Altered Tin - Smeared Ink Monday!!!

Greetings Everyone!!!

With the school year coming up VERY rapidly, and my eldest heading to Kindergarten, I am making a seriously concerted effort to get my house, schedule and life organized!  I know, easier said than done but I'm trying one little bit at a time.

Today's bit is an altered Peet's Coffee Sampler tin that I received from my Aunt at Christmas last year.  It's the perfect tin for holding all incoming mail!! 

I'm going to find a similar size tin to compliment this one for outgoing mail, but that's for another day.

I started by rummaging through my scrap drawer pulling out tones of cream, red, grey, yellow, and amber.  I covered my tin, wrapping DP all around and gluing it with a super adhesive glue.  It's similar to hot glue only it's not hot but dries equally fast and holds really well.  Sometimes altering things can be tricky if you don't have good adheive.  As you can see, I sanded it a bit where the edges of the paper would stick down (that's usually where they start to peel off) to make sure the glue and paper had a good strong hold.

I did the same technique for the skinny black SU! ribbon around the top of the tin where the cover used to sit. 

Today I used 3 different SI sets to show you the immense versatility of them!  Together I combined Carnies, Lil' Grumpies, and Elementals.

I stamped my Fire Elemental with Momento Ink in Staz On and colored her with my Copics.  I trimmed her out and added Crystal Glaze on the fire and her lips and set her aside to dry.

I then used the sentiment 'Step Right Up' from the Carnies Set (stamped in Tim Holtz Wild Honey Ink) and 'Don't Forget' (stamped in Black Ink) from the Lil' Grumpies set.

I punched both sentiments out with my SU! 1 1/4" circle punch and then chose coordinating DP scraps to back them with my 1 1/2" SU! circle punch.  The sentiment is attached with 3-D foam adhesive and the 1 1/2" circles are attached to the tin with the same glue as above.

I then added some pieces of interest - two sugary looking flowers to the upper left hand corner, a panel of layered and sewn DP scraps under the sentiment dots, a yellow fabric zipper from my Great Grandmother's sewing basket. 

My main image was finally dry and able to add.  I cut a large piece of foam adhesive and attached it to the back and added it to my altered tin.

I then photographed it both in my studio AND in it's new home on my kitchen counter in the "office" nook.

I hope you have enjoyed and been inspired!!!

XOXO
Meredith

August Bombshell Sketch Challenge

Greetings Everyone!!  I'm posting today from the gorgeous state of Maine.  My family and I are up here for the weekend enjoying time with family and friends.  It is a wonderful place to be, create and enjoy.  The only trouble is that I can't obviously bring my entire studio up with me.  I bring only the absolute essentials (which for me is a lot! LOL!).

Today's creation is based on this fantastic sketch.  I've used the following delicious Bombshell sets in my creation:

Butterfly Queen
Man's Ruin
Girl's Ruin
Bombshell Angel

I love this company not only because I love the vintage vibe, the gorgeous girls, cars, choppers and tattoo sets but because of the EXTREME versatility of the accessories that come with all of the sets.  I love to mix and match sets to create a one of a kind creation each and every time.

My creation for today is a 6x6" card with a base of SU! Creamy Caramel.  (I *think* that's the color!)  I layered it with taupe, red and blue flowery DP as my main background layer.

I then stamped Butterfly Queen in Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink and colored her with my Copics and Sakura gel pens.  I used my corner rounder on all 4 corners and backed it with a medium blue cardstock with the matching corners rounded.

Following the sketch not EXACTLY to a "T" I stamped the Lil' Angel and Lil' Devil images in Momento Ink in Tuxedo Black - also colored with my Copics.  They are layered with the same blue DP (corners rounded by hand - hence the imperfections - I forgot to bring my corner rounder with me!) and chocolate DP.

Before I added my images to my cardbase I added a strip of blue polkadottted DP sitting vertically and taupe grosgrain ribbon laying horizontally (you can see both peeking out from underneath our gorgeous Bombshell).

I then added my Bombshell and her two companions Angel and Devil on the left hand side with 3-D foam adhesive.  

My sentiment 'No Regrets' is stamped in the same black Momento ink and colored with my Copics is trimmed out and added below with 3-D foam adhesive. 

I sat back and looked at my creation.  I loved it but it seemed to be lacking something on the right hand side....hmmmmmmmm...

Bing!  Here come those accessories to my rescue!  I grabbed my long, acrylic block and added the starburst, broken heart, LP record, ribbon and music notes all in a a line.  I inked them up with Momento Ink and then trimmed them a bit with a clear, sparkly Sakura gel pen.

I had SUCH fun making this!!  I never get tired of those gorgeous Bombshells!!!

Please come and join the forum and play along!!

Thanks for visiting!!

XOXO
Meredith

Tiddly Inks Challenge #18 - Summer Movie Inspiration!!

Hello!  I'm so excited to be here for another fabulous week of TI challenges!  This week's challenge was to take inspiration from your favorite summer movie.  Honestly, I have been LESS than enchanted with the movies from this summer so I chose one of my families favorites from the last year or so. 

I chose Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure.  It's a favorite, favorite, FAVORITE around here!  I'm not so much a Disney gal and even I love it!

  use one of TI's newest images Fairy Fae and colored her as close to Tinkerbell as I could.  I used the cover and all of it's colors as my inspiration.

If you know the movie you'll understand the sentiment.

I colored Fairy Fae with my Copics and my sparkly Sakura gel pens.  I used layers of navy, purple and DP to back my main image.  My paper is pre-scalloped so I used it on the left hand side as well as on the bottom (it's the flipside of the DP).  Along the bottom I added a pearl to each scallop for some added texture and dimension. 

