My Booth at Chapel Con 2018! Sharing Artwork and Jewelry

Hello everyone!  This past weekend I set up a booth at Chapel Con to sell some of my artwork and jewelry.  This event is held in my hometown.  It's also the largest event I have ever set up at -- 2 arenas filled (100+ booths) with actors, cosplayers, vendors, artists, vehicles from movies/tv series, and food.  This was the 2nd year for Chapel Con and from what I heard from everyone it was even bigger and better than the first year.  There was a wonderful line up of actors including -- Ryan Hurst (Harold "Opie" Winston on Sons of Anarchy), Sam Jones (Flash Gordon), Kiowa Gordon (Embry Call in the Twilight Saga), Joshua Mikel (Jared on Walking Dead), RJ Mitte ( Walter White Jr in Breaking Bad), Aaron Schwartz (Heavyweights, The Mighty Ducks, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2), Jayson Warner Smith (Gavin on Walking Dead), and Charles Wright (WWE Hall of Fame).  Another fantastic line up of cosplayers including -- Superkayce, Oh My Sophii! (She bought a piece of my art work!), Knightmage, Sirynrae, Hannah Eva, and Aradia Tombes.  

We started setting up the booth on Thursday and finished up early Saturday morning before the show opened.  The weekend before the event was my family reunion and several family members asked if I would post pictures of my booth, artwork, and jewelry.  These are a few of the pictures and I will be sharing more closeups over the next week or so and including more details about the pieces.  The artwork includes fluid acrylic painting, resin art, alcohol ink/foiling and resin art, alcohol ink and resin art.  I also had a table for my handmade jewelry.

Here is a look at the inside of the booth with artwork.  Just as a reminder you can click on all of the images to enlarge them and be able to see more details.

"80's Rock On"

16 x 20 canvas

This is one of my favorite pieces.  This is a fluid acrylic painting with a top coat of resin.

12 x 24 canvas

This is another fluid acrylic painting.  

This piece has a glazed top coat.

8 x 8 gallery wood panel

Alcohol ink with gold foiling and a top coat of resin.

8 x 8 gallery wood panel

Alcohol ink with gold foiling and a top coat of resin. This piece also includes a resin mermaid and is embellished with crystals, sea glass, shells, confetti, and glitter for lots of texture, shimmer and sparkle.  This is another favorite piece of mine.

These are a couple sets of coasters.  Alcohol inks, resin, and gold gilding flakes were used to create these.  The coasters measure 4 x 4.  They protect the surface of your furniture and look beautiful at the same time.

8 x 8 gallery wood panel

Alcohol ink with gold foiling and a top coat of resin.

This is the Blue Paradise Geode and Resin Canvas with Art Resin that I posted a couple weeks ago.  If you missed the post you can click HERE to see more pictures and find out all of the details.

This is a mermaid jewelry tray.  The tray and mermaid are both metal with a bronze finish and the mermaid has a patina finish.  Crystals, sea glass, shells, confetti, glitter, and sand were added to the resin to create this beautiful piece.

12 x 12 canvas

This is another fluid acrylic painting.  

This piece has a glazed top coat.

This is a screen door that we painted and added decorative legs to for a display piece.  A huge thanks to my oldest son, Dusty for all his help in getting some of my display pieces ready for the show!  All of the pieces shown are fluid acrylic paintings with a glaze top coat.

Sorry, I can't remember what size this canvas is!

This is called a "tree ring" pour.  It's a fluid acrylic paintings with a glaze top coat.

16 x 20 canvas

This is a fluid acrylic paintings with a glaze top coat.  Love the white space in this piece!

This is a picture on the outside of the booth looking in.

"Mermaid in the Sparkling Sea"

16 x 20 canvas

This is a fluid acrylic painting with a couple layers of resin.  The mermaid is a very light weight wood piece I painted black and adhered to the canvas.  Then in the bottom right corner and going up the side I added crystals, sea glass, shells, confetti, and glitter.  There is also glitter sprinkled throughout the piece for added sparkle and shimmer and then a top coat of resin on the entire piece.

Here is a picture of my jewelry display.

One more picture of the jewelry table.

There is a lot of work that goes into preparing for an event like this.  The past few months our house has been taken over by artwork.  Every flat surface was used for drying artwork lol.  A HUGE HUGE thanks and shout out to my husband, Eric and boys, Dusty and Evan for being so supportive of my creative journey throughout the years and especially during the crazy creative chaos of getting ready for a show!!!  If it wasn't for them I wouldn't be able to do what I do.

Like I said I will be sharing more pictures over the next week or so of artwork and jewelry along with more details about the pieces.

These are some of the products used the create the art pieces.

Art Resin

Ice Resin

Jacquard Pinata Alcohol Inks

Ranger Alcohol Inks

Heidi Swapp Foil

Crafter's Companion Foil

DecoArt Acrylic Paints

Liquitex Acrylic Paints

FolkArt Acrylic Paints

Golden Acrylic Paints

Canvases

Gallery Canvases

Gallery Wood Panels

Tonic Studios Pure Sheen Glitter

Tonic Studios Confetti

Crystals, Sea Glass, Pebbles, Rocks, Sand, Shells, Mica Flakes, Gilding Flakes

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy the artwork I create and share and it inspires you.  ♥

Much love, hugs, and blessings,

Heidi

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The Stamp Simply Ribbons Store - Altenew Live Life In Full Bloom Card and Tutorial

Hello everyone and happy Friday!  Today, for my Stamp Simply Ribbon Store post I have a fun and very shimmery card and tutorial to share with you.

Here is the card I designed using the Altenew Dahlia Blooms Clear Stamps.  There are a few steps to this card but I promise they are all easy and well worth the outcome.

To start I stamped the flowers and leaves on to some post-it notes and then fussy cut.  If you don't have any post-it notes you can also use some printer/copy paper and a two way glue pen.  **Edit--I just wanted to let everyone know Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper is now available in The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  You can click HERE to find it.  These pieces will be used to mask off the stamping on the card in front and to layer the stamps.  I stamped the first flower with VersaMark ink.  Then, I added Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder and used a heat tool to melt and heat set the powder.  Then I added the mask on top of the flower on the card front and stamped another flower right next to it.  I removed the mask and then added more embossing powder and heat set the powders.  I repeated this step several times with the flowers and leaves. Just make sure you have a mask in place anytime you are stamping the images that overlap each other.

Once all of the embossing was done then I colored over all of the flowers and leaves with the Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen,  You just have to stay within the outer outline parts of the flower and leaves so it goes pretty quick to color them in.  The flowers on the right have just the wink of stella on them.  Next, I used a water brush and added some DecoArt Metallic Lustre Gold Rush to each of the petals and leaves.  This isn't anything fancy and there is no real technique.  I just started at the back of each petal/leaf and lightly pounced the water brush with the gold rush to add some color and then worked towards the front of the petal and the color will get lighter.  If the color gets too dark for your liking just take a paper towel and press down on the area to pick up the color.  Also the more water you add the lighter the gold will appear.

Now, I will say this was a little hard to photograph and some of the pictures the gold looks more like a yellow gold but in real life it isn't that bold.  I tried to tweak some of the pictures in photoshop but sometimes deep pink and red colors can be a bit hard to photograph.  But I wanted to let you know it's not as bold as it might look.

In this picture all of the leaves and flowers are colored.

Here is a close up.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of  Vellum with VersaMark ink.  Then, I added Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and used a heat tool to melt and heat set the powder.  I folded the vellum around to the back and taped it in place.  I also used some Bazzill Gold Mirror paper for a second layer on the card.

Here is a close up.  I added a few 5mm Crystal Cup Sequins.

I added the card front to a top folding A2 landscape white card base.  

I hope you enjoyed the card and tutorial.  This is an easy way to add LOTS of shimmer to you card.

Check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of your paper crafting goodies.  Also, hop on over to the Stamp Simply blog to see more inspiration from the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Stamps:  Altenew Dahlia Blooms Clear Stamps
Paper:  Bazzill Gold Mirror, Vellum, Cardstcok - Deep Rose, White
Ink:  VersaMark
Accessories:  Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder, Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen, Water Brush, DecoArt Metallic Lustre Gold Rush, 5mm Crystal Cup Sequins, Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L E-Z Runner, Therm-O-Web Foam Squares

This Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Give Thanks Card with a Tutorial

Hello blogging friends!  Today, I have a card to share with you using two of the NEW Autumn Stamp Simply Clear Stamps.  I also have a tutorial to show you how I created the background using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

Here is a look at the card I designed.  I have created several cards that have watercolor background and also faux watercolor backgrounds.  For all of those other cards I have always used a watercolor or mixed media paper and I thought why not put a different spin on it and use kraft paper.  

I think kraft paper works great for a faux watercolor look because it uses very little water but you probably wouldn't want to use it for regular watercolor because the paper would pill up.  I stamped the leaf and acorn images from both the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - SS-009 Give Thanks and SS-010 Harvest stamp sets on to kraft paper.  I used Delicata Celestial Copper ink and then added Ranger - Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder to all of the images.  I used my heat tool to melt and heat set the embossing powders.  I think the copper embossing looks so pretty on kraft paper.  Next I started applying color to the images using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  All of the inks are listed below in the supplies.  Whenever I do ink blending I just use cotton balls.  I pinch the cotton ball and rub in on the ink pad and then I rub some of the ink off on to a piece of scratch paper.  To do the ink blending I start off of the paper going in a circular motion.  Doing this will give you a very soft ink blending.

Here is a look at the paper after all of the ink blending is done.

Next I took a paint brush with clean water and added water droplets.  Distress Inks will react with water and adding the water droplets is a fun way to give your paper more interest, texture and depth.

Let the water droplet sit on the paper for a few seconds and then blot with a paper towel.  Use a heat tool to speed up the drying time for the paper.  You can repeat the water droplets as many times as you would like until you achieve the desired look.  Just make sure to dry the paper each time after adding water.  You will also see as the paper drys the areas where the water was start to pop a little more.

Next I added some water to the DecoArt - Metallic Lustre Copper Kettle.  I wanted to use this to add little copper paint splatters on to the background paper.

Here is a look at the paper with the copper splatters.  Now, I will admit this didn't turn out like I thought it would.  I have used other colors of the DecoArt Metallic Lustre and it adds a pretty metallic accent.  The copper looks more like a burnt red or orange red and doesn't have as much of a shimmer when it's the little splatters.  However if you brush or rub it on to something then it has a beautiful copper shimmer.  So after the splatters were dry then I took the paper towel I had used to wipe everything up and I rubbed it on the background to get a pretty shimmer.

Here is a close up where you can see the copper shimmer.  In this picture the paint splatters have a little more metallic shimmer to them but they have to hit the light just right.

I used one of the sentiments from the  Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - SS-009 Give Thanks stamp set.  I stamped the sentiment on to a piece of brown cardstock with Delicata Celestial Copper ink and then embossed it with Ranger - Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder.  Then I die cut the paper using one of the dies from Spellbinders - Labels Twenty-Five die set.  I added Therm-O-Web Foam Squares to the back of the label and the background piece.  Then I added some metallic copper ribbon and assembled the card.  To finish off the card I used some of the brown and green sequins from the Prima Say It In Crystals Combo Pack - A Victorian Christmas.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and tutorial. Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all your paper crafting needs and visit the Stamp Simply Blog for more inspiration from the design team.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Stamps:  Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - SS-009 Give Thanks, SS-010 Harvest
Paper:  Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 80# Text - Copper, Cardstock - Kraft, Brown
Ink:  Delicata Celestial Copper, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs
Dies:  Spellbinders - Labels Twenty-Five
Ribbon: Copper
Accessories: Prima Say It In Crystals Combo Pack - A Victorian Christmas (sequins), Ranger - Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder, Ranger - Glossy Accents, DecoArt - Metallic Lustre Copper Kettle, Therm-O-Web Foam Squares, Scor-Tape, Paint Brush, Water, Heat Tool

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Dahlia Watercolor Thinking of You Card

Hello everyone!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I have a beautiful watercolor card with a touch of copper to share with you.

Anything with a touch of metallic is a really hot trend right now and I love the metallic gold but I have been seeing metallic copper popping up here and there with pattern papers and embellishments. So I decided to add a touch of metallic copper to my card and I have to say I am loving it!  The metallic copper looks so rich and it also adds a bit of sparkle.  For the floral images I used the Altenew - Dahlia Blooms Clear Stamps.  I stamped the flowers and leaves onto Ranger Watercolor paper with VersaMark ink.  Then I applied Ranger Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder and used a heat tool to heat set and melt the powder.  

I used the Altenew - Four Scoops (Cotton Candy), Red Cosmos (Coral Berry), Red Sunset (Crimson) to watercolor the flowers and I used Green Fields (Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades) to color the leaves.  On both the flowers and leaves I started with adding water to the images and then applied the lightest color and then I used a heat tool to dry the paper.  I repeated this process for each color by applying water and then the color--going darker with each layer.  I just dropped the color in to each petal and then the water move the colors.

I also stamped, embossed, and watercolor another flower and a couple of leaves on a separate piece of paper.  Then I used the Altenew - Dahlia Blooms Die to die cut the shape.  I stamped and embossed a sentiment from the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Blessings/Beatitudes 2 stamp set.  Then I used the Spellbinders - Labels Thirty-Four to die cut the sentiment.  I added some May Arts 1.5" Metallic Copper Crochet Lace across the middle of the card and then I used Therm-O-Web Foam Squares to add the layers of die cuts.  I also added some Copper Metallic String.  You can see some of the loops from the string under the flower and leaves.

I also added a bit more of the metallic gold using the DecoArt Metallic Lustre - Copper Kettle.  I put a small amount of the DecoArt Metallic Lustre - Copper Kettle on the lid of the container and then I added some water and then I made the little splatters on the background paper.  If you add the lustre to the inside of the lid it can just dry on there and then you don't waste any--just add a little more water next time.

I used Scor-Tape to adhere the card front to a top folding A2 card base.  

I hope you enjoy today's card!

Please be sure to visit the Stamp Simply Blog to see more inspiration from the design team and also The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all your paper crafting needs.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Stamps:  Altenew - Dahlia Blooms Clear Stamps, Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Blessings/Beatitudes 2
Paper:  Ranger Watercolor, Cardstock - White
Ink:  VersaMark, Altenew - Four Scoops (Cotton Candy), Red Cosmos (Coral Berry), Red Sunset (Crimson), Green Fields (Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades)
Dies: Altenew - Dahlia Blooms Die, Spellbinders - Labels Thirty-Four
Ribbon:  May Arts 1.5" Metallic Copper Crochet Lace, Copper Metallic String
Accessories:  Ranger Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder, DecoArt Metallic Lustre - Copper Kettle, Therm-O-Web Foam Squares, Scor-Tape, Paint Brush, Heat Tool

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Altenew Painted Flower Birthday Wishes Card

Hello blogging friends!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I have a pretty quick and easy card to share with you.  

Here is a look at the card I designed.  I used VersaMark ink and Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder to stamp and emboss one of the sentiments from the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - SS-Sent003 Birthday Blessings.  Next, I used the Perfect Peach and Cotton Candy inks from the Altenew - Four Scoops ink collection to stamp the flowers from the Altenew - Painted Flowers clear stamp set.  For the leaves I used Memento - New Sprout and Bamboo Leaves.  Then I used VersaMark ink and Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder to stamp and emboss the outline of the flowers and also the smaller leaf and flower stamps.  I used a q-tip to add some ink to the tiny little flowers.

Here is a close up of the flowers.  I used DecoArt - Metallic Lustre Gold Rush to add the gold droplets.  To do this I scoop out a small amount of the lustre and put it either on a craft mat of the inside of the lid to the container and then I add water.  I have it wet enough that I can pick up a good amount with a paint brush and then I just tap the brush to get the droplets and then I set it aside to dry.

To finish off the card front I inked around the edges with Memento - New Sprout ink.  Then I added a few Melissa Frances White Pearls.  I used Therm-O-Web Foam Squares to add some dimension to the layers.  The finished card is an A2 landscape sized card.

Thanks so much for joining me today!  I hope you have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Please be sure to visit The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all your paper crafting needs and visit the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Stamps:  Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - SS-Sent003 Birthday Blessings, Altenew - Painted Flowers
Paper:  Cardstock - White
Ink:  Altenew - Four Scoops (Perfect Peach, Cotton Candy), Memento - New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, VersaMark Ink
Accessories:  Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, DecoArt - Metallic Lustre Gold Rush, Melissa Frances White Pearls, Scor-Tape, Therm-O-Web Foam Squares

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - May God Bless You Richly Watercolor Card

Hello Blogging friends!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.   I have a beautiful watercolor card to share with you using some of the Altenew stamps and inks along with the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps.  

Sharon Johnson, owner of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store is now carrying some of the Altenew products.  If you aren't familiar with them you should hop on over to the store and check them out.  The floral images are so gorgeous and they work perfectly with all of the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps sentiments.

Here is the card I designed using the Altenew - Clear Stamps - Botanical Garden and Stamp Simply Clear Stamps SS-Sent003 Birthday Blessings.  For the background piece I stamped the images with VersaMark Ink and then heat set with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I used some of the Altenew - Ink Cubes Four Scoops - Cotton Candy, Mango Smoothie, Peach Perfect along with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn to watercolor the background.  Once the watercolor piece was dry them I took some of the DecoArt Metallic Lustre - Gold Rush and watered it down a bit and then added the little gold splatters.

Next I stamp one of the sentiments from the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps SS-Sent003 Birthday Blessings on to some Vellum and heat set with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I wrapped the vellum around the card and adhered it to the back.

Here is another close up.  To finish off the card I added some Darice 5mm Crystal Sequins for a bit of sparkle.  Then I added Therm-O-Web Foam Squares for a bit of dimension and then added the front to a pick A2 top folding card base.

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of the fantastic paper crafting products and the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Stamps:  Stamp Simply Clear Stamps SS-Sent003 Birthday Blessings, Altenew - Clear Stamps - Botanical Garden
Paper:  Ranger Watercolor Paper, Vellum, Cardstock - Pink
Ink:  Altenew - Ink Cubes Four Scoops - Cotton Candy, Mango Smoothie, Peach Perfect, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn, VersaMark Ink
Accessories:  Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, DecoArt Metallic Lustre - Gold Rush (droplets), Ranger Glossy Accents, Darice 5mm Crystal Sequins, Therm-O-Web Foam Squares, Scor-Tape, Faber-Castell Mix & Match Deluxe Water Brush, Heat Tool