Mixed Media Monday: Autumn

Welcome to Autumn or Fall!  It is Mixed Media Monday here at the All That Stickles blog, with me, Ann, from the Design Team.  The weekend marked the official beginning of my favourite season: Fall. The ongoing theme at our Linky Party is Fall and Harvest.  For some inspiration I made this in my Art Journal:

This is the view we have in our back yard every Fall, no joke!   There is quite a bit of wild life  in the little woods including foxes, wild turkey, sometimes deer, hares, and all the other little woodland creatures you can imagine.  This page is a combination of digital photography shot with my Fuji camera,  stamps (rubber and clear) inks, pastels, crayons and stickles in Parika, Lime Green, Yellow, Distress: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, and Spiced Marmalade. I also used Ranger's Jet Black Archival ink for the stamping.

 Here is a closer view of some of the areas with stickles, it is very difficult to show the sparkly goodness on screen.

Thanks for stopping by and please check out my blog: Annmakes for the rest of the materials I used to make this, and other fun things!  :)

Tips & Techniques Tuesday: Stickles Make Embossing better, Of Course!

Happy Tuesday, All That Stickles fans!  Julie here from muddypawsinkyfingers with my first tutorial as a design team member.  You may remember another tutorial I did on painting with Stickles found here, but I was a guest designer at that time.  Now I'm on the team and very honored to be here!

Let's get started.  Today's tutorial is very simple.  I use Stickles to enhance, or embellish my projects.  Whether I'm stamping, coloring, or in this case, embossing, Stickles can add that extra special touch to your projects. 

First, pick an embossing folder that has some areas where Stickles will add character to the design, then run the embossing folder through the machine of your choice.

After you've embossed your paper, use the Stickles on the raised area to further emphasize the embossing.  Here are two examples:

On the first example, above, I used Turquoise Stickles in the centers of the large flowers.  In the bottom example, you can see where I have begun to use Yellow Stickles on the wings of the butterflies.

I inked the raised edges of the embossing on the flowers to give even more dimension here.  I did this after the Stickles had dried.

Here's the finished card using the yellow embossed cardstock strip.  The image is from one of our sponsors this month, Fresh Brewed Stamps.

And, a close up of the Stickle-enhanced embossing...

The last card uses the Juniper paper and Turquoise Stickles.  The image, is again from one of our sponsors, Fresh Brewed Stamps:

I also used some Yellow Stickles on the flower and butterfly of this one.  Please visit my blog for more information on other supplies used on these projects.  Thanks so much for your interest in this tutorial!

Don't forget our Yellow Linky party! You have until Friday, April 12 to link up your projects.

And, mark your calendars for our Baby Blog hop happening on Sunday, April 21.  There'll be great inspiration and I'm guessing even some blog candy to win ;)

March Winners & New Design Team Members!

Happy Saturday! Today is a very exciting day at All that Stickles because we're announcing our March winners AND introducing our new guest designers!

Before we get to all that fun stuff, we'd like to remind you that our Yellow Linky Party is still going on! You have until next Friday to link up any projects made using Yellow Stickles. :)

Our new design team members are so excited to be on the team, they've even created projects for this week's linky party to encourage you to link up! Here's a little bit about each designer and the project they've made:

Ann is a Mixed Media artist who lives near Ottawa, Ontario Canada, She is a mom of two terrific teens, wife of a very busy businessman, and servant to one fluffy cat. From sewing and most needle crafts, stamping, scrapbooking and a lot of paper crafts, to drawing, painting and working with inks, Ann is multi skilled and never bored. She had some formal training with a short stint in fine Arts in College, took many many workshops, and a lot of self learning. She also has experience working as a consultant, teacher, and writer of various crafts. Her style is eclectic and vintage, inspired by nature and her collections of found objects and ephemera. She loves to scour the internet, magazines, and flea markets for ideas which she collects in her various notebooks and takes lots of pictures with her Iphone. Her favourite place to be is in her home studio with her beloved family nearby. Her family motto is : Live well, laugh often, and love much. Her blog is: http://annmakes.blogspot.com

Ann made 2 projects for our Yellow Linky Party!

Hi, name is Chas.  I'm born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.  I have a very small human family but large furry ( and not) family too.  Along with my husband and 12 year old daughter, I have a Chinese Water Dragon, 4 Sugar Gliders, a Red Iguana,  3 little anole lizards and a cat.  I really don't scrap that many pages of my daughters, it's all my little babies now.

I work at a wholesale perennial nursery for the last 19 years.  And that is where I meet my husband.  Yes, we still do work together.  When I am not at work, you can find me with my daughter volunteering at a local animal rescue shelter playing with the kitties.  That is where we adopted our cat.  I also am the co-leader of my daughter's girl scout troop.

Besides scrapbooking, I like to do other papercrafts.  I also do cross-stitch, making sculptured hair clips, and really love cake decorating.  But my daughter and I will try to do any craft there is just to have fun.

Here's what Chas created for our Yellow Linky Party:

Stickles Used: Yellow

I’m NOT a glitter a girl!  That’s the first thing you have to know about me.  Buttons, ribbons, brads, and bling – bring it on.  But, glitter – way too messy.  So, I consider it a very lucky day when I discovered Stickles early in my crafting career.  Here it was, the product that could take my somewhat drab projects to ‘wow’, with a squeeze from a bottle.  What could be better?

When I’m not Stickling everything in sight (that IS a word, isn’t it?) you will find me working full-time as the activity director in the local nursing home.  I will have been there 28 years this June.  I know, I know, from the looks of my picture, you thought I was only 28!  How can this be?  Stickles is my secret, LOL!  I also enjoy my 3 dogs, one of which goes to work with me every day.  Sophie and I are on our walk to work this morning when this picture was taken.  It’s not quite Spring here yet, as you can see from the snow behind us. I also play organ and piano at the Lutheran Church in town, and accompany the children’s choir (another thing I’ve done for 28 years now – maybe it’s those kids that keep me young!)

