International Ambassadors Unofficial Upcycling Blog Hop

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Welcome to the International Ambassadors Unofficial Upcycling Blog Hop - we are excited to be back and to share our UPCYCLED projects with you.  The International Ambassadors love to get together and create - and love it that so many of you hop along with us - I hope you enjoy what we are sharing today!!

  This Blog Hop is purely for fun and inspiration, totally unofficial and an opportunity for you to get to know us (and our styles) more.

Spellbinders Products:

• S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
• S5-171 A2 Curved Matting Basics
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

Cosmo Cricket: Tiny Text Stickers

Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko: Memento Ink in Rhubarb Stalk; StazOn Opaque in Wedding Dress; Sponge Dauber

Mat Arts: Ribbon

Want2Scrap: Baby Bling - White Pearls; Beautiful Bling Borders! by Nina Brackett

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:

Other:  Sanding Block, Patterned Paper; Tin for altering; Frozen Charlotte; Metal Wing embellishments; Handmade Resin Embellishments; 

1. Cut/emboss patterned paper using A2 Matting Basics # (#1 being the smallest)
2. Lightly sand the embossed edges using a Sanding Block
3. Cover the tin using E-Z Runner 

4. Attach the Die Cut paper to the tin, making sure the edges are well attached
5. Attach Ribbon around the edges of the tin using double sided tape
6. Cut/emboss patterned paper using A2 Matting Basics #  (#1 being the smallest)
7. Adhere to the inside of the tin lid and base
8. Sponge the edges of the tin using StazOn Opaque in Wedding Dress and a Sponge Dauber

9. Cut/emboss Bitty Blossoms, roll and glue, sponge with colour and add some shimmer
10 Adhere to the lower portion of the base of the tin using liquid glue
11 Adhere wings to the Frozen Charlotte using liquid glue, allow to dry, adhere to the tin base as shown in the photo applying a little pressure as it dries
12 Attach roses onto the inside corner of the lid, along with Swirls Finesse
13 Add sentiment using stickers
14 Adhere embellishments to the front using liquid glue, add sentiments.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial, make sure you pop in and visit the other International Ambassadors - these girls are amazing - each one is picked to be an Ambassador for their country because they are seasoned designers and so inspiring!!  The list of International Ambassadors is below, in case you get lost along the way.

  Linda Lucas - Australia (you are here)

Yvonne van de Grijp - Netherlands

Christine Emberson - England

Christina Griffiths - England

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!

{{{Hugs}}}

Contemporary Squares

Hello Blog Friends, I have been playing with the Contemporary Squares Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Decorative Strips and I have to say - they are a lot of fun to create with.

My embossed background has been created using the Framed Canvas Celebra'tions™ 3D embossing folder; the Outrageous Butterfly Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ has been cut/embossed using  Authentique Paper and has had some shimmer added, along with a Want2Scrap Mulberry Paper Rose in the center of the butterfly.  All Dies have been cut/embossed using the  Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps September Challenge - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes -twist- bright and colourful

Artistic Stampers - Things with Wings

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - Use Dies

Card Mania - Pastel Colours

Crafting for all Seasons - Layering It Up 

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - 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!

{{{Hugs}}}

Smile

Hello Blog Friends - I have had a little but of 'spare time' in The Studio and have enjoyed creating a collage style card using bits and pieces that are gathering on my desk - personally I love creating this way - it is a challenge to bring them together in a way that looks like 'it was meant to be!'

    The base for this card has been cut/embossed using the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.  I have used some gorgeous patterned paper I received in a RAK - I love it and it lends itself to collage style - in my opinion anyway! This has been layered onto the card base using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape.

The bird image is from the Kaisercraft Fly Free Acrylic stamp set and has been coloured using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Memento Inks.  The image has then been cut out by hand/fussy cut and popped up onto the pattered paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares. Kindy Glitz has been lightly added for a 'touch' of shimmer,

I have written the sentiment by hand, A precut frame has been adhered over the top and Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Shimmer has been added over the top.  This has been popped up onto an oval tag from the Fleur de Elegance Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Accents, this has been sponged using Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink in Teal Zeal and adhered using double sided tape.  Random 'dots' of Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Dandelion have been added to the background, along with Washi Tape.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy's Challenge - Add Embellishments

Cards in Envy - Inspired by a Song (Songbird by Fleetwood Mac)

Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Mixed media 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative / Mixed Media/ Creative

Crafty Friends Challenge - something beginning with B (Bird)

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Stempelsonnen Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter And Sparkle Challenge - Something beginning with G (glitter)

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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Take Flight

Hello Blog Friends - I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  We are into Spring now and our days have been beautiful - still cool at nights but beautiful days...I love spring - it has its own beauty and is proudly announcing the coming summer - and we all love that - don't we!

Today's card has been created using some of my favorite products - Spellbinders Dies of course - don't you just love these feathers - Feathers Shapeabilities®.  The have been cut/embossed using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.  The Crafters Workshop Stencil has been sponged using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko inks.  I have used  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner and 3D Foam Squares on this card.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Bloggers - Stencil It

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes (+ a sentiment) 

Crafty Girls Creations  - Always Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Layer It Up

Beccy's Place September Challenge - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - 3 of something (Feathers)

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love this Technique (embossing)

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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Spellbinders Love this Girl Tutorial

Hello friends - it is always fun to share a Spellbinders Tutorial and this week I am sharing a layout I created with a couple of fun photos taken with my eldest daughter and I on a family outing - she is spontaneous with the camera - and I love what they captured.

I love the diversity that Spellbinders Dies have - my usual style is shabby/vintage with a romantic flair but with this layout, I wanted it to suit my daughters style - simple but stylish - no fuss but definitely pretty!

Spellbinders Product

• GLD-013 Urban Blooms
• S6-002 5 x7 Matting Basics B
• S6-033 Marisa's Bouquet
• SCP-013 Whirl White
• T-003 Stylus
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partners Products:

• Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko: Memento Dye Ink in Teal Zeal
•  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  E-Z Adhesive Runner; 3D Foam Squares
• Want2Scrap: 72 Count - White Pearls - Self Adhesive

Other: Handmade Resin Owl; Light Blue Patterned Paper; Double-Sided Journal Cards; Sentiment Dies

1. Cut/emboss  two (2) Urban Blooms #2 #1 (#1 being the smallest) using Whirl White and the Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
2. Using the Die as a Stencil sponge inside the petals darker at the center and lighter towards the outside edge.  Remove from the Dies.
3. Using Scissors and one (1) #2 Urban Bloom; removing the top 5 petals, cutting around the flower center.
















4. Cut/emboss both photos using the 5x7 Matting Basics B
5. Lightly sand around the edges using a sanding block
6. Attach Journal card to the photos as shown in the main photo using double sided tape
7. Cut/emboss the sentiment using white cardstock
8. Adhere to the left of the coloured photo using double sided tape
8. Adhere a strip of patterned paper along the base of each journal card
9. Adhere the handmade Resin Owl to the right of the coloured photo.

10. Cut.emboss #2 #3 leaves from Marisa's Bouquet using green cardstock

11. Pop flowers to the top of the stems using 3D Foam Squares as shown in the photo above

12. Place two remaining flowers to the bottom left hand corner of the coloured photo using 3D Foam Tape

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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Feminine Birthday Wishes

Hello Blog friends - I am back today with a feminine card, with lots of 'girly' touches.  For me these are so much fun to create, I love adding all of those extra touches - each one adding just that ,little bit more' - without adding too much - there is a line you cross, in my opinion (LOL) I am not sure where it is - perhaps it is different for each of us!!  What do you think?

The adorable image on this card is from Graphic 45, it has been layered onto the Fleur-de-lis Squares Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Elements using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

The gorgeous flower is from the Bitty Blossoms Spellbinders Shapeabilites. This has been cut/embossed and had the edges inked using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko in Petal Pink.  The sentiment has been stamped in Teal Zeal Memento Ink and the gorgeous bling is Want2Scrap Swirls Finesse in LeCreme.  The narrow ribbon from May Arts.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Anything Goes with a twist: Make It Feminine

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Retarte -  Anything Goes 

Crafting with Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

The Pencil Case Challenge - A = Anything Goes

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

Di's Digi Designs Challenge  - Use a Sentiment

Crafty Cardmakers - Floral Embellishments

Crafty Friends Challenge - use a Sentiment

Crafty Calendar Challenge  - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle 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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting!!

Find Joy Everyday

Hello Friends - I hope you are enjoying a relaxing weekend - in the Southern Hemisphere it is Fathers Day - it is a day of mixed feeling for me - we celebrate my DH in every way as Father and great Dad...but Fathers Day is the last time I spoke to my Dad 15 years ago - little did we know he would leave us only a few weeks later.

I have a short post today - my time was limited with all the celebrating today and food - so much food but so lovely to have all of the family around the table - including our 4 month old grandson.

  I have used a negative Die from the Asters and Poppies Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ as the main feature on this card and adhered it to darker cardstock, after rounding the corners.  The base is created using the Romantic Rectangles Nestabilities.  All Dies have been cut using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the Embossed cardstock from my stash.  I have also used my favourite adhesives E-Z Adhesive Runner; 3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Petal Lu Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts - lots of layers 

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - use a sentiment 

Card and Scrap Challenge - Use Flowers

The Pencil Case - anything goes 

Two Creative Chicks Showcase - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Always Anything Goes (Cards only)

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

DRS Designs - Holes (punched, diecut, poked etc)

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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Spellbinders Sweet Layered Baby Girl Tutorial

Hello Blog friends - I am back with a Spellbinders Tutorial - I cannot get past baby cards at this time, again with lots of layers. Today's card is created using layer, using one of the Labels Nestabilities and the co-ordinating Decorative Elements - I have added one extra Die to the mix - scroll on down where you will find out which one and see all of the products listed!  

Spellbinders Products:

• S2-097 Corners & Accents One # 3
• S4-465 Labels Forty #5  #4
• S4-467 Labels Forty Decorative Elements #4 #3
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partners Products:

• Graphic 45: Precious Memories Collection 
•  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  E-Z Adhesive Runner; 3D Foam Squares
• Want2Scrap: Baby Bling - Turquoise - Self Adhesive

Other: Seam Binding, Mulberry Paper Rose

1. Cut/emboss two (2) #5 Labels Forty  (#1 being the smallest) using Grand Calibur and peach cardstock

2. Score one  Labels Forty at approx 1/2" and fold forward

3. Attach the front layer to the scored layer to form card base.

4. Cut/emboss one (1) #4 Labels Forty (#1 being the smallest) using Graphic 45 patterned paper

5. Cut/emboss one (1) #3 and #4 Labels Forty Decorative Elements (#1 being the smallest) using Whirl White cardstock

6. Adhere the layered Dies to the card base using double sided tape

7. Cut/emboss two (2) Corners and Accents One #3 (#1 being the smallest) in turquoise paper

8. Adhere to the top and bottom of the Precious Memories image, using liquid glue, tucking some swirls behind as shown in the photos above

9. Pop framed image onto the layered base using 3D Foam Squares

10 Adhere a double white Seam Binding bow to the center of the image using liquid glue
11 Attach the Mulberry Paper Rose to the center of the bow using liquid glue
12 Add turquoise Baby Bling around the Corners and Accents One Dies as shown in the main photo.

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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!