Running out of Glimmer Mist!  Isn’t it a scary thought?

Today I have a couple of projects to share with you, one of  ‘witch’ was a display at CHA Summer last year, but I don’t recall posting online.  So hopefully it is new to BOO.  Ok, I’ll stop doing the Halloween schtick now…

First, this Halloween themed mini-album, using the Garden book.  I love the swinging glimmer glass gates and how through the application of color the album can take on any theme. 

And I wanted to show you how you can mix up alphabets, even when you are missing a letter (or two).  The style of the alphabet frames lends itself to really getting the most out of every piece.  In my case, I had two ‘problems’.  I didn’t have a ‘w’.  but I quickly found that I could flip an ‘m’ upside down and get what I wanted.  Also, I didn’t have the insides of an ‘a’.  But look how great the inner frame works as a tombstone in my garden ‘graveyard’!  Lastly, I cut the letters for RIP from the Bingo board calling card set for Halloween that said ‘PUMPKIN CARVING’.  All the letters I needed were there.

I placed a piece of cardstock over the letters to cover half of them.  Then I sprayed Apple Glimmer Mist on the top half.  I let that dry for about 30 seconds and then moved the paper to cover the top portion of the letters.  Then I sprayed Pomegranate Glimmer Mist on the lower half of the letters.  Finally, to give it a spookier look, I added a light overall spray of Black Magic Glimmer Mist over the entire title and rubbed some chalk ink on top of them.

For the tombstone, I rubbed a bit of ink across the embossed design on the alphabet frame and then sprayed it with Granite Glimmer Mist.

The calling card ’sign’ is sprayed with Sugar Maple Glimmer Mist, with the edges dragged through the leftover spray on my misting mat for contrast.

My next project was on display at Summer CHA last year, in Orlando.  I loved the owl from the Graceful Journey stamp set.  It immediately reminded me of Hedwig from the Harry Potter book series.  So I made a hybrid scrapbook page using images I found online as a background. 

The Platform 9 3/4 image is a purchased ’stock image’ that I purchased.  I printed out my background image on an Epson R1800 printer.  I have found this ink to hold up to Glimmer Misting and general inking.  Yes, it does NOT make the ink run.  Don’t have it swimming in ink, mind you – but a typical application doesn’t degrade the image in the slightest.   I have posted about this before on my blog, if you would like to see another hybrid layout.

I added alphabet frames and a stamped owl.  I stamped the owl in brown Brilliance ink on a piece of vellum and sprayed that back liberally with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist to accentuate that white color of the vellum and add a magical sparkle.  I even made some ’spectacles’ on the background image using the pocketwatch alphabet frames.  A handmade broom embellishment was painted with Sugar Maple Glimmer Mist.  I used a calling card from the coordinating Bingo Board set as a journaling spot.

I hope you enjoyed these two projects I have shared with you.  And if you’ve read this far… you are in for a treat!  Besides listing the winner from Wednesday’s post – I will be adding another drawing as well.

The winner from Wednesday’s post is:

Nolwenn Says:
July 28th, 2010 at 3:23 am   edit

Halloween is my favourite holiday too ! The orange/purple/black combination is one of my prefered one

Your hunted house is gorgeous and very inspiring.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the fall and winter new colours of Glimmer Mists.

Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.

Congratulations!  Contact liz@mytatteredangels.com to claim your prize.

And now for a new drawing.  How about we put together a drawing for the Graceful Journey Screen Prints stamp set and a set of the six new FALL 2010 Glimmer Mist colors.

 
I will draw ONE winner on Monday at 12:01am and post it with that day’s post.  Good luck!

And if you like detailed posts like this one, be sure to check out the Educator blog.  Lots of great pictorials, inspiration (and you can ask your store to host a workshop!)

Sally Lynn MacDonald
Tattered Angels Golden Ambassador
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com
http://www.facebook.com/sallylynn.macdonald

Halloween is a FAVORITE holiday of mine.  Part dress-up, part make-believe, a little bit scary – and CANDY (let’s just cut to the chase – CHOCOLATE). 

