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It was quite fun to look through the current issue of "Take Ten" from Stampington. On page 71 and pages 108-109, stamps from Magenta are featured. Everyone of those stamps are ones we've sold or have for sale at Art 'n Soul, as well as the magazine. If you haven't purchased this latest issue, you will find it at Art 'n Soul!



From IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®, another terrific project from an Artist-in-Residence . . . click on the link to Renee's blog for detailed information.

by Renee Zarate
Artist-in-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®

"AIR Renee with an "extraordinary" Vertigo card. It's the coolest."
http://renee-boltonhouse.blogspot.com/2013/08/vertigo-film-makes-beautiful-accents.html

From the Memory Box blog, Jenny Griffiths has created a darling Christmas card . . .

Bringing You Joy

"These adorable penguins seem to be parading by bringing Joy, gifts, and maybe a chuckle or two.  Their little expressions seem to range from determination to bewilderment as they pull along their Holiday presents in a snowy blizzard.  

While making this card the little penguins made me smile as I cut them apart and posed them around the raised gift boxes.  I especially like the one popping out of the gift box--seems he's the "look-out" or navigator.  And the little one trailling behind needs his hand held so he doesn't get lost...the other two are decked out in Santa hats.

After the card was stamped with Presents of Joy, I added falling snow using an embossing folder and white pigment ink lightly swiped onto the raised snow pattern. After the ink dries add diamond glitter glue to the snow dots.  The gifts were paper pieced and elevated with foam squares.  

The penguins were stamped on scrap paper, cut apart, colored (rosy cheeks, pale blue/gray on their tummys) and adhered to the card.  Of course I changed their positions a few times before settling on the line-up shown (it's the little things that amuse me).  

Here's all you need:

Penguin Parade F1945

Presents of Joy D1951

Merry Little Christmas B1943

Even though its 96 degrees and humid today, it felt a little cooler playing in the snow with my favorite penguins.

Happy Friday!"

 

I'm turning in early. Tomorrow I have a date at Art 'n Soul with my Gelli Plate! Maryjo McGraw will be teaching us how she works with the Gelli Plate beginning at 10:00 a.m. See you there!

The Artist Choice for this month was an easy selection as an Artist-in-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® using their wonderful products.

My oldest granddaughter is expecting her first baby next month. The "babee" shower this month had a picnic theme; lemonade would be served from a large dispenser and the party gift was a small jar of honey. I jumped to offer making a label for the honey jar, and a stamped design on the lemonade dispenser.

For the honey jar label, I took a sheet of Neenah Crest 80 lb. cover weight card stock in Solar White. I laid the chicken wire stencil from The Crafter's Workshop on the card stock and applied the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ dye ink in peanut brittle and Memento Luxe™ mixed media pigment ink in dandelion with an IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlusher™.

That card stock was then run through the printer so the words could be printed. The card stock was then adhered to one side of the double-sided Be Creative Tape from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The circle die cuts were made with Spellbinders' Standard Circles LG. Once the die cut was made, the other side of the adhesive was used to adhere the label to the jar lid.

Spellbinders' Nestabilities
Standard Circles LG

For the lemonade dispenser, I cleaned the outside of the plastic dispenser and wiped it dry. Using the same chicken wire stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, I applied the StazOn™ solvent ink in Mustard with the InkBlusher™ in random spots. I also found a little stamp of a bee from Stampendous, 'Queen Bee' clear stamp set, that I stamped in random spots with the StazOn™ solvent ink in Jet Black.

I also made a baby shower card using a stamp from Magenta, 'Baby's Frame-in-a-Frame'.

by Debbie Gaetz
Artist-in-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®

After stamping the image with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ mixed media pigment ink in Wedding White, I applied IMAGINE Crafts® Embossing Powder™ in clear and heat embossed.

I colored the 'frames in a frame' with Memento™ Dual Markers in London Fog, New Sprout, Pear Tart, Dandelion, Canteloupe, and Tangelo. The two outside frames were always colored entirely with the lightest of the colors, and then partially topped with the next darker color. For the outside frame, I added another darker color for a third of the area.

Using Sakura Glaze pens, I highlighted the eyes of the elf, sheep, bee and mouse (black), the eyes and paw pads of the teddy bears, some of the flower petals (hunter green and deep green), as well as the ribbon ties around the neck of the big and small bears (orange and yellow).

The top panel was adhered to black cardstock 1/8-inch larger on all sides for a small border. Both panels were then adhered to the base card made from Neenah Crest 80# cover card stock in natural. Two silk ribbons from May Arts were tied into a bow and applied with a large adhesive dot.

Thanks so much for 'popping in' today. Let me know which of the many products from IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® that you like best and why. It's always fun to compare notes!

Debbie

Supplies used:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn™ solvent ink in Mustard and Jet Black
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ mixed media pigment ink in Wedding White and Canteloupe
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ dye ink in Peanut Brittle
• IMAGINE Crafts® Embossing Powder™ in clear
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dual Markers in London Fog, New Sprout, Pear Tart, Dandelion, Canteloupe, and Tangelo
• IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlushers™
• Magenta "Baby's Frame-in-a-Frame" stamp (26.021.R)
• Stampendous "Queen Bee" clear stamp set (SSC 1154)
• The Crafter's Workshop Mini Chicken Wire stencil (TCW239s)
• Sakura Glaze 3 D Glossy Ink Pens in black, yellow, orange, hunter green and deep green
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles LG die set
• Elizabeth Craft Designs' Be Creative Tap Double Sided Adhesive Sheet
• May Arts silk ribbons in orange
• Neenah Crest 80# Cover Card Stock in Solar White and Natural
• Black card stock
• Zots (large)

A wonderful card 'zentangled' by Susie . . .

by Susie Tracy

Have you seen Patti's new class? Check it out . . . 

by Patti Highlands for "Quick and Easy Cards
for the Beginner" class on September 17

From the Hero Arts blog . . .

Click on this link to see how Vicki made this card -- http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/.

Let the Halloween countdown begin. Two paper collections are at Art 'n Soul that just arrived . . . Graphic 45's Steampunk Spells and My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting collections.

First up . . . My Mind's Eye!

6x6 pads!

And they've also packaged these 8x10 papers suitable for 'instant' framing and/or embellishing before framing. I think they're pretty darn cool!

Here's the Graphic 45 collection!

6x6 background paper pad

8x8 paper pad

 

The Basic Grey Persimmon collection just arrived on the doorstep, so I'll share those very nice fall papers with you later.

By the way, are you signed up for Maryjo McGraw's classes this Saturday and Sunday? She's coming over to Art 'n Soul and we have a few spaces we can 'squeeze' in. Maryjo is always fun to learn from, and you do learn a lot of techniques and technique tips!

Sat., August 31, 10am-3pm, MaryJo McGraw – “Bring on the Gelli!” $40

Monoprint techniques are so much fun and now with the Gelli Plate you can take it anywhere! This lush printing surface is perfect . . . easy to use for beginners and flexible to create incredibly intricate prints for more advanced students. We will use natural elements, textural surfaces, cutouts, as well as stencils and stamps. Join MaryJo and create multiple layered prints with your favorite imagery that you can use in journals, books arts, cards, or on larger pieces of art. Bring your Gelli Plate (any size), brushes, a pad of drawing paper, your favorite design oriented stamps, and your favorite acrylic colors. MaryJo will bring special paint, some unusual papers, stamps, stencils and more!

by Maryjo McGraw for "Bring on the Gelli" class on August 31

by Maryjo McGraw for "Bring on the Gelli" class on August 31

by Maryjo McGraw for "Bring on the Gelli" class on August 31

Sunday, September 1, 10am-3pm, MaryJo McGraw –“Enhance your STYLE Journal Class” $40

Explore, enhance and create your personal journals with a style of your own! Learn how to use your favorite imagery and mediums to invent a personal look in your artwork, and also how to refine and design your intimate icons and build concepts throughout your artwork! For those of you that took the class last time, we will be looking at different technique but will use the same supplies.

In this class MaryJo will show you a wide range of fun techniques including Copic and Sharpie pen methods, oil pastels, Pan Pastels, graphite and charcoal ideas, how to draw even if you think you can't, acrylic and watercolor concepts, gel mediums, stencils, and loads of spontaneous fun! Bring along a mixed media style journal (Strathmore makes a great one), scissors and any paper ephemera or collage material you would like to use, Copic markers and a variety of paint brushes if you have them, and anything else you normally journal with. MaryJo will bring paint, Pan Pastels, and a variety of other items to play with. You are asked to bring your basic class kit to include scissors, 10 (ten) large collage (magazine or on thin copy paper) images, and 5 design-oriented rubber-stamps.

by Maryjo McGraw for "Enhance Your Style" journalclass on September 1

by Maryjo McGraw for "Enhance Your Style" journalclass on September 1

by Maryjo McGraw for "Enhance Your Style" journal class on September 1

Please call us at 360.357.6820 or stop in at the store to sign up. I've been waiting and waiting for Maryjo to return to Art 'n Soul and I'm jazzed about this weekend!

From Els at Elizabeth Craft Designs . . . 

"Jackie made this beautiful tag (die nr 763). She used the Silk Microfine glitter on our Double Sided Adhesive sheets and used the Copic Markers for the shadow. What a great way to give your friends a bottle of wine!" -- Els

See you soon!