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Coffee Cup Mini Album Tattered Angels

My favorite coffee mug says "Peace, Love and Coffee".  I usually have my morning cup of coffee in that mug.  A little inspirational quote and some coffee are a sure way to start the day of right.

So I decided to use a paper coffee cup to create a mini album full of quotes.  This has to be one of my favorite projects I have made.  

So grab your cup of coffee, kick up your feet and enjoy the video!

 

I hope you create one for yourself.  Please share with me if you do!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

Hugs

Holly

Holly-Days Vintage Canvas

It's time for more "Holly-Days" projects!  This one is featured on the Julianna Hudgins ~ Positively Me Website.

Oh I am so in love with these Canvs Corp. Chunky 6x6 Canvases!  It was the perfect base forJulianna Hudgins' Jewel Framed Sentiments and Jewel Flowers and Flourishes die templates by Spellbinders Paper Arts.

Of course I threw in some Tattered Angels paints as well.  The entire tutorial is on Julianna's blog!  There is a giveaway on Julianna's blog too!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I truly appreciate it.

Hugs

Holly

Embellished Canvas Pillow

Canvas is one of my favorite mediums!  Canvas Corp makes the most brilliant canvas pieces, that are just begging to be misted and stenciled with Tattered Angels paint products.  Of course I threw in some ribbon and bling as well ;)

Please click on over to the Tattered Angels Blog and see my Misted and Stenciled Canvas Pillow. It measures 14" square, and is the perfect addition to my little upstairs guest apartment.

It was really easy to make.  You can view the tutorial here!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

 

I hear it's been difficult to leave a comment on the Tattered Angels blog today, so I'm putting the final pictures of the project in here for you to see!  Sorry about the technical difficulties over there.

I hope you're having a fabulous weekend.

Hugs

Holly

Tattered Angels, Stencils and Canvas Corp

I am really loving how beautifully Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist looks on canvas.  It's such a soft look and worked perfectly with the vintage look I was going for.

I created these Canvas Envelope and Canvas Postcards, and attached a manilla shipping tag with a few of my favorite quotes.

I am a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor by day, and I often find that I have written inspriational quotes on stickies and put them around my office.  Quotes really ground me and keep me focused.

This is the Canvas Envelope.  I used a Tattered Angels stencil and layed that down on the canvas, then misted Tokyo Glimmer Mist over it.  I misted again in areas that I wanted to have a darker shade.  You really get some beautiful dimension that way.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I really appreciate all my blog readers so much! I have the flu tonight and just had to get this post written and post on the Tattered Angels Blog.

It's amazing that even when I'm sick I love to share and create art.  You all inspire me so, and keep me going.  Thank you for that.

Hugs

Holly

Heidi Swapp Design Challenge ~ Memory File

It's the second day of the Heidi Swapp Design Challenge.  Heidi selected an assortment of supplies from Heidi Swapp products, Tattered Angels, Canvas Corp and 7 Gypsies and asked us to create two projects using our own style.

I'm so excited to share my take on Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files.  They come in white with several resist patterns on them.  You can mist, paint, ink, chalk, and spray your favorite mediums on these files to give them a truly unique look.  I used a ton of Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard Mist on my projects.  Here are the colors that were in my supply box ~ Myrtle Chalkboard Mist; Woven Burlap Glimmer Mist and Tokyo Glimmer Mist.

 

I absolutely adore the idea of creating something along the lines of a mini album out of layering several Color Magic Memory Files.

We recently heard about a puppy and her sister who needed a foster family.  They were in a shelter and set to be euthanized in about 5 days if they were not pulled out of the shelter.  The word spread through Facebook, and I talked my husband into letting us foster this darling puppy.  So many volunteers pitched in to save numerous animals that day, and to drive them across two states to foster families and people who wanted to adopt them.  It was an amazing feat that was pulled together within a few days.

Well, the minute I set eyes on this puppy I was doomed to fall in love with her.  She was very quiet, shy, timid and scared.  It didn't take long for her to warm up to us, and I think my husband Aaron fell in love with her first.  We could not even think of letting this sweet baby girl go.  Our daughters named her Willow after a Native American Medicine Woman they read about in a book.  Love that.

Willow was about 3 months old when we got her.  So I used a wooden "3" on the canvas corp canvas flower.

We took her to the park often, and I spent many hours shooting photographs of her playing and enjoying her new family.

Willow's story is handwritten on the manilla tags, and tucked into the 7Gypies envelopes.

I misted, layered and painted pieces of the Memory File Album with Chandelier Glimmer Glam.  It gives it such a sparkle and shimmer.

I couldn't resist using Spellbinders Large Labels to create a little flip album that I layered with photo's of Willow, and then adhered Color Magic Banners to the back of them.

I created a large pocket behind the mini flip album, so that we could tuck more journaling manilla tags or photographs inside.

supplies:  Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files, Heidi Swapp Color Magic Banners; Heidi Swapp No Limits Destination Pennants; Canvas Corp Canvas Flower, Canvas Corp black twine; 7Gypsies Paper Tape Postale, 7Gypsies Postale Envelopes, Cards and Mini Envelopes;  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Chalkboard Mist and Chandelier Glimmer Glam; Spellbinders Large Labels; Want2Scrap Classy Corners - Gracy by Nina Brackett; Scalloped Velvet Trim, adhesive, black ink.

 

I hope you've enjoyed my Memory File project, and hearing the story of my little Willow puppy.

Please click on over the Heidi Swapp's blog to see my second project for the Design Challenge!

Here's a little peek at my project.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!  I really appreciate it!

Hugs

Holly

New Classes ~ Altered Art in the Gallery!

It's been a while, but we're having Altered Art in the Gallery again at Rocky Mountain Framing and Gallery in Wyoming!

Lots of yummy classes full of techniques!!!  We'll use Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine, new Spellbinders die templates, and Tattered Angels products in all classes!

Take 2 classes get $5 off, Take 3 classes get $10 off!

Here are some photographs of everything we're making! 

BELIEVE BLOSSOM BAG

(Use paint, stamps, grunge paper, die cuts and buttons)

(ribbon not included)

COLLAGE OF CARDS

(Use Glimmer Mist to add shimmer and color to embellishments)

(Acrylic Butterfly Stamp 3x3" by Jenni Bowlin included)

(Create a quick Christmas Ornament Tag)

(Learn how to align die templates and stamps, have fun with Glimmer Glam too!)

MY FAVORITE MEMORY PRINTER TRAY

Lots of fabulous embellishment included;  7 Gypsies Printer Tray measures 12.5 x 13.5".  It's large size is great for using as a wall hanging or home decor piece.
(Ribbon and green silk flower not included)

Call Rocky Mountain Framing and Gallery at

307-347-9352 to reserve your spot.

Bring your friends and enjoy a day full of creating!

Holly

My Talented Sister

via dianadellos.typepad.com

You absolutely have got to take the time to hop on over to my sister - Diana Dellos' Blog - N2Cre8n. She is creating collage paintings that are utterly fabulous. She's so talented, I just had to tell you all about her.

I hope you have a wonderfully creative week.
Holly

Spellbinders ~ Spellblogger Retreat and a Collage

The Spellbloggers were able to attend a Blog Retreat before CHA in Chicago!  We hung out at Gino's East, and shared ideas, brainstormed and got a little creative too!

Jeff and Stacey Caron attended too.  If you're not familiar with the story of how they created Spellbinders, please read it now.  It's such an incredible story.

It was a wonderful meeting and I came away feeling creatively inspired and happy to have a sense of the "big picture" and how the Spellbinders Blog fits into that.

Each of us created a collage using magazine clippings.  The idea was to create a collage that represented your blog personality.  For me, my blog personality is the same as my real life personality.  Here are some traits the group and I pulled out about my sense of style, and what type of colors and images I'm draw to....

• Graphic, art

• Blue

• Butterflies

• Eclectic

• Typography, fonts

• Collage, paint

• Like social interaction of the blog

• Family

• Art keeps me grounded; allows expression of myself

• OK with outside the lines

• Natural colors

• Spontaneous

  
  

  What a fun creative exercise huh?

  We have some fun and exciting plans up our sleeves for the Spellbinders Blog.  I hope you'll enjoy them in upcoming months.  I'm sure you'll see some fun stuff here too!  

  Have a wonderfully creative weekend!

  Thanks for taking a peek into my creative personality.

  Hugs

  Holly

 

Tattered Angels and Pink Paislee Color Connections Ensemble

Tattered Angels has created Color Connections!  It's a fabulous system that coordinates Tattered Angels paint products with your favorite companies.  This month on the Tattered Angels Blog, we are focusing on the Tattered Angels and Pink Paislee Color Connections system.

I created this ensemble using Pink Paislee Daily Junque and Tattered Angels Aquamarine Glimmer Mist, Dark Denim Glimmer Mist, Organic Garden Glimmer Glam and Pewter Glimmer Glaze on each project.

I misted, glammed, and glazed this canvas.  Then I wrapped it in misted tulle.

I'm turning 40 next week, and I'm trying to embrace it, instead of dread it. I loved the sentiments saying "Don't Forget...Just Be Yourself".  So fitting.

My vacation was so relaxing and so very wonderful.  The last three days were spent at a beach house on the Outer Banks in North Carolina.  It was pure Heaven.  This is one of the photos I took of my little girls, Arianna Faith and Mackenzie Hope.  It's one of my favorites.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Please hop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog for more details about these projects.

Have a wonderful day!

Holly

Altered Canvas using Scrapbook supplies!

I created this canvas for the Spellbinders Blog today!  I love creating altered canvases.  You can paint them, put fabric on them and even scrapbooking supplies!  This one uses pretty much everything you'd already have in your scrapbooking supplies.

There is  detailed tutorial over on the Spellbinders Blog, go check it out!  You'll see how to make the rolled flowers and die cut flowers out of felt.  The tutorial also shows how to create that hidden journaling envelope using Spellbinders die templates.

Let me know what you like to see in tutorials, what's helpful and what you'd like added.  I'm always trying to tweak them and make them useful to readers!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  I truly appreciate your comments.

Holly

Supplies include:  S4-312 Blossom Three, S4-321 Nested Leaves, LF-161 Grand Labels One,  LF-190 Grand Labels Four, S4-208 In Spades Pendant, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, S7-018 Big Scalloped Border Grand; Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry; Tattered Angels Polka Dot Pink, Grape Ape and InchWorm Chalkboard Mist, Mermaid Glimmer Glam, Patina Glimmer Mist; Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology patterned paper; Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Inkpad in Deep Lagoon; Worldwin cardstock in grey; Eco-Friendly white glitter felt; stick pins, beads, bakers twine, and Adobe Photoshop Elements.