What's Up Wednesay- Background Stamps

Hello Everyone! It's Amber here with my first What's Up Wednesday Post. I don't know about you but I love to create my own background paper using stamps. So today I thought I would share this card that I created with Paper Wings Productions Text Cling Background Stamp and Earth & Sky Cling Stamp Set. Check It:

There are many different ways to create your own background paper such as...stamping a fun image multiple times, using a gradient watercolor wash in a beautiful color scheme, or taking a large or small background stamp and repeatedly stamping it like I did today. To add texture and dimension to my card I used a technique called tone on tone stamping. To achieve this technique all you have to do is use a ink pad that is the same color or very similar to the card stock you are using.

We would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, to Pinterest, or leave a comment with a link to your project. Thanks for visiting today!

Supplies: Cardstock- White & Blue / Paper Wings Productions Background  Cling Stamp- Text / Paper Wings Productions Cling Stamp Set- Earth & Sky  / Versa Color Ink Pad- Turquoises / CTMH Ribbon- White / Making Memories Brads- White / Sulky Thread- White

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Mixed Media Monday - Always Remember

Happy Monday bloggie friends, Norma G. here to share a little Mixed Media Fun with you!

I hope you a super fun weekend!!  Mine was great because I had a chance to get back in the studio and paint.  It's been awhile since I've done a canvas or at least it felt like it anyway, lol.
  

So today I have a very special 12x12 canvas to share with you.   I did this canvas in remembrance of my mother so it was a very emotional process and I hope you like the result.

The inspiration for this piece was this beautiful photo I found of my mother smelling a gorgeous bouquet of red roses.  Initially I knew I wanted to use an old photo for my canvas so I started digging through the box of photos that I inherited when my mother passed many years ago.  I was looking for old black and white photos to transfer onto my canvas but this photo really caught my eye and so it was settled; this would be focal image.

I started out by layering my favorite shades of pinks, reds and blues to the canvas then I attempted to transfer my image.  I say "attempted" because as you can see, I wasn't very successful.  I tried a new transfer technique using Golden Fluid Matte Medium and I missed a step along the way.  The technique I usually use is with Regular Gel Matte but I wanted to try something new.  The wonderful thing about art (especially mixed media) is that it doesn't have to be perfect so I pressed on.  I added some joint tape (that's what the tape with the little circles is) then some more layers of paint.

Since my image didn't transfer completely, I decided to use a second copy.  (I should mention that both images were copied using a laser printer and regular copy paper.)  I cut my image out and adhered it to the canvas.  Next I sprayed a thin coat of Fixatif to seal my canvas, this allows me to continue working on the canvas without smearing any of the water soluble layers.  Since my image is black and white, I added color using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  I added some color to the dress, cheeks, lips and roses.

From here I added layers using the Paper Wings Productions Melange Women and Bird Melange sets.      I stamped Diana and an angel onto cream colored cardstock, colored them in with Prismacolor pencils, fussy cut and attached to the canvas.  I also stamped a sentiment from the Bird Melange set directly onto my canvas.

I added a second angel watching over my mother and crown from the Royal Melange Stamp Set.

I stamped a bird from the Bird Lyrics Stamp Set directly onto the canvas and outlined it with a white gel pen to add some definition to the image.

To balance out my composition, I added some doodling and corrugated hearts.  I applied some paint to bring out the texture of the cardboard and added butterfly wings from the Wings Stamp Set.

Here's a nice side view of the completed canvas.

I hand wrote "always Remember" with India ink and a white gel pen; and with that I was done.  Completing this canvas was a real journey for me.  At one point I had to just stop and walk away but I'm so glad that I did it.  Art is such a wonderful way to express what we can't always get out with words.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope I've inspired you get those paints, inks, photos and stamps out to create something from your heart.  If you're interested in learning more about a particular technique I've used, just let us know so we can include it in an upcoming edition of Tutorial Tuesday.

Have a Wonderful Day and don't forget to join us on Wednesday.  Amber will be here to share a new project with you for What's Up Wednesday!!

Until Next Time :D

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Themed Thursday - Bird Canvas Album

Greetings PWP fans!  Dana here today sharing a 3x3 canvas album for Themed Thursday.  I enjoyed working with the Bird Melange Cling Stamp Set so much for my Blog Hop piece that I decided to use the set again for this project, which also has a bird theme.

I added color to my canvas pages with Faber-Castell Gelatos. I scribbled Gelatos directly onto my craft mat, spritzed with water, blended with my finger, and then gently pressed my pages into the puddles of color.  To help the canvas pages absorb color, I lightly spritzed each page with water before I dipped them into the Gelatos solutions.  Once the color was to my liking, I steeped a tea bag in hot water and then added several drops of tea to each page, which helped to give my bright new canvas pages an aged feel.

 

After my pages were dry, I stamped the text, bird and feathers for my short story with Archival Ink.  All the stamps used for this project are from the Bird Melange Cling Stamp Set, except for the feather, which I borrowed from the Holiday Mix It Up Clear Stamp Set.

Thanks for joining me on my first flight today!  

Until next time,

Dana

Supplies: Canvas Album: Maya Road; Stamps: Paper Wings Productions; Gelatos: Faber-Castell; Ink: Ranger; Other: Tea, Twine

Tutorial Tuesday - Border Clear Stamp Sets

Greetings peeps!

First, let me start with a big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in our first blog hop!  We hope you all enjoyed all of the projects from our designers, I know I did!  I can't wait to do it again next month!  Congratulations to  LORI APGAR for winning the $25 gift certificate to our online store.  Lori please contact us at info@paperwingsproductions.com for instructions on how to claim your prize.

You may have noticed that we are on a different blog schedule this week.  We have decided to shake things up in the new year and add some new blog days.  Today we have our first Tutorial Tuesday!  I have been excited to add this new feature and have been giving a lot of thought to what I might possibly show you.  Unfortunately, my family has passed around the flu since the day after Christmas.  Yes, that's right...we have had the flu germs in my house for TWO WEEKS!  I was the last to catch it and I still feel a bit dopey, so please bear with me!  I have decided to keep it simple today and show you how to use one of my favorite stamp lines from our collection.

Our clear border stamp sets come with a solid and an outline.  The two stamps are meant to compliment each other and work with each other, but not meant as a perfect match up.  They are supposed to be slightly off, which if you stamp like I do, this is perfect!  ;)

Let me show you how easy they are to use.  I am going to stamp the Double Dot Border across a shipping tag.  I am starting with some distress ink pads, a tag, a mini mister spray bottle, and a non stick craft sheet.

Rub the ink pad directly on the craft sheet, spray with water, and swipe the tag across the craft sheet.

 Dry with a heat tool or just set aside.

 I am going to stamp with the solid Double Dot Border first.  ***Please look at my stamp!  See how "dirty" it is?  I view rubber stamps as a TOOL to be used!  I sometimes read about folks who think you should only use certain inks with clear stamps and how delicate they are...NOT!  I was super picky when having our clear stamps made. They are tough, durable, and fantastic tools!  I have used my stamps with every kind of ink, gesso, acrylic paints...you name it.  They always stamp beautifully and clean up fine with soap and water.  We WANT you to USE our stamps!  Don't be afraid!  When they are "dirty" it just means they are being used.***

 Since they are made from a clear material, they are easy to see through.  It doesn't take much effort to line them up.  Don't over think it, just stamp.

 Next, I will stamp the outline Double Dot border with a darker ink.

 Remember, they are made to be slightly "off".  No need to try and get it perfect.

 For a finishing touch, I inked the edges of the tag with the same color as the outline.

 Now it's ready for a focal image!  Wouldn't this be great in your art journal, or greeting card, or scrapbook page layout, or....

Thanks for visiting with us today!

Enjoy the flight!

Carrie

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Feature Friday - Jan PWP Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Happy Friday & WELCOME to the January PWP Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!

To celebrate the launch of our new design team, we've chosen a “Friendship” theme for this month's hop. We even have some blog candy to share with one lucky follower!! 

For a chance to win, all you’ll need to do is be a follower here at The Aviary, leave a comment on this post, visit each of the blogs and leave a little bloggie love for of our DT members.   For extra chances to win, just like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Then just come back and let us know!  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of the additional entries.  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, January 8th here on the blog.  

Before you leave us, we want to share with you a beautiful tag made by one of our stamp designers, Liz Allen.

She made the background with Distress Inks and embossed with white embossing powder with stamps from Bird Lyrics and Flower Power.  She stamped the sentiment in black ink.  How simple and sweet!

Okay, are you ready to start hopping?!  I hope so because our fabulous designers have been hard at work creating beautiful and inspiring projects to share with you today.  So without further ado...let the hopping begin, first up is Amber Rasmussen!

Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way:

Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com/

Carrie Avery - http://www.carrieavery.com/
Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/
Shay - http://verdigrishall.blogspot.com/
Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com/

then come back here and leave a comment http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!!

What's Up Wednesday - Art Journaling

What's Up Peeps, Norma G. here with  

Today I wanna share one of my VERY favorite things to do, ART JOURNAL.  I began art journaling last year as a way to blow off some creative steam if you will.  It's also a wonderful way to use up scraps, try my new stamps and different techniques.  So I'd like to share my latest page with you:

This page is layer upon layer of paint, scrap papers, crate paper, spray inks and of course stamps.  

The beautiful thing about art journaling, just like mixed media is that there are NO RULES.  You can have as many or as little layers and elements as you want.  An art journal can be very personal, a place to express your inner most feelings or not.  It's all up to you but I think you'll always find that it's definitely a place to grow and nurture your creativity.

You'll be able to experiment with new mediums, ideas and color combinations.  Then over time it'll be fun to look back at your pages and see the evolution of your style and creativity.

If you'd like to try art journaling or mixed media, we have a WONDERFUL new Mixed Media Kit available.  This kit is truly filled with an AMAZING assortment of products for your creative amusement and I HIGHLY recommend it to all of you.  This beautiful kit is so versatile, all of the items can be incorporated into scrapbooking and card making too.  So please don't think of it as just for "Mixed Media" or "Art Journaling", it can be used on anything you want.

Well friends, I hope I've inspired to try something new or if you already art journal, to keep on going!  Thank you all so much for joining me today, below you'll find links to all of the stamp sets I used on my art journal page.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY & A BLESSED 2013!!!

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