MPTS November Challenge

Theme "Leafless Trees"
Material: buttons and felt
Technique: ink blending

I started out with a shipping tag-hand sketch a tree on the tag, with using my Distress inks I worked the beautiful fall colors onto the shipping tag with my blending tool. Then I cut out the same tree shape out of wool felt and glued to the tag, added some buttons. Card base is out of Kraft card stock and pattern paper was stitched on along with the tag. Added some burlap and sentiment.

This was a super fun challenge, fall is one of my all time fav's!!!! Hope you enjoy all the Design Team Members projects for more on them jump over to More Paper Than Shoes blog for tons of eyecandy delight.
Blessings "Happy Fall"
Peggy Lee

Supplies I used:
Shipping Tag
5x7 card-Kraft
Pattern Paper-Melissa Frances
CTMH: stamp-Treasure Life
ink-black
Distress inks:
brushed corduroy
vintage photo
forest moss
pine needles
Blending Tool
Reinker mixture-rusty hinge, water, perfect pearls copper (mixed in a mini mister)
woolfelt
buttons
burlap
Adhesives: white glue
glossy accents
fabric tac

October MPTS Mid-Month Challenge

Over at MPTS blog we hosted a October Mid-Month Challenge.

I had this completed but missed the deadline, because I have been sick with a cold for the past few days. I am still posting this art piece for it turned out better than I thought it would.

Challenge was-Create a card or project using:

Theme: Nature-Great for Fall!!! Leaves, flowers, etc!
Supplies: "piece" of the outdoors (like a pressed leaf or flower, twig, etc.)
and a Vintage button/broach.

My Steps:
* A Vintage find-frame that was chipped and perfect the way it was, but I wanted a brassier look so I brushed on Distress Crackle Paint-Tarnished Brass from Ranger.

*Recycled a piece of cardboard and ripped away-covered with Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Acrylic Paint-Blank Canvas

*Aged around that piece with Distress Ink-Vintage Photo from Ranger.

*Nature: I used all three of the items from my hydrangea bush that was turned rustie color for the season (normally pink/white).

*Leaves and Ribbon: My friend Lynne Forysthe taught me how to use my reinkers in a whole new way!!!!


Ready here we go-first you will need a Mini-Mister from Ranger, your favorite reinker (I used Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Fired Brick) fill mister with one to two droplets full of ink, then with Perfect Pearl (I used copper) two tiny dashes and fill with water-note not all the way to the top, leave about 1/2 inch for when you replace the sprayer the liquid will raise a little....Shake the Mister well and start having fun!!!!!


*Ribbon: Seam binding another treat from my friend Lynne was inked with the same mixtures-
the Leaves are Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die cut...love it....I cut the leaves out of a piece of muslin that I first brushed with Mutli Matte Medium-Claudine Hellmuth's wonderful glue....which again my friend Lynne turned me onto....


*Last but not least-I looked through my button collection and found a mother of pearl button that was perfect for this art piece....


Thanks for joining us over a MPTS, please leave me a comment so I can thank you....
Peggy Lee

MPTS Mid Month Challenge

More Paper Than Shoes Blog is have a "Mid Month Challenge" below is the instructions on what to do to play along with our DT and the colors are so yummie!!!!!

1. Create a card or project using the 3 colors below(old olive, pretty in pink, and rose red)
2. Photograph and blog about your creation
3. Post your blog link to this post!!


Here is my "Happy Birthday Card" I created using the colors-the flowers are handmade with special handmade paper!!! here is a close up of my handmade, rolled roses with a little pearl gem in the center!!!! Lovely

Supplies:

Bazzill Card Stock: olive green, red

Making Memories: pink scallop paper

CTNH: White Card Stock/ Stamp: Happy Birthday

Studio 490: Leave Stamp set

KaiserCraft: red pearl

Ranger: Archival Ink: Black

Come along and jump over to play with us on this awesome challenge....

Peggy Lee

MPTS DT

MPTS September Challenge

So this months challenge was a doozie!!!! This challenge pushed me so hard out of my creative box, I was burning a hole in my brain thinking what was I going to create!!!! Then I remembered that one hot summer day back many, many years ago, when my girls and I were up home visiting my mother in Maine, and it was sooo hot out and no pool to be had. My mother said girls I have a great idea, lets fill up this old bucket ( your mother and uncle Peter used to take their baths in it on Saturday evenings on the farm) so they sure did....the photos speak loud and clear my girls had a blast, they played in that old bucket the whole time we visited. Generations of memories to scrap about.... RUSTY BUCKET
Theme: "Rustic (rusty bucket)

Supplies: Metal and Twine (or wire)
Surface: Any
Technique: Torn Paper

Hop on over to MPTS blog challenge to see more inspiring artwork from the other DT Members, and while your at it-dig through your stash and create a piece of art with "Rusty Bucket" in mind..I would love to see your art....

close up of my stamped flowers, inked and curled to pop off the page....

I started with Cosmo Cricket 12x12 paper (I had in my stash), inked the edges with CTMH Chocolate ink, distressed the edges of photos, taped down and torn the edges to show the white core-also inked the edges in Chocolate...

punched two little holes on each edge of the photo and tired hemp in a knot-to add texture and depth...

took another Cosmo Cricket pattern paper that matched and tore both sides and inked to draw the eye. added a little journal box lined with antique brads, to off set the Metal Letters I used to spell out "Bucket Suds"

This layout still needed more, and plus my girls were in the photos and we love flowers, so I grabbed a couple of stamp sets and inked in many colors, cut out and inked edges, and distressed to give a muted look- and whoo looa handmade flowers to match...

Supplies I used:

Cosmo Cricket paper

Hemp-colored

Glossy Accents

Double sided sticky tape

Metal Letters

Making Memories Brads

Due Drops

CTMH:

Inks: Chocolate, Sunflower, Garden Green, Barn Red, and Juniper

Stamps: Funky Florals, With Love (old stamp sets that I had on hand)

enjoy visiting the DT blogs: create on

Peggy Lee

MPTS AUGUST CHALLENGE

Let the Challenge begin!!!! It is time for the DT reveal of the August Challenge over at http://morepaperthanshoes.blogspot.com/

Theme: "Vintage Paris"

Supplies to use: fabric, metal, acrylic paint
Surface: any
Technique: crackle

This challenge was just that "a challenge" for me it sure did push me out of my creative box into WOW!!!
My supplies for Paris was very limited but I did find awesome paper from Graphic 45 and work it up with gel med, paint, glimmer mist, distress inks! Stamped on muslin, added crackle paint to give the canvas a weathered feel and did 5 layers of Utee on the tower, let dry and started to crack it...made a rolled satin black flower-with burned edges, added button and little roses....whoola






close up of the satin flower, cut circles out of fabric, holding it over a candle (very careful-have a bowl of water next to you in case the fabric catches on fire) singed the edges lightly and stack together sew a small stitch in and pull to winkle the flower add a button and you have your own flower.

Be sure to check out the other DT members blogs, and visit MPTS blog.

little peek!!!!!

Just a little peek! Can't believe a month has gone by since the announcement of the DT at http://morepaperthanshoes.blogspot.com/
Here is a little peek to spark interest-you will have to wait until August 1st for more detail information and full view....Can't stand it so excited to see what the other DT members made...that's right I haven't even seen them!!!
This challenge was a tough one for me with life very busy and a little creative block which set me back a little with this challenge it sure did push me...This is actually the third attempt to create art for this months challenge....
enjoy and make sure to stop by to see on August 1st.....
peggy lee

Red, White & Blue Challenge and prim art

I have been playing in my studio room (when I should be cleaning) but we all know how that goes... I have been working on a challenges...and started to think about my love for primitive work, so I created these cute little prim frame artwork...

closer look...

Here are the red, white and blue challenge I have been working on, Lynne over at http://lynneforsythe.blogspot.com/ set up a challenge on MPTS forum boards @ http://morepaperthanshoes.proboards.com/

so I made some 4th of July EMBELLIES for my scrapbooking layouts I will be creating...I think they turned out really cute and prim....

Family, 4th, and Freedom everything we could ask for....celebrate your freedom...

enjoy Peggy Lee

So it Starts!!!

A new Design Team!!! More Paper Than Shoes (http://morepaperthanshoes.blogspot.com/)

It's a challenge blog, I am so excited to be apart of this new design team. We had to make a tag for our submission, so here mine is....I really enjoyed making this tag, the more I added little touches the more it spoke to me, I used Tim Holtz die "caged bird", distress inks, embossing ink, and powder utee., Hero art stamps, Graphic 45 paper, Prima flowers, Websterpages trims, much more..... close up!!!

I created this little Mini Album for my daughter Emilee who just graduated from the 8th grade....this too I submitted along with the tag...love this little mini....see more info in the post below....

Don't forget to jump over to our new More Paper Than Shoes forum at http://morepaperthanshoes.proboards.com/ to play along with our challenges and meet all the gals, take in all the creative juices and start creating along with us...

Peggy Lee