October Special Guest, Tracy Weinzapfel

Hello and Happy Monday!

We have a very special guest with us today, Tracy Weinzapfel! We simply adore Tracy and love her quirky and inspiring Mixed Media Mondays and fun, creative style.

Before we get to Tracy's first project, let's get to know her a bit more.

Tracy Weinzapfel  (www.tracywburgos.typepad.com)

What you see, is what you get....I put it all out there every day. I am the mom of three great kids (16 year old son and boy/girl 11 year old twins). For me, every day is a Nikon Moment. I am happiest behind my camera capturing life's every amazing second. I live life  with a creative edge and know that art is my calling. When I am not taking photographs I am using them in my freelance design business.  Most evenings you can find me in my art studio creating pieces using all types of mediums including my favorite acrylic paints, inks and adhesives.  I am honored to tell the amazing stories of each and every person I work with. I am proud to have created albums for movie stars our very own President of the United States, Barack Obama!

I try to live life to the fullest every day and for the most part you can catch glimpses of my crazy adventures on my blog www.tracywburgos.typepad.com. I never know where life is taking me but one thing I know for sure is I will have my camera in hand to capture it!
Now on to her first amazing project!
 
Frog Dog Studio asked me to design with their kit for October. It is always an honor to be asked to design something and challenge myself. I was asked to create two mixed media pieces and this is the first one in my brand new 8.5" X 8.5" Watercolor Journal (feels so great to start a new one!) Here is the October Kit:

and here is my first project!

This was fun to create....and simple.
1. Adhere newspaper with Gel Medium
2. Spray pages with Lindy's Stamp Gang
3. Heat emboss roof, doors & windows and paint house black
4. Use embossing paste with stencil and color with PanPastels
5. Adhere black trim
6. Doodle on house with white pen
7. Adhere all items to page
8. Journal with Black Sharpie & Uniball Signo White pen

This was a fun way to start this journal...

Here are the details.,...

From my Studio to yours....Thanks for stopping by and thanks Frog Dog Studio! It is so fun to just step out and play...

 "Fulfillment and success in life lie in your ability to use your entire mind to achieve your goals, dreams and desires. Take sufficient time to spend with
yourself, without external interference. You’re worth it." 

WOW!  This is such a gorgeous and beautiful project!  Love her style and how she used the kit!  Thank you Tracy for sharing your creativity with us today!.  Please take a minute to stop by Tracy's blog and say Hi!

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great week!

 

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Have You Ever Wondered? FYI Studio 490 Embossing Paste and Art Parts

Martha Richardson here with my "Have You Ever Wondered?" series. With this Oct. kit that is jam packed with the most delicious products it was hard to decide which products I wanted to highlight! I narrowed it down to the two products that I have had  a long standing love affair with. Let's take a look at these products.

STUDIO 490 Products are the brain child of Wendy Vecchi who is the newest Signature Designer at Ranger Ink and also designs for Stampers Anonymous and Blossom Bucket. I have to say that I am a fan of all of Wendy's products, they are so easy to work with! Today I'm going to share a quick glance at 2 of the products found in this months kit...The Embossing Paste and the Art Parts.

What is Embossing Paste & what does it do? Embossing Pastes were created to  add texture & dimension to your projects. They can be used with all Distress Products (Inks, Stains & Markers) & designed to work with Studio 490 Stencils, Art Parts & Stamps. A 4 oz. jar of Embossing Paste has a 5-year shelf life. There are 5 available colors: Matte White, Matte Black, Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver  & Transparent. In the Oct. kit you received a jar of the Matte White. What impresses me so is the ease of working with this paste...it is smooth and very workable, has a great consistency and it cleans up so easily. I will confess that I own ALL the colors and use them in many of my projects.In my project I used the new Transparent color and the example below I used the Metallic Gold and it is simply stunning!

Also in this months kit is a package of Wendy's Studio 490 Art Parts. What are art parts? Art Parts are blank kraft-colored, pre-cut pieces made from a high quality composite material and are ready to alter with your favorite products.Can be layered, inked, sanded, covered in paper, Tissue Tape, Colorwash Inks, stamped, painted...and more!Much thicker than chipboard, these parts can be use to make art to keep or to make art to give away and the art will last a lifetime. The surface holds ink like a dream.These strong, sturdy components measure 1/8" thick. Wendy has also created Art Part Kit Projects that you can find here.

Here is the project I created from the Oct. Main Kit. It is a mixed media canvas done with the idea of the Fall season that has arrived. I was influenced by the thought of a Harvest Moon and the night time skies.

These are the steps to creating this project.

Thank you for stopping by and spending time with me. I can only encourage you to stop by every day to see all the incredible projects made by the Frog Dog Studio Design Team and October's Guest designers. You will not be disappointed!!!

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Art Journaling With Stencils and Texture

Hello...hello! Martha Richardson here...I'm so excited to be designing for Frog Dog Studio. I love the concept of this new mixed media kit club...not only will we share our projects from the monthly kit but also tutorials on how we created our projects. I have found my true passion in mixed media!

Today I have tutorials for you using the exclusive stencil in June's kit and the Pink Paislee Expressions Wood Shop in Sawdust. I used these to finish a page in one of my art journals. I have several art journals that I work on at a time and love the NO PRESSURE behind creating a journal page. I was never happy with the before page...random colors wiped onto the page as I was cleaning up from other pages {I just hate to waste any my paints, inks, sprays}. It was a page that I knew would someday come together and now I love the final effect.

I'm trying a new way to do a tutorial...more pictures...less writing. So let's get to it!

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials and I would love to know what you think about the presentation...too much...too little? Any suggestions would be truly appreciated!

Have a great weekend...hope to get some creative time in..how about you?

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