Saying Goodbye to the Artistic Outpost Team

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Welcome!  I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season!  I'm finally starting to get back on track after the chaos of Christmas :)  I've been running the past couple of days because we are having a CLEARANCE SALE  at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  It's been busy and my assistant has been on vacation.  

I'm back today with one last post for Artistic Outpost.  I'm stepping down at the end of this term.  It's been fantastic experience to be part of the Artistic Ouptost design team for the past two years, but my path has taken a different turn and it's time to say good-bye.  

I used a number of stamps from several sets for this tag.  I started with a jumbo manila tag and using Jet Black archival ink, I stamped from Whimsical Melange, Flower Market and Generation Redux.  Then the tag was inked with Faded Jeans and then sprayed lightly with Faded Jeans Distress Spray Stain.  It was also edged with Walnut Stain.  To add a little texture and interest, Tim Holtz Texture Paste was applied through the Burlap layering stencil and when dry, inked with Walnut Stain.

A panel was stamped with the ledger stamp from Ephemera Backgrounds on white CS.  It was then inked with Vintage Photo and also sprayed with Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stain.  I ran a couple of rows of messy stitching around the edges as a decoration.  

Two white CS tags were cut with an older Sizzix die, stamped with the sentiments in Jet Black archival and then the moth and dragonfly from Flower Market were stamped in embossing ink and clear embossed.  The tags were then inked with Faded Jeans and sprayed with Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stains. 

The piece was finished off with a couple of filigree metals from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I wanted them to be a little more gold, so I put a drop of Gold Alcohol Ink Mixative on my craft sheet and picked up just a drop with a stiff brush and sort of dry brushed it over the high points of the filigrees.  I also added one of the acrylic pearl embellishments from the boutique that I altered with the Gold Alcohol Ink Mixative.  

I want to thank Kelley and Lisa for the amazing opportunity I have had with the Artistic Outpost DT.  It's been a wonderful experience.  I'm very sorry that I won't be playing with the new images that will be coming in the upcoming year and wish them all the best.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

These products were used to make the tag above.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Tim Holtz/Ranger and most other name brand products are always 20% off MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker
Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Vintage Photo	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Burlap	Ranger Texture Paste	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear - Super Fine Detail	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Filigree Pieces	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Round Flower Filigree Pieces	15 Piece Ivory Acrylic Imitation Pearl Clusters	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Gold Mixative
Natural Jute Twine

Miles to Go

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Santa may have miles to go, but our time 'til Christmas is getting shorter and shorter.  I'm back today with my weekly post for Artistic Outpost.   I was reminded this week that I haven't had my On-the-Edge Treeline die out this holiday season.  It's a definite favorite for Christmas crafting, as is the Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods stamp set.  

I started with white card stock and stamped the evergreen bough along the right edge with Library Green archival ink.   Then Tim Holtz texture paste was applied through his Speckles stencil and while wet, sprinkled with Clear Rock Candy distress glitter.   When everything was dry, I gave it a quick misting of Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain.  

The Santa panel and the tag were stamped with Watering Can archival ink.  The trees were sponged with Pine Needles plus had a coating of Clear Rock Candy distress glitter.  I wanted a divider panel between the evergreen bough and the main scene so used Tim Holtz Industrious Borders.   

My acrylic snowflake is the littlest one from the Stacked Snowflake die.  I sponged with with Brushed Pewter stain and topped it with a Mirrored Star.  The tag was cut with the Tiny Tabs and Tags die and also topped off with a Mirrored Star.  

That's it for Artistic Outpost this week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope your Christmas preparations are going well.

The products below were used to make the card above.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger/Tim Holtz and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Ranger Texture Paste	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Speckles	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Archival Ink - Library Green	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Treeline
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pine Needles	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Industrious Stickers - Borders	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs & Tags BIGz Die	Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Mirrored Stars	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Brushed Pewter

A Christmas Wish

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Hello, I'm back today with a card I made for my weekly DT spot over on the Artistic Outpost blog.  It was made using the Christmas Chalk stamp set.  I decided to combine chalkboard style with rustic.  I grabbed a sheet of corrugated cardboard and cut it to 5x5", then used scissors to distress the edges.  I dry brushed the cardboard with gesso and sponged the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. The sentiment was stamped on black card stock with white pigment ink, dried it with my heat tool and die cut it with a tiny postage stamp die from the new Tim Holtz Thinlits Labels set.  The snowman was stamped twice, fussy cut and one was popped up with craft foam for dimension.  The 25th was also cut with a die from the Labels set.  My snowflakes were cut from white corrugated cardboard with the new Stacked Snowflake die.  The card shell was stamped with the snowflakes from the Snowy Woods set with Frayed Burlap. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  That's it for Artistic Outpost this week.  I hope you will be inspired to Show Us Your Art with the Artistic Outpost monthly challenge.  You have all month and the challenge theme is Anything Goes.

These supplies were used to create the card above.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger/Tim Holtz and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Corrugated Cardboard (6 sheets)	Corrugated Cardboard - White (6 sheets)	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Stacked Snowflakes Bigz L Die	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Labels	Ranger Adirondack Pigment Ink - Snow Cap
Ranger Pigment Ink - Snow Cap Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Burlap String - 12 Colors
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap