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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

May Arts, Tattered Angels, & Kimberly Jones, Oh My!

This amazing project is from the May Arts blog and is an idea by the brilliant Kimberly Jones! It's fantastic for any holiday or just as a fun decoration for any room : )

First you'll need some Tattered Angels products - your favorite Glazes, Mists, and Glams (they used Partridge in a Pear Tree, Blue Glimmer Mist, Wicked Glaze, and Blizzard Glam. You will also need some May Arts Ribbon, paint brushes, and a string of lights.

Here are instructions and photos by Kimberly Jones:

I made 2 sizes of ribbon flowers. You will need 1 yard of ribbon for each large bloom and 18” of ribbon for each small bloom. I made 12 of each size. Tie a knot in the end of each ribbon and then pull one of the wires on the other end to gather the ribbon tightly. Tie the wire into a knot and leave a 3” tail of wire as shown.

Wrap the gathered ribbon around a pencil to form a flower. Using a pencil will create a center hole for inserting the blooms onto the garland light bulbs. Wrap the wire tail around the knot in back of the ribbon to secure it together.

Saturate the large blooms with blue glimmer mist, and then add a light spritz of the Partridge in a Pear Tree mist. For the small blooms, do the opposite. Add some green Wicked Glimmer Glaze to the center of each bloom. Use a paint brush to pick up glitter from the bottom of the Blizzard Glimmer Glam bottle and brush it all over each bloom. Shake the bottles of glimmer and glaze frequently to get the best shimmer. The Glimmer Glam should not be shaken at all, so that the glitter stays on the bottom and is easier to load up on the paint brush. Set the blooms aside to dry.

Carefully insert one of the light bulbs through the center of each bloom. Try to keep the bulb from touching the ribbon and never leave the garland plugged in while unattended.

Do you have a lot of leftover ribbon or ribbon off the roll? Take care of it with a Ribbon Ring and Mini Ribbon Iron.

-Sarah
Sarah@SimonSaysStamp.com

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Tattered Angels Techniques!

Hello and Happy Weekend!

Here are a few great ways to use Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists that I learned from their creator, Wendy Senger!

Did you know that Tattered Angels products aren't just for creating backgrounds?

Here are some other uses:

You can heat the Glimmer Screens and bend them slightly to use as embellishments!

You can also use Glimmer Mists and Screens to create double images or positive/ negative spaces...

...and stamp with them too if you use Distress Inks! (Simon would be happy about that!)

Spray a craft sheet with glimmer mists, drag your screen through, then stamp!

Make your own tie-dye background by spraying different colors in different spots!

Saturate the top of the page with one color, the middle with another color, and the bottom with a third, then drag a paper towel through lightly to create a watercolor background!

Have papers with white spaces? Color the white spaces with Tattered Angels Mists!

Do you have black paper? Use a Glimmer Screen and any color Glimmer Mist and spray for this cool effect:

New Limited Edition Mists are coming soon - possibly next week! New Chalkboard Mists, Glam, and Glaze in stock now! Make sure to commit to the spray (fully depressing the sprayer in one move) after shaking the bottle to avoid spotty dots if you don't like them. Or you can dab with a paper towel.

On a side note, for those of you who have been participating in Week in the Life with Ali Edwards congrats on finishing up your week! I’m sure all of your work became overwhelming sometimes, but as you look back on it, it will be an AWESOME reminder of how your life was now and how much it has changed! Ali started her Week in the Life project with the idea in mind, “From the mundane to the profound, it’s those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most..” and she wanted to capture them. To check out her inspiring progress, here’s the link to her project blog, HERE. Something fun we’ve been doing here at Simon Says Stamp is following other Week in the Life Projects on Twitter. In the search bar on the Twitter homepage, you just type in #weekinthelife and see other creative individuals who are posting their pictures daily or giving fun tips. (While you’re checking that out- be sure to follow us SimonSaysStamp!)

Have a nice week!
-Sarah

PS - The WINNER of the Echo Park Paper Samples from the Studio Calico Gets an A+ blog is....

AMY

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Friday, April 22, 2011

2 Tattered Angels Projects by Martha Richardson!

Did you know that Tattered Angels products can be used on Fabric? It's true! Here are a few projects by Martha Richardson, a designer for Tattered Angels!

You can create your own flowers...

Try using these products together:

Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mists in the following colors:

-Firefly

-Inch Worm

-Prima Flowers Vintage Trinkets

Color canvas pieces...

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Concepts for Easter: By Tattered Angels

Supplies:

6 (4-inch) clay pots

3 (2.5 inch) styrofoam balls cut in half

6 (5 inch) squares of crate paper

Jelly Beans

Chalkboard Mists of your Choice

-Strawberry Shortcake

-Banana Pudding

Directions:

1.) Paint each of your clay pots with the various colors of Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mists (let dry)

2.) Wrap one piece of tissue paper over the rounded top of one of the styrofoam balls, then push it down into the painted clay pot until it is secured (repeat this with all of the clay pots)

Tip: If the Jelly Beans are going to get eaten, line the clay pots with plastic wrap.

Recommended Additional Embellishments:

-Stickles

-Distress Stains

-Prima Flowers

-Smooch Pearlized Accent Inks

-Glitter

-Pearls & Gemstones

-Buttons

-Spring Joys Stickers (pictured above)

-Ribbon

-Robin's Nest Dew Drops

Additional Supplies:

-Glues & Adhesives

-Seal

Use as:

Table Decorations

Easter Bunny Treats (like Santa's Cookies & Milk - set out with carrots?)

Spring Gifts

Party Favors

Window Decorations

The base for a sign (you'll need something to stake in the styrofoam)

This is a great craft for any age - have fun!

-Sarah

Sarah@SimonSaysStamp.com

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A Tattered Angels Project!

While at CHA, Lols and I had the pleasure of taking a Tattered Angels class. If you're interested in creating something like this, watch the following videos!

Items needed for this project:

Craft Sheet

Clean Up Cloth (keep an eye out for ours - coming soon)

Travel Ledger Book

White Paper

Scissors

Saffron Glimmer Glaze

Cowboy Glimmer Glaze

Sprout Chalkboard Mist (or another yellow-green mist like Apple)

Cadillac Pink (soon to come, keep an eye out!)

Frames & Flourishes Tags

Glossy Accents

Chandelier Glam

Paint Brush

A quote that inspires you

Cranberry Ranger Ink Pad

Acrylic Block

Tattered Texture stamp set

Classic Accents Stamp Set

Happy Crafting to you!

-Sarah

Sarah@SimonSaysStamp.com

PS- Special thanks to Lols!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Feeling Halloweenie?

Halloween Hauntings

Good day to everyone! This week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, the theme is Holidays - people are designing cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas (and they are doing fabulous work!!). So...in keeping with that, I thought I'd highlight some Halloween items!

A little bonus fact about the Halloween Hauntings stamps by Tattered Angels: there are Halloween Hauntings Glimmer Screens that coordinate so you can highlight certain parts of the image!

Dimensional Pearls Butterscotch

Stickles Orange Peel

Winged Things 1

Reba can vouch for me - this stamp actually kind of scares me. Something about children with wings...I just find it terrifying! They may have also appeared in my nightmares! And SO, they are the perfect thing for a creepy Halloween card! : )

Glitter Beetle Black Sugar Coating

Retro Halloween

On a less-frightening note, Retro Halloween (also by Tim Holtz) is a great throw back stamp set. Super fun - I love the skeleton and the witch...the witch sort of reminds me of Bugs Bunny cartoons!

Trick or Treat Brads

Trick or treat, smell my feet...give me something good to eat! What is your favorite Halloween Candy? Maybe blog candy?

Bats Background

I often feel a bit batty so maybe this should just be my theme stamp, but I love the bats' curled wings!! This is a great, wood-mounted stamp by Art Gone Wild called...you guessed it: Bat Background.

Scary Fence

I love this Scary Fence punch because it's not only limited to Halloween projects - when Christmas comes around, you could use twine and Dimensional Pearls to decorate it like Christmas lights! Or in the Summer, you could put this fence on a beach scene!

Feeling Halloweenie? If so, check out the blog hop and play along!
-Sarah
sarah@simonsaysstamp.com

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