Have a Sweet Birthday

Hello!

I got a bit of crafting done this past weekend! To help get my mojo back i picked a couple challenges to play at, along with using some stamps that have been sitting around (for some time, haha!) waiting to be used!! I have two cards and the deadlines are coming up soon, so today i'll have two posts!

The first card i made for Landscaping Challenge - Beautiful Florals and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday!!!

First i die cut the circle flowers from water color card stock with Waffle Flower Flower Circle Die. Then i used Distress Markers Aged Mahogany, Rusty Hinge, and Peeled Paint. I smooshed each color onto each of the three flowers.

I used the flowers as a guide, so i would know here i would stamp the cacti, pots and flowers. Then i stamped the sentiment, splitting it up among the three flowers by selectivity inking and stamping.

After the flowers were dry i added them with foam tape. I decided to leave the flowers and only trim the flower that hung over at the bottom. Then i rounded each of the corners.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Stuck On You, Baked With Love
Distress Markers: Aged mahogany, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint
Die: Waffle Flower - Flower Circle
Ink: Papertrey Ink - Terracotta Tile. Memento Luxe - Pistachio, Rhubarb Stalk

Butterfly

Hello!!

Today Crafter's Companion is releasing Sara Davies Signature Collection - Butterfly Lullaby on their US website! My project today features some of these new goodies!!

I made an ornament that would make a great gift for a butterfly lover! Way back when i picked up some wood ornaments from the clearance rack. First i covered the wood ornament with a sheet of pattern paper from the 6 x 6 Butterfly Lullaby paper pad. I used some Dusty Concord Distress Ink to ink around the edges.

Next i used the 3D Oval Butterfly die and cut it from CC's Shimmering Card Stock White Pearl and from CC's Watercolor Card Stock. From the white pearl i carefully cut out the butterfly from the middle and set both aside.

From the watercolor oval, i cut the butterfly out and with CC's Spectrum Noir Aqua Orchid Marker i scribbled it on a clear block. I added some water then pressed the butterfly into it, i let it dry, then did it again with the left over ink.

While the butterfly was drying i did the same with with some of the tiny flowers you get when you use the die. Some of flowers i colored directly with the Orchid marker. When they were dry i added purple glitter to the White Pearl flowers and Liquid Pearl to the watercolor flowers.

Next i added the White Pearl oval to my ornament, then added the purple watercolor butterfly. Then i added the flowers, some directly to the ornament and some with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Art Impressions Challenge # 181

Hello!!

It the second week of Art Impressions Challenge #181 - Add a Brad. AI is also celebrating a new release die!  His and Her Utility Dies, so fun and unique dies!! My card features the Utility Die for Her!

I started by die cutting the base part of the tool, don't know what it is called but that is what i'm going with, from some pink flower pattern paper. Then i cut all the tools from some metallic grey card stock. I cut some black card stock to 6 inches x 6 inches and placed the base tool in the middle and traced just the two ends.

Next i placed the different die tools at my traced ends, moving them around until i had them were i liked them. With washi tape i held two of the dies down, one on each end, then ran it through my die cutting machine. Then removed those and placed the next two dies down, i did this until all of tool dies were cut.

Now my black panel has lots tool shaped holes!!! I adhered this panel to a 6 x 6 white card base, then added the grey tools into there matching cut outs. Were the brad goes, i cut that part in half and fit two of the tools together. This will be hidden by the base tool and i didn;t want a build up of three layers of card stock.

After all the tools were inlaid i added two black brads to the base tool after stamping the sentiments in it. Then i added it the card with foam dots.

Last i stamped the remaining sentiments in versamark and then heat embossed them white. Oh, i almost forgot, for the scissor tool i added a black enamel dot to were a brad would go!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will play along with our Add a Brad challenge!!

Dana

Bear Hug!

Hello!

I'm on the Art Impressions blog today! Valentine stamps don't just have to be used in February! My card today features the Bear Hug stamp set, perfect to send someone who needs a hug!

First i stamped the bear image on some white card stock. This stamp set is a wobble set, so i also stamped the second bear stamp on a piece of scrap card stock. I used my Spectrum Noir to color both images. For the hearts on his pants, i went ahead and colored them red. Its really hard to go around them, so to save my sanity after coloring the shorts i then colored just the hearts with a white opaque pen.

Then i fussy cut out the top part of the full image, and then trimmed remaining card stock. Around the bottom i tied some pink backers twine in a bow. Next i fussy cut the bear head and arms, then i attached wobble to it and then added it the full bear. 

I die cut a small heart from white card stock and then stamped the Bear Hug sentiment. Then i picked out some heart pattern paper and used a stitched rectangle die. I added the rectangle to a white card base.

Then i added the heart to the top right and trimmed off the over hang. With foam tape i adhered the bear image.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Art Impressions - Bear Hug Set

Pattern Paper: My Minds Eye

Markers: Spectrum Noir 

Backers Twine

Thanks

Hello!

Today i'm sharing a card i made for Uniko's March Challenge, the challenge is Spring or Easter. I went with Spring! I thought spring was here but it snowed this weekend!! It will melt soon, but really?!?! I'm so ready for some warmth!!

I started my card by using a Memory Box butterfly die and cut it from some water color paper. Then i with distress markers and water to smoosh the ink onto my butterfly. I used Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire markers.

While that was drying i pulled out my Uniko Label Love: Thank You stamp set and i stamped one of the circles in an aqua blue ink. With the Chipped Sapphire marker i colored in the leaves. Next i stamped the Thanks in black ink and then cut used a circle punch to punch out the circle label.

Then i colored the body and antennae with a black distress marker and adhered it to my butterfly wings. I added the butterfly to a Kraft card base and then added the stamped label. I trimmed off a little of the label that hanged over the edge.

For a little sparkle i added a row of grey rhinestones to the butterflies body. Last i rounded the corners of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Hopefully spring is really around the corner!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Uniko - Label Love: Thank You
Distress Markers: Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot
Die: Memory Box - Delia Butterfly
Ink: Papertrey Ink - Hawaiian Shores

Happiness

Hello!!

Today i'm sharing a card that has no stamping!! Shocking i know!! Also shocking is the snow that is coming down as i write this!! It's supposed to do this all weekend! I wish spring would stick around, i'm ready for some warm weather!!

My card features products from Photo Play Paper - Paper Dolls Collection Pack. I got lucky and won the pack on their Facebook page and decided to play with it and make a card.

I started by die cutting a stitch rectangle from the Sweetness sheet, then from the Cuteness sheet i cut a stitched oval. Then i picked out a few different elements from the sticker sheet.

Since i never know for sure how i'm going to arrange stickers, i use baby powder to take care of the stickiness. I can then arrange and rearrange the stickers until i have them how i want them.

First i wrapped the oval with twine and tied it in a bow. Then i placed one of the sticker girls and used foam tape to adhere her to the oval. Next i added the rectangle and oval to a white card base.

Then i added the sentiment sticker, the flowers and scissors with foam tape. Last i added a few clear sequins to my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Pattern Paper & Stickers: Photo Play Paper - Paper Doll Collection Pack - Sweetness, Cuteness, Element Stickers, Alpha Stickers
Sequins: Neat & Tangled - Winter Wonder Land
Twine: Maya Road
Dies: My Favorite Things - Ovals. Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles

Pinterest Inspired April Challenge

Hello!

It's the first of the month (can you believe it's April already!?!?!) and that means its time for anew challenge over at Pinterest Inspired Challenge!!

Here is this months inspiration photo.

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I really liked the white outline of the flowers with the pretty colors inside each shape. I decided to give something a try, and i think it worked out great!! My background is white embossed, not with a stamp but from a stencil!! I placed a stencil over a panel of white card stock and then pressed my versamark ink pad into the open areas of the stencil. To get a good layer of the ink i really pressed and repressed the versamark through the open areas. Then i removed the stencil and added the white embossing powder and heated it.

Next i picked out some distress markers that were close to the photo colors (not quite the same) and then squiggled them on a clear block and with water added them to my embossed image. Since i didn;t use watercolor paper, the colors didn;t blend well, and that's what i was going for, bright color with minimal blending.

I set that aside to dry and then stamped the flower image on some white water color card stock. Then i used the same colors to color the image, adding in a green for the stems. Next i fussy cut it out and set it aside too.

Then i cut a strip black card stock and stamped the sentiment that came with the flowers. I heat embossed the sentiment then added it across my panel with foam tape. Next i added the flowers and last added a few black pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you will play along with us at the Pinterset Inspired Challenge

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co - As We Go Along
Stencil: Tim Holtz - Lace
Distress Markers: Pumice Stone, Abandoned Coral, Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers