. like.. THIS:

I swear it's the most perfect title-less layout I've ever done. It's not TOO much, but it's not TOO simple. It just screams at me. Maybe because it's so full of my heart? because they ARE my anchor? My hubzilla and his mini me. 

The base is Glitz Design paper. I seriously adore this thick gray and cream distressed stripe. For the background I stamped the Directional Circle by Viva Las VegaStamps! in archival ink by Ranger, splattered some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Charcoal and laid down a bit of Tim Holtz's tissue tape. The thread has been adhered down with a fixative, which also secures the glimmer mist (it seems to smear rather easily.)

The Whimsical Cloud from Viva Las VegaStamps! has been stamped on a coordinating cream sheet of Glitz and trimmed out. I utilized some Scrapbook Adhesives foam dots for added dimension. UmWowStudio Star Confetti has been covered in Ranger's archival ink and adhered down along with some Prima Bark Stars.

And here you can see UmWowStudio Chevron Confetti covered in archival ink by Ranger, and an Amazing Crafting Products resin anchor. If you'd like specific details on creating the anchor, please hop over to the Amazing Crafting Products post. It's a bit o' resin, dye and powder. Well worth the blog jump!

And here's some really FUN news --- we'll be creating this layout in a Class @ the Weekend Crop coming up for the Scrap Society!! The crop is full now.. but if you're local and interested in attending just let the girls know and they'll put you on the waiting list! 

♥♥ Until next time friends!

I'm linking this up to the IN THE NAVY Issue @ Paper Issues

World Card Making Day! {Thank You}

I've joined up with the Ribbonistas on the May Arts Blog to celebrate World Card Making day via the Operation Write Home blog hop! Here's my card with some details :

The card is a double layer of watercolor paper. I picked up this stamping technique from Miae Rowe over on the UmWowStudio blog -- I sprayed the Star Confetti (UmWowStudio) Stencil with mist and laid it down on the paper (instead of spraying THROUGH it.) The Viva Las VegaStamps! Thank You is stamped in Archival Black by ranger. I layered Box Pleat and White Leaves from May Arts Ribbon under a Layered Chipboard Star that has been covered in gesso and the same Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist that created the stars pattern. Some black thread and a My Mind's Eye brad finish off this card.

Please stop by and see the beautiful collection of Thank You cards that all the Ribbonistas put together.. it's seriously a stunning bunch!