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The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
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The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
Welcome to our final challenge celebrating Tim Holtz’s book, the Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 3. The new theme is Layering Stencil: Monoprint, found on page 48. If you still need a copy, you can
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The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
Hi Everyone, Hope you had a wonderful weekend (and holiday for those of us in the US). I'm back today sharing a samples from each of the designers that contributed to the idea-ology booth (I will talk about our Sizzix and Stamper Anonymous sample designers in another post). I picked one sample from each designer just to show you a broad view of what we had in the idea-ology booth. Prepare to be inspired! Jan Hobbins - I love the way Jan can layer product on a 12 x 12 layout. She easily mixes idea-ology paper, ephemera and trinkets, uses a Stamper Anonymous Layering Stencil for texture and can still fit in die cuts from Tim's Sizzix line. What I like about Jan's work is that she always surprises me with what she comes up with...it's never the same and never ordinary! Karen Knight- Karen comes to us by way of Australia! We loved Karen's tag collages so much that we asked her to add them to a Collection Folio. You can see that she cut the spine so that it fits along the top of the folio and the pages flip up. You know you want to see more of this one, right? Lets hope she shares the rest on her blog. Cheiron Brandon - Cheiron created this great 6 x 8" Configurations box for the Correspondence side of the booth, using the new Trophy Cup, Foundry Frame (can't wait for those to come in) and vintage flair buttons. Cheiron did a great job pulling everything together to create a military spin using a basic Configurations box. Vicki Boutin - Dear sweet Vicki...we have worked together many times over the years and she never ceases to amaze me...seriously, what comes out of that brain of hers! Using an idea-ology Elastic to hold the Trophy Cup in place on the front of the Flip Frame mini book is genius. I think she is going to be teaching this as a class this year so be on the lookout for that! Cathie Parreco - Cathie is someone I have followed for a a while now. Her work with tags is amazing and I always learned something from techniques she uses. I asked Cathie to go outside her comfort zone (just a bit) and create in 3-D for the booth. She did not disappoint. This piece is quite amazing...I have never seen anyone who can cut paper so very delicately. We had many a discussion in the booth starting with, "how do you think she did it?". Again, I hope Cathie will show some of her up close work on her blog, just so you can get the full beauty of the many layers of this piece. Yvonne Blair - Yvonne created this Assemblage Clock with a great coppery patina finish. She used a picture of her grandfather from his first year in the Coast Guard as her inspiration. What a great way to showcase such a special memory. The new Typed Tokens are a new favorite - simple typed words on a lightweight coin (really, the most perfect size). I found myself using them over and over again in recent projects. Richele Christensen - My dear friend Richele made so many samples across our 4 booths that it was hard to even pick which one to show here. I chose this 5 x 5" Configurations box because the use of vintage mixed with idea-ology just makes me happy. The Pulley Wheels are a favorite (seriously, more things should have wheels!) as well as the Mini Lantern (always a lantern). Thank you Richele for saying yes to every single thing we asked of you! Tammy Tutterow - Tammy created some great pieces for the idea-ology booth. Love when Tammy gets one of her crazy ideas - this time it involved hinging two burlap panels together to create a layered mixed media piece. From the tiny flowers to the quilted heart, it's classic Tammy. And I love that. Aida Haron - Many of you may be familiar with Aida's work, which is layered and super creative. We asked Aida to work with a Large Collection Folio which she did, creating this fun journal for a 2015 adventure. Don't you love the man (from one of the Ephemera Packs) peeking out from the Sizzix die cut window? Love the way Aida can layer everything and make it come together seamlessly. We'll see more of Aida's work when I blog about the Sizzix booth on Friday. Cathe Holden - We asked Cathe to create a special vintage piece just for us. Cathe married old and new, bringing together a vintage frame and book, with pieces from the new idea-ology release. We love it. Cathe has even posted on her blog, "Just Something I Made" how she created this piece, right down to how she put together faux pocket-frame daguerreotype, using of all things... foam core! Never would have guessed it! Just click on her blog name and the link will take you right on over to check it out! Andrea Ockey Parr - Andrea created this medium Collection Folio using many of our classic papers. From there she switched it up by adding her signature color scheme. You may notice that the spine of the folio is only attached by a Swivel Clasp at the top. Super fun, totally different and unique...just what we were looking for from Andrea! If you are up for more of Andrea's bright colored art, pop by her blog to see what she's done with Tim's Assembly Snowman die (let's just say, it's not a snowman anymore). Wanda Guess - Wanda created some fun cards using classic idea-ology product, mixed with a bit of new, like "Photobooth". These super fun strips come in a pack of 30. There are 3 photos on each strip, so you get 90 distinct photos per package (and I should mention that they are only $3.99 per pack). I'm glad Wanda showcased one such photo here, so you can see how easy it is to add to a card along with some ephemera and Wallflower Velum. Mona Pendleton - Mona created a couple projects for us, one of which was this stunning large Collection Folio. She based the folio around a trip to Venice, adding in lots of the new Correspondence papers and Pocket Cards. I have added two photos here just so you could see some of the layers. Super fun and a great way to document a trip. This is one of those projects you just want to turn the pages!! Wendy Vecchi - I have to give a shout out to our friend Wendy. She created a few pieces for the booth, just because she wanted to. This was my favorite, using the new Deco Sheets mounted on Clearly for Art, so the flowers could be molded and appear lifelike. One of my favorite samples using Deco Sheets. Stunning in it's simplicity. Please click on the picture so you can see it larger! And lastly, I'll share my favorite piece. The