Weekly Challenge Time....

Yes it's Monday...again :)

This weeks challenge theme is a color combination.... BLUE & SILVER.

Hope you will take the challenge and share a link to your ATC....please remember to include a Paper Imagery Designs Image.

Here's my ATC for the challenge....

Black Friday Sale

Are you ready for this one????? The entire SHOPPE at Paper Imagery Designs is having the HUGEST OF HUGE Black Friday Sales starting today .......................... Wait for it.... wait for it.......

ALL Collage Sheets are 25% off ..... Yea I know that's not such a BIG deal BUT.... there's more.......

ALL Collage Sheets that you purchase at 25% OFF are sent via Digital Download.... WHAT ?? Yes you read right ALL Collage Sheets are DIGITAL DOWNLOADS....... Use promo code BLACKFRIDAY (no space) and get them at 25% off plus sent as digital download.....

*takes at least 24 hrs after payment received to get download, excludes Christmas-Sale ends Nov 27 midnight, shipping charges may apply for non-digital items-only digital purchased ALL shipping will be refunded*

Technique Tuesday -- Marbelized Alcohol Inks Tutorial

Welcome to another edition of Technique Tuesday.  There are many ways to get a marbelized look in your backgrounds.  In the past I've shown you how to use pastels, and I'm sure many of you have tried it with paint.  But did you know you can also use alcohol inks?
Here is what you'll need to get started:

glossy card stock       a container large enough for your card stock    tweezers      2 colors of alcohol ink

water

Fill the container with about an inch of water and add several drops of the alcohol inks.  Just how much is up to you, but for a small piece of paper, only about 3-4 drops of each color will be enough.  If you're using a larger container and a full sheet of cardstock, you'll probably want to use more.

Swirl the inks around quickly.

 Lay the cardstock, glossy side down into the water.  Do not submerge.

Quickly remove the cardstock, using the tweezers and set it aside to dry.

You might be able to get two pieces made from one mixture of the water and inks, but the second will be much lighter.  Here are some I did with various color combinations:

 

 

I used the first as my background for this week's challenge at the PID yahoo group.  The theme is "Holiday Season," and here is my ATC:

I used this adorable kewpie from sheet # 713, stood her on a wrapped present so she'd be closer to the mistletoe, and gave her a bow.  When you have some backgrounds handy, creating art is that much easier.  So when you try a new technique, make enough for your current project and some leftover for later.

If you try this marbelized alcohol ink background, be sure to send us your creation!

Eileen

Paper Imagery Designs

Design Team

WEEKLY CHALLENGE 11/23

The Paper Imagery Designs Weekly Challenge is THE HOLIDAY SEASON.


Here is my ATC. It was a JOY to put this one together with PID Collage sheet 712 http://www.paperimagerydesigns.com/shop/?cat=1&cart=11200&itemid=446 and just a few other supplies.


Hope you'll take the challenge. Please remember to use a PID Image in your ATC. ~Thanks :O)

Art Journaling

I finally had a chance to make some art this weekend. I'm not a hard core art journaler even though I have a couple of art journals . I wish I could get into the habit of pulling my journal out more often. So to make it a little easier to do when the urge comes over me I have a couple of different size journals ready.

Here is a spread I made over the weekend using some PID images.
If your trying to get into art journaling a good idea is get the journal you plan to use and do your background pages first. This way when you feel like doing a page all you have to do is pull your book out.

This particular journal is a handbound book I made myself using the coptic binding method. I used recycled scrapbook pages I found in an old scrapbook that I bought at a thrift store. The paper was a little flimsy so I gave each side a nice coat of gesso. Then to make the pages strong enough so they didn't buckle I covered the pages with dictionary pages, scrapbook paper or music sheets.

Thanks for looking!
Arlene

A PID Christmas

No, it is NOT too early to be making Christmas cards.  In fact, with all the great new PID Christmas sheets I hope to be finished before December!  Here's a little of what I've been up to:

 

 

Go to the PID shop and click on Christmas to see the sheets I used and a whole lot more.

Eileen

PID Design Team

Weekly ATC Challenge...11/16

This week the Paper Imagery Designs ATC Challenge theme is AGED or CRACKLED.

Hope you'll have fun with the theme .... please remember to use a PID image.

Here's my card

(I am disappointed in how it scanned...the crackle looks bad scanned, but not in person)

Charming Necklace By Eileen Bellomo

Charming Necklace

Supplies:

Tim Holtz fragment charms

Decorative Paper in fall colors

PID inchie images

Chain

Jump Rings

Glossy Accents or similar adhesive

Directions:

Cut or punch out images and glue onto decorative paper.  Apply a generous amount of Glossy Accents to one side of each fragment charm.  Press charm onto image and immediately twist it around to spread the adhesive evenly.  Press firmly to get rid of any air bubbles.  Set aside to dry.

 

Cut paper around the charm,  then use a sanding block to smooth the edges of the paper.

Attach charms to chain with jump rings.  Use as many fragment charms as you like.  You can also attach other trinkets or beads in between.

Our Family Heritage By Arlene Mobley

In the US October is designated as Family History month. I happen to be the genealogist in my family. With the holiday season coming up and families all over the world coming together to celebrate the holidays I thought this would be a perfect time to create a mixed media family tree.

Unfortunately for me I do not have any photographs of my ancestors. So instead I used Paper Imagery Designs images and used my real ancestor’s names and dates. I love the way my family tree turned out.

15 x 10 inch piece of chip board
 or use what I used a recycled backboard from a pad of watercolor paper
Acrylic paint
Glazing medium
Old dictionary pages
Fabric scraps
Scrapbook paper
Gesso
Ink
Flourish stamps
Rub-Ons


Cut corners off the top of the chipboard to give it the shape of a house.
Paint the chipboard with a layer of gesso on both sides.
Glue dictionary pages to background.
Use stamps, rub-ons and scrapbook paper to decorate your background.
 Mix your acrylic paint with glazing medium and paint the front of the chipboard.
Draw a tree onto scrapbook paper and cut out. Distress the edges of the tree with distress ink.
  Glue the tree to the center of your background. 

Cut out images and glue to fabric mats.
Type out names and dates using an old fashioned font. Distress with distress ink.
Glue names below pictures.

Recycled Dimples Ornament Tutorial

I've had the idea of making a two sided ornament with the bottoms of soda cans for some time now. Decided to give it a try today and use the wonderful new Mona Christmas Collage Image. Thought I'd share a tutorial with everyone while I was at it.

What you'll need:
2 soda cans (empty, clean and dry)

Craft scissors (not your good paper scissors)

Ribbon

Paper

trim(s)

glue

PID Image

misc. embellishments (endless possibilities)

Cut off the bottom of the cans 1/4 inch up from the bottom edge (where the paint starts)

TIP: I used a 1/4 inch wide piece of masking tape as a guide.

Cut slits at the top, bottom, and sides.

In the 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions....see picture below.

(I normally wouldn't labeled it...just did it to explain it here)

Push in the sides to make it slightly smaller.

Then add glue in the center inside and around the edges of the can with the cuts in it.

After doing this I'm not even sure if the glue is necessary...but just gave me a sense of security LOL

Put the other can bottom over the can bottom with the glue and cuts.

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Now your Dimples Ornament base is ready to embellish however you wish.

I went around my ornament with gold ribbon (used 3/8 inch...think I'll use 1/4 inch next time) I used red line tape for the ribbon attachment.

Cut two circles of decorative paper and glued them in the dimples.

Cut out Mona and added her.

Then embellished with trims and glitter glue...added some accents of gel pens, etc.

On the back I added the Merry Christmas (raised on a bit of foam core).

Then added a gold thread for a hanger and glued a bow made from lace on the top and bottom.

FRONT:

BACK:

Technique Tuesday - Watercolor Background

Welcome to Technique Tuesday.  Today's technique is generally used to create a focal image with a rubber stamp, but I think it also makes a great background, especially for a small project like an ATC or a greeting card.

Here's what you'll need:

A large stamp, such as a background stamp, but any large stamp will do.  Can be an abstract design or an actual image, such as flowers.  You'll see that it really doesn't matter with this technique. But it shouldn't have too much open space.

Dye based markers (in other words, water based...no Copics here!) in your chosen color palette.

Cardstock (you'll probably want to use white, but any light color should work as well).

Spray bottle filled with water.

Color the stamp with the markers.  Work randomly.  Start with the lightest color (so you don't contaminate your lighter markers with your darker colors).  Keep going until you've colored in everything.  Some blank spots are not only OK, but will add to the design.  Overlapping of colors is also just fine.

This is what my stamp looked like after I was finished coloring.

Now spray the stamp with the water.  Experiment here.  The more water you spray, the "looser", lighter, and more abstract your background will be.  Play with this technique to see how much water you like to use.  I just gave the stamp 2 good sprays.

Stamp onto the cardstock.  You may even get a second stamping (much lighter, of course) from that same stamp.  Here's my finished background, trimmed to ATC size:

As usual, I used this background for this week's challenge over at the PID yahoo group.  The theme is "crown me," and since the image called Sarah seems regal to me, I used her....and added enough bling to suit a princess:

You most likely have everything you need to try this at home....so go make some art!  And be sure to show us your finished projects.

Eileen

Paper Imagery Designs

Design Team

Weekly Challenge 11/9

This week the challenge theme is CROWN ME. Use a crown somewhere on your piece and HAVE FUN! Please include a PID image on your ATC.

Here's Mine...

Challenge ATC's

This morning I made a couple of atc's. One was for the October Jackpot. I know I am late but when inspiration strikes you've got to go with the flow.
The winner has already been drawn for the family ties jackpot and she will be getting a surprise when she get's my atc because she of course isn't expecting it because I am running late.

The weekly challenges run for two weeks on the PID yahoo group so luckily I am not late with this one. The challenge is Paris and I used images from a couple of different PID Paris sheets.



Thanks for looking!
Arlene

Technique Tuesday - Sanded Embossing

Welcome to Technique Tuesday.  I have another easy background technique that starts with some dry embossing.  Here's what you need to get started:

Patterned paper or cardstock with a white core

embossing folder

ink pad

blending tool or cosmetic sponge (optional)

sanding block or fine sandpaper

Using the embossing folder of your choice, run it through your machine to reveal the raised design.

Using the sanding block or sandpaper, gently rub over the design until the white core of the paper is revealed on the raised areas.

Using either the ink blending tool (or cosmetic sponge) or just the direct to paper technique, rub over the newly exposed white areas with the ink color you chose.  Since these areas are raised, pretty much only they will pick up the color.  Since I was doing this background for Angie's Harvest Challenge, and my embossing folder is of pumpkins, I used orange.

And here is my completed ATC for the challenge.  I love that PID image -- his name is Emmett and I think he looks like he belongs on a farm during the harvest.

As always, if you decide to try this technique, let us know how it turned out.

Eileen

PID Design Team

PID Weekly Challenge 11/2

This week Paper Imagery Designs is kicking off November with the weekly theme...

THANKSGIVING ~HARVEST TIME

Hope you'll play along in our challenge.

Please remember to use a

Paper Imagery Designs

Image.

Here's My GIVE THANKS ATC....