RF Weekly!!! Style Challenge!!

Hello Hello!! Welcome to another week of Robyn and Donna's FABULOUS challenges!!! This week's challenge is as follows:

• Your challenge for this week is to create a card/paper craft project that has a vintage or shabby chic feel to it.
  
• You can use any RF image.

After receiving our DT challenges for the months of Oct and Nov, I read through them and THIS one jumped out at me and practically knocked me over. In a flash I knew exactly what Robyn's Fetish Image I wanted to use. Although I wasn't entirely sure WHAT I was going to do with this it ever so slowly formulated itself over about 4 days.

I've created a Vintage Purse Garland! I wanted simple, clean, not my standard blingidy bling. Quiet, somewhat serene, peaceful. Something that you just look at and love.

I started by enlarging the purse image in MS Paint...super easy. I then printed it out on 3 different pieces of Designer Paper. I adhered the three respective purses to a lightweight chipboard. I then trimmed them out and filed the edges to smooth the cutting out a bit as well as to begin the distressing process.

Each bag started out with my gold paint pen to color in the purse hardware. Since they were all going to be so different, I wanted to create some continuity among them. And they all have the same purse feet. Yes...they are really called feet. You know a bag is a good bag when it has feet on it. But I digress...I cut 6- 3/4" circles and hot glued them to the bottom back of each purse. Roughly half way through the circle so that only a semi-circle would show for the feet. I then used regular white glue to stick my silver, vintage, real glass glitter to the feet. Once the feet were dry I went over them again with the glue and the glitter with a final touch up of Silver Stickles. I really wanted them to shine!

For all the purses my procedures were the same. I scuffed them up with my sanding block, and a variety of ink pads and then a nail file. Each purse has it's own little touch.

The green one has a small, distressed embellishment with a minty green brad in the center.The ivory and rust colored flowered one has vintage reproduction stickers so I trimmed one out that I thought matched nicely along with the AIX LES BAINS sticker. But after I added them on I really beat them up with my nail file. It looks SO cool!! Lastly, the pink purse received a felt flower that I sort of made. I have these flat felt flowers but I wanted something 'corsage' like. So I gathered the bottom and zipped it through my sewing machine. I then rubbed a grey ink pad over it to "dirty it up" a bit. And hot glued it to the purse. I then created the hanging structure which is nothing more than picture hanging wire and 2 three ring binder rings. I used bulldog clips to hold the purses on and attach them to the wire.

I carefully chose ribbon that would compliment each purse and completely distressed the ribbons...basically to shreds!! =)

Thanks SO much for visiting!!! I hope you enjoyed my creation!!


XOXO-

QKD Special Release!!! Happy Anniversary!!!

HOP HOP HOP!!!

Before I even get started, if you are here simply visiting then WELCOME!! But you'll want to start at the beginning of this amazing journey with the AMAZING ALEX to see everyone's newest and most fabulous creations from the very start!!!

This is a VERY fantastic and important hop indeed!!! I feel so excited to be here with QKD during this very special day!! It's QUEEN KAT DESIGNS STAMP COMPANY'S 3RD ANNIVERSARY!!! Queen Kat aka Vicki Douglas has LITERALLY poured her heart and soul into this company and it shows with her quality and care for each and every product, customer, and design team member.

AND AND AND!!! We have another NEW stamp designer to introduce you to!!! Her name is Kelly Kost and her designs are new and fabulous!!! Nothing like I've ever had access too before.

I have 2 creations to show you today!!!

My first creation is an accordion photo album with coordinating display box that I will use to put some of my favorite fall and Halloween pictures in when they arrive from Shutterfly.

I've ALWAYS been a HUGE fan of The Wizard Of Oz. I have vivid memories of the days when it used to be on once a year...I think it was in February or March. My Mom would pop Jiffy Pop and I'd stay up WAY past my bed time, be PETRIFIED of the witch and flying monkeys and not sleep a wink because of them but it was ALWAYS a magical night!!!

