Etching Cuffs

I've gotten a little hooked on etching cuffs the past couple of weeks since I took a class at CREATE in Irvine, CA with Kristen Robinson.


This one reads "Embrace Imperfection":

I used one of Tim Holtz rubber stamps to create this etched copper cuff.  The stamp is from the Spills and Splatters collection. 


And the one below was created using the Stuff to Say Tim Holtz collection.  I had to take two photos to get all of the words in the picture . . .

"Experience is not what happens to you, it's what you do with what happens to you".


And the cuff below is one I hammered and metal stamped the word "Journey" on . . .

I'm having sooooo much fun with these!

Birds of Sorrow

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head - but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair - Chinese Proverb

I created the bird using light weight metal for body - including head, paper bird head (attached to metal), filigree pieces to create legs and feet, metal eyelets to attach the wings and legs, wooden letters to spell "FLY" and metal crown.  The letters and crown were attached using Glossy Accents.  

The 8" x 10" canvas was created using the following products:
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Paper Stash - Craft Resist
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Antique Linen
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Wild Honey
Distress Ink Pads - Rusty Hinge
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Tissue Tape—Symphony
Archival #0 Pad - Jet Black

I glued the bird onto a 2" x 2" mini canvas that I painted (using a distress stain.  LOVE that stuff!) and then glued the canvas onto the the larger canvas for dimension.  Here's the finished piece . . .

I'm still working on the following piece.  I have set it aside until I can figure out what I need to complete it . . .

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday weekend!  I'm still "following doctor's orders" and have been pushing nothing more than a paint brush :-)


Come back tomorrow for my Inspiration Design Team submission and a chance for you to be the lucky winner of $50 in Emporium Dollars this month!

It's Wednesday, December 22nd - WOYWW 81

Time is a figure eight, 
at its center the city of déjà vu. 
Robert Brault

I spot 2 tonic scissors

Sheeeesh, this workspace doesn't look too much different (or better) than it did LAST Wednesday.  Feels like déjà vu.  And what's with all the "2's"???

2 distress crackle paints & 2 color washes

2 adage ticket books

2 ring blanks in this dish

2 sides of this box (it flips) full of "th" trinkets

I didn't get all of tim's 12 Tags of Christmas completed (or in some cases even started) this year.  But I'm not beating myself up over it.  

2 (on the left) of the 12 tags of christmas completed

And did I make Christmas cards and get them in the mail?  Nope, didn't do that either - not even 2 of them!  

I AM working on some New Year's cards though - 2 wips here . . .

And I DID purchase some cards to give out at the office Christmas celebration at Dave & Buster's later this morning and I even purchased my gift for the "steal a gift" game we always play.  It's in that brown paper package tied up with string on the table.  

I thought it was just too cool!  So much so, I bought one for myself (so that makes 2).  You can see "Fun in the Fridge" Snowman in action HERE.

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Natal, Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun, Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan, Glædelig Jul, Hyvaa joulua, Joyeux Noel, Fröhliche Weihnachten, Mele Kalikimaka, Nollaig Shona Dhuit, Buone Feste Natalizie, Shinnen omedeto, Sung Tan Chuk Ha, God Jul, Maligayang Pasko, Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom, God Jul, Sawadee Pee Mai, Chuc Mung Giang Sinh, Vesel Bozic - thank you Cardarian :), Nollaig Chridheil - thank you Marilyn!


And if I've missed saying it in your language, please know that however it is said, I wish you a double dose (that's 2!) of the merriest of Christmas  celebrations!  And of course you can let me know how you say it too :)


And if you'd like to see some other work spaces, hop over to Stamping Ground where Julia Dunnit hosts WOYWW every week.  So tell me . . . what's on YOUR workspace this week?  

Happy Heart Day!

Comments are now CLOSED for my OWOH giveaway prize.  The winner will be announced later this evening!

Divine love 
always has met

and always will meet

every human need

No Matter How You Say It . . .

Happy New Year!

Onnellista uutta vuotta

GODT NYTÅR

Buon Capo d'Anno

Feliz Año Nuevo

Gott Nytt År

Sun nien fai lok

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu

Feliz ano novo

Xin nian yu kuai

Gelukkig nieuwjaar

Aide shoma mobarak

Bonne année

Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhuit

Gutes Neues Jahr

Hauoli Makahiki Hou

Shanah tovah
Happy New Year hun -
(said in an English/Cambridge accent by Linda Elbourne)

and remember:  "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."   Ralph Waldo Emerson