LOST COAST DESIGNS - Off the Edge Challenge

Over at Lost Coast they want to see our stamped images off the edge of our project.... 

I have a set of four ATC's of FLYING MONKEYS

they are flying all over the place!!!!

The Carmen Veranda Flying Monkey was stamped first, then masked and then the background was stamped with the Carmen Veranda Flying Monkeys.

With the mask over the large Flying Monkeys, Art Anthology Colorations Plush and Siesta Key were sprayed. Then a bit of Oxide Ink 0 Frayed Corduroy was added in spots!

I am sharing this project HERE at Lost Coast Designs!!!

OFF THE EDGE!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 13

Welcome 
to Lyneen's Day 13 of the 
Smeared and Smudged 
31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop! 
and my DT post for The Robin's Nest

During the month of October I am participating in a month-long blog hop with some amazing artists.  Today I am sharing my design team project for The Robin's Nest. If you have time you may want to see what the design team is up to HERE!

Everyday you will find a new Halloween project on all of the blogs listed below.  Each project must have stamping on it, be it digi or ink. There are prizes to win, be sure to check out all the rules HERE and information. There is a daily scavenger hunt, you must go HERE to find the clue/s for the item/s you are looking for in the scavenger hunt.  To find the previous day winners go HERE.  Have fun and Good Luck!

Here are a couple of Halloween greeting cards made with papers from The Robins Nest and stamps from Sin City Stamps. The images on both cards are on the Halloween Takes flight Plate.

Black Bats Glitter Cardstock (Background)

Halloween Glitter Stripe (Back side to frame image)

Orange Dew Drops

Halloween Glitter Stripe (Back side for background)

Halloween Glitter Stripe (Hats)

Black Dew Drops

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The Robin's Nest is having a Masquerade Contest!!!

October 15 - November 15

Hope you join us...

here is my inspiration piece!

My paper mask is made with The Robin's Nest products:

Black and White Glitter Border Swirl 

Damask Black and White

Dew Drops - Ocean Blue

Dew Drops - Diamond Shapes 

Here is a close up of the left eye, you can see the lashes are raised. 

The right is embellished with random green, purple and blue Dew Drop Diamond Shapes.

The Dew Drop Diamond Shapes were a perfect fit for the beak on this pattern template.

The mask is ready to wear, just add ribbon.!

For a template I searched the web... there are a lot of mask templates to choose from. I found this one at SkipToMyLou

HOW TO MAKE THE FEATHERS

 

 
 

1. upplies: paper, chenille pipe cleaner, blue ink and glue stick.
2. Cut two pieces of 6 x 2 inch pieces of cardstock.
3. Apply glue stick to the back of both pieces of cardstock. 
4. Put a 4 inch chenille pipe cleaner in the middle of one piece of cardstock. 
5. Press the other piece of cardstock over the chenille pipe cleaner.
6. Cut in the shape of a feather 
7. Cut the fringe of the feather, being careful not to cut through the chenille pipe cleaner. 
8. From the base of the feather lightly ink.
9. Attach to your mask with quick dry glue 
10. Once dry arrange the feathers

Details here.

Be sure to check The Robin's Nest on-line store

For the Deal of the the Day

and

Sale of the Week

The Robin's Nest has its Classified Papers on sale at 20% off this month. 

Make sure your little munchkins can see through their masks!!!

HAVE a fun and SAFE Halloween!

If you are following the blog roll your next stop will be WENDY!

 Be sure to check out all the participating 

WICKED BLOGGERS listed  below!

31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll

Terra | Black Dragon | Kapree | Shell | Kristy | Susan | Helen | Loren | Alison | Kelli |De Stempelwinkel | Monique | Karen | Airless Chambers | Jane | Jennifer | Emily | Lisa | Lyneen  |Wendy | Altered Pages Art Sociates | leslierahye  | Delicious Doodles | Roni | Shoni | Jenn |DominoART |  Jessica | Sandy | Carolyn | Carla | Julia | Steph | Trisha | Brigitte | Lisa | Anna

My Last Creative Paperclay® Quick Tip

This is my last post as a member of the Creative Paperclay® Design Team. I have had a great time sharing my ideas with you this past year. 

For my final not so quick tip I thought I would share some of the projects I have done over this last year.  When viewing them I noticed they all had one thing in common, all of them are finished with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer, most have Terry Sproul Mixers. 

What I have found is Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer is a one step finish on Creative Paperclay®.  When I used the lacquer mixed with the mixers I only had to paint my projects one time and had a sealed coating on the Creative Paperclay®.  

This mask was for my Creative Paperclay® Design Team application in April of 2012, it was never posted on the Creative Paperclay® blog. Made by molding Creative Paperclay over an inexpensive mask. The flower is a paper napkin adhered with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. The rest of the mask is painted with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers: Red Garnet and Citrine mixed (making a beautiful tangerine color.)  See more about the Mask HERE on my blog!

For this altered tin I molded a Frozen Charlotte with Creative Paperclay® from an Articus mold. She was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers - Citrine. Original post is HERE!

My Creative Paperclay® wall pocket was inspired by vintage Victorian wall pockets. The pocket was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers - Bronze. It has a very vintage look, see the original post HERE.

The Creative Paperclay® Fascinator is one of the only projects  that I painted with craft paint (black) and came back and sealed it with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. Original post HERE!

The Creative Paperclay®  crown fit for a princess was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers - Gold. One of the only projects I gave a second coat of the Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer/Mixers.  I was after a "rich golden color." Original post HERE!

This inexpensive bird house was altered with Creative Paperclay® peices. The Creative Paperclay® pieces were painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers: large leaves -  Pearl Green, tiny flowers - Citrine Pearl, large flowers - Rose Pearl, small leaves - Tanzanite Pearl mixed with Shimmer Citrine and birds Aquamarine Pearl. Original post HERE!

 

 

The Fall Tree was created for the Creative Paperclay® and Amazing Mold Putty Blog Hop, which was never posted on the Creative Paperclay® blog. The leaves are molded out of Creative Paperclay® and painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers - Citrine Pearl, Rose Pearl and Shimmer Garnet. I love how the colors mixed when I painted the leaves. Original post HERE!

You can bet I will be using Creative Paperclay® in many of my future projects and will be sharing them on my blog, Dreaming of Castles.  

Lyneen's Creative Paperclay® Quick Tip!

So you want to play with Creative Paperclay®, but you are afraid to because you don't know how to mold a doll, a figurine or any other object.  Well neither do I and I LOVE PLAYING with Creative Paperclay®!  Here are some of the tools I use when I play with Creative Paperclay®. 

These are tools (pictured above) I had when I used to make fondant flowers in my cake decorating days.  If you have any cake decorating supplies, think how you might use them working with Creative Paperclay®.  Just remember once you use any kitchen gadget with Creative Paperclay® it should not be used in the kitchen with food again!  

Articus Studios has some wonderful molds you can use with Creative Paperclay®. Here is one of my favorites - Frozen Charlottes!

Cookie cutters make great tools for special shapes.  At little cost you can find them at thrift stores.

Make your own molds using Amazing Mold Putty!!!  When I see something that I would like to have several of, I think about using Amazing Mold Putty.  Like the little cherub pictured, I only had one of him.  Since I made a mold I can have as many as I like using Creative Paperclay®!

Pictured here is a paper mold.  Used when making your own paper and pressing pulp in the mold... also, great for Creative Paperclay®!

 

Candy Molds are another great mold to use!  Just remember once used with Creative Paperclay® it should not go back in the kitchen! 

Use items to mold Creative Paperclay®.  Here I have an inexpensive mask from the dollar store that I am using as a mold for the clay.

Make templates from paper, here is a template for a crown!

You are only limited by your imagination... what other things have you used to mold Creative Paperclay®?