Sun and Moon

Workout for the hands! Sun and Moon people created with polymer clay, a doll armature, fabric spray paint and silk flowers.  The Sun has Perfect Pearls kissed cheeks, lips and eyes.  The moon was made with glow in the dark polymer with a bit of black embossing powder mixed in.  For the faces I used a mold and then altered a little, the hands and feet were all hand made.  Leftover ribbons were used for the cape and the skirt.  Glossy Accents was used as the adhesive for everything, including the Austrian crystal flatbacks.

Journey

The birds on this card were stamped in different angles with Stazon Timber ink on antique looking wallpaper.  Then trimmed and matted with sage flourish paper leaving space below.  Printed the caption on vellum, trimmed and attached to the bird layer with brads.  Stamped Enjoy the Journey and the birds on a wire on the sage green paper then adhered to base.  Using Vintage Photo DI, roghly edged around the base card.  Finally, using Glossy Accents, filled in 2 of the flying birds and all the birds on the wire.

Inspire tag

Working my way through the box of word stamps... this is Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'.  I got the stamp and could not wait to use it.  The look is baroque and saturated, good match for the stamp image.  Here is how to make it:
Stamp 'old German text' directly on the tag with archival ink, let that dry and then use Chipped Sapphire DI to edge the tag. Separately stamp a couple of generations of a 'busy' text on a slightly darker than manila paper (you can see the edge above the stamped image is a little darker than the tag itself) using coffee colored ink. Then over stamp the girl with black archival ink and the word 'inspire' on a scrap. Use pen nibs to lightly color the headband with Chipped Sapphire, the eyes with Bundled Sage, the lips with Worn Lipstick and the cheeks with Spun Sugar Distress Inks. Touch all edge of the girl scrap with Tea Dye using Cut and Dry foam, then adhere to tag. Mat word and on manila scrap, trim to fit inside the girl layer, sand edges and edge with Chipped Sapphire and Tea Dye. Adhere the word to the tag with foam squares. Add a half peal embellishment on the earring and around the tag hole, then thread matching ribbon on the tag.

Spoiled

In my SDU class I teach the use of different elements in the same scrapbook page.  This layout shows the combination of different papers and how single and double mats make the pictures stand out.  The background is created with 2 overlapping scraps over the checkered base.  The lateral edges are lined with paw print ribbon; the dimensional letters of the title and the doghouse sticker offer an element of fun.  The title was placed at the bottom, proving not all titles need to be on top of the page.  Writing on the transparency on top completes the dimensional effect.

Dream tag

Another tag is done!  Bad week for my hands, having a hard time closing my finger and putting pressure on the stamp, so this is my third attempt and I did not botch it.  Score!
Cover tag with harlequin paper, scratched a bit to distress and stamped the masked lady on light blue cardstock using archival ink.  Tore the edges a little, then matted with deep teal card stock.  Stamped 'dream' on a green scrap from the same paper and mounted with a foam rectangle.  Then I attached the masked charm where I had glued teal crystal flatbacks.