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Good afternoon everyone! Happy Friday! Today, I will announce the winner of a $30 gift card. Winner has until next Friday April 19, 2013 at 11:59 pm CST to claim their gift card. Winner must email me at michelle@scrapngrow.com. Be sure to include which store you would like a gift card to as well as your mailing address. Winner gets their choice of gift card from one of the following stores: Archiver’s, Joann’s, or Michael’s.

I used Random.org for the first time in order to determine the winner.  I followed their instructions. and Random.org performed the official, random drawing.

Drumroll please……………………………..the winner is:

The winner of your drawing is…

Congratulations on the drawing! It was completed on Friday, 12 April 2013 at 13:01:24 UTC The winner was drawn from a list of 12 entrants using true randomness, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs. You will find the permanent record of the drawing here: http://www.random.org/draws/details/?draw=14402.

CONGRATULATIONS Liz!!!!!   Be sure to email me with your information as noted above before next Friday 11:59pm CST.

I also have some nature inspired picture frames  to share with you today.

I made each of these frames as part of an ongoing online class I am taking called VerDay. The class is completely online and is being taught by the owners of Ten Seconds Studio, Cheryl and Megan Darrow. The class has been so much fun!  Out of respect for us that are taking the class, I will not provide technique details, but I will provide details about the finishing touches following each picture frame.  Click here for class information.

Fly VerDay Picture Frame

Picture frame purchased unfinished from Michael’s.  Dragonfly is rustic tin from my stash and the bottle cap and letter type embellishments are from Darice . Image is a piece of decorative card stock from stash.

Faucets VerDay Picture Frame

Picture frame purchased unfinished from Michael’s. Faucet knobs/handles are from Tim Holtz’s Ideaology line. Rain boot image is a decorative piece of card stock from scrap stash. Stamped sentiment is from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous. Sentiment was embossed with Versamark and Ranger Superfine Detail black embossing powder.

Songbird VerDay Picture Frame

Picture frame purchased from Michael’s. Songbird image and sentiment are both from Stampendous.  Songbird is colored with Distress Ink markers from Ranger. Dogwood twigs are from my garden. Bird nest and eggs are from Michael’s.  Eggs were colored blue with Alcohol Ink Fillable Pen and Stream Alcohol Ink, both products are from Ranger Ink.

Watering Can VerDay Picture Frame

Picture frame purchased unfinished from Michael’s. Watering can is rusted tin shape is from my stash. I punched a hole using a Crop O Dile in the watering can and attached via a jump ring a Teresa Collins facet. I used Sail Boat Blue Alcohol ink by Ranger Ink to custom color the facet. Focal image is a Stampendous background stamp stamped with Sepia Archival ink by Ranger.

Butterflies VerDay Picture Frame

Picture frame purchased unfinished from Michael’s. Butterfly embellishments are Vintaj brass blanks. Butterflies were embossed with a Vintaj Deco Etch embossing folder and painted afterwards with Vintaj Patina paint. Once dry, butterflies were sanded and painted with an acrylic brown paint and rubbed off before dry to create an aged appearance. Butterfly bodies are made from dark annealed stove pipe wire from stash and adhered with E6000 adhesive purchased from Michael’s.  Focal image is a Tim Holtz stamp from his Stampers Anonymous line. Image is stamp onto Kraft card stock with Sepia Archival ink from Ranger.

I hope you enjoyed today’s picture frames.  They were so much fun to make.  I would highly recommend Ten Seconds Studio to anyone interested in creating patina finishes for their art. The possibilities are endless.  Have a great weekend.

Michelle

Good morning blog friends. How are you?  The weather remains bone chilling here in Minnesota. Temperatures dropped below zero Sunday and have yet to rebound. Low temperatures combined with sustained winds has created dangerous windchill’s. Today’s featured tag includes warm thoughts of Spring which I truly believe really is just around the corner.  The tag’s feature dragonfly image is from Stampers Anonymous Classics #1 stamp set.

Dragonfly Journey Tag

Tag Features:

Background of manila tag was first lightly inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger.

Background of tag was then stamped with Ranger Collage Glue Stick and heat set afterwards till no longer tacky.  Stamp used is Stampers Anonymous Wallpaper & Wood by Tim Holtz.

