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Last Day as Limelight Designer

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Video Tutorial 25 Responses »

May 292011

Today is my last Sunday as Limelight Designer for Flourishes. I had fun creating projects that would be featured on the Flourishes blog. What an honor!

You know it won’t be the last time you see me using Flourishes stamps though. I LOVE Flourishes images. They are so much fun to create with!

For my last post, I thought I would make a Magic Card and use that sample to create a video tutorial for this interactive card. We had several requests for a video tutorial for that card. For the video, I created the card slightly different then the photo tutorial. Just because I wanted to use Nestabilities and my Wizard to cut the window instead of using the Coluzzle.

For my sample I used the stamp set A Guiding Light. To see the entire card check the Flourishes blog.

Here is a video for the Visual Learner:

The Pyrex Effect

Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Tuesday Trigger, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 30 Responses »

May 282011

Saturday morning means a Waltzingmouse Sketch post. I love participating in the sketches. While I love, love, LOVE coloring cute images with my Copics it’s nice to have the Waltzingmouse challenge to balance it out a bit.

Again I combined the sketch challenge with this week’s Tuesday Trigger. It’s a good one. White/Orange/Red bowls….what’s not to love? I was inspired by the colors and the little flower on the white bowls.

Last week I received my latest order of Waltzingmouse Stamps with the new Large Doily stamp set. I stamped several of the stamps from that set in Fired Brick and Wild Honey Distress ink on a 3 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. The layer was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock.

A 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock was folded in half. The lower edges were cut and embossed with one of the Grand Square Nestabilities dies. White Organdy Ribbon was tied around the lower half of the stamped layer before the layers were adhered to the card base.

A frame from the Vintage Label 10 set was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink on Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with a Label 10 Nestabilities die. The sentiments are from Waltzingmouse new stamp set called Say It Loud. The image layer was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals.

A black Recollections Rhinestone swirl was cut in two pieces. The bigger swirl was adhered to the upper right hand side of the stamped layer, the small swirl to the lower left of the image layer. A Prima Flower next to the bow finish off the card.

I hope you have time to participate in the Sketch as well as the inspiration challenge! They are both so much fun this week.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend! We have friends from Illinois visiting this weekend! It will be fun!
Hugs and smiles

Sweet little Mouse

Copics, Nestabilities, Penny Black, SCS - VSN challenge 17 Responses »

May 272011

Here is my last card for last weekend’s VSN. It was for the X marks the spot challenge where we were supposed to create a Criss-Cross Card.

For my sample I used a little image from Tiny Wishes from Penny Black. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut and embossed with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers ( Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG17 Flowers: Y13, Y15, Y17, E97, E99, E25 RV000, RV10, RV21 Mouse: E30, E31, E33, E35, R00, R01 Ground: E11, E13, E15, E18 Sky: B0000, B000, B01 ). The image was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a scallop oval Nestabilities die.

The Criss-Cross Card base was created out of Kraft cardstock. White cardstock was layered with Pebbles Happy Go Lucky Paper. The strips were adhered around the card and May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around it. The image was adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The card insert is a 3 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Solar White cardstock. a 1 3/8″ strip of Pebbles paper. The orange paper was cut with a small Circle Nestabilities die and layered on a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock cut and embossed with a scallop circle Nestabilities die. The circles were adhered over to the center top of the insert and part of it was cut off. A Basic Grey button was stitched to the center of the circles with Honeydew Twine.

A sentiment from the Tiny Wishes set was stamped on the upper right hand side of the strip with Jet Black Archival ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Video Tutorial - Big Buckle Card

Nestabilities, SCS - VSN challenge, Special Fold Card, Tuesday Trigger, Video Tutorial 23 Responses »

May 262011

I created this card as a challenge entry for the Come Find the Treasure! VSN challenge. We were to create a card and hide something in the card.

I hadn’t created a Big Buckle Card in a very long time and thought it would be the perfect time to create one for the challenge and then use it as a sample for the video tutorial for that technique.

I recently had purchased the Life is Good Technique Tuesday stamp set at my LSS and thought it would be perfect for a Buckle card. I stamped the image in Jet Black Archival ink on Echo Park Playground paper. The image was cut and embossed with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. The sky was sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress ink, the ground with Shabby Shutter Distress ink before the image was adhered to a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with a Floral Doily Motif die.

