I'm a TAPPER!

Yep...I'm officially a TAPPER!  I played this morning using TAP after watching my online class from Lesley Riley, Create with TAP from CraftArtEdu!  What fun!!!  I've used TAP before but only on fabric so this was a great opportunity to learn more about this product.  Lesley's online class showed all different surfaces for you to TAP onto!!  I'm big on 'show me' so classes with video's are perfect for this gal.

Here are my results from playing today!  

So what's this you say, in the picture above!  Well, these are two accordion books!  Actually, for the online class, Lesley was making just one book but I didn't have the right size of paper so I made two small accordion books!  My books are samples of the different surfaces I transferred TAP onto.  I transferred onto Lutradur, craft metal, paper, hand made paper/fabric, Sulky Totally Stable interface, upholstery fabric!!!  Just having too much fun!!!

TAP on metal duct tape!

 I happen to have had on hand some heavy paper that I stenciled on last year.  It was perfect to paint and use for my book cover(s).

Obviously, this is before I painted it with green paint!

This is a paper doily & TAP on the right!  Who knew!

TAP on craft aluminum

TAP on lutradur (don't burn lutradur with the iron - gets messy!)

1st is paper/fabric, metal duct tape, upholstery fabric

My second book..the 1st transfer is on Sulky - last one is the paper fabric I made

And the back of the books...I also TAPPED  the name of each  different  surface I used on the back of both books!

If you haven't tried TAP, do order some and try it!  You'll love it for transferring an image onto fabric (& you can iron over it!!!) but you'll have a ball transferring to other surfaces as well!!! 

A huge thanks again to Lesley Riley for giving this online class to   Lynn K for a 'give a-way'!!  I'm so happy to have become a TAPPER!!! 

Yippee!!!!

 Check out Lynn's blog today!!!  I am so excited!!!  I won the online class, Create with TAP Transfer Artist Paper™ with Lesley Riley! How cool is that!!!  The class is offered by CraftArtEdu and you can click here to go to their web site and here is Lesley's class link. 

I have taken other online classes but I have to say I'm floored by the number of classes and selection CraftArtEdu has! 

I am really looking forward to learning some new techniques for using TAP.  I do love the product and I even have Lesley's book 'Create with Transfer Artist Paper' (yes, I forgot I had this!).   In fact, I might have to reorganize my books next!
Back in 2009, I made a quilt for the Breaking Traditions exhibit Lynn was curator of!  You can see my quilt here and I  used TAP to transfer the photo and dog prints!   Tomorrow I'm going to start the class...have to get all my supplies together first!  Can't wait...but it might interfere with my reorganizing!!!  Which I did some more of today.....Lynn is such a great motivator!!! 

Now this might not look that bad from a distance...this shelf sits on the wall above my sewing table.  I have books, magazines and papers that I keep on the shelf...ask me when was the last time I took a peak at what was on the shelf!  A long time ago!  Soooooooo

I weeded through and I'm giving away the first section on the left.  These are old (premier issue! on up to 2012) of the Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine (ok, I kept the premiere issue - no, I don't know why!!!).  Now this was/is a nice magazine but I just haven't looked at them in years (since the last one in 2012) and I know I'm not going to in the future.  I'm taking them to my fiber group - we meet on Monday - and someone else can read or purge!  The cardboard box area (next to the blue binder) was just full of stuff....or I should say junk papers...just a lot of nonsense...even small pieces of paper with ideas or materials that I haven't a clue as to what to do or what I was trying to make!  So pitch I did!!!  And I kept on pitching!!!  Now this next picture of the area after the tossing out might not look much different to you but it is to me!  I even labeled my file containers!!!  I love my label maker!!!!  

The first two plastic file folders are labeled 'surface design' and 'projects'.  OK, so I did keep some of the projects but these are from classes I've taken and I like to have them for a reference (just in case!).  The red and blue binders are ideas and quilting designs and the plastic file box next to the blue binder contains some of my FMQ'ing designs and as well as some from classes I've taken). The remainder are my journals that I document my projects.  

I am so happy to have this section cleaned up!!!  And I now know where my important 'idea, projects, designs' are all at!!!!  

Again, thanks to Lynn K. for taking us on this reorganizing journey with her!!!  Lynn has posted the 2nd in her series of six on "reclaiming your space" on her blog today.   In addition to being the talented artist that Lynn is...she's great at writing!!  I've always enjoyed reading anything she writes (blog, FB, QA articles) so make sure to check out her post today or grab a cup of 'joe' and read some of her back posts!  Either way, you'll enjoy the visit!  And you just might get motivated to do some reorganizing of your own!