My husband and I like to bike, hike, kayak, and ride our Harley’s.  Yes, we each have one.  And, our 3 Golden Retrievers go on many walks with us.  When I’m not busy with work, church, or all those hobbies, you’ll find me in my craft room.  I love to make cards, layouts, home décor, mixed media – you never know what you might discover on my blog Muddy Paws Inky Fingers.  I would love it if you followed me and checked out my newest creations.  Stamping and Stickling are   two of my favorite things!

  

And here's Julie's project for our Yellow Linky Party:

Stickles Used: Yellow, Turquoise

I've been papercrafting for a LONG time.  I used to do only scrapbooking, but about five years ago, I went to a card craft with a beautiful lady (Sharon) who turned me onto the joys of cardmaking. Recently, I've also been expanding my crafty world by creating some home decor items and by upcycling.  I am also on the Design Team for Crop Chocolate and have held guest design spots with Timeless Twine and Marks Finest Paper.  The rest of my life is filled with family and work.  I am a happily "second-time-around" married mother of four wonderful young men.  Two are mine; two are my husbands.  They are all boy - all the time.  My eldest is 19, my baby is 18, and my husband's twins are 18.  They make life crazy and exciting and give me lots to scrap about!!  My youngest recently enlisted in the United States Army, so I'm a proud Army strong mom.  I have worked as a staff manager for a local university for a long, long time and, most of the time enjoy my job... but it can be stressful, and on those days, all I want to do is craft!!

Here's what Karen created for our Yellow Linky Party:

And now for our March winners! Winners can email us at allthatstickles@gmail.com with the subject line "March Winner" in order to claim their prize. 

The Paper Nest Dolls

Winner's Choice of 2 Digi Stamps or 1 Rubber Stamp

WINNER: MOSHIE

KaDoodle Bug Designs

Winner's Choice of 2 Paper Piecing Patterns

WINNER: DIANA L.

Fresh Brewed Designs

5 Digital Stamps of Winner's Choice

WINNER: JENNY JOHNS

Scrapping Memories

Winner's Choice of 5 Cutting Files

WINNER: LESIA

Congratulations, ladies! We hope to see you again participating in our April challenges. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Yellow Linky Party!

Welcome to this week's linky party at All that Stickles!  

We're changing things up! Our linky parties are now going to be every other week instead of every week to give you more time to create and share your wonderful, Stickled projects.

And don't forget about the prizes! Every month we will have multiple sponsors and multiple winners! Winners are not announced on a weekly basis, but rather on a monthly basis. The more times you link up, the more chances you have to win! Sponsors will be announced at the beginning of the month and then posted on the sidebar for the rest of the month, and the winners will be announced on the first Saturday of the next month. So March winners will be announced on Saturday April 6th.

Linky Party Rules & Guidelines

• Yellow linky party is open from Sat. March 30th - Friday April 12th at 11:00 PM US CST
• Any project you submit must be linked to your blog or online gallery.
• Projects must be NEW, no backlinking, please.
• Number of entries per linky party is unlimited.
• You may link up ANY type of crafty project as long as it uses the Stickles color of the week.
• Projects not using the Stickles color of the week will be disqualified.
• You may use as many colors of Stickles as you'd like on your projects as long as the color of the week is included.
• Winners will be randomly chosen.

Winners of our March linky parties will be announced on Saturday April 6th. Our March sponsors are listed on the sidebar of our blog. :)

This week's linky party color is Yellow!

Create ANY project using Yellow Stickles!

And without further ado, here's some inspiration from the design team to get those glittery gears turning!

Ashley

Stickles Used: Yellow

Tonya

Stickles Used: Yellow & Patina

Fairy with Flower Umbrella Digital Stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls

Melanie

Stickles Used: Yellow

Butterfly Chick Digital Stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs

Cathy 

Stickles Used: Yellow, Star Dust, Orange Peel, Waterfall

Butterfly Chick Digital Stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs

Cynthia

Stickles Used: Yellow

We can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for linking up!

Tips & Techinque Thursday: Masking & Outlining

Happy Thursday! 

 Tonya here with another great technique/tutorial for you. I wanted to make something with some fun, light colors because I am SO tired of winter.  And I love to use different techniques in the same project.  So, I thought I'd try my hand at making a background for a card, with Stickles!

  

I used a Scraptastical Kreations file to create a mask for the base of the background.  I chose to use the bow from A Geeky Kind of Love file.  I made an offset of the shape.  (I originally had the idea of the bow shape, but the offset shape resembles more of a butterfly.)  :-)     

I positioned the 'bows' on white carstock where I thought they would work the best. 

I chose five colors of distress inks to use. 

Using an inking tool, I applied the distress inks directly to, and around, the die cuts

causing a shadow of color.

Here they are all colored. 

  

I tried to chose Stickles colors that closely matchd the distress inks themselves.   

  

After removing the masks, I outlined the inside of each shadow with the Stickles.   

 

  

First look, I wasn't happy with a specific section, or grouping of colors, to use on the front of my card. 

I decided to cut the sheets into three pieces -one piece for the front and two for the inside.   

  

Here's my finished card.  I love how the colors and the Stickles pop out.  The digi I used is from The Paper Nest  that I colored with Copics. And I added a touch of Stickles to her beads and to the roses adorning her hat.  The sentiment is from Whimsical Designs.

(Inside of card)

I LOVE how this card turned out.  It's so fun and it just makes me smile.  We would love to see what techiques you come up with for Stickles on your creations.

Be sure to link up at our party HERE