Another Day of Whisker Graphics Blog Hop

Today, I have another post for the Whisker Graphics Blog Hop.  I went a little crazy again this time, but making bags is so much fun.....
Speaking of fun, we have PRIZES!

Prizes

With all the fabulous inspiration that we will be sharing from both design teams we thought some of you would like to play along with these great products too, so there are PRIZES! Just comment along the hops each day and leave a thoughtful comment for the designers. Winners will be announced Monday, May 9th.

Three prize packages consisting of one each –

• Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Solid
• Divine Twine Diva – Crushed Lavender Stripe
• Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Solid
• Divine Twine Diva – Dried Celadon Stripe
• An assortment of bags in a variety of sizes and patterns.
• Winners choice of a Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp Set and Matching Dies (from available stock)

These three winners MUST have a US mailing address (or territories or military).

But wait! Additionally, we will give away one prize to an Australian winner courtesy of our distributor there – The Stencil Specialist – which will consist of distributor’s choice of one stamp, one stencil and a surprise goodie.

So, here is my post for the day:

I simply used the Sheep Die Cut in my manual die cut machine, right on the bag.  I traced the cut out with a black marker.  Then, I filled a zip top baggie with mints and slipped it inside.  I glued down the fine , loose pieces.  Finally, I folded over the top of the bag and wrapped it with twine.

    Here are a couple of extra bag inspirations for you:

This bad was created in almost the same way as the previous one.  I cut out the bag with the Holly Die Cut.  Then, I lined the first bag with a small white bag.  I had to cut the white bag just a hair to get it inside.  Then, I glued down the smaller pieces.

Finally, I have a couple of "seaside" bags.  The coral and all the shells were stamped using the Seashells Cling Rubber Stamp Set.  Then, the coral was cut with the Seashells Die Set.  The Sea Turtle Stencil was pasted.  The Starfish Stencil was embossed by using the Versamark ink over the stencil and heat embossing with the ivory opaque embossing powder .
     Thank you for stopping by today.  Remember to leave a note for your chance to win prizes.  Stop by and comment on all the blogs for even more entries.

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray

Janelle Stollfus

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Fritts

Laura Drahozal

Whisker Graphics Blog

Thursday Color Challenge--Lime and Gray (sort of)

Okay, so I guess it is true confessions time: I was really afraid of this week's challenge. Yep, I will boldly jump into multi layered painted boxes, use shrink plastic with abandon, and am not anxious about adding ANYTHING on top of flat white paste--yet, I was so afraid of a color challenge that it took literally all day. I procrastinated and procrastinated. I just had NO idea what I could do with lime green and gray.

Finally, when it became really, really late, I sorted through my stencils to look for something that is supposed to be green. I wound up with a stack of butterflies, a frog, a turtle and some really cute lizards. I decided on the lizard LM 2004. I have always liked this one with a southwest vibe. In fact, it is the one that I used to demonstrate this very technique at The Cottage Stamper in Illinois this past June. I soaped up the back of the stencil, brushed off the crumbs and adhered it to the Double Sided Adhesive Paper. Then, I found a lime(ish) foil from Creative Imaginations and laid it over the top of the stencil. I pressed the foil into the stencil "holes" with the smaller of the embossing tools. I did the eyes the same way with red. Before removing the stencil, I rubbed in some Stampendous Flock in Olive You. I brushed off the excess and carefully removed the paper from the stencil. Then, I poured Crystal Art Glitter over the whole thing. I cut around the shape, adhered it to the green cardstock and cut again. The Friend stencil (which is, apparentl unavailable, but has been replaced by the almost identical Friends stencil LM 210) was done the same way, but I left a border of the adhesive paper around the outside which I covered in the foil as well. I also did not attach the cardstock to it.

The background was done by placing black coated aluminum over the the Mosaic Swirls LJ 901 stencil. I rubbed it all over with a thick drawing blending stump. With the stencil still in place, I sanded lightly over the top of the aluminum, removing the black coating on the raised areas. I am calling this aluminum "gray" for purposes of the challenge. Finally, I attached it all, using a gray patterned paper from Little Yellow Bicycle and gray and white twine from My Mind's Eye.

Once I decided what to do, this challenge wasn't all that hard. Like everything, I just had to set my mind to it and get started. I hope you feel inspired to get started on some stencilling of your own. Leave a comment, visit the other Dream Teamers, then get to work. Make your own and link it to the Dreamweaver Blog. It'll be fun! Oh, and don't forget to come back next week!