"Time Flies" Again by Linda Hess

Hard to believe that 6 months have passed since I began my time with the Sin City Stamps design team, but here I am posting my last project! 

With "time" in mind I look back at time with my husband, a man who has been in my life off and on since high school.  Fell flat on my face for him at 16 and always had him in my heart (even as we were apart and dating others)...sometimes the heart truly knows what is right.  26 yrs of marriage (won't tell you how many since I was 16!) and 3 beautiful children we are almost (but not quite) to the empty nest stage.  WOAH...how the heck did that happen when we haven't changed a bit?

Mixed media has become my "medium" of choice.  Off to the studio I go to collect a bit of this and a bit of that...

Materials:
http://www.sincitystamps.com  : Couples Clock UM rubber stamp, Time Flies UM rubber stamp, New Year's Chipboard Book
ComposiMold  (http://composimold.com/)
polymer clay (I use Premo!Sculpey for most of my claying needs)
ColorBox Archival Dye ink (http://www.clearsnap.com)
small canvas (6"x6" shown)
acrylic paint
sponge or brush
The Ultimate Glue (www.crafterspick.com)


First, I cut away the wording from the "Time Flies" and set it aside. The couples clock and the flying clock were taped with double stick tape into a metal tray.  ComposiMold was melted according to directions and poured over the stamps. 

I let it set from about 15-20 minutes to make sure it was completely gelled before removing the mold from the tray...PERFECT! 

Clay was pressed firmly into the molds. Once removed, edges were cleaned up (trimmed) before inking. 


 

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I tried adding cane slices to the mold for extra detail on the wings.  As you can see, they didn't really work when pressed into the mold, so I cut them off.  After inking the watch image I added cane slices to make it fly

ColorBox Archival ink was patted on top of the polymer clay clock and watch to bring out the design.  Patience is a virtue when inking as it never inks completely on the first try.  I patted the ink pad back and forth, up and down, and then back and forth again before getting it completely covered. 


 

 Once inked place clay pieces into the oven to bake (275 degrees for 15-20 minutes).

While those bake, paint the canvas, small chipboard plaque, and 2 chipboard gears in color of choice (I used Deco Art's Dazzling Metallics in Splendid Gold). 

Once plaque is dry, ink "Time Flies" saying and stamp. [note: I found it was easier to perfectly place the saying if the plaque was placed on top of the stamp rather than the other way around]  Gently press edges onto stamp pad to "age" and highlight.

 

Now to put everything together.  Pictures are cut to fit.  I used a corner paper punch to curve the edges. 

 

Pictures are layered with chipboard & polymer clay components. 

Hmmmm, something is missing....off to the cabinets I run.....

Pearl Dots are the perfect final touch to this super simple canvas! 

 

 

Everything can now be glued in place.  Once dry, it will be ready to hang.  Now to find a space on my wall :-)

 

Composimold Cards

Hello Spring!

Hey there!  This is Robin Redd (a.k.a. RockinReddRobin!)

I made a couple of cards using papers 

I made with my home-made gel plate 

I made with Composimold.  

 Now, that’s A LOT of “MADE” stuff!  Lol

(see this post, here: #PetLove)

 On this card, I used the Butterfly with Script stamp.

A Mannequin Tag stamp was used for this card.

I hope you like them…Thanks for taking a look.

Until next time…

~Robin Redd

Sin City Stamps - Design Team Post - ComposiMold - Making my Home Made Gelli Plate

Hi All Lisa Here…  Back from our AC trip and feeling very relaxed.  We stayed at Revel used a Groupon and got an amazing night of $79.00 a night.  The hotel is just beautiful.

We went to the We The Kings Concerts and they put on a great show.

We got to see The New Royalty  

    

Some great Meet & Greets.   

As promised here's my step by step on ComposiMold

I made some tags and did a page in my Documented Life Art Journal below are some step by step photos.  And I did a video.   ** please note I suck at talking while i'm creating LOL).

Poured after heating into a 5x7 photo case.  I let it cool overnight.

After I pulled it out I put it on top of the box which I'll also use as storage

I didn't have the brayer with me - so just so you know that you can also use (sorta) a hotel key card.

If your use a gelli print in your journal - make sure you only used 1 page and not the entire book - the print image is much better.

Use anything that can add textures - Stencils, Tools, Paper Towel Roll - stamps.

Just love the colors…  Orange is my new favorite color.

Tutorial Video is here.

Hope you enjoy would love comments.

Make sure to check out Sin City Stamps.

You can check out my Personal Blog Here. 

WildHeart Art`"Fly With Your Creative Muse"- Sin City Stamps Design Team Project featuring ComposiMold

"Fly With Your Creative Muse"

Yes ...we all have that sweet little creative muse within us that whispers to us when we are playing with our imagination "out loud" on the paper in front of us. It isn't necessarily what we see... but what we feel when we look at something. I started this project without a "plan" and just relied on my "creative muse" as I went along. Remember those "ink blots" where we would interpret  the ink blot and share what we had seen on the page.. well, this is the same idea and I love the way this project evolved! 

