Featuring Special Guest Star Designers
Happy almost-June, blog friends! I hope you're enjoying a wonderful 3-day weekend, or if, like me, you're working today, that you'll find a way to treat yourself (I recommend chocolate, but that's just me...).
Your watercolor stamped art last week was fantastic, and I had a great time visiting your blogs. I know I say this every week, but you guys are SO talented it blows my mind! I learn so much from you every week, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to admire your work.
This week, we're heading back to December, 2007, for an easy and probably very familiar technique from the very first 12 Tags series:
You've probably seen this technique referred to as "Shabby Chic," and that really is the perfect description of the effect it offers. It's fab for greeting cards and ATCs, but as this week's designers demonstrate here, it's awesome for three-dimensional pieces and wall art, too!
Jennie
Kaz
A round of applause for Kaz and Jennie, yes? They ROCKED this technique!
Here's my own piece. I went tropical. Imagine listening to Jimmy Buffet and sipping a pina colada while viewing this. Yep, I'm really, REALLY sick of cold, gray weather.
Please click here for a list of the products I used.
Ready to get your shabby chicness on? Cool, because I can't wait to see this week's submissions! When you've completed your piece, use the InLinkz button at the end of this post to add your image to the collection. You'll need to have a blog or an online, public photo album in order to participate.
Please remember, you must credit Tim Holtz for the technique and include a link to his website in your blog post or photo comments section. Submissions that don't meet this requirement will be removed.
Don't forget to add your photo to the Grungy Monday album at All Things Tim! List Mom Gloria and the awesome artists there are waiting to see your masterpiece. If you're not part of this fabulously supportive and talented group of artists, run over there and join up!
I hope you all have a wonderful, creative week!
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28 comments:
Love your piece this week, Linda, and Kaz's is superb, no coincidence we used the same stamps then? lol
Thank you for allowing me to be a guest designer. I had a ball with the technique
Can't wait to see what everyone else does too!
Jennie x
*waves* hello Linda! Hi to my buddy Jennie too, thank you so so much for the great honour of being a guest designer!! Wow!! Its so fab!! I am with Jennie I just cannot wait to see all your wonderful makes using Tims technique......Can you tell Im a little excited???
thanks again big hugs
kazx
Love this technique, and I LOVE all the designer's pieces! Well done, and can't wait to get started on my own!
Wow, there are exceptional examples this week! I've been super busy and haven't kept up, but I think it's definitely time to get back into the weekly challenges again. Thanks for always being inspiring, Linda! You do such beautiful work. PS: I'm working today too, and will have some chocolate in your honor! :)
These are all so stunning! Linda, I love your tropical theme -- I was supposed to see Jimmy Buffet a few weeks ago and work had me scheduled out of town. Grrr! Well, at least they had enough good sense to close today so I can work on my Grungy Monday project ! Sorry you're working but hope you have a good day.
A round of applause for all of you! Had trouble with this but only because of my dried up dabbers!!
wow lovely inspirational pieces girls
hugs
These are great examples, thanks to all of you for all the work you put into these to to inspire us!
Fantastic pieces!
Thanks for the inspiration.
xoxo Sioux
Thanks again, Linda, for these great challenges---and the inspiration from you and your guest designers. Like you, I am ready for sunshine and warmth.
Wow, what amazing pieces you all created here! I have to go finish up a project I am in the middle of and then get started on mine.
I am always so amazed at the tremendous talent that creative people display and produce. These pieces are just fabulous. Happy week ahead...
Wow--such great pieces to inspire us! Thanks again for these challenges; I've been wanting to do this again since the CCC, just haven't pushed myself to do so.
I love everyone's fantastic and inspiring art! This is a fantastic technique!
You gals ROCKED the challenge!!! Hopefully I will be up to playing again soon!
hugs Lynn
Fabulous pieces from the DT, and they so happen to have used my favourite stamp set of the moment too. Love the colours on your piece too Linda. Enjoy your week. Tracy Evans x
Lots of awesome projects here! I love shabby chic and it was one of the first techniques I learned from TH!
Linda, thanks for the challenge, great inspiration. The guest desingers kicked it into high gear. Summer is upon us here on the east coast. Where are my flip flops?
I love the colours you used Linda! Wonderful inspiration from you & the GDs! xx
Great challenge this week. All 3 of you designers gave us some incredible inspiration. Love your tropical theme - we are into summer in high gear here - breaking the 100 mark! Keep the challenges coming - if you need help - please don't hesitate to ask.
Fabulous challenge this week and I love all the peices by the team, well done everyone.
Just loving your tropical theme...and that image is just perfect. Sigh, I wish I was there...thanks again for for everything!
Sarah
The Guest Designers WOWED us this week, and Linda, you never fail to inspire. I'm really enjoying using all these neat techniques that I said I was going to try, but never got around to.
Wow, these sample of out of this world gorgeous!!
Great challenge. Love those tropical colours.
Marilyn
Wow what gorgeous samples this week!!! Glad I had a chance to play with this technique and join in :-)
Hi ya Linda! I'm finally, albeit late, getting to participate again. I love the inspiration this week by you and your designers. Helps just those juices flowin'. Thank you for continuing these fun challenges. It's great to break away those larger projects and just enjoy the craft.
Lisa S.
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