PaperFections

Upcycled Tommy Chalk Painted Candlestick!

Hello, Crafters! Today I have another Tommy Art Chalk Paint project to share with you ... this time using these fabulous paints to renew an old candlestick! To see how I used these same paints on a papercrafting project, please see this post. This pretty 12" candlestick has a larger matching mate, along with a decorative bowl that I've had for over 10 years. While the cream, gold, and bronze color scheme served me well in my old house, the new house is full of white, gray/silver, and black, so I haven't had a place for them . . . until now! Enter: Tommy Art Chalk-Based Mineral Paint! This chalk paint dries rapidly, offers superb coverage, opacity, porosity, lightfastness and is available in more than 35 colors! Bonus: Tommy Art chalk colors adhere to most surfaces without preparation! This is what I did: PAINT a base coat of Tommy Art's Clay colored (light gray) Chalk-Based Mineral Paint right over the surface of the candlestick, without any prep work. Use a stiff brush to work paint into the crevices. The paint covers quickly and completely, in just one coat! Let dry thoroughly. Since this paint is fast drying, that will take... Read more →

Distress Spray Stain Tag

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I'm telling you all about Distress Spray Stains and how they can be used to resemble stamping ... I hope you'll join me there! I also hope you'll have a fun and safe long holiday weekend! Read more →

Copic-Imagination International Announcements, Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Today the Copic / Imagination International Inc. blogging and teaching teams are welcoming the amazing addition of Jennifer Dove to the traveling instructor team! Jennifer has been part of our Fine Arts team and will replace Lori Craig, teaching Copic Certification and Coloring Classes. Lori has moved into her awesome new role as Tommy Arts Brand Ambassador, launching the new Tommy Art product line for Imagination International (my project today uses these paints!). Please join us in congratulating these two wonderful women -- I know they will each flourish in their new positions! It just so happens that today I have a Tommy Art Paint project to share with you! I used Tommy Art Chalk-Based Mineral Paint and Metallic Paint to create this tag: Here's how I created it: PAINT #8 Manila Tag with a base coat of Tommy Art Pearl Metallic Paint. Tommy's metallic paints are available in 5 dazzling colors (bronze, copper, gold, pearl and silver). They adhere to most surfaces without preparation and can be layered with Tommy Art colors or thinned with water for glazing effects! Note: Since the tag I used is a manila color, my tag resulted in more of a vanilla color. If... Read more →

Bluebonnet Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day, Crafters! Before I get started with today's project, I wanted to share an amazing Mother's Day Sale going on at Ellen Hutson: You have until Tues, May 16 to use this coupon code but the earlier you shop, the more items will be in stock! Today I'm sharing a typical Texas Spring scene created with a wonderful new stamp from Pink Ink Stamps -- Bluebonnet Highway: Even though the native bluebonnets peaked here in south coastal Texas early last month, my neighbor has some in her garden that are still hanging on! It wouldn't be Spring in Texas without the ritual of snapping photos with your children in them ... I have lots of fond memories! Here's about the last photo I could coax my girls into taking in 2012: They create a gorgeous sea of blue! To try and replicate their coloring for the stamp image, I used one of Copic's Doodle Packs: 4pc Doodle Pack Blue. The Doodle Packs contain a range of color-matched products that make for a great doodling or coloring experience, and are a nice affordable introduction to Copic products. Packs include two markers, a color Multiliner, and a glitter pen. The... Read more →

Butterfly Tag Shaker Card

Happy Friday, Crafty Peeps! Today I have one of my favorite projects to make, a shaker card, over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom. I hope you'll join me there for all the details! It uses fabulous products from Pretty Pink Posh -- stamps, coordinating dies, and their gorgeous infamous sequins! And guess what? All Pretty Pink Posh products are on sale this week until Saturday evening at midnight Pacific in Ellen Hutson's store -- just click the banner below to check out their products! Happy shopping! Happy Mother's Day weekend to all you crafty Mothers out there! ;-) Read more →

UNITED WE CONQUER! Ellen Hutson BCRF Fundraiser

In honor of three amazing mothers, Chaitali Narla, Julie Ebersole, and Ellen Hutson teamed up to find a way they could make a difference and honor these very special women in their lives and actively contribute to finding a cure for breast cancer. Together, they created the Courage Stamp & Die Set. The stamp set includes multiple color layering flowers and leaves along with some courageous sentiments that will offer strength to those in need. The coordinating dies are included, along with a wonderful ribbon die. Contains 27 image stamps, 6 sentiment stamps and 13 dies: **$25 from the purchase price of each Courage Stamp & Die Set will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. We know that many of you are affected by this disease or other forms of cancer and we are turning to you for help. After much research, our team made the decision to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. BCRF is the highest rated breast cancer organization in the nation. To learn more about BCRF please visit their website at https://www.bcrfcure.org/ Through this fundraiser, it is our goal to educate and raise money for research and support services for patients and survivors battling... Read more →