Wishing you a Merry Christmas {Postcard}

Hi Everyone Ivett here again with another project! I would like to share this masculine Christmas card/postcard I made for my Godson whom is serving overseas this Holiday season sniff sniff. He and I are very close I have put together this Wishing you a Merry Christmas Postcard that I have packed in a box for him that includes a tiny Xmas tree, hot cocoa mix, some cute gifts and tinsel to. I call it a Christmas party in a box =)  I used some recycled corrugated cardboard and put it to good use as my background to this card. Then I added a few die cuts that I jazzed up by adding some Lindy’s magic to them!

 

 Here I added some of my Sandra Dee Sepia to the Old Jalopy before I embossed it with Twilight Bronze Slate. I also used Midnight Pewter on the wheels to give them that beautiful dark look.

 I trimmed my tree with Luscious Lime Flat Fabio, Bells of Ireland Green Starburst Spray, and added snow caps with Purely White embossing powder.

 For the running board on the Old Jalopy I added Midnight Pewter & Silver Moon Sapphire to make it glisten like snow!

 

The dies are from the Tim Holtz alterations line and the Christmas tree is from a Sizzix die. The stamps I used are some of my favorites from the Cavallini Papers & Co. line. The paper I used is form Basic Grey and Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage photo. 

Thanksgiving Invitation

Hi Everyone and welcome Ivett here again to share a new project with you for November! 

I have put together a Thanksgiving Card this month with some fabulous colors. I used my favorite Sizzex mini pumpkin and leaf #4 die. I have had this die for ever and it’s gotten lots of love over the years. The funny thing about it is that I can always think of new ways to use them! 

I will be hosting Thanksgiving at my home this year and thought it would be nice to make some personal invitations for a few family and friends this year!

The colors I used for this project were: Tiger Lily Red Orange, Marigold Yellow Orange, Cowabunga Copper, Ponderosa Pines Olive, and Steampunk Sepia.

I found the perfect brown ribbon that says autumn on it to divided the card up and give it some character.

 

I embossed the metal piece and the back of the card with a Spellbinders Die and inked all the edges with Distress ink for depth. The inside of the card I just lined with white 110 lbs. paper and will fill it out later. I also used 140 lbs. water color paper for the pumpkins and outside liner to the card.

Bellow I have a tutorial on how I put this card together.
 As always I hope to have inspired you to create something wonderful! 

Autumn Gathering!

 Hi Everyone Ivett here with you sharing an autumn card. Fall is a super exciting time for me because it kicks off all of the holiday decorating which I love and enjoy so much!

This card truly evokes childhood memories for me. 

For this card I used Kraft card stock to cut out all of my leaves and branches dies from Tim Holtz Alterations Dies. McGill embossing tools and a Prima Distress tool. I also used black 110 lbs. cardstock for the card base and 1 6X6 sheet of Prima Sunrise Sunset paper pad. I then inked all of the edges to the branches, leaves and back layer of my paper. 

 

 Ok-so on to my fabulous Lindy’s Stamp Gang goodness!!! I used Ponderosa Pines Olive Starburst Spray, Cocoa Bean Copper Starburst Spray, Sandra Dee Sepia Flat Fabio, & Red Hot Poker Orange Starburst Spray to color, distress and use a gradient coloration technique on my leaves. Then I sprinkled them with Twilight Bronze Slate & Midnight Gold embossing powders to make them glisten and gleam beyond compare!

As always thank you for stopping by and I hope to have inspired you!    

            Bellow you will find a video tutorial on how I put it together. 
~Ivett                                                                

Steampunk Meets Fall Altered Canvas

Hi everyone Ivett here again sharing a project with you guys! We are in mid-September already can you believe it? Time really does fly and in honor of this time of the year I picked this fabulous color combination to work with! 

 As you can see I used really warm fall colors to put together this Steampunk marries Mixed Media canvas.

I incorporated my love for mixed media and vintage finds! On this canvas I have a mix of sprays, micas and embossing powders for you. I used Grab a Guy Gold Starburst Spray, Brushed Nickel Starburst Spray, Marigold Yellow Orange, Starburst Spray.

I also incorporated some of my favorite embossing powders in Midnight Brown, Midnight Pewter, Midnight Cooper, Midnight Gold, and Twilight Bronze Slate.

You can buy these separately or in their respective sets. 
I also incorporated my wonderful roses from 
I Am Roses to complement the fall colors.

Bellow you will find a video of me putting bits and pieces of this canvas together for you.  
As always I thank you so much for stopping by and hope to inspire you to create something wonderful! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDaq3iSRk1c

At the Seashore {IAR & LSG August Challenge}

Hi everyone it’s that time again! Can you believe it? Its August already boy has this year is  just zipping on by so quickly. 

Today I am sharing my love of two awesome companies melded together into one project! I have taken my fabulous I Am Roses and my Lindy’s Sprays and brought you this simple adorable Mixed Media Altered Seashore scene!

I have put together a small video for you to enjoy. As always I wish to inspire you.

Products I used:

Ocean Breeze Blue

Frenchy’s Purple Pouf

Luscious Lime

Afternoon Delight Denim

I Am Roses R8 – 15

I Am Roses R3 – 595

Moon Glow’s Fabulous Filigrees

Recollections Rhinestone Stickers

Pink Paisley’s wooden accents 

House Warming Moments

Hi there Blogosphere friends, It’s Ivett here again with some Lindy’s inspiration!

 

I recently got an invitation from a good friend of mine to visit her at her new home and of course I to make her a card to go with her housewarming gift.

I created this card using a few Mixed Media techniques and my new summer favorite Lindy’s set Under the Boardwalk. I used some 7 Dot Studios paper with some We R Memory Keepers “Dreamy” Double-sided Journaling cards. I also incorporated some beautiful Prima flowers, Prima Junkyard Findings, a Prima Bust and some cute gears and chipboard gears.

My friend a big girly girl as am I so this card was a treat to make and I can’t wait to see the expression on her face when she gets her present!

I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Under the Boardwalk Flat spray set 

and coordination Embossing Powders.

Bellow I have a video with a small tutorial for you.

 As always I hope to inspire you!

Laying the ground work!

What a beautiful morning! School's been out for a few weeks now and nothing is stirring through the house its total silence as all the “babies’ are sleeping woohoo! So I decided to throw some color around and see what happens next. So far I just have a few backgrounds - I figured that I would start laying the roots/backgrounds to a bunch of watercolor card stock and have them on hand for when the "mojo" kicks in. 

I will be back soon to share what I have added to these a little later. Now I’m off to get some housework done and then to drop the boys off at their soccer camp!

Have a wonderful week!

Watercoloring @ the park!

Hi Everyone Ivett here again!This week I was able to go to the park sit back and relax. It's often that I get to do this and as an added bonus I brought some of my Daniel Smith watercolor paints, Lindy's Stamp gang Flat Fabios, and wonderful Fabriano watercolor paper! I have always loved the look of watercolor but, have never taken any classes or instruction on it so be nice! Here is what I "painted"...

  

  

Leave me a comment and tell me what you think? 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Library Photo Drawer {LSG}

Hi Everyone Ivett here again! This Wednesday I want to share this handsome little Library Photo Drawer that I put together for you all. 

I took an unfinished wooden box and converted it in to this adorable picture storage Library drawer to hold pictures of my boys. 

I used twelve jeweled toned Starburst Sprays, a beautiful Moon Shadow mist, and 7 Gypsies Framlits die. Behind the ornately pressed fronts I will be adding school pictures of my boys. 

Above you can see the amazing colors and vibrancy on each Library card! I have a full video tutorial for you so sit back and watch! I hope to inspire you to make one for yourself! See you all soon

As I say, farewell, not goodbye. Until the next time. Stay healthy, happy and inspired!
With much love,

Ivett

Sprays that I used were:

Peony Scarlet Red

Autumn Maple Crimson

Rusty Lantern Lime

Cowabunga Copper

Ponderosa Pines Olive

Wild Honeysuckle Coral

Tibetan Poppy Teal

Glory of the Seas Gold

Azure Sea Asters

Lucky Shamrock Green

Cheshire cat Cherry

Burnt Umber Moon Shadow Mist

Trust, Dream, Live Art Journal Page (June Challenge for LSG)

 Hi Everyone can you believe it? It's June already!!! 

I want to share this art journal page that I created as my June Color Challenge for Lindy's Stamp Gang this month. 

And if that wasn't enough we have a brand new Flat Fabio set called Under the Boardwalk! 

I created this page by spraying and adding my spray to white paint to be able to stencil in my background, then I prayed some more and added this beautiful wooden butterfly and of course then I added embossing powders in: 

Bonjour Butter Embossing Powder

Chateau Rose’ Embossing Powder

C’est La  Vie Cerie Embossing Powder

The sprays I used were:

Raspberry Lemonade Flat Fabio

Tilt-a-Wheel Teal Flat Fabio

Merry-go-Round Green Flat Fabio

Pop Rock Purple Flat Fabio

Little Moments

Hi Everyone Ivett here again to share a project that I have put together for you this lovely month of May! 

I received a burlap Canvas as a gift and couldn’t resist putting some adorable finds and trinkets on it and making them all pop with my Lindy’s Stamp Gang sprays!

I took some of my new Très Chic Flat Fabio spray in C'estla vie Cerise and one of my absolute favorites Starburst Spray in Cactus Gold and sprayed a beautiful background. This combo is subtle but, delivers immense character!!! 

Bellow you will find a step-by-step video showing you how I put this cute little 6X6 Burlap Canvas! Thanks for stopping make sure to stop by my blog for updates throught the month! Hope you all have an awesome week =)

"Hope" LSG Color Challenge

Hi everyone and welcome back! It’s that time again!!! Today I want to share with you my rendition of our LSG Color Challenge.

We have a new color set of Flat Fabio’s and it’s called Très Chic! I of course used all the colors on my Art Journal page to show you how cute the colors are and that they play well together! I created my “Hope” page using these very subdued colors and added an extra touch/accented it with my fabulous embossing powders in Scotch Broom Yellow and Desert Moon Turquois. These amazing embossing powders helped the page pop with vibrancy!!! 

 Above is a look at my Art Journal page before I added and texture to it. 

Here you can see the beautiful colors.

Below I have a small video of me putting this together for you. 

Hope to inspire you to go and create one for yourself!

 Thanks for stopping by.

Walk by Faith...

Hi everyone Ivett Carrillo with you again with Lindy’s Stamp gang! So excited to share to this fabulous Art Journal page with you!!!

The products I used were Greased Lightenin’ Green FF & California Poppy Gold SB sprays. So if you are stopping by for a little inspiration here is =)

Other products used were:

Daler Rowney Acrylic ink in Flame Orange

Americana paint in Citron Green

Golden Titanium White Fluid Acrylic

Blick Art Materials Heavy Gesso

Amsterdam All Acrylics in Titanium Buff

Pilot G-2 pen

Blick Matte Acrylic in Aqua

Tim Holtz Stencil

Strathmore Mixed Media Journal

Main Street Butterfly Sticker

Derwen Charcoal Pencil

Caran D Ache water soluble crayons 

I have a short video tutorial for you to enjoy. 

 
 I hope you liked this little inspirational project. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!