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Making Clouds...

Copics, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Unity Stamps 13 Responses »

Aug 282012

My post today on Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog is all about how I create the clouds behind my images. I hope you have time to check it out.

For my image I used the darling new Unity Image (created by Phyllis Harris) called Every Breath. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Dress; YR04, R24, R29, R39 – same colors I used for last weeks poppies Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11 Hair: Y21, Y23, E33 Sand: E31, E33).

I hope you have time to check it out. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Faux Pergamano with M-Bossabilities

M-Bossabilities, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Spellblogger sneak peek, Waltzingmouse, Want2Scrap 11 Responses »

Aug 232012

I have a quick tutorial on the Spellbinders blog today showing off how to use M-Bossabilities (or any other embossing folder) to create a Pergamano look.

I hope you have time to hop on over an check it out. Have a wonderful day!
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Stitched Hearts

Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Spellblogger sneak peek, Want2Scrap 12 Responses »

Aug 122012

Yesterday I had another post on the Spellbinders blog along with a short video tutorial on how I made this card. Sorry I didn’t post this yesterday, but I had a bad migraine starting Friday and didn’t get to write this short note. It’s still there but finally my medicine is working..

I hope you are having a great weekend and you have a chance to check out the post. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Flourishes Sneak Peek - Garden Picks

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Want2Scrap 53 Responses »

Aug 082012

Are you ready for more Flourishes fun? If you missed yesterday’s Timeless Tuesday post, you missed the kick start of Flourishes August release! (And a chance to win it!) So, click HERE to check that out! Today, our fabulous designers are showing off a set that is fresh picked. It’s a bouquet of goodness fresh from the flower garden!

Freshly snipped from the garden, these herbs and florals are ready to be enjoyed. This set illustrated by Marcella Hawley features three different bouquets all designed to be set in an old fashioned mason jar for a down home feel. This 4″ by 6″ set also features two perfect all occasion sentiments as well. Wait until you see just how gorgesous this set is! If you like what you see on today’s designers’ posts, this set is available for pre-order now HERE!

Our design team has some hand-picked inspiration — just for YOU!

I was a bit of a last minute Nellie and made my card yesterday. I saw the gorgeous creations my team mates had already done and decided to use the image that had been used the least. I have to tell you, I LOVE all three bouquets. I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on white cardstock, cut and embossed with the 4th smallest of the Card Creator Matting A Basics dies. The image was colored with Copic Markers (V12, V14, V17, Y15, Y17, G20, G21, G24, G82, G85, G94, YG11, YG13, YG17, BG000, BG11, C1) and the edges were sponged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The image was adhered to a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with the next bigger Matting Basic B die. Two pieces of white cardstock were cut and embossed with the Lace Doily Motif die. One end of each piece were cut off and the pieces were assembled for a rectangle background. The image layers were adhered ove the Lace Doily rectangle.

The edges of a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks patterned paper were sanded and stitched. Sheer Satin Ribbon was tied through a hole in the image layer and around the the patterned paper before the layers were adhered to the card base. The bow was topped with a button, tied on with embroidery thread. Small Rhinestones on the Lacey Doily Rectangle and the sentiment finish off the card.

A sentiment from the new set was stamped in Tuxedo Black Ink on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with an insert die from the Fancy Framed Tag Two dies. The embossed part was sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stamped with the main image in the same ink. The oval was adhered to a tag, cut and embossed with a Fancy Framed Tags One die.

Want to win this set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out…..

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! So what are you waiting for? Head on over and see…..

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE? Have you checked out our Birthday Wishes Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges, which kick off today and continue noon tomorrow! Our noon time challenges are fast-paced chances to win our full July release! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Quilted Card

Grand Nestabilities, M-Bossabilities, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Spellblogger sneak peek, Unity Stamps, Want2Scrap 9 Responses »

Aug 072012

Hi there! Sorry I am so quiet lately. Another book series has me in it’s grip. I have to stop reading once this one is over and get back in my stamping groove.

It’s my turn to share on the Spellbinders blog today. This week is all about techniques and I used the new Hexagon dies to create a quilted background. I hope you have time to check out the entire photo tutorial.

Thanks so much for looking! Have a wonderful day!
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Whimsy Stamps July Release Day 4

Elisabeth Bell, Nestabilities, Raindrop Echo Design, Shapeabilities, Want2Scrap, Whimsy Stamps 41 Responses »

Jul 282012

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of our June Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (25 July) Whimsy Stamps released this month’s new rubber designs, new Shapeology dies and new Shape EZ by TLC. From then until 31 July the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today’s mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT’s posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 1 August.

For my sample today I chose the gorgeous new Li’l Montana image. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock,. It was cut and embossed with the second largest Label Eight die. It was colored with Copic Markers (Skin: E50, E51, E53 Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9 Shirt: BG10, BG11, BG34 Pants/Dog: C00, C1, C3 Flowers and leaves: Y15, Y!7, Y38, G21, G24, G28 Basket: E31, E35, E37 Ground: W0, W1, W3, W5, W7).

The image was was masked. Additional mask were cut with Spellbinders Whimsy dies and adhered over the label. The image was airbrushed and the clouds were colored with Copic Markers(W00, W0, W1). The edges of the image were stitched before it was adhered to white cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Decorative Label Eight Nestabilities die (I can’t stop using it!). That layer was adhered to a 4 1/8″ x 11″ piece of light blue cardstock, that had been folded in half.

Part of a sentiment from Raindrop Echo Design’s new A Touch of Furniture was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the second smallest of the Standard Circle SM Nestabilities dies. It was adhered to the upper left hand side of the image layers. Three Rhinestones from the Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones under the sentiment finish off the card.

To take a peek at today’s fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below…

Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield
Michele Roos
Stephanne Maraver

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations! Have a wonderful Saturday!
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Christmas in July

Flourishes Friday Focus, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Want2Scrap 26 Responses »

Jul 272012

Did you see that Flourishes has all their Christmas sets on 25% off right now until the end of the month? Because of that the Timeless Tuesday team showed off Christmas cards on Tuesday and the design team is showing off more Christmas projects today.

Of course I had to combine the gorgeous Flourishes stamps with newly released Spellbinders dies.

I love the Holiday Tree die cut set. I used the tree die to cut and emboss white cardstock. Brown rhinestones were randomly added. Patterned paper was cut and embossed with the second Label Eight Nestabilities die. The edges were sanded before it was adhered to the card base, white cardstock cut and embossed with the largest Decorative Label Eight die.

A sentiment from Petals & Peace was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on white cardstock that had been cut and embossed with an insert die from Fancy Framed Tags One. It was adhered to the lower right of the tree.

Check out what my fellow team members have created today:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Just a Little Something

Gina K., Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Spellblogger sneak peek, Want2Scrap 8 Responses »

Jul 262012

Okay….I promise this is the last post that leads you somewhere else for a while. I have another post on the Spellbinders blog today. I actually showcase four different new die sets (Homespun, Label 28, Vintage Lace Motifs and Fancy Framed Tags one). The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Fanciful Tags.

I hope you have time to hop on over and check out the entire post. I will be back with a full card image tomorrow. 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Spellbinders Post

Gina K., Grand Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Spellblogger sneak peek, Want2Scrap 15 Responses »

Jul 032012

It’s my turn to share a card on the Spellbinders blog created with dies from the upcoming summer release. I LOVE the new dies coming out and used two different new die packs. You can find the entire card here.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Crafty Friends Challenge #4

Crafty Friends Challenge, Edgeabilities, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, The Craft's Meow, Want2Scrap 20 Responses »

May 212012

Yesterday a new Crafty Friends Challenge was posted. Heather is the hostess for this challenge and her challenge for us is to create anything BUT a card. I decided to create a tag with one of the new Pagemaps dies from the Tags & Flags die pack.

The card base was created by cutting and embossing a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with one of the tag die from the Pagemaps die pack. A piece of Bazill Basics Paper Vintage Marketplace patterned paper was cut with the same die. The edges were sanded and then it was cut down on the embossed edge. The paper was adhered to the tag base.

An insert from Classic Decorative Insert 6 and a cutting edge from Classic Edge One were used to cut and embossed a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was adhered under a 3/8″ wide strip of another pattern from the Vintage Marketplace paper. The strip was adhered to the tag and the edges were stitched. Seam binding was tied around the upper edge of the horizontal strip.

More Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with the dress from die from Sewing Elements and the rectangle tag die from Home Sweet Home . Both pieces were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The dress form was adhered to the left hand side of the tag. The tag was stamped with a sentiment from The Craft’s Meow’s Sew Lovely stamp set in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink. The tag was tied on to the bow with embroidery thread and a button. Rhinestones from Silver Baby Bling Rhinestones and a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl finish off the card.