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Glitter Puzzle revisited

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps, Nestabilities, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 17 Responses »

Apr 012010

Last week I redid the Glitter Puzzle tutorial. At Ranger U, we got to play with a lot of Stampers Anonymous as well as Just For Fun Rubber stamps. I fell in love with this tree from Just For Fun Stamps and had to it right away.

My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Dusty Durango cardstock folded in half. The card front was sponged with Rusty Hinge, then stamped with the script and swirl from Mini Ornates in Walnut Stain Distress ink. The edges were sponged with Walnut ink.

For the main image I adhered a double sided adhesive sheet to cardstock, then cut it with Nestabilities Label 8. The glitter background was created with Martha Stewart glitter. The tree was stamped with Black Stazon. The sentiment was stamped with Walnut Stain ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was punched out with a label punch from Stampin’ Up! It was sponged with Rusty Hinge and a bit of Walnut Stain Distress inks. The May Arts striped ribbon was attached with a Jump Ring through a Washer.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KN4b04GJ3s[/youtube]

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

Grunge Flower

3-D items, Challenge, Nestabilities, Stampers Anonymous, Tutorials 18 Responses »

Mar 272010

I am having so much fun with the new things I learned at Ranger. While creating a card for the Just For Fun Stamps Color Challenge, I thought I take pictures on how to create a Grunge Rose, the way Tim taught them to us at Ranger U. I hope to be able to publish the tutorial soon. I want to shoot the video first to be able to post both together.

My card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. A 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Just Dreamy 2 paper was stamped in Jet Black Archival black with a background from Urban Tapestry. The corners were punched with the ticket corner punched and the edges were distressed. It was stitched a 3 15/16″ x 5 3/16″ piece of black cardstock. (After taking the photographs…I saw that I didn’t sponge the edges! What’s wrong with me…so I took everything apart and sponged the edges with Broken China…I just don’t have an updated photo yet. The light isn’t right for taking pictures anymore).

A piece of Kraft cardstock was cut and embossed with Label 6 Nestabilities. With the die still in place, The edges were sponged with Frayed Burlap and the entire piece was stamped with the background from Love to Make Art. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink. Using the same die as a template, I traced around it with a pencil on black cardstock, cut out the layer, distressed it and adhered my sentiment on top of that.

The heart is also from Love To Make Art. It was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink on Kraft cardstock, cut out and sponged with Broken China, Stream Adirondack ink and Frayed Burlap. The button is a Basic Grey button and the string is black waxed Linen.

The leaves from the same Wendy Vecchi set were stamped in Peeled Paint with a bit of Forest Moss at the edges. They were cut out and adhered to the lower right of the sentiment panel. For the flower I embossed three 5″ x 6″ pieces of Grunge paper with the Divine Swirl Embossing Folder and then cut out flowers with Tim’s Tattered Floral Alteration Die. I picked only the medium flower cut outs and sponged the flowers first entirely with Stream Adirondack ink, then the edges with Chipped Sapphire Distress ink. Next I stamped each flower with a different background stamp. Two of those stamps were from the set Going Somewhere, one from the set Mini Muse.

Talking about Wendy Vecchi. She will be at a scrapbook store in Indianapolis in May! I already signed up for two of her classes. I hope there lives a SCS member in Indianapolis or close by, who wouldn’t mind organizing a SCS dinner. How much fun would that be after class? So how about it? Who is coming to class and dinner later on? I know Sherry Cheever is coming. She told me about the class. I can’t wait to hang out with her all day!

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

Faux Mother of Pearls Flowers - JustRite Blog Hop

JustRite Stampers, Nestabilities, Video Tutorial 627 Responses »

Mar 252010

For today’s post I overhauled the old Faux Mother of Pearls tutorial with new pictures and updated instructions. I also shot a video for this technique. I substituted regular white cardstock for the glossy kind. I wanted to color the image after creating the background and found it easier with regular cardstock. For a shinier version you can definitely use glossy though.

Before I start talking about the card, let me tell you a bit about JustRite’s big blog hop.

30 designers, FIVE shopping sprees each day. No one knows where the prizes will be! Each day of the hop JustRite will have five Mystery Blog Candy Prizes hidden along the hop with a total retail value of $600. JustRite will randomly select five mystery blogs each day of the hop and randomly allocate each of the shopping sprees. For your chance to win, simply leave a little love (a comment) on each designer’s blog including the JustRite blog. The more designers you leave comments with, the better your chances of winning. Each day’s comments will remain open for three days. A winner from each of the mystery blogs’ comments will be randomly chosen using Random.org. Consult the listing of designers at the JustRite blog each day (each day’s designers will be different) and start out on your way! Beginning Friday, March 26, summaries of all the winners will be posted on the JustRite blog. Good luck to everyone and enjoy all the JustRite eye candy along the hop!

Today during the JustRite Mega March Blog Hop (Day Three) JustRite and its sponsors will be giving away the following five prizes:

· $200 JustRite Shopping Spree
· $100 Spellbinders Shopping Spree
· $100 Copic Prize Package, and
· Two additional $100 JustRite Shopping Sprees!

Blog comments for Day Three will be open until Saturday at 6pm EST. On Sunday, JustRite will announce on their blog which five blogs have the mystery candy for Day Three. You will need to go to the JustRite blog to determine where you need to go to find out if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Today’s participants are:

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sherrie Siemens
Beate Johns
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Karen Hunsaker
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Cheryl Nelson
Anja Curvers
Kay Sibley
Katarina Menzies
Holly McMillen
Tammy Hershberger
Angela Barkhouse
Heidi Van Laar
Mel McCarthy
Sarah Parker
Jennie Black
Laura Davis
Ashley Newell
Tanis Giesbrecht
Alice Wertz
Shanna Vineyard
Rae Barthel
Ryann Salamon
Terre Fry
Mona Pendleton
Lisa Silver
Kim Moreno

My card base is a 4 7/8″ x 9 3/4″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock folded in half. The edges of the front were painted with Pearl Acrylic Paint to create a shimmery look. The 4 1/4″ square of My Mind’s eye paper was sanded and stitched on a 3/16″ bigger piece of Black cardstock.

For my center piece I created my Faux Mother of Pearl background with Pearl Acrylic Paint and sponged Tattered Rose Distress ink all over the cardstock. I stamped the image from Plant a Little Love over the background and colored it in with Distress Re-inkers (Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo) and brush. The images were cut out and layered with Circle Nestabilities.

The horizontal strip was created just like the center piece. It was layered on a slightly bigger piece of Basic Black cardstock, that had been punched with Stampin’ Up!’s Scallop Border Punch. May Arts White Silk Ribbon was tied around the layers.

The sentiment is from JustRite’s Just a Note stamp set. It was stamped over a Faux Mother of Pearls background that had been sponged with Fired Brick ink.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etYZDrocxIY[/youtube]

Have a great time checking out everyone elses post. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and smiles

Rose card ... inspired by a cake

Challenge, Our Craft Lounge 24 Responses »

Mar 212010

Yesterday’s Inspiration challenge on Splitcoast took us to the Cutest Food website. We were to pick one image and create a project inspired by that image. I picked this gorgeous cake. I had received some of Our Craft Lounge newest releases before leaving for New Jersey and was itching to use them on a card.

My card base was cut with the largest of the Label 1 Nestabilities (one of my favorite Label shapes still….) out of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The edges were sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink. The next layer is the next label down cut out of Neenah Solar White cardstock.

The long swirl from Vintage swirls as well as the sentiment from Spring Sketches were stamped in Walnut ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I love that the Distress inks stay wet long enough to emboss them! One of the many reasons I love them. Gold Satin May Arts ribbon was wrapped around the top of the swirl layer and tied with a waxed linen thread on the left.

The flower was created with scallop and 1 3/8″ and 1″ circle punches. I punched several of each shape, sponged them with Aged Mahogany Distress inks, distressed the edges and then adhered them together. The first scallop was left as is, from the second and the third I cut one/two scallops out and adhered them together like cones. I did the same with the circle punch-outs to give my flowers some dimension. Last I rubbed Rock Candy Distress Stickles over my rose. It was adhered to the card front with several layers of dimensionals.

The inside of the card has another white label 1 cut out with swirls on the bottom.

I hope you had a great weekend! Mine was quite productive. I worked ahead and created two videos that I will share later…after they came out in the weekly inkling. Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great week! Hugs and smiles

A Rose for Jenn

Copics, Nestabilities, SCS news 25 Responses »

Feb 182010

Today is a sad day on Splitcoast. There is an announcement on the front page telling everyone that Jenn and Daven will be leaving the site. I have known that for a few days and I am still in shock. Daven started the site and Jenn and I worked with him on it since 2003. I can’t imagine Splitcoast without them. If you have a few minutes, head on over to this thread to wish them good-bye.

While I was moping around my house, I was coloring this flower from the Creative Stamping kit Natural Beauty. My thoughts were with them the entire time, so I used a color combo Jenn loves: Orange and Red. I stamped the flower four times in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah White cardstock. The first I cut out with Nestabilities Label 3. The rest I just part of it, colored them with Copic Markers ( Flower: R32, R39, R29, R46, R59, R0, YR04….yes, I colored for a while. It’s therapeutic! Leaves: YG93, YG95, YG99 Surrounding: YR21, YR31, YR000) and layered them on top of each other with dimensionals. Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents were used to finish off the flower.

The card base is a bit bigger then usual to hold all the layers from the Mojo125 sketch. The black base is created from a 4 3/4″ x 12″ piece of cardstock. A 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Oh La La paper was stitched to a slightly bigger piece of Whisper White and attached to the card base with dimensionals.

A 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Oh La La Paper was rounded on one end, sanded and stitched to a slightly bigger piece of Basic Black cardstock. May Arts Silk Ribbon was taped around the middle vertically. Then the image was attached over the ribbon with dimensionals, after it was layered on a black Label 3 cut-out. A white gel pen border was added to that black layer to give it some um-pf. A Silk bow was tied directly under the image.

The sentiment is also from the Creative Stamping Kit: Natural Beauty. It was stamped on Neenah White cardstock, punched out with Stampin’ Up!’s large oval punch and colored with Copic Markers. It was layered on a Black scallop oval and adhered to the card front. Small KaiserCraft Pearls finish off the card.

Video Tutorial - Stipple Basics

Copics, Nestabilities, Unity Stamps, Video Tutorial 15 Responses »

Feb 162010

Last week I created a video for the Stipple Basic Tutorial. I received my January KOM from Unity right before I left for the CHA and hadn’t had a chance to play with it until then. I LOVE these cute mushrooms that came in it. They are just darling.

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah White cardstock and cut it out with Petite Oval Nestabilities. The image was colored with Copic Markers (stems: Y23, Y26, Y28 mushroom under top: YR04, YR07, YR18 Grass: YG07, YG17 Snail: R01, R02, R05). The top of the mushrooms were stamped on Bo Bunny paper and cut out. The edges were sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink and the mushroom tops were adhered to the over the main image. Fruit Punch Stickles was added over the orange dots on the mushroom dots, Christmas Red Stickles over the hearts. The snail body was covered in Stickles Stardust. The rest of the mushroom top and snail were covered in Glossy Accents.

The image was stamped again on Eclipse Tape, cut out and placed over the main image as a mask. Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress ink were stippled over the image while the Oval Nestabilities die was still placed over the cardstock. The image was then adhered to a slightly bigger black scallop oval.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half. The next layer is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. The edges were stippled with Broken China Distress ink. The strip on the left hand side measures 2 1/8″ x 5″ and is the same paper that the mushroom tops were cut from. It was sanded and stitched to the stippled layer.

The 3 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ piece of paper in the center is from the Bo Bunny Love Bandit collection. The corners were punched with a corner rounder, the edges were sanded before it was stitched to a slightly larger piece of Black cardstock.

A Basic Grey button was tied to a Prima Daisy Doodle with waxed linen with a organdy bow behind it. It was adhered to the main image with a glue dot. Five Bo Bunny Rhinestones finish off the top right of the card.

The sentiment is also from Unity’s January KOM. It was stamped on Neenah Cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink and cut out with Spellbinders Double Ended Tags. While the die template was still on the paper, I stippled the cardstock first with Scattered Straw, then with Dried Marigold Distress ink.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpBo-uqc8Q[/youtube]

Product Review on SCS - Ultra Fine Flower Soft

3-D items, Copics, Flower Soft, Nestabilities, Product review/comparison, Tutorials, Verve Stamps, Video Tutorial 11 Responses »

Feb 062010

Flower Soft has a great new product out…well actually two. But the latest product review on SCS was all about the new Flower Soft Ultra Fine. I really like the much finer new product. It makes it easier to use on more detailed stamps. The other new product is their beautiful new line of stamps called Moments in Time.

My image is from the Moments in Time stamp set called Man of the Hour. This image reminds me so much of my two boys when they were little. Kids grow up way to fast, don’t they? The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (Shirt and socks: R24, R27, R29, BG93, BG96 Ball E33, E34, E35 Shorts: E70, E71, C00 Grass: YG01, YG03, YG05 Skin: E50, E51, E53 Shoes: E44, E47 Hair: Y18, Y26, YR28, E15, E8). The image was cut out and embossed with Curved Rectangle Nestabilities. While leaving the die on, I airbrushed the sky with Copic Marker B24.

On the ground I added Flower Soft Ultra Fine Sand, for the grass I used the Flower Soft Ultra Fine Sage. The sand color was to light, so after the glue dried, I airbrushed that area with E47. The top right of the image was paper pierced.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Always Artichoke cardstock folded in half. A 3 1/2″ x 4 7/8″ piece of Kraft cardstock was stamped with the ball from the same set in Frayed Burlap Distress ink. The edges were sponged with the same ink. That layer was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Chocolate chip cardstock. The stitched layers were attached to the card front with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Verve’s Dare To Be You stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah White cardstock, punched with SU’s large oval punch and sponged with Frayed Burlap ink before it was adhered to the image.

The rubber stamps from Flower Soft come as unmounted rubber sheets along with Kling-on cushion. I created a quick tutorial on how to mounting unmounted rubber stamps. I used my Flower Soft image for the photo tutorial and a Stamp’n Whiskers image for the video tutorial that you can see here:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6U-vPnqpU[/youtube]

Tutorial on SCS - Stained Mosaic

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 13 Responses »

Dec 162009

A few month ago I thought it would be cool to make a mosaic stamp with left over rubber from Stampin’ Up! sets. I showed it to Lydia Fiedler, she helped me name the technique Stained Mosaic. It is today’s tutorial on SCS.

For my sample I chose the Holly and Dove set from Flourishes. As soon as it came out I knew I wanted to use it for this technique. The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Ridinghood Red Cardstock folded in half and sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink. The bottom of the card was punched with the Deco Shell Border Punch from Martha Stewart.

A 3 5/8″ square was embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug embossing folder and sponged the raised part with Antique Linen, then the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink. A small strip of Fruitcake Basic Grey paper was taped to the lower part and it was stitched to a 3 7/8″ square. Burgundy Silk May Arts ribbon was tied around the layers before they were taped to the card base with dimensionals.

The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I cut it out with Label 3 Nestabilities, stamped my Mosaic stamp over it with Versamark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. After the embossing powder cooled, I rubbed my black ink pad over the image, then buffed it with a paper towel, leaving the ink only in the cracks that were left by the stamp.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set. It was stamped on Vanilla cardstock, cut with Petite Oval Nestabilities, sponged first with Antique Linen, then a bit with Vintage Photo distress inks. Tiny white pearls were added under the the sentiment and the oval was adhered to a black scallop oval.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXR7q9CyHU[/youtube]

On a personal note, sorry I haven’t been posting. I had another cold and then got stuck on a new book series. Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Sparkle Heart

Nestabilities, Verve Stamps 19 Responses »

Dec 082009

Sorry I have been so quiet. My neck is better, just a little twinge left when I turn my head too far. But with these gray skies and cold weather, I just can’t get into the stamping mood. I do still have a card to share with you though. I made as a sample for what you can do with Martha Stewarts Punch around the Page punches.

