Spooky Fun Ghost tag {DRU Insp}

  (Second of two posts today.  Keep scrolling down to see my first one 😀)

Hey everyone, today I'm sharing this cute Halloween tag.  This tag uses two of the newly released Halloween dies from Tutti Designs and an older Tutti tag die.

The following Tutti Design dies were used for today's project:

Tutti Designs: Spooky Fun

Tutti Designs: Spooky Boo

Tutti Designs: Cross Stitch Tags (these Nesting Stitched Tags would also work...same size, different edging)

I started out by creating my own sparkly black cardstock with a homemade spritz that is so easy to make.  I added a little bit of Perfect Pearls (Perfect Pearl) mica powder to a spritzer bottle and then added some water.  No measuring....if I don't like it, I add a little more Perfect Pearls to the water and shake it up again. The great thing about this is that once you make a bottle, it lasts for a long time.  Just shake it up before you use it every time.

Then next step was to die cut all my pieces.  I die cut the Spooky Fun truck from this black cardstock and a couple other colors so I could paper piece.  I also die cut the Spooky Boo twice; once from the remainder of my black cardstock and again from the purple used it paper piece my truck.  (I didn't take a photo of the purple cardstock being die cut as I only wanted the negative pieces.)

Now it's time to die cut the tag base using the Nesting Tags die.  I decided to go with this cute plaid cardstock.

And finally, it's time for the assembly.  I added the negative pieces from the purple onto the black Spooky Fun truck and fussy cut out the ghosts to adhere on top of the black ones.  I offset them a tiny bit so the black would create a slight shadow. 

I fussy cut the "boo" from the rest of the die cut and adhered it on top of the purple, offsetting it slightly.  I also added some sparkle to the web using a Nuvo Glitter marker. After adding it to the web, I decided the truck parts needed it as well.  So I carefully added the glitter marker to the small negative pieces. 

I also added a couple confetti pumpkins to the back of the pickup bed.

Here's a side view of the assembled tag so you can see the dimension and the sparkly goodness.

And one final look at today's project:

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Flower Fairy {Lavinia World #10}

Hey everyone, I have a new project to share with you today featuring Lavinia World stamps.  That also means it's time for a new bi-weekly Lavinia World Challenges!

Today's project uses the following stamps:

Flower Fairy

Background Script

To start out, I stamped the Background Scrip using VersaMark onto my cardstock.  Then I brushed Perfect Pearls (Perfect Pearl) over the ink, creating my background.

Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the Flower Fairy multiple times to get a dark impression.  Since my cardstock has texture, I really needed to stamp the image several times.  Next, the image was heat embossed using Clear embossing powder.  I also colored her wings with a colored pencil.

Once I was happy with the results, I added Nuvo Crystal Drops (Autumn Red) to create berries.  Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops was added to her wings. 

I layered the focal point onto a piece of watercolor paper.  Nuvo Shimmer Powders were used to create this berry color.

The sentiment was die cut from the same dark red cardstock using a Tonic Studios die (from kit #21).

Texture was added to the yellow mat using an embossing folder.

Now it's your turn to come play with us and have a chance of winning a $15 gift certificate to Lavinia World.  Lavinia World Challenges #10 ends on Oct 7.  Don't forget to check out the AMAZING projects by the rest of the Design Team!




Until next time.....

Published: Rubber Stamp Madness

I'm so excited to have a card published in the Spring 2014 edition of Rubber Stamp Madness, the original stamping magazine.   It's located on pages 23 and 24 and is titled "Old School and Cool".

Here's how I made it.  The background is Tim Holtz's Marbled Stain technique and was created using Distress Stains (Picket Fence, Barn Door, Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed) and Perfect Pearl Mist (Perfect Pearl).

I stamped the Hero Arts image twice, once directly onto the newly created background and once onto a vintage book page so I could fussy cut out the "typewriter paper".  I heat embossed the sentiment with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  Then I cut a slit in the typewriter image where the paper would come through and slid the vintage book paper through.  The idea of using buttons and twine as spools of ribbon came to me during a creative burst :-).

I also embellished the inside a bit.  A page from a vintage book was used to frame the space for a message.  The message area was created using the Cherish punch from Martha Stewart.  A bit more twine carries the old fashioned theme from the front to the inside.