So it was my delight to FINALLY decorate this paper mache house, that I found ages ago at the delightful store, Absolutely Everything, in Topsfield, Massachusetts.  I found a little lighting kit from a store that sells those snow village pieces, and I’m going to place it in the back and light this up for Halloween.  Let’s get to decorating!

This material is slightly more absorbant than cardstock; so the application dries quicker than usual.  What is fun, is that you can apply the first layer – in this case Pomegranate to the center of the ‘wall’ and then I added some ‘mold’ in the form of green Apple to the bottom of the structure.   I turned the house upside down and let the ‘mold’ drip upwards a bit.  This is the highly non-technical ‘drippage’ method.  But to make it sound unattainable, simply call it ‘drip-ahhdge’.  LOL.  You’re going to try it now, right?

And finally, I added a coat of Sugar Maple over the top of the wall to give it a golden glow.  It’s like adding a warming filter to a photograph.  It always looks a little better with some warmth from Sugar Maple.

Let everybody dry naturally.  Resist the urge to do any toweling and put away the heat tool.  It will be worth the wait.

See what I mean?

And now I need to embellish my house.   I sprayed the chimney first, with Pomegranate.  Then I masked it off (holding a piece of paper or packaging to protect it from overspray), as I applied Black Magic Glimmer Mist to the entire roof.  Get underneath the eaves and get it all soaked good.  Once again, ‘drippage’ makes wonderful shingles as it dries naturally.

Then I played with the roof a bit, to add some cobwebs in the form of the wonderful screen prints stamp set.  First, I stamped the cobweb with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist.  Let it dry completely.  Then overstamp (slightly offset is fine!) with Ranger’s Archival Black ink pad (or anything waterproof).  Just don’t go all Stazon on me.  This isn’t the right surface for that ink, and you really want the image to pop against the white background image.   I added more cobwebs to the flat side of the roof and along the back of the house.

I added shutters, in the form of the postage stamp alphabet frames, cut up and colored with Apple and Sugar Maple.  I added these to the front of the house only.  This is a weird New England-ism; houses with shutters only have them on the windows facing the street.  This bugs me just about as much as sweaters that are only knitted prettily on the front — don’t you want to look good from all sides?  But I digress…

Inside the windows, I added crepe ribbon curtains, sprayed with a bit of Granite Glimmer Mist and some broken windows in the form of torn mica pieces.

I painted the Glimmer Glass piece for my ‘haunted hotel’ with a bit of Orange Crush Glimmer Glaze under the words and Chandelier Glimmer Glam underneath the picture for contrast against the backdrop of the house.

I screened the branchless tree with Granite Glimmer Mist, and then flipped it over and sprayed it with Sugar Maple and Apple Glimmer Mist, which I then ’stamped’ in the negative space.  Once it was dry, I stamped the coordinating Screen Prints stamp with waterproof black ink.

I used this same Orange Crush Glimmer Glaze to paint in the pumpkin on this bit of calling card I used for a decoration along the front edge.  Unlike paint, the glaze upon first application is translucent, so the printed design isn’t hidden from view.  The glaze will also resist the Glimmer Mist that I applied afterwards to tint the vines and leaves as well as the background.  It freezes the color of that part of the design in place so it doesn’t get muddled in further application.  So always apply it first to freeze a color in place.

So that is my haunted post for the day.  Hopefully it gets you in a mood for the Fall palette of Glimmer Mist colors (and cooler temperatures at least here in Connecticut). 

If you like Halloween – perhaps this prize drawing will interest you?  How about we put together a drawing for the Vintage Season Halloween Hauntings Screen Prints stamp set and its coordinating Glimmer Screens.

I will draw ONE winner on Friday at 12:01am and post it with that day’s post.  Good luck!

And if you like detailed posts like this one, be sure to check out the Educator blog.  Lots of great pictorials, inspiration (and you can ask your store to host a workshop!)

Sally Lynn MacDonald
Tattered Angels Golden Ambassador
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com
http://www.facebook.com/sallylynn.macdonald

P.S. If you don’t believe how much I love this holiday – I actually AGE at midnight on Halloween.  Could anything be scarier?  And check out this gallery on my blog for the walking canvases… (I face paint too…)

Today I used the full range of mixed media colorants from Tattered Angels to make some jewelry pieces.

A pendant:

And a pin:

If you’d like to see how these were created, I invite you to visit the Educator Blog at: http://mytatteredangels.com/educators/2010/05/06/tattered-jewelry/

See you there!

–
Sally Lynn MacDonald
Golden Ambassador
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com

It comes to no surprise that Tattered Angels fans LOVE the look of our vintage products… well I have a little secret… I am not quite what you would call a “vintage” type girl. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE vintage and I often do by vintage items to use in my scrapbooking, but I fell in love with Tattered Angels because of the wonderful beautiful sparkle that Glimmer Mist gave my projects. The great vintage embellishments were kind of a bonus for me

But when it comes to altering stuff, I tend to go for more of the art mediums to customize embellishments to my needs, again why I love Glimmer Mist so very much!

With this in mind, it is kind of a running  joke around the office that I am the “Rock N’ Roll” kind of girl. All the ladies in the office often craft in a subtle vintage style which I absolutely adore, but when you line up my projects beside theirs… chances are you will be able to pick mine out of the line up (It reminds me of “One of these things is not like the other” from Sesame Street)

So I have embraced my difference, after all wouldn’t you want to be a little different? Break the mold a bit???

Using the Clip It Up by Simply Renee to organize my Glimmer Screens and Stamps

I covered the spine of my Clip it Up with Fabric that was white and black and I Glimmer Misted with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist. If you do this, make sure not to glue down the bottom so that you can still go ahead and twirl your Clip it Up around. The top of the fabric stays secure due to it being held under the handle of my Clip it Up. There is no need to glue down the fabric.

Close up of the Golden Glimmer in Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist… Yum!

And here is the totally Rockin’ base of my Clip It Up

I used a base of red acrylic paint (three individual coats for a true red color) I then layered it with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist to make it sparkle and shine!

I used Prima “Pulse” Alphas along with Heidi Swapp’s new Gothic alphas for the title. I embellished with Prima Say it in Crystal Swirls in Black and Prima Flowers. I flanked the Prima Flowers with sequin, Heidi Swapp Crepe Ribbon and black lace.

So I may be a little bit “Rock and Roll” but is it all that bad?

Thanks for taking a peek!

~Liz Hicks

Education and Consumer Relations

Tattered Angels

My Blog: http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/

Today I made a super-fun birthday card for a friend, using some pretty rose and pearl embellishments from Prima and all kinds of new and wonderful products from Tattered Angels, including:

• Glimmer Glam
• Glimmer Glaze
• Exclusively Heidi Swapp Fastenation Folder Insert
• Exclusively Heidi Swapp Mistables Paper Elements
• Exclusively Heidi Swapp Rockin’ Royalty Foil Chips
• and of course Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Screens

There is so much technique on this one card that it can’t be contained on one blog!  So hop on over to the Educator blog to read all about it!

See you there…  http://mytatteredangels.com/educators/?p=914

Sally Lynn MacDonald
Tattered Angels Golden Embassador
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com

I have been having a blast with some of the new products from Tattered Angels.  For today’s project, I used a Deep Cradle Claybord (Amspersand) as the base.

The finished piece is approx. 6″ x 6″.

I stamped the large heart and wings from the Timeless Romance stamp set in a Stazon ink onto the claybord.  I then painted in the image with Cowboy Glimmer Glaze.  It has a wonderful translucency that allows you to see the detail of the stamping, while adding  gorgeous, quick-drying sheen to the project.  I painted select detail areas, such as the center heart of the stamped image with Luscious Lavender and Tidepool Glimmer Glam.

Once that was dry  I sprayed several colors of Glimmer Mist over the top, allowing them to blend together in the middle.  The painted areas resist the Glimmer Mist, allowing their original colors to stay true.

I used Cowboy and Emerald Cove Glimmer Glaze to color the key element as well.  From silver to this aged patina look:

I also used some Glimmer Glam on this project.  I coated the Glimmer Glass flourish as well as the keyhole on the back side with Luscious Lavender Glimmer Glam.  Look how they sparkle!

