Wild Wyoming Art Cafe'

Heidi Swapp Design Challenge ~ Memory File

It's the second day of the Heidi Swapp Design Challenge.  Heidi selected an assortment of supplies from Heidi Swapp products, Tattered Angels, Canvas Corp and 7 Gypsies and asked us to create two projects using our own style.

I'm so excited to share my take on Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files.  They come in white with several resist patterns on them.  You can mist, paint, ink, chalk, and spray your favorite mediums on these files to give them a truly unique look.  I used a ton of Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard Mist on my projects.  Here are the colors that were in my supply box ~ Myrtle Chalkboard Mist; Woven Burlap Glimmer Mist and Tokyo Glimmer Mist.

 

I absolutely adore the idea of creating something along the lines of a mini album out of layering several Color Magic Memory Files.

We recently heard about a puppy and her sister who needed a foster family.  They were in a shelter and set to be euthanized in about 5 days if they were not pulled out of the shelter.  The word spread through Facebook, and I talked my husband into letting us foster this darling puppy.  So many volunteers pitched in to save numerous animals that day, and to drive them across two states to foster families and people who wanted to adopt them.  It was an amazing feat that was pulled together within a few days.

Well, the minute I set eyes on this puppy I was doomed to fall in love with her.  She was very quiet, shy, timid and scared.  It didn't take long for her to warm up to us, and I think my husband Aaron fell in love with her first.  We could not even think of letting this sweet baby girl go.  Our daughters named her Willow after a Native American Medicine Woman they read about in a book.  Love that.

Willow was about 3 months old when we got her.  So I used a wooden "3" on the canvas corp canvas flower.

We took her to the park often, and I spent many hours shooting photographs of her playing and enjoying her new family.

Willow's story is handwritten on the manilla tags, and tucked into the 7Gypies envelopes.

I misted, layered and painted pieces of the Memory File Album with Chandelier Glimmer Glam.  It gives it such a sparkle and shimmer.

I couldn't resist using Spellbinders Large Labels to create a little flip album that I layered with photo's of Willow, and then adhered Color Magic Banners to the back of them.

I created a large pocket behind the mini flip album, so that we could tuck more journaling manilla tags or photographs inside.

supplies:  Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files, Heidi Swapp Color Magic Banners; Heidi Swapp No Limits Destination Pennants; Canvas Corp Canvas Flower, Canvas Corp black twine; 7Gypsies Paper Tape Postale, 7Gypsies Postale Envelopes, Cards and Mini Envelopes;  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Chalkboard Mist and Chandelier Glimmer Glam; Spellbinders Large Labels; Want2Scrap Classy Corners - Gracy by Nina Brackett; Scalloped Velvet Trim, adhesive, black ink.

 

I hope you've enjoyed my Memory File project, and hearing the story of my little Willow puppy.

Please click on over the Heidi Swapp's blog to see my second project for the Design Challenge!

Here's a little peek at my project.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!  I really appreciate it!

Hugs

Holly

Heidi Swapp Design Challenge!!!

I'm sooooo excited and honored to be part of the Heidi Swapp Design Challenge representing Tattered Angels!

When you're in a Design Challenge with Heidi Swapp....you have to kick it up a notch, and hope you can keep up! lol  We have all been given similar supplies, and hand picked by Heidi shades of Glimmer Mist.

I hope you'll take a minute to visit all the Designers and the manufacturers participating in this blog hop.  

Heidi Swapp

Holly Simoni (ME)

Rangini Malhotra

Maggie Massey

 

Canvas Corp.

7 Gypsies

Tattered Angels

 

I am over the moon excited about this!  Thanks for letting me gush about it.  Please stop back by Tuesday May 29th to see my post and projects I created!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  

Have a wonderful memorial weekend. 

A HUGE THANK YOU to all our service men and women and their families.  

Hugs

Holly

 

QuietFire Designs Garden Delights Blog Buzz!!

Welcome to the Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Buzz!

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to their new Spring selection of rubber stamps! 

I used Garden Delights stamp set to create this Garden Tag.

I started with a manilla tag, stamped and heat embossed the Bee stamps on the tag.  Then I misted with Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer mist and wiped off the excess to allow the heat embossed Bees to show through.  They almost work like a resist.  I love the effect.

I stamped the QuietFire Design on white cardstock and aligned the Spellbinders Labels and Tags die template around the quote, then cut/embossed.  I also used Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms, misted with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist and painted with Chandelier Glimmer Glam.  I added tulle, bling, buttons, a stick pin, twine, Say It With Pearls by Want2Scrap and more Glimmer Glam.

This was a really fun project.  I love how elegant QuietFire Design stamps are.  I hope you'll stop by their blog and take a look at all their gorgeous creations.

Each day designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using the new rubber stamps.  Visit each of their blogs on the day of their featured project, post a comment on their Blog Hop post and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   Each Designer will randomly choose a winner from the comments on their own Blog Hop post, so make sure you’ve commented by midnight Friday, May 18^th.  Tell your friends!

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Sunday May 20th. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)

 

Here is our schedule:

Monday, May 14th: Yogi , Holly

Tuesday, May 15th: Robyn, Dawn 

Wednesday, May 16th: Wanda, Sherry

Thursday, May 17th: Monica, Terre

Friday, May 18th: Suzanne

 

The complete set of new rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Buzz!

Happy Buzzing and good luck!!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

I hope all the Moms had a fabulous Mother's Day!

Hugs

Holly

 

 

A New Adventure!

I'm so excited to be joining Julianna Hudgins in a new adventure! 

She is building her Positively Me  brand and has gathered some amazing talent. I'm so honored to be helping her as the Social Media/DT Coordinator.  

 

She has created the Julianna C Hudgins Design Team full of fabulous talent.

Check out their blogs!

Kazan Clark, Nunu Toolies

Heidi Blankenship, Embellished Dreams

Judy Hayes, Creating...My Style

Lesley Langdon, Lesley Langdon Creative

Tina McDonald, My Sanity

Savannah Starr, Savvy's Blog

Jeremy Bright, Vertigo Graphic

 

Please visit Positively Me by Julianna to learn more about each designer and see their gorgeous faces.  This team is going to amaze you with all their incredible talent.  We'll start showing you new projects beginning in June!

Hugs and thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Holly

National Scrapbooking Day! ~ And a Giveaway!!

May 5th is officially National Scrapbooking Day!  I just had to create a Scrapbook Page for my blog today.  I'm also giving away a brand new set of Spellbinders Paper Arts Decorative Dress Forms die templates!    

I created this Scrapbook Page, just for me.  No deadlines, no directed themes, no products to feature.....just creating with my favorite things for pure enjoyment.  I can't tell you how long it has been that I have been able to create like this.  I just haven't had the time.  It's so freeing, and really helps the creative process to just be able to create for yourself.  Don't get me wrong, I love creating for companies of course, but I have recently changed the work I do for some companies, and it's been such a wonderful change.

I find that I reach for my favorite products time and time again. I also realized that my favorite products are usually the companies I design for.  That's why I design for them, they make products that fit my style and sense of creativity.  Funny how I'm drawn to them, and they in turn are drawn to me.  

I love to distress, ink, stamp, layer, and then add a touch of bling.  Want2Scrap makes the most beautiful bling ever.  I used the new and Beautiful Bling Borders - Fancy That designed by Nina Brackett.  OMG have you seen their new Iphone cases with bling?  Eeeack!!

The lovely stamp is a new release called Garden Delights by QuietFire Designs.   Suzanne Cannon designs these lovely stamps, and I just can't get over how beautiful the quotes and the fonts are.  So gorgeous.

The paper is My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline.  I love the feminine look, with a bit of a rustic Wyoming look.   I distressed the edges, added some ink and used Spellbinders Paper Arts Jar Labels designed by Becky Fleck.  I love to hide die cuts to create the look of a tab.

