Your worth is not measured by your waist

Hi Everyone,
I am so happy to be guest posting for Blank Page Muse Stamps.  When I saw these images from A Vintage Girl  I could not wait to create.

I started by stamping four of the large tape measures in Jet Black Archival ink.  I cut them out and using the edge of my scissors I tattered the edges.

Then I inked them and let them dry.  Once dry I took a tiny bit of metal tape and made edges just like you find on real cloth measuring tapes.

For the main panel I stamped the vintage corset in the center, again using jet black archival.  I also stamped a second corset and cut it out to use for a mask.  This was just done on scrap paper.  Always save your masks, you never know when you might use them again. I just pop them in the bag with the stamp.
I inked the corset using a pale pink and then covered it with the mask to ink the rest of the background.
The background was inked and then stamped using the small crackle stamp.

To make her sash I used the rolled measuring tape from the Timeless Measurements set.  I used jet black archival on seam binding.  I trimmed the image and colored the seam binding using Dina Wakley scribble sticks.  

I lined up the image on the corset and glued it in place. 

Before I finished up the main panel I flicked on some black and copper paint.  I lined the measuring tapes up along the edge of the card and glued them down. I added the sentiment and edged the words using a black gel pen.  

 I added some small clusters of flowers to the corners and a tiny flower on the sash.  I know the corner flowers covered the metal edges quite a bit, but I really like how they look. The whole panel was mounted on a black card.  

I hope you like this card as much as I liked creating it.  

Jess

Make A Wish

Hi Everyone,

I have a full step by step tutorial for you over on the Blank Page Muses Blog today.  

I would love for you to pop over and check it out. 

Jess

My unsung hero

Hi Everyone, 

I have am up on the Emerald Creek Dare Blog today and our current dare is Unsung Heroes.  My mum is my unsung hero.  She works so hard and always has time for everyone and everything else.  She is the one that instilled the love of creating in me.  I remember being 8 or 9 and doing craft fairs with her selling my little lace and bead ornaments.  She's my biggest cheerleader and supporter, so I wanted to make her a little something. She is a reader and a sewer, so I came up with this oversized bookmark. 

I started with a large heavy weight chipboard tag from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts and painted it with a very thin layer of White Acrylic paint.  

The I added my stamps using my Tim Holtz stamping platform. This is the back.

This is the front. The butterfly has a layer of Fractured Ice Embossing powder over the Black Soot Archival ink and the sentiment(from the Fallen Blossom set) has Onyx Frost embossing powder for shimmer.  

Once I layered on all of my stamps I colored the images on the front using Distress Crayons and Dina Wakley scribble sticks.  

I added the button brads and made the thread using Oil Rubbed Bronze powder right over a line drawn with a pen.  

The top of the tag was embellished with seam binding, twine, and the Handmade charm. 

Here you can really see the Fractured Ice over the black.  I added scissors to the body of the butterfly. 

The back was colored using Magenta's Nuance Powders and the entire piece was edged with charred gold.  

Here is the finished piece. 

Who is your unsung hero? Be sure to enter the dare and you can win money to the store!

Jess

Items from Emerald Creek:

Fallen Blossom Stamps

Fractured Ice Embossing Powder

Oil Rubbed Bronze

Onyx Frost Embossing Powder

Button Brad

Scissor Charm

Handmade Charm

Butterfly Dreams

This month our theme at Emerald Creek is Anything Goes.

Do you ever get an idea and just run with it? I was playing with the Butterfly Stamp and it happened to fall on her head.  I just kind of ran with it.   

I used a ton of embossing powders to make all of the butterflies.  Here's the rundown of colors: 

Salted Shamrock Embossing Powder

Salted Navy Embossing Powder

Thanksgiving Embossing Powder

Candy Orange Embossing Powder

Candy Blue Embossing Powder

Sweet Valentine Embossing Powder

Chinese New Year Embossing Powder

Hanukkah Embossing Powder

I colored the butterflies using Distress Markers, Distress Crayons, and Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks.  

I used one of Tim Holtz's Etc Tags.  These are a super thick board and come in three sizes.  This is the smallest tag.  I started with a thin layer of gesso that I smeared on with my fingers.  I added some paper using my Distress Collage Medium. 

I covered the board with Dina Wakley Media Paints and Distress Paints. 

Once the paint was dry I stamped my Kimilese 3 Stamp in Jet Black Archival ink. I added another couple pieces of paper on top since my original layer was pretty well covered.  I also splattered paint all over the tag. 

Once this was done I just piled on the embellishments.  I placed my girl on first and then decorated around her.  I love her necklace made out of Amethyst Gemstones and a teeny Tim Holtz butterfly. 

I love the little butterflies I made out of Shrink Plastic.  

Don't forget to pop over to the Emerald Creek Blog for your chance to enter this month's dare and win $50 to the store.  

Jess

Salted Shamrock Embossing Powder

Salted Navy Embossing Powder

Thanksgiving Embossing Powder

Candy Orange Embossing Powder

Candy Blue Embossing Powder

Sweet Valentine Embossing Powder

Chinese New Year Embossing Powder

Hanukkah Embossing Powder

Butterfly Stamp

Kimilese 3 Stamp

Amethyst Gemstones

Special Delivery

Hi Everyone,

I'm up on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Blog today. 

Once again I was a bad design team girl and didn't take step out photos.  Here's the thing, these cabana houses are so easy to assemble I just got carried away.  They just fold together.  A tiny bit of glue or double sided tape and they are done in a flash. 

I started by using some tissue wrap and crazing collage medium to adhere it to the house.  Once the collage medium was dry I used Distress Crayons  and Scribble Sticks to add color.  

I love making my tissue have wrinkles.  I smush and scrunch it until I have enough wrinkles. 

The roof was stamped using the Emerald Creek Kimilese stamp and then colored using Distress Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn and Vintage Photo.  

The roof edges and the bottom of the house have some washi tape.  

The little postman paper doll was colored using my distress markers and given some wings.  The teeny letter and wooden heart complete him.  The house got a bingo marker house number;a word band colored using my distress crayon in Chipped Sapphire; and a clipping sticker.  My teeny house is done. 

The cabana houses come in a set of 5! Such an awesome deal. I've shared another one I made over on my Instagram page(@twomaddahlias).