The Summer of Color Box

Hello, everyone!  It's nice to have you visiting today.  The weather here on the East Coast continues to be beautiful, making for a very unusual August!  The only drawback is that I don't want to be inside in my studio because it's too nice outside.  So, the box I was going to make to put all my Summer of Color tags in has languished on my table.  But, the other day we had a tremendous rain storm and that got me inside and into the studio!  The result is this:

 

 

 

I decided that since the tags were all such vibrant colors I would make the box out of neutrals.  That way when you open it there is nothing competing with the colors of the tags.  I had a collection of Kaiser Craft papers that I had wanted to use for a while and I thought they would be perfect for this project.  They were all neutrals and I added some black cardstock for the inside of the box. 

 

 

It was a pretty straight forward project.  I started with a cigar box that all the tags fit in and covered it with paper and then embellished the top.  Here's a detail of the top of the box.

 

 

The top.

 

 

And a detail.

 

 

I loved this box because the paper on the edges of the box had little banners that said "hand made".  So, I made sure to leave those visible.  The paper I chose for the top of the box was a collage of ephemera and glasses and keys.   I used a cut apart from the collection the defined the word "document", because I figured that was what I was doing, documenting my Summer of Color projects.  I then used a technique Paula Cheney used for a tutorial on Tim's blog.  I cut the trellis die with black CS and used sticky embossing powder to adhere Antique Linen Distress Glitter.  I popped it up with foam tape.  I cut foliage out of black and outlined one side of each leaf with a gold pen.  I put that through the trellis and attached the bottom of the stem to the top.  I used some leaves and flowers that Linda, from The Funkie Junkie Boutique had gifted me in an order (thank you, Linda).  I painted them with Black Soot DP and wiped it off with a paper towel.  I then used a Majestic Medallion from Spellbinders with a label inside along with a Graphic45 pull as a handle to open the box.  And, that finished the top.

 

 

Here are some photos of the inside.

 

 

 

I love the pop of color in the black interior.

 

 

The envelope I attached with the colors for each week listed.

 

And, under the tags...

 

 

The interior is very simple.  I wanted to remember the color combinations and so I wrote them on a piece of the paper and put them in a Maya Road envelope attached to the lid.  And, since the tags do make me smile with their bright colors, I thought I would document that fact underneath them!

 

So, that's my box which took far longer to make then it was supposed to.  I'm really happy with it and I love opening it and seeing all those colors!  What fun!

 

Thank you so much for visiting with me today.  I really appreciate your visits and your comments.  Have a wonderful day and I hope you get to create something you love! 

 

 

Summer of Color4: Summer

Hi, everyone!  Welcome, I hope you're enjoying summer and getting time to relax and have some fun.  I'm sad to say that this is the last week for the Summer of Color 4!  I can't believe that we've spent 6 weeks creating from the color prompts that Kristin posts each week.  But, here we are and I have to say that I just love the colors for this week.  Tangerine, raspberry and a pop of lemon!!!  What's not to like?!  Seriously, that combination says summer on so many levels!  Here is what I did with them.

 

 

I couldn't decide what direction I wanted to go in with this color combination.  I love it so there were several directions I could have taken.  But, in the end, I decided to go with my favorite, flowers!  And, I had to throw in another favorite, a flapper bathing beauty!! 

 

I started with a number 10 tag, as usual, and colored the background with Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry Distress Paints using the marbling technique.  Once that was dry I sprayed it with some Dylusion sprays in the same colors.  I finished by spraying some of the wonderful new sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang using a glimmery coral pink and an light orange.  Once all of that was dry I used StaysOn ink in Claret and a Wendy Vecchi background stamp to add some texture to the background.  I cut strips of paper from one of the sheets from last year's Graphic45 Bohemian Bazaar collection.  Over the glued down strips I put the word "summer" in grunge board letters that I painted with Mustard Seed Distress Paint and sprayed with Perfect Pearls Sunflower Sparkle.  I gathered my collection of raspberry, orange and yellow flowers and glued them to the opposite side.  I stamped the flapper in Picked Raspberry DI and colored the parasol with light orange Copic marker.  Once it was all dry I nestled her among the flowers.  Here are some details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, there you have my tags for the Summer of Color.  I want to thank Kristin for all the hard work she does to make this the success that it is every year.  I've decided that next week I'm going to make a box to hold my six tags.  I was going to make an envelope book but they became more dimensional than I had envisioned.  So, a box it is.  Stay tuned for that! 

 

 

Thank you all for visiting me today.  I've so appreciated the wonderful comments you've left on all my tags this summer, as well as on my other posts.  Have a wonderful week.

 





SOC4: The Sea is Calling Me

Hello to you all!  I'm happy to have you with me today.  I'm sharing the 5th project for the Summer of Color 4 challenge today.  I can't believe there is only one week left for this challenge.  Kristin does such a great job of keeping the fun and excitement coming every week.  The colors for this week were royal blue, red and a pop of light blue.  So, this is what that became in my studio.

 

 

Once again I thought of the beach.  I love the Graphic 45 collection of papers this summer.  I had wanted to use this lovely image of the girl in the sailor top for some project and this was the perfect one.  I covered a size10 tag with the plaid paper from the collection and die cut the ornate frame from white corrugated cardboard.  I spritzed it with a spray made from royal blue Gelatos and water.  Then I used my finger to rub gold Gliders' Paste on the raised ridges.  I think it gives the frame a worn look that you would find in something resting by the sea. I glued both the image and the frame down and then I cut a coral branch from a piece of cardstock that I had in my stash and glued that over part of the frame. 

 

 

When Tim presented his July tag I thought his recipe for making sand was brilliant and I wanted a project to use it on.  Well, once again this was the perfect project!   So, I mixed all the ingredients, surprisingly I had all of them, (supplies and directions are on Tim's blog, here) and applied the sand to the bottom of the tag.  With Glossy Accents I added some seashell beads, small wooden beads, sequins and royal blue sea glass to the sand. One of the stamp sets that was part of the By the Sea collection had the stamp that I used here.  I thought it fit the expression on the girl's face.  I stamped it using Stormy Sea DI on a piece of watercolor paper and sponged the edge with the same ink.  The tag was finished off with another idea from Tim's tag, linen ribbon that had been stretched apart so that it resembles fish net.  Here are some details.

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

There you have my tag for this week.  I had a great time making this tag.  I got to use papers that I wanted to play with some more and I also got to make "sand" Tim Holtz style! 

 

 

Thanks for coming by once again.  I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful weekend. Enjoy and create art!

 





Summer of Color4: Summer Garden

Hello, everyone!  It's so great to have you join me today!  I hope your summer is going well!  My summer is going too fast for me, but I do love summer and I try to grasp every bit of it! 

It's been a busy week here.  We've had family visiting and it's been a great time.  But, that explains my lateness in posting my tag for this week's Summer of Color challenge.  So, this post will be brief.

The colors for this week were gray and lavender with a pop of plum.  The gray and lavender were not easy colors for me to work with.  Honestly, they always make me think of Victorian ladies coming out of mourning.  But, I decided that was a downer so I was going to go with my favorite subject, Gardens!  Victorian gardens to be precise because I couldn't get away from the Victorian vibe! 

Here is what I made.

 

 

 

I started with a number 10 tag and covered the whole thing with Weathered Wood Distress Stain.  I then ran a line of Brushed Pewter DS along the edge.  I daubed some embossing ink on a piece of bubble wrap that was sitting on my table and randomly pressed it onto the tag.  I used Ranger's Antiquities embossing powder in Cement and heated it.  I then pressed the bubble wrap over parts of the embossed areas and embossed again with silver embossing powder. 

 

 

The image of the lovely Victorian lady was from my stash and is a fabric piece that I glued in place.  I used part of a Memory Box die cut in a lavender paper to frame her and give the illusion of her looking through a garden gate.  One of my favorite dies are the new Tim Holtz trellis dies.  I used a different lavender paper to cut them.  I then used a plum paper to cut another trellis and used the inner pieces for my "pop" of plum color.  I used Glossy Accents to fill in some of the openings and the plum pieces to fill in others.  One of the things I love about these dies is that the inner pieces can be used alone and I love using two colors together as a shadow.  You can see I scattered those around the tag.  I glued a spray of lavender and plum "berries" below the focal and added some Kaiser Craft Sparkles to the background.  I finished it off with a piece of sequined lace trim from the stash.

 

 

Here are some details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, there is this week's tag!  In the end I had a great time using these colors which is why I love this challenge.  Thanks once again to Kristin for hosting and for coming up with such fantastic color combinations every week! 

 

Thank you all for visiting me.  I so appreciate your visits.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend and I'll be back soon.