Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog ~Glamour Shots Of Hoard And Tips~

Welcome Sweet Friends,  This is challenge #11 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.

The challenge is to share your hoard and some storage tips with a glamour shot.  Today I'm sharing some shots of my little studio and some tips for storing my hoard of supplies.  I love old funky antiques and have used some in my studio.  For all my alcohol inks and paints I've used an old printer's tray I've had for some time.

On my desk (which is an antique French Country Kitchen Table) I have a 5-tray antique bread baking pan set that is attached and I just love using it for all my "special" small flowers.

I also love hand thrown ceramics.  Here on the Lost Coast we have many talented artisians and I picked up some from our Summer Arts Festival this spring that I am using for all my brushes etc.

Behind my desk I have a shelve of old redwood with some shabby chic brackets.  I've used some old cd shelves for some of my tapes, metal pieces, and mists.

And here's a glamour shot of my studio.

One lucy winner will receive this amazing prize donated by Gloria!!

Challenge Rules are here Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog

Make sure to link your project using the link tool on theCraft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.

Be sure to visit the other features Design Team Members to see their Glamour Shots!!
Amber Milone
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Kathy Clement

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope to see your hoard and storage tips!!

Hank ~Tim Holtz~

Hi Sweet Friends, Today I'm sharing a project I did using tons of my favorite things..all Tim Holtz!!  I had some time this afternoon and had a lot of fun just doing a layout for myself.  This is a photo of my dd Jenn's bestie's little man..Hank!  I used some metal subway tickets and bolts that I altered with some Ranger Patinas to add to the vintage feel I was going for.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek and I hope you've enjoyed!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous & Stencil Girl Blog Hop

This week the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog is changing it up...with a blog hop!  Challenge 10 is ready at CHACB but we are doing things a bit differently this time!  We are doing a week-long blog hop with Stencil Girl!!

Each day this week you will visit the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog to see the fabulous designs of the CHACB team, and then you will visit the Stencil Girl Blog to see what their team is doing!  For the blog hop order, see the end of the post.

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGE!  CHALLENGE #10 - SPRAY IT!  PAINT I! SMEAR IT! EMBOSS IT!

Show us your inner mixed media diva!  Use spray mists, inks, paints, modeling paste, embossing powder, pastels, chalk and whatever messy media you can find!  Let's dig into that hoard, pull out some of that "messy stuff" and use it up!  There's a messy-maker hiding in all of you!  Let her/him out to play!

Here's my project for this challenge.  I did a couple of small canvas pieces with some vintage ladies.

I first gessoed the canvas pieces and then used some light moulding paste with the beautiful Peacock Stencil from Stencil Girl..so much fun.  After that dried I started misting with some Lindy's Stamp Gang "Tainted Love Teal" and "Red Hot Poker Orange" and love the effect with the stencil.  I than gathered up some of my metal hoard and altered the pieces with some Ranger Patinas "Vertigris" and "Aged Bronze".  I also misted some white flowers with the Tainted Love Teal and Red Hot Poker Orange.  I added some hot air balloons for a bit of contrast.  I also used "white" WorldWin Paper behind the images to matt the photo paper and used my heating tool to "crack" the photo paper.

Rememeber you have 2 weeks to play in the new challenge!  CHALLENGE #10 CLOSES JUNE 29th AT MIDNIGHT PT.  Link your project using the link tool on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.

One talented participant will receive the prize, donated by Stencil Girl and WorldWin Papers, our sponsors for the month.

WorldWin Papers offers extraordinary paper, cardstock, and envelopes for all paper crafting applications.  We have teamed up with leading paper suppliers from around the world to bring some of the most colorful, elegant, and sophisticated paper lines available to the craft market.  All of our papers provide exceptional quality and design - perfect for scrapbooking, card making, rubber stamping, and paper crafting.  You can visit their website here WorldWin Papers.

StencilGirl Stencils are made by artisits for artists.  Unique designs for people who love stencils like we love stencils.  Owned and operated by artist Mary Beth Shaw.  Visit the StencilGirl Website and StencilGirls Talk Blog.

For this week here are the links to visit:
June 16:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog
Amber Milone
Christy Butters
StencilGirl Talk Blog
Janet Joehlin
Michael Trent

June 17:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idet
Stencil Girl Talk
Mary C Nasser
Jennifer Priest

June 18:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog
Ginny Nemchak
Glenda Brooks
Stencil Girl Talk Blog
Gwen LaFleur
Linda Kittmer

June 19:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog
Gloria Stengel
Jan Marie Ennenga
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Stencil Girl Talk
Carolyn Dube
Maria McGuire

June 20:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog
Kathy Clement
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Stencil Girl Talk Blot
Kirsten Reed
Leslie Tucker Jenison

CHACB June 2 Challenge

Welcome,  it's time for another challenge at  Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog!  This is Challenge #9 - FOLD IT.

Use some sort of a "fun fold" on your project.  You can make a fun fold card, a pop up card, an expolsion box, or other type of project that makes use of folded cardstock or paper.  You can chare some folding techniques that are perfect for scrapbooking layouts or mixed media pieces.  Create a mini album with a folded binding.  Fold some ribbon to make pleats.  De-hoard those supplies and show us your folds--paper folds that is!

Our sponsors for this month are Worldwin papers and StencilGirl and here is the prize.  StencilGirl has stencils made by artists for artists.  Unique designs for people who LOVE stencils..like we love stencils.  Owned and operated by artist Mary Beth Shaw.  Visit their website Stencil Girl Products for more information.  WorldWin Paper offers extraordinary paper, cardstock and envelopes for all paper crafting applications.  We have teamed up with leading paper suppliers from around the world to bring some of the most colorful and elegant and sophisticated paperlines available to the craft market.  All of our papers provide exceptional quality and design - perfect for scrapbooking, card making, rubber stamping, and paper crafting.  Visit their website WorldWin Papers for more information.

Here's my Design Team Project for this Challenge.  I altered a G45 box with a small mini album and this folded tag booklet for my Mother to treasure some photos of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the beach.

Challenge Rules can be found here Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Make sure to link your project using the link tool on the CHACB.  Make sure to visit your Design Team to check out what they have done to share!

Here's the links to the Design Team
Donna Idet
Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel - Blog Owner
Karen Zueger (You Are Here)
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Ginny Nemchak
Jan Marie Ennenga
Kathy Clement

Materials Used:
WorldWin Papers
Graphic 45 - By The Sea Collection
Graphic 45 - Staples Matchbox

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek and I hope you enjoy!