Floral Arch by Dana Tatar

Hi! Dana here today sharing an arch I created with Susan K. Weckesser Live In Color floral patterned paper and some of my favorite chipboard. I backed an arch frame with patterned paper and then used a stencil with a Ranger paint dabber to add a layer of white flowers over the colorful background print. I then topped the paper with several chipboard flowers that I colored with ink. I wrote a quote by Mahatma Gandhi around the frame with a Ranger pen, which reads; "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." To finish this piece I covered the chipboard with a coat of Ranger Glossy Accents.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Creative Contributor

Easter Place Cards with Dana

Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing some place holders that I created for my Easter table. I don't usually decorate for holidays, but I do appreciate a pretty place setting! I found these bunny spools at the store and altered them a bit to fit my needs by removing everything from the spools except the super cute fuzzy bunny ears. I wrapped the center of each spool with Susan K. Weckesser patterned paper and scalloped ribbon and embellished the top of each spool with a colorful twine bow and a flower. I used the NEW Susan K. Weckesser Grunge Fun 3x4 Clear Stamp Set, sold by A Jillian Vance Design, to create small name tags, which I then added to stick pins.

This project was fun and easy. I'm looking forward to displaying these cute place holders!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Creative Contributor

Sweetheart Card

Hi! Dana here today sharing a card that I created for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday. I paired a vintage inspired handmade tag given to me by a friend with Canvas Corp and Susan K. Weckesser patterned papers in red and pink.

I used the Susan K. Weckesser A Little Grunge Love Stamp Set to add this red heart to the card. I'm  mailing this card to someone special. How are you planning on spreading love this month? We'd love to see what you create with Susan K. Weckesser products! Please share your creations on the Susan K. Weckesser facebook page or remember to tag Susan on Instagram or Twitter.

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Creative Contributor

Let It Snow Tag

Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing a frosty tag that I created with Susan K. Weckesser patterned paper and stamps and some lovely products from The Crafter's Workshop, Canvas Corp, UmWow Studio and Prima.

I started with a piece of Beautiful Daydreams patterned paper and cut it down to the size of a standard shipping tag. I then cut circles from the Color Burst patterned paper and glued them randomly to the striped tag. I used The Crafter's Workshop Mini Folk Art Flower with Martha Stewart Sparkle Texture Effect to create the large "snowflake" pattern on the base of the tag.

I used the Susan K. Weckesser One of a Kind Winter Stamp Set to stamp the "Let it" portion of the sentiment. The letters for the word "SNOW" were cut from a piece of Live, Love, Create patterned paper. I outlined the letters with a white gel pen and topped the "O" with flowers. The chipboard is from UmWow Studio. I colored it lightly with acrylic paint, dabbing the color on with my fingers.

I finished the tag with floral trim, lace and adhesive pearls.



Thanks for stopping by today!
~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Designer

Haunted Tumbleweed Houses Arch with Dana

Hi! Dana here today sharing a spooky arch for Halloween. I previously used the Tumbleweed Houses Stamp Set to create a bright and sunny arch and I had a lot of fun using these stamps again to make a more scary version of this whimsical street.

I covered the base of my chipboard arch with Susan K. Weckesser Live In Color patterned paper. I used Ranger Distress Ink with some stencils to turn the bright blue patterned paper into a nighttime scene. I cut a yellow circle from the Susan K. Weckesser Color Burst Patterned Paper and then colored it with Clearsnap Smooch to add an orange shimmer.

I cut the letters for the word "BOO" from the Susan K. Weckesser Live, Love, Create Patterned Paper. I colored the stamped houses with dark shades and chose yellow for all the windows to give them an eerie glow. I finished the arch with some colorful trim and a glittery spider.



Thanks for stopping by today!
~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Designer

Breast Cancer Card with Dana

Hi! Dana here today sharing a card. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I hope that this card will give inspiration to help support, celebrate or honor somebody you know who is currently battling or is a survivor of this disease.

I used Susan K. Weckesser Live In Color patterned paper to build up layers of on top of a Core'dinations cardstock card base. Using the NEW Garden Whatnot Stamp Set, I stamped and highlighted a tag, which I then embellished with a sentiment, pink ribbon and flowers.

I embellished the bottom with the word "Pink," which I cut from Susan K. Weckesser Live In Color patterned paper, a pink flower, ribbon and some UmWow Studio chipboard. I finished the card with some pearl accents.



Thanks for stopping by today!
Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Designer

Anchored - with Canvas Corps and May Arts Ribbon

While I was getting my undergrad degree I also was obtaining my Third Mate's License.  This meant I was going to to sea every summer on a training cruise to gain sea-time for my license.  We did everything, navigation, maintenance, cleaning, lines, laundry, classes, watch, and much much more. I loved going to to sea, but my final cruise was harder to leave as I was leaving behind my fiancee at the time.  This picture is of us just before the ship left and I was on stern line duty.  It was very bittersweet I loved the sea, but to be gone for 3 months just broke my heart.

I used the beautiful July Kit from Birds of a Feather.  It is stuffed full of wonderful sea life papers, just perfect for my days out at sea.  Here I used tons of layers of papers, of a canvas triangle from Canvas Corps, flowers, chipboard pinwheels, twine, stickers, burlap from May Arts, stencils, punches, and a pull out tag.

  

I made the tag base from Susan K. Weckesser papers.  I cut out a white section of her "Live in Color" cardstock.  I then added in the dotted lines with her stencil in navy chalk ink (to use as my lines for the journaling) and then stamped in silver ink the super sweet triangle pennant banner from the "Create your Day" set.  I then added n strips of papers in navy and white colors and topped it off with a sticker and twine for the pull out section.

The tag reads "Departing on my senior cruise.  I was working the lines.  It was so bittersweet to leave.  I loved being at sea, but it was so hard to leave Mike." 

Here you can see additional use of Susan K. Weckesser's stencil with the chain and the "x" in navy ink on the papers.

I used Susan K. Weckesser stamps again here, with the triangle banner from the "Create your day" set as seen above on the tag and also a larger stripped triangle from her "Celebrate the Simple Things" set going across the page behind the picture from the left side coming back out on the top right of the layout.

The wonderful news about being gone from your loved one is the is light at the end the tunnel - the heaert does grow fonder being apart.  We were back together again three months later (he even met me at one port of call during the trip) and now have 4 beautiful children together.

Supplies Used

Cardstock - Bazzil - July Birds of a Feather Kit

Patterned paper - Carta Bella & Authentique - July Birds of a Feather Kit (extra)

Chipboard - Fabscraps -  July Birds of a Feather Kit

Ink - Prima -  July Birds of a Feather Kit

Flowers - Prima -  July Birds of a Feather Kit

Burlap - May Arts -  July Birds of a Feather Kit

Stickers - Authentique -  July Birds of a Feather Kit (extra)

Punch - Just Imagine

Stamps - Susan K. Weckesser

Tag - Susan K. Weckesser

Stencil - Susan K. Weckesser

Canvas - Canvas Corps

Twine - Canvas Corps
Stain - Ranger

Pen - Marvy Uchida

Adhesive - 3M

Enjoy!!

Friend card - Anita Bownds

hi everyone,

Anita here sharing a card i made using  Susan K Weckesser paper

 and here is how i created my card

i cut a 4 x 6 card from what cardstock

 using my pink watercolour i lightly coloured the front of my card

 then using a water brush blended the watercolour

next i added some blue watercolour 

 i cut another bit of cardstock the same size as my card

and drew around inside of a oval doily i cut with my cameo

i cut out the inside of the oval using a craft knife

 i glued it over the top of my card and machine stitched around the card

 glued down my doily to my card

 next i added a touch of paint to the edges of my butterfly and doily

here is a close up of my card with the paint

and i added a friends silhouette cut title to my card

 Susan K Weckesser paper

Core dinations cardstock pastels

American crafts white cardstock

mont Marte watercolour sticks

 cotton,machine stitching, silhouette cameo

 Dots embossing folder

Happy Crafting

fun with mixed media..

hi

 Anita here sharing a fun mixed media background

using A Little Grunge Love stamp set and Susan K Weckesser paper

i trimmed half an inch off 2 sides of my cardstock and ruffled the 2 edges

and added patterned paper behind my cardstock

applied gesso with a plastic card to my cardstock then set aside to dry

i sprayed watered down paint onto the dry gesso then dry with a heat gun

next i used a stencil and applied modelling paste 

 then set aside to dry

 then i added a few flicks of water colour light blue

i tore strips of patterned paper and glued them down

 i used a dot stencil and mixed modelling paste 

with some light blue water colour and applied with a plastic card

 set aside to dry 

 and here is my finished layout of my daughter Kara

and here is a closeup of the A Little Grunge Love stamps i used stamped with ink

Susan K Weckesser paper

Susan K Weckesser stamps A Little Grunge Love

American crafts white cardstock

kaisercraft stencil , paint

mont marte - modelling paste -gesso

Elles studio stamp - snapshot

twine, cotton, water colours , flower, ink, dot stencil,tag

Happy Crafting