GERMAN SCRAP CHALLENGE - Photo Heavy

 Hi everyone!

I do apologize for not getting the Card Chicks card up last week as planned. After Bob left, I pretty much just dosed up with Nyquil and slept most of the next two days. By the time I felt better I had to start busting out a challenge I signed up for with Spectrum Art Creations. You'll be seeing me playing with more of things I've purchased from them in the coming weeks/ months as I turn my attention away from strictly Stampin' Up!

If I learned anything from this challenge, it was that I am so much more inspired when I can play with the toys I WANT to play with rather than the ones I HAVE to play with. My Stampin' Up! business isn't going anywhere so it's time I started enjoying the creative process again.

So what is German Scrap?

Scraps are small paper images printed lithographically. They have been produced in America, Germany, Scandinavia and more recently England. The German printers were the finest and most prolific producers of scraps in Europe - queensferry-at-war

Here is the sheet I had to work with:

For the challenge we were to incorporate the images into 5 different items. The 5 items counted as 1 entry for a chance at gift cards to Spectrum Art Creations store.  I'll be doing a video for Friday but for now, here are pictures of the items I made with a bit of description:

Inspired by vintage photo albums. The cover is 2 layers of Warm n Natural quilt batting on chip board then covered in an olive green velveteen. 

The doily is a  coaster crocheted by my late eldest sister many years ago. We never use the placemats/ coasters anymore so I've decided to incorporate them into keepsakes. The corners are Tim Holtz.

Inside of the album. This is one of five photo pockets I made. Each pocket holds 2 'photos' back to back.

The pockets were made from coffee-dyed Crumb Cake cardstock. I used a retired SU set - Very Vintage to stamp part of a doily beneath the banner (a Darice die) as well as the florals in Tip Top Taupe.

The photo mats were Very Vanilla cardstock lightly coffee dyed.

The images in the album are all Tim Holtz paperdolls

This piece is dedicated to my eldest sister - Barbara.

She loved roses and a true cowboy pistol she'd purchased a few months prior to her death.

I've been wanting to make an altered paint brush for about three years. This challenge was the perfect opportunity to step out of my comfort zone. 

I started with two coats of gesso then added a couple coats on the front of Tapioca acrylic paint.

You can see half of one of the coasters and I've done a pearl trim wrap.

For the floral, I chose the basket arrangement, photocopied the image five times in black n white onto cardstock then layered them up to create a 'chipboard' effect - this added dimension to the piece.

The pistols are a charm from CHARM ME that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.

This is a TAG BOOK

inspired by Jennifer Tritle. Her tag books are showcased in the April/ May/ June issue of 

Art Journal magazine by Stampington

You'll find her article beginning on page 48.  She was inspired by 

Jessica Rosengren (Jesson Art on YouTube)

While Terri was here, one of the things she brought me were several unused time cards. The were 14" long. I knew I wanted to use them as the base for the tag journal. Then following Jesson Art's tutorial, I got brave and played with layers, using gesson, Shimmering Embossing Paste (Stampin' Up!) and Pigment Sprinkles (retired SU). I used the Tim Holtz rose doily stencil. The ribbon is Stampin' Up, the lace and pearls from Hobby Lobby. 

This is a Gildan white t-shirt. 

I applied the German Scrap with Fabric Mod Podge, making the t-shirt washable. I added half of a coaster trimmed in what I call Barbara Pink ribbon (Stampin' Up!) Barbara always wore a beautiful bright pink nail polish.  The neckline is a loose wrap of the pearls and ribbon tacked into place. 

The last Sunday of each month we play TRINGO Live on YouTube to celebrate that month's birthdays. Anyone can join us!

We call it Tringo because it's a mix of Bingo interspersed with Trivia with Madison.

One of our regular members has a box she keeps her bingo card/ markers in. She inspired me to create a Bingo Box of my own. 

The box is made from 2 canvas frames ($ Tree), decopaged with coffee-dyed music paper. I distressed each torn piece of the music paper with Tip Top Taupe (retired SU). I took a bingo card I had in my game elements stash and shrunk it to 75%, layered it on a piece of thick chipboard to add dimension, then placed one of the German Scrap items on top. 

You can see other German Scrap elements decorating the corners. I applied them to all 4 corners with the box shut. When the glue had dried, I slit them with the Xacto knife so the box would open again but they'd look like one piece when closed. I use 2 vintage bingo markers stacked together to for the feet for the box.

BINGO is spelled out by cutting 7 layers of each letter out of cardstock (using Sizzix adhesive sheets) then adhering them together to create thick chipboard letters. The top layer is gold foil.

I lined the inside of the lid and bottom with chipboard covered in Garden Lane (retired SU)

I created a bingo card from the one Madi has for me. The squares are 1" then I stamped the numbers/ letters using Garden Green and retired SU stamp set - one of the first things I ever earned with Host Credits years ago. 

I'm using flat-backed glass marbles from $Tree. There re 5 clear ones to use for Wild numbers so I can see what's below them, a dark blue to cover the free spot and green for the rest of my markers. 

I'm exhausted but it was so much fun playing with lots of different mediums and stepping out of my comfort zone to try new things. 

What have you been wanting to try? Take the plunge and have FUN!

I'm off the rest of this week but should be back on track Monday. Thank you for your patience.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly