Art Impressions Challenge #201 - Lots of Love

Hello!

It's the second week of Art Impressions Challenge #201, so plenty of time still left you to play along!! The Design Team are featuring NEW Mini Tryfolds, stamps perfect for Valentine's Day or any day you want to send some love!!

My card ...oh wait, can't say that! Hold the presses!! It's rare I don't make a card, and well I planned on making a card but a big mistake changed that!!! So to not have to throw away all my hard work I made a tag instead!! :D

These new Mini Tryfolds are so adorable! My tag features the Paws to Love set!! I first stamped all the images on white cardstock and then used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers to color them. I used: Blender, AB1, AB3, AP1, AP3, PP1, DG3, GB2, GB4, GB7, GB9, IG2, IG6, MB2, PP2, patterYG1. Then I fussy cut them out with sharp scissors.

Because my intentions were to make a card I followed the instruction on the stamp packaging to make the card. I added some pattern paper from Pebbles Garden Party pad, a different pattern for the front, fold and inside.

I started with the front of the card and adhered the image in the middle, I also added a little bit of kraft card stock for a ground. With the biggest die I cut through the center of the image, it cut through the image center, the pattern paper and the card cardstock. I did have to run it through my machine a few times!

Then I moved on to the fold and the second image, but this is were it all went wrong!! Instead of reapeating what I did above for the fold pannel, I did instead it instead on the inside! If you are not familiar with Tryfolds, your top image is on the left top panel, open that to the second fold panel and that opens to the right to reveal the third inside image. Well my card now had a nice window in that inside panel.

Instead of scrapping everything and starting over I instead cut the card part at the folds. So now I have three seperate panels! I went ahead and completed the 'inside' panel and then placed everything in the right order.

To make the tag I punched wholes in the top of each panel and then used some white ribbon to attach all three pannels together. For a little added interest I added a twine bow around the ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by! And now you know what NOT to do when making a Tryfold card!! LOL!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Art Impressions - Paws to Love
Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers
Pattern Paper: Pebbles - Garden Party

Crafter's Companion on HSN, January 10th

Hello!

Crafter's Companion will be on HSN, this coming Tuesday! A lot of great new products will be available!! Today, I have a tag I made with one of the new Create A Card dies!! Even though you can create a card with the dies you don't always have to make a card, they work great for tags too!!

I started by die cutting the owl from Crafter's Companion Watercolor cardstock. Then I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color it. I used Amber, Heather, Begonia, Chocolate, Bud Green.

When the watercolor was done I made a circle from a small dish from the kitchen to trace around, then I cut along my trace. All my circle dies were too small, I could barely get the owl in, so I made my own circle from the dish. Then I adhered the circle to a piece of black cardstock, trimming off the extra black cardstock. Next, I punched a hole at the top and then threaded some purple ribbon through.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Make sure you mark your calendar for Tuesday!! Lots of great stuff on HSN!!

Dana

Supplies
Create A Card Owl Die
Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers
Purple Ribbon
Black Cardstock

Friends

Hello!

Can you believe its almost February?!?! Before we know it will be summer!!! Today i sharing a Jumbo tag, which i think would make a great bookmark for a book lover!!

I die cut the jumbo tag from white card stock and again from some chipboard. I don't buy chipboard, instead save it from cereal boxes or packaging!

On the card stock i stamped Crafter's Companion Sheena Douglass Monarch Butterfly stamp with versamark ink several times on the tag. I used a copper embossing powder and heat embossed the butterflies. I colored the butterflies with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, Smoke Quartz, Harvest Moon, Soft Jade, Blue Topaz.

Next i stamped the Friends sentiment from the Kimono Lotus Flower stamp set. I trimmed it to a strip and then notched one end at an angle. I added it to the tag with foam tape.

Then i just used double sided tape to adhere the card stock tag to the chip board tag. Last i used some brown ribbon to finish it off!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Dana

More Candles

Hiya!!

I'm on the Art Impressions blog today with a super easy mini tag card to share with you! So i kind of like tags! Have a lot of different shapes and sizes and sometimes i like to make little cards out of the bigger tags in my stash.

It's super easy to make cards out of your dies, even the small ones! Just score a piece of card stock in half (you can use a smaller piece of card stock if your die is small). On the cutting plate lay down your die (cutting edge up) and then placed your scored card stock over the die, with the folded part just below the top of the die. Run it through the machine a couple times since it has two layers to cut through! And wa-la you now have a card in the shape of your die!

On my little tag card i stamped a new AI stamp that you can find at AC Moore called Bigger Cake. I stamped the image again on another piece of white card stock and then colored it with Copic markers.

