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eTeam Picks Challenge–Flowers!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Sherry Cheever| 11 Comments

 

Good morning!  Today it’s my turn to host the eTeam Picks Challenge over on the eP Blog.  Of course, and I know you won’t believe this one . . . I picked FLOWERS!

The eTeam Picks Challenge is held on the third Thursday of each month and each challenge is an opportunity for you to be inspired by one of our eTeam’s creations, to share your work, and to be entered into our challenge prize drawing.

The base of the project is a 6×6 canvas that was painted with Bundled Sage, Broken China and Picket Fence Distress Paints.  Using Studio 490 3 Fresh Flowers Stencil, White Embossing Paste was applied to the canvas.  The petals of the flowers were painted with Victorian Velvet and highlighted with Seedless Preserves Distress Paints.  The stems were painted with Peeled Paint Distress Paint.  To add more highlights, Forest Moss Distress Ink was rubbed over the stems and Dusty Concord over the petals.

For more texture and dimension, over stamping with various Studio 490 background stamps was done in white pigment, Sepia Archival and Royal Purple Stazon.   To finish the canvas, gold leafing splatters were added with a gold leafing pen and canned air.

Love the texture and dimension that the Embossing Paste creates!

The eTeam Picks Challenge is all about inspiration and having fun! During each challenge one of the eTeam members will share a topic, word, technique, sketch, or product that will become the foundation for your creation. This challenge is all about mixing it up and just enjoying the creative process… anything goes! We want to see your work and hear about your inspiration. All of those who play along with our challenge will be entered into a prize drawing for a $15.00 gift certificate to the eclectic Paperie store.


We can’t wait to see your flowers!  Here are a few things to keep in mind for this challenge…

You do not have to use products sold in the eP store…but we do love it when you do.

  • Share a direct link to your creation, not just your blog, using the Linky Tools feature at the end of this post.  If, for any reason, the Linky Tools doesn’t cooperate, please add a link in the Comments section of the blog.
  • When uploading to any online galleries, please use any of the following keywords; eP, eclectic Paperie or eTeam Pick Challenge.  Link your creations to the eP Blog.
  • If you’d like to be considered as one of our featured projects and be entered into our prize drawing, please be sure to add your link no later than midnight EST on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

Thanks for stopping by today and if you get the opportunity to get a little crafty . . .  I hope it’s with flowers and you play along with us!
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Be Brave . . . Be Me!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Sherry Cheever| 24 Comments

Good Saturday morning!  Here it is the second Saturday of racing from Daytona and I’m digging in to watch the Nationwide race this afternoon.  I hurried this morning to finish up a project I was working on yesterday and get my photos done so I could settle in.   I don’t have a television in the studio any longer  . . . I watch videos on my iPad now while I’m working, so I wanted to get going this morning.

I didn’t have Hadlee yesterday, which gave me the day to spend playing in the studio . . . and play I did!  I was finally able to work on something I’ve had planned for a few weeks now.

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The frame is one of those Michael’s dollar frames that I like to keep on hand.  I painted the frame black and then using my new Crafter’s Workshop Template – Mini Harlequin, I applied black Studio 490 Embossing Paste to the front of the frame.  Once the paste was dry, I went back and placing the stencil back over the paste, I misted the paste with a combination of water and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls.   I love the light shimmer I was able to achieve!

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The sentiment was stamped with the Melody Ross set by Unity – She Sprouted Wings.   The background “be brave” was stamped in Barn Door and the “Be Me” in Jet Black Archival.   The sentiment was then die cut/embossed with Spellbinders™ Squares and mounted on two pieces of thin chipboard that had also been die cut with the Squares.  The chipboard was painted black and edged with a gold leafing pen.

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All the flowers and leaves were die cut from watercolor paper and painted with various colors of Distress Stains (all listed below).  It just dawned on me that this is the flower that I promised a tutorial on and unfortunately I didn’t do it yesterday.  I promise I’ll get it done!

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The roses were made with the Grand Peony Die Templates, the leaves are Foliage and Rose Creations.  The flourish is from Venetian Motifs.

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This project was done for the eTeam Picks Challenge – Folded Paper.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to post the day the challenge went live, but I suppose it’s better late than never!  You have the opportunity to play along and be entered into a drawing for an eP Gift Certificate.  Follow the above link to get all the details and see what others are uploading and linking to!

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That’s all for me right now!  As soon as the race is over I’m heading back to the studio to work on a few more projects.

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The e-Team Picks Challenge – - Altered Box!

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Sherry Cheever| 16 Comments

Happy weekend!  I hope you’ve had a good one so far . . . me?  I’ve had plenty of studio time today and look forward to more tomorrow!

This past week The e-Team started a new challenge . . .

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which can be found on the eP Blog  – - eTeam Picks Challenge – Altered Boxes. Margi Kemper hosted this first challenge and I was looking forward to posting on the day the challenge went live.  Unfortunately I got a little From Millan.Net and I wasn’t able to complete my project until today.  There’s still plenty of time for you to participate.  You have until January 31 to upload a link to your project (on the eTeam Picks Challenge – Altered Boxes post) to be entered into the prize drawing.

I decided to alter one of the old Graphic 45 5×5 Kraftboard Altered Art Boxes.  Sadly I don’t think you can get these anymore . . . I happen to have a number of them in my stash still.

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The box was painted with Light Buttermilk acrylic paint and then a bunch of Studio 490 images were stamped in Archival Sepia all over the front, back, sides and inside the box.  The script was stamped in Archival Jet Black.  (One of my favorite background stamps is an old one from SU called Ephemera and I wanted to try and recreate it with Wendy Vecchi’s Studio 490 images.

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Because I will probably put pencils and yucky stuff in this, I painted the inside black so that it wouldn’t show scuff marks and what not.

The floral and fauna were all die cut from 140 lb. watercolor paper, colored with Distress Stains and misted with water containing Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls.  (Dimensional Flower with Watercolor Paper Video Tutorial).

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Spellbinders™ Blossoms Five was used for the flower which was painted with Rusty Hinge and Aged Mahogany Distress Stains.  The leaves are from Foliage, Rose Creations and Venetian Motifs painted with Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss.

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The center embellishment is one of the new bezels from the Spellbinders Media Mixage Line.  The background is Gold Foil Engravers Board that was embossed with the new Harlequin M-Bossabilities and then sanded to reveal the gold underneath the black coating.  The key is an old one that I found in some junk I was picking through the other day.  The bezel was filled with ICE Resin once I had the arrangement on the inside.

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Another photo of the box half closed (0r open).

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Graphic 45 Metal Buttons were used as feet on the bottom of the box.

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I love all the different heights and dimension on the front of the box.

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Now I have a little secret to share .  . . I actually started this project in black.  I wasn’t happy with the way it was coming out using all embellishments I had previously decided on . . . so the black box was set aside.  Since then, I’ve come up with another plan for it and will be finishing it up sometime soon!

That’s it for me today except to say thanks for stopping!  I’ll be back on Monday which is my next schedule day to share on the eP Blog.  See ya then!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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Happy 2013!

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Sherry Cheever| 41 Comments

Good morning and Happy New Year!  I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to put one year to bed and start another new and fresh.  The last year has been full of adversities for our family . . . the best things were Mallory graduating from college and the birth of Hadlee!  Apart from that, we’ve had a number of trials and tribulations that have made some days more trying than others.

I have a tendency to shut down when feeling stressed and depressed.  I’m afraid that I’ve spent the better part of last year simply trying to get through each day the best I could.

On the upside of things, you all know my sister fell and broke her leg.  Six months have passed and she is now walking with a cane and has actually found herself walking from room-to-room without it.    She drove for the first time in six months on December 30 . . . WOO HOO for Carrie!  I’m so proud of her for overcoming such a debilitating injury!

Mallory is still sick and has been for one year now.  The doctors are continuing to run tests and I’m feeling confident that we will find out what is going on before this new year is done and over.

