Graciellie Designs - Love is in the Air

Hello!!

I have another card I made with Graciellie Designs new digital stamp set Love is in the Air! This is such a fun stamp set, so many possibilities!!

For this card I used the hanging wooden heart and added the sentiment Love Ya inside the heart. After printing it from Word, I used my Copic markers to color it up. Then I fussy cut it out.

Then I found some pretty flower paper from my stash and some very old flower embellishments. They matched the pattern paper nicely. I also die cut a few leaves from green card stock.

I added the wooden heart to the pattern paper with foam tape. Then I added the leaves and the flowers with liquid adhesive.

I hope this encourages you to break out some of your older valentine/pink/red embellishments! This digital stamp set is perfect to help you use your supplies, regardless of your style!!

Dana

Graciellie Designs - Love is in the Air

Hello!!

Today I'm sharing a card featuring a new digital stamp set from Graciellie Designs - Love is in the Air! It's time to start thinking about love and valentine's! And this set is perfect!

I started by opening the wooden heart and I Heart Sentiment in a Word document. I decided to make my own pattern paper with the image and sentiment, so I scaled them both down a bit and played around the with placement. When I was happy with it, I printed it out on white card stock.

Then I used my Copic markers to color the wooden hearts. I trimmed down the panel and added it to a white card base.

From my stash I found a gold glitter heart sticker, added some baby powder to the back so it was not linger a sticky. I also pulled out a few red buttons. Then I pulled out some twine and wrapped it into a small  circle.

I placed the twine circle on the panel, placed the heart on top, then added a few buttons around it. I liked how it looked, so I used some liquid adhesive to adhere it all down. Last, I added a small red heart sticker to the gold heart.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great day!

Dana

With Love

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I'm stopping by with a card that I made for Pinkfresh Studio's February Challenge! The challenge has a Love theme, along with a color challenge, all in one!!

I matched the colors the best I could to several Papertrey Ink, Hero Arts and Altenew ink colors. I used these colors with the Embroidered Blossoms stamps and dies. Stamping several of the flowers in different ink colors.

Next, I cut Circle Frame with Botanicals from watercolor cardstock.  I used the same inks I used on the flowers to color the frame.

From Scripted Bold  Sentiments 1, I stamped With Love and then heat embossed it gold. Then I added the circle frame and the different flowers and leaves that I had stamped. Last I rounded the corners of the white card base.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Pinkfresh Studio - Scripted Bold Sentiments 1, Embroidered Blossoms
Dies: Pinkfresh Studio - Embroidered Blossoms, Circle Frame with Botanicals
Embossing Powder: Wow Embossing Powder - Metallic Gold Rick, Super Fine
Ink: Papertrey Ink - New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold.  Hero Arts - Pool, Altenew - Frosty Pearl

Wishing You Love

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With tomorrow being Valentine's Day, I thought I'd share this fun love card!! Crafter's Companion's Foil Press is now available on their website and I grabbed one as soon as it appeared. I got a couple of the foil stamps and played around with them. This card features one of those experiments!

I started with some watercolor card stock, which is thicker then typical card stock, but the Foil Press had no problem foiling the rose metal stamp. I love how it turned out!!

Next, I did some watercolor smooshing with my Spectrum Noir Harmony Inkpads. I used Chinese Red, Fuchsia, Plum Jam. The watercoloring did not affect the foiling, though I didn't use a ton of water either!

After the watercoloring was dry I stamped Wishing You Love below the foiled rose. I added some black twine at the top of the panel and then added it to a black card base.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Crafter's Companion: Gemini Foiling Press, Gold Foil, Rose Bloom Foil Stamp. Love, Laugh, Laughter Stamp Set.
Spectrum Noir Inkpads: Harmony - Chinese Red, Fuchsia, Plum Jam. Finesse - Noir Black

Crafter's Companion on HSN Tomorrow

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I'm stopping by today with a card I made with Crafter's Companion Create A Card dies coming to HSN, TOMORROW! It's not the usual all 24hr craft day (next one is in July!), but they have some great CC goodies!! AND HSN is having a crafty sale all week long, check it out here!

I started with the Create A Card - Love is in the Air and cut it out from Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock, Rose Pearl. I also cut the extra loose flowers from another piece of the cardstock.

With my Spectrum Noir Marker PV4, I colored the petals on the loose flowers to make them darker. Then I added them on top of their matching flowers. Some of the small flowers, that didn't have a matching loose flower, I just colored the petals with the marker. Then I added a mix of clear, and black rhinestones to the flowers centers.

Next, I made a card base from white cardstock and added a panel of CC's Pearl White shimmering cardstock. From Black Pearl, I used CC's Classiques Only Word Dies - Upper and Lower to spell out Love You.

Then I added my pink layer on top of the Pearl White, just adhere it around the edges. I tucked in the Love You letters inside the heart, adhering them to white pearl. And wa-la! An easy way to get an elegant looking card!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with my usual Art Impressions card and later in the day, another Create A Card!

Dana

Supplies:
Dies: Create A Card - Love is in the Air, Classiques - Only Word Dies: Alpha Decorative Lower & Upper
Spectrum Noir Marker - PV4
CC's Shimmering Cardstock: Black Pearl, Pearl White, Rose Pearl
Black and Clear Rhinestones

Nuts About You

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I'm on the Art Impressions blog today! It's getting closer to February and that means Valentine's!!  AI's Nut's About You stamp set is perfect for valentines or anytime you need a love themed card!!

I started by stamping the squirrel and nets along with the Nuts About You sentiment. With my Spectrum Noir markers, I color the image and then fussy cut it out. I used dr1, EB1, EB2, EB5, EB6, TN9. 

From some Crate Paper paper pad Kiss Kiss, I die cut a heart out of a text pattern, I also trimmed a heart pattern for my card base. I added the heart pattern and then the text heart dies to card base. From kraft, I trimmed a strip and added it to the card with foam tape. 

I added the squirrel and nuts so it looks like he is sitting on the kraft. With a small heart, I die cut the sentiment and added it to with foam tape. Last I added some wood dots.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Art Impressions - Nuts About You

Spectrum Noir Markers

Pattern Paper: Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss

Crafter's Companion on HSN March 8th

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Crafter's Companion will be on HSN this coming Wednesday, March 8th! There are a LOT of new products and today I'm sharing a card I made with new Leonie Pujol crafty goodies!!

I started with one of the new embossing folders, Love Lines and I used some Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers to color the indent side of the embossing folder. I used Crimson, Bud Green, Orange, Yellow, Peacock Blue, Purple, basically repeating ROYGBV until all the lines were filled in. I only spritzed water twice, too much and your colors mix too much and you get a brown mess.

Then, I placed a panel of Crafter's Companion Watercolor cardstock in the folder and made sure to hold it in place as I ran it through my die cutting machine. I pulled it out and set the panel aside to dry.

While the background was drying I cut a big black heart from the Funky Heart Base Die. From the Folk Art Fun stamp set I stamped the banner and the Follow Your Heart inside on watercolor cardstock. I added some shading with my Charcoal Aqua Marker. A little fussy cutting and I'm ready to finish my card.

I added the embossed and watercolor panel to a white card base. Then I added the black die cut heart to the card, but I added it off center. I added the sentiment with foam tape and last added a few scattered black sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!! Make sure you stop by tomorrow for another project featuring some new Crafter's Companion craft goodies!! And of course tune in to HSN to see it all and get it before it;s gone!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Leonie Pujol - Folk Art Fun
Dies: Leonie Pujol - Funky Heart Base
Embossing Folder - Love Lines
Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers
Sequins: Neat & Tangled - Black

Stenciling Over Pattern Paper with Art Impressions

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I'm on the Art Impressions blog today with a card featuring the new Nuts About You clear stamp set. Don't put away your valentine stamp sets, love happens all year long!! This set has a few sentiments that would be great for someone you love or even a great friend!! 

I started by cutting some pattern paper with a stitched rectangle, then I placed the Tiny Heart Stencil by Simon Says Stamp over the panel. With some dye ink that matched I inked the tiny hearts, then removed the stencil and inked around the edge. From the same paper pad, I die cut some clouds from a white pattern paper and edged them lightly with the same ink I used for the tiny hearts.

Next, I stamped the image with the two squirrels and using my Spectrum Noir Markers and Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers to color them! I used: (SN) EB1, EB2, EB5, EB6, GB8. (SNI) AP1, AP3, CR11. When I was done coloring them, I fussy cut them out and then used a black marker to color the edges.

I added the stenciled panel to a white background and figured that my squirrels needed a ground to lift off from so I hand cut a wave from some Kraft card stock. There was some overhand on the three sides that I just trimmed off. 

Then I added the squirrels and clouds with foam tape, trimming off the overhand of the clouds. Last I stamped the sentiment and trimmed it to a basic rectangle and added it to the bottom left of the card with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Art Impressions - Nuts About You

Pattern paper: Pebbles - Garden Party

Spectrum Noir Markers

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers

Stencil: Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Hearts

Ink: Papertrey Ink - Melon Berry

Dies: Papertrey Ink - Clouds 1 & 2, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangle

What's New

Hello!

I'm back today with another card I made for fun! I'm playing along with Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge - What's New! The challenge is to use new products, try out a new technique or make a card for a new baby or new home etc. I went with new products as a found a few in my SSS stash that I hadn't yet inked up!

I started with the Falling Backgrounds and used the hearts to create the background on a white card base. To get a nice solid ink job and line up everything I used my MISTI.

Next, I pulled out Soaring For You (now retired I think as it wasn't on their website) and stamped the kites in several ink colors, including the kites tails. Then I fussy cut them out.

I played with the placement until I got it the way I like and then added the kits with foam tape and adhered the tails down.

For the sentiment I used my MISTI again, inking it a couple times to make it nice and red! I thought about adding sequins or enamel dots, but in the end, I like it better without!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Falling Backgrounds, Soaring for You
Ink: Hero Arts - Rasberry Jam, Bubble Gum, Butter Bar, Soft Apricot. Papertrey Ink - Pure Poppy
MISTI

Show Me the Love

Hello!

I'm on the Art Impressions blog today with a card featuring AI's Show the Love Set. I made two cards with the set, I was in the mood to color and it's always nice to have a few Love cards on hand!

I started by stamping the image (isn't she a little sassy!) and coloring her with my Spectrum Noir Markers. I used DR3, DR5, DR6, FS2, FS3, IG2, IG4, IG6. Then I just fussy cut both images.

The backgrounds were super easy! I made one card base horizontal and the other vertical. On a big clear block, I smoosh just a little bit of Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks and then spritzed it with some water. I pressed each card base in the ink until I was happy with the splotches.

While those were drying I pulled out a sheet thin wood with adhesive backing. Not sure where I picked it up at, it's been in my stash for awhile! I used the Love die from Lawn Fawn and die cutting two from the wood. 

Then I masked off the Love from the Show Me The Love sentiment and just stamped the 'Show Me The' directly on the card. Below that I added the wood Love. Last I added the colored image with foam tape. The layout for both cards are pretty much the same!

Thanks for stopping by!! 

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Art Impressions - Show the Love

Spectrum Noir Markers

Die: Lawn Fawn - Love

Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry

Celebrate

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I'm stopping by with a card that features a new Crafter's Companion collection that will be available tomorrow on HSN! Sara Davies Signature Collection - Together Forever is the perfect collection for love, anniversaries or even birthday cards, really!!! My card today is a little more love inspired with the heart, but with the Celebrate die and a birthday sentiment and you have a birthday card!!!

I started by trimming some silver vellum card stock, this also comes in gold and in several patterns, just gorgeous!!! With some liquid glue I adhered it to a white card base.

Next I used the heart die, first just the solid heart from silver card stock. Then I cut the filigree part and the solid heart from some black card stock. I just layered the black filigree heart over the solid silver heart.

From white card stock I cut out the Celebrate sentiment. I added the heart to the card base and then added the sentiment on top!

Very easy and so elegant with the fabulous vellum and silver card stock!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Make sure you stop by HSN tomorrow to check out this new collection AND the new Gemini electronic cutting machine (which I used with these dies!!)

Dana

Supplies
Sara Davies Signature Collection - Together Forever: Printed Vellum Pack, Celebrate Die, Forever in My Heart Die, Luxury Matt Mirror Card
Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth Premium White Card Stock
Black Card Stock

Lifetime of Happiness

Hello!!

This my second post today, click here for my Art Impression post.

Crafter's Companion has a new release from Sara Davies Signature Collection called Love & Romance. Perfect for cards and projects for love, anniversaries, weddings etc. The collection is full of stamps, embossing folders, dies and pattern paper pads!!

Today my card features the 6 x 6 pattern paper pad and the Decorative Heart die. I cut the Chevron pattern and adhered it to a white card base.

I cut the heart die from Crafter's Companion's Kraft card stock. Then I used the Hearthside Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen to color the hearts on the heart. I added the heart to my card base a little off center and trimmed of the over hang.

On a strip of white card stock I stamped a sentiment from Bebunni Sweet as Rose stamp set. I stamped it with brown ink and then added the strip to my card with foam tape.


Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Sara Davies Signature Collection Love & Romance - 6 x 6 Pattern Paper Pad, Decorative Heart Die
Bebunni Stamp - Sweet as a Rose
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Hearthside
Crafter's Companion Kraft Card Stock

I'd Be Lion

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I'm sharing a card I made this past weekend. I made it for fun and for Unity's Facebook Show & Tell Challenge. The challenge this week is to use an Itty Bitty stamp, so I looked through my Unity collection and pulled out I'd Be Lion Itty Bitty that saw ink for the first time!

First I cut some stripe pattern paper from Photo Play Paper, Paper Doll Collection to fit a card base. Then I used a heart die to cut a heart window from the stripe panel. I found a piece of water color that would fit behind the heart.

I stamped the lion and then used some Prima water colors to color the lion. Then I adhered the stripe panel with the heart window over the lion.

Next I stamped the sentiment below the heart. From the Paper Doll Collection sticker sheet I picked out a heart and sentiment sticker. Then I used baby powder to take care of the stickiness, that way I can play around the placement. I used twine to make a little bow, then added the heart and sentiment on top of the bow.

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co - I'd Be Lion
Dies: Little B - Hearts
Pattern Paper/Stickers: Photo Play Paper - Paper Doll Collection
Watercolors: Prima Watercolor Confections - Decadent Pies