Next, I lightly applied Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger to further enhance the wood grain background.

I then used Versamark Embossing ink and Ranger’s Black Superfine Detail Embossing Powder to stamp background sentiments from Stampers Anonymous Just Thoughts stamp set by Tim Holtz.

Next, I used Versamark Embossing ink and Ranger’s Black Superfine Detail Embossing Powder to stamp the dragonfly from Stampers Anonymous Classics #1 stamp set by Tim Holtz onto a scrap of Kraft card stock.

I then applied various Distress Inks by Ranger for Tim Holtz: Peeled Paint, Salty Ocean, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain.

Next, I used a Tonic Distresser tool to distress the edges of both the tag and the dragonfly. I enhanced the distressed edges with Peeled Paint Distress Ink by Ranger.

Final Assembly:

Applied dragonfly image to tag using pop dots.

Attached Ideaology findings for interest: philosophy tag, mini pin, paper clip, file tab, and plaquette. Plaquette was colored with Adirondack Alcohol Inks: Lettuce, Ginger, and Sailboat Blue.

Lastly, used a length of Stampin’ Up seam binding ribbon colored with Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint Distress Stains by Ranger. Attached to tag along with a length of coarse jute string.

Hope you enjoyed today’s tag.  Thank you for stopping by. Please stop back again as I have a special blog feature in store for February (the reason why I have been a bit quiet here in posting).  Have a great day and please feel free to leave me a comment about your thoughts on today’s featured tag.

Michelle

Good evening blog friends.  How was your Monday?  I had the day off today from work today and am recovering from our recent 24 snowfall of 18 inches that fell from late Saturday evening through Sunday.  Apparently, this snowfall was the Twin Cities 3rd largest snowfall total on record.  In between shoveling, I made a batch of cookies to send to my dad and made a few holidays cards pictured below.

Noel Ornament Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Bazzill Red, White, and Green Card Stock

Carved Ornaments Sizzix Die By Tim Holtz

Noel Movers and Shapers Sizzix Die By Tim Holtz

Ten Seconds Studio Metal- Barn Red

Birds and Reindeer Embossing Folder Set By Sizzix

Holiday Wishes Stamp Set By Stampers Anonymous for Tim Holtz

Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Sanding Tool

Metallic Brads and Ornament Cord String

Holly Branch and Pine Branch Punches By Martha Stewart

Christmas Red Stickles

Inkessentials Glossy Accents

Crop A Dile Hole Punch

Reindeer Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Red, Green, White, and Black Bazzill Card Stock

Grunge Paper By Ranger

Seasons Greetings Embossing Folder By Provocraft

Snow Tree Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Reindeer Flight Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint: Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, and Clear Rock Candy

White Sparkly Fluff

Jingle Bells

String

Sanding Tool

Holiday Lamp Post Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Red, Green and White Bazzill Card Stock

Christmas Backgrounds and borders Set of Embossing Folders and Coordinating Stamp Set by Stampers Anonymous for Tim Holtz

Ranger Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, and Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Holiday Lamp Post Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Vellum

Holly Punch By Martha Stewart

Ranger Christmas Green and Red Stickles

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Stay tuned, as I will be back tomorrow with a few more cards and a bonus Paperie In Bloom project on Wednesday.  Have a great night.

Michelle

Good afternoon everyone.  How is your week going?  Today, I have my version of Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of 2012 for November to share with you.

My Entry for Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of 2012: November

Click here to see and read Tim Holtz’s tutorial in order to make this month’s tag.

My tag above includes a few variations from Tim’s.  In lieu of the the fall foliage he used in the lower right hand corner, I included a small pumpkin instead.  Pumpkin was die cut out of Kraft Core card stock using Tim’s mini pumpkin Movers & Shapers die. I distressed the pumpkin and added Orange Marmalade Distress Ink to enhance the pumpkin’s color.  I tied a small piece of jute string to the pumpkin’s stem and added a Vintaj leaf cluster. I applied a small amount of Moss Vintaj Patina paint to the pumpkin’s leaves for added color.

Tim’s tag did not include any ribbon tie embellishments.  I instead chose to add a Vintaj trinket leaf cluster and an Ideaology type charm to the tag’s ribbon tie.  I attached the embellishments with a Ideaology trinket pin.

This tag was a lot of fun and as usual was chocked full of new ideas and techniques to try. Come join the fun.  Upload your entry to his site for a chance to win some great goodies.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I will be back on Friday with another inspiring project idea. Have a great week.

Michelle

Good Monday morning to everyone.  How was your weekend?  Our’s was a mixed bag of good things.  We finalized our initial plans with our contractor so he can begin framing our unfinished basement, I finished up last minute fall chores, and stocked up on holiday colored card stock at Archiver’s buy one get one incredible sale.  I must admit, I have never seen so many people crammed into a little 2 foot wide aisle before.  Fellow shoppers were pleasant and we all walked away with a great deal.  I also had time to catch up on my Compendium of Curiosities II challenges.  This week’s challenge entry includes this week’s and last week’s techniques rolled into one fun tag.  Linda Ledbetter over at Studio L3 is the host.  This week’s sponsor is The Funkie Junkie boutique.

Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge Entry for Weeks 26 and 27

This tag was so much fun to make.  For this tag, I followed the instructions for two techniques in Tim Holtz’s book, Compendium of Curiosities Volume II.  The first technique (last week’s technique) is called Krumpled Kraft Suede. Instructions are on page 40. This was a completely new technique for me and boy what an amazing technique it is.  It was so much fun.  I kept doing it over and over for a total of four times, each time in a different color. Colors used for the tags were Mustard Seed/Crushed Olive, Broken China, Vintage Photo, and Picket Fence.  I love the resulting feel of the tags afterwards. It is hard to believe it is paper and not suede.

Afterwards, I picked out various stamps to create a collage.  Stamps are Tim Holtz by Stampers Anonymous and were stamped with Ranger’s Jet Black Archival Ink. I added several Idealogy embellishments: Pen Nib, Films Strip, Tissue Tape, Muse Tokens, Mini Paper Clip, and a Plaquette.  The optical lens in the center is from Red Lead.  The second technique (this week’s technique) is called Alcohol Ink Palette, page 52. I applied various colors of Alcohol Ink to the filmstrip, optical lens, and the plaquette. This gave each of the elements a vintage, aged feel.

I am pleased with the results and love the eclectic elements included in this tag.  I hope you do too. I am glad that I could catch up on my challenges.  Each technique is fun as well as a great learning experience. I encourage you to enter yourself, entry deadline is Thursday evening.  Come join the fun.  Have a great day everyone!  Thank you for stopping by.

Michelle

Good evening everyone.  Tonight will be a quick post to share a few last minute Halloween cards. Today’s cards were inspired by a few popular Halloween movies.  I love a good scary movie.  I hope you enjoy my movie inspired Halloween cards.

Scary Halloween Movie Inspired Card

Reaper image: Stamp Francisco Stamps

Movie Ticket and Film Strip Images are Tim Holtz by Stampers Anonymous

Embellishments: Film Strip is from Tim Holtz’s Ideology line

Headless Horseman Halloween Card

Background Stamp is Impression Obsession

Grass Border is Martha Stewart Grass Border Punch

Headless Horseman was die cut using Cricut Electronic Die Cutting Machine

Ink: Background is Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Background image is stamped with Jet Black Archival ink by Ranger

Thank you so much for stopping by.   I will be back tomorrow evening with a final Paperie In Bloom October project as well as monthly wrap up. Then on Thursday, I will debut November’s bloom of the month. I am excited an very happy with how it turned out.  Have a safe and Happy Halloween.

Michelle

Good evening everyone.  How was your week?  Today, I have another Paperie In Bloom inspired project to share, a set of chrysanthemum memo boards.  For those of you who are first time visitor’s to Scrap N Grow, Paperie In Bloom is an ongoing monthly feature where I showcase a different bloom on or about the first of each month.  Then throughout the month, I sprinkle in additional projects that highlight the bloom of the particular month.  October’s Paperie In Bloom is the chrysanthemum.

Paperie In Bloom: October 2012 Chrysanthemum Memo Board #1

Paperie In Bloom: October 2012 Chrysanthemum Memo Board #2

Today’s memo boards were inspired by the leftover spoons from making my chrysanthemum mirror. Click here to view that post.