Hadlee . . . what can I say!  I’m truly blessed that Katie allows me to share with Hadlee on a daily basis and hasn’t grown tired of her old mom doing things she isn’t happy with . . . like giving Hadlee a lick of the chocolate “Frosty” spoon!  You know, just a touch of the spoon to the lips really . . . but boy were those lips working . . .

Now there is a reason why I have shared so much with you at the beginning today . . .

Those of you who follow me on a regular basis, know that I have had my spurts of posting and then not posting this year.  I’ve often blown my lack of posting off to being too busy, etc., but quite frankly . . . I’ve had a hard time getting myself up and ready to work in the studio with all the other things going on in my life.  On those days when I finally had a day at home to myself and could work, I couldn’t quite bring myself to move from the couch.  I spent a lot of time the last year sitting in a comatose state, wasting what valuable time I did have for myself.

I’ve had enough!  I’ve decided it’s time for me to pick myself up and get going with life again.  This not only includes spending more time in the studio, but it also includes loosing some of the extra weight I’ve put on and most importantly, to dwell on the positive in my life over the negative.

This now brings me to my project for today.

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This is a Mixed Media Canvas that I’ve created for the eP Get Altered Challenge today (that you can find on the eP Blog), but more importantly, it’s a canvas that I’ve made for myself to help remind me to rise up and “Soar/Fly” over any adversities that may come my way this year.    The colors used coordinate with my living room and dining room and my intent is to hang it where I will see it every minute of every day!

It is a 6×6 canvas that already had the gesso applied when I purchased it.  I painted the canvas with a base coat of DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints in Hauser Light Green, Light Buttermilk and Bahama Blue.  Eventually mists made with Distress Ink Refills (Dusty Concord, Crushed Olive and Broken China) and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls was applied over the paint.

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The flowers were all made from watercolor paper, and I have to tell you . . . I LOVE how they turned out!  The large red flower was made with Spellbinders™ Blossom Five and Fired Brick Distress Stain.  The yellow flowers were made with Grand Peony Creations and combinations of Mustard Seed, Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress Stains.

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The heart was drawn free hand and cut out from watercolor paper.  It was colored with Aged Mahogany Distress Stain, misted with water and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls and then covered with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

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The letters were made with Maya Road alphabets that were colored with Black Soot Distress Stain.   The only item not made with watercolor paper are the foliage leaves that  were die cut from GrungePaper and then colored with Forest Moss Distress Stain.

After all the embellishments had been adhered to the canvas, I used ink spritzer to add some flecks of Krylon 18kt Gold Leafing Pen to the canvas.

MixedMediaCanvas FlyAboveIt ANGLE VIEW

That’s all for me today, except to say . . .

Thanks for stopping by today and more importantly, thanks for sticking with me over this last year.  I promise to be a better blogger and online friend in 2013!  I truly appreciate each and every one of you and always look forward to your comments and emails!  Thanks for not giving up on me . . . I did enough of that for all of us combined!

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Color Throwdown #211!

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Sherry Cheever| 13 Comments

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Good morning y’all!  Wow I can hardly believe this is my last post as Guest Designer for The Color Throwdown and the month of September is coming to an end.

All I can say is that I’ve had so much fun playing along with this fabulous group of designers and have been so inspired by the colors each week.  Thank you so much for having me join you for the month!

For my last project, I did a really quick card  . . . and by really quick . . . I mean really quick.  I ran out of time yesterday afternoon and knowing that I had a meeting last night, I had all of a couple of hours to get the card made, photographed, cropped and emailed off.

I chose some MME Lost & Found paper that I thought matched the colors because I didn’t have any of the SU matching paper.

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A small shipping tag was coordinated with coordinating paper for the background and the sentiment was trimmed out of another piece.  The flower, Bitty Blossom, was die cut/embossed from another sheet.  The seaming binding was some I had in a stash jar, that I believe was dyed with Rusty Hinge.

That’s all for me today.  Thanks for stopping by and remember . . . life is short, make the most of the adventures that come your way today!

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