Saturday, July 31, 2010
Simon Says Stamp Challenge--Dotty
The image is a Unity stamp that I won a few weeks ago on my friend Savannah's blog. Isn't it cute! If you like Unity or Ippity stamps you NEED to go visit her. Aw just go visit her anyway. She'll make you smile. :)
Supplies
Paper: Recollections cardstock, October Afternoon Fly a Kite, Bo Bunny
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company Berry Good Life, Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages
Inks+: Derwent watercolor pencils, Stazon Timber Brown
Tools: Nestabilities Standard Large Circles (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124)
Miscellaneous: Prima roses, Offray and Celebrate It ribbon, Recollections adhesive pearls
Don't forget to go vote at Papercraft Star!
Blessings,
Friday, July 30, 2010
Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC40
Black and white with a touch of green. The black and white part was easy. I used this same paper to make Rina's paper shoe. It has a really cool linen texture to it. Finding a green I liked, well, I thought it would be hard, but I walked into Michaels and this gorgeous shiny green paper just lept out at me. It has this gold shimmer imbedded in it. Pretty !
The design is simple; layering and several touches of ribbon, and even a little machine stitching.
Supplies
Paper: Recollections black cardstock, Recollections green cardstock, GCD Studios Floral Garden from the Cosette Collection
Inks+: Pitch Black Ranger Alcohol Ink
Tools: Martha Stewart Floral Vine Deep Edge punch, sewing machine
Miscellaneous: Offray Ribbons, Recollections paper flowers, glass microbeads
If you're looking for my DT submission for Papercraft Star's #6 challenge you can find it here. It's green too! Don't forget to get your submissions in by noon tomorrow. After that voting starts
Have a fantastic day!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Papercraft Star Challenge #6
Once this idea took root, it all fell into place and I had a lot of fun making it.
Supplies
Paper: Recollections cardstock, October Afternoon Thriftshop
Stamps: Penny Black Lace Flower, Stampabilities Felt With the Heart
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Olive Vine Glimmer Mist
Miscellaneous: Offray Dark Brown Satin Ribbon
Hope you've decided to play along with us at Papercraft Star this week. There's still time to get your entry in before the noon Saturday deadline. Make sure you pop in there after noon and before Tuesday to cast a vote for your favorite project.
Hope you like the card. Have a great day!
A Nice Surprise! with a cherry on top
Monday, July 26, 2010
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #14
Supplies
Paper: My Mind's Eye, white cardstock
Inks+: Ranger Pearl Perfect Pearls
Tools: Nestabilities Pendants Fleur De Lis (S4-204) and Classic Squares Large (S4-126), Provocraft Deco Edged Scissors
Miscellaneous: Michaels Celebrate It ribbon, Recollections adhesive pearls
This is my last post for today so if you're looking for the winner of my blog candy for the Papercraft Star Blog Hop go here.
If you're looking for my Tag Tuesday tag for Kard Krazy go here.
If you're looking for the paper shoes I made on YouTube go here.
Whew! I think I'll breathe now. :)
Blessings,
Paper Shoes
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Who Won My Blog Candy?
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the first Papercraft Star Blog Hop! I hopped around to all of your blogs too and discovered some amazing talent out there, as well as some cool new products to check out, and some projects I'd love to scraplift. :)
I read and appreciated each and every comment that was left. A special thanks to all of you who chose to become a new follower of my blog. I hope that you find something inspiring or useful here in the projects that I share. I also hope you ALL come and play along with the Papercraft Star weekly challenges. The more the merrier!
My blog candy was offered to those who commented and became a follower (or were one already) so I put all those names into a bucket and my beautiful daughter drew out a name for me.
Please send me a message at the gmail address listed here on my blog with your mailing info so I can get your new candy mailed out to you.
Blessings,
Tag Tuesday--Faces
For my tag I used a standard office tag which I stamped on with two Martha Stewart Stamps. I used two different embossing powders. The light brown is a regular Zing embossing powder and the pink is Tattered Rose Distress Embossing powder. After rubbing off the distress crystals, I then inked the whole tag with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I printed the image off my computer and then lightly went over it with the Vintage Photo to give it an aged look. The base for the picture is a piece of vellum that I stamped with a script stamp. This was glued onto the tag and then I added some random spots of Glossy Accents and sprinkled it with clear glass microbeads. I was trying to go for a vintage wall paper look and I was pleased with how it came out. I added a piece of pink ribbon at the top, sponged with Tattered Rose Distress Ink, and some white trim at the bottom, which I sponged with the Vintage Photo and added some pearl trim to.
Supplies
Paper: Office Depot shipping tag, clear vellum, Great White Photo Imaging Paper
Stamps: Martha Stewart Clear Camellias, Inkadinkado Script
Inks+: Vintage Photo and Tattered Rose Distress Inks, Stazon Timber Brown; Tattered Rose Distress Embossing powder, Zing Brown Sugar Embossing powder
Miscellaneous: Michaels Celebrate It pink ribbon, Wrights pearl trim, glass microbeads
Hope you like the tag!
Blessings,
Friday, July 23, 2010
It's a Papercraft Star Blog Hop!
You're at the very first stop of the very first Papercraft Star Blog Hop! If you came here from the blog site, then you already know that there is a list of ALL the participants in the hop, but if you didn't, then that's where the journey begins.
For this Blog Hop the members of the Papercraft Star Design Team were asked to create some Christmas in July projects. Christmas will be here before we know it, so we have to get those ideas flowing. Make sure you visit all the team member blogs so you can soak up all the holiday spirit AND because we all have some blog candy to give away! :)
All you have to do for a chance to win my blog candy is become a follower of my blog and leave a comment below this post. If you'd like an extra chance at winning, then grab the Blog Hop button on my sidebar and display it on your own blog. How simple is that! The winner will be announced on Monday, July 26, so don't forget to come back and see who it is. It just might be you!
Here's the project that I created for the hop.
I wanted to do something vintage (my fave) and this is what came together for me. Here's what I used to make it.
Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill Kraft cardstock, Cloud Nine Designs Christmas Joy paper kit, Recollections cardstock
Stamp: Inkadinkadoo
Inks: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Tools: Nestabilities Large Deckled Rectangles (S4-202), Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser
Miscellaneous: Diamond Dust, Prima Poinsettia flowers and leaf, Vintage Shabby Seam Binding, pearl headpin and assorted beads
And here's the blog candy I'm offering.
The next stop on this little journey is Regan so hop on over to her blog and see what she has in store.
Enjoy and Good Luck!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Papercraft Star Challenge #5
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A Couple of Your Paper Pantry Swap Projects
Supplies
Paper: Paper Cannon Drawing Bristol, Great White Imaging Photo Paper
Ink etc.: Pearl Perfect Pearls
Miscellaneous: Gold star sequin
Monday, July 19, 2010
CCCB Week 13
If you didn't see my earlier post today, you can scroll down and read it to learn about a Blog Hop that Papercraft Star will be starting this Friday. Don't miss out! There are goodies to be won!
Catch Up Time
A special thanks to my wonderful friend Ira who lives in the Netherlands. I'll be adding some cool new buttons to my sidebar courtesy of her. If you've never visited her website, check it out. She makes some of the coolest artwork! Make sure you find her Tussie Mussie. It's gorgeous!
Be sure to check back in here Friday. The Papercraft Star Design Team will be starting our first ever Blog Hop with some prizes to be had. It's our Christmas in July celebration!
Hope to be back today with a card for the CCCB challenge. AHHH! So much to do. :)
Blessings,
Friday, July 16, 2010
Papercraft Star Challenge #4
When I saw this challenge I immediately knew I was going to make a banner and I knew exactly who was going to get it. We have a lady in our church in her eighties who is a HUGE Saints fan. She will be getting this banner as a little surprise for the upcoming season.
I cut everything with my Cricut and stacked the pieces together. This was a very simple project. The hardest part was melting the acrylic paint and UTEE with my heat gun on the letters.
If you haven't joined in yet for the challenges at Papercraft Star let me encourage you to give it a try. We'd love to see what you come up with and have you enter it for a chance to win. We've seen some great projects so far and who knows, yours might be the next winner. You can enter a project for this challenge through 12:00 noon Saturday July 17. Voting begins after that and runs through Monday night. Come play along with us!
Supplies
Paper: chipboard, Bazzill, white cardstock
Paint: Craft Smart and Delta Cream Coat acrylic paint, Triple Thick Gloss Glaze
Miscellaneous: Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, Marvy Uchida Heat Gun, We R Memory Keepers eyelets, ribbon
It took the Saints 43 seasons to win a Superbowl. Persistence does pay off. :)
Have a blessed day!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Bloom Mini Album
I had decided that I was going to make a mini album as a giveaway prize once I reached 500 subscribers on YouTube. Well, 500 came and went and I still didn't have the album made. My friend Rina kind of summed up the way I feel about making minis. Basically she said she didn't want to just slap something together. She wanted it to have purpose and meaning. This mini had a purpose--a thank you to one lucky person who liked my work enough to subscribe to my channel so they could see more of it. I wasn't just going to throw something together willy nilly. Now I'm not trying to say I'm some spectacular crafter. I can name off quite a few ladies out there who are. Everything they make is just incredible. I just enjoy working with paper, I love to share ideas with other people, and I felt the need to make something to give back as thanks for all the encouragement and support I get. Don't get me wrong. Who doesn't love to get goodies like TH stuff, or cool papers. I just felt compelled to make something handmade to giveaway--something personal from me.
The album idea finally came together after I watched someone I subscribe to on YouTube make the flowers I used on the cover of this album. I absolutely adored the combination of Distress inks she used to make these daisies and lo and behold, when I went to Michaels (one of the numerous trips I make there each week LOL) I saw this We R Memory Keepers paper that matched perfectly. I also knew right away that I was going to use the brand new Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge that I had just bought at Wally World on this album. My Cricut has definitely been underutilized since it was bought, but I gave that little bug a work out on this album, even learned how to do some new stuff with it. :)
So here are a few of the pages. This is not the whole album. If you'd like to see the whole thing you can check out my video for it here. If you'd like a chance to win it, all you have to do is be a subscriber to my YT channel and leave a comment on the video.
Have a blessed day!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Some Like It Hot at CCCB Week 12
I always thought the Sarah Kay stamp images were so cute but never bought any. After I got Silvia's gift I had to order some more. They shipped today and I can't wait to get them!
Summer to me is flowers. I LOVE flowers even though I'm a terrible gardener. Yes Jan, I did tell you I have a brown thumb, and the only reason I have those flowers on my layout growing in my yard is because they are self reliant. LOL Houseplants beware, unless you're a cactus!
I'm trying to grow in my card making (and my watercoloring). You know, get out of the same old same old rut and try stuff I usually cringe at--like mixing paper patterns. I did a LOT of layering on this card too.
I learned how to make the flower from one of the crafters I subscribe to on YT. Her YT name is diamondrose123 and if you click on this link it will take you to the first part of her tutorial for this flower.
Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill cardstock, white cardstock, Martha Stewart Floral Gingham Crafting paper
Stamp: Sarah Kay Spring Blossoms
Inks etc.: Derwent Watercolor Pencils, Fired Brick Distress Ink, Inkadinkado Blending Chalk, Red Sharpie Marker, Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist
Tools: Nestabilities Large Deckled Rectangles (S4-202)
Miscellaneous; ribbon, lace, flower stamens
Don't forget to vote after 12:00 noon tomorrow over at Papercraft Star!
Thanks for popping in!
Papercraft Star Challenge #3
Tools: Cricut, Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge, Storybook cartridge
Monday, July 5, 2010
Stitched Flowers on Vellum
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Go Vote! and a recent project
Also wanted to let you know that I have added a gmail address (see top of my sidebar) here on my blog just in case you need to send me a personal message or have questions you don't want to post as a comment.
Besides cards, I've been making a few little projects lately that were sent to some friends as thank you's. Below is one I made for my friend Alee'. She is one of the sweetest people I know and best of all . . .she's my prayer warrior! Alee' and I met via our YouTube channels and just hit it off. She has two beautiful girls and a husband who is very supportive of her hobby. She just started her own etsy store (Jentaleigh's Shop) if you'd like to check it out. She has some yummy flower embellies and some absolutely gorgeous jeweled stick pins.
I decided to make a banner for her. She'll tell you straight off that she's blessed, so I knew exactly what the banner was going to spell out. I used some Basic Grey Bittersweet DP (love BG!). I did not have a single triangle shape on any of the Cricut carts I own so I had to make my own template. I added lace, ribbons, buttons, silk roses, pearls, bling, and punched paper flowers. The letters were covered with acrylic paint and sprinkled with embossing powder when still wet. It gives a cool effect when melted with a heat gun. You can see it in this photo.
My mini album is coming along well so I should have some pics and a video of it up fairly soon. I'm famously slow on my minis so be patient. I'm a bit OCD with them. LOL
Have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend and don't forget to go cast your vote!
Blessings,