Summer Tulip

Floral cards are always a pleasure to create and never easier than when they are combined with beautiful Dies and bling.

The image is a sticker from my stash and is adhered to a  Labels Eighteen Spellbinders® Nestabilities® and then layered onto the Fanciful Lattice Spellbinders®  Nestabilities® Card Creator.  Both Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine/

 

The Nestabling is from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges:  

Papertake Weekly - Flower Power (floral, image,papers,or embellishments)

 ABC Challenges - Lots of Layers 

Card Mania - Your Favorite Embellishment (bling)

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

 Craft Your Passion - Summer Flowers 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Use Pearls

Allsorts - Use your new stash 

A.R.T. Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe - Bling and sparkle 

Little Red Wagon - Layers

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Want2Scrap - Antique Bird Card Sneak Peek

I am sharing a sneak peek of my card on the  Want2Scrap© Blog today.

 

You can see the project in full and read all of the details HERE:

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Spellbinders Decorative Elements Tutorial

The theme for this week on the Spellbinders Blog is Decorative Elements - you can see my Step by Step Tutorial HERE.   I would love you to pop over and see the finished project - and leave me a comment letting me know what you think.

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Winnie the Pooh Birthday

I am back with a little change of pace for me - do you remember what life was like before it got complicated?  Winnie the Pooh takes me straight back to that place in my childhood - such a wonderful time.

While sorting through some bits and pieces I came across some Winnie the Pooh stickers I have had for years and decided it was time I used them to create a child's birthday card - what child does not love Winnie the Pooh - he is timeless!

 

I layered the sticker onto white card that has been cut/embossed with the  Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders® Nestabilities.  This has then been popped up using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ foam dots into blue card embossed using the So Trendy Spellbinders® M-Bossabilities™ folder, using the Grand Calibur® machine.

The sentiment is from a retired stamp set and has been cut/embossed with the Ribbon Banners 

 Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®.  All of my Dies have been cut using the Grand Calibur® machine.  The flower is an older one form my stash - by KaiserCraft.

This card is for the following challenges: 

Card Mania - Your Favorite Embellishment (flowers)

C is for Challenge - Animals 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

Parade Your Crafts - Picnic 

Squigglefly - Ribbon, Twine or Floss 

The Crazy Challenge - Animals 

There She Goes - Fur Friends

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes 

Amusing Challenges - Birthday. 

Gingerloft - Bright Sunshine Yellow

 Pile It On - No Designer Paper

 Drunken Stampers - W -  Twine

   

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Vintage Bird

Vintage cards are easy when you have the right image - this gorgeous framed bird from Glitz is perfect for nostalgic cards of any kind.

It is stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Vintage Sepia and cut out using the Floral Ovals  Spellbinders® Nestabilities® and the
Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

The flowers have been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Markers™ and Want2Scrap© - 72 Count Silver Rhinestones have been added to the centers.

This card is for the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - shabby/vintage

Challenges 4 Everybody - Always Anything Goes  

 Robyn`s Fetish - Put a Frame Around It.

Colour Me Creative Challenge - Anything Goes\

Totally Gorjuss - Die cuts and punches 

Creative Corner - Anything Goes

 Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters Companion - Animals 

The Cupboard Trilogy - Monochrome

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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.

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Buds and Blossoms

It is Saturday here and my feet are finally touching the ground after a wonderful time away at the Spellbinders Retreat - you may have seen my posts sharing some of it with you - if not here is a link to Part I and Part II .

  I am getting back into the 'creative zone' and will have lots to share with you over the coming weeks - in the meantime I am sharing a card I created before I left.  I have used one of the wonderful printed sheets from Crafty Secrets

The divine Spiral Blossom One Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®, adding colour using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Morocco and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™.  The greenery is from the Foliage Spellbinders Shapeabilities® - both dies have been cut/emboss using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting & Embossing Machine.

 

The bling is from Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy Waves! by Nina Brackett

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Summer Sun

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Totally Papercrafts - Favorite Colors 

Animal Friends Challenge - Summer 

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes 

Crafters Companion - Animals

House of Gilli - Bright Colors/Anything Goes 

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Sunshine Mail - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - Summer 

Southern Girls - Things that begin with F (Flower)

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