MIA

Yep, I have been missing in action & for a great reason.  We have been wheeling & dealing twice for our house & it has finally SOLD!  Our dream is about to become true.  Whoo Hoo.

We picked up our new "house" yesterday.  It is a 26" trailer & it is amazing!  As soon as my feet touch the ground I will post a lot & I do mean a lot of photos.

More T-Shirt Fun

My new t-shirt.  I used the Nifty Fifties cartridge & cut everything at 10".  There was no wing so I cut it free hand.   The small part of the beak I cut from paper & then hand cut that also.

Using a permanent black fine point pen I went around all the cuts to make them pop.    So fun!

Stand & Salute

I LOVE this t-shirt.  The map is 10".  I took the paper backing & made a pattern to cut the blue in the upper left hand corner. 

I didn't have white fabric, so I made a 2" star template & painted the star in the middle of the blue background.  With a paintbrush, painted in white lines around the blue box. 

The USA looked a little plain so I used the back of the paintbrush & white paint to make the dots.

My New Obsession

As if I need more to play around with, but I am obsessing with taking new & old t-shirts for this Summer & adding appliques I have cut out from fabric with the Cricut.  Here is my first try.  I am going to try making a Patriotic shirt using Stand Up & Cheer cartridge.

Happy May Day

This is the project completed in my "10 Ways To Use Alcohol Inks" class  .

I even tried my hand at making my own Washi Tape using Red Line tape, tissue paper & then spraying it with a combination of Blending Solution & Alcohol Inks.  After I made my solution in a Mini Mister I read that it is very important to avoid spraying it in your eyes.  Beyond the obvious reasons, there is a binding agent in the Blending Solution & can really harm your eyes.

To avoid spraying anything I put in my Mini Misters, whether Pearl Ex & alcohol, or reinker & water, I mark the opposite side of the hole with an X so I know which end to hold away from myself.

Supplies used:

• Alcohol Inks - Clover, Sail Boat Blue & Purple Twilight
• Refillable Pen by Ranger.  I only put Blending Solution in my pen & put my AI in a paint palette.  When it dries up the Blending Solution in the Refillable pen reactivates the dried up AI. 
• Stampin Up tree stamp which unfortunately has been discontinued.
• Eggplant SU cardstock
• Tissue paper
• Red Line tape
• Brown Staz-On

Since Staz-On is also Alcohol based,  & the AI will smear  the stamped image as you "paint" it.  However, when I did "paint" in the blossoms on the tree & it smeared, I loved the effect.  It looks a little like I watercolored the image, but it was done with AI.  I am going to try this with other images.

When I stamp an image to AI "paint" it with the refillable pen, and don't want the smeared or watercolor effect, I stamp it first with Versamark & then use fine line black embossing powder.

5th Class - Steampunk Chic

5:30 - 6:30 Steampunk Chic - 2 scrapbook pages & ac card with ME! Each particpant will receive a BOX with Hot Off the Press Steampunk papers (12papers, 6 designs), silver & gold cardstock, assorted Ephemera, Paper Tole sheet (HOTP) & die cuts to create the 2 scrapbook pages like the sample or even better, with your own twist. There will be lots leftover to make more scrapbook pages and/or cards.

I love the Steampunk look & Hot Off the Press has by far the best of the look.

4th Class - Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach Scrapbook Layout with Kim Moore You will create a two page layout using CTMH’s NEW paper line Footloose! This is a very dimensional layout with many elements including a hidden pockets, ribbon, charms, googlyeyes, new Adhesive Springs, paper pieced sea creature and tear drops. Every kit includes four bonuses!

I had a hard time downloading the photo so here is the link so you can see Kim's amazing "A Day at the Beach" pages. http://scrapbookfunfest.com/index_003.html