Embossed Cabbage Roses

My card today is created using the gorgeous new Cabbage Roses Spellbinder® M-Bossabilities™ folder.  This has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Angel Pink, Rose Bug and Pistachio and has been applied using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™.

The sponged embossed card has been cut/embossed using the Captivating Squares Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities®. 

The stamped sentiment has been layered onto the Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight

and Diamond Effects Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Card Creator - all of the Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

This card is for the following challenges: 

4 Crafty Chicks - Squares  

Delightful Challenges - Make the Cut (die cuts, punches, decorative scissors)  

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Any Sentiment

 Crafter's Cafe - embossing

 Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiments - Make It Girly 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Kraft-ing Today - It's an Aussie Thing

Today I am sharing something a little bit different - I am not crafting today but Kraft-ing instead.  For those of you who follow my Blog, or at least visit on a regular basis will know that recently I went on the Spellbinders Retreat in Phoenix - if not, you can read about it here and here.

While there my Aussie Team Mate and friend Beck Beattie and I  hosted an Australian Afternoon Tea - it would not be Australian without Vegemite - yes we took some along, as well as VitaWeet (Tim Tams by the dozen, Wagon Wheels and Caramel Koalas too), but in all honestly, you have never had Vegemite as it was meant to be eaten until you have had it on hot toast - and I am going to show you all how it is meant to be eaten...get those taste buds ready...

Start with a jar of Vegemite and real butter - none of this margarine business - it has to be butter!

Cook your toast - make sure it is nice and hot

Liberally spread the butter on the hot toast so it melts...

For those professionals among us, score some lines into the toast with your knife so the melting butter can soak into the toast

NOTE:  Most important - do not leave toast crumbs or any signs of Vegemite in the butter - not appreciated - just sayin'!

Start by spreading a light layer of Vegemite, you can add more as you adjust to the flavour- definitely a case of  'less is more' as you start out - but for those who LOVE it - layer it on....

Now, the most important part - get comfortable and take that first bite....feel the first hints of flavour as they make their way across your taste buds, a little bit salty, savoury and YUMBLY, as my DH would say,

You either love it or NOT!  From experience I have found that a lot of people who don't, have used too much too soon.

What is Vegemite - it is not a meat or vegetable product - it is a Yeast Extract - full of all the Vitamin B's - very healthy!

Here is a little look at the Spellbinders Aussie Afternoon Tea

I hope you have enjoyed this 'tasty morsel' I have shared with you today - something fun and different - but oh so YUMBLY!  Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Love Tulip

Today's card is another one that has been created using those things that are forever lying on my desk...

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I love to see the bits and pieces that I deem too good to throw away, taking on life as a card or something similar.

I have used a doily - one of hundreds in a packet - designed originally to sit under a cake - but I can find many other uses for it!  I have also used one of the newly released Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight   Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities®. This has been cut/emboss using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

The bling is Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse - LeCreme.  The lace is part of a RAK from a dear friend - how gorgeous is it!

This card is for the following challenges:

 Artistic Inspirations - Swirls 

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Anything Goes  

Paper Playtime - Use Pearls 

Pile It On - Designer Paper

 The Squirrel & the Fox - Spring or Autumn

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything with a B (bling)

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Special to Me

My card today is created using one of the newly released Spellbinders Dies.

The background has been cut/embossed using the  CrissCross Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Expandable Patterns.

The sentiment is by SRM Stickers and has been layered onto the  Lacey Circles Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities®.

 

A large Satin bow has been made using my BowEasi and has been added and secured using a  KaiserCraft brad.

This card is for the following challenges: 

An Inky Situation - Scallops

A.R.T. Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything but a birthday card with a sentiment  

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon - Layers 

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Dies/Punches 

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with Handmade Bow

 Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

Use Your Stuff - Circles Galore 

Pile It On - No Designer Paper

 365 Cards - Unstamped

 Card Makin' Mamas - Black, White + 1 color 

QKR Stampede – Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Spellbinders Savvy Saturday - Back to School

 It is always exciting to be sharing the Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog- this weeks theme is Back to School - I have created a layout also using Imagine Crafts / Tsukineko Inks and Want2Scrap Bling. 

I would love you to pop across and check out all of the details - make sure you let me know what you think - just click on the link.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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AIR Tutorial - Vertigo

It is exciting to be sharing this months Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Artist In Residence Challenge - we are using a brand new product called Vertigo™.  Each of the AIR's will be sharing a project using this amazing product - be prepared to be inspired!

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Vertigo™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Sunflower Yellow
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in  Cactus Green
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMark™ Watermark Ink  
  IMAGINE Crafts® Embossing Powder™ in Iridescent 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators
• IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S4- 334 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Spellbinders® Nestabilities®
• EL-014 Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder 
• F-012 Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment Spellbinders® Premium Craft Foil 

Other:   Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse - Creme, Heat Tool, Seam Binding, recycled chain, star embellishment, glue


Using the Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Shapeabilities, cut one (1) #5 Die from the Vertigo™.  Run this through the Grand Calibur Cutting Machine once, then turned it 90 degrees to make sure it had cut right though.

NOTE:  Vertigo™ is available in 6 patterns- Taffeta, Tilted, Rattlesnake, Prism, Pebbles and breeze.  For my project I have used the Taffeta and comes in either 12x12 or 6x6 sheets.

  

The cut and embossed Vertigo™ has then been embossed using the Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder.

 

The raised edges were sponged using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Ink in Sunflower Yellow and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber - be careful not to cover all of the ornament.  Once the ink was dry IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant was applied using a IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlusher™.  A thin coat dries very quickly and enables layering of the StazOn Ink without the ink bleeding or smearing.

NOTE:  Vertigo™ works best with StazOn or pigment inks.
 

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red is applied to the 'star' areas using a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators.  Once again the IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant was applied using a IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlusher™

Turn the ornament over and apply the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Cactus Green to the swirls using a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators.

Using the 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Die and the Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment cut the top of the ornament and glue in place - leave to dry.

Finish off by adding a Seam Binding bow to the top of the ornament.  Punch a small hole in the top portion and add a chain for hanging.  I have used a recycled chain.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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