Wednesday, August 19, 2015

GIU Day 3 - Sense of Wonder

Welcome to my Wednesday post for Day 3 of my week as the Unity Stamp Company's GIU gal. I am also being featured on the Unity blog today. I chose a stamp designed by Phyllis Harris that I have had awhile and had never inked up. I absolutely love her designs and am in awe of what everyone does with the stamped images, but was a bit hesitant to create one of my own. I knew it would have to be a bit more than just a bit of coloring to do it justice.. So I got out my new favorite craft supply--whipped spackle !! And of course, glitter ... The beautiful stamp I used is Sense of Wonder designed by Phyllis Harris. Her amazingly sweet images are brought to life with your supplies and imagination. The sky's the limit !!


I started out by using a stencil and adding embossing paste to the L side of a tag. I wanted to use a paper with a background and thought of a vintage French textbook that I found on the Volunteer cart at the hospital I work at. My friend Benedicte'  lives in La Muraz, France and always sends me amazing photos that she takes of her garden, house etc... This tag makes me think of her...

The supplies I used are as follows :

1. Prima Marketing Inc. Julie Nutting Tag Pad ( Hancock Park )
2. Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ( Harlequin )
3. Faber Castell Whipped Spackle ( this stuff is Dreamy !! )
4. Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter  ( Sugar Shimmer )
5. Heidi Swapp Acrylic Butterflies
6. Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler & staples
7. Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolors
8. Tim Holtz Distress Markers
9, First Year French textbook by O'Brien & Lafrance  1958

As I mentioned above, I am love with spackle, embossing paste etc..  I layered  some spackle onto the L side of a tag and then glittered it up and let it dry overnight..  I colored the image with my Distress Markers and used the Yasutomo watercolors for the grass... Its hard to see but it is very shimmery. For the polka dots on the dress, I used a pencil eraser that I inked up from my stamp pads.The butterflies were stapled on and bent to look like they were flying. I used a Spectrum Noir turquoise marker to color the staples to match the butterflies. A few colored rhinestones were also added to the girl's hair bow and dress. Wink of Stella Glitter Clear added some sparkle to the bottom of the dress and the butterfly..

I had such fun designing and making this tag !! I hope that you like it.. Thank you again for all of your kind comments on my previous projects.. I will not be replying to any comments ( unless there is a question ) in order to make choosing my 2 winners a bit easier.. Remember to comment each day on my blog post for a chance at a Grab Bag of 25 Unity stamps.. Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity and taking part in my week as the GIU gal..

Love this book !!






50 comments:

  1. Very pretty! You did a great job! :)

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  2. Wow wow wow.. the tag looks fab & I love the use of various elements in the tag. Also thank you for such great and detailed description of how you created the card. I specially love the use of staples for butterfly & the way you painted the girls dress. I also love the background stamp on top & the glitter top... it adds sparkles to the card.. and whats special is that the stamp & the tag you created reminds you of your friend.. I think it makes your tag all the more special :) Thanks for sharing this creation with us :)

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  3. Hmmm....I thought I replied, but I don't see it. I cannot imagine what you were hesitant about. This is absolutely gorgeous. And the whipped spackle with glitter? Oh my!

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  4. Such a pretty tag! So excited for you to be featured! YAY!

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  5. So pretty. Love the glittery diamonds and your vellum butterflies. Stamping on the book text adds a touch of whimsy. Hugz

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  6. Sweet tag! I haven't tried using whipped spackle yet, but it looks fun with the stencil! Love the polka dotted dress and the pretty butterflies! Great details!

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  7. Cute tag. You used several new to me supplies.

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  8. Gorgeous project my dear!! I love the butterflies. The sparkle on her dress and on the butterflies is FAB.I love the music behind her. Such a beautiful tag.

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  9. What a great idea to stamp her over music! Gonna CASE that, for sure! : ) Adorable tag!

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  10. Beautiful card. I just discovered Unity stamps the last several months. Such great stamps.

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  11. Wow, this is quite stunning! I love all the texture: the background, sheet music, the butterflies. And your coloring is wonderful - happy colors!

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  12. Love this--lots of great details.

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  13. Oh I love the whimsy of this! It's so sweet! Thank you for taking us on this journey!

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  14. More modern, but she made me think back to the primary reading books of my generation. Dick and Jane... she seems so innocent like Jane!

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  15. Gorgeous looking
    tag and beautiful
    coloring.
    Carla from Utah

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  16. Butterflies make everything better.
    A beautiful tag. The little girl letting the butterfly loose and the others flying away - makes a wonderful scene. Great sentiment.
    thanks for sharing.

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  17. Oh, I love the combination of kraft tag with embossing paste and the sweet Phyllis Harris stamp. Those butterflies that you added are the perfect touch!

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  18. It looks absolutely amazing!!
    Everything blends together so well.

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  19. Beautiful tag! Love all the different elements and all the colors. LOVE Phyllis Harris images ♥

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  21. Tag is so pretty! I love playing with all kinds of pastes, so fun!!!

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  22. This tag is very nice. Love the little girl stamp.

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  23. Lovely tag! Love the Phyllis Harris image! The embossing paste adds wonderful dimension and I love the added sparkle!

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  24. Fantastic! I am inspired to try something similar!!

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  25. I really like how you used the music with the little girl. NICE

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  26. Absolutely gorgeous tag,I loved the detail it has:butterflies,the stamp,the background paper of the girl.It's wonderful and inspirational.Thanks!

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  27. This is a sweet tag. I love making them and am always looking for new ideas and this is a great one. This is an adorable stamp of the little girl, just precious!

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  28. Fantastic tag,love the textured spackle background and the sweet girl stamped on the music!

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  29. Lovely tag! The detail is wonderful! Love the vellum butterflies, the tag background that you created with the stencil and of course, the little sparkly lady. P.S. That idea to use an earaser for polka dots was brilliant! ^__^ *Hugs*

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  30. Debra, this tag is beyond gorgeous!!!

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  31. Loved the tag! And it inspired me to use some spackle! Time to play :-)

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  32. Whipped Spackle and Glitter...right up my alley!
    You've done a wonderful job pulling this all together.
    this tag is WONDERLICIOUS <3

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  33. i LOVE ALL THE TECHNIQUES you used on this tag. I wish I could go out of my box like you did Thanks for sharing !!!

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  34. Wow you went over the top with this tag LOVE LOVE AND LOVE SOME MORE THANKS FOR SHARING!!

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  35. I love this! Perfect amount of sparkle!

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  36. I love this! Perfect amount of sparkle!

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  37. OMG!!! This tag is beautiful! I love all the detail and different textures.

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  38. This is AMAZING and full of wonder and goodness!! Love the fluttery butterflies and the music paper is such a nice touch!! Never lose your sense of WONDER!!! Have a happy day!!

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  39. So pretty! Love the glitter diamonds and butterflies!

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  40. Spackle with gllitter.....okay, have to try it!

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  41. Awesome job creating this tag! I really like how you brought all of these different elements and techniques together to make thes "speck"tacular project! TFS

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  42. Gorgeous tag, love your choice of background paper

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  43. This is a beautiful piece of art..

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  44. Doggone, I sure do love that image stamped on the music! Such a lovely sweet card. This is my favorite of the whole week!

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  45. very cool use of embossing paste.

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  46. I want this for my scrapbooks! It is my fave so far (I still have the last 2 to check out)...luv the quote,colours put together perfectly,and butterflies really stand out!

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