Birthday Rose

Today's card is so sparkly and full of glitter, that you might have to wear shades (especially if you're outside!).  This birthday card features three Die-Versions dies: Rose Whispers die (currently out of stock), "Happy" Sweet Wordlet, and "Birthday" Sweet Wordlet.  I love using Sweet Wordlets on my card fronts as they are the perfect size - not too big and not too small.  You can check out all of them here.

To create this card, I started out by die cutting the rose and my sentiment words from white cardstock and then colored all three pieces with Copic markers.  I also highlighted the leaves on the rose with Viva Inka Gold (Green Yellow).

A Lifestyles Craft die (Nesting Frames 7) was used to die cut some Sticker Paper.  First, I adhered the rose and the sentiment down, and then added some Rose Gold glitter by Sparkle N Sprinkle to the inside portion of the die cut for my petals.   The rest of the sticker paper was covered with Crystal glitter by PK Glitz.

I dry embossed the card front with a Tonic Studios embossing folder (Layered Leaves) and then rubbed more Viva Inka Gold on the raised surface and around the edges.

To finish the card, I added a strip of 1/2" Tear-ific Tape (double sided tape) to the top, covered it with more Rose Gold glitter and then tied a strip of ribbon on top.  The inside was left blank for a personal message.

Winter Fun

I decided to do something a little different for my Die-Versions project today. This falls under the "anything but a card" category and I can think of lots of ways to display this.

I started out by die cutting the Oriental Screen from an adhesive sheet, covering it with red glitter, and then adhering this to a piece of black cardstock.  Next, I cut this into four squares, rearranging them until I was happy with the new design.


White cardstock was used to die cut the Skate Around die and various embossing powders were used to color this image (Rhapsody for the bow, Silver Dust for the skate blades, and Pearl for the skates.)   I wanted the skates to look old, so I embossed these twice.  The second time around, I purposefully missed some of the areas with embossing ink so that when the embossing powder was reapplied and heat set, it looks like these areas are worn down.

The Winter Fun sentiment is an Express Edge and was also heat set using both the Rhapsody and Silver Dust embossing powders for a multi-toned look.  If you like this die, you might want to go ahead and get it as it is about to be retired.

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Celebrate Love

Here is another way to use the new Sweet Petite Princess die from Die-Versions.  I treated the die cut, which was cut from white cardstock, like it was a stamp.  I colored the image with Copics and then added two different PK Glitz glitters to the dress portion of the die.

The background was stamped with a script image from Cornish Heritage Farms and heat embossed with Clear embossing powder.  This created a resist for my Pan Pastels that I used for the background.

The Celebrate and Love are Sweet Wordlets  and the border die cut is Crochet Lace - all from Die-Versions.  I also colored some sequins with my Copics to coordinate the colors and added a strip of ribbon to complete this note card. 

Our Lady of Guadalupe

I'm so excited to share the news that I was chosen to be one of the new Sparkle N Sprinkle designers.  I discovered SNS this summer when I went to the Atlanta Scrapbooking Expo and bought a couple pots of glitter.  When I got home and used them, I loved them.  So I went online to see about purchasing more and discovered that a design team call was in progress.  I just knew I had to enter - and as they say, the rest is history.  

After making it to the semi-finals, we had to choose a digital image from the SNS store and submit it.  I chose Our Lady of Guadalupe by Michelle Perkett and colored her with Copics and added touches of glitter to the shining rays, the edge of the shawl and the stars on her shawl.  The background was created using gold cryogen cardstock and Cheery Lynn Designs (French Lattice large frame).  I added the negative pieces back to parts of the frame, exposing parts of the lattice work to the red background.  Liquid Pearls (gold) was added to her necklace for a more dimensional look.

Here is the link to the Sparkle N Sprinkle store and one to the SNS blog.  You can see the rest of the design team by clicking on the website's Info/Links button or click on my design team page on the top right corner of my blog.


Copics used: E00, E01, E11, E13, BV20, R11, R20    E50, E57, E77, E49    BG0000, BG01, BG05   Y000, Y00, Y02    Y06, Y28    R35, R37, E81, Y28    B23, B24, B26, B39
glitter: Sparkle N Sprinkle glitter (Evening Glow); PK Glitz glitter (honey)

Thinking of You

This is an example of the double glitter technique.  The stencil is from Dreamweavers and the background is Sparkle N Sprinkle glitter and the trees are covered with glitter from PK Glitz.

For the edges, I wanted a faded look, so I placed some double tape along the edges, pressed down, and then lifted it away.  It took most of the glitter away, but not all, leaving a beautiful edge that fades to white.

This is so glittery and sparkly in person, I just couldn't quite capture all that in the photo.  Have a good weekend everyone.

Happy New (s)

I know it's not New Years, but it is time for a celebration!  This card is one of my submission entries to the Die-Versions design team.  And I'm over the moon excited to announce that I was chosen as one of the inaugural four Die-Version Dynamos.  So be prepared to see lots more new dies and coming soon, a brand new Die-Versions blog.  In the meantime, check out the DV Facebook page to see all the latest and greatest.  Tomorrow is the new release of a bunch of new dies and I can't wait to see them.


This is one of their Solo Sentiments, New Years Collage, and I die cut it twice in different colored card stock so I could give it a shadow effect.  I also added Glossy Accents and PK Glitz glitter (Crystal) to the words Happy New Year.  When I was about half way through, I realized I could have used some of my Stickles : -).

Fortunately, they allowed you to use other dies for your submission projects if you didn't have a lot of Die-Versions dies .  So my bow is a new (to me) die from Lil' Inker Designs.  I recently purchased the large bow die and will definitely be getting the small bow die in the future.  I have lots of ideas for this one.

Thanks for sharing my excitement with me.

Sun and Surf

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so that means it's time for a new challenge from Dude Time Doodles.  This week's challenge is all about sports.

Living in the South, most everyone lives for football.  Other sports (basketball, baseball) are fillers until college ball begins again.  Since I lived in California for many years, I immediately thought Waylon Waves  would be a fun image to use for sports day.

After coloring with Copic markers and fussy cutting,  I pop dotted Waylon onto Creative Memories paper cut with Spellbinders Labels Ten.  As I was trying to decide how to make the card base, I found this piece of Echo Park paper (Splash collection) in my stash and it started screaming to be made into a layout.  I used to do layouts all the time, but not so much anymore.  There are probably less than five posts on my blog with layouts.  But it's fun to do something different for a change.  I kept going through my stash and adding layers that coordinated.  I even have a pocket tag for journaling (or another photo).  On the Bazzill cardstock base, I randomly painted watered down gesso for a fun look.  The border on the side is from Lifestyle Crafts.  Nothing fancy or formal, but low key - just like a dude ridin' the waves.

One final note, for those of you afraid to use glitter on your guy creations, don't be.  If you look closely, I've added PK Glitz glitter to the white cap and parts of the water.  Gives a very shimmery look to the layout.

You have one week to upload your Sports themed project to the Dude Time Doodles challenge blog.  Remember, it needs to be for a Dude.  Can't wait to see what sport you use.

I'm entering this in the following challenges: That Craft Place (one for the boys); The Crazy Challenge (summer/beach); Ooh La La (make it manly).


Copics used: E01, E11, E13, BV20    YG91, YG93, YG97    YR12, YR15, YR18, FVG2    Y23, E51, Y38, E55    E51, E53, E55, YR14
PK Glitz: White Pearl, Tanzanite, Aquamarine

Appreciate Beauty in Everything

Today I have a CAS (clean and simple) card for you.  I used the bleach technique again (for another example, see my post here) to make this card with this beautiful butterfly rubber stamp from Unity Stamps.   After heat embossing and bleaching out the black paper, I colored the image with Marvy markers and added Enamel Accents in the four corners.

