Choose Thoughts - gold

Hallo,
Another short post today - when I went to pull out paper for yesterdays journal this goldish paper jumped out and said 'me too, me too' so I did 2 journals instead of one. I have one more craft fair in Novemeber and I need to use up some of my stash anyway.....
The butterfly is from Inkadinkado and colored with copics and the phrase is from Cherry Pie stamps.
Have a great weekend!!!!!
Tera

Choose Thoughts - teal

Hallo,
This may look familiar as I did a plaque with this same theme and colors. Last saturday at the craft fair soemone asked me to do the plaque as a journal so here it is.
The butterfly is from Inkadinkado and colored with copics, and the phrase is from Chery Pie stamps.
I trimmed it up with some purple paper edged with a punch.
The little crown is accually clear but in the close up it showed up orangeish - and it took me almost 10 minutes to figure out why - I was wearing an orange shirt when I took the photo.
Short on wordage tonight - :) Short for tomorrow too and then we will see ya on Monday.
Take Care
Tera

Flourish Klimt

Hallo,
Another Klimt Kiss for you today - pretty much all the same techniques as yeaterday only I used white embossing powder on the main image instead of black and I added some flourishes to the corners also.
All stamps are from Cherry Pie.
The chalks show up a little better with the white embossing powder....
All for today 0 I be workin'
Take Care
Tera

Dragonfly Kiss

Hallo,
I managed to get some good craft time yesterday - totally blew off the house work I probably should have been doing......ahhh another days build up of dust....
Today my Chief Enabler Pat and I are making a run to Pensacola to go shopping - Hobby Lobby, the JoAnn's superstore and Micheals all in one day :) Hopefully I won't spend too much... :)
Played around some more yesterday with the Klimt style stamp from "Cherry Pie" called 'The Kiss'
This one was done on 5X7 sized watercolor paper - sprayed first with walnut stains - terra cotta and green. Then stamped with distress inks in green, red and walnut.
The main image is stamped and embossed with black. I used a white gel pen to accent the dragonflys and edged the edges with walnut stain ink.
Last I colored in the clothes on the main image with some chalks and then sealed the piece with acrylic sealer.

All for today - I work the next 2 so will have some more Klimt to show you tomorrow and back to some glass etching on thursday. Will try for a little craft time on friday - but will probably have to do some house work and as we have a nice cold front coming down I should have some good yard work weather too.
Take Care
Tera

The Kiss

Hallo,
I had a little time over the weekend to play. We went over to our new neighbors for dinner on saturday evening and as part of a house warming gift I made them a 5X7 picture that could be framed. They are fans of Klimt and have 2 prints hangin in their living room and she said they want to get one of 'The Kiss' next.
This stamp comes from a great company called 'Cherry Pie' and she has several designs dedicated to Klimt including this one - 'The Kiss'
I started with watercolor paper and clear embossed the small swirl. Next I sprayed with several colors of walnut spray and then used some distress inks direct to paper and to do some more stamping - I was just playing and spritzing until I got the colors the way I wanted.
Then when I was happy with the backround I stamped the main image in black memento ink and edged with walnut distress ink.
I had a second version I was working on at the same time and tried to emboss the main image in gold powder but I think the paper wasn't dry enough and it turned out really funky.......and not a good kind of funky :) - ah well, I aim to try again today but I think I will try white detail powder instead.....none of my gold is detail powder and the best of my golds is old and tarnished looking (because I bought a bulk tub and haven't used it as much as I thought) .......


All for now - trying to get an early start to my day off - do my morning tortures (excersise machine) , some house work and hopefully some good craft time before the kiddos get home from school.
Take Care
Tera

Purple Butterfly plaque

Hallo,
Last of this series of plaques for you - the purple one. I edged the black and whire DP with dark purple and glued all the layers down with gold sparkle mod podge (although you can't see it in the pics very well). Added some corners and fragments from Tim Holtz and a phrase from Gina K.
The butterfly is from Inkadinkado - colored with copics, clear embossed and sponged with light and dark purple and navy. Edged with a dark blue violet copic marker. The flourish is from Cherry Pie.
Preposting and short today as I am at work today :).
Take Care
Tera

Orange Butterfly plaque

Hallo,
Here's plaque Number 2 - This one was done with the orange paper. I edged the DP with navy ink and didn't really like how it looked but made it up while trying to think of a way to 'fix' it.
I used corners and fragments from Tim Holtz, and some copper wire to make the hanger. The butterfly image is from Inkadinkado and colored with copics, clear embossed and then sponged with light purple, dark purple and navy inks, edged with a dark blue violet copic marker. The flourish is from Cherry Pie. I glued all the layers with gold sparkle mod podge. The phrase on the fragments is from Gina K.
The last thing I did on the plaque was stamp the flourish in white staz on on the edges and I liked how that looked much better! (covers up the navy that I got a little heavy on :)).
All for today - errands to run, chores to do and the craft room is calling :)
Take Care
Tera

Teal butterfly plaque

Hallo,
Lazy weekend for me - except for having one sick kiddo and one with a minor injury - did some of their chores (DH did some) and had a little time to spend at the craft table.
Yup I didnot decide which backround paper to use - I used all 3 and made 3 different plaques.
Here's the first one - with the teal paper. I added some corners and fragments from Tim Holtz and on this one a phrase from Cherry Pie.
I edged the paper with navy ink and used gold sparkle mod podge to glue the paper layers - although it is hard to see here.
The butterfly stamp is from Inkadinkado - colored with copics, clear embossed, and sponged with light purple, dark purple and navy, edged with a dark blue violet copic. The flourish and phrase are from Cherry Pie.
And I used some recycled copper wire to make the hanger. (DH works at a recycle center and when someone turns in unstriped sections of wiring from a construction site they don't use it because it takes alot of work to strip the rubber off to get to the wire...sooo he brings it home, strips it and then turns it in - after I grab a couple pieces....).
All for today - since I was soo lazy this weekend - I need to get some yard work and house work done today...... I have DD home sick today - she feels better but still not up to going to school....
Another plaque to show you tomorrow.
Take Care
Tera

More pumpkins

Hallo,
Just a short note today - I am at work again today but will show you this plaque I finished on wednesday.
The singing pumpkins are from Holly Berry, the flourish is from Cherry Pie and the Happy Halloween is from Hero Arts (an old one - from 1990).
I colored the main image and the phrase with my copics and added some distress paints and inks and some old unknown DP.
There's not much else to say today but this day will forever be remembered - 9-11-01 - Prayers sent, the Watch kept.....
God Bless America!!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Tera

Decisions, Decisions....

Hallo,
I did manage to get some crafting time yesterday - while I had another Halloween plaque drying I added to this butterfly image that I colored on the couch the other night.
I have had a thing to try orange and teal lately and finally did on this butterfly - I will show you the decorative bag that inspired that color combo soon. I colored over the butterfly with clear embossing ink and embossed it with clear powder and then I sponged the backround - light purple first, then dark purple and then navy blue . Then I stamped the flourish - from Cherry Pie - in


brown ink and edged the panel with violet blue copic marker.
I want to use this panel on a plaque like the one I used for the Halloween one - the problem came when I tried to decide which paper I wanted behind this panel.......
With the black and white paper I would edge/distress the edges with either teal or purple - or both....
With the orange paper I would edge/distress it with teal and navy...
And with the teal paper I would probably edge/distress the edges with dark teal and purple......


BUT the big question is which one!!!!!!
So if there is anyone out there looking today please drop me a line and tell me which one you think would look best - or maybe I should just do all 3.....
I am at work today so will turn this over and over in my head the next 2 days and we'll see what I can decide by the weekend - meanwhile I think I will color 2 more just like this one just in case....
Take Care
Tera