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Monday, April 8, 2013

AIR Tutorial #1 April



It is my turn to share another Tutorial as an Artist in Residence for Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko.  Today I am sharing how to create your own background paper using the fabulous Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray, along with the Ink Potion No.9.




Preferred Promotional Partners:

Other: White card, pink card, Heat Tool, Acrylic Block, double sided tape, Want2Scrap bling, black Seam Binding, embellishment for bow

Start by spraying white card with Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray - Angel Pink, wait for it to dry and spray different areas with Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray - Summer Sky.  Either allow to dry naturally or use a Heat Tool.




Repeat the spraying process, this time using the Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray - Lulu Lavendar.  Dry the card carefully using the Heat tool, ready for the next step.




Carefully spray using Ink Lotion No.9, this works beautifully with water based ink,helping the colours blend together.  Once the card is dry you can see the shimmer that the Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray leaves - you can see it ion the photo below - if you look carefully.




Using StazOn - Jet Black, stamp the  Penny Black®, Inc. - sent with love cling stamp onto the sprayed card.  Colour the flowers using Memento Markers - start with Angel Pink followed by Rose Bud using an Aqua Pen.  Keep adding layers of colour until you get the depth of colour you are looking for - remember that the Fireworks! Craft Ink Spray can be a little resistant.




 Colour the center of the flowers using the Dandelion Memento Markers, adding layers to get the colour required.  Colour the stem using Pear Tart Memento Marker,  highlighting with Olive Grove.

Using the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine cut and emboss the image with the A2 Curved Matting Basics B Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Card Creator.




NOTE:  Don't forget to look after your stamps and clean them using StazOn Cleaner.




To finish the card I have layered the image into pink card with the corners rounded and the lower edge cut using the A2 Bracket Borders One  Spellbinders™ Borderabilities® Card Creator.  Attach Black Seam Binding around the lower edge of the white card and attach a double black Seam Binding bow.  Glue the embellishment to the center of the bow.  Adhere to the white card using double sided tape. Finish by adding Want2Scrap - Swirls Finesse Rhinestones.




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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New Baby

Baby cards are always a pleasure to make whether it is a baby boy or girl - they all lend themselves to bling and lots of added extras - you have to love that!



I have used the frames from the JustRite® Papercraft - Kindness stamp set, these co-ordinate with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty Nestabilities®.  The frames have been stamped using Tsukineko Memento - Danube Blue.




The roses are from my stash - I am loving these shabby roses and am delighted to see that Want2Scrap© carry their own range - you can see it here.


This card is for the following challenges: 
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes "Spring Fever" 
 One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Robyn`s Fetish - Anything Goes 
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
 Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Sparkle 
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Card or Project with a Sentiment for a Child 
Paper Crafting Journey - Monochromatic 
Inky Impressions - For a child


 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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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Want2Scrap - Birds of A Feather


I am sharing the post today on the Want2Scrap Blog - you can see the card in full and the details HERE.

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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Feminine Cogs

Cogs are often associated with masculine cards, but I love to see them used on feminine cards as well.



The Spellbinders™  Creative Cogs 3D M-Bossabilities™ folder is perfect for this.  It has been embossed using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine and Kraft card and sponged using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko VersaMagic - Pixie Dust followed by VersaColor - Petal Pink    




A sticker form my stash has been layered onto a the Spellbinders™ Fancy Tags Three Shapeabilities® and co-ordinating Want2Scrap© Nestabling.




This has been layered onto wide recycled lace and finished off with some Mulberry Roses.




This card is for the following challenges: 
365 Cards -  Two Techniques, Sponging and Embossing 
C.R.A.F.T. - Recycle (lace) 
Divas by Design - Spring Colors
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog - Vintage/Shabby Chic
 Stampavie and More - Pink 
LEJ Designs - Your Favourite Style 
Papertake Weekly Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - 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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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Spellbinders Tutorial - Dies by Samantha Walker


It is always a pleasure to share the Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog - and especially so when this week we are showing off the Designer Collections - can you guess whose Dies I am showcasing.....you find out here.

 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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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

What a Friend

I am so thrilled to have NinaB Designs Beautiful Hymns stamp set, designed for The Craft's Meow Some of my favourite Hymns are on this set - it is going to see  a lot of ink! 





The sentiment is stamped using Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Memento - Jet Black, then cut and embossed using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine and the Labels Four Nestabilities®. The Die is used as a stencil before removing the card, sponging using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento - Desert Sand.




The image is from Crafty Secrets and has been fussy cut and popped up on foam tape.  The bling is  Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse - White Pearls.  Finishing off with a material flower from my stash and a Seam Binding bow.




This card is for the following challenges: 
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - Punches and/or Dies 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - Use at least 1 Die Cut
 Stamp with Fun - Spring 
Whoopsi Daisy - Bling 
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (optional "Flowers")  
Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes  
 Allsorts - Vintage 
 My Sheri Crafts  -  Spring has Sprung 
Totally Gorjuss - Something Blue
Clear It Out - Spring Is Coming  Stash Item: Flowers 
LEJ Designs - Your Favourite Style 
Papertake Weekly 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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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Not All Who Wander

I love the My Mind's Eye™ papers, there are so many with wonderful sentiments on them, I have kept so many aside for scrapbooking but decided I needed to cut into them and use some for creating cards....




I have cut and embossed the sentiment out using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine and the Classic Squares LG Spellbinders™ Nestabilities.  The Die has been used as a Stencil before removing the card, I have sponged using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento - Desert Sand.

 


The butterfly is designed by one of my favourite designers, Laura Kirste  for Penny Black®, Inc. - 
social butterfly stamp set.  It had been coloured using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento Markers, the shimmer is 3D Kindy Glitz - love the texture of this stuff!





 Finishing off with some added crochet lace.



This card is for the following challenges:
 Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - Punches and/or Dies 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Marker POP Challenge - Anything Goes 
 MyGrafico - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - Spring 
Whoopsi Daisy - Bling
Lacy Sunshine - Anything Goes  
One Stitch At A Time - Spring 
The Corrosive Challenges - Spring Fling   
2 Sisters - Sparkle 'n Shine 
Catch The Bug - Anything you choose with cardstock and 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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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Want2Scrap Sneak Peek



 I am excited to be sharing my first post as a Want2Scrap Designer - if you know me, you know I adore everything they create and am NOT afraid to use it! LOL!

You can see the card in full and all of the details here.

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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Friday, March 29, 2013

Silk Moth

Today I am sharing a card I created using a leftover kit from one of my Card Design Classes - this one is from way back but I love this Silk Moth, and the Art Stencil, both from retired Layers of Color, designed by my dear friend and artist Laura Kirste


 

The image has been stamped onto white card using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Clear Embossing Powder and then a Heat Tool used.  I have used the Emboss Resist Technique to colour the Silk Moth using Memento Inks - they work so beautifully for this technique.



The sentiment is from theJustRite® Stampers Large Fancy Sentiments stamp set.  The bling is from Want2Scrap©




This card is for the following challenges:
 CCEE Stampers - Oldie but Goodie 
Charisma Cardz - Happy Birthday
 Shelly's Images - Anything Goes 
Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 
365 Cards - 20 minutes or less
 

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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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Live Out Loud

I have been having so much fun with the Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento Inks since John At Imagine Crafts let me in on a secret - Distressing is a technique - not dependent on an ink.....




and just for the record he is so right!!  The Memento Inks work so beautifully with the Crayon Resist Technique - they have wonderful 'movement' when water in included in the technique - I love that end "splash" factor that adds those divine' watermarks!



The butterflies from the JustRite® Papercraft
 - Botanical Swirls stamp set have been stamped using StazOn - Jet Back.  I have used Memento Pear Tart, Cantelope and Tangelo for my background colours - these have been applied using Sponge Daubers.

I have also used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine to Cut, Emboss and Stencil the
Labels Eighteen Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® and to emboss using the Holiday Magic Spellbinders™ M-Bossabilities™ folders.




The sentiment has been computer generated and the pearl swirl is from Want2Scrap©




This card is for the following challenges: 
Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring or Pastels 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Easter or Spring 
MyGrafico - Anything Goes 
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes 
Squigglefly - Anything Goes
 2 Sisters - Easter/Spring 
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Bring On Spring
 Shelly's Images - Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door  - Anything Goes 
Vickie's Challenges 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}}}
 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Childlike

Hello friends - today's card is created using
one of the Want2Scrap Silhouettes - who can resist these darling children playing.




They have been adhered to a Spellbinders Labels Four Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®, then layered onto the beautifully filigree Floral Ovals Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®. These Die have been cut using the Grand Calibur® Machine




I have added some sheer spotted ribbon, along with a Mulberry Rose and finished off by creating a frame using the Want2Scrap© Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy That! by Nina Brackett.




This card is for the following challenges: 
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girly 
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Let's Dance 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
MyGrafico - Anything Goes 
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes 
Squigglefly - Anything Goes
 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes  
Crafty Catz - Sparkle With A Bow 
Stampin' For The Weekend - Child's Play 
Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or Lace 
Shelly's Images - 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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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Tutorial


It is always a pleasure to share the Savvy Saturday Tutorial on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog - this week is no exception - the theme is M-BossabilitiesI would love you to pop over and check out the techniques I have used on the Video Tutorial - love the possibilities with M-Bossabilities.  Just click on THIS LINK to go straight there.

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 StazOn and GlazOn

It is time for my third project this month for the Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko AIR Team - the theme is Spring Fever and the choice is ours - so much to choose from, this time I am trying something new - for me anyway!




I have had fun playing with the different products that we received - for this project I am using Stazon and GlazOn, along with the fabulous metal.


Preferred Promotional Partners:

Other:  Acrylic Block, Want2Scrap bling, Metal Hardware/ Embellishments, brads x2, glue



I have started by embossing the metal using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine
and the Framed Labels Eighteen Spellbinders 3D M-Bossabilities folders.  NOTE as the metal is thicker than card and the 3D Embossing Folder has so much dimension,  I used the Pink plate along with the Raspberry plate.
 



Using an Ink Blushers sponge  StazOn - Mustard onto the embossed metal, then use
StazOn - Pumpkin to highlight some of the higher areas.




Highlight the embossed flowers using a Fantastix - Brush Tip and StazOn - Hydrangea Blue
and add a layer of GlazOn - Clear using the Multi-purpose Squeegee for applying.





Once the GlazOn - Clear has dried, add some Want2Scrap bling along the lower edge of the project.  I have picked out the blue and chosen bling to highlight this.




To finish off I have used some metal embellishments from my stash.  The metal tag has been attached using brads and the butterfly has been glued and also had Want2Scrap bling added.




I hope you are inspired to use StazOn and GlazOn on your projects - there are so many possibilities.  I have not decided yet what I am doing to use this project on, but will definitely come back and show you!


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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