Thursday, October 13, 2011

Boo Coaster Hanger (& A Confession)

My name is Vicki, and I'm a craftaholic. 

I've heard the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem...although, I admit...I don't know that I want to recover from this particular addiction!  But the fact remains:  that PayPal button is like a little devil on my shoulder whispering "buy it, buy it!" in my ear.  I've gone a little crazy with the Crafty Steals, Flowers to Flourishes, and Molly's Square purchases lately...all stamp sets.  They're just such a good DEAL!!

Okay, so I'm confessing to you because I've given myself a goal to make something from each and every one of those new sets.  This Boo Coaster Hanger is the first (it will take me a while to work through them all). 

Honestly, I was just playing around without much of a plan other than I had to use the Inkadinkado "Pumpkins Galore" stamp set.  Halfway in, I didn't like it much...thought it was going to be a big flop.  But I love the end result...yay!  It's great when things come together suddenly and surprise you.

A Few Details & A Technique:
  • The base is a Papertrey Ink coaster covered in bright orange mulberry paper that was toned down with Rusty Hinge and Pumice Stone Distress Stains.

  • The purple tag is from K&Co's Studio 112 line.  They come in packs of 24 and were in the $1 bin at JoAnn Etc!

  • The pumpkin was stamped in StazOn Jet Black, then colored with marker.  I then covered the pumpkin and the stem in Glossy Accents.  Technique:  While the Glossy Accents was still wet, I added Peeled Paint Distresss Stickles to the stem and dragged them through the Glossy Accents up along the curve of the stem with a sewing needle, sort of mixing the Stickles and GA.  On the pumpkin, I added dots of Orange Peel Stickles to where the design showed circles.  These I did not blend and when everything dried, it looks like little gems set into the shiny surface of the GA...so cool!  Give it a try!

Challenges:


Supplies:
Paper
: PTI coaster; mulberry paper; K&Co Studio 112 tag; Paper Adventures
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo ‘Pumpkins Galore’; Basic Grey ‘Boo’, ‘Spooky’
Inks: Distress Stain ‘Rusty Hinge’, ‘Pumice Stone’, ‘Chipped Sapphire’, ‘Aged Mahogany’; StazOn ‘Jet Black’; Distress Ink ‘Old Paper’
Embellishments: Distress Stickles ‘Peeled Paint’; Stickles ‘Black Diamond’, ‘Orange Peel’; Glossy Accents; Tim Holtz tissue tape ‘Symphony’; wire; ribbon

Tools: 3M foam tape; spray adhesive; hole punch

14 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous! I love what you've done with the Glossy Accents - really neat effect!

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  2. Great piece! Will have to try the Stickles and GA technique.

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  3. Wow totally incredible work! Love the detail and the colours. Thanks for sharing such paper joy with us!

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  4. Gorgeous! I love it. So glad you joined us at Drunken Stampers!

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  5. Fabulous job on your project!!

    Thanks for joining in on the fun at Come and Get It Challenges!

    Shell~Alaska♥

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  6. What a wonderful tag, Vicki. So many things to see and you explained it all so well. Like the soft color palet.

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  7. Wonderful colors and you totally rocked the glossy accents mixing in the stickles!

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  8. This is so cool!! I've got a stack of those coasters - would be nice if I remembered to use them, huh? LOL

    Oh, and, hello, my name is Nancy .. I, too, am a craftaholic ... and have NO plans of being 'cured'! lol

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  9. This is really lovely - fabulous stamping, great colours and images too. Love it! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge

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  10. Very cool- love your Halloween coaster. TFS
    Aloha, Kate

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  11. Ooh this is lovely! The pumpkin is fab and I really like all the colour and texture in the piece.
    xx

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  12. Oh what a fabulous halloween hanger, great work.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps Challenge.
    luv
    Debby

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