The card base was created out of the Neenah Solar White cardstock. The left hand side of the card front was lined with a 2 1/4″ x 5″ piece of Echo Park Playground paper that had been stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Kraft cardstock. Before the stitched panel was adhered to the left hand side of the card front, a white cardstock strip was cut and embossed with the Floral Doily Accent border die and adhered under the panel.

A 1 7/8″ wide strip of Echo Park Little Girl paper was adhered to a 2″ wide White cardstock strip. The corners of the right end were rounded, the left end was adhered under the 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Kraft cardstock that was adhered to the inside panel of the card.

The sentiment is also from Life is Good. It was stamped in Jet Black Archival Ink directly on the buckle. Part of the sentiment is hidden to comply with the challenge. The smaller sentiment (really good) that comes with the set, was stamped on the inside of the card underneath the panel. Silver Recollection pearls finish off the card.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Tutorial on SCS - Diamond Fold Card

3-D items, Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 17 Responses »

May 252011

Remember the card I made for the Inspiration Emporium challenge last month? I created a tutorial for the Diamond fold card for Splitcoast and it’s being published today. My sample is the same as the Fragment card, except for without the fragments. Instead of those, I paper pierced the edges of the square.

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).

he image layers were adhered to a Diamond Fold card base created out of a 4″ x 12″ piece of October Afternoon Weathervane paper. I created a tutorial for it, but that won’t be published until the end of May. It’s pretty easy though. Score your strip at 2″ and 10″. Mark the center of the strip on each side and fold the paper down and back up.

The 2″ x 4″ panels were stitched to a 2 1/8″ x 4 1/4″ piece of black cardstock, then adhered to a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with a Curved Rectangle Nestabilities dies. A doily was cut and half and a half was adhered on each panel.

A sentiment from the Spring is Sprung was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with the retired Five in one Tag die from Spellbinders. The center of the tag was colored with Copic Marker BG000. The tag attached to the card with the White May Arts Organdy Ribbon that was used to tie the card shut.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
Hugs and smiles

Sweet Puppy

Copics, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, SCS - VSN challenge, StampAvie 21 Responses »

May 242011

Here is another card for last weekend’s VSN challenge. For this challenge we were to use a stamp with a bird, bright colors and make it a square card.

I had bought this darling Spring has Sprung image from Stampavie a few month ago at my LSS and still hadn’t used it. Perfect for this challenge. I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was cut and embossed with Classic Circle Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Birds: B000, B21, B23, Y15, Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG17, Grass: YG21, YG23, YG17 Branch: E25, E29 Puppy: E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E000 Flowers: Y13, Y15, Y17, E97, E99, E29 sky: B0000, B000).

The image was adhered to a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Beaded Circle Nestabilities die and the edge was paper pierced.l

The card base is a 5″ x 10″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock scored at 2 1/2″ and 7 1/2″. Two 2 3/8″ x 2″ pieces of Echo Park Playground paper were adhered to a 2″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Pink Paisley Hometown Summer patterned paper. The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock. Green Organdy ribbon was adhered over the left hand strip and tied around the right hand. The layers were adhered to the sides of the card base and the image was adhered with dimensionals to the left hand side of the card base.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn’s Critters in the Forest stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black on Neenah White and cut with a Circle Nestabilities die. It was adhered to the lower left of the image with a dimensional. Split Pea Kaisercraft Rhinestones finish off the card front.

I decorated the inside of the card to match. I didn’t use patterned paper for the yellow layer, but a piece of So Saffron.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Little Old Lady

Copics, Die-namics, Nestabilities, SCS - VSN challenge, Taylored Expressions 18 Responses »

May 232011

I created this card for last weekend’s VSN challenge called ARRRR. The challenge was to create a card with at least three things on there starting with an R. That made me think of the shoe house image from Taylored Expressions Cozy Cottages. It has a Roof! I used Red, round shapes, Rhinestones, Ribbon and the word Road in the sentiment.

I started the card by stamping the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was cut and embossed with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Shoe: R22, R24, R27, R29, N0, N1, N3, N5, N7 Roof: E23, E25, E27, E29 Grass YG01, YG03, YG17).

Next I placed the circle die back over my image, added a few clouds cut with the Cloud Die-namic Die and airbrushed the sky with Copic Marker B02. The image was layered on a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with the next larger Circle Nestabilities die and the edge was paper pierced. The layers were then adhered to a piece of white cardstock that had been cut with the largest of the Eyelet Circle Nestabilities dies.

A 3 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Pebbles Happy Go Lucky patterned paper was adhered to a 4″ x 5″ piece from the same paper collection. The bottom corners were rounded before both layers were stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of black cardstock. May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around the strip before the layers were adhered to the card base, a 4 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock, folded in half.

A Recollection Rhinestone swirl was cut apart and cut and adhered to the upper right and the lower left hand corner of the card before the image was adhered over it with dimensionals. The sentiment is also from Crazy Cottages. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah white cardstock and cut and embossed with a small Circle Nestabilities die. The inner part was colored with Copic Markers B0000 and Booo,

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

VSN challenge - Blue Waters

Challenge, Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, SCS - VSN challenge 7 Responses »

May 222011

Friday started a VSN weekend on Splitcoaststampers. I was a hostess this time. The theme of the VSN was Pirates. That reminded me of beach and ocean. So my challenge was a color challenge: Kraft, Sea, Aqua and light green. The dessert option was to add a splash of sunshine-y yellow.

For my sample I chose Flourishes Windows of the World. I stamped one of the images in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was cut and embossed with a Curved Rectangle Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Flowers: Y13, Y15, 17 Flower leaves: YG01, YG03 Palm Leaf: YG01, YG03, YG05 Ocean: G0000, G000, G00 Sky: B0000, B000 Window: E41, E43) and the edges were sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink.

To see the entire card, check the Flourishes blog.
Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #48

Nestabilities, Tuesday Trigger, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 21 Responses »

May 212011

It’s time for another Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. 12 little circles on a card front. It took me a while to figure out what to use. I kept on hoping my new stamps would arrive, but by Friday I had to give up and use one of the sets that I already had. I looked through my Waltzingmouse stamps and picked the Fleur De Lis image from Vintage Label 2 set.

I love to combine the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge with the current Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. Cath always finds the best inspiration images for us! I picked the colors from the image. The Fleur De Lis image isn’t quite the diamond shapes of the plate, but I thought it would work well. I like how the black Fleur is so solid in front of the sponged and stamped blue background.

I cut and embossed 12 circles with one of the Classic Circle Nestabilities dies out of Neenah Solar White cardstock. First I stamped the Fleur in Jet Black Archival Ink. The die was placed back over the cardstock circle and one of the textured frames was stamped over the circles with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. The edges of the circle were sponged with the same ink.

A 2 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Stella & Rose Hazel MME patterned Paper was adhered over a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper pack. The two bottom corner were rounded before the layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock.

The circles were adhered to the layers with dimensionals. May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around the horizontal strip before the layers were adhered to the card base, a 4 7/16″ x 11 1/4″ piece of Textured Whisper White cardstock (Stampin’ Up!) folded in half.

The sentiment is from Fancy Phrases. It was stamped on white cardstock with Jet Black Archival ink that had been cut and embossed with a retired Spellbinders die (at least I think it’s retired, I can’t find it anywhere to link to). It was adhered under the bow.

A big fleur was cut and embossed with a die from Spellbinders Antiquities die. It was adhered above the bow. Silver Kaisercraft Rhinestones in the center in each stamped Fleur as well as in the cardstock one finish off the card.

I hope you have time to participate in the challenge. If you have a lot of time to stamp, head on over to Splitcoaststampers. There is a Virtual Stamp Night going on this weekend. Challenges were posted Friday night and will continue today at 1 EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs and smiles

Daily Window Design Cube

3-D items 12 Responses »

May 202011

Here is the design cube that I altered for the Daily Window review. I really like the black texture on the cube. It makes black and white photos look even better and really showcases your favorite cards well. The cube comes with four super strong magnets (I am not kidding. I have never owned stronger magnets). I used one to secure my photo on the cube wall.

I added some lime green pebbles and artificial flowers I bought at Michaels to dress it up and two glitter swirls ( I don’t remember what company they are from, sorry!). I used Glossy Accents to adhere the pebbles, swirls and flowers to the cube.

That’s it! A short and sweet post today without Copics, stamping or Nestabilities. Just a picture of my sweet man and my little girl inside a cool cube!

Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles