April Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Hop

Welcome to the March Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop! Be sure to comment along the way in order to be eligible to win the $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations Store. There is a list of all the participants at the bottom of the post so make sure you visit all the blogs for a better chance at winning. Comments close at midnight on Friday, May 2, 2014 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, May 3rd at noon.

This month I decided to make a little gift box for a friend. I used the Decorative Flower Pot die and cut a front and a back and used a strip of cardstock to make the box. I stamped and cut the flowers from the Sunkissed Fleur stamp and die collection. I used a variety of Distress Paints, Glimmer Mist and Silks Acrylic paints to color the flowers. The centers were done with a pearl pen and I edged the petals with Diamond