Will You Marry Me?

Time for a new Inspirational Challenge from Dude Time Doodles.  The theme this week is Weddings/Anniversaries.

Will - You Marry Me? is doing the honors this week and he's popping the question on a swing card, one of the new flip it dies from Sizzix.  And here's the flip side of Will.  He can't believe his luck, so he's planning something spectacular!  I used a Nellie Snellen die (Eastern Rectangle) to cut out my computer generated sentiment.

After die cutting the card base, I ran it through the Mystic M-Bossibilites folder from Spellbinders.  I have to tell you, these are pretty amazing.  I couldn't believe the detail I got and it's pretty easy to see it in the photo too.  I'll definitely be purchasing more of these!

Will is colored with Copic markers and the image was printed twice so I could add pop dots under the jewelry box and his hand.  The "diamond" on the ring is a Swarovski crystal that I received as a gift from someone in Germany.  It looks like it could be the real thing.  Glossy Accents were added to his tears of joy and chalk was used for the background.

Now it's your turn to create something for a wedding or anniversary.  Remember, it must be for a Dude.  You have one week to upload your project and be in the running for the prize sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  You can enter as may times as you wish, as long as you don't back link and each one is created for a guy in mind.  Head on over to the Dude Time Doodles challenge blog  to upload your card and while you're there, be sure to check out what the rest of the Dude and Dudettes have made to help inspire you.

Copics used: E50, E51, E93, BV20    C4, C5, C7    N5, N7, N9    BG000, BG01, BG05    T2, T4, T7, T8, T9

May Flowers

Good morning everyone.  We are celebrating May Flowers at Paper Makeup Stamps' Digi Makeover Challenge this week.  And what better way to celebrate than with a blog hop with both the Digi Makeover Artists and the Paper Makeup Artists?  We will be giving away the new digis to one lucky commentor from the hop.  Plus, we will also be giving away a prize to someone who participates in the Digi Makeover Challenge.  That means everyone has two chances to win.  As you hop around, you'll see more of the new releases.

I've paired one of the new flower images, Paper Makeup Stamps' Line Flower with one of the existing word art, Where Flowers Bloom.  I printed both the image and the sentiment on glossy paper and stippled Distress Inks for the color.  A simple technique for a clean and simple image.  I must say, I really like how this turned out.  It's very bright and cheerful in person.  I also rounded the sentiment for a more dimensional look.

Here's the list of participants in the blog hop:

PMS blog to start
Katie Cotton
Michelle Van Patten
Tangii Crain
Anne Temple (you're here)
Lisa McKinney
Britt Bass
Jackie Rakoski
Eret
Melissa Shultz

You should be heading to Lisa next.  Don't forget to leave a comment with all of us.  You could be the luckly winner.  Plus, link up your May Flowers creation to the Digi Makeover Challenge blog for another chance to win.

One final note, Paper Makeup Stamps is still liquidating their rubber stamp inventory and are in the final quantities.  They are marked 75% off (no further markdown will be taken).  So go get yours before they are gone for good (at least the rubber ones).  Most of them are/will be available in digital format.

Art Glitter Design Team 2012 Audition

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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!