~Supplies~

Gelli Plate

SinCity Stamps- Love of Butterflies

ComposiMold Masks ( previous blog post)

Asst. acrylic paints

White copy paper

Brayer ( to spread the paint around)

Gel Medium Matte

 Asst.TomBow Markers

Black Pitt Pen

I started by using my Gelli plate to create the background but with one twist... I took the ComposiMold masks ( above) I had made for the  last DT blog post, and applied them on the plate. It then blocks the paint from attaching to the paper therefore creating a  "mask". I also applied the rubber stamp " Love of Butterflies" by SinCity Stamps.

Apply acrylic paint onto the Gelli Plate and spread with the brayer. Lay the ComposiMold  mask on top of the paint to create a "mask" or empty space with that shape on the paper.

Above is the print I created and then spent some time looking at it before I "felt" what I thought was there on the page waiting to come through. I then used another background to complete my "vision".

 Small butterfly stamps where randomly stamped with purple ink to create a bit of texture also.

 What I felt or saw in that white space that was created by the ComposiMold mask was a beautiful bird with some fancy feathers!

I cut long oval shaped feathers from the other sheet of background paper  I created and glued in place to create long flowing feathers.

  I then used my TomBow markers to create shadows ,highlights and to outline the shapes. Along with some deep yellow for the beak and the feet.

  The bottom "masked space" I turned into a free form flower using the TomBow's to color in the flower and added some stamens with the Pitt Pen. I finihsed off the whole print with the matte medium gel and it gave a nice finish to the page.

I love when an artistic creation is made by what one feels or sees when  our imagination is used and we are guided by our creative muse! And having that fun heart shaped spot that appeared on the print put a smile on my face! Let your creative muse "fly" and Enjoy!

~In Love and Faith~

Sherri

Check out the websites below for the products I used for this project

ComposiMold Product

Sin City Stamp

Sin City Stamps - Design Team Blog Post - Documented Life Challenge

HI All..   Sin City Stamp Design Team Member

Lisa Mita hère…   You can find my personal blog here.

So our challenge for March was to use ComposiMold

This was pretty cool stuff to use…  I really avoided it all month it was super scary.

But this month I happen to start working on a new project for me.   Documented Life Challenge.

I worked on putting my journal together - and I used the ComposiMold within parts of the Journal.

On the cover of the Art Journal I actually used it as a texture… I heated up the container

I used a dropper and put some drops on the journal cover to make the poppies jump out

See below how I heat it up and then added the red paint to it while it was still warm. 

It jumps off the page.

I also used from Sin City Stamps

Bird DieCut from the Nesting Bird Trio Die Cuts

below will have a supply list.

Here's some additional photos from my journal.

Another thing I did with the ComposiMold.   Didn't take a photo of this process….

I used a Prima Wood Piece with a bird on a stick with what I see poppy flowers..

I sprayed the wood with mold release -

Put a double side sticky tape piece and stuck it to the bottom of a small bowl.

I then poured the mixed into the bowl…   I did it about 1 1/2 " deep..

This gave me 2 things…

After it dried - on the bottom - I was able to pull out the Wood Die and have my mold so I can put the

Paper Clay (White).

Now on the other side it was a perfect mini square - about 5x7…  Since this is close to my art journal I wanted my own gelli plate this size.   Here's my issue I wanted to take a photo of this because I left to go to Atlantic City with my daughter - and didn't get the photo before I left…

You can see able how I left a lot of the white clay showing.  I painted the bird with Black Gesso

And painted the flowers the same red & green I was doing on the poppy's on the branch.

The detail was great…  and now I have the mold to do many more.

Going to keep this piece just how it is… I have a mini jelly plate - and a bird mold.

Below are some photos from the Journal Book...

Just did some drawing - and with market did highlights - used washi tape and some numbers stickers.

Pulled in some rub ons as well… and added the calendar on the left with washi tape.

Here's one that I added a fold out page.  

The above and below is from this week…  The Sunday ends with our AC trip..  Shows my notes from work and my watercolor.   The base of the page on the right above the base of the page is from the jelly page 5x7….  i then doodle on top of that.

Here's the above same page…   but the piece is folded.   And I just love the background from the Jelly Plate…   Mixed 3 different yellow and Greens… came out great.

Heres another one above that I used the 5x7 jelly plate I made and then had base colors going… and then did stamping above it once it was Dry…

Side view of the art journal - I added the months with tabs.

So i took something I was totally fearful of trying… and pulled it into my Documented Life Journal.  So far very excited and happy…

I hope you enjoyed..

Once I get home and can take the photos I miss and add them into the mix above so You can see my jelly plate.  Tried to pull this together when I was feeling creatively blocked - and scared to used something new at the same time was not fun - while packing for our mini-vaca trip with my 15 year old daughter.

Thank you for coming and reading..

Hope you join in on Documented Life...