Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Girls Rule


Hey everyone,

Today I'd like to share a fun card I created using a digi image and digi papers.  The image, the stack of books, and "girls rule" paper is from Tiddly Inks. You can find the school girl image and the girls rule digi paper in a set called School Girl and Extras.  The stack of books to her right is also a digi image from Tiddly Inks, but is no longer on the website.  I actually copied/pasted the digi image twice and reversed one of the images so that I could make the stack of books even taller.  Everything was colored with Copic markers.

  


The frames around the focal point are dies from Sue Wilson Designs (Shadow Box Collection-Stitched Square Peg Board).  The rose and leaves are Spellbinders dies (Bitty Blossoms).  The leaves were given a bit of color using Distress Ink (Twisted Citron).  Mini Prills (Tu-Tu Pink) give the flower center a bit of color and dimension.



I'm entering this in the Tiddly Inks Challenge (anything goes).  Tiddly Inks is also having a design team call.  The call ends on Jan 31 (tomorrow).  So if you'd like to apply, you need to hurry.  Here is a link to all the details.  Good luck to all who apply 😃.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Hugs {Scrapy Land #106}



Hey everyone.  time for a brand new Scrapy Land Challenge.  The theme is always Anything Goes using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells.

Today's card was a lot of fun to make.  I saw a tutorial where you stack stencils on top of each other to create a unique background and I knew I wanted to try that. (You can find the tutorial here.) I started off with white cardstock, stenciled VersaFine Clair ink through a Tonic Studios stencil (Mesh Panel) and then layered a Tim Holtz stencil (Scribbles) on top of that and added a different color of Versafine Clair ink.  The remaining white areas was a little too bright, so I lightly blended more VersaFine Clair onto the whole thing.

Once this was completed, I die cut the cardstock using a stitched rectangle set that I own.  Any of these would work just as well.




Next up was deciding what to have as my focal point.  I created some flowers using a Heartfelt Creations stamp set and coordinating dies (Blazing Poppy Petals).  Any brand of die that creates flowers will work.  The ones that you can form and add dimension work even better.  Color was added to each flower using various VersaFine Clair inks (Summertime, Golden Meadow, Twilight, Cheerful, Charming Pink, Glamorous) and then I die cut them using the coordinating die. Once my flowers were layered and given dimension, I added some Prills to the centers.



The flowers are layered on top of a Sue Wilson oval (Rose Oval). I die cut the center of the oval using one of the dies in the set to have it open and then, using the same die, die cut a piece of velum to add back to the center.  This allow the background to still show through, but blurs it enough so that you can see the sentiment.

The sentiment is part of a four die set from Avery Elle (Sentimentals) and was die cut from vellum.  I added more VersaFine Clair to the back side for color.

The card base was die cut from coordinating cardstock using a Sue Wilson Designs die (Noble dies-Double Pierced Rectangles).

Now it's your turn to submit an entry (or two) and have a chance of winning one of two gift certificates to go shopping at Scrapy Land.  We love seeing all types of projects....CAS to scrapbooking to mixed media to journaling to.......well, you get the idea 😀.  You have until Feb 3 to join us for the Scrapy Land Challenge #106.


Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Just To Say {Scrapy Land #105}




🎉  Happy New Yea 🎉

Can you believe it's 2019?!? It's also time for the first new Scrapy Land Challenge of the year. The theme is always Anything Goes using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells.  Here is a list of all your choices.

Today's card uses two dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs: Entwined Ovals and Tonic Studios: Just to Say (but you could use any sentiment die as a replacement for this one).

The mat was dry embossed using the 3D embossing folder from WR Memory Keepers (Geometric) and then I added the ovals (I die cut the larger one twice and layered them on top of each other) and the flowers.

The sentiment was die cut from white cardstock and adhered in the center of the ovals.



The Entwined Ovals die set also comes with the flower dies.  The flowers were all die cut from white cardstock and then a combination of two of the Nuvo Embellishment Mousse ( Peony Pink and Coral Calypso) was added to each one for color.  I die cut multiples and layered and shaped each one of them.


Nuvo Crystal Drops (Sherbet Summer) and Glitter Accents (Atlantic Drift) gives the flower centers extra color.


Now it's your turn to play along.  There are two winners for each Scrapy Land Challenge (all the details are on the Scrapy Land Challenge blog).  You have until Jan 13 to join in on the fun.