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Rummage & Ransack with Tamiko

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Hi everyone.. Tamiko here! I live right outside Chicago, Illinois and we saw snow flurries several times just yesterday! Fall is more than here! I needed a coat and hat when I scurried to the grocery store this morning. That says one thing to me! I better get use to being INSIDE the house more than OUTSIDE, pretty soon.

I picked up my pocket scavenger and browsed through some pages. I love to get my family and friends involved in what I do, just as I like to be included in their various ventures. Some friends gave me the scavenge items and alterations for the following pages. I spent time indoors using supplies I would have never just thought on my own to put together. It was fun & I had a ball!

My first page came from Scavenged item: #71 UPC code; My alterations were: #59 to add music and #167 go away for 5 minutes, then come back and doodle!

I added multiple UPC codes that I cut from various packages to the page along the border, made the image from music papers, and doodled and slightly masked the UPC codes.. very fun. Doodles were done with my Signo Unibal gel pen..

My second page came from Scavenged item: #33 a rock tracing. My alterations came from #98 connect this item to something you love and #127 let the your gut tell you what to do... (sounds like a free pass to play to me!!)

My second page was a tracing of a rock from outside ::giggles:: At first when I saw the rock, I saw a heart.. then as I looked further I saw a coffee cup (could have been the fact that I needed coffee.. smiles). My gut told me to use my oil pastels and create a colorful background, so I did. Any page with coffee is ok with me.

My third page came from Scavenged item: #53 something left by an animal; My alterations are #167 to frame it and #3 to alter the edges.

My second page I decided to do cat paws.. and I honestly should have chosen doggy paws.. Since I am more of a dog person.. (smile) I framed it with washi tape and altered the edges by stenciling a few paint colors. I also left the words.. Cats leave paw prints.. in my driveway! ::giggle:: because they do! Must be a few strays in the neighborhood.. or some nosey neighbor's cat always leaving paw prints in the drive..

These pages don't have to be hard. They are fun and outside of investing in the Rummage and Ransack Kit.. you really can make numerous games with different ages and create awesome pages.

Have a great week all!! :)

You can pick up your kit HERE!

Signo Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point 1mm Gel Pen - White

450 Quick Dry Adhesive

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Rummage & Ransack with Tamiko

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Howdy folks! It's Tamiko on the blog today and I am playing with the new KIT!

Rummage & Ransack Kit

When I first saw this kit, I automatically thought, it looks like a travel on the go kit. Everything fits in a small bag and you can.. literally.. get up and go and have a small adventure.

The book contains a list in the back which I copied and began scavenging my stash. I found a lot of things right away and secured then inside my book on the pages with Washi Tape. lol I even used washi tape as one of my items. My book is thick and I don't mind!! I like BIG BOOKs. ::giggles::

I decided when I use the book, I would have 1 scavenger item and at least 2 alterations. I even made a game of it and let others choose my items to create a page with.

This week I let Sandee Setliff choose. For my first page

She gave me Scanvenge item #10 - a napkin

Alterations #129 add colored paper and #150 to combine

So I took the napkin I had already taped to my page, used only the first layer and used some matte medium to adhere it to the page, then I used my gelatos to *combine and extend the size of the napkin to a full page. I added the color paper as a boarder and and doodled with a white Signo gel pen. Page is done and I have art in my book!

She also gave me a second page..

I got scavenged item #12- a post it note! (yikes)

Alterations -Make it a building (house) from one of the intro pages and #86 write and ode to this item (waves fist in air.. OH NO!! write???)

I created a background for my page with gesso and 3 acrylic paints. I cut my post-it to the shape of a small house. Believe it or not these items were already doodled on the post-it. (smiles) I then glued it to my page with Helmars 450. Wrote my version of an ode with the Identipen (included in the kit) and framed it; added some shading to the house with my charcoal pencil from the kit; and topped it all with some Signo white pen doodles. Page is Done! More artwork in my book!

My ode reads:

to the tune of ABC song

M.Y.H.O.U.S.E

Filled with love and chocolate things

Coffee and small pastry bites

Craft filled table with delights

Music blasting in my ears,

Drowns out all the noise my dears.

M.Y.H.O.U.S.E

how special and perfect you are to me

It's not long.. but neither is my page! (laughs)

I think the hardest thing for me is to decide to commit to the items I have pre-chose and selected to include on my page. The whole thing has been fun and will continue to be fun. There are over 70 items to scavenge and about 180 alterations! Who could go bored with that?

Anyway, that's it for me today!

Don't forget to grab a Rummage & Ransack Kit.. for you and a friend!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.. or post then in the Frosted Designs page!

Have a great week!!

You can pick up your kit HERE!

450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Signo Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point 1mm Gel Pen - White

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Joni's Tips with the Beauty of Nature Kit!

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Hi..it's Joni here and yes...it's May and I'm playing with my new May kit, but I have a couple layouts from last months kit to share with you.

When I finished these 2, I realized that I basically used the same design on both of them....guess I'm pretty predictable!!

On the first one, I started with the wood grain paper and it already has the white splotches on it. I used modeling paste mixed with the Lindy's Brown (kit) and added it with the harlequin stencil (kit). Now...I mixed up way too much of the brown modeling paste, so a trick to not waste it is to just grab another sheet of cardstock and apply some and make another background to use later. (There's a point to my "tip").

I then mixed some of the Lindy's brown with water and flicked it around the layout with a paint brush. I also used this mixture to paint the Prima flower to make it more "boyish" for this layout. I also used this mixture to paint the chipboard flourishes and used the distress markers to accent them.

I fussy cut the balloon/journey from another sheet of paper in the kit and popped it up. A few other embellies, butterflies, stickers & pearls....(and twine from my stash)....done!!

So...remember above where I said I just created a random background with my extra modeling paste/Lindy's mixture? -- Guess what I did next? So after I got looking at this background, I realized that the color that I had created was "Kraft" -- good, because I love kraft!! I added some flowers here, and the "LOVE ink bottle"...well I just busted off the top and used the bottom with the word and tucked it right up against the paper.