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Showing posts with label Alcohol Inks. Show all posts
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Monday, February 16, 2009

All that SPARKLES...

...is glitter, Glitter and more GLITTER!

And me thinks that this silly girl went completely OVERBOARD with it! It's hard for me to deal with crafter's block. I get so frustrated and irritated with myself when I sit down to make something and I come up with ABSOLUTELY nothing! Then I get more frustrated and then of course it doesn't help me come up with anything...

Anyway, today was one of those days...I sat down and looked around and...nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Blah.

So I reached for a big, huge jar of not-so-fine glitter that I've had for over a year and I decided to play!

I started with this...



And with a little tweak, a couple light bulbs going off and my good ol' friends ALCOHOL INKS, came up with this:



Red Pepper



Stonewashed



Lettuce


Wasn't really sure what to do with them separately, so I took a little bit of each and ended up with this:




...and from there, I ended up with THIS:




So is there such a thing as glitter overboard? What on this card did I not glitter? *LOL* Another question would be, is there anything that Alcohol Ink can not re-colour? I love, Love, LOVE this stuff! From being so scared to try it out to colouring everything I can get my hands on using it! *LOL*

The card is also a very loose interpretation of Mojo Monday's sketch:



There was already a lot going on with all the glitter, so I decided that I would omit a few of the extra embelly-like things and just stuck to the basics of the sketch. Hope it hasn't deviated too far from the original sketch to not actually COUNT as a Mojo Monday sketch...LOL...when I get started in the scraproom, it's hard for me to go back to the other room to look at the other details I'm missing. I usually only remember a few distinct details of the sketch and go from there anyway...but thanks for looking!

MATERIALS
All hyperlinked products and materials are from Pez-a-Doodle Designs

Stamp: Fairybella (okay, I just made that one up, I can't actually remember the ACTUAL name right now, but I know for sure it's by) Stamping Bella
Ink: Adirondack Dye Ink
Medium: Copic Markers and Sakura Glitter Gel Pens, Alcohol Ink
Paper: Plain white cardstock (100 lb)
Embellishments: GLITTER

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Confessions of a CHA Convention-er (Part 8 - Flower Soft and Studio G)

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Okay! Now that we've gotten the legal stuff taken care of...(this sentence here would be covered under section (C) of the discloure. *awkward silence.....*

Before I went on with any of the updates and mind-boggling-ness of the AWESOME announcements that I have and that Marti from Pez-a-Doodle Designs has in store for you, I just wanted to stop and say

~* thank you *~

to everyone who has been taking precious time out of their day to come visit me and to read me blathering on and on. I mean, the number one reason that makes any of this fun is to be able to share it with you! Without you wanting to read it, then I'd pretty much just be bragging to no one, wouldn't I? Honestly, thanks again for visiting and for leaving all the fun, well-wishing, motivating comments. I want you to know that I read EVERY single one (I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply to all of them!) but Marti and I do discuss the suggestions and comments that you leave that is regarding products and Pez-a-Doodle and I just wanted you to know that though you are not here, you are not going unheard!

And for those comments that aren't product-related, let me just tell you, that you have all helped me get through my very first trip all by myself! I feel like one of those diaper commercials, you know? I can do it aaaall by myself - I'm a big girl now! *awkward silence....*

Side note: In two hours and twenty minutes, I will have been up for 24 hours. Weird...*awkward silence.....*

Okay, I keep meandering and digressing because I'm positive I may have fallen asleep every couple of minutes...my eyes are blinking and they are forgetting to open.

A few official Pez-a-Doodle announcements. I'm not entirely sure that I can actually release this information at the moment, so don't tell anyone I told you! It'll be our little secret, just us, okay? Besides, I have gained some extra valuable information this weekend that I'm sure I can use as collateral should I fall into the unfavorable graces of Marti for telling...*LOL*...all you need to know is that it's good blackmail material *TEEHEE*

Okay, again, I wandered off! Right, I was going to make an announcement!

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In a few short months (release date, I believe is MARCH), Pez-a-Doodle Designs will be carrying the NEW RELEASES of the boxed sets from...FLOWER SOFT! Oh YEAH, I'm so excited! Almost a year ago when Marti and I began posting about Flower Soft, I was only able to acquire it from a trade show I had been to and they were in the really large tubs available in one colour or mixed colour - and the UK were the predominant carriers of them so it was definitely hard to come by. But after doing a make-and-take with them and meeting one of their reps, Marti has worked something out so that she will be carrying the boxed sets on Pez-a-Doodle Designs! *squeals* Here are the lines:



We can all say it together now, oooooooh aaaaaaah! Or for those who wish to join me, w00t! Just remember that most of these are orders that are new releases (these are new releases to Canada/US) will not be shipping out for another couple of months, so just make sure and stay tuned to Marti's blog (http://pezadoodle.blogspot.com/) to find out when they are going to be available for pre-order and when they are going to be shipped to her, as these can be two very different things. But HOLY MOLY, these are SO much fun! I had forgotten after I'd had them for a while, but there's nothing like a make-and-take to get you all riled up again! Also as another small announcement for that, the rep from Flower Soft has told us that they are working on a certification class for Flower Soft maybe in the JULY CHA!

On another side-note, guess who's registration has been accepted for the COPIC CERTIFICATION CLASS in Toronto on March 24?!?! ME! I am SO excited!

Let's see, let's see, what else did I promise for you today....oh RIGHT!

STUDIO G NEWS! This one, I'm also not sure that I can release just yet as this is pretty much Marti's baby from the beginning, so I'm going to hold off on all the details until I get the go-ahead but BELIEVE ME when I say there is going to be some AWESOME things coming up with Pez-a-Doodle Designs and Studio G! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself, proving that, as today I was introduced to the Studio G rep and head customer service agent as a Studio G fanatic! I'm almost biting my tongue (figuratively speaking of course) so that I don't go blurting it all out before it's nice and time. But I promise there's so much fun to come, it'll definitely be worth a little bit of tense, excitable anticipation!

I'm going to post another thing here instead of making a new section for it - although I am REALLY loving and appreciating all the comments you are taking the time to leave for me, I don't want you to have to post a million more times as I can get overly chitty-chatty. I just wanted to show our make-and-take from Tim Holtz's Idea-o-logy (or whatever it's called, I can't look right now....my forehead is almost the one typing out this post) booth:



That's our make-and-take luggage tag (or bag tag as some people like to correct me with) and I wanted to show it because it incorporates a bit of the things that I am currently in the process of giving away. The tag was die-cut from grungeboard and there you will see the mini masks as well as the floral flourishes and new stamp line (not included in giveaway). So that's one teeny, tiny little idea of what you can do with all the goodies you'll get should you be chosen as our ultimate Tim Holtz Advantus winner!

If you are looking for more goodies, don't forget to stop by Marti's blog to win the ENTIRE new releases of...BWHAHAHA...that's how I know my mind has gone to sleep without waiting for me, I totally forgot for a minute what the giveaway was and I couldn't for the life of me pull it out of my mind...so again, like I was saying, you could win the ENTIRE SET of lights and brights alcohol inks for participating in her blog giveaway!

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Confessions of a CHA Convention-er (Part 3 - Tim Holtz)

WELCOME TO CHA!



...Day Two - Edumacation day!

So, the much talked about Tim Holtz class was EVERYTHING that I was expecting it to be - and more! w00t!

I can definitely understand why Tim's got such a strong following! He is an energetic, out-going speaker and he definitely knows.his.stuff! You can automatically tell that he knows what he's talking about and that he LOVES what he's talking about - which makes you love it too!

So today in class, we busted out the new lights and brights line of Alcohol Ink (yes, they're important enough to capitalize) and oooooh-wee! I WANT THEM ALL; heck that's not true, I NEED them! Okay, on to the project:



Tim's Colour Your Creativity Class! So there's our little kits there, co-ordinating colours of alcohol ink in the new lights, brights and earthtones and one metallic mixatives, an archival ink pad, an felt ink tool, ghost shapes and the NEW alcohol ink pen! We also walked away with one of the new release STAMP SETS! Ooooh baby, yes we did! Okay, so the rest of the project:





DO YOU LOVE IT OR WHAT?!?! So let's have a look, the first picture is grungepaper with the word CREATE cut out with the Cricut - as well as the flourish and then covered with metal tape to emboss - to avoid scratches and ugly marks, we embossed with a large blending stub. VERY COOL idea!

We painted with our new alcohol ink pen (kind of resembles Copics) and stamped with our new stamp sets, using different alcohol ink techniques (tutorials are available on Marti's website (http://www.pezadoodle.com/). So if you have EVER been scared to try alcohol inks, now is the time to TRY THEM! Don't be afraid, the ink will come off (well, except from your hardwood floors, so don't play on that! The Mister noticed my sanded areas on the floor where I tried to hide the ink!) and you get such AWESOME things every single time!



Aaaaand that's Marti and I with our new BFF Tim! w00t!

I am loving how I roll!

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Bead-azzled!

...do you ever have those times when you KNOW you have so much to do, but you end up doing something else anyway?

I had some orders to process and get out (they're done now and just shipped out today) and instead of working on them ASAP, I got kind of bored of them and tried something else instead. Kind of like a litle break to just refresh the interest in them again. Well, I didn't exactly stray too far as I kept working with beads, just a whole lot tinier!

I was wandering around Michaels and was trying to look for more things I could work with besides the regular, ol' generic kind of scrapping things and I impulsively grabbed a pack of clear seed beads. I looked around to see if there was any more colours I liked before I almost smacked myself in the forehead and though, I don't need to buy any more colours, that's what alcohol inks are for!

So homeward-bound I went and got out my alcohol inks (note to self: order more from Marti) and proceeded to PLAY! While the seed beads are much harder to work with (OMG, arthritis here I come!), it was a lot of fun because it's different and does not involve me staring so close at a "Skittle" bead that I'm almost cross-eyed.

So here's what I came out with after playtime!




I know it sounds a little over-the-top, considering I made them, but I LOVE THEM! LOL...can't help it, they are so CUTE and SWEET looking! It's the whole clear glass beads with just a TOUCH of colour on them. I wanted an easier way to work with them on a layout or card, so I strung them on some floral wire (pretty much exactly the width of the opening of the bead) and just shaped it into what I wanted it to look like. Takes some trial and error I guess because the first few times, I didn't leave enough give and when I started bending the wire, some of the beads broke off. After I had enough shapes that I wanted, I used some Glossy Accents (à la Ranger - Marti, does your store carry this stuff?) and just pressed them down onto my card. Once the Glossy Accents dried, those babies were stuck for GOOD!

So that's a little less "Skittle"-talk for those of you who were getting tired of me going on and on about them...

The "Skittle" stars I got from Marti, I poured into a huge jar and they're just sitting there...haven't gotten much of an epiphany about how I'm going to use them...so there they sit...alone...jealously pouting at the "Skittle" beads and seed beads, wondering what they have that it doesn't....

I'm sorry "Skittle" stars, but your time will come...be patient...

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

True colours...

...I see your true colours shining through..they're beautiful...like a rainbow...

So I'm sure you're reaching the end of your limit staring at the beads I keep posting, but I LOVES them so you're gonna look at a couple more.

Besides, The Mister went and did something spectacular, I have to write about it! When I woke up this morning there was a plastic bag on his pillow and to be honest, I really didn't even notice it - not the BEST morning person EVER, let me tell you. So he comes in while I'm about to haul the laptop up onto the bed and he's like, did you see your present? And I look up all bleary-eyed and was like, 'wha?' and he points at the bag and only then does the red lettering on the plastic bag register and I'm like, I KNOW THAT BAG! So I tear it open and there staring up at me are the pretty little faces of Perfect Pearls and a pack of alcohol inks. For me. JUST for MEEEE!

I had recently placed two orders for Perfect Pearls and alcohol inks at http://www.pezadoodle.com/, but I didn't think that moment was the BEST time to tell him that (and also that they were a LOT cheaper there) but I taught The Mister well, he knew to ask for a 40% off coupon and everything! So he said that since he was with me the last time and I had stood in that aisle and stared at all the inks and powders and debated on which one I would get, he thought I would have more fun and be able to make more variety if he got me the other package. SWEET MAN!

So he came into the scraproom with me (I'm wide awake by now, of course) and I showed him how I was using his wonderful presents!

Heads up though, there's quite a few pictures. Ta-daaaaa:




Under the Sea




Sands of Time



Blue Lagoon



Shamrock Central


Lavender Dreams



Pucker Up Pink



Rainbowlicious


Ooooo-wee!!! I LOVE THEM ALL!!!

Eventually, they'll be going up on my Etsy but first I need input from my Alcoholic Ink Yoda...hope you're not TOO wrinkly-faced!


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