I have to add that I was just as excited seeing the label on the magazine.  It said "Artist-Anne Temple".  How cool is that!

Just Saying

This seahorse and sentiment are just two of the cute images on the new Serena Mermaid stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

To create the background, I used the Masking on Glitter technique from SNS Tips and Techniques section.  (You can find the tutorial here.)  This is also a variation of the Double Glitter technique.  To create my mask, I die cut my MFT border from a scrap left over from the super adhesive sheet and laid it on top of a piece of cardstock that I covered with the super adhesive sheet.  Cover the entire thing with Frosted Carmine velvet glitter.  Be sure to burnish it in with your finger tip.  After you've brushed off the excess, remove the mask and cover this area with Hanauma Bay glitter.  I love how these two glitters look together.  I also covered my brads with the Hanauma Bay glitter as well.

For the focal point, I die cut a pice of black cardstock with a Spellbinders die and covered it with a soon-to-be-released product called Velvet Shimmer (Trans-Blue) by SNS.  It's a shimmery paint that has bits of velvet glitter in it and it gives you a very shimmery, yet subtle look.  I really like the way it looks on the black cardstock.  You can see the bits of glitter in this close-up view.  Next I stamped my image and sentiment with Perfect Medium and covered them with Perfect Pearls (biscotti).  I added a few gems and this card is all ready to be given to someone special.  Lots of bling and shimmer on this one, so the recipient may need to wear sunglasses. :-)

Are You Old School?

Yep, I'm pretty old school in a number of ways :-).  I still remember ribbon typewriters and what a pain they were to use when (not if) you made a mistake.  This cute image and sentiment are part of a set from Hero Arts.

In order to create the background, I used Tim Holtz's Marbled Stain technique using Distress Stains (picket fence, barn door, rusty hinge, mustard seed) and then spritzed it with Perfect Pearl Mist (perfect pearl).  In addition to stamping the image onto my background, I also stamped it onto a very old and fragile book page so I could fussy cut out the "typewriter paper".  Then I stamped my image onto the book page.  I also cut a small slit so that the paper feeds up from the typewriter (just like it would on a real typewriter).  I added a couple of buttons for the typewriter ribbon spools and some twine for the typewriter ribbon.   The "hi" buttons are Echo Park (For the Record) alpha stickers and are embellished with Epiphany Crafts bubble domes to make them look more like typewriter keys.  A bit more twine and the front is complete.  I also embellished the inside with a bit of twine and another piece of an old book page.   I created an area for a written message and decorated the edges with a Martha Stewart punch (Cherish).

Woofie's Flat Backed Treat Box

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's Winter Wonderland blog hop.  Hopefully you arrived from Brigita's blog.  If not then you may want to start at the beginning at Sparkle N Sprinkle's blog so you will become eligible for the six fabulous prizes that are available.  You need to leave a comment with each of us to be eligible for a prize.

Since this is my first blog hop with Sparkle N Sprinkle, I wanted to create something other than a card.
Using the digi image, Woofie Under the Christmas Tree, I created a flat backed treat box following the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.  I did alter it a little to have a larger back to accomodate my stamped image.

The image was printed twice and colored with Copics.  I colored the dog in the present with the lid, the bone, and the ball and fussy cut out these so I could pop dot them onto the original for more dimension.  I also added a bit of bling (Celestial glitter) to the star and flocking (Snow White) to the hat.  You can check out the details on this and all the other projects in the SNS Art Gallery (you can also type in my name under the search feature and it will pull up every project that I've designed for SNS.)
















