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Video tutorial on SCS - Tiny Treat Basket

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Mar 102011

For this weeks Tutorial from the Archives in the Weekly Inkling I chose Cambria‘s darling Tiny Treat Basket. I had seen Taylored Expressions Hello Spring set when it came out next week and thought that set would be perfect for the basket. The set and the beautiful new fence die. Boy did I have fun creating this sample.

To start out with the basket was created out of a 5″ square of Neenah Celery Cardstock. I used Echo Park Little Boy Paper to decorate the sides of the basket. The fence was cut out of Neenah Solar White cardstock and adhered to the bottom of each of my patterned paper pieces. The handle was created with White Crinkled Ribbon (May Arts) and tied together with Lemon Drop Twine.

I searched everywhere to find round candy that is wrapped not in pouches, but still in a circular shape. What’s up with York for wrapping them differently now? Thank goodness Pearson is still wrapping them the good old fashioned way.

To decorate the patties I punched scallop circles (Stampin’ Up! Punch) out of Celery cardstock and another pattern from Echo Park’s Little Boy collection. I adhered the paper over the cardstock to give it more stability. A chocolate piece was adhered between two scalloped pieces. In the center of the top I adhered a 1 3/8″ black cardstock circle.

Next I inked up each image of the train stamp individually with my Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Dew Drop and punched them out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch (also Stampin’ Up!). The images were colored with Copic Markers ( Bunny and Sheep: N0, N1, N3, R00, R20, R21, Carrot: Y17, YR15, YR18, YG01, YG03, YG17, Bird: Y13, Y15, Y17, Eggs: Y17, YR15, YR18, Boo, B01, B04, R00, R20, R21, YG01, YG03, Y15, Y17 Bird Wagon: Y13, Y15, Y17, Flowers: Y17, YR15, YR18, E99, E37, R00, R20, R21, Bo0, B01, B04, Y17, YR15, Flower Wagon: Y15, Y15, YR15) and adhered over the black circles.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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

Tutorial on SCS - Colorless Blender Bleaching

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Mar 092011

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoaststampers was written by the awesome Colleen Schaan. It’s a great way to use the Copic Airbrush system and blending solution for a Bleached out look.

For my sample I started by cutting Glossy White cardstock with Classic Oval Nestabilities die. The oval was airbrushed first with Copic Marker R27, then YR18 and the top with YR14. The flower image from Taylored Expressions Summer Afternoon stamp set was spritzed with Blending solution and stamped on my airbrushed background. The image was layered on piece of Kraft cardstock cut and embossed with a Beaded Oval Nestabilities die. The image layer was paper pierced.

For the layout I used CPS current sketch. I just flipped it and used ribbon as one of the layers. A 2″ x 4 3/4″ strip of Thrift Store October afternoon paper was adhered to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Seaside October Afternoon paper. The bottom corners were rounded before the layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece or Solar white cardstock, which bottom corners were rounded as well.

May Arts Silk Ribbon was tied around the layers vertically before the image layers were adhered to it with dimensionals. Silver Recollections Pearls were adhered to the right hand side of the beaded oval. The layers were adhered to the card base, a 5 3/4″ x 9″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half.

The sentiment is also from the Summer Afternoon set. It was stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink on a piece of White cardstock, cut and embossed it with a retired Spellbinders die and airbrushed it lightly with Y15 and Y17. The image from the main panel was used again over the sentiment. It was inked with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink, stamped off once and then stamped on the sentiment panel. The sentiment tag was adhered underneath the ribbon.

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

Taylored Expression Birthday Bash

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Sep 032010

Taylored Expressions is celebrating our two year anniversary in September! To celebrate and kick of the newest release several designers are participating in a birthday bash blog hop. If you came from Ana Wohlfahrt’s blog, you’re on the right track! The amazing Debbie Olson is next on the hop! Or if you want to start from the beginning then head back to Taylor’s blog.

I chose this darling duck stampfrom the newest Ala Carte images. I thought the image plus the matching sentiment were too cute. You can find all new released stamp sets in the store now. Check out the great specials Taylor is running to celebrate her companies second birthay.

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers (ducks: Y13, Y 15, Beak: Y17, YR04, Grass: YG23, YG25). The image was cut with long oval Nestabilities and airbrushed with Copic Marker BG11. It was layered on a black piece of cardstock that was cut with long scallop oval Nestabilities.

My card base is a 6 1/2″ x 8 1/4″ piece of Sour Apple Cardstock folded in half. A 1 1/2″ x 6″ piece of October Afternoon Thrift Store paper strip was adhered to a 3 1/2″ x 6″ of another pattern from the same paper pack. The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock.

1/2″ wide Seam Binding was colored with Copic Marker YR04 and tied over the top edge of the horizontal strip. A yellow button was tied over the bow. Two small Basic Grey orange buttons were stitched to the top right of the layers before adhering them to the card base.

The sentiment was stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut with a double ended Tag die and airbrushed with Copic Marker Y15. The card was finished off by adding Black Kaisercraft Rhinestones to the tag ends as well as the lower left hand corner.

For the inside of the card A 1 1/4″ x 6″ piece of Thrift Store paper was layered on a 3 1/2″ x 6″ piece of white cardstock, topped with more Seam Binding and stitched to a 3/16″ piece of Basic Black cardstock. The other sentiment of the set was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and cut with the bigger Double ended tag die and airbrushed with BG11. A few more black Rhinestones were added to finish the inside of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have fun participating in Taylor’s birthday bash!
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Happy Valentine's Day

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Feb 142010

Wednesday’s tutorial on Splitcoast was for a Folded Paper Frame. It’s easy, fun and fast and adds a different look to your card.

My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Real Red cardstock folded in half. A 3 3/4″ square of My Mind’s Eye Pretty Please Paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of basic black cardstock and adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The paper frame was created out of a 4 1/4″ square of Pretty Please patterned paper. It was adhered to a slightly bigger black scallop cardstock square that had been cut with Square Nestabilities.

The darling image is from Taylored Expression’s new release. It’s called Fish in Love. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (green fish: YG00, YG01, YG03 Orange Fish Y32, Y35, Y38, R35 Hearts: R32, R35 Water: BG0000, BG000, BG01 outside fish bowl: YG00, YG000). Squiggly lines were added with a Quicky Glue Pen and Glitter was added over that (Thanks to Taylor’s Mom for that cool idea!)

The sentiment is from Taylored Expression’s Animal Love Sentiment. It was stamped with Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah cardstock. Then it was punched out with Stampin’ Up!’s large oval punch, colored with Copic Markers (R32, R35, YG00, YG000), adhered to a black scallop oval punch-out and covered with Stardust Stickles.

The flamingos stamp used in the video is also from Taylored Expression. The image was stamped in Tuxedo black on Neenah cardstock with Copic Markers (Flamingos: R32, R35 Beak: BG72, W2 Sun: Y21, Y23, Y26). Here is a video for the visual learner:

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hugs and smiles

Taylored Expressions 100th Sketch Challenge

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Feb 122010

Today Taylor is posting her 100th sketch challenge. While I stopped creating sketch challenge due to the time it takes to create the sketches and comment on all the entries, I think I will start participating in Taylors Sketch challenges. I miss creating cards for challenges.

The sketch is just up my alley. Although it’s not a square, it has lots of circles! I love circles and ovals on my card. Of course I had to change the sketch just a tiny bit. I flipped it over and scooted those three brad circles down…and added more then three. But other then that…well, and a sentiment oval on the bottom, other then that I was pretty true to the sketch.

My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Chocolate chip cardstock folded in half. The edges of the card front were sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink. A 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Dreamy 2 Patterned Paper was layered on the 3/16″ bigger piece of Whisper White cardstock. The Dreamy 2 horizontal strip measures 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″. A strip of lace (Walmart) was sewn to the bottom edge of the strip. A Prima Flower and different sized Rhinestone gems (Bo Bunny, Kaisercraft and Tiny Twinkles) add finish to the top right of the strip.

The half circle is also a piece of Dreamy 2 patterned paper. It was cut and embossed with Circle Nestabilities before it was stitched to top layers. A white organdy bow was taped to the upper part of that layer with glue dots.

For the main layer a circle was cut out of yet another piece of Dreamy 2 patterned paper with Circle Nestabilities. It was sponged with Mustard Seed and Vintage Photo Distresss ink before it was layered on a sponged scallop Chocolate Chip circle. The edges of the circle were paper pierced.

The Dragonfly is from Taylor’s set Discover your Wings. It was stamped twice in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on Neenah White cardstock,colored with Copic Markers (YG21, YG23, YG25, BG05, BG09) and cut out. The layers were adhered on top of each other with dimensionals holding the wings up. Then it was adhered to the Circle layers with more dimensionals. To make it look more like a dragonfly Stardust stickles was added over the swirl lines of the wings and the entire body was covered in Glossy Accents.

The sentiment is also from the set Discover your Wings. It was stamped in Rich Cocoa on Dreamy 2 patterned paper and punched out with Stampin’ Up!’s small oval punch. The edges were sponged with Mustard Seed and Vintage Photo before it was layered on a large oval punch-out of Dreamy 2 paper. Tiny Twinkles were added under the sentiment for more sparkle.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Stay warm! Hugs and smiles

Tutorial on SCS - Easel Card

Scor-Pal, Special Fold Card, Taylored Expressions, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 14 Responses »

Feb 052010

I created this card for the Easel card tutorial , which ran two weeks ago on SCS. I apologize again for being horrible at keeping up with my blog right now. I don’t know why I can’t get my act together.

The image is from Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings. It’s such a beautiful set. It was stamped in Black Soot Distress Ink on a 3 1/2″ square of Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice paper. It was stitched to a 3 11/16″ square of Black cardstock. A small hole was punched on the lower left hand corner and Kraft Taffeta Ribbon was tied through both layers. Then those layers were adhered to a 3 15/16″ square of Natural Ivory Cardstock before attaching it to the Chocolate Chip card base.

To spruce up the image Black Diamond Stickles was added to the top of the cone flowers, Kaiser Clear Rhinestones to the Dandilion tops. The butterfly is from the same stamp set. It was stamped in Black Soot Distress ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder.

For the inside layer a black strip was punched with Martha Stewarts Deco Shell Border punch. A 7/8″ x 3 13/16″ strip of designer paper was stitched to the layer and stamped with images from Discover your wings.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

We have a winter storm warning for today and part of tomorrow and expecting snow! If you are in my area, stay save and warm! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Matching Notecard

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Dec 252009

Here is a little note card matching yesterday’s box.

The cardbase is a 3″ x 6″ piece of Real Red cardstock folded in half.

A 2 1/2″ square of My Mind’s Eye Colorful Christmas paper was taped to a 3/16″ bigger piece of White cardstock. The edges of the layers were paper pierced before the layers were attached to the card base with dimensionals.

The main layer is essentially the same as for the box top. The only difference is that I added a different sentiment from the Wing of Joy set and a red taffeta ribbon bow.

Have a wonderful day! Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas

3-D items, Copics, Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Taylored Expressions, Video Tutorial 26 Responses »

Dec 242009

I am sorry I have been so quiet. I haven’t stamped this week. The kids are home and it’s hard to work when they are there. Instead we hang out or I have my nose in a book (Sword of Truth series, Terry Goodkind).

In Germany we open present Christmas Eve. Since the kids stopped believing in Santa, our family follows that tradition. That way Rick and I get to sleep in Christmas morning. You got to love that. Anyway….since for me Christmas is today, I thought I wish you a Merry Christmas. I really appreciate all your kind words and support you give me! May your Christmas be merry and filled with family, friends and love!

I have a 3″ x 3″ notecard box to share with you that I created for a video tutorial last week.

The box base is created out of Real Red cardstock. The patterned paper is from the My Mind’s Eye Colorful Christmas Paper Kit.

The adorable bird and sentiment are from Taylored Expressions Set Wings of Joy. The bird was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on White Neenah paper, colored with Copic Markers and cut out. The oval frames were cut with Oval Nestabilities out of White Neenah, Pumpkin Pie SU and Turquoise Core’dinations cardstock. The white oval was air brushed with a light YG Copic Marker. The swirl and snowflakes are also from the set Wings of Joy and were stamped in Shabby Shutter Distress ink. The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo black ink. I attached the bird to the sentiment layer with dimensionals. The layers were attached to the box also with dimensionals. Stampin’ Up!’s red polka dotted ribbon finished off the box.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

RAK from Rose Ann

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Dec 202009

Rose Ann sent me this beautiful Winter card. She is so talented and sweet! Just check out what she did with Martha Stewarts border punch! How cool is that?

Thanks, Rose Ann!