Wild Wyoming Art Cafe'

Spellbinders Shape It Up Sneak Peek and Giveaway Day Four!!

Hi There!  I'm so glad you stopped by today!  It's day four of the Spellbinders Shape It Up Sneak Peek and Giveaway and I'm so excited to share a new release with you!!

I must tell you that when I saw this gorgeous die template, it was in love at first sight.  It's so beautiful and intricate and I felt like it was hand picked just for me!  

I love all the details and precise cuts this amazing die template creates.  The Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template is perfect for creating beautiful and detailed cards, and expanding the pattern for gorgeous scrapbook pages.

Today, I wanted to show you a way to use this die that was a little bit outside the box.  I've created an intricately cut and embossed envelope by using the expandable capabilities of this fabulous Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template.

Supply List:

Spellbinders® Artisan X-plorer™ Machine

S5-198 Tapestry Expandable Pattern

• WorldWin Papers®
• ClearSnap®
• Want2Scrap©

 

This Tapestry Envelope may look like it took hours to create, but with the fabulous Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template and the Artisan Explorer, it couldn't be easier!

• Cut a piece of tan cardstock 
• Cut/emboss using Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template- make sure to use a piece of wax paper in between the cardstock and die template to release the paper from the die template easily.
• Move the Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template vertically down the cardstock leaving about an 1/8" space for the fold line
• Cut/emboss using the Tapestry Expandable Pattern die template
• Apply Fluid Chalk Ink as desired
• Fold in half vertically
• Adhere the left and right edges of your envelope

• Adhere Bits of Bling
• Slide your card inside the envelope
• Enjoy!

 

Here are all the details of the Giveaway

 ~ Enter Now Here ~   

 

I have one more project to share with you today.  It’s a mixed media altered apothecary bottle.  I found this vintage bottle in a wonderful store in Wyoming.  It’s got a slight purple hue to it and it was just screaming for me to give it some life.  I’ve seen pages and pages of altered bottles on Pinterest and decided to give it a try. 

I love how it turned into a beautiful home décor piece.

I hope you enjoyed these projects.  It was so much fun creating them for you!  Don't forget to visit Tina McDonald for more chances to win!!

 

Questions? [email protected] No entries will be accepted at this email address.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

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Leave a comment and let me know what you think

of the new Tapestry Expandable Patter die template!

Hugs Holly

 

Fall Gift Ideas

This month all the “Angels” will be showing you fabulous ways to use Tattered Angels Paint Products in all your gift giving!  Celebrations, Birthdays and Holiday gifts are wrapped with Tattered Angels goodness.

I’ve created a fall themed card and handmade wrapping paper to share with you today!

I used some die cuts as well as some found objects in nature.  Wooden twigs soak up the gorgeous color and glimmer of Tattered Angels Paint Products.  Real leaves let the color and glimmer pool into the cracks.  Die cuts add some uniform to the projects as well.

I used the negative space on the die cuts as a stencil to create a soft misted effect on the wrapping paper.  I also used Canvas Corp Fringe and colored it with Sugar Maple and Sun Sister Glimmer Mist.

I even used a feather I found in my yard, and painted it with Butterscotch Glimmer Glam.  A few of leaves were coated with Bon Bon Glimmer Glam and Penny Loafer Glaze as well.

I hope you enjoyed my project today!  Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to come by everyday this month for more fabulous gift giving ideas!

Hugs

Holly

A Jillian Vance Design ~ Tooth Fairy Ensemble

I am so very excited and honored to be a Guest Designer for Jillian Vance!!!  I have always adored her stamps.  It's been a pleasure to get to know her and see her at each CHA show.  Her story is inspirational and you are going to be blown away when you hear that she started designing stamps at the age of 10!!

You can read about Jillian Vance Here.  She is such a brilliant young entrepenuer and if you're a paper crafter or mixed media artist, I hope you will support her by visiting the Jillian Vance Website and buying truck loads of her stamps!

She has created so many fabulous stamps, it's really hard to choose my favorite.  But today I'm going to show you the Tooth Fairy Stamp Set.

The Tooth Fairy Stamp Set has so many fun stamps in it and is so versatile!  My youngest daughter Mackenzie Hope just lost a tooth, and this stamp set was the perfect inspiration for my project today.

I created a Tooth Fairy Ensemble to share with you today!! A Card, A Tooth Box and Tooth Fairy Dust! This was so much fun to create!  Here is a sneak peek of the ensemble for you......

Please make the jump over the Jillian Vance Blog by clicking on the link to see the entire project and visit her website.

It would mean the world to me.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

 

You can see all her amazing stamp designs on the Jillian Vance Website.

Be sure to check out her blog ~ The Princess and the Paper as well!

 I had so much fun being a Guest Designer for you Jillian!  Thank you for being such an inspiration to young women around the world!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs

Holly Simoni

www.hollysimoni.typepad.com

 

Tattered Angels Analogous Colors Paris Card

I have a sneak peek of a Tattered Angels project to show you.....but first, I thought I'd share some of my photos.

I am so very blessed to get to spend a glorious weekend with my family.  We were able to soak in the hot springs and then have a picnic on the mountain.  The sunset was even better, but I didn't get a photograph of that unfortunately.  The fall colors were amazing and it was so warm and beautiful.

We were up in the Medicine Bow National Forest, near Ryan Park.  It was breathtaking.

I love how the photo of Aaron and I turned out.....and the silly family photo is pretty hilarious too.  Maybe we'll use that for our Christmas Cards this year. lol

So, here's my sneak peek of my Tattered Angels Blog project.

The color wheel was our theme, and I chose analogous colors that reminded me of the mountain sunset.  There's lots of photo's and a tutorial for you over on the Tattered Angels blog.  

Please make the jump over and leave a comment on the Tattered Angels Blog!

Hugs and thanks so much for stopping by!

Holly

Jewel Fantasies Card

I'm so excited about my first post for Julianna C Hudgins Design Team!  I just adore these lovely delicate Peacock Feathers that are part of the Jewel Fantasies die template set.

 

You know how much I love turquoise and purple, but the copper premium craft foil really adds to this card.

Please hop on over to Julianna's blog to see the entire project and all the details!  Leave a comment while you're there and let me know what you think.

Have a wonderful day!

Holly

Supplies: Spellbinders Jewel Fantasies, Romantic Rectangles, Spellbinders Premium Craft Foil, Unity Stamps, Card Stock by WorldWin Papers, Staz On ink, Ribbon, Fluid Chalk Ink by Clearsnap.

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

QuietFire Designs Garden Delights Blog Buzz!!

Welcome to the Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Buzz!

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to their new Spring selection of rubber stamps! 

I used Garden Delights stamp set to create this Garden Tag.

I started with a manilla tag, stamped and heat embossed the Bee stamps on the tag.  Then I misted with Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer mist and wiped off the excess to allow the heat embossed Bees to show through.  They almost work like a resist.  I love the effect.

I stamped the QuietFire Design on white cardstock and aligned the Spellbinders Labels and Tags die template around the quote, then cut/embossed.  I also used Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms, misted with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist and painted with Chandelier Glimmer Glam.  I added tulle, bling, buttons, a stick pin, twine, Say It With Pearls by Want2Scrap and more Glimmer Glam.

This was a really fun project.  I love how elegant QuietFire Design stamps are.  I hope you'll stop by their blog and take a look at all their gorgeous creations.

Each day designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using the new rubber stamps.  Visit each of their blogs on the day of their featured project, post a comment on their Blog Hop post and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   Each Designer will randomly choose a winner from the comments on their own Blog Hop post, so make sure you’ve commented by midnight Friday, May 18^th.  Tell your friends!

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Sunday May 20th. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)

 

Here is our schedule:

Monday, May 14th: Yogi , Holly

Tuesday, May 15th: Robyn, Dawn 

Wednesday, May 16th: Wanda, Sherry

Thursday, May 17th: Monica, Terre

Friday, May 18th: Suzanne

 

The complete set of new rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Buzz!

Happy Buzzing and good luck!!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

I hope all the Moms had a fabulous Mother's Day!

Hugs

Holly

 

 

Tattered Angels misting effects

Blending Tattered Angels misting products is one of my favorite techniques.  It's so basic, yet so affective.  I love to mist with one color and lightly mist another color along the edge of the first color.  They bleed and blend so beautifully.

Here's a layout I created using Canvas Corp 12x12 Corrugated Paper in white.  It's a perfect base to apply Tattered Angels paint products.  I love the Canvas Corp black twine.  I also used Tattered Angels stamps, Pink Paislee resist paper and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms and Wings of Hope die templates.

Plain Jane is the focus and layered Plain Jane Simply Sheer Teal, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Shade, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Taupe, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Yellow, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Red, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Light Blue, Baseboard Gravel.   I painted the heart with Stained Glass in Green.

Be sure to download the catalog to see all the amazing new Tattered Angels products.

Canvas Corp has some incredible new papers that are absolutely perfect for Tattered Angels paint products.  I really love the kraft and black series.  I started making 2 cards, then kept creating to make a set of 4 cards.

For these 2 cards I used: Plain Jane Simply Sheer in Yellow, Simply Sheer in Teal and Light Blue.

I also used Spellbinders Jewel Goddess,  Jewel Keys and Office Supplies.  I love how they turned out, with layers of Tattered Angels paint products on them.

Here is the second set of cards using layers of Glimmer Mist, Canvas Corp paper and twine, as well as Spellbinders die templates and Want2Scrap Bling.

Thanks so much for taking the time to take a look at my Tattered Angels projects!

 

Please pop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog and leave me a comment over there.

I'd really appreciate it.

Hugs

Holly

JustRite Stampers Guest Designer! Butterfly Card

It has been a dream come true to be a JustRite Stampers Guest Designer!!  What an honor.  I'm still pinching myself.  JustRite makes the most beautiful stamps.  They have some amazing background stamps.  Be sure to check them out.  I know you will love them!

For my 3rd and final project as a JustRite Guest Designer, I used the Harlequin Script Background Stamp.  It is divine!  I love the look of using embossing powder and heat embossing on black paper.

 

Here is a sneak peek my new Butterfly Card.

 

 

Thank you for following along with my JustRite Guest Designer posts.  I really appreciate it!

 

Please hop on over to the JustRite Blog to see the entire project!

Leave me a comment on the JustRite Blog and let me know what you think.

Thanks so much for taking the time to venture over and see my Guest Designer Projects ~ 

Day One,  Day Two, and Day Three!

Hugs

Holly

JustRite Guest Designer! Life is Better With Friends...

I am so very excited that I will be a JustRite Guest Designer for the next three days!  They make the most beautiful intricate stamps.  Kellie Fortin, is such a wonderful person, and I was over the moon excited to create for her.  I love playing with their new background stamps.

Here is a sneak peek of my 1st project!

 

Please hop on over to the JustRite Blog to see the entire project!

Leave me a comment on the JustRite Blog and let me know what you think.

Thanks so much for taking the time to venture over and see my Guest Designer projects!

Hugs

Holly