A One of a Kind TAG Using the "One Of A Kind Winter" Stamp from Susan K. Weckesser

Happy, Happy Day Everyone!  Today I am sharing an oversized mixed media tag created for my second Susan Weckesser design team project for November.  Tag making is something I have not done a lot of in the past, but I am loving it because this year I realized that: a) you have a tag which can be used instead of a card; b) that a blingy tag is such a beautiful decoration, you can wrap your gift in brown paper and it still looks good and c) you can hang it on the Christmas tree as an ornament and a memory.  Seriously Christmas tags may be replacing my Christmas cards next year!

I created this tag for a special, extra Large Gift for someone wonderful, featuring my very favorite "One Of A Kind Winter" snowman stamp  from Susan Weckesser/Unity Stamps.  I Stamped the snowman onto a piece of cardboard that came with a stamp set I bought, because I loved the subtle embossed dots on it, and I colored the hat and scarf using my Zig clean color brush tip markers.

For the background I applied a thin layer of white gesso and I stamped the small house from Susan's Create Your Day Unity Stamp set onto a page of thin white paper from a second-hand medical book I bought for $2.  The paper in medical books or Bibles is wonderful for this technique, tissue paper thin and brilliantly white, it is strong enough to hold up to getting wet with Mod Podge and sprays and mediums. 

Some seed pearls for door knobs, a foam pop dot for the sun and of course the final step with everything I do, a layer of Rangers Stickles and Close To My Heart Liquid Glass finishes everything off.

So that's my tag for today.... I hope it inspires you to go off and create something that will "Warm 3 Winter Months" for someone!
Lynne Mizera, Mixed Media Artist
for the Susan K. Weckesser Design Team
 

Susan K. Weckesser Products used on this project:

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Create Your Day

"One Of A Kind Winter"

Warming Up The Winter One Snowman At A Time...

Well here we are at the midway mark in November and just over four weeks away from Christmas... Whooooosh... that's the sound of 2016 as it flies by at light speed! Grin  Today for my turn over at the My Sweet Earth blog for the Susan Weckesser design team I am sharing these two lovely little tags I created specifically to start a little glow in the heart of the person I am sending them to...

This wonderful little snowman stamp (One Of A Kind Winter) that Susan created a few years ago is still one of my favorite stamps and I love creating something different with him every year...

This year I stamped my image onto a piece of cardboard that came with something I bought... it had the most lovely embossed circles on it and I love the way my snowmen look after Icolored them using my Zig Clean Color brush tip markers.

For the tag backgrounds I used gesso and pastes mixed media style and then added embossing powders which I melted over the tag to create texture...

But for this tag I stamped the house and sun from Susan's Create Your Day Unity Stamp set  - once on the tag and once on a dictionary page which I cut out and pasted on ...

And of course the part I enjoyed the most was adding the embellishments and a thicklayer of Rangers Stickles until those tags sparkled. These were fun to make and will be even more fun to put on a package and gift away.

Thank you for stopping in to see me today and I am sending you a warm winter hug from my Snowmen!
Lynne Mizera,
for the Susan Weckesser Design Team




 

My Little Boxes of Happy...

Hello and Happy Halloween everyone!  today is the day for my second mixed media project for the Susan Weckesser Creative Team and instead of going traditional Halloween-y I thought I would share this little idea that has been germinating in my brain for about two years now and chose today to be birthed.  I am calling these My Little Boxes of Happy!

The size of an old-fashioned match box, the outside is already a wee jewelled gift...but when you slide back the cover a complete three-dimensional scene is revealed that just makes you smile... hence My Little Boxes of Happy!

I used the Sizzix Bigz-L Die #659447: Tim Holtz Alterations Matchbox and Susan Weckesser's Live in Color paper line to create the matchboxes.

Susan's paper worked like a dream because it is so much heavier than regular card stock, and a bit of Sook Wang double sided tape holds everything in place.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember to stamp background images BEFORE assembling the matchbox.

Susan's stamps are the perfect size for creating these tiny, 1.75"x2.25" diorama's I needed, which I stamped and painted using my new Peerless watercolors  

Another Note: I will be creating a new blog post in November all about these wonderful bits of dye-infused paper.

And when these images were embellished using Ranger's Stickles and Close To My Heart's Liquid Glass, they ended up looking like jewels and made spectacular backgrounds. 

I assembled my wee diorama outside the box on a piece of heavy cardstock, using foam pop dots and Beacon 3in1 glue, and then popped the completed scene into the box base using more Sooke Wang tape to hold it all in place.

A delightful little surprise and so gift-worthy, don't you think?  So thanks for popping in today to see what I am up to .... and as a Special Thanks to YOU my loyal followers... if you send me an email request with your street address (see contact box above) I will send you some matchbox cut-outs so you can create and assemble your own Little Boxes of Happy! 

Lynne Mizera
for the Susan Weckesser Creative Team
 
Susan K. Wecckesser/Unity Stamp Sets I used:
Going Wild
Journal Doodles With A Heart
Granma's Needlepoint
In Circle Me
Create Your Day

Other Susan K. Weckesser Products I used:
Live In Colour Paper Line
ColorBox Mini Pop Inks

And the Rest:
Sizzix BigzL Die#659447
Peerless Watercolors
Sook Wang Tape
Rangers Stickles
Close To My Heart Liquid Glass
Foam Pop Dots
Beacon 3in1 Adhesive
 

A Fun Mixed-Media Tag To Make You Smile

Happy Fall Day everyone and I just want to share... I.LOVE.FALL... the bright, sunny days and the cool, crisp air just makes me Happy! So when I sat down today to create something "Mixed Media" for the Susan Weckesser creative team this is what appeared... Doesn't it just make you smile?

I used Magenta Nuance pigment powders and my ARTplorations Bubbles Mini Stencil to create the background and to paint up the Susan K. Weckesser/Unity Stamps - Tiny Houses,  and here is my process:

I used my ARTlorations Bubbles-Mini stencil and Viva Inka Gold paint in Platinum as a starting point for my tag.

Then I outlined all those bubbles in a masking fluid. Masking fluid is a product which rubs off when it has dried so you can keep the area where it was applied free from paint.

Now, using my Magenta Nuance pigment powders I sprinkle some pigment right onto my dry tag...

And spray with water....

the more water you use the more the pigments blend...

and when it has dried, I rub off all those masking fluid circles and use My CUTplorations Nesting Luggage Tag die to cut out  my tag...

And then I outline those circles using my Ranger Liquid Pearls to really make them shine...

Next, using those same Magenta Nuance pigment powders I painted my stamped Tumbleweed Houses, cut them out and decorated them with Rangers Stickles and CTMH Liquid Glass... 

Now all that was left to do was assemble the tag.  I used foam pop dots to mount the houses and then added these wonderful star eyelets that I have had around for about 10 years... Boy it feels good using my stash!

This tag just makes me happy every time I look at it!

So thanks for popping in today to see what I am up to, and I hope this little tutorial inspires you to go create something of your own!

I think this tag is totally share-worthy so I am linking it up to the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - Challenge #19 - "Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Lynne Mizera
for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team
 

It's a Wonderful LIfe - And I Am Living It In Full Color!

Hello EVERYBODY!!! Guess What?  This week the creative team over at Susan K. Weckesser Inc. have hijacked the Clearsnap Blog and are sharing some of the ways we use the new Colorbox Color Pop Mini Inks.  (How fun is THAT?!) And today it's ME up on their blog!! Where Iam sharing this fun scrapbook layout I created all about Me trying to live my life Out Loud and in Full Color!

These photos are all about one of my favorite adventures as I pushed through my HUGE fear of heights and went Para-sailing in 2012 while I was in  Hawaii on a two-week long, bucket-list item scrapbooking vacation with this wonderful group of women.

There was one moment when we were all hooked into the para-sail and were just beginning to slide backwards off the boat when I absolutely panicked - and of course that's when they took the photo! (Can you tell I thought I might die?)

Because I wanted to remember the entire event I recorded my memory here behind the main photo, where the details can remain hidden from the casual observer but are there for anyone who wants to know the story.

I had so much fun reliving this memory as I created my layout using every single vibrant color of the ColorBox mini POP inks and may fun elements from two sets of the Susan K. Weckesser stamps sets from Unity Stamps to capture the joy of the moment.

So thank you for popping in to see what I am up to and please do pop on over to the Clearsnap Blog to see what the Susan Weckesser creative team will be sharing next.  And as always, please do leave me a comment if you like what I am sharing..Smile.

Lynne Mizera

for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team

Susan K. Weckesser products used on this project:

CELEBRATION OF SIMPLE

JOURNAL DOODLES WITH A HEART

COLOR POP MINI INKS