June Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop! Be sure to comment along the way in order to be eligible to win the $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations Store. There is a list of all the participants at the bottom of the post so make sure you visit all the blogs for a better chance at winning. Comments close at midnight on Friday, June 27, 2014 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, June 28th at noon.

For my project I created a tag. First I stamped the flower image with Versamark and them embossed in gold. I painted the image with some Silk acrylics that was slightly watered down. I then sponged over the entire tag with various Distress Inks in blues, greens and some pink. I spritzed with a little water for some interest and then stamped my sentiment. I then added some modeling paste in areas through a stencil.

When the paste was dry, I went over the raised areas with some gold acrylic paint. I also went around the edges of the tag with the same gold paint and also along the brown cardstock that  I mounted the tag to. The water droplets you see come from the Viva Transparent Pearl Pen. I used a decorative corner punch, a couple of adhesive gems and a grommet to finish off the tag.

Don't forget to leave a comment here and on the other designers' blogs in order to be eligible for the $25 Heartfelt Creations gift certificate. Once again, you have until midnight Friday, June 27, 2014. You're next stop is Selma's Blog. You're going to love what she created!

Alumni DT Participants
Giovana Smith
Candy Slabaugh
Amarilys Doria
Lisa Nazario-Gregory
Vicki Dutcher
Cibele Glazer (You Are Here)
Selma Stevenson
Emilia van den Heuvel
Linda Loew
Glenda Brooks
Mary Faus
Sarah Miller
Alissa Wells
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamps - Delicate Aster Vase and Tattered Blossom Swirls
Paper - White, Chocolate
Ink  - Versamark, Versafine Vintage Sepia, various Distress Inks
Silks acrylics, Viva Transparent Pearl pen, gold embossing powder, modeling paste, diamond stencil, gold acrylic paint, corner punch, adhesive gems, grommet, ribbon.

March Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Hop

Welcome to the April Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop! Be sure to comment along the way in order to be eligible to win the $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations Store. There is a list of all the participants at the bottom of the post so make sure you visit all the blogs for a better chance at winning. Comments close at midnight on Friday, March 28, 2014 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, March 29th at noon.

For my card this month I stamped my image using Versamark and then sprinkled clear embossing powder. I then used a couple of distress inks and a water brush to color over the image for a watercolor effect. I mounted the panel onto a base that was dry embossed with a Sizzix folder. I really like the clean and simple look and the card is perfect for when you need something quick.

Don't forget to leave a comment here and on the other designers' blogs in order to be eligible for the $25 Heartfelt Creations gift certificate. Once again, you have until midnight Friday, March 28, 2014. You're next stop is Giovanna's Blog. You're going to love what she created!

Alumni DT Participants

Amarilys Doria
Cibele Glazer (You are Here)
Giovana Smith
Deneen Treble
Caroline Duncan
Loretta Lock
Glenda Brooks
Lee Ann Barrett
Mary Faus
Candy Slabaugh
Alissa Wells
Emilia van den Heuvel
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - Script Aster Background and Classic Message
Paper - SS White
Ink - Memento Gray Flannel; Versamark; Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass, Dried Marigold, Wild Honey, Forest Moss Distress Inks
Sizzix embossing folder, clear embossing powder

CD/DVD Holder

Today, I can finally share a quick project. Most of you will remember the mini photo album I did for my friend's daughter's Sweet 16. Another one of our friends was the photographer for the event and she contacted me to see if I could make her a CD/DVD holder for her. She asked if I could match the album which was easy since I had the leftover paper.

I replicated the cover of the album and made the matching flowers using a Heartfelt Creations die. Once again, I used a copic marker to color the pearls to match. I used a Spellbinders die that I misted with Glimmer Mist while the die was still in place after cutting and embossing (I love this about the Spellbinders dies). I also used a die cut for the word "Memories" which was also included in the original album and misted that as well for some shimmer. I added a couple of the Tim Holtz film strips behind the flowers for the final touch.

This was super easy to make and makes a great presentation.

Life Bezel Keychain

Today I have a little something different to share with you. I recently became aware of the new Spellbinders Media Mixage line of dies and bezels and was instantly smitten. I have also watched a couple of the Try it Tuesday videos featuring this product line. One of those videos was about making your own patinas and it was the inspiration for this project. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have already seen pictures of the work-in-progress.

The first thing I did was cut my copper piece with the coordinating shield bezel die. I then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Grateworks One Texture Plate. I then gave it a patina by soaking it in equal parts vinegar and salt for a couple of hours and then letting it air dry outside in the humidity for about a day. I achieved a really nice finish with flecks of red/orange and blue/green with a little of the original copper color peeking through. This then became the bottom layer of my bezel. I then added some Tim Holtz gears and a charm I picked up somewhere. I also used a couple of beads from Kool Tak's Red Sparkles Bonus Pack. Once I got it arranged and glued down the way I liked, I added some Ice Resin and allowed that to cure overnight. I glued a metal piece from my stash to the top and added a couple more seed beads and a silver textured bead. I used a jump ring to attach one of the Tim Holtz swivel clasps and now it is ready to attach to my key ring.

Unfortunately, I had a really hard time getting a good picture so I am hoping to make a short video so you can see it better. My daughter also had fun making a couple of these that she intends to use as bookmarks, which I would also like to show you, so stay tuned.

Products Used:
Spellbinders Shield One Bezel and dies; Tim Holtz gears and swivel clasps; Ice resin, Kool Tak Red Sparkles beads; jump ring; E6000 adhesive

Flower Soft - Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from Flower Soft!  Our challenge this week was to create a holiday themed project using Flower Soft.  I chose to use one of the Vintage Christmas Toppers for my card today.

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I cut out the focal image with a circle nestabilities and mounted it onto a scalloped circle and then popped the whole thing up on Pure Poppy cardstock cut with the Tag Sale #4 die.  For the background, I used a Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder.  I sponged all of my cardstock with the Tea Dye duo inks to give it that aged, vintage look.  I then added some Ultra Fine Flower Soft in Strawberry, Sage and Pine along the border of my image to add that extra texture and dimension.

I have to say, using the toppers makes cardmaking super easy!

I hope you will play along by linking your Flower Soft project to the Flower Soft Blog comments section.  The prize this week is a pot of Polar White and a package of Display Globes!



Products Used:

Vintage Christmas	Ultra Fine Pine	Ultra Fine Strawberry	Ultra Fine Sage	Flower Soft Glue
Tag Sale #4	PTI Tea Dye Duo	Small Circles	Small Scalloped Circles	Ripe Avocado
Pure Poppy	Sizzix Postcard & Sheet Music

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Think Pink with Flower Soft

There was a time, not long ago, when my daughter was very into ballet.  But alas we have now moved on to the hip hop era and apparently pink in no longer cool but black or purple is "it" color.  Oh well, I still like pink and it also happens to be  this week's Flower Soft Sprinkle challenge over at Splitcoast (FSC06).  I hope you'll join me and the rest of the participating Design Team members and show us your pink creations.  You can find the details HERE.

For this card I stamped my image  from CTMH's Dancing Dreams (retired) in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with my copics and then used nestabilities to cut and emboss it.  To add dimension to the skirt I used Babty Pink Flower Soft.

To make the background paper I used stamped one of the butterflies from PTI's Butterfly Dreams SS in Versamark and the embossed with Tattered Rose Distresses embossing powder from the Tim Holtz line.  It's a little different from regular EP in that you rub a bit off after it cools and it had a very rough texture.  It really compliments the flower soft on the card.

Products

Dancing Dreams SS (CTMH - retired)

Buterfly Dreams SS and matching die (PTI)
Blush Ink (CTMH)

Embroidery Floss (CTMH)

Tim Holtz Tattered Rose EP

Baby Pink Flower Soft

Nestabilities Die

Tea Dye Duo Ink (PTI)

Cream CS (PTI)

Colors of Fall

I love the colors of Fall and wanted to incorporate them into this card. I used a rectangle as a mask for the center of my cardstock and used various Distress Inks to achieve the Fall coloring for the border (once again using the Ranger foam tool). The leaves are Spellbinders shapeabilities which were cut, embossed and stenciled. I inked the dies before cutting them and inked the "veins" after embossing with chalk inks. I am really impressed with the Tim Holtz line of Distress Inks. The colors are beautiful and the texture of the ink is wonderful to work with. It stays wet just long enough to emboss or add perfect pearls for a little shimmer.



CTMH Products
Cardstock – Colonial White, Chocolate, Honey
Ink – Chocolate, Autumn Terracotta
Stamp Set – November Word Puzzle

Other
Distress Inks – Various
Chalk Inks – Various
Shapeabilities – Harvest Leaves
Copper brads
Martha Stewart ribbon

A Wallet for Jim

My girlfriend's husband turns the big 40 this year and we all know how hard it is to shop for guys. Soooo....this is what I came up with. A "leather" wallet which will eventually hold a gift certificate to one of his favorite restaurants and a WAWA gift card. His wife is putting together an awesome scrapbook and I feel honored that this little creation will be included.


The wallet uses Close to My Heart's Chocolate and Bamboo cardstock, It's Your Day stamp set and Chocolate ink. I used Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Inks from Ranger and Modge Podge Gloss-Lustre to achieve the leather look. Look for the tutorial on how to make your cardstock look like leather tomorrow. (HERE)

Sketch 98 - Mojo Monday

Here's my entry for this week's Mojo Monday sketch which also happens to be a contest. Check it out HERE.

I used a Tim Holtz stamp for my main image stamped in CTMH Garden Green and then dotted it with Flower Soft, a new acquisition from my stint at the CK Convention this past weekend (more on that tomorrow). The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch. Below is a close-up picture so you can see the dimension that Flower Soft adds to the image.



CTMH Products
Cardstock – Crème Brulee, Colonial White, Sorbet
Ink – Garden Green
Key to My Heart paper pack

Other
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Martha Stewart Ribbon
Tim Holtz Visual Artistry stamp set
Adhesive backed pearls
Flower Soft Spring Mix
Nestabilities dies

Summer Reading

In an effort to encourage some Summer reading, my daughter and I made bookmarks. She made hers as a gift for my father's birthday and I made mine for her. We used the Tim Holtz line of Distress Inks from Ranger to make the backgrounds. Oh what fun! We then embossed the image on the bottom right corner using Walnut Stain Distress EP and the butterflies were stamped with Perfect Pearls. The picture doesn't show it but the Perfect Pearls makes the butterflies shimmer. The sentiment was stamped in CTMH black. The stamp set is one of the Tim Holtz Visual Artistry sets. We then laminated them, punched holes and put eyelets in for the ribbon. Super fun project.

This time I won't make you guess who did which one - my daughter's is on the left and mine is on the right.

Here's My Mojo

Every Monday, a sketch is posted on this blog and reader's are asked to create a card based on the sketch. Well this week, I broke down and decided to give it a try. The first picture is the sketch and the second is the card I came up with. I used my favorite paper pack, Emporium. I made the flowers using a set of cuttlebug dies I got at the local craft store in the clearance section. Once the flower shapes were cut from the Baby Pink and Blush cardstock, I spritzed them with water, crumpled them, opened them up and allowed them to dry. Once dried, I sponged them with Distress Ink Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick to achieve the color I wanted. I really like these new Distress Inks and am collecting all the colors.

CTMH Products
Cardstock – Baby Pink, Blush, Cocoa, Colonial White, Olive
B&T – Emporium
Stamp Set - Tender Tags
Ink – Cocoa, Chocolate

Other
Ribbon
Adhesive pearls
EK Success fern punch and border punch, Marvy Uchida tag punches, Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug dies
Distress Inks – Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Technique – sponginging edges