So when the Kelly's new stamps were released to us I KNEW exactly which stamp to request!! And believe me...I had a BALL with this one!!!
I started with the stamped image. I stamped the image in SU! Grey Ink. I then set to VERY carefully coloring with a combination of my Copics and metallic paint pens. I paid fine attention to the details on each character. Lion has sparkly ears, Dorothy has sparkly socks and of COURSE the Ruby Slippers, Toto is colored and heat embossed, The Tin "Girl" has beautiful streaks of silver in her hair and Scarecrow has pretty sparkly bloomers and belt along with gold toed slippers!! I left a 'tab' of sorts to stamp the "Friends Always" sentiment that comes with the set. They need each other as friends with The Wicked Witch coming after them!! =)
Next I matted the image onto some creepy comic book paper from a book that my Brother In Law gave me knowing that I could use in my creations. It's a book about Grimm's "Fairy Tales" but done in comic book fashion and done VERY SCARILY!! But it makes great background paper!!! I then matted that onto a slice of SU! black cardstock and stitched it down with red thread.

The next image I worked on was the Wicked Witch!!! It's a journal that I have that I scanned in and scaled down to work with my project. I used my fine tipped glue pen to glue up The Ruby Slippers and sparkle the heck out of them!! I matted this onto another piece of black cardstock and did the same stitching.
The background paper for the top of the box is PTI Pure Poppy. I distressed the edges and then super inked it up with my Versamark Dazzle Pad and then heat embossed it. After I added my 2 panels I then added a photo corner using my SU! photo corner punch (using the comic book paper) and a piece of a French Provincial mirror that I have that broke off years ago. It was just the right 'piece' to add a bit of...old fashioned touch. Considering the movie is 70 years old!!
I trimmed the outside edge of the box top in blue and whit gingham print ribbon - a la Dorothy's dress. The outside of the bottom box is in a blue and cream psuedo-Baroque paper that accents the gingham ribbon. Inside I covered and decorated the front and back of each accordion panel with first the comic book paper and then accents on each page awaiting their designated photos.
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My second creation is a tag or could be used as an oversized card as the back is completely blank! I used my Cricut and cut a 7" circle with matching insert out of bright yellow paper and white for the insert. For the outside layer I rubbed an emeraldish green pigment ink pad around the edges and heat embossed it. I then used Aleene's Tacky Glue and rolled the edges through the glue and then through my vintage real glass emerald glitter. (you see the theme I'm rolling with ;)I set that aside to dry and set to work on the insert. I free hand drew the Yellow Brick Road, used a sharpie so it wouldn't bleed and colored the inside yellow with one of my Pantone markers. I then went over the lines of the brick road with my Versamark pen, sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set.I wasn't sure what to do with the extra white space because between the road and the copious amounts of glitter there was already a lot going on. So I used some of my acetate paper and trimmed it up to fit the space and adhered it down. I then couldn't decide how to add the fabulous foursome to the image. I wanted something different than just coloring them like I did in the photo box so I decided to go with clear acetate and my black Staz-on ink. I corner rounded the edges and place them on the yellow brick road so they would show up nicely.
I added a bright red ribbon to hang it by and the last touch was the witches feet with the ruby slippers and all sticking out from underneath the creation!

I hope you've enjoyed my creations!!

Next on this amazing hop list is our very magnificent Penny!!

I've included the entire hop list in case you get lost along the way!!

Alex
Meredith----THAT'S ME!
Penny
Jules
Kelly B
Sara
Anessa
Lara
Linda
Anita
Nancy
Steph
Helene
Vicki
QKD Store

Thanks so much for visiting and hopping with us on this very special occasion!!

XOXO

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday!!!

Hi Everyone!! Welcome to another fabulous Wacky Wednesday here at Robyn's Fetish!!! Today we were given this ADORABLE Santa image!! I love it because he looks like he's in 'casual wear' as opposed to his standard formal Santa suit!! =)

I printed him out and colored him in with my Copics and silver paint pen. I was going to do a card but decided that it's getting CLOSE to the time when we will start decorating for both Christmas and Hannukah in this house so I want to have some homemade touches. So I grabbed some cardboard and made this adorable door hanger!!

I used a few pieces of assorted scrap I had lying around to create a simple and clean background. I rounded the corners of the background as well as Santa's panel. I've been loving this rounded corner look lately.
I used 2 SU! Jumbo Rivets as the medium to hang the sheer, turquoise polkadot ribbon from. And lastly I added 3 small green self-adhesive rhinestones to the top right corner for some balance with the G-clef down on the bottom left.

I LOVE how he turned out!!

Don't forget to go get your Santa freebie!! He's only available for one week over on Robyn's Blog!!

Thanks for visiting!!

XOXO

Royal Kat Monday Color Challenge!

Hey Y'all!! Welcome to another Monday QKD Royal Blog Hop!!

If you arrived here from Penny's blog then you're on the right track!! If not, you'll definitely want to start at the beginning of the hop so as not to miss one gorgeous creation!!!

Today's instructions were the following: Pink, Purple, White, Grey.

Not my normal set of 'go-tos' which is why this was a GREAT challenge for me!!! My first grab was to my PTI purple designer paper. Then I found my Grey Martha Stewart flowery paper and lastly the awesome cupcake paper!

I was set...I grabbed some SU! and PTI cardstock and my pre-selected stamps and started.I layered and centered my panels in increments of 1/4". And the center panel in 1/2". My adorable Puffy Bug nestled all snuggly in the middle. They are ridiculously cute. If I'd made my card bigger I would have done 3 panels with one each of the images.

I stamped Puffy in Purple Colorbox ink an heat set her. I colored her and her fluffy little one in with my Copics. She's matted and stitched to a double layer of Martha Stewart papers.
I worked on my sentiment panel with the Hello from the Sweet Memories Mini set (so versatile..it's awesome!) and the heart from the Happy Skullz Stamp Set.
I then used the Buttony Bow technique but with double ribbon in lieu of twine. The button is SO cool. It was in a container of buttons from my Great-Grandmother's sewing basket. I've been waiting to use it and this seemed like the occasion to do so! And I LOVE how it came out!
Ok now! Off you go to Linda's blog!!

Full list:

QKD Blog
Alex's Blog
Vicki's Blog
Kelly's Blog
Helene's Blog
Penny's Blog
Meredith's Blog --- THAT'S ME!! =)
Linda's Blog
Anita's Blog
Sara's Blog
Ashley's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Thanks for visiting and leavin' some love!! ;)

XOXO

RF Weekly!! Theme Challenge!!!

Welcome to another week of FABULOUS CHALLENGE BY ROBYN'S FETISH!!!

Our challenge was to create a card for a man - NOT USING ANY BROWN OR BLUE!! YOWZA!!! I think this has been the toughest challenge yet!! So...I started by figuring out my image. This awesome image of a Dad or Grandpa was my go to for this challenge.

I consulted my husband on this and asked if purples and greens were acceptable to give to a man for a card. He agreed that it was acceptable ;) So the base, while it looks light blue is really a lavender color from the Paper Source. The next layer is SU! Always Artichoke edge distressed and the purple is from PTI also edge distressed.

I took the purple paper and smooshed my purple Colobox pigment ink all around it. I then covered it in thin embossing powder and heat set it. I don't know if it accurately depicts it in the photo but it kind of looks like leather. It's super cool!

I then tied some SU! double stitched ribbon around into a Buttony Bow (see my sidebar for Joanne B's tutorial). I then stitched it all together!
I then started working on my Fab Fisherman panel! I colored him in EVERYTHING BUT brown and blue! ;) And I LOVE how he turned out!!! I printed him on white cardstock and then matted him on a piece of grey cardstock. I straight stitched them together and then used my SU! photo corner punch to add a little extra to the front panel.

I then grabbed my SU! tab punch and some purple and orange train DP and made a super cute tab out of it! I added 2 cool silver rivets. Lastly I grabbed my SU! retired True Thyme ink pad and roughed up the edges a bit.

Inside I trimmed a piece of dark purple paper and added another slice of the orange train paper focusing on the word Dad. I love when the inside coordinates!!
I am LOVING how this came out!! How will yours turn out??? Let's see it!!!!

Thanks for visiting!!!

