Hi there, Maggi here.  Its seems like forever since I last posted anything here.  We were on an extended (5 weeks!) road trip so I got all my March work done in February.  It is great to be home and in my craft room again.  I had the greatest package waiting for me when we got home,  a box full of yummy Leaky Shed chippies!

I used Leaky Shed Family and birdcage chippies on this layout.  They have been heat embossed with shabby white embossing enamel.  I  did some masking in the background with a Prima mask and Viva altgold paste & then I added some Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold mist for good measure! The metal flower on the right has been liberally sprinkled with Aged Gold embossing powder, love how that looks - molten metal on metal.  

I love this vintage photo of my parents, my older brother and sweet (?) little ole me. I think the photo was taken Easter 1952. Do I look the size of a 5 month old baby?

Closeups of the birdcage and family word.

 

Supplies:

Leaky Shed bird cage 907-29

Leaky Shed Family Tree word 8040

Fabscraps French Heritage paper collection

Prima flowers

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Thanks so much for dropping by.  We appreciate the time you take to visit our blog!

"CREATE" a banner with our chippies.

Maggi here today to share a really fun banner project with you.  I used Graphic 45 papers to make my banner and a number of our Leaky Shed Chippies.  Below I have shared the process for preparing the letters.
  Here's the whole banner.

The banners are Leaky Shed chipboard pieces and are nicely sized at 6.4" x 8" as are the letters which are 4" tall.

I love altering my letters and this is one of my favorite methods for giving them a vintage and worn appearance.  The steps for making the letters are as follows:
1.  Paint the letters with acrylic paint in vintage white and allow to dry.
2.  Ink around the edges of the letters with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.
3.  Stamp the letters with a patterned or script stamp using Archival ink in coffee.      Be sure to use Archival ink so that it doesn't smear in the next step.
4.  Apply a thick coat of Ranger Crackle Accents and allow to dry naturally, i.e. do not use a heat gun to speed the process.
5.  Rub Frayed Burlap Distress ink into the cracks.
6. Take a lightly moistened paper towel and lightly wipe the ink off the letters leaving ink in the cracks but not on the surface of the letter.

The word inspire is one of our chippies that I have covered with Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel in aged spice.

Up in the corner is our butterfly that I've simply painted with Splash of Color Silks in Emperor's Gold.

I added a Julie Nuttig doll to this banner.  I painted her body with iridescent water colors and cut her dress from a French Country paper scrap.  I really love these chipboard dolls, they are so fun and work with so many different projects:  cards, tags, layouts and even banners!

On this banner I've used one of our oval frames behind the letter T.  The frame has been heat embossed, again with  Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel in aged spice.

Leaky Shed Studios chipboard pieces used:

Waterbury Medallion Banner 1201-01

Large Type 4" letters

Julie Nuttig doll Sassy 4"

Victorian Oval Frames

Spring Butterfly small

Inspire Family Tree word

This is the first banner I've made and I must say, it was so fun!!  I hope you're inspired to give it a try!

Family Tree Words and Marion Smith Garment District

Maggi here to show you some great word chippies from Leaky Shed and on this layout I've used some from the Family Tree collection, "Families are Forever". I painted the chipboard pieces with Emperor's Gold Silks and then lightly brushed on a little Pink Grapefruit on the chippies and the flowers just to tie everything all together.

I used Marion Smith Designs newest collection, Garment District. It's full of vintage colors and images that I love so much! I even dug out my sewing machine to tie into the collection's title! I stamped here and there with some pink paint and coffee archival ink. If you look closely you can see that I used a doily mask and Lindy's mist.

Supplies:

Chipboard: Leaky Shed Studio Family Tree 

Marion Smith Designs Garment District: 

Prima Engraver fabric flowers, Prima Bellas, Petaloo velvet hydrangeas sienna,

Distress Walnut Brown, Archival ink coffee

Lindy's Winter Jasmine Gold  mist

TCW, Prima Lace Doily #3 masks

 Ayeeda Gesso

Splash of Color Silks Acrylic Glaze Pink Grapefruit, Emperor's Gold, 

Claudia Hellmuth Painterly Pink

I want to wish everyone that celebrate's Christmas a very Merry Christmas and a  wonderful day tomorrow.  I hope you are able to spend time with those you love!