Paper Wings Productions' August Design Team Blog Hop

Howdy, Pardner!

Welcome to the “Vintage” Paper Wing Production's Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!  If you've arrived here from Norma Gomez's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you’re just stopping by for a visit, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

 

This month we’re sharing beautiful vintage themed projects and some of our new designers are making their Paper Wing Productions debut...so make sure to give them a hearty and warm welcome.  I am sure they will wow us all with their vintage art! 

Now it's time to grab a nice tall glass of something cool and refreshing and prepare to be inspired!!  This month’s main prize is a gift certificate to the New Paper Wings Production’s online store.
 

For a chance to win, all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary. 
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave them some love. Then go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting them you completed the hop. 
• to increase your chances of winning, like the Paper Wings Productions' 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, August 6, 2013 on The Aviary.

Now are you ready to see my spin on vintage?

You sure?  It isn't what you would expect!  Because of all the Texas themed stamps available from Paper Wings Productions I went a little honky tonk and used the same format as last month with a tag art canvas.

The background began innocently enough.  I started much like I did for my sea inspired piece from last month with some stamping, distressing of the edges and drips of mist.  Then I keep on adding distressing, images, color and a little bit of patterned paper.  Somehow it looked too dark so I added globs of gesso in a haphazard way with a strip of cardstock as an applicator.   Mist started to spread, I used a heat embossing gun to do some quick drying and added more gesso.  Then I scraped off gesso.  I added more stamping, ink, patterned paper stars and the like.  For the background I used Texas State or Deep in the Heart of Texas, Hanging Stars, Lone Star and Writing Backgrounds or Writing stamps.  I also added a border using a gold leafing pen.

Tag No. 1

On a coffee stained tag I stamped the Texas from Texas State or Small Texas State using red and pink Distress Inks.  To add interest I stamped the Texas cancelation seal from Texas State or Deep in the Heart of Texas and the Alamo from Texas Melange or Remember the Alamo in grey ink and the writing from Writing Backgrounds or Writing in brown ink.  I tied a strip of brown burlap to the tag.

Tag No. 2

On a coffee stained tag I stamped the sentiment from Texas Sayings using brown ink.  To add interest in grey ink I stamped the star from Texas Melange or behind the sentiment, the Alamo from Texas Melange or Remember the Alamo also in grey ink and Texas cancelation seal from Texas State or Deep in the Heart of Texas and the writing from Writing Backgrounds or Writing in brown ink.  I tied a strip of brown burlap to the tag.

Tag No. 3

On a coffee stained tag I stamped the boots from Lyrics or Walking using blue Distress Inks.  Over the boots I stamped the Texas cancelation seal from Texas State or Deep in the Heart of Texas in dark blue.  To add interest in grey ink I stamped the Alamo from Texas Melange or Remember the Alamo and the writing from Writing Backgrounds or Writing in brown ink.  I tied a strip of brown burlap to the tag.

Behind the middle tag I added a nest of gold thread.  And there you have it!

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

Carrie Avery

Cathi O’Neill

Dana Tatar

Irit Shalom 

Norma Gomez

Shay <===== you are here

The Aviary­

It has been an absolute pleasure to have you visit me today and I hope this hop inspires you to ink up some Paper Wings Productions stamps!

Happy creating,

Shay.

Supplies:
Stamps: Texas Sayings &

Ink: worn lipstick, fired brick, stormy sky, broken china and brushed corduroy, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger; weather vane, spice tin, malted milk and brown sugar, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger; cup o' joe mid-tone and charcoal mid-tone, Hero Arts Shadow Ink
Cardstock: solar white, Neenah paper
Patterned paper: kingman from halfway café collection, Cosmo Cricket
Other: canvas panel, artist's loft; gesso, Claudine Hellmuth Studio by Ranger; star punch, Stampin' Up!; Inkssentials ink blending tool, Ranger; heat embossing gun; twilight sprinklers, October Afternoon; antique brass glimmer mist, Tattered Angels; Cool Gray No. 3 (C3), Copic; chestnut memory marker, American Crafts; gold leafing pen, Elmer's; gold thread, Coats

Paper Wings Productions' July Design Team Blog Hop

Ahoy there!  Welcome to the “By The Sea” Paper Wing Productions' Design Team Blog Hop and Giveaway.  If you've arrived here from Dana's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you’re just stopping by for a visit, I’d love for you to check out our hop...you will love what you find.  Please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

This month we’re sharing enchanting projects from down “by the sea”.  So grab a tall cold drink with a colorful umbrella naturally and let’s go “by the sea.”  There will be blog candy along the way too so make sure you stop by each blog!  This month’s main prize is a gift certificate to the new Paper Wings Productions' online store.  