XOXO

RF New Release Hop!! Friday the 13th!!! SO COOL!

Hello!!!! Welcome to another FABULOUS Robyn's Fetish Blog Hop!!!

If you're here to visit WELCOME!! But you definitely want to start at the beginning of this hop so you don't miss one fabulous creation!!!

I want to introduce you to Patty Pilgrim!!! She is SUPER cute and so versatile to work with!! I had the best time coloring her, especially the Cornucopia full of goodies that she's holding!! I started with some pieces of my favorite DP in a variety of fallish colors.
The base of my card is 6X6 and is made out of a dark rust color. It's actually confetti-like paper but hard to see in the photos. The next layer is this gorgeous leaf paper in blues and greens. I then colored Patty with my Copics. I used my Versamark pen to color her hat and heat emboss with silver glitter embossing powder and her shoes as well. I colored them with the Versamark pen and covered them with clear embossing powder to make them look like they are patent leather.
I then stitched Pattyt to a slice of orangey/rusty colored cardstock using lime green thread in a zig zag pattern and attached that panel to a cool, speckly piece of Basic Grey green/blue paper with the edges distressed.

I trimmed a piece of orangy swirls from another piece of Basic Grey to add as an accent on the card base. I stitched that down as well using a straight stitch. I then added 2, small, square brads on the edge for a little touch. Lastly I used my last speck of this beautiful, sheer peachy ribbon adorned with a real vintage tortoise button with an amber colored rhinestone in the middle.
I truly love how this came out and I hope you do too!!! Thanks for hopping along with us today!!! Don't forget to hit the STORE to gobble up (pun intended) all of the newest and most fabulous designs!!! Everything is now 22% OFF!!!! SALE, SALE, SALE!!!

As a part of the blog hop we are also launching a challenge for you to take part in and one lucky person will win the new releases!!!

The challenge is: Colour Challenge!!!

We would like for you to make a card/paper crafts project that uses a Robyn’s Fetish image and only the following colours only for your image, papers, card stock and embellishments – the colours are: Red, White and Blue (you can also use black!)

This challenge will remain open until 11.30pm EST Sunday 15th November, to enter you can either leave a link to your creation in the comments section of this post or email your entry to our amazing Design Team Co-ordinator Donna at theartofpapercrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Now off you go to Jeri's blog to see her gorgeous creation!!!

Here's the entire list of our team in case you get lost!!

Have fun hoppin'!

1. Challenge Blog
2. Meredith --- That's me!!
   
3. Jeri
4. Amanda
5. Robyn
6. Lisa
7. Deanne
8. Donna

XOXO
Meredith

Adornit...Make It Merry Blog Hop!!

I feel so lucky to be on the QKD DT as we have been asked to join the Adornit Make it Merry Blog hop!!! If you've hopped here from the previous participant FABULOUS and if not please start at the beginning of this awesome hop so you don't miss one creation!!

I IMMEDIATLEY knew the basic design of the card I wanted to do. I had been at Michael's only hours before and purchased this amazing paper and ribbon so I had new goodies to play with!!

I grabbed my favorite PTI Pure Poppy and made a 5x7 card base. I then used a piece of white cardstock distressed with 2 corners rounded to matte distressed the red and white "link" paper - with matching corners rounded. The paper has a great sheen to it but it's very hard to capture in the photo. I stitched these 2 pieces together using red thread with a zig zag stitch.

I then cut a large piece of the check ribbon and tied it up with a Buttony Bow. My new favorite!!

I chose to use the QKD Doodled Holiday Words stamp JOY. I stamped it on ivory cardstock using both gold and crimson Brilliance Pearlescent Pigment ink. I stamped the gold first and then dipped the edges of the stamp while it was still inked with gold to create this effect. I then covered it in embossing powder and heat set it.

I then matted the embossed JOY on gold cardstock with the corners rounded to mimic the original panel. I straight stitched around the outside edge with red thread.

Lastly, I added some of this fabulous, wired, check ribbon in a Buttony Bow for a fantastic finish!

Thanks for hopping along!!! Your next stop along this hop is Becky!!! Have fun!!

XOXO