Attitude of Gratitude - Day 4

Bucket List

Today's page background was done with random spraying of Ranger Dylusions inks.  I don't have a bucket stamp but I do have the cute jar stamp that I stamped on watercolor paper and cut out.  I stamped the tag and cut it out and used twine to "tie" it to the top of the jar with the words "Bucket List" printed and cut out then glued to it.  I stamped a random swirly stamp on the background then cut out and inked the verse and quote.

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~Pam

Attitude of Gratitude - Day 3

Acceptance

The technique I used for today's page was to stamp squares of distress ink from the pad directly onto the page.  Then I spritzed with water, dried and spritzed again.  I sprayed white linen across the page to tone down the colors a bit. I stamped the page randomly with a script stamp and black archival ink then stamped the flowers and leaf patterns. I cut out and inked the banner, quote and verse and glued to the page.

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~Pam

Attitude go Gratitude - Day 2

Attitude

I decided to use Distress Stains to make the background of this page.  I don't have many but I swiped them all on the page randomly then spritzed with water.  A quick drying and then another layer, dry, repeat.  I think I did a total of about 4 layers.

I stamped the word of the day using stamped letters from Dyan Reavely.  Instead of inking them I brushed them with Distress markers.  After stamping the letters I cut them out and inked the edges.  I decided to hand write the quote and verse.  I added the heart cut from card stock and voila....done!

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~Pam

Attitude of Gratitude-Day1

Permission

I'm participating in An Attitude go Gratitude 2013 this year over the month of November.  This is hosted by Bernice Hopper.  The challenge for the next couple of days will be to use one of the Ranger Distress techniques.  Bernice has posted videos of a whole pot full of them.

I watched every one of the videos and it was really hard to decide which one to use first.  I love the idea that Bernice has come up with using the same type of technique over several days.  I settled on the Making a Scene technique.  

I began by cutting down a piece of watercolor paper to fit my journal page and then started by swiping the distress ink pads across the paper.  Then I sponged and swiped different inks using a torn piece of paper as a mask.  I stamped the bare tree using Rich Cocoa ink.

I printed out the verse and quote.  I cut out the word of the day and tore around the verse and quote then inked all edges.  After fixing them to the page I wrote my journaling.

I'm very happy with the way this turned out.  I'm always amazed at the effects you can get with distress ink.  I guess I'm grateful to be able to buy and create with these products.

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~pam

Tiny Crafting Matchbox Size

Yesterday I made the altered altoid tin after seeing the challenge to go small at Anything But a Card. Then I started looking on (you guessed it) Pinterest where I found some amazing tiny treasures made from matchboxes.  Then I found that they weren't actual matchboxes but were home made using a template.  We'll mind blown!!!

I had to try this so I googled matchbox template and found several but decided I liked Rachel's matchbox template.

Outside cover...

Inside vignette.

I can't tell you how much fun I had making this tiny treasure.  I will be entering in the mini challenge "small is beautiful" at Anything but a Card.

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~pam

Paris in a Tin

I had an empty leftover Altoid tin and some new stamps.  Hmmm.  Now what can I do with these?

Here is my little altered tin that I created
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I had fun making this little beauty.  Someone asked me what I was going to do with it.  Do?  With it?  I don't think about that when the inspiration to make hits.  I guess just put it on a shelf and look at it now and then. What do you do with all your little goodies?

I think I will be entering this in the Anything But a Card mini challenge Small is Beautiful by MrsBeez otherwise known as Lisette.  Although this is a bit bigger than a matchbox it is still small enough to qualify I think.  It is smaller than a large box of kitchen matches....LOL.

I believe I will also enter this in the Anything Goes challenge over at Simon Says Stamp challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.
~pam

Halloween Tag

It's getting close to Halloween and I wanted to use my new stamps.  The challenge for this month at Anything But A Card is Black &Orange.  I haven't made a tag for awhile so that is what I decided to do.

At Simon Monday Challenge Blog the challenge is Spooky.  I think this will work for that challenge too so I am entering my little beauty there also.  It was so much fun making this tag.

Hope you have a spooky Halloween!

~pam