Then i fussy cut out the lady and cake and then added her to the tag card with foam dots. I added some matching purple ribbon to the top of the tag card.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Copic markers

Papertrey Ink - Library Card Tag

Other Supplies: Art Impressions - Bigger Cake (available at AC Moore), Miscellaneous purple ribbon.

Exciting News!

Hello,

Today i have exciting news to share with you today! I'm excited announce that i have joined the Art Impressions Design Team!! The ladies there are very talented and i am so looking forward to working them and showcasing these stamps!!

I am also submitting this tag Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes Challenge and to Darnell's NBUS #4 Challenge (this is the first time these little kitties are seeing ink!).

To celebrate i made a little tag using one of the new 2015 Front & Backs cling stamps, Purr-thday! I started by die cutting a tag from white card stock. The inside rectangle comes out and i stamped the front of the kitties along the bottom. I colored the kitties with Copic markers, then i cut them out.

With the left over, i flipped over and pressed it against the back of the cats, then trimmed off the extra. This way i can hide the messy back of the cats. I adhered the tag to a piece of acetate, then added the colored cats in the window.

Next i cut the tag again and adhered it to the back of the first tag, to hide the adhesive holding the acetate. Then i added the plain backing that i cut to match the cats.

I inked up the sentiment that comes with the set and stamped it on the small back piece. Then i added some black ribbon and twine. Of course i got a text finger print smudge on the back so i had to add some enamel dots!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I look forward to sharing my Art Impressions creations with you!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Art Impressions - Purrr-thday Set
Die: PTI - Tag
Enamel Dots: MME - Chalk Studio
Copics

Let's Celebrate!

Hello!!

Today i am sharing a fun card i just made because, oh about week or two ago! The idea came to me while i was trying to fall asleep one night! And when i sat down to make it i spied a tag die and thought, hmmmm how about a tag card!!! LOL

So to make the card i folded a piece of PTI rustic white cardstock, then placed the tag die just over the fold. Die cut, then cut it again from a scrap piece. I did my stamping on the tag cut from a scrap piece of PTI cardstock.

I stamped the circles in 4 different colors, varying where the circles fell just a little. I also stamped the banner and the sentiment in grey. I stamped the sentiment again to get a shadow. I cut the banner out and adhered it to my tag with foam tape.

I added 4 sequins just below the banner. Then i added the stamped tag to my card base tag. And then last added a bit of white twill tape at the top!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Neat and Tangle - Party Dots
Sequins: Neat and Tangle - Birthday Bash
Ink: Memento Luxe
Die & Card Stock: Papertrey Ink

Papertrey Ink October Blog Hop Challenge

Hello!

*** This is my 1st of 2 posts today, if you are looking for my Sweet Stamp Shop post, click here ***

Its time for Papertrey Ink October Blog Hop Challenge! The challenge this month is Tags!! PTI provided this picture for inspiration!

                                      
I pulled out a PTI Love Lives Here: Holiday stamp set, the matching dies and Tag Sale #5. I die cut the tags from rustic cream cardstock and inked the edges. I then stamped the sentiment on each tag.

Next i die cut several stockings and mittens and stamped them with their corresponding stamps. I added tiny twine bows to the stockings and used twine to 'hook' the mittens together. I also added some frosted glitter to the mittens cuffs.

Last i adhered the mittens and stockings to the tags and added some twine to the top of the tags.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Love Lives Here: Holiday
Ink: PTI - Autumn Rose, Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado
Cardstock: PTI - Rustic Cream
Die: Love Lives Here: Holiday, Tag Sale #5
Twine: May Arts

Baby Its Cold Outside

Hi!

I hope everyone is having a great Sunday! Today i have a set of tags to share with you! I found a new (to me) challenge over at the Sweet Stamp Shop, the Use What You Have Challenge! And boy do i have a lot!! LOL

I found a package of glitter snowflake chipboard stickers (say that 3 times fast! lol ) It was at the very bottom of this drawer:

This is one stash of embellishments, these tend to be stickers and chipboard. My paper scraps are in a tray that sits on top of this and that is so full its hard to shut the drawer, so i am determined to actually USE this stuff and then hopefully close the draw (and not buy new stuff to fill it back up!! lol)

So to make my tags, i actually found five 3 x 3 pieces of cardstock in my paper scrap tray! The cardstock is metallic white (i know the picture looks gray, but it is white). I rounded the corners and stamped the sentiment.

Then i adhered the chipboard snowflakes to each tag and with the bigger snowflakes i added pearls to the centers.

Last i added some bakers twine that matched the blue/green snowflakes nicely! 

And since i really don't want to but anything back in my drawer, i also made 2 cards with the remaining snowflakes and i'll show those to you soon!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop - Holiday Sentiments

Ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow

Stickers: Making Memories

Twine: The Twinery - Caribbean