 Here's the complete list of all the designers:

Home base:   http://www.sparklensprinkle.com/blog

Julie Zippel  http://backtobasicsandbeyond.blogspot.com

Shanna Shands  http://scsdesigns.blogspot.com

Brigita Skopas  http://gitascreations.blogspot.com

Anne Temple  www.annemade-anne.blogspot.com (you're here)

Karin Martin  http://karin-withaniforpaper.blogspot.com

Debi Brile  http://thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com

Shona Erlenborn  http://shonasstampingstage.blogspot.com

Dawn Bennett  http://dipndotscreations.blogspot.com

Barbara Bruder  www.artandsoulcreations.blogspot.com

Genevieve Chesky  http://paperglitterandmore.blogspot.com

Karalee Ingram  http://kareescardsandcraftsofcourse.blogspot.com

Cheryl Bennett  www.cherylscraftroom.blogspot.com

Keri Brown  http://gotstamps.blogspot.com

Marie Berquist  http://craftemarie.blogspot.com

Charmagne Welch-Rivera   www.sanurascraps.blogspot.com

April Williams  www.stampwillydesigns.blogspot.com

Cammy Vietzke  www.stampingtimeblogspot.com

Jackie Smith  www.stamping4you.blogspot.com

Brenda Smalle  www.rubberroomantics.blogspot.com

As there are quite a few designers, you have 4 days to go through our Winter Wonderland Blog Hop.  To be eligible for the Grand Prize, you need to leave a comment with EACH of us and then follow the directions on the last blog (Brenda's blog).  There will also be winners of mini prizes, which will be selected from comments made on three different Mystery Designers blogs.  Your next stop is Karin.      Thanks so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Florida or Bust!

This guy is tired of being cold and wants to go visit his girlfriend the Snow/Sand Woman in Florida.  So he's trying to hitch a ride with anyone going south.

He's part of the Christmas Flamingo set from Sparkle N Sprinkle and is colored with Copic markers and then spritzed with Perfect Pearls mist (Perfect Pearl).  The image has been cut out using the Lifestyles Crafts rick rack nesting dies.

The image was matted onto a darker kraft circle and then adhered to an ink embossed panel.  This panel is easy to reproduce.  Take any embossing folder (Sizzix's Snow Flurries used here), ink up one side with your favorite inks (I used Distress Ink), place the cardstock inside the folder and run it through your machine.  The ink transfers to either the embossed or debossed portion of your card (depending on which side of the folder you inked up).  The base cardstock is a mirrored cardstock for added sparkle.  For even more details, you can visit the SNS Art Gallery, here.

I'm entering this in the following challenges: Simon Says (just add pearl), Hooked on Crafts (Christmas - no red or green).

Santa's Sleigh

Santa's Sleigh is one of the new dies from Die-Versions this month and I've used him a couple different ways.  For the first card, he's flying off to his next location and was silhouetted by the moon.  Santa is colored with Copic markers and the white portions of his outfit are covered with Snow White flock from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  The bag of toys is really a piece of fabric, although it's hard to tell in the photo and Santa's Sleigh is all blinged out with some chunky silver glitter that I've had for a long while.  The trees in the foreground are actually the Tiny Tree from the Die-Versions Halloween release (pretty versatile die) and are covered with Goosebumps Texture Spray.  The background was created with PanPastels.

The second way I used this die was to make a tag.  I embossed the tag with Sizzix's Evergreen embossing folder and then randomly covered it with several Distress Inks.  I spritzed the die cut with Perfect Pearls mists (Perfect Pearl) and added a quick sticker sentiment from Creative Memories (that I've had for a long time).

For lots more inspiration, be sure to visit the Die-Versions blog.

Mr. and Mrs.

This was a really fun card to make, but fairly hard to photograph because of all the glitter.   Cut the Cake, a July new release from Die-Versions,  is such a versatile die.  It can be used for most any occasion.  

As I didn't have any glitter paper that I liked, I made my own using a Xyron machine and glitter.  Not only is the die a newly acquired item, I just discovered Sparkle N Sprinkle glitter at the Atlanta Scrapbook Expo that I recently went to.  They have lots of fantastic glitter colors and I used their Evening Glow for the flowers as well as the yellow icing on the cake.  The "Mr and Mrs" is a Die-Versions font called A Little Lime that is also glittered using some black glitter that I already had on hand.  The cake itself is covered with a crystal affect glitter.

The lace background was created using an older Cornish Heritage Farms rubber stamp.  I inked it up with VersaMark and then applied Perfect Pearls (biscotti) over the entire thing.  It gives it a very nice, soft shimmery effect.

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.

Christmas Stocking

I must say right off the bat that this card was a labor of love, but I'm really happy with the way it turned out.  This Vintage Christmas Stocking from Pattie's Creations could be embellished and brought to life in lots of ways, but I chose to paper piece the entire thing.  It wasn't hard, just a bit time consuming - making sure I was gluing the correct (small) piece to the proper area.

After all my pieces were in place, I added Perfect Pearls to each intersection and real jingle bells.  I also pop dotted it from the background.  I tried to add a few other embellishments to it, but I decided that everything else detracted from the image, which is gorgeous even in black and white.

I did use a couple of Copic markers to color the holly leaves in (G16, G19, G28) and added ruby colored gems for the berries.  Be sure to check back Friday for the next Pattie's Creations Challenge.  It's going to be a fun one (and easy).

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Stamps R Us (Bling it on); Bunny Zoe's Crafts (Anything Christmas with Pearls); Phindy's Place (Christmas cards); Paper Creations Ink (Christmas theme)

Eyegor

Eyegor is tickled pink that he was chosen as the spokes person from his area to remind everyone about Breast Cancer Awareness month.  He wants you to keep an eye out and look for any changes in your breasts.  There are other signs of breast cancer besides finding lumps.  You can read about some of the signs here.

Eyegor is a freebie at Dude Time Doodles this week.  Go grab him, color him up and enter the DTD Guest DT challenge.  It's a great way to showcase your projects and be a part of a fantastic team (at least for a month :-)  ). You have until next Tuesday, 10/18 to upload your Eyegors.  Please have some pink somewhere as we continue to honor Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Copic markers were used to color him and Creative Inspirations paint (Pink Highlights) was painted on his wings for an iridescent look.  You can catch a bit of glimmer in the close up.  I also pop dotted him above my handmade background for more dimension.  The background was created by first running it through a Sizzix embossing folder (Cracked), colored with Distress Stains (Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, and Worn Lipstick), and as a final step, spritzed with a mixture of Perfect Pearl and water.  The sentiment was cut with a Spellbinder's die (Fancy Tags Three).  Viva Decor Pearl pen was added for dimension to the tag.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges: Mark's Finest Papers (no designer paper), Link Up For Pink, Simon Says Stamp and Show (things with wings), Cards for Men (make us laugh) and Lexi's Creations (pink).

Gladys Salt

It's time for the Sketch Challenge at Dude Time Doodles.  I've used Gladys Salt and one of the sentiments that come with the set.  Gladys is special because she can raise one eyebrow, just like me.  My hubby calls it "the eyebrow of disapproval" because mine usually goes up when I'm not happy about something :-).

For a change of pace, I used Perfect Pearls to paint Gladys and the rest is all fabric.  It's really hard to capture the glimmer and sparkle you get with Perfect Pearls on a photo.  You'll have to trust me that it looks really cool.  It's a very simple technique - take a little bit of the Perfect Pearls powder and spritz with water.  I used my non stick craft sheet, placed all the colors I wanted to use and spritzed with water and started painting.  It's really easy to do.  I did use Copic markers to color her skin and eye color.

Curved rectangles (#4) from Spellbinders was used to cut out the image and the sentiment is cut with the Baroque Movers and Shapers by Sizzix.  I added Glossy Accents to the glasses and a few pearls for Gladys' necklace.  I also finished the inside of the card with more fabric and distressed the sentiment just a touch with a bit of Distress ink.

Here's a different angle shot so you can see the glimmer of Perfect Pearls a bit better.  As I said, i definitely looks better in person, but is a really cool effect.

The rules for the Sketch challenge are pretty simple. The main one being that it has to be for a DUDE.   You have one week to complete your project and upload it to the Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog.  You are not required to use Bonibleaux Designs; although it would make us really, really happy and giggle a lot if you did!   It MUST be a masculine themed card.  You can use humor, innuendo, be a little naughty, sarcastic, or whatever but it has got to be for a DUDE!  Be sure to use the InLinkz button at  Dude Time Doodles challenge blog to submit your creation.

Here's the sketch.  You can flip it, twist it, or leave as is.

Be sure and check out all the other Dudette's wonderful creations.  And don't forget about the Design Team Call going on until June 15.  The details are here.

Perfect Pearls used: Heirloom Gold, Pewter, Perfect Pearl, Forever Red, Blue Patina
Copics used: Eoo, E01, E11, R20    E97, E99, E47