new Clip Carousel was the foundation - two tiers, a metal base and a split ring at the top. Found Relatives were my inspiration and then I just added a bunch of junk. Pretty darn fun to make, when anything and everything is on the table. I will write a separate blog post about this piece and show you some close ups, but for today, it's here as my choice for my favorite sample I made. Well, that's it for today. Like I said at the top of today's post...total inspiration in the idea-ology booth. We don't take our jobs lightly...when we say we want to inspire shop owners with our products, our booth and our samples...we mean it. It takes work and dedication from many people, starting right at the top with Tim. Absolutely the most inspiring person I have ever worked with. I'm glad to be on board...because this train shows no sign of stopping. #lovemyjob Don't forget, I will be back at the end of the week with the designers that did work for us using Sizzix and Stampers Anonymous product. You won't want to miss that! now carry on, paula
Hello everyone, it's a new month and that means it's time for a new challenge over at A Vintage Journey. Our theme this month is 'Neutral Zone' and here is the brief from our hostess Nikki: Time to banish colour! You can create with blacks, whites, greys, beiges, creams and browns but whatever you make, and whatever style, needs to stay in the neutral zone. And remember to create in one of our preferred styles of vintage, shabby, mixed media, art journaling, industrial, timeworn or steampunk. I decided to make a mixed media shadow box utilizing all of the wonderful wildflower dies that we now have from Tim Holtz and Sizzix and here is the result. (I'd like to add a little note here to wish Tim a full and rapid recovery from his heart surgery, sending you healing energy and positive thoughts Tim and big hugs to both you and Mario 💞). Come walk with me through my neutral garden! I started out with a large Vignette Tray that I'd already covered with papers inside and out for another project that never made it to the finish line. The inside was covered with Tim's Memoranda Paper Stash; and the outside was covered with his Halloween Collage Paper with some swipes here and there of Ranger Opaque Crackle Medium. I had to 'neutralize' the papers for the theme so I gave the whole Vignette Tray inside and out a wash with DecoArt Media Titan Buff Fluid Acrylic paint and then mixed Vintage and Matte Distress Collage Medium half and half and covered the inside of the tray with the mixture. The outside of the box was coloured with Vintage Photo Distress Crayon, rubbing it into the crackle medium to emphasize the texture. I just took a 'Time For Tea' masterclass over at Mixed Up Creative Academy so brewed up a strong pot of cuppa and painted Large Stems die cuts with it, adding several coats of brewed tea and drying in between. Once dry, the tea coloured Large Stems were adhered to the inside of the prepared Vignette Tray with Matte Distress Collage Medium and shaded with Vintage Photo Distress Marker. I also added some of Tim's Design Tape to cover the edges of the Vignette Tray (not sure which tape this is, I have them all mixed up now!). Next Wildflower Stems #1 and #2 were die cut and coloured with a wash of Mississippi Mud Americana acrylic paint. Several of the floral heads were die cut a second time and painted with the same colour wash. The Wildflower Stems were layered below the Large Stems, adhering them with more Matte Distress Collage Medium and shading them with Ground Espresso Distress Marker. Some of the flowers then had a second flower head popped up Gina K. Designs Black Foam Squares for dimension. And last but not least, Tim's Wildflowers 1 and Wildflowers 2 were die cut from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and coloured with Ground Espresso Distress Stain. The largest Stitched Rectangle was die cut from kraft cardstock as were four Spellbinders Damask Accents borders. The Damask Accents borders were adhered together to form two trim pieces and everything was inked with Ground Espresso Distress Ink and given a quick dry brush with DecoArt Media Interference Gold. The Stitched Rectangle frame was popped up on a couple of layers of black fun foam for dimension. The Stitched Rectangle frame was adhered at the bottom of the Vignette Tray and the Wildflower die cuts were arranged inside it. Some of the Wildflower die cuts were dry brushed with more DecoArt Media Interference Gold. The whole tray was then spattered with diluted Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso Distress paints and White Dina Wakley Media paint. The prepared Damask Accent borders were added to the top and bottom edges of the Vignette Tray. Quotations Metallic Stickers were scattered around on top of the wildflowers and a Quote Chip was inked with Distress Ink and added to the bottom of the Stitched Rectangle frame. Now the observant among you will have noticed that this particular photo looks nothing like the finished piece! Once I had it all assembled I realized (very belatedly!!) that the Ground Espresso Wildflowers were reading as one big brown mass at the bottom of the Vignette Tray despite my trying to add some accents with the Interference Gold paint. So I ended up painting the Wildflowers at the bottom with diluted Titan Buff DecoArt Media acrylic paint and then added more accents with Interference Gold once they had dried. I also changed the Quotations Metallic Stickers to the black and gold stickers so they were more prominent and then die cut one of the Wildflower Stems flower heads from sanded gold Metallic Kraft Stock and popped it up on more foam squares so I had a semblance of a focal point. Not going to lie, this particular piece was a bit of a struggle but it eventually came together (she says hopefully!). Here are some closeups of the finished shadow box. As always, thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that you will join in our 'Neutral Zone' challenge over at A Vintage Journey and make sure to pop by to see what the other Creative Guides made to inspire you this month. (And psssst!, we are looking for a couple of new Creative Guides to join our wonderful team so if you are interested be sure to contact Brenda and let her know! Contact details are in our Neutral Zone post 😀). Have a wonderful weekend everyone and happy creating! Deb xo
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
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The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
Idea-ology… A concept or thought developed by the mind of what is desirable or ought to be. In our world, having products…
The 2024 collection of idea-ology is vintage inspiration at its finest. Starting with reimagined favorites including Large…
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