My ruffly ribbon was the last touch as I needed to pull in more of that delicious Tinkerbell green!!

I hope you enjoy and come play along over at TI!!! 

XOXO-
Meredith

Lawn Fawn and Cards For Kids

Greetings Everyone!!  I'm SO happy to be here with you today for this amazing cause!!  I've joined in on the Cards For Kids bloghop!!

You should have come to me via the Lawn Fawn Blog .

We were not required but I used one of my favorite Lawn Fawn sets, Sew Lovely. 

Using white PTI cardstock I stamped the squiggly border along the bottom in Brilliance Rocket Red Gold and heat set it.  I then cut 2 strips of regular yellow paper from a legal pad and added it as my main focal point.  I figured with school lessons coming up it would lend itself nicely to this project.  I added adhesive and began my pleating.

I then stamped my sentiment in Colorbox Harbor Blue ink and heat set it.  I trimmed it out, rounded 3 out of 4 corners and edged the entire panel in black ink to make it pop.

I then stamped the buttons from the Sew Lovely Set in Rocket Red Gold, Harbor Blue and Pearlescent Yellow.   I heat embossed them, trimmed them out and added them on with 3-D foam adhesive.  I then added matching real buttons diagonally across from them in the lower left hand corner. 

I'm so glad I was able to participate in this great cause!!

After leaving me some love please hop over to Tiffany's blog!! 

Thanks for visiting!!!

XOXO-
Meredith

QKD Weekly Hop!!!

Good Tuesday morning!! First and foremost you should have come here via Anita's fabulous blog however, if you have simply happened up on here you simply must start HERE so that you don't miss one fantastic creation!!!

Today's challenge was a color inspiration based on this gorgeous picture!

I chose to use Hello Honey from the QKD amazing line of vintage stamps.  I made a mini card starting with a base of white cardstock.

I inked up my image in Momento Ink in Tuxedo Black and colored it with  my Copics, Souffle Pens and sparkly Sakura gel pens.

  I trimmed the image out and popped it up on 3-D foam adhesive.  I then added a postage stamp sticker and some puffy hearts for my right hand side embellishments and voila!  A tiny yet fun creation!

Now off you scoot to the WIS blog to see what gorgeousness is happening over there!!

And don't forget to check out the 3 BRAND NEW stamp lines at The Castle!!! Get your wallet out!!! =)

Thanks for coming by!!

XOXO

Meredith

Smeared Ink Monday!!!!

Greetings Everyone!!!

I hope that everyone had a fabulously creative weekend!!

I'm here today to bring you some fabulous Smeared Ink stamps AS WELL as showing off our amazing August Very Sketchy monthly sponsor WILD FLOWER KIDS!!!  Wild Flower Kids Rubber Stamps came about as a collaboration between Tonya Klar of StampHappens.com and Jen Shults of Deconstructingjen.com. Jen maintains the Kids and Wild Flower Kids are sold exclusively through Tonya’s store StampHappens Shop.

Today I used Jen's gorgeous Alice In Wonderland stamp along with Smeared Ink's Killer Bo Peep accessories. 

My light blue SU! textured cardstock base measures 6x6.  I then cut a 5.75" square of chocolate brown cardstock for my next layer.  I rummaged through my scrap drawer pulling out pieces of cardstock that reminded me of Alice's world.  I then pieced them all together and stitched each piece creating a quilt like feeling. 

I printed Alice on white cardstock and colored her with my Copic markers and sparkly Sakura gel pens. I stamped the Bo Peep accessories (flowers and mushrooms) on white cardstock as a border along the bottom in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them in with my Copics.

For accents I used the red grosgrain ribbon with white stitching and a chipboard bracket.  I coated the chipboard bracket in Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy pigment ink and generously sprinkled Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel on it and heat set it.  I used sparkly stickers to spell out "One Pill" from one of my favorite Jefferson Airplane song....White Rabbit.  
Thank you Jen for sponsoring August's Very Sketchy at Smeared Ink this month!!!  Please come and play along and you too could win 5 Wildflower Kid Images!!!

Thanks for visiting!!

XOXO-

Meredith

Tiddly Inks Challenge #16 - Windows!

Greetings Everyone!!  Welcome to this week's amazing TI challenge...WINDOWS!!  I have a fantastic reason to make a delicious baby card as my darling friend had a gorgeous baby boy a few weeks ago and I'm FINALLY headed over to visit and bring his gift!!  I needed THE perfect card to go along with it!!!

 

 

I decided to use one of my first every TI images, Sleep Tight. 

My card base is 5.5 x 5.5 using a sparkly ivory cardstock from The Paper Store.  I cut a circle out of the center of the front of the card. 
After I cut my base I then set to coloring my image.  I used my Copics, gold paint pens and sparkly Sakura gel pens to color this sweet image. 
I printed the image twice and trimmed out the blanket making the top layer sparkly with Turquoise Martha Stewart glitter.



Once all was dry, I mounted it to a 5.25 x 5.25 piece of SU! DP and then mounted the entire  panel to the interior of the card ensuring that everything was centered.

 
I cut two 5.5 (x 1.75) x 5.5 (x 1.50) strips using the same SU! DP family.  I stamped 'welcome baby' from an older SU! sentiment set.

After adhering my sentiment pieces I then added some light blue grosgrain ribbon with white stitching on the edges and for the finishing touch I added the baby's initials out of gold chipboard letters JNR.  

I am SO happy with how this turned out!! 
I hope you enjoy and have been inspired!!


Please come play along at TI!!!

XOXO-

Meredith