Fanatical About Botanical - Moxie Fab Challenge

Hi,

Today i have a card for Moxie Fab's Fanatical About Botanical Challenge. I was at Hobby Lobby and found some great butterfly paper, that i though would be great for this challenge. At first i was stumped as how to make this card, i didn't want to cover up the butterflies with layers of paper or stamped focal images. But then i thought about doing some fussy cutting just might work.

After deciding on the card size, i cut the pattern paper to size. Then i found the same butterflies on my left overs and second page. I cut each one out and adhered them with pop up dots over the same butterfly on my card. Then i trimmed the butterflies that hung over the edge.

I'm sorry for the next 2 photos. I lost all the butterfly patterns when i tried to bright these 2 photos.

In the bottom left i placed a small butterfly i got from the flower arranging section, over one of the butterflies on the pattern paper. I took out the wire piece that came with butterfly, and just adhered it to the card.

I used a piece of kraft card stock and stamped the sentiment flutter by friend in a distress ink and adhered this to the right of the butterfly.

Thanks for stopping in!!

Dana

Supplies:
Pattern Paper: Glitz Design, Hazel
Butterfly: OKC, Woodland Wonders
Stamps: Papertrey Ink, Flutter by Friend
Ink: Tim Holtz
Kraft: The Paper Studio

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - The Long and Short of It

Hi!
Today i have a card for this weeks CAS-ual Friday's Challenge. The challenge is to make a clean and simple 4 x 9 card. I like long cards, so it was just a matter of keeping it CAS!

I used PTI rustic cream card stock and used some pumpkin stamps from Verve. I stamped them in brown ink on the cardstock that was trimmed about 1/4 inches short of the cardbase. I stamped the sentiment So Grateful for You next to the pumpkins.

I used watercolor crayon's to color the pumpkins. I added just a touch of green glitter to the pumpkin leaves. Last i add a row of orange pearl like embellishments from the sentiment to the edge. Last i adhered this panel to the cardbase with pop up dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Rustic Cream
Stamps: Verve Stamps Bountiful Harvest
Embellishments: Recollections
Watercolors: Caran d'ache
Ink: Memento, brown

Stamp-a-Faire Challenge #10

Hello,

Today i have 3 mini cards for PTI Stamp-a-Faire Challenge #10. The challenge was to stamp a background plus a bigger focal image, all in one layer. I went with little mini cards, thinking i could whip a couple up real fast ... wrong!!  I spent about twenty minutes just trying to find the right color inks to go with my pattern paper and that were dark enough to see on kraft cardstock. But it was worth it, as i think they turned out pretty good!

I stamped the background from PTI's Garden Variety, the little daisy like flowers, in versamark. Then with one of the flowers from Daydreamer. Then adhered a strip of pattern paper across the front.

For the circle i used the circle doily from Tag Its #5 and then stamped the big flower one more time in a light brown. Then in a dark brown i used a sentiment from the same Tag Its. I added tiny glitter dots to the flower center and added the circle to the card with pop up dots.

Thanks for looking!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Inks, Garden Variety, Daydreamer, Tag ITs #5
Dies: Spellbinders
Ink: Studio G, Memento, Versamark
Patter Paper: Heidi Grace
Glitter: Stickles

Papertrey Ink - July Blog Hop

Hello,
This months Papertrey Ink Blog Hop is about inspiration from this Photo:

I was inspired by the colors, orange is my favorite color so any excuse to use it, i will!! Usually orange is put with pink, so it was nice to see it with a blue/green color. I didn't have a plan for my card, i just started with the Daydreamer stamp set, then went to my scrapbin to find some similar colors to the photo.

I cut a tag from sand colored paper, then stamped a sentiment from Daydreamer set. Then i stamped a small flower from the set in versamark and used clear embossing powder. I used the small burst in light orange, and stamped the center of each flower. Last i added orange rhinestones to each flower.

For the top of the tag i wanted to do something a little different then add a piece of ribbon in the traditional tag style. Instead i cut a piece of ribbon and thread it through the whole, with a bit left over at the back. Then i threaded the other end back through the whole but left a loop on the right side. Next i threaded it back through, but left a small loop on the wrong side of the tag. I did this until i had 3 loops. The front loops are bigger then the back. Next i adjusted the front loops, by pulling on the back loops, until the front loops looked like a flower. To secure it, i used the extra long tails and covered the small loops on the back and pressed the middle of the flower (front) to flatten the back loops. With a little double sided adhesive i secured my long tails over the loops in the back. Last i added a big orange rhinestone to the center of the flower

For my background paper, i started with some poke-a-dot paper. I then used the same burst i used on the flower and stamped it over the pattern paper in orange ink. Next i used some tissue tape from Tim Holtz to make pleats across the pattern paper. I must say i am kind of disappointed in the tissue tape. The package said adhesive tape, and it is adhesive, but it is not permanent and easy to remove from the front of the card.

So after doing my pleats, i removed the pleated strip from the patter paper and used double sided tape on the front and back of the strip, then adhered it to the card. This way it will stay on the card, and the tape on the front will keep the pleats from coming undone.

I then used the orange ribbon and tied it around the pattern paper and over the top of the pleated tissue tape. I tied a bow off to the left and then added my tag. I adhered this to my cardbase, after rounding all corners.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink, Daydreamer

Die: Papertrey Ink, Tag

Ink: Studio G, Versamark, Memento

Pattern paper: Bazzill

Ribbon: The Ribbon Boutique

Tissue Tape: Tom Holtz, Symponphy

Embossing powder: Joann's, Clear

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Here's The Rub

Hi,


I have 2 projects to share to day. The 1st is a card for CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. Since its getting latter in the year i am going to start making fall, Halloween and Christmas cards. I looked through my Halloween rub-on and sticker file and started with some rub-ons. I made 2 tags with the rub-ons, but i didn't think they were very clean and simple. So i looked again in my file and made a clean and simple card!!

The pumpkins are glitter stickers, i added the tall pumpkin directly on the Kraft cardbase. For the other 3 pumpkins i used baby powder to make the stickers not sticky. Then i used pop up dots to adhere the pumpkins to the cardbase

Below the pumpkins i stamped the sentiment pumpkin patch in versa mark. A very nice clean and simple card.

For the Halloween tags, it started with the rub-on sentiment Monsters on Parade. As soon as saw this sentiment i knew i had the perfect stamps to use. Unity has these cute little guys dressed up as a mummy and Frankenstein (there is also a vampire, but i only had 2 of the rub-on sentiments). I stamped them on white cardstock and colored them with colored pencils. After cutting them out i added a touch of glitter to them.

Then i used a tag die out of pattern paper and edged them with purple ink. I cut a PTI fillable frame from orange pattern paper. I added the rub-on to the frame and on the tag. Then i added the cute little monster with pop up dots

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Card:
Stickers: Doodlebug
Kraft card: The Paper Studio
Stamp: Unknown

Tags:
Die's: Papertrey Ink, Tag and Fillable Frame
Pattern Paper:
Stamps: Unity
Ink: Memento
Colored pencils: Unknown
Rub On's: Unknown

Summer Card Camp - Color Combo - Week 4 #2

Hi,

Today i have another card for Summer Card Camps Color Combo. This second card came a lot easier then the 1st card. I used a old timey phone and vase with flowers. These came from the same set as the typewriter.

I stamped the vase on watercolor paper and embossed them with clear powder. Then i embossed the telephone with black embossing powder. Then i used watercolor crayons to paint the blues and greens. I trimmed the watercolor paper and rounded the edges.

I used some twill ribbon along the bottom and tied a green button around the ribbon with twine. Then i used die cut alpha's to spell Call Me. Last i added a little bit of glitter to the flower centers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Heidi Grace
Cardstock: Coredinations
Embossing powder: Joann's
Ink: Versamark
Watercolors:Caran d'ache
Ribbon: Unknown
Button: Unknown
Twine: http://www.etsy.com/shop/swanandshears.
Die: Quickutz

Summer Card Camp - Color Combo - Week 4

Hello,

Today i have a card for Summer Card Camp Color Combo. This weeks colors were hard! I think i got pretty close, but i know its not right on. But i like the card regardless!

I wanted to use white embossing powder and watercolor paper i had, but after trying a few things, nothing was looking good. So i thought why not try it with black instead of white. And i really like the look!

I used a typewriter from Heidi Grace and embossed it in black. Then i used water color crayons to get my greens and blues. Then i cut it out. I then looked through my pattern paper and found the diamond pattern paper and the periodic table paper. Both were in the blue/green colors, plus the periodic table is nice and nerdy!

After getting my pattern paper set, i needed a sentiment, but i don;t have any that would go with a typewriter, so i used some old rub on letters. I did these on white cardstock and cut out and adhered them to a die cut rectangle. Then for the word Type, i used a bigger rub-on alphabet, put this on textured paper and tore it to size.

I felt i still need a little bit more green then what was in the typewriter so i found some that went nicely with my pattern paper from my scrap bin. Every bright green i tried to use, just clashed with the pattern paper, so i just went with the green that went with the pattern paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:
Cardstock: Unknown
Pattern paper: MME and Jillibean Soup
Stamp: Heidi Grace
Embossing powder: Joanns
Watercolors: Caran d'Ache