Long Distance Hug

 

Hi folks!  I'm posting over on the Sweet 'n Sassy blog today!  

Hop on over and check out the blog and full card details!

eclectic Paperie Belated Birthday Bash

 

Welcome to eclectic Paperie's Belated Birthday Bash!  Today we're celebrating the (belated) one year anniversary of the store's new ownership! It's been an amazing year, full of inspiring projects, wonderful classes, and many, many new products!!  eclectic Paperie wouldn't be where it is today without the ongoing support of our customers and as a BIG thank you you'll have an opportunity to lots of great prizes!  eclectic Paperie will be giving away the following prizes!  You have until midnight tomorrow (9/20) to comment.

 
A full set of Tim's NEW Distress Paints
6x6 Paper Pad Bundle
Dylusions Stencil Bundle
A set of NEW Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks
Crafter's Workshop Stencil Bundle

 
To be entered into the prize drawing, please be sure to comment on the eclectic Paperie blog (you're starting point) and on each of the eTeam blogs.  Check out all of the thumbnail links below to view the rest of the eTeam projects!  Enjoy the hop!

Here's a bit more about my project...

 My goal with my birthday bash project was to embrace all of the favorite products and techniques that I discovered this year.  Then create a project to celebrate each and everyone one of them!

 

My first three favorite products?  The 9x12 Dylusions Journal (ADORE it!), Wendy's white embossing paste (can't LIVE without it!), stencils (I LOVE each and every one of them!) and GESSO!!

I started by applying gesso to both of my pages.  Once the gesso was dry I used the Dots & Dashes stencil and white embossing paste to both pages.

 

My next favorite product?  Paint!  My Adirondack Paint Dabbers have never seen so much action!  And my all time fav, newly discovered artists...Wendy Vecchi, Dina Wakley, and Donna Downey!  Seriously love each and every project from both of these wonderful and extremely talented ladies!

So...my next step was to apply a combination of dark and light blue paint to both pages...wait for it to dry...

 

Umm...and then I totally got engrossed in what I was doing and completely forgot to take any photos!  Yikes!  I actually saw a large painting at a furniture store that I visited a few months ago.  The painting was of these large flowers and I loved it so I snapped a photo.  That photo was the inspiration for this big 'ol flowers (along with Donna Downey's always beautiful flowers).  Now, when I tell you that when I started these flowers were about as ugly as could be...I believe my son said they looked like "alien heads!"  LOL!  But I just kept working on them...adding more and more paint, shadows, highlights...I wouldn't say this is ready for the art gallery but when I finally backed away from what I had painted...I was happy!  They were flowers!!  Just keep working...keep trying...keep experimenting...you will "get it!"

 Once my flowers were finished and dry, I used some white paint and the Cursive Alphabet stencil to add some text ('cause I can't live without text!) to each of the large flowers.  Once this step was finished, I still felt like something was missing...like in that lower left hand corner.  so I grabbed some left over Remnant Rubs and went to town!  Love all the words and numbers scattered over the page.  It was the perfect touch!
 

And then I just needed to add a sentiment...a great saying from Tim...and some hot pink paint splots because every girl needs a little hot pink in their life!  And now...take some time to check out the amazing blog hop list, below, that we have lined up for you today!  We have the eTeam, past eTeam members, previous guest designers, and even some special guests (aka Wendy Vecchi!!) joining us today...It's going to be an amazing hop!  Enjoy!!

 

PaperHaus Fall Spendor Blog Hop

 

I'm super excited that eclectic Paperie is being featured in the PaperHaus Fall Spendor Blog Hop!  We've been an advertiser in PaperHaus and just adore their online magazine.  It is filled with stunningly beautiful projects!  Be sure to check out the latest fall issue!

Click here to check out all of the projects created by eclectic Paperie's design team...they are AMAZING!!

Want to learn more about my art journal project?  I created a quick video, which showcases the steps I took to create this two-page, fall-inspired spread!  (Product links below the video)

Enjoy!

 

Dylusions Art Journal
Adirondack Paint Dabbers
Distress Paint
Golden Liquid Acrylics
Tiny Circles Stencil
Gesso
Tissue Wrap (Terminology)
 

Sweet 'n Sassy Release - Snowman Soup

 

Welcome to day 6 of our September feature Blog Hops!  

Today we're featuring Diane's adorable new Snowman Soup stamp set.

Yesterday silhouettes, today snowmen...it's more excitement than I can take!  I love this set!  Snowmen are my absolute favorite winter time image and this sweet set, with it's pieces that can be mixed and matched, is just perfect!

I kept my design simple, with a few paper hill, some faux stitching, and a darling snowman colored with Copics and nestled into the lowest hill.  I even combined a few of the sweet phrases from the set to make my own sentiment.  Want to see more?  Check out the full set and links to the other design team projects below!

 

• Stamp set includes 7 images and 8 sentiments
• Set measures approximately 6" x 4"
• The large snowman image measures approximately 2" x 2 1/2"
• Designed by Diane Zechman
• Stamp set - $15

  Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away (6) $15 store credits (1 winner will be chosen from each of the 6 blog hops).

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Friday, September 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage by Monday, September 16th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

 

Sweet 'n Sassy Release Day - Christmas Silhouettes

Welcome to day 5 of our September feature Blog Hops!  

Today we're featuring Korin's beautiful new Christmas Silhouettes stamp set and coordinating dies.

Did someone say silhouettes?  With tiny text designed into the images?  Egads...I'm in LOVE!  What could be better than the combination of two of my favorite things...silhouette stamps and text!!  Yippee and ya-hooie!  This one is a keeper!

I started by stamping the holly image a few times on the base of my card, using two colors of Distress Ink.  I then used Stickles to fill in the berry spots.  Next, I stamped and die cut the reindeer and layered him up with all kind of delightful krafty and text papers before adding the sentiment.  Want to see more?  Check out the full stamp and die sets below along with a link to the rest of the design team's creations!

 

• Stamp set includes 6 images and 6 mix & match sentiments
• Set measures approximately 4" x 6"
• The tree image measures approximately 1 1/2" x 3"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set - $15
• Die set - $21.25
• Bundle ($36.25 value) - $32

 

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away (6) $15 store credits (1 winner will be chosen from each of the 6 blog hops).

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Friday, September 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage by Monday, September 16th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!