Each chrysanthemum memo board is actually an altered rat trap.  Yes, a rat trap. This is not my original idea.  I have seen several altered mouse trap projects on several people’s blogs as well as on Pinterest. While, I did purchase a few mouse traps, I used rat traps in today’s featured projects.

To begin, I used a pliers to remove the artificial cheese and the pin used to set the trap. Afterwards, I applied a base coat of Kaisercraft Mocha acrylic paint to the base.  This covered up the trap’s rat graphics.  Next, I stenciled and applied a few textures to each of the traps. I then perused my stash for potential trinkets. In the end, I decided to make two different memo board styles: one functional, and the other, artful.

Both flowers were made from cheap, white plastic spoons. Petals (spoons) were painted on both sides with Windsor & Newton Acrylic paint, Yellow Ochre, and Burnt Sienna. I purposely did not prime the spoons so that the paint color would be translucent.  Next, I die cut and painted 2- 2.5 inch circles from Tim Holtz’s Ideaology’s Grunge Paper. I used this circle for the flower’s base. Once my spoon petals were dry, I adhered petals to base using a hot glue gun. Note: I offset each row until it appeared that there was no more room to add additional spoons as the space had become to small.  Though there was no room to add another row of spoons, there was still a significant space remaining in the flower’s center.  After a bit of brainstorming, I decided to make a center bud for each flower out of card stock.

The flower centers are made from Bazzill card stock.  I punched out several McGill’s large pear Paper Blossoms shapes. Afterwards, I painted both sides of each flower’s petal’s a coordinating color to match spoon petals. Once dry, I used McGill’s 8mm ball stylus to mold each petal.  Once molded, I used Inkessentials Glossy Accents to adhere petals. Again, I offset each layer of petals. I think I used 20 petals for each bud. Once dry, I glued the bud to the center of the flower using E6000 adhesive.

While waiting for the E6000 to dry, I stamped the front piece of 3M Post It paper pad with a sentiment from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous.  The sentiment was stamped with Jet Black Ranger Archival ink. Next, I applied Vintage Photo around the perimeter of the note pad and then adhered the Post It note pad to the bottom half of one of the traps. As I mentioned earlier, I decided to make the other trap an artful collection of garden themed trinkets.  I listed the items I used below. All trinkets were adhered with Inkessentials Glossy Accents.

Butterfly- Memory Box Die

Garden Note Card- Crafty Secrets

Heart Bingo Piece- Maya Road

Hinge Clip, Memo Pins, and Pen Nib- Ideaology

Flower Pot- Michael’s. Pot ‘s patina- Vintaj Patina Paint by Ranger

Floral Foam- Michael’s

GROW letters- Cosmo Cricket

Watering Can- Create For Less online store

I had fun making these altered rat traps and have other inspiring ideas for future projects. Thank you so much for stopping by.  Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know if you have altered a rat or mouse trap.  Have a great night and see you again soon.

Michelle

Good afternoon everyone.  How is your week going thus far?  This morning our area received some desperately needed rain,and our temperatures remain unseasonably mild near 70.  As promised, today I have part two of my spooky Halloween blueprint cards to share with you. Click here for part one. I just love the new blueprint stamps from Tim Holtz that were designed by Mario’s (Tim’s assistant) son.  He also designed a winter blueprint set which I am eager to use later next month. I have included a list of supplies below each card. Enjoy!

Spider Web Halloween Blueprint Card

Supplies:

Stamp: Halloween Blueprint by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous

Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger Ink, Dusty Concord and Black Soot Distress Ink by Ranger Ink

Card Stock: Bazzill and Specialty Stamping Paper by Ranger Ink

Embellishment: Spider- Ideaology Hallloween Accourements

Ribbon: Martha Stewart

Bat Halloween Blueprint Card

Supplies:

Stamp: Halloween Blueprint by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous

Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger Ink, Dusty Concord and Black Soot Distress Ink by Ranger Ink

Card Stock: Pink Paislee, Bazzill, and Specialty Stamping Paper by Ranger Ink

Embellishment: Ideaology Halloween Muse Token,Martha Stewart-Black Pearls

Edge Punch: Drippy Goo by Martha Stewart. Applied Glossy Accents by Ranger Ink to drippy goo border.