For this card base I started out with a 5″ x 10″ piece of Chocolate chip cardstock folded in half. The edges were punched with the Topiary Corner and Border punches from Martha Stewart and sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

A 3 5/8″ square of My Mind’s Eye Pretty Please Patterned Paper was embossed with the Fleur De Lis Cuttlebug Embossing folder and sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink. It was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Vanilla cardstock. Ivory Silk Ribbon from May Arts was tied around both layers before they were adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

For the centerpiece I cut the same piece of My Mind’s Eye paper (pattern from the other side) with Octagon Nestabilities, stamped a heart from Verve’s Hearts on Fire on the upper half, the sentiment from Kindred Spirit on the lower half with Vintage Distress ink. The layer was stitched to a Vanilla Octagon and then adhered to a sponged Rose Red Scallop Octagon. I stamped the heart image again on the front side of the paper, cut out the heart, embossed it with the Fleur De Lis embossing folder, sponged it with Vintage Photo ink and adhered it to the front with dimensionals. The heart was then covered in Crystal Effect and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamond Glitter.

The inside of the card is kept very simple. I stamped the heart/swirl image on the bottom of a 3 3/4″ Very Vanilla Square. Next I added a embossed and sponged heart of the My Mind’s Eye paper (orange dotted side) with dimensionals. The heart was also covered with Crystal Effect and Dazzling Diamond Glitter. The edges of the paper were sponged with Vintage Photo.

Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Here is a video for the visual learner:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_QZWyEzcY[/youtube]

Black Friday Blog Hop by Taylored Expressions

3-D items, Copics, Nestabilities, Taylored Expressions 23 Responses »

Nov 272009

Taylor is hosting a Blog hop today. We all decorated one of her Perfect Package Card Boxes. I love how sturdy those boxes are and that they are collapsible.

In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the two biggest shopping days of the year!), Taylored Expressions is offering 15% off everything in the store! Just use the promotional code TEBlackFriday upon checkout to receive the discount. You don’t want to miss up to 50% off all JustRite products, Buy 2 Get 1 Free on Tiny Twinkles, and the new TE Shirts & Aprons!

I am a bit stuck on the Laundry Line paper from My Mind’s Eye lately. It’s so pretty and it sparkles!!! A 4 1/2″ x 6 1/8″ piece of Tenny Wishes paperwas stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of sponged Chocolate chip cardstock. The 1 3/4″ x 6 1/8″ piece of Proud print paper was stitched to a slightly wider piece of Very Vanilla cardstock that had been punched with a Martha Stewart Border punch. Ivory Satin ribbon from May Arts was tied around the strip before it was taped to the card box front.

The image is from Taylor’s Christmas Blessings. It was stamped in Espresso Adirondack ink on Vanilla cardstock twice. I cut the inner image out of one of the images, sponged it with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress ink and brushed it with Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint.

I colored the frame of the other image with Copic Marker G82 and covered it with Crystal Effect. It was layered on a Chocolate Chip scalloped rectangle cut and embossed with Nestabilities. The sentiment is also from Christmas blessings. It was stamped in Espresso ink, cut out with a 1 3/8″ circle punch, sponged with Scattered Straw and Vintage photo and layered on a sponged Chocolate Chip scallop circle. To finish up the front, I inked up a Maya Road scroll with Espresso ink and added Clear Kaiser Rhinestones as well as Tiny Twinkles.

The back of the lid was layered matching the outside. On the inside of the box I created a spot for three Rocher chocolates, as well as a gift card holder. A matching card will be placed of the gift card.

The Chocolate Chip card base measures 4″ x 8 1/2″ and was folded in half. The rest of the card is pretty much the same as the box front. It looks a lot better IRL, but it was hard to photograph with all the Crystal Effect and Crackle Paint.

Please check out these blogs to see what the other girls created with these awesome boxes:

Alex Maldonado
Amy Rohl
Bev Gerard
Charmaine Ikach
Cindy Haffner
Debbie Olson
Donna Baker
Jami Sibley
Jen del Muro
Jen Tapler
Jenn Balcer
Jennifer Buck
Jessica Diedrich
Joan Ervin
Joanne Basile
Linda Duke
Lori Craig
Rose Anne Reynolds
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Harnist
Sherry Cheever
Taylor VanBruggen

Have a happy and safeBlack Friday! Hugs and smiles

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