The Houses Had Eyes - Moo Houses

That sounds like the title of a mystery novel, doesn't it?  But in this case, it refers to a couple of mini houses I made over the weekend.

The Eyes are the Windows to the Soul

I had so much fun making this house.  I started with patterned papers and vintage sheet music dry brushed with titanium white paint and inked up with pumice stone distress ink.  The eyes were stamped separately on cardstock, trimmed closely, and adhered.  I love how the Basic Grey rub-ons look like foliage hanging over the house.

Mild Eyes

This house started with the same type of background, but the face was stamped on acetate to allow the background to show through.  I found the text in my favorite 1920s novel and the number 12 rub-on indicates that this was the twelfth mini house I made during the marathon.

Have a fabulous day!

Supplies:
140 lb watercolor paper; Jenni Bowlin patterned papers; vintage sheet music; vintage dictionary text; titanium white acrylic paint; pumice stone distress ink; eye stamp by Hampton Art; face stamp by Hampton; doorway stamp by Silver Crow Creations; black Stazon ink; white cardstock; overhead transparency; white grunge rub-on by My Mind's Eye; charcoal pencil; foliage rub-on by Basic Gray; number rub-on by 7 Gypsies; Dresden trim; Adirondack black acrylic paint dabber.

Tag Tuesday Challenge #46 - Sketch

This is the smallest project I've worked on in a while, yet my fingers got the inkiest! I just told myself I was going to experiment and have fun without worrying about the outcome. I was inspired by Kard Krazy's Tag Tuesday Challenge #46 to create a tag using this sketch.

I started with a plain manila shipping tag that measures 3-1/8 x 6-1/2 inches. The tag was altered with distress inks, Tsukineko walnut inks, and Tim Holtz masks. The stamped images are from Artistic Outpost. The train image was stamped on acetate (an old overhead transparency, actually) with Archival black ink, and I colored the reverse side with Adirondack alcohol ink.

Here's a close up of the embellishments in the bottom right corner. We found the rusted piece of metal screening in the flower bed at the front of the house last weekend. A piece of tiling (that we didn't know was there!) had become exposed over the winter and we assume that the end was covered with the screen. Before I use the rest of it, I plan to dig around in the garage for some equally rusty old nuts, bolts or screws to pair with it.

I hope you're having a relaxing weekend. Thanks for popping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Artistic Outpost; manila shipping tag; Stampin' Up! whisper white; Stampin' Up! black cardstock; overhead transparency; distress inks: stormy sky, bundled sage, pumice stone, wild honey, and walnut stain; Archival jet black ink; Stazon black and saddle brown ink; Tim Holtz Timeworks masks; Tsukineko walnut ink antiquing solution in java and eucalyptus; Adirondack alcohol ink in butterscotch; Tim Holtz Idea-ology game spinner and brad; watch face; watch parts; screw brads; found metal screen; jute twine and plaid ribbon. I think that's everything!