For the inside of the card, I followed the same design but added the Dainty Doily from Lifestyle Crafts, which I spritzed with Smooch Spritz (silver foil) and my sentiment "appreciate the beauty in everything".  This sentiment, which is another rubber stamp from Unity Stamps, was created by cutting out sticky paper with Spellbinders (Curved Rectangles #1 and #2) and covering with PK Glitz glitter (silver, burgundy).  At first I wasn't sure how to get the message onto to glittered burgundy background, but decided to stamp the image in a glue pad, stamp directly onto the glitter and then glitter again.  Guess what? It worked!  This looks extremely shimmery in person.  The camera didn't do it justice, no matter how many times I tried to photograph it.  :-)

I'm also entering this in the following challenges: Crazy 4 Challenges (use black cardstock); Through the Craftroom Door (favorite technique)

Dream

Today's Paper Makeup Stamps' Digi Makeover Challenge is to make a pocket card.

Once I decided to use this Word Art from Paper Makeup Stamps, I designed a criss-cross type of card to fit this rectangle.  I added glitter to the edges by first applying double sided tape (so I would have straighter lines) and then I added PK Glitz glitter as well as some rick rack ribbon.  I also changed the colors of the word art by using my Gimp software (it's like Paint.net, but for a Mac).  I still wanted a bit more sparkle, so I outlined the letters of "dream" in coordinating Spica glitter pens and used Smooch Pearlized Ink (siren) to bling up the heart.

Once I had my pocket made, I wanted to make a basic card shape so I could add a note to the recipient on the inside.  I hand stitched along one corner and added buttons to finish it off.

You have one week to upload your pocket card to the Digi Makeover Challenge link button.  Don't forget you must use a digi for our challenges.  Check out what great pocket card ideas the rest of the team came up with too.

For You

This was a very fun card to make.  As you can probably tell, I'm loving glitter at the moment.  Needless to say though, I get it all over me.  The flower stencil is from Dreamweavers and I used PK Glitz glitter as well as PK Glitz Sticky Paper.  If you use this paper, you don't have to apply soap to the back of the stencil - it pulls off easily.  (I must admit that I tried a few other sticky backed papers that I had laying around and they didn't work - at all.)  The border is from Cheery Lynn Designs and the sentiment is a rub on from Sizzix that I've had for ages.  I wish you could see this card in person as it is so shimmery and sparkly.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Dreamweavers (flowers); Great Impressions (flowers); Cheery Lynn Designs (think spring).


PK Glitz glitters: Pine Forest, Sea Mist, Golden Diamond, Crystal, Violet 

Too Cute For Words

It's Monday and that means it's time for a new Digi Makeover Challenge.  This week, we are playing a game of Tic Tac Toe.

I decided to go right down the middle for the win, using circles (card base), sparkle (PK Glitz Glitter and Perfect Pearls) and silhouette (Baby Jamie) from Paper Makeup Stamps.


I created a circular card using Spellbinders Grand Circles and outlined the edge of the card with PK Glitz (crystal) glitter.  The sentiment is from DSE, a digital scrapbooking company.  For added sparkle, I combined Perfect Pearls (biscotti and pewter) with my water brush and created a pearlized paint.  I used pewter to add sparkle to the silhouette and biscotti for the wings.


Head on over to the Digi Makeover Challenge to upload your tic tac toe project.  Remember, you must use a digi.  Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has created for you too.

Art Glitter Design Team 2012 Audition

(Please scroll down for today's Digi Makeover Challenge post)

For those of you that have been following my blog, you know I love trying new things.  That's exactly what I did for this card.  I made a dimensional flower using acetate and glitter.  The first thing you need to do is stamp your image onto the acetate with a permanent ink (Staz-On or Archival) and let it dry completely!  The rubber stamps I used are from Heartfelt Creations and I stamped several different sizes of the flowers.

Once the ink was dry, I adhered the stamped acetate to a double sided adhesive sheet (there are several brands out there, but mine was the Miracle Sheets from Viva Las Vegas Stamps).  Cut out the images and peel of the protective layer.  Begin applying the glitter to the back side of the flower.  I used a combination of Art Glitter Gala Glitz (gold) and PK Glitz glitter (eggplant, burgundy, and gilded fern).  Make sure you burnish the glitter into the background really well with your finger tips.  This helps it adhere to the adhesive better.  I bent each of the petals slightly for a more dimensional look and layered three different sizes of the flowers to make one complete flower.  A Swarovski crystal was used for the flower center.

The word art is printed on vellum and is from Paper Makeup Stamps.   A Lifestyles Crafts die (nesting doily rectangle) was used to cut out the sentiment and I completed the project with a bit of ribbon.  This was definitely a fun project to make and I plan on making many more projects using glitter as it is SO shimmery in person.

Good luck to all who apply for the Art Glitter design team!

Tiki Totem

Challenge #40 for Pattie's Creations is Anything Goes.  There are so many fun images to choose from Pattie's Esty store that I had a hard time deciding.  The sponsor for this challenge is Dude Time Doodles and the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store.

I knew I wanted to try a variation of the Frosted Window technique that I saw here, so I thought the Tiki Pole Flora would be a fun image to use this technique with.  In the original tutorial, the vellum image was pop dotted on top of the image on cardstock.  But I wanted an actual window.  (You can see a bit of the inside patterned paper through the front of the card.)  I created the frame around the vellum by stamping a vine image that I've had for a long time and then applying PK Glitz glitter (burgundy, clover) around the inner and outer edge of the frame.

Once you open the card, you can see the vellum window, again framed with PK Glitz glitter, and the main image, which is more vibrantly colored than the vellum image.  I added a clear stamp sentiment to go along with the tropical feel of this card.  This was a fun technique to try and maybe next time, I'll do it the way it was originally suggested.

Now it's your turn to join us at Pattie's Creations for the Anything Goes challenge.  You can use a digi or rubber stamp for you project (the rest of the rules are posted on the site) and you have two weeks.  Don't forget to check out what the rest of the team has created for you - and if you like it, we all love to receive your comments.

Copics used: vellum - G02, G03, G07    Y00, Y02, Y04, YR00, YR01, YR02    R14, R24    E33, E35, E37    BG15, BG45, R04, R09, Y17, Y19, Y38    B00, B01, B02  YR16, YR18  R14, R17, R27   cardstock - G16, G19, G29    YR04, YR07, YR09, Y15, Y17, Y19    R14, R24, R27    E15, E17, E39    BG49, BG59, RV06, RV09, Y17, Y19, Y38    B12, B14, B16  YR16, Y18   RV14, RV17, RV19    R14, R17, R27

Luck o'the Irish

I created a gift/treat bag (Sizzix) to fill with yummy goodies for St. Patrick's Day, using several different techniques, for the iCopic challenge (anything but a card).  The first technique I wanted to try is called Glittered Copics, where you use your Copic markers to tint glitter.  (You can find the video tutorial here.)  I began by taping the umbrella stencil from Dreamweavers to white cardstock and using a glue pad to apply glue to the exposed area.  I didn't want to glitter the entire card as was done in the tutorial; just the umbrella.  Next I liberally applied PK Glitz glitter (white pearl) to the glue, burnished it in with my fingertip, and then colored with my Copics.  This was a really fun technique and I definitely want to try it again.

I decided to add a black mat so the glittered umbrella would pop better.  The background for the umbrella was created by using several layers of the Canadian Kaleidoscope and the Canadian Kaleidoscope Angel Wings dies from Cheery Lynn.  The sentiment is cut with Spellbinders and for the background, I used a technique called Chalk Attraction (you can find out more about it here) with a shamrock rubber stamp.  I also used this same rubber stamp to create coordinating tissue paper. 

Once I had written my sentiment, I wanted it to be 

shiner, so I applied Versamark over the entire die cut and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Lastly, I added some shamrock ribbon to complete the project.

I think I bake some shamrock cookies to fill this cute treat bag.

In addition to the iCopic challenge, I'm entering this in the Dreamweavers (go green or go Bragh) challenge, the Cheery Lynn (lots of layers) challenge, and Sweet Stamps (St. Patrick's Day) challenge.

Copics used: YG05, YG09, YG67. G17