When I Count my Blessings

Hello friends - today I am sharing a card that has a shabby feel - I love flowers and the gorgeous roses on this card  are a favourite of mine - I am sure you can see why.

The card has been created using my Spellbinders Dies  - of course!  The Romantic Roses Two Spellbinders Nestabilities has been cut/embossed using the Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.  The Labels Thirty-Nine Spellbinders® Nestabilities®

The sentiment is from Flourishes llc.com and has been framed using the Royal Circle Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Elements, the tag is from A2 Valiant Honor Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator and has been cut using paper from Authentique Paper.   I have used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape and E-Z Adhesive Runner on this card.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges - Anything Goes

Noor! Designs UK - Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes or Thank You

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Star Stampz Challenge - Add A Sentiment

Crafting for all Seasons - All Dressed Up/Girly

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - 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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Chameleon Pens - Rustic Window

Hello friends - it always makes my day to see you have popped in!  I hope you are inspired while you are here.  I always love to find time, in amongst the busyness of life, to unwind - I often like to colour in - especially using the Chameleon Pens - they are a favourite and it does not take long to work out why.

I have used the Rustic Window rubber stamp from Magenta Stamps.  It has been coloured using only a few Chameleon Art Pens.  I love the depth that is achieved so quickly. 

I have layered the image onto one o the Luscious Labels One Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities.  The card base has been created using the A2 Curved Matting Basics B Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator and the Grand Calibur® Machine.

I have used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.  The beautiful Bling is from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges:

Jellypark Friends Challenge - Bling It Up

A Girl who Crafts - Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - Must use a die cut ANYTHING GOES.....

Oddball Art Stamps Challenge - Add some Sparkle (bling)

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Challenge - Anything Goes

Card mania Challenge - Make it Sparkle (Bling)

Scribble and Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday 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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Bird House Blues

I would consider myself anything but a minimalist, especially when it comes to creating.  When I created a card for a Spellbinders new release, I did not embellish this birdhouse with the aim of showcasing the gate Die - you can see the Tutorial HERE

I could not resist adding some Maya Road flowers, along with some of the Sprigs

 Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™

The adorable Bird is from the Tweets  Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ that comes with a base and a filigree layer - so many options.  I have coloured the top layer using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko inks.   The gate is cut from the Gate Element  Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™.  All Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

 Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares and E-Z Runner have been used on these cards.  The bling is from Want2Scrap.

This card is from the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Animal
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Shaped Cards
Fitztown - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Flower Power 

Pennys Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - It's All About Dies

 

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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Artist in Residence -Faux Lace Tutorial

I am sharing a tutorial as an Artist in Residence for Imagine Crafts/Tuskineko

This tutorial was a lot of fun - you can check out how I have created this faux lace by clicking HERE.  I would love you to pop over and have a look - don't forget to leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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 August - Authentique

I am back with my second Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Artist in Residence Tutorial for August - this months Theme Challenge is to use some of the gorgeous Authentique Papers - not a challenge at all - a pleasure!  I am using some of the gorgeous Seasons Collection.

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Peanut Brittle 
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  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Authentique Paper -  Seasons Collection; "Autumn" Components Sheet
• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine 
• S4-409 Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold

Other: Maya Road - flowers, Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse in LeCreme, Blue Seam Binding, White card, Kraft card, double sided tape, foam tape

Start by cutting and embossing one (1) Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold Die with white card.  You are using the #5 and #6 Dies, #6 being the cutting edge, without it you will get a inlaid pattern on your card stock.  Before removing the card from the Die, use the Die as a stencil and sponge around the edges using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™ and Memento™ Dye Ink in Peanut Brittle 

 

Adhere the outside layer of the sentiment from Authentique on narrow foam tape, pop the middle portion of the sentiment into the center, using thicker foam tape to add extra height, as shown in the photos below.

Fold a  30sm x 11cm piece of card in half, forming the card base.  Adhere a piece of Authentique paper cut slightly smaller.  

Thread a length of Seam Binding through the Layered Dies Die before adhering it to the  patterned paper, tucking the ends to the back of the paper.  Add a double Seam Binding bow to the left of  the Layered Dies, as shown in the main photo.

Ink the outside edges of the flowers using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink and a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber™.  Cut the stems off, and glue them to the Seam Binding bow, as shown below.

Finish off by adhering the Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse in LeCreme as shown below.

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 - Maya Road

 The Artist in Residence Tutorials are always fun - but this month they are even moreso as we have been able to play with some of the Preferred Partner Product that has so generously been given to us - this time it is Maya Road.

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Dew drop in Desert Sand 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™ 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red
  
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Markers™ 
  
  

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders® Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• 5 x 7 Detailed Scallops  - Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator
• Labels Twenty-Five - Spellbinders® Nestabilities®
• Labels Twenty-Nine - Spellbinders® Nestabilities®
• Maya Road - Vintage Wood Spools, Vintage Paper Posies
  
• Authentique Paper -  Lovely 6x6 pad, Authentique Paper Co. for Hampton Art - Grateful Heart stamp set

Other:  Want2Scrap - Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy Waves! by Nina Brackett, glue,Vintage Lace

I started by stamping the Authentique Paper Co. for Hampton Art - Grateful Heart stamp set onto white card.  It has then been cut out using the Labels Twenty-Five - Spellbinders® Nestabilities® and the Kraft card stock cut out using the 5 x 7 Detailed Scallops  - Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.

Before removing the card from the Dies, I have sponged the inside edge, using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Dew drop in Desert Sand and a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™  using the Die as a Stencil.

Layer the Die Cut sentiment on the 5 x 7 Detailed Scallops using foam tape .  Colour the frame on the image using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red and a

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators as shown below.  

Cut white card using Labels Twenty-Nine Nestabilities®.  Colour the corner image from the stamp set using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Markers™, while the stamp is still on the acrylic block.  Stamp on alternating corners - as shown below.

Return the stamped image to the Die and use the Die as a Stencil, sponge the inside using Memento™ Dye Ink - Dew drop in Desert Sand and Sponge Daubers™.  Layer the Die Cut images onto the stamped layer.

Glue three (3) of the Maya Road Vintage Paper Posies onto the lower portion of the layered images'

Wind the Vintage Lace onto the Maya Road Vintage Wood Spools and secure using glue.  Secure using Twine and a button.

The card has been finished off by layering Authentique Paper -  Lovely Collection onto the card base.  Next add a row of lace along the lower portion of the card and adhere the layered Dies onto it. Finish off by adhering the Vintage Wood Spool to the card using a strong glue and add a length of Want2Scrap - Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy Waves! by Nina Brackett

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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