Tis the Season Blog Hop 2020 - Day 19

HAPPY THANKSGVING! 

Today in the US we are celebrating Thanksgiving... our celebrations are so different than any year before due to the pandemic.  Even under these circumstances I have so much to be thankful for. 

Postcards courtesy of Vintage Image Craft!

NOW on to the Blog Hop

LeighSBDesigns is sponsoring 'Tis the "stay crafty @ home" Blog Hop to help keep our spirits high, creatively inspired and busy while celebrating the season safe at home! 

This is a 2 month long hop to celebrate Fall/Autumn, Winter, Christmas and Craftmas and the hop ends December 20 at 11:55pm pacific!

ALL THE DETAILS, RULES AND LINKY PARTY ARE HERE!

Get festive with us and share your Fall/Autumn, Winter, Christmas and Merry Craftmas makes using LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps and/or any other company products!

Been preparing for our Thanksgiving feast since last night. I always serve my mother's fresh cranberry salad.  

Turkey is in the oven!

I have always wanted to make a Thanksgiving Turkey with feathers, like when I was in grade school, not one made with my hand!!!  Art Anthology Coloration Sprays were used for the feathers, body beak and feet.  Velvet Dimensional Paint - Desire was used for a beautiful red wattle. The feathers are cut with an Elizabeth Craft Designs die!.

Art Anthology Colorations Timeless, Granny Smith, Juicy, Patience and Sedona.  The sprays are vibrant!

Spraying Colorations on paper creates a spray/splattered pictured on the left.  I was after a full coverage look, while the spray was still wet I smeared it with my fingers, see results on the right!

Click HERE and scroll down to see all the participating artists amazing makes!

Day 25 - 31 Days of Halloween

"LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2019"

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Day 25  ~ 'Tis Halloween

Four ATCs for trade this month!  Used a vintage postcard from Vintage Image Craft on Facebook.  They are sharing vintage Halloween postcards during the month of October. 

Witch is from Eyelet Outlet, Bat Die - Elizabeth Craft Designs, spider web Karen Burniston.  The cat is from a confetti package. 

Interested in participating CLICK HERE to see more spooky artist work or to hop along with and post your Halloween treats.

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You can also participate in the hop as a Sinister Stalker! Stalk and comment on as many projects shared throughout October as you can to qualify for the Stalker Prize(s)!
The more you hop the better your odds at winning a prize(s). PLUS it's wicked good fun to see all the spooktacular projects and you may even be inspired to play after all!
Easy peasy!
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Day 11 - 31 Days of Halloween

"LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2019"

🎃 This Blog Hop is easy going with NO sign-up required!

🎃 Play as often as you want on the days you want!

🎃 All art welcome, creepy or cute!

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🎃 Spooktacular prizes up for grabs!

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🎃 BE NICE, PLAY FAIR AND LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE!

For day 11  ~

 I have a card today using a vintage postcard shared online by Vintage Image Craft.  This month they are sharing Halloween postcards everyday!

The bats are from Tim Holtz BATTY Dies

The tulle has been burned with a heat gun to create a wicked flower!

Sentiment on the postcard:

 "Come fly with me

 and we'll Bewitch 

What'ere we see."

Interested in participating CLICK HERE to see more spooky artist work or to hop along with and post your Halloween treats.

😈SINISTER STALKERS😈
You can also participate in the hop as a Sinister Stalker! Stalk and comment on as many projects shared throughout October as you can to qualify for the Stalker Prize(s)!
The more you hop the better your odds at winning a prize(s). PLUS it's wicked good fun to see all the spooktacular projects and you may even be inspired to play after all!
Easy peasy!
💀

Vintage Image Craft Easter Container Challenge

Vintage Image Craft has some amazing vintage images that they shared.  For Easter they challenged us to make Easter containers! For this challenge I decided to  incorporate recycling.  Here is a tutorial of my project.

To start print duplicates of several of the images Vintage Image Craft provided.  

Using Sakura Crystal Lacquer stiffen some of the pieces that will be layered with foam tape. 

Collect several sizes of tin cans... wash them thoroughly, dry! Make sure the rims are safe from any rough edges.  Cover the outside and inside of tin cans with pattern papers using Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape to adhere... the papers used are old from my stash.    

Punch holes (used Crop-a-dile)for handles.  Be sure to punch the holes before adding any embellishments. Glue decorative pearls to the top rim and bottom of the cans, and let dry.  

Added wire handles on the the containers.  On each end wrap the wire put up the handle.  Add a piece of wire wrapped around the top of the handle.  

Measure around can and cut a piece of Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle tape that length. On the sticky side pleat the crepe paper streamer. When finished, put a piece of one sided tape on the pleats to keep in place.  Remove the protective strip from the Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape and adhere to the inside of the can. 

Add images to containers with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape and foam tape. Ribbons on the handles and greeting tags if the image on the  container doesn't have one!

Add Easter grass and candy, ready for gift giving!!

Vintage Image Craft Creative Challenge! I won Second!!!

What a wonderful Sunday afternoon.  I just found out I won second place in the Vintage Image Craft February Challenge.  THANK YOU for the HONOR.  Be sure to visit their site to see all the entries in the challenge! HERE!

From VIC site:

Victorian Wall Ornament by Lyneen Jesse (a 2011 Creative Challenge winner) created a Victorian shadow box, containing a nostalgic scene of pastoral romance. We were especially impressed that she hand-made all of the embellishments, from the perky little bird to the spray of roses. It all came together with gentle choices of pastel colors, nested in a vintage paper-wrapped cookie cutter! Lyneen will receive a VIC e-book from our Cards With a Past series.

I love all the images Scott & Martin have in their collection... but I collect vintage ephemera myself so I am partial to anything vintage, Victorian or old!

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Christmas Girl with Cats Card ~ Second Place!

If you are looking for the 12 tags of Christmas Blog Hop scroll down one post!

I received an email that my card was the second place winner!!!!  I am so excited.  As second prize wins an e-book with collection of Vintage Image Craft images! 


"Congratulations! Your artwork, Christmas Girl with Cats Card, is the SECOND PRIZE winner in the VIC “Christmas Cats” Creative Challenge for November 2011! Announced at Vintage Craft Image HERE!"

"Christmas Girl with Cats Card by Lyneen Jesse echoes the composition of advertising illustrations of the early 20th century. In particular, she captured the dreamy coloration so popular at the time. The paper tole technique of layering provided texture and energy. We particularly noticed how Lyneen used cats from multiple images, being artful with the perspective. In this simple paper craft, she chose complimentary elements, colors, and text and brought them together in a way that really sparkle like a vintage treasure. Lyneen will receive a VIC e-book from our Cards With a Past series."

THANKS

VINTAGE IMAGE CRAFT

Vintage Image Craft Creative Challenge!

Christmas Cats,

Christmas Cats,

Jingle All the Way!

I used four of the VIC postcards available on FB to create my card. Layered distressed looking pattern papers for a vintage look added a doily.  On my computer I sized each image, fussy cut and adhered to the card.  Several images are popped with foam dots.

 Stickles in the flowers on her head
and the bird food.

3D Crystal Lacquer has been used on the cats for added dimension.

The challenge is open to everyone... All you have to do is Download FREE Victorian cat illustrations from VIC's Facebook page.  Your project can be a Christmas card, ornament, decoration, tag, ATC, altered book, scrapbook page, jewelry, box or any other craft.

Just one more day to enter the challenge!  

Information is HERE!

Detailed instructions: 

Attach green pattern paper red pattern paper with Miracle Tape.  Glue Doily with glue stick to pattern papers.  Attach to dark green panel, then adhere to card base using Miracle tape. 

Card was created using 4 different postcards from VIC.  Each was sized to work with the others. On card stock print two images of the girl with cat, one of the two cats sitting together, two of the larger image of the cat with presents (cut the cat only out of one), one of the smaller image of cat with presents and banner.  Fussy cut all images.

Attach the banner at the top of the card.  Attach one of the girl to card base, the two cats sitting together and the larger image of the cat with presents.  

Using one layer of foam tape: add the second copy of the girl over the first image, the second image of the cat only from the cat with presents.  With two layers of foam tape add the smaller cat with presents.  

For additional dimension.  Add Stickles to the flowers on the girls hat and bird food.  Use 3D Crystal Lacquer on all cat images. 

Supplies: 

Base card

Card stock-dark green

Pattern paper - red and green

Doily

VIC images

VLVS! Miracle Tape

Foam Tape

Stickles

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer