Video Tutorial - Criss Cross Card

Copics, My Favorite Things, Special Fold Card, Video Tutorial 20 Responses »
Apr 102011

Last week I created a video for the Criss-Cross card tutorial. This is the sample I used for the video.

The card base was created out of Kraft cardstock. . Two 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ pieces of Echo Park Playground paper where cut diagonally. They were stitched to Neenah Solar White cardstock. A 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of white cardstock had been cut diagonally as well.

The white cardstock for the belly band is 2 1/4″ wide, the orange Echo Park Playground paper 2″.  The strips were 11″ long and after stitching scored at 4 3/8″ and 9 3/4″. White May Arts Silk Ribbon was tied around the belly band.

The image is from the My Favorite Things One Sweet Chick. It was stamped on Solar White cardstock in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and cut and embossed with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die.  The image was stamped again on the green patterned paper from Playground. The dress was cut out and adhered to the main image. It was colored with Copic Markers (Chicks: Y02, Y06, Y08, W1   Egg Shell: W00, W1, W2   Dress: YG21, W02   Shoes: E0000, E41, E42, E43, E44   Skin: E000, E01, E11   Hair: E33, E25, E29, E49   Heart in hair: YR15, YR09, R08   Grass: YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67   Sky: B0000, B000).

The image was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with the one of a Scallop Oval Nestabilities and the edges were paper pierced. The sentiment is also from One sweet chick. It was stamped on Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die. The embossed center was colored with Copic Marker B0000.

The insert of the card measures 4″ x 5″ piece of white cardstock. The top corners were rounded with my Corner Chomper.  A half circle was punched out of the orange Playground paper with a 1 3/8″ circle punch. It was layered on a half scallop circle cut out of Kraft cardstock.

A 1 3/8″ x 4″ strip of green patterned Playground paper was stitched to 1 9/16″ x 4″ piece of cardstock and adhered on
the lower end of the card insert. The single chick from the stamp set was stamped on Solar White cardstock, punched out with a 1″ circle punch and colored with Copic Markers. It was adhered to the right side of the strip to finish off the insert.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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The winner of the 25 Unity stamp grab bag is....

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Apr 092011

Cool idea!!!

Posted by: Kathy Hering | April 8th, 2011 10:25

Kathy, please contact andrea@unitystampco.com
with your full name, address and that let her know that you have won the Friends With Flair blog hop prize (grab bag of 25 stamps). Congratulations.

Thanks for all your kind comments on my Acrylic paint background card. Have a great day!
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Weathered Wood inspired

Nestabilities, SCS - Inspiration challenge, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 33 Responses »
Apr 092011

It’s Saturday which means it’s time for another Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge as well as the Inspiration challenge on Splitcoast. This week I got to combine both because Stef picked a site I suggested as the inspiration site. When I went through my Pinterest craze, I found the English site Cox & Cox.  For my sample I picked this gorgeous wooden hanging heart as my inspiration piece.

The card sketch is a simple one which worked great for what I had in mind.  To invoke the painted wooden feel of the heart I brushed on Snowcap Adironback Paint dabber all over a 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Kraft cardstock. Once it dried I embossed it with Tim’s Damask Embossing Folder.  The raised part of the embossing was sanded to let the Kraft cardstock show through.

The bottom corners of the layer were rounded before the edges were stitched. A piece of Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with one of Spellbinders new Grommet Tag dies.  A frame and sentiment from Waltzingmouse’s Fancy Phrases was stamped in it’s center with Frayed Burlap.

The sentiment tag was attached to the embossed layer with silk ribbon. The bow was topped with an EK success ribbon flower, I picked up at Target. The layer was adhered to a 3 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded again to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to participate in one or both of the challenges! Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs and smiles

Friends with Flair - Home Sweet Home

CAS, SCS - Free For All Challenge, Unity Stamps 56 Responses »
Apr 082011

I haven’t participated in Friends with Flair for way too long.I created this card for last week’s Free For All Challenge on Splitcoast.  When I saw the challenge, I knew right away I wanted the house stamp from Little Whispers. I had just gotten it in the mail with my last order and was itching to try it out.

My card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. Snow cap Adirondack Acrylic paint was applied directly with the dabber it comes with. The image was stamped over the white paint with Jet Black Archival ink. After the ink dried, Red Pepper and Citrus paint was used to add a bit of color.

A wavy border was stitched around the edge of the card and May Arts Gingham ribbon tied around the upper edge. The ribbon was topped with a red button to finish it off.

Unity Flair!

If you don’t already get Unity’s Kit of the Month, check it out. This month, like every month, it is super cute and an incredible value. You can find out more about it here.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Check the Unity blog to see who else is participating in today’s Friends with Flair blog hop. Have a great weekend! Hugs and smiles

Bunny Treat Tube

3-D items, Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Grand Nestabilities 19 Responses »
Apr 072011

Yesterday’s tutorial on Splitcoast was the cutest little project. I had to make one right away. I made it matching to the card posted on Monday.

The bunny image from Spring is Sprung was stamped on a 5″ wide piece of Solar White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. The bottom of the image panel was cut and embossed with a Grand Label 4 Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers ( Bunnies: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, R00, R20    Grass: G20, G21, G24   Tulips: R11, R12, R14, YG21, YG23, YG25   Bell Flowers: B63, B66    Tiny Flowers: Y13, Y17    Sky: B0000, B000, B00).

Then the image was scored just like the treat tube base. For the base I used a 5″ square of Kraft cardstock, topped with a 3″ x5″ piece of Pink Paislee’s Hometown summer paper.

The caps were created out of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a Blossom Nestabilities die.

Green Linen Ribbon was tied around the top of the image layer. A tag was cut out of Solar White cardstock with the smallest of the Tag  Trio dies, a sentiment from Spring has Sprung was stamped on it with Tuxedo Black ink. It was tied to the bow with Linen thread.

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New Challenge in the Blogosphere

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, IE Monthly challenge, Nestabilities, Stampers Anonymous 14 Responses »
Apr 062011

One of my favorite stores is starting to hold a monthly challenge. And guess what? The winner will receive a $50 shopping spree in the store? How awesome is that? This first challenge will run all April and is a Way to use it challenge.

We are challenged to use Tim Holtz Fragments. Okay…who is guilty of having bought that product and having left it sit in a drawer, shelf, closet? I did…I think I used them just a couple of times. This challenge was perfect for me. So far I made two projects that I will share later, but give you a peek of now.

My first card is a CAS card that came together in literally 20 minutes. That never happens when I make card.

For this sample I used a round fragment, stamped an image from Tim’s Urban Chic stamp set in Jet Black Archival ink and let it dry. Next I turned it over and added paint from Adirondack Acrylic Paint Aqua, Red Pepper and Sunset Orange. Once that was dry I used it as focal point of my card.

This card gave me the confidence to use the fragments in another card. The fragments are really not scary and fun to use. I knew I wanted to create a faux tile look for my next sample.

 

I chose another image from Flourishes Spring is Sprung set. I just LOVE that set. I stamped the bird nest in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers (Nest: E41, E42, E43, E44   Eggs: BG000, BG01, BG02   Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG17   Branch: E23, E25, E27, E29   Sky: B12, B000, B0000).

I cut the image to the size of my square and rectangle fragments and adhered the pieces to the fragments with Glossy Accents. One the adhesive dried, I adhered the fragment pieces to a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with a Lacey Square Nestabilities die.

I hope that gave you  a little bit of inspiration on how to use the fragments. You can also adhere printed images underneath as I did on my Vintage Mitten project or just a sentiment like I did in for card.

Have fun with it! I hope you play. $50 shopping spree is a pretty SWEET prize. Have a wonderful day!
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Flutterby Wednesday

Challenge, Copics, Meljen's Designs, Nestabilities, Whimsy Stamps 22 Responses »
Apr 062011

Danni asked me to be a guest designer for her challenge blog Flutter By Wednesdays today. Theme is fairies, butterflies or angels. A Challenge and fairies? I am so IN! LOL I don’t know why, but I LOVE fairy images.

For my post I chose to show off a card I created a while ago while cyber stamping with Jenn and Lori. I used a digi image from Meljen’s Designs sold at Whimsy stamps called Firefly Fairy.

I printed the image out on Neenah Solar White cardstock and, cut it out with Classic Circle Nestabilities die and colored it with Copic Markers (Dress: BV02, BV04, BV08, trim, hair and shoes: YG23, YG25, YG17, Wings: YG0000, YG00, YG01, firefly: BV0000, BV01, BV02, BV04, Light: Y00, Y11, Y13, stick: E33, E35, E39).

The image was layered on a Canyon Brown cardstock cut and embossed with the next size Circle Nestabilities and paper pierced. The layers were then adhered to a Kraft Eyelet Circle cardstock.

A 3″ x 4 1/2″ strip of Echo Park Springtime paper was adhered to a 4 1/2″ square of the same paper pack. A strip of white lace was adhered underneath the horizontal strip before the layers were stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Canyon Brown cardstock. Blue Silk Ribbon was tied around the strip before the the layers were adhered to the card base, a 5″ x 10″ piece of Kraft cardstock, folded in half.

The sentiment is from the Whimsy set Handmade Letter Seals. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut with one of the Tag Trio dies. The tag and a Cosmo Cricket button were attached to the ribbon bow with iridescent curling ribbon. A Recollection Rhinestone swirl on the top left of the card finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to play with Fairies, Butterflies or Angels this week. Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #102

Copics, Nestabilities, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 20 Responses »
Apr 052011

After cyber stamping the last couple of weeks with Korin she was sweet enough to ask if I would like to join her sketch challenge team for the month of April. I LOVE challenges, so of course I said yes. :)

I flipped the sketch from last Saturday 180 degrees I used Benjamin Bunny. I LOVE the belly on this bunny. He is so cute! He was printed out on Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (Bunny: E40, E41, E42, E43,  Ears, nose and sole of feet: YR00, E93, E95, E97    Flower: Y13, Y15, Y17, E97, E00, E29, YG21, YG23, YG25      Flower Pot: YR12, YR14, E25, E29   Grass: YG61, YG63, YG67    Sky: BG0000, BG10, BG11). The image was cut out with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die and the Out of the Box technique.

The same Oval Nestabilities die was used along with  one of my new Label 18 Nestabilities dies (yes….still giddy that I got some of the new dies in. The others are backordered, but ordered) to cut and emboss a frame out of Canyon Brown cardstock. Both dies were left on and the cardstock was sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink to make the embossed part just a tad darker then the edges of the frame. I placed a slightly bigger piece then the cut out oval behind the frame and adhered the image oval in the center of the frame. (In retrospect, I should have just used one size bigger oval for the image, but…it was too late for that already.)

One 2″ x 4 1/2″ piece of MME Fine and Dandy True Blue paper and one 2″ x 4 1/2″ piece of MME Stella and Rose Gertie paper were stitched to a 2 1/8″ x 4 9/16″ piece of White cardstock. Brown May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around one layer.

A 4 3/4″  5″  piece of Gertie paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of white cardstock. Both layers strips were adhered to that. A green button was added to the top right of the frame of the image before the image layer was adhered with dimensionals. Two additional buttons were stitched next to the green one with Honeydew Twine.

Just because I already had the buttons out I added another over the ribbon. Before I tied it on, I stamped the sentiment from Everyday Sentiment from Kraftin’ Kimmmie stamps in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock, cut and embossed with the smallest of the Tag Trio dies. The sentiment tag was tied with the button to the ribbon with more Honeydew Twine (love that color and Lemon drop).

The layers were adhered to the card base a 5 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Canyon Brown cardstock folded in half. To finish it off I cut apart a Recollections Rhinestone swirl and adhered it to the upper left and lower right side of the image.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to try the sketch if you haven’t done so yet.

Have a great day!
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Bring Back Beautiful - The Beauty of Springtime Colors

Copics, Flourishes - Bring Back Beautiful Challenge, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities 41 Responses »
Apr 042011

The Beauty of Springtime Colors! Soft shades that remind us of spring flowers sprouting from the ground – these shades are the focus of this month’s BBB challenge! The color choice is yours!Link your Bring Back Beauty Challenge card here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB09. You have until April 30th to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

For my card I used Spring is Sprung again. I LOVE everything about this set. The bunny image, the bird image, the flower and the sentiments.

I stamped the image on a 3 7/8″ wide piece of Solar White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. The bottom of the image panel was cut and embossed with a Grand Label 4 Nestabilities die. I had seen that on one of Debbie Olson‘s cards and LOVED the idea.  The image was colored with Copic Markers ( Bunnies: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, R00, R20    Grass: G20, G21, G24   Tulips: R11, R12, R14, YG21, YG23, YG25   Bell Flowers: B63, B66    Tiny Flowers: Y13, Y17    Sky: B0000, B000, B00).

Two pieces of Pink Paislee’s Hometown summer paper were adhered together forming a 4 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ layer. Part of a doily was adhered to the left hand side and Cotton linen Green ribbon was tied around where the layers meet. The image was adhered under the ribbon. Three different color pink buttons were stitched to the left hand side with embroidery floss.

A 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock was folded in half. The lower edges were cut with the next size Grand Label 4 Nestabilities die before the layers were adhered to it. The upper edge was stitched on to create more interest. A Recollections Rhinestone swirl finish off the card front.

The inside of the card is kept simple. A 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ strip of Hometown summer paper was stitched to a 4 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of white cardstock before it was adhered to the inside of the card. A sentiment from Spring Is Sprung was stamped in Tuxedo black on the right hand side of the strip.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team by clicking on over to see…..


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All Things Unity

Nestabilities, Unity Challenge, Unity Stamps 27 Responses »
Apr 032011

Sara Henton was sweet enough to ask me if I would like to play along this month in the All Things Unity Challenges. I LOVE challenges and Unity stamps, so the answer was a no brainer. Heck, yes! LOL

Today’s challenge is called Button Up!  The sponsor for this month challenges is Buttons Galore and More. They send us each one of their button assortments. The buttons came in a clear plastic container. I filled them in an empty Marmalade jar. The lid had been colored first with Gesso, then with Juniper Adirondack  Paint Dabber. I cut out the label for the buttons, ran it through my Xyron and stuck it on the jar. A small strip of fabric tied around the top of the jar finish it off.

I love using buttons on my cards and quite frequently use three or four on a card. But since this is a button challenge, I thought I would add a LOT of buttons on one card.

A 3 1/2″ square of fabric was stitched to a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Classic Scallop Square Nestabilities. A sentiment from Unity’s Store kit Naturally You was stamped in the center with Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  Quite a few buttons were stitched to the bottom of the layers with Lemondrop Twine as well as white embroidery Floss.

A piece of sea green Faux Suede May Arts ribbon was adhered under another button that was stitched to the upper right hand corner of the squares. The layers were adhered to the card base, a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, folded in half.

For the inside of the card I cut another piece of cardstock with the same scallop square die that was used on the front. The background stamp from Moments in Bloom was stamped in the center with Tumbled Glass distress ink. A strip of the same fabric used in the front was stitched to the square.

Another sentiment from Naturally you was stamped in the center of the layer with Rich Cocoa Memento ink and more buttons were added.

I hope you have time to join us in this challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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