Flourishes lc.- A Mothers Hug

Hello friends,  today I am sharing a pretty card with you using the beautiful A Mother's Hug image from Flourishes lc.  It is perfect for so many occasions - Mothers Day included.  This set is available in Polymer Sets and Digital.

The A Mother's Hug image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock, onto the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames Die Set, using black ink.  Stamping through the Die gives the ability to use a partial image. I have used the Die as a stencil and sponged inside the die using Imagine Delicata Golden Glitz ink.  The image has been coloured using using Chameleon Pens. This in turn has been layered onto the patterned card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  

                           

I have stamped the Sentiment onto Flourishes lc Classic White card stock using black ink.  It has then been cut/embossed using a Circle Die, also using it as a stencil, sponging around the inside edges using Angel Pink Ink and a sponge dauber.  This has been popped up onto a larger pink circle and adhered to the top left corner of the card front.

The card front has been layered onto a filigree Diecut to create a beautiful frame using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.   The layered card front is adhered to a pre-cut white card base.   A double bow and small Mulberry Paper Rose have been adhered to the front of the layered image, finishing off with some of the beautiful Want2Scrap white pearls. 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - For a Female or Mom

Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Add a Sentiment 

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything goes with option Mother's Day

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Frame Up!

Great Impressions - Feminine 

The Ribbon Girls - Any card with ribbon

Making Memories Crafting - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Mother's Day

QKR Stampede – Feminine Cards or Anything Goes

Quick Quotes - Mothers Day

House That Stamps Built -Tic-Tac-Toe - Flowers - pearls - frame

Simon Says Stamp - Hint of Pink

Stampaive and More - Pink

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

Sunny Best Wishes

Hello friends, it is Monday evening in the Northern Hemisphere and I have to say it has been a very casual kind of day - thankfully!  I have got a lot of deadlines met - which is always a relief and even managed to babysit our grandson this evening - which is always a pleasure.  I hope Monday has been kind to you!

I have a very simply and east card to share with you today. I came across this embossing folder on one of the Craft Buy Swap and Sell Groups on facebook - Ecstasy Crafts 5x7 Dazzling Sunburst and I just had to have it - there is something about it that just makes me smile.  

I used Chameleon Art Pens on the folder to add the golden glow - Mellow Yellow to be precise,  The butterfly embellishment is from my stash, the Washi Tape by none other than Donna Salazar and the sentiment computer generated.  I have also added sequins from my stash.

The embossed layer has been popped up onto a precut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares and there you have it - I told you it was quick and easy!!  

This card is linked to the following challenges:

AAA - Bright & Beautiful 

CAS on Sunday - Glitter or Sequins

Great Impressions - Feminine 

Pile It On -  Animal(s)

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

 A Gem of a Challenge - Embossing Wet or Dry

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede –  Feminine Cards or Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - CAS

Little Red Wagon - Time to Celebrate

Sisterhood of Crafters - Letter "B" - Butterfly

The Crafty Addicts - Add a Sentiment

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe - Feminine

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Embossing

Mix It Up Challenge  Anything Goes + optional twist: 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 crafting

Spellbinders Rocket Card Tutorial

Hello friends, I am sharing a tutorial for Spellbinders today - this one is special to me as it is the card I created for my grandson, Noah's 2nd birthday.  What little boy doesn't love a Rocket and all that goes with it - such a fun project and so easy to create a very cool scene.

Spellbinders Products

• S Die D-Lite Spaced Out Etched Dies
• S Seth Apter Em-bossing Fold'ers Lazer Beams 5 x 7 in Single Sided
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PE-100 Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform

Other : Liquid Glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Imagine: Radiant Neon Inks, Memento ink in Teal Zeal; Handmade paper; Gold and blue card stock, small amounts of yellow card stock and recycled cardboard, computer generated sentiment

1. Cut/emboss the Large Circle and ring using Gold Card stock,

2. Cut/emboss the Star, Shooting Star and Flame using yellow card stock.

3. Use the Die as a Stencil and sponge inside the edges of the Star, Shooting Star and Flame using Radiant Neon inks

4. Lightly sand the Large Circle and ring using a Sanding Block.

5. Cut/emboss the Rocket using recycled cardboard(eg. cereal box).

6. Use the Die as a Stencil and sponge inside the edges of the Rocket using Teal Zeal Ink.

7. Emboss handmade paper using Seth Apter Em-bossing Fold'ers Lazer Beams.

8. Randomly sponge using Radiant Neon Inks and a Sponge Dauber.

9. Glue the Die cuts onto the handmade paper, creating a scene.

10. Adhere the sentiment using double sided tape.

11. Layer onto a pre-cut blue card base using 3D Foam Squares,

Take care friends - 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  

Painted Lady

Hello friends, happy Saturday to you all!  Our household is settling back into some form of routine after a week of family and celebrations - and a house full to varying degrees,  I have missed The Studio but have had some productive time in there...

My DH has been doing a little renovating in the house - I have tried it on paper on the Spellbinders Painted Lady - how beautiful is she.  I have to be honest and say the card stock I had cut it in looked very bright for the look I wanted - hence the renovations! Wink:wink!!

I have sponged over the majority of the Painted Lady using Imagine Memento Luxe in Wedding Dress to soften the turquoise, added Memento Rhubarb Stalk over some of the trim....and flower braid along the windows - I love the touch that it adds - sometimes it really is the little things that make all of the difference.  The house has been popped up onto Kraft card stock, followed by recycled corrugated card stock using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3LE-Z Adhesive Runner.  The layers have been adhered to the pre-cut card base.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack -  Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Feminine Cards or Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers - 132 Recycling

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Frilly and Funkie - Vintage/Shabby Chic but no designer paper 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe - Feminine

Take care friends - 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

Spellbinders Rouge Royale Deux Framed Card Turorial

It is always exciting to be sharing a Step by Step tutorial for Spellbinders - especially when it is on their Blog.  I am featuring a beautiful Die from the Rouge Royale Deux Collection by Licensed Designer Stacey Caron 

 I am impressed by how quick and easy it is to create an elegant card using just this one die set 

   - you can see 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!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Flourishes lc Welcome Little One

Hello friends, I have a baby card to share with you today using one of the the Flourishes lc Thanks a Bushel stamp set - how adorable is the rabbit?!  I have also created my own background paper using

The image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock  using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L  3D Foam Squares, onto a Spellbinders Standard Circles SML using /white card stock and a slightly larger circle using green card stock. 

The layers have been popped up onto Classic White card stock that has been stamped using Tartan Plaid Background stamp and Imagine Memento Ink in Rhubarb Stalk , onto a pre-cut white card base that has a strip of spotted paper, twine and a button added, using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L  3D Foam Squares.

The sentiment is computer generated, layered onto coloured card stock cut slightly larger and adhered to the card base using double sided tape.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with a twist: CAS - no designer paper

Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Letter "B" (Baby Card)

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Retarte  - Anything Goes

Come and Get It - Circles

Crafty Awesomeness - Always Anything Goes

Take care friends - 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

Spellbinders Tammy Tutterow Sunflower Bunch Tutorial

Hello friends, I have a new tutorial for Spellbinders to share today - using one of the floral  stamped images by Tammy Tutterow Stamps and Dies by Stacey Caron.  Sometimes a card needs simple lines to show off the featured image and Spellbinders caters for this beautifully with the gorgeously unique lines of their Label Dies.

Spellbinders Products

• S4-636 Nestabilities Stacey Caron Botanical Bliss Label 54 Etched Dies
• SBS-084 Sunflower Bunch Happy Grams By Tammy Tutterow Stamps
• SCE-002 Celebrations Hip Hooray Embellishments
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PE-100 Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform

Other : Liquid Glue; Chameleon Pens; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Coral and white card stock; Imagine: Delicata in Golden Glitz Ink;  Yellow Seam Binding; button; twine; scrap of patterned paper.

1. Cut/emboss two Nestabilities Stacey Caron Botanical Bliss Label 54 #   (#1 being the smallest) using coral card stock.

2. Score the top of one Label 54 1cm from the top

3. Fold forward and add a row of double sided tape.

4. Adhere the second Nestabilities Stacey Caron Botanical Bliss Label 54 onto the scored one, making sure the edges line up.

5. Stamp the image onto white card stock using black ink.

6. Use he Die as a stencil and sponge inside the edges using Golden Glitz ink.

7. Colour using Chameleon Pens.

8. Cut/emboss using Nestabilities Stacey Caron Botanical Bliss Label 54  #  (#1 being the smallest)

9. Adhere a strip if patterned paper across the centre of the card base using double sided tape.

10.Turn the base over and trim the patterned paper to size.

11. Adhere light yellow Seam Binding across the centre of the patterned paper.

12. Pop the stamped layer onto the card base using 3D Foam Squares.

13.Glue a double seam binding bow onto the left side of the card

14. Glue a button and twine to the centre of the bow.

 15.Randomly glue the sequins onto the stamped layer.

Take care friends - 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  

Flourishes,lc Endearing Heart Frame

Hello friends, I hope your week has been a good one - so far.  Mine has been busy - too busy in some ways but not all deadlines - I am preparing for my Mother's visit from New Zealand tomorrow night, our grandsons 2nd birthday on Thursday and his party on Saturday - which is at our home.  My Mother-in-Law and a family friend are arriving on Saturday for the party and leaving Monday morning and my Mum departs Wednesday morning and as you can imagine lots of family activities in between,  But in the meantime I have a project to share with you...a little Mixed Media! 

The Flourishes,lc Endearing Rose has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors, the rose head and the leaves have been popped up, using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares inside the Florentine Frame that has been stamped onto white card stock, coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors, The layered image has been popped up onto the Harlequin background that has been stamped using Imagine Memento ink in Bamboo Leaves.

DecoArt Crackle Medium has been added to the white card stock, thickly in the corners - the thicker the paste the more crackle - within reason of course!  The cracks appears as it drys, leaving such a great effect!

Part of the sentiment has been created using stickers that have been sponged around and once stuck on had a coat of Dimensional Magic applied - such a great effect.  The Believe sentiment is metal and was originally pink, but I coloured it using a Chameleon Pen RD3 Vermilion and then sponged over it using Imagine StazOn ink in Claret.  Finishing off with a strip of recycled corrugated card stock and popping it onto a frame - the guilded gold frame worked well for the look I was wanting to achieve.

This project is link to the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes

Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image

Path of Positivity - any positive/inspirational project or idea welcome - Optional Theme: The Beauty of Nature

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything goes with option Anything Goes

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + Stamp

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

A Inky Mess - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Altered Eclectics - Always Anything Goes (no cards/ATCs)

Crafty Awesomeness - Always Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Shabby Chic or Vintage

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Paper Creator's Crafts - Flourishing Florals

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Altered Art/MM ONLY - Anything Goes

Take care friends - 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

Sweet Baby

Hello friends - nothing is sweeter than a baby card and I love to create them, to make each one unique with lots of details - and this card is no exception,  How can resist a cute little Duck for a baby and a spotted one too - awwww! 

I have used a Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder and sponged it using Imagine Radiant Neon in Electric yellow.

Want2Scrap Nestabling Labels One Silver Rhinestones has been adhered to the centre of the card, with a Nested Duck popped up in the centre with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The white dots have been added around the outside of the Nestabling using a white gel pen.  The Die cut sentiment is from the Spellbinders Simply Said Phrase Set One Etched Dies.

Stickers have been used to finish the sentiment, they have been outlined using a White Sharpie Pen and some more spots added around the sentiment.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

Crafts and Me -Things with Wings

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes

Creative Ladybirds Creations - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft - Always Anything Goes

Brown Sugar – Use a Die Cut

QKR Stampede –  Feathered Friends or Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Embellish It

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}}} and happy crafting