Wild Wyoming Art Cafe'

National Scrapbooking Day! ~ And a Giveaway!!

May 5th is officially National Scrapbooking Day!  I just had to create a Scrapbook Page for my blog today.  I'm also giving away a brand new set of Spellbinders Paper Arts Decorative Dress Forms die templates!    

I created this Scrapbook Page, just for me.  No deadlines, no directed themes, no products to feature.....just creating with my favorite things for pure enjoyment.  I can't tell you how long it has been that I have been able to create like this.  I just haven't had the time.  It's so freeing, and really helps the creative process to just be able to create for yourself.  Don't get me wrong, I love creating for companies of course, but I have recently changed the work I do for some companies, and it's been such a wonderful change.

I find that I reach for my favorite products time and time again. I also realized that my favorite products are usually the companies I design for.  That's why I design for them, they make products that fit my style and sense of creativity.  Funny how I'm drawn to them, and they in turn are drawn to me.  

I love to distress, ink, stamp, layer, and then add a touch of bling.  Want2Scrap makes the most beautiful bling ever.  I used the new and Beautiful Bling Borders - Fancy That designed by Nina Brackett.  OMG have you seen their new Iphone cases with bling?  Eeeack!!

The lovely stamp is a new release called Garden Delights by QuietFire Designs.   Suzanne Cannon designs these lovely stamps, and I just can't get over how beautiful the quotes and the fonts are.  So gorgeous.

The paper is My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline.  I love the feminine look, with a bit of a rustic Wyoming look.   I distressed the edges, added some ink and used Spellbinders Paper Arts Jar Labels designed by Becky Fleck.  I love to hide die cuts to create the look of a tab.

 

 Adding tiny buttons by Buttons Galore, and using your own handwriting with a Copic black AtYou Spica glitter pen, really adds some fun details to this layout.

Velvet ribbon, decorative stick pins, and of course several Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms were added to finish off this layout.  

Bitty Blossoms were colored to match this layout perfectly by cutting them out of pure white cardstock, then misting them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  I love being able to make my own embellishments, and getting that perfect color match and shimmer.

 

I hope you've enjoyed the Scrapbook Page, learning about my creative process, and hearing about all the details......now on to the Giveaway!

I will randomly choose a reader that is subscribed to all my channels.  So, make sure you are a subscriber to Wild Wyoming Art Cafe' (my blog), My Facebook Page, Twitter Account, Pinterest Account and YouTube Channel by Sunday May 6, 2012 at midnight mst.  

I will email the winner on Monday May 7th.  (You'll have 24hrs to respond, or I'll have to choose another winner. )

That's all there is to it!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.

Happy National Scrapbooking 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

Tattered Angels Inspiration

It feels like spring around here.  The snow has melted and the sun shines longer each day. Spring is a time for renewal.  I have been clearing off my plate, giving up some obligations, and finding my artist soul again.  It's amazing the enjoyment, the ideas and the inspiration that comes from feeling free again.  I always get the freedom to create my hearts desire when I create art for Tattered Angels.  I absolutely love that!

Here are sneak peeks of three projects I created for Tattered Angels! 

Please hop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog to see each of the full projects!

 

First up is a layout I created using the new Plain Jane Simply Sheer in Teal and Shade.  I am sooooo loving these new colors.  I altered a piece of premium craft foil with Spellbinders M-Bossabilities as well.

I also used French Vanilla Chalkboard Mist, Chandelier Glimmer Glam and a new Tattered Angels Stencil.  Island Spring was used for the coffee ring marks.  I just can't get enough of these products!

I love these mini tart tins by Jenny Bowlin.  I cut out pieces of Canvas Corp paper, and misted them with Vanilla Breeze Glimmer Mist and Gravel Baseboard Plain Jane.  I also misted Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die cuts with Plain Jane Simply Sheer Teal.  I floated them in Ice Resin and applied Art Glitter to the edges.  I really loved how they turned out.  Such a fun look.

I have always wanted to create a photo collaged bottle.  I have seen several different kinds.  I loved making this so much, I think I'll make several more!  This one is a recycled juice bottle!

I filled it with seashells, tulle and a photo.  I altered the outside of the bottle using Plain Jane Simply Sheer Teal on the ribbon and Chandelier Glimmer Glam on the bottle top.  I want to create an entire row of these!

I hope I have inspired you today.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today!

 

PS - I wanted to let you know that I have emailed the winner of my blog giveaway, but never heard from them.  So, I'm drawing a new winner!!

Hugs

Holly Simoni

 

Tattered Angels Inspiration

This month on the Tattered Angels Blog we are finding inspiration from other Tattered Angels Designers.

I hope you'll hop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog and see which Designers and projects inspired me, and a complete list of supplies.

Have a fantastic week!

Hugs

Holly

Tattered Angels and Stencils!

Tattered Angels paint products work beautifully with stencils, masks and die templates.  I created three projects for their blog this month to how you how easy they are to work with.

My first project started as a large manilla shipping tag.  I stamped  3 trees using a tree stencil, Midnight Rendezvous Glimmer Glaze, Pewter Glimmer Glaze, and Island Spring Glimmer Glaze.  I made sure to alter the height of each tree.

I misted with Twinkle Yellow Glimmer Mist, Bubble Light Green Glimmer Mist, and Icicle Blue Glimmer Mist.  I used several layers of glimmer mist colors to create depth.  The glimmer glaze acts as a resist and the glimmer mist wipes right off….brilliant feature!!

I misted the word JOY using Pink Paislee mistables chipboard font with Icicle Blue Glimmer Mist.  I stamped a snowflake on the tag several times, using Waltzing Mouse Christmas stamps.

Then applied Chandelier Glimmer Glam along the bottom and edges.  I added some bits of bling by Want2Scrap.  Then I noticed a beautiful piece of paper towel I had been using to soak up the excess glimmer mist.  So….I stamped and cut and folded it to look like crepe trim on the bottom of my tag.  Tulle was tied on the top of the tag.  I love how it all turned out!

This mini canvas that measures about 5 x 5″.  I painted on a thick layer of gesso, leaving brush strokes.  I misted with Patina glimmer mist, and painted the corners with Island Spring Glimmer Glaze.  I allowed those to dry.  Then I put my stencils in place and misted with Icicle Blue and Cornflower Daze Chalkboard Mist.  I love the wintry feel it created.

I cut/embossed white cardstock with Spellbinders Create a Flake Three, used the die template as a stencil and inked with chalk.  Wrapped some tulle around the bottom of the canvas and adhered my die cut snowflake.

This started as a plain kraft colored 12×12″ cardstock.  I dredged the edges in Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist, I laid my crown stencil down in the middle of the page, and misted the center area with Cornflower Daze Chalkboard Mist and Bahama Blue Glimmer Mist.

I misted the white butterfly crochet ribbon with L.E.D. Red Glimmer Mist.  I just love that pop of color.

I die cut Spellbiners Grand Peony Creations out of white cardstock.  Then I used the die template as a stencil and misted Cornflower Daze Chalkboard Mist with Bahama Blue Glimmer Mist.  I let the mist sit for just about 5 seconds, then used a paper towel and brayer to lift the excess mist off.  This helps with minimal seepage.

I hope these projects will give you some ideas and inspiration to give Tattered Angels paint products and stencils a try!

Holly

 

Tattered Angels Bad Boy Scrapbook Page and Layered Card!

This month on the Tattered Angels Blog we are featuring Mistables.  Anything that you can use your Glimmer Mists and Chalkboard Mists on!

Here is a Scrapbook Page all about my brother JR.  He loves 80's music, denim, All things KISS and Dr Pepper, metal, chains and sarcastic t-shirts.  "Everyone loves a Bad Boy" is on his t-shirt in the picture on the right. LOL!

I used an animal print paper by Canvas Corp and misted it with Marmalade Glimmer Mist.  I used a large piece of canvas by Prima and misted Dark Denim Chalkboard Mist, and October Afternoon graphic sticker letters.  These were all so perfect for the layout of my brother.

The metal accents were painted with Pewter and Flirty Glimmer Glaze, and Tide Pool Glimmer Glam.  I threw in a Dr Pepper label just for kicks.

I cut and embossed Sprightly Sprockets out of Spellbinders Precious Metals Premium Craft Foil, then sanded and painted on glimmer glam for a funky look.

 

Next up is a layered Card.  I love layering tons of paper and embellishments.  They have all been misted, painted and chalk misted in some fashion.

I used Forest Green Glimmer Mist, Copper Glimmer Mist, Tide Pool Glimmer Glam, Golden Goddess Glimmer Glam,Cowboy Glimmer Glaze, and Orange Crush Glimmer Glaze.

The patterned paper and resist cards are the Hunt and Gather Collection by KaiserCraft, paper flowers and a resin flower by Prima, Tear Drop Circles and Grand Big Scalloped Circles ~ Spellbinders Paper Arts die cuts and a quote by Dr. Seuss.

I have one more really fun project to show!  But that will have to wait for my next post.  Or you can hop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog to see what I'm talking about ;)

A reader was inspired to create her own version of one of my cards!  I will post her gorgeous creation soon.

Thanks so much for all your comments.  You can always email me with questions and ideas as well.

Have a fabulous day, and remember Today is your Day!

Holly

A Bookmark and A Scrapbook Page

I'm still feeling inspired by CHA!  I saw this lovely paper line with a sewing theme by JilliBean Soup, and it reminded me so much of my mom.

She taught me to sew at a very young age.  I made my first quilt when I was still in grade school.  My Mom is such an artist in everything she does.  She made each of my Prom dresses!!  I would pick some insanely complicated dress out of a magazine, and she would work her magic.  It always turned out even better than the picture. What a talented seamstress!

So, with the sewing theme in mind, I created this Butterfly Bookmark Tag can be used as a bookmark or a gift tag.  I love that.  I am seriously infatuated with Butterflies at the moment.  The Spellbinders Blog features a tutorial for my Butterfly Bookmark Tag.

This Scrapbook page features photographs I altered with a vintage filter so they look like those photo's I have of myself as a child of the 70's.  Love that affect!  The layout features Mackenzie's 8th Birthday at the Denver Zoo!

I used the spool patterned paper from JilliBean Soup on this layout as well.  I also adore My Mind's Eye paper and used it for the foundation of the scrapbook page.  There is a tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog showing how to use Edgeabilities(R) die templates to create cut/embossed edges. I used the Classic Scallop edge along the spool paper and for the edges and decorative elements you see on the kraft colored tag.  

Edgeabilities(R) were a huge hit at CHA, so you should see them coming into stores within the next month or so!

Another favorite new die template of mine is the Spiral Blossoms Two.  They give you a beautiful scalloped edge in a pre-cut flower that is ready to roll up and create those rolled flowers everyone is making right now.  Super easy, and oh so beautiful!

Hop on over the Spellbinders Blog to see more detailed photographs and the tutorial for my Butterfly Bookmark Tag and Scrapbook Page with Multiple Photo's.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Did you know there is a day dedicated to Scrapbooking?  That's right!  It's officially National Scrapbooking Day Saturday May 7th!

I love creating Scrapbook pages!  If you look on the righthand column of my blog you'll notice an entire gallery of them you can take a peek at.  It's funny, because I looked at them last night and decided....yep those are all my style of scrapbooking! LOL  It's not always conventional, but it is truly me.

There are a ton of online crops and challenges you can participate in.  Hope on over to Two Peas In A Bucket for instance.  There are behind the scene photos of Stacey Caron on HSN over on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog.

Hugs to each and everyone of you.  Thanks for coming by my blog today!

I hope you get a chance to create some art for National Scrapbooking Day!

Holly

Remembering Grandma Scrapbook Page

I am ever so grateful for my Grandma Theresa.  She would play games with me for hours.  I remember her beautiful flowers, her funny laugh and the way she was always helping others.

Here are a few pictures of my layout....

I did some stamping, layering, die cutting and made some collaged flowers.  To see the entire project visit the Spellbinders Blog and leave a comment!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  I'm hoping to have some video tutorials up soon.  I also have a few blog hops happening this month and my Tattered Angels blog post.  So, stay tuned!

Holly

Supplies include:  LF-190 Grand Labels Four, S5-049 Carnation Creations, S4-322 Grommet Tags, Grand Calibur®; Creamy Brown Fluid Chalk Ink by Clearsnap; Say It With Bling by Want2Scrap; Botanicals by Gina K. Designs™ and Faithful Florals by Tami Mayberry for Gina K. Designs™; Zip Dry by Beacon Adhesives; 3D White Foam Squares by SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™; word editing software, color printer, collaged patterned paper, black glitter pen, and yellow marker.

Mother's Day Scrapbook Layout

My assignment this week for the Spellbinders Blog was to create a Mother's Day Layout.  So, I decided to ask my sweet hubby to take a photo of the me and my darling girls.

He did good didn't he?  I cropped it a bit, and make it black and white with a faded border around the edge, but he captured us with smiles, froggie pajama's and all.  I love it.  So, it became my inspiration for the layout.

I actually die cut my photograph, which give its a nice embossed edge.  I also used my sewing machine to stitch around the layout and the background strip.  I like how the stitching and buttons compliment each other.

Supplies include:  Spellbinders (TM) die template~  LF-168 Grand Large Labels, Grand Calibur, S5-052 Creative Page Tabs and S4-322 Grommet Tags; Black Swirl Ribbon and Black Mini Brads by Creative Impressions; Black and White Buttons by Buttons Galore and More; Bubblegum Hills Patterned Paper by KaiserCraft; Fluid Chalk Ink in Creamy Brown by Clearsnap; Lace Heart stamp set by Flourishes;  and Spellbinders Accents Stamps by StampingScrapping™.

Of course you can find a step shot tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog.  Please stop on over and leave a comment when you get a chance.

Thanks for all your feedback and for contacting me with your questions!  I love to get emails from my blog readers.

Hugs and Have a fabulous day!

Holly