A Little Bookmark by Irene Tan

Hi Marion Smith Designs fans! It's Irene here. Time really flies and we're on the countdown towards year 2016! When I thought of today's blog post, the first think that came to my mind is creating a resolution book. But I'm sure everyone is doing that at this time. Therefore, I think I want to create something a different. I want to create a little something that I will use for the year 2016 and it will remind me of one of my resolution.

With that, I've created a little bookmark which says "typewriter". This little bookmark will reminds me to document down my sweet, sour and bitter experiences in 2016.

This is just a little idea for you all and I'm going to create a few more to remind me throughout 2016. It will be a perfect little reminder for someone who loves to read or love keeping a planner.

Supplies Used:

Sweet Something, Forever/Romance Novel Ch. 2 

Hope you all are inspired and Happy 2016!!!

xx Irene Tan

Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 05 with Yasmin Tölche

Hello everyone, Yasmin on the blog today wishing you a big welcome to Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop! There has been so many inspiration this week, I hope you have enjoyed it.

I have two projects I'd like to share with you today! a tag and a Shadowbox. Let's start with the Tag :)

I've used Marion Smith Design "Timekeeper" collection and beautiful Petaloo flowers. 

The tag is masculine, perfect to give on fathers day or as a birthday card to a man. :) 

My next project is a Shadowbox. I tend to keep fun boxes and things that you get embellishement or things like that in, This one has been an old card case. 

I've painted it with black gesso and some texture paste with sand in it. I aslo added micropearls in black and silver to get a more sparkely look. 

I've use flowers, gears, bottles and other things. A perfect fathers day gift! :)

Products used: 

Marion Smith Designs - TimeKeeper - Carnival

Marion Smith Designs - Time Keeper - Merchant

Marion Smith Designs - Time Keeper - Cogs and Gears

Marion Smith Designs - Junque and Gems - Mini Bottles

Petaloo Flowers - Mini Textures Blossoms - Black

Petaloo Flowers - Mini Texture Blossoms - Teal

Petaloo Flowers - Sugared Blooms - Teal

Petaloo Flowers - Chantilly Velvet Hydrageas - Blue 

Thank you soo much for stopping by today! Please make sure to visit the Petaloo blog aswell for more stunning projects! 

Yasmin

Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 02 with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, Marion Smith Designs fans! Sandi here with you today sharing a Graduation card and tag set that I made for the Marion Smith Designs/Petaloo Blog Hop. Please be sure to visit the Petaloo blog. 

I've used the  MSD Junque Gypsy collection along with some yummy Petaloo Darjeeling and Penny Lane mixed blossoms. Petaloo blooms of any kind seem to blend so well with many different types of projects but are perfect for any of Marion's product lines! 

I have a couple of family members who are approaching Graduation, so I took the opportunity to make something kind of girly and pretty for them.  Junque Gypsy is my foundation, along with some mediums and bling. The colors of the Junque Gypsy collection are crazy gorgeous and my absolute faves! I've used plenty of layers and a die cut butterfly for high impact. 

Here are some close-ups:

I always have fun making tags and experimenting with different ways of creating them uniquely. One of my favorite ways is just using plenty of layers with some pretty punch work and a bow at the top! The Petaloo flowers are the perfect adornment. 

Here are some close-ups of the tag:

Well, that's my little Graduation card and tag set! Almost too pretty to give away! 

Don't forget to visit Petaloo for more inspiration. 

Marion Smith Designs products used:

Faux pas 12x12

Junque Gypsy 6x6

Miscellaneous products used:

Petaloo flowers

Bling and lace sticker

 Flair and ribbon

Molding paste, stencil and mists

"Art Makes Me Happy..." Mixed Media Tag using "Wicked Times"

Hello Creatie Lovelies!!

Keri  here!

Today, I am sharing with you a tag I made using "Wicked Times."

I fell in LOVE with the paper called "Eerie" from the "Wicked Times" Collection. I love the contrast of the purple and orange flowers and I wanted to use it in a non-traditional bright Steampunk style tag. 

My orange color cakes from the Marion's Color Lab. We nicknamed it "Pumpkin Pie"...it 1 part red, 1 part yellow and 3 parts gold, mixed with Mod Podge. 

My dress was made using a die from Spellbinder's called "Dressforms" and the "Haunted" & "Voodoo" papers from the "Wicked Times" collection.

For additional color, I used Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos in: Licorice, Grape and Gold.

My words are from Splash of Color: Mixed Media 101.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and it inspires you to look at things differently: Halloween paper isn't just for Halloween and Steampunk doesn't have to be neutral!

XOXO, 

KERI

Supply List:

Marion Smith Designs

"Wicked Times" Collection: Haunted, Voodoo and Eerie

Color Lab: Pumpkin Pie Recipe (1 part red, 1 part yellow, 3 part gold, Mod Podge)

OTHER:

Spellbinder's Dress Form Die

Chipboard Wings: Tim Holtz

Chipboard Gears: Want2Scrap

Washi Tape: Studio G

Cardboard: Little B Studios

Words: Splash of Color

Pen: Faber Castell PITT Pen

Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos: Grape, Licorice, & Gold 

Tag: Graphic 45

Adhesive: Aleene's Tacky Glue

Misc: Ribbon

How to make a Halloween Tag with MSD by: Aneta

Hello and happy Halloween my friends :)

Today I bring you a tag tutorial 

with Halloween as the main theme of course. 

This time the difficulty level is 2.

Here it is:

And here is a quick tutorial:

Step 1: gather your supplies.

Step 2: place your first layer of paper and a washi tape

and use some distress ink on the edges 

after gluing 

Step 3: place the second layer. 

Use Distress Tool on the edges after gluing

Step 4: continue adding layers.

Use Distress Tool on the edges.

Make a hole in the middle of your tag

for some ribbons.

Step 5: Use MSD stamps on the edges 

Step 6: ...and more stamping with MSD clear stamps.

Step 7: Paint your chip board black.
I used some black mist.

Step 8: Continue adding your embellishments.
Use 3d foam for some 3d effect.

Step 9: Now I'm adding a metal flower.

Use some strong glue for this job.

Glue Dots are just perfect!

 Step 10: Last step is adding some Halloween ribbons
and flowers on top of your tag.

Supplies:

 

  

And now let me announce the winner of our last challenge.

Thank you so much for playing along with me.

This was the second MSD challenge of many to come.

I hope you all had alot of fun.

Eleven amazing entries took part this time.

You can see them here

and the winner is.......

Karen O!!!

Congratulations!! Pop me an e-mail aneta@artisant.is

with all your shipping informations.

If you feel like checking out my previous tutorials

just CLICK HERE.

I hope you're ready to have some fun.

I've prepared the next challenge for you and I hope you'll like it.

The rules are very simple:

1. Use a color palette or a sketch below to start your TAG

 ( yes, we will make some tags this time :) ).

You can choose colors, sketch or both if you feel like it.

2. NO Marion Smith products required

but I would love to see some of your fantastic projects 

made with our fantastic products :)

3. When your project is ready just write a post on your blog 

and link it below. You'll find the tool in the end of this post

 (please add link directly to the post you want us to visit,

not to the entire blog)

4. This challenge is open until 26th of November.

5. Winner will be drawn out by the Random Numbers Generator

and announced 28th of November in my next: "HOW TO..." post.

And now our prize, sponsored by MSD and me:

Prize includes:

- 8 MSD tags

- 5 sheets 15x15 MSD papers

- 2 big pale yellow roses

- 6 small orange roses

- around 10 paper purple flowers

- 2 burlap mini tags 

- around 5m (together) of laces and ribbons

- 2 MSD resin roses

- 2 packages of MSD Metal Butterfies

- 1 mini glass vintage bottle 

I'll cover shipping costs of the main prize to the lucky winner :)

So, who is ready to be the lucky winner this time and have some crafty fun?

You'll find the linking on my blog :).

Thank you for visiting me and good luck everybody!

xoxo

Aneta

Tag from Scraps with Jelissa

Hello friends!

It's been a crazy, crazy week with both the boys and me sick. But I managed to make a really quick and simple mixed media tag with some gorgeous Marion Smith Designs products.

Many of us end up with odd-sized papers after projects and I like to keep those because you never know when they come in handy. So I managed to steal about 30 min of craft time and use up some of those scraps.

To make this tag, I used papers I have from the Up and Away sheet from the Nirvana collection, as well as some bits left from Mad Tea Party. I took the Up and Away sheet and adhered it onto a product packaging as a backing and trimmed for a tag shape. Next was to tear some strips off the Alice paper from Mad Tea Party and layer them. I also cut out the floral basket from the same piece of Alice paper and did more layering with a card stock doily and chipboard. 

The white cabbage rose resin from Junque and Gems. Love that they come in white so that I can paint them. A tip to share: the surface of this particular resin is very smooth and doesn't hold paint well, so I primed it with gesso before proceeding. After that, the 13arts matt paint and Silk Acrylic I used for coloring stayed on beautifully. I also tucked in a piece of diamond chipboard as the Alice paper in my layers had repeating diamond motifs. 

The floral basket which I fussy cut out, and you can see the repeating diamond motif which I borrowed from the Alice paper. 

That's all I have for you today. Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend!

Marion Smith Products used:

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