And for a final bit of glamour, I painted Luscious Lavender and Tidepool Glimmer Glam onto the white lace ribbon.

I titled the piece using Webster’s Pages for the sentiment, “la Vie est Belle” (life is beautiful).

All of these product together, create a wonderful, textural piece.  Once completely dry, you can add more texture by scratching into the surface of the Claybord to expose the original white surface underneath.

Have fun and keep experimenting with all of the wonderful mixed media products now available to you from Tattered Angels!

And make sure to check out the Tattered Angels Educator blog.  Today I’m posting a great organizational tool.

Sally Lynn MacDonald
Tattered Angels Golden Embassador
http://inkyheart.typepad.com

Ahhhhhhhhhh…. so nice to be back! Not that I really left but now  I can officially say how happy and honoured I am to have been invited by Tattered Angels to be one of the Golden Ambassadors! I guess that means I am officially a Glimmer Mist Addict and I am totally okay with that! Not only do I get to continue to share some Tattered Angels Goodness with my students as an Educator, I get to rejoin this uber talented team and share some more goodness with you here too…WOW! What a thrill!

So without further adieu, here we go!!!

With the holidays fast approaching I thought I would share some quick tags that you can create using your favourite Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, screens, stamps, Glimmer Chips and brand new Calling Cards.

I know that the free minutes between now and the big day are virtually non existent but I am hoping you can find at least a couple to try your hand at these quick and simple tags.

This first one was done by first stamping the fleurish stamp randomly over a regular tag. Spray with Olive Vine and Peppermint Stick Glimmer Mists and blot off excess. Apply a die cut felt tree (this one is by Prima) and embellish with self adhesive rhinestones. Tie some ribbon through the tag hole and cover knot with a large decorative crystal and VOILA! A very quick and simple tag is finished:)

Tag #2 was also stamped but sprayed with Caramel Apple Glimmer Mist. Attach a torn strip of paper (Graphic 45) and staple on some decorative trim and twine. Glimmer Mist and ink a pocket watch, secure a seasonal image to the backside and glue to front of the tag. Age some lace with! Glimmer Mist and attach that to the watch as well. And guess what… you are finished

Tag 3: Glimmer Mist the tag using Glimmer Screens as well so you can provide a bit of a contrast and pattern to the background. Spray and embossed Glimmer Chip (small oval frame from Regal collection). Secure vintage image to backside and attach to the front f the tag. Attach cut out images and quote, embellish with misted lace and again… you are FINISHED!

Those were easy, eh? Now onto a couple more that although involved a few more minutes, the end result is pretty superb!

This particular tag is a giant tag (about 4″X8″) so I had more room to play with. I stamped and sprayed the background and the crumpled the tag and dipped it in the remaining Glimmer Mist on my mat so it collected in the crevices. I also stamped and sprayed a mini file folder (7 gypsies)  and sprayed my Glimmer Alphas. Once they were dry, I added some ink and secured them over a decorative paper trim.

I have always loved the large embossed fleurish in the Regal Collection but this time I wanted a more defined pattern with the embossing so I ren it through the cuttlebug on a whim and look close and you will see the definition. I LOVED it! I added a bit of ink to further define the new embossed pattern and secured it to my tag with mini pop dots. I layers the file folder with a mini Calling Card and lovely fabric flower that was lightly misted too. I added some distressed lace and velvet ribbon and now can call this one finished too!

The final tag for you today involves another giant tag that was stamped and misted. I layered various Graphic 45 papers and even cut the Santa image in the frame from a sheet of paper too.

I cut many of the postage stamp images and layered them with the medium sized calling card. I finished it off with the “Merry Christmas” that was cut out from a patterned paper too. The entire piece was “wiped” with Glimmer Mist to further distress the tag.

So there you have it, 5 tags… just for YOU! Be sure to take some time this holiday season and make some time for you:) Take lots of photos, and remember the reason for the season. Don’t fret over the small things and cherish every single moment with you family! OH! And don’t forget to get all of your favourite goodies on your wish list for Santa before it is too late!

Happy Holidays!

Trisha

www.trishaladouceur.blogspot.com