For a chance to win, all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary. 
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave them some love. Then go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting them you completed the hop. 
• to increase your chances of winning, like the Paper Wings Productions' 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, July 9, 2013 on The Aviary.

Are you ready to see what I have in store for you by the sea?

It just so happens that I am in a nautical mood and luckily Paper Wings Productions has just the stamps I need to make a nautical inspired canvas panel.

I began the canvas by stamping the waves from Mermaid on the bottom right hand side of the canvas with grey ink.  Then I over stamped the postcard in blue ink from Writing Backgrounds or Postcard.  I also stamped the postcard on the top left of the canvas.  The last bit of stamping on the canvas was to add several shells and starfish from Sea Melange or Sea.  Lastly, I added some drops of mist and distressed the edges with Distress Ink.

The finished background:

Left tag:

I stamped the starfish from Sea Melange or Sea in grey on to a coffee stained tag.  The quote from Sea Melange or Seaside was stamped in blue ink.

Center tag:

The lighthouse from Sea Melange or Seaside was stamped in navy on a coffee stained tag.  I added some depth to the image by using a Copic marker.   In blue ink I stamped the cancellation seal from Text Melange or Text on the bottom right.  I stamped part of the handwriting from Writing Backgrounds or Writing in grey over the seal and on the top left of the tag.

Right tag:

I stamped the ship scene from Sea Melange or Sea in blue on a coffee stained tag.  I stamped just the waves a few more times to fill in the bottom of the tag which turned out perfect!  I stamped the clouds from Earth & Sky Melange or Cloudy several times on the top of the tag in blue ink to finish off my scene.

And here is another look at the this seaworthy canvas:

I think this little baby is going to my papa as he also loves the nautical look.  I love when something I make can be given as a gift.  Win-win.

By the way if you want to see a couple of other by the sea projects I've made in the past for Paper Wings Productions click HERE (mermaid) and HERE (boat).  Make sure to also visit The Aviary for lots of other fabulous by the sea inspiration and much, much more!

That's it from me for now.  Make sure to head on over to finish up the hop at The Aviary.

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

Cathi O'Neill

Carrie Avery

Tara Chaussee

Amber Rasmuss

Norma Gomez

Dana Tatar

Shay *you are here
The Aviary

It has been an absolute delight to have you visit me today and I hope this hop motivates you to ink up some Paper Wings Productions stamps!

Happy creating,

Shay.

Supplies:

Stamps:

Ink: antique linen and brushed corduroy, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger; weather vane, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger; navy and stone wash, Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink

Other: canvas panel, Artist's Loft; coffee stained tags; Inkssentials ink blending tool, Ranger; token from midway collection sprinklers color mist, October Afternoon; hemp twine; cool gray no. 3 (C3), Copic; dimensional adhesive

Trio of Tags

Dear Reader,

Back in June I used stamps by paper wings productions to create some fun and pretty quick tags.  I wanted to share a trio I made with just a few supplies like Memento Ink, Distress Ink, water, Prisma colored pencils, perfect pearls and paper wings productions stamps.

Any of the Papier Family stamp sets work amazingly well with the London and Paris stamp sets.  It is incredibly fun to create scenes with these stamp sets together.  

And for those wanting to celebrate the Olympic games you can't beat the London stamp set!

Enjoy the opening ceremony of the Olympic games today and thanks for taking the time to visit,

Shay.

The paper wings productions stamps used: Double Dot Border, London, Marcel, Paris, Sophie, Text Melange, Triangle Border and Writing Backgrounds.