Sunday, August 28, 2011

Do you know your MISTABLES?


Meet the Mistables has been the focus of all the projects this month. I would like to share the following projects with you..hopefully to inspire you to try the multitude of possibilities.The first Mistable Project that I worked on is a combination of wood, metal and canvas. I wanted to alter my Big Daddy Glue Caddy. Choosing the new Fern ChalkboardSeven Seas Chalkboard and Mallard Glimmer Mist I started randomly layering on the colors. I misted the Kaisercraft Wooden leaves with Butternut Squash Glimmer Mist & Inchworm Chalkboard Mist and covered with Private Meadow Glimmer Glam & Hayride Glimmer Glam. I misted the Kaisercraft wooden heart with Nougat Glimmer Mist. I added Prima canvas letters misted  with Pumpkin Spice & Mallard Glimmer Mist and Fairways Chalkboard Mist. I painted all the metal  embellies with Fairway & Seven Seas Chalkboard Mist and Mermaid Glimmer Glam. Once everything was dry I assembled my caddly with Hemars 450 Quick Dry glue. This is the caddy at work.In an attempt to show all the possible Mistables I created 4 tags using various embellishments. The manilla tags are actually glimmer mops...I use them to soak up all the excess paint after misting and save them for future use. I couldn't tell you what colors I used on the tags but I can refer you to the ones used to embellish.Using Chandelier Glimmer Glam to create sparkle on the corrugated cardboard and 3 grungeboard stars covered in Alaskan Salmon Chalkboard Mist with Orange Crush Glimmer Glaze applied to outer edges compliments this tag. The linen ribbon was misted with the new Nougat Glimmer Mist.The pleated ribbon from Pink Paislee is misted in Autumn Nights & Pomengranate Glimmer Mist while the metal star received a coat of Rustic Glimmer Glam and edges touched with Orange Crush Glimmer Glaze.Various colors of Glimmer Mist are embellished with a homemade paper towel heart that has also been a glimmer mop covered with Chandelier Glimmer Glam. The linen ribbon used on all the tags are misted with Nougat Glimmer Mist.On the final tag a canvas and felt heart from Basically Bare have been misted with Pumpkin Spice Glimmer Mist and Inchworm Chalkboard and then stamped. Corrugated cardboard and a wooden letter covered with Fern and Mallard Chalkboard Mist along with a chipboard crown coated with Chandelier Glimmer Glam.
My final Mistable is my favorite shape canvas to work on...art in the round. After misting, gesso, tissue paper, more misting, stenciling I added 2 manilla tags that again started off as glimmer mops. All in all I used the following colors to create this canvas: Fairways, Fern & Seven Seas Glimmer Chalkboard. Butternut Squash, Kiwi Lime, Mallard, Nougat & Pumpkin Spice Glimmer Mist. Chipboard letters stamped and embossed, a canvas heart from Basically Bare & corrugated cardboard round out this piece.
I want to also share the effect of Chalkboard Glimmer Mist on Grunge Board. These examples are for a project I am creating for a Guest Designer spot with Helmar Adhesives. Using a heavy spray of any CHALKBOARD cover the Grunge Board and allow to dry naturally...do not remove any color. You will be amazed at the intensity of color and glimmer!
I hope that these projects give you more ideas of how all the Tattered Angels PAINT MEDIUMS can be used...on & off the page. My suggestion is jump in & give it a try...you can't make a mistake. Make sure you come back and see all the remaining projects the design team has to share!
Commit to the Mist ;)

Friday, August 26, 2011

Hurricane Irene...go away!

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Getting ready to leave school...go home...make sure everything is put away and wait and see what this wild weather is going to do. It looks like the eye of the hurricane may go directly over Elizabeth City, NC...hmmm! This is my 1st hurricane but I survived the Blizzard of 1977 in Buffalo, NY!!! May be offline for a few days with the expected winds to be at at least Category 2 strength...not sure if I'm going to like no...no FB...really???

Anyone who is in the path of Miss Irene stay safe!!!

See ya on the other side!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Helmars Big Daddy Glue Caddy & Tattered Angels

This month our focus on the Tattered Angels blog was to show all the different MISTABLES. I already know how fabulous it works on wood and when I saw Tracy Weinzapfel show off her altered glue caddy on Helmar Live! I knew that I had to have one to store my beloved HELMAR GLUE ADHESIVES in. I ordered from here and received it in a week knowing that it would become one of my monthly projects. I would like to share with you what I created.


The first Mistable Project that I worked on is a combination of wood, metal and canvas. I wanted to alter my Big Daddy Glue Caddy. Choosing the new Fern Chalkboard, Seven Seas Chalkboard and Mallard Glimmer Mist I started randomly layering on the colors. I misted the Kaisercraft Wooden leaves with Butternut Squash Glimmer Mist & Inchworm Chalkboard Mist and covered with Private Meadow Glimmer Glam & Hayride Glimmer Glam. I misted the Kaisercraft wooden heart with Nougat Glimmer Mist. I added Prima canvas letters misted  with Pumpkin Spice & Mallard Glimmer Mist and Fairways Chalkboard Mist. I painted all the metal  embellies with Fairway & Seven Seas Chalkboard Mist and Mermaid Glimmer Glam. Once everything was dry I assembled my caddly with Hemars 450 Quick Dry glue. This is the caddy at work.  



I have a secret {I just had to say that because it seems like everyone today has some kind of secret}...well not really but I am excited about being Helmar's Guest Designer in September. Please stop by the Helmar blog and see what I have in store for you.

Tattered Angels Color Blending on Technique @ 10


The Technique @ 10 show on Tattered TV was about BLENDING TECHNIQUES. If you didn't see it it was recorded and you can view it at your leisure. Here's the chart of just some of the colors that the Design Team & Educators Team came up with. What are your favorite combos...for your convenience there is a downloadable chart where you can keep track of all your new colors.You will also find several more charts to create your own Tattered Angels informational notebook!

PS...check out my colors ;)


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Julie Balzers' 7 Day Plan

I have been following Art Journal Every Day with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. Never creating in the art journal style I predicted that I would crash & burn. I was surprised when I realized that I really LOVE doing these pages. Always on the search for new techniques I was thrilled when Julie did a tutorial called "A Seven Day Plan".  So I decided that I would go for it as I haven't yet done a double page art journal. Here is my take on it. Hope you enjoy and if you haven't ventured into this art form I say go for it...you may be pleasantly surprised!





Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tattered Angels Techniques 10 @ 10...Don't forget to tune in!


DON'T FORGET...
Don't forget to join us every Tuesday at 10:00 am (MDT) for Tattered Tuesday Techniques.  This is a LIVE Webisode with ten minutes of techniques, tips, tricks, and sneak peaks on new paints.  Tune in to make suggestions on what you would like to see Tattered Angels invent next!  Tattered Tuesday Techniques 10 @ Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 10:00 am (MDT).  This is must see "TV"!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Tattered Angels Fall LTD. Ed. Colors 2011...UPDATE

UPDATE: The pictures of the new FAll 2011 colors are not showing up but the links do work so that you can see these colors. Here is a sneak peek of a project using these colors.







OH MY! I thought the 2010 LTD. Ed. Fall Glimmer Mist Colors could not be topped. I was wrong the new colors are incredible...as I work on my KNOW YOUR MISTABLES projects I've had the opportunity to work with them. The colors are glorious. Let me show you:


















So what do you think? 
Well stay tuned because tomorrow 
I will show some sneak peeks so you can see for yourself...trust me, you will want these colors!!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tattered Angels Techniques 10 @ 10...Starts today

DON'T FORGET...
Don't forget to join us every Tuesday at 10:00 am (MDT) for Tattered Tuesday Techniques.  This is a LIVE Webisode with ten minutes of techniques, tips, tricks, and sneak peaks on new paints.  Tune in to make suggestions on what you would like to see Tattered Angels invent next!  Tattered Tuesday Techniques 10 @ 10 begins on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 10:00 am (MDT).  This is must see "TV"!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Tattered Angels Mistables & Tattered Tuesday Techniques


This month our design team focuses on showing  you that you can mist on just about anything. Let the Misting begin :)
August Give-A-Way
The Tattered Angels design team has been up to some amazing things!  Follow our Facebook page and tell us you do here in the comment section throughout the month of August as we continue to partner with PinkPaislee and the Mist-A-Bles line of crafting products.  Enter the drawing to receive a Mist-A-Bles gift package which includes PinkPaislee’s Muslin Flowers, 18 Inch Pleated Ribbon Strips and a package of Chipboard Sheets with Decorative Ink Resist Fonts.  Also included in this give-a-way package is a Tattered Angels Paint System to include 1 (one) 2 oz bottle of Glimmer Mist – Fall Limited Edition Butternut Squash, 1 (one) 2 oz bottle of Glimmer Mist Chalkboard Cherry Cola, 1 (one) 1.35 oz bottle of Glimmer Glam Glitter Paint Twinkle Toes, and 1 (one) 1 oz bottle of Glimmer Glaze Sea Kelp.
We will draw a winner and announce the winner at the end of August on our Facebook Page of course.
Don’t forget to join us every Tuesday at 10:00 am (MDT) for Tattered Tuesday Techniques.  This is a LIVE Webisode with ten minutes of techniques, tips, tricks, and sneak peaks on new paints.  Tune in to make suggestions on what you would to see Tattered Angels invent next!  Tattered Tuesday Techniques 10 @ 10 begins on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 10:00 am (MDT).  Check out our website at www.mytatteredangels.com for log-in information!  This is must see “TV”!