Thank  you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed a few additional Halloween cards.  I have so many more I wnat to make, but unsure with the other projects on my table, if I will have time to make more before the big day.  Have a great day!

Michelle

Good afternoon everyone.  I am back today to share some spooky Halloween cards with you.  I had so much fun making these and made several.  I will showcase three today and show you the remaining later this week in an effort to minimize the length of this blog post. Below each card, I have listed supplies used.  Enjoy!

6X6 Headstone Blueprint Halloween Card

Stamps: Halloween Blueprint Stamp Set by Tim Holtz

Die Cuts: Graveyard On the Edge Sizzix Alterations Die by Tim Holtz and Raven Movers & Shaper’s Sizzix Alterations Die by Tim Holtz

Inks Used: Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger. Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Black Soot, and Pumice Stone Distress Ink by Ranger

Card Stock: Bazzill, Ideology Grunge Paper by Tim Holtz, and Black Velvet Specialty Paper by SEI

Embellishments: Ideology Halloween Muse Tokens by Tim Holtz

Miscellaneous: Craft Wire and Pop Dots

6X6 Skull Blueprint Halloween Card

Stamps: Halloween Blueprint Stamp Set by Tim Holtz

Inks Used: Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger. Fired Brick, Black Soot, Pumice Stone, and Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger

Card Stock: Bazzill

Ribbon: Splattered Blood Spots by Recollections from Michael’s

Embellishments: Ideology Halloween Muse Tokens by Tim Holtz

Miscellaneous: Barbed Craft Wire from Michael’s

6X6 Apothecary Skeleton Halloween Card

Good morning everyone.  I hope your weekend went well.  Today’s featured project is a Halloween configurations shadow box I made last year for a gift.  At the time I made this, I had not previously ever had made a shadow box. Today’s project was originally designed by Annette Green.  I found her shadow box after performing a Google search of configuration shadow box ideas. Her shadow box stood out!!!!  I really loved the elements she used and how she had arranged them.  It is such a rare occasion that I see a project and nearly copy it, but I did on this one.  I did hesitate to post this shadow box for this reason. I contemplated and asked a few seasoned bloggers their opinion.  They suggested for me to go ahead and post it as long as I gave credit to the original creator and provide appropriate links to their website.  They added, it is really free advertising for the creator as well as a compliment.  So without further ado, below is my slightly altered version of Annette Green’s Halloween configurations shadow box complete with links and design credit.

Halloween Configurations Shadow Box. An Original Design from Annette Green.

Close Up #1 of Halloween Configurations Shadow Box

Close Up #2 of Halloween Configurations Shadow Box

I love Annette’s choice of miniatures and the overall spookiness of her box’s elements.  Her blog post featuring this box can be found here. Annette was generous and provided links and information of each miniature she used.  I followed most of the links and a altered a few things, but my box closely resembles her.  Please visit Annette’s website as she is a very creative person and has amazing talent.

The process to make a shadow box including this one was quite tedious.  I learned a lot while following Annette’s assembly. I have since purchased several more Halloween miniatures and currently am working on a couple other Halloween shadow boxes of my own design.   I will feature those later this month.  Below is a garden themed configurations shadow box I designed and completed earlier this year for Studio L3′s Compendium of Curiosities II weekly challenge.

Garden Themed Configurations Shadow Box

Unrelated to today’s post.  I recently discovered a newsletter glitch from my subscription feed service, Feedblitz.  Apparently, some of you were receiving multiple mailings for each post. I apologize  for this inconvenience  Upon learning about this, I contacted Feedblitz support right away.  Their incredible customer support team walked me through merging the two mailing lists together.  I was completely unaware that there were even two lists to begin with. Everything should be corrected now.  Everyone who subscribes to my feed should only receive one email each time a new post is published.  If you do continue to receive duplicate mailings, please email right away at michelle@scrapngrow.com as I do not want to upset or clutter anyone’s inbox with duplicate emails.

Thank you so much for taking time to stop by.

Michelle