 

 Adding tiny buttons by Buttons Galore, and using your own handwriting with a Copic black AtYou Spica glitter pen, really adds some fun details to this layout.

Velvet ribbon, decorative stick pins, and of course several Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms were added to finish off this layout.  

Bitty Blossoms were colored to match this layout perfectly by cutting them out of pure white cardstock, then misting them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  I love being able to make my own embellishments, and getting that perfect color match and shimmer.

 

I hope you've enjoyed the Scrapbook Page, learning about my creative process, and hearing about all the details......now on to the Giveaway!

I will randomly choose a reader that is subscribed to all my channels.  So, make sure you are a subscriber to Wild Wyoming Art Cafe' (my blog), My Facebook Page, Twitter Account, Pinterest Account and YouTube Channel by Sunday May 6, 2012 at midnight mst.  

I will email the winner on Monday May 7th.  (You'll have 24hrs to respond, or I'll have to choose another winner. )

That's all there is to it!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Hugs

Holly

Tattered Angels misting effects

Blending Tattered Angels misting products is one of my favorite techniques.  It's so basic, yet so affective.  I love to mist with one color and lightly mist another color along the edge of the first color.  They bleed and blend so beautifully.

Here's a layout I created using Canvas Corp 12x12 Corrugated Paper in white.  It's a perfect base to apply Tattered Angels paint products.  I love the Canvas Corp black twine.  I also used Tattered Angels stamps, Pink Paislee resist paper and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms and Wings of Hope die templates.

Plain Jane is the focus and layered Plain Jane Simply Sheer Teal, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Shade, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Taupe, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Yellow, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Red, Plain Jane Simply Sheer Light Blue, Baseboard Gravel.   I painted the heart with Stained Glass in Green.

Be sure to download the catalog to see all the amazing new Tattered Angels products.

Canvas Corp has some incredible new papers that are absolutely perfect for Tattered Angels paint products.  I really love the kraft and black series.  I started making 2 cards, then kept creating to make a set of 4 cards.

For these 2 cards I used: Plain Jane Simply Sheer in Yellow, Simply Sheer in Teal and Light Blue.

I also used Spellbinders Jewel Goddess,  Jewel Keys and Office Supplies.  I love how they turned out, with layers of Tattered Angels paint products on them.

Here is the second set of cards using layers of Glimmer Mist, Canvas Corp paper and twine, as well as Spellbinders die templates and Want2Scrap Bling.

Thanks so much for taking the time to take a look at my Tattered Angels projects!

 

Please pop on over to the Tattered Angels Blog and leave me a comment over there.

I'd really appreciate it.

Hugs

Holly

A Few Of My Wild West Photo's

You often see my paper crafting and mixed media creations on my blog.  But, today I wanted to share some photo's I took of Wild and Wonderful Wyoming.

This was taken of Vedauwoo.  Known to the Arapaho Indians as “Land of the Earthborn Spirit,” the rock formations of Vedauwoo (pronounced vee-da-voo) attract experienced climbers, campers and hikers. This area is conveniently located off Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Laramie (exit 329) and for westbound travelers is their first introduction to the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and its more than two million acres of public lands.

This is one of my favorite photo's of the Wild Horses in Wyoming.  I took this today on the way from Lander, Wy back home to Rawlins.  You just never know where you will see a small herd or even a couple of the wild horses.  It is such an amazing experience to see them.

 

I found this video by the Wyoming Tourism Department.  They have some great close up shots of these amazing animals.

 

I hope you've enjoyed a glimpse into my Wild Wyoming World.  Thanks for stopping by Wild Wyoming Art Cafe' today.

Hugs

Holly

A Hippitty Hoppitty Happy Easter Basket!

 I wanted to show you more detailed photo's of my Easter Basket, that was recently published in Create and Decorate Magazine! 

The wooden basket was perfect for this project, so I dressed it up to make the perfect Easter Basket. Graphic 45 Once Upon A Springtime patterned paper helped create the perfect vintage theme.

Waltzing Mouse has some wonderful vintage themed stamps.  I used the Rescue Remedies stamp set.  It matches perfect with Spellbinders Labels Four  die templates.

The edges of the tag were distressed, then the entire tag was misted with Tattered Angels Copper Glimmer Mist for an aged look.

The Labels Twenty-Two die template was placed over the patterned paper and aligned around the Bunny Image.  I cut/ebmossed Labels Twenty-Two and also created a mat behind the Bunnies using the next size larger die template.  The edges of each Label were inked for an added vintage feel.

I cut/ebmossed Rose Creations, curled the edges, layered and inked.  The scallop die cut border around my Easter Basket was created with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Edgeabilities. 

Wood is one of my favorite mediums to use mist on.  I chose Tattered Angels Copper Glimmer Mist to mist my Easter Basket.  I misted several layers, and allowed each layer to dry before applying the next layer.  The beauty of misting on wood, is that the glimmer mist almost floats on top of the wood and creates an amazing look.

Plastic Easter eggs were used as the base for my collaged eggs. I tore old book pages then dipped them in mod podge and layered them onto the eggs.  Air bubbles were smoothed out, and the eggs were allowed to dry on a non-stick craft sheet.  When they were dry I misted with Tattered Angels Copper Glimmer Mist.  They turned out so lovely.  They were so much fun to make!  My girls even joined in the fun.

I hope you have enjoyed taking a closer look at my Easter Basket.  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

ps-  the winner of the Wings of Hope die templates and t-shirts was Toni from Oregon!!!  Thanks to all of you who played along.  I'll have more blog candy in the near future.

I wish you all a very Happy Easter!

Hugs

Holly

 

 

JustRite Stampers Guest Designer! Butterfly Card

It has been a dream come true to be a JustRite Stampers Guest Designer!!  What an honor.  I'm still pinching myself.  JustRite makes the most beautiful stamps.  They have some amazing background stamps.  Be sure to check them out.  I know you will love them!

For my 3rd and final project as a JustRite Guest Designer, I used the Harlequin Script Background Stamp.  It is divine!  I love the look of using embossing powder and heat embossing on black paper.

 

Here is a sneak peek my new Butterfly Card.

 

 

Thank you for following along with my JustRite Guest Designer posts.  I really appreciate it!

 

Please hop on over to the JustRite Blog to see the entire project!

Leave me a comment on the JustRite Blog and let me know what you think.

Thanks so much for taking the time to venture over and see my Guest Designer Projects ~ 

Day One,  Day Two, and Day Three!

Hugs

Holly

JustRite Guest Designer! Travel Mini Album

Woohoo! ~ It's Day 2 of being a Guest Designer for JustRite Stampers!!!  I don't know about you, but I love to travel. I create so many wonderful memories and want to document them.  So, I am forever making mini albums.

JustRite has created some of the most amazing background stamps!  The Vintage Map Collage Background Stamp is perfect for a Travel Album.  There is so much depth, and so many areas to color and embellish to any theme.

Here is a sneak peek of my 2nd project ~ Travel Mini Album.  

Please hop on over to the JustRite Stampers Blog to see the entire album!

You won't be dissapointed I promise.  It's one of my favorite projects.

I've used brand new Nina Brackett Want2Scrap Bling, new Theresa Collins patterned paper, new Bo Bunny Mini Album, Spellbinders die templates of course and some lovely fluid chalk ink by Clearsnap as well.

Speaking of travel.....I was fortunate enough to enjoy another trip with Spellbinders to Phenoix, AZ!  I'll tell you all about that in another post.  

 

Please hop on over to the JustRite Blog to see the entire project!

Leave me a comment on the JustRite Blog and let me know what you think.

Thanks so much for taking the time to venture over and see my Guest Designer Projects ~ Day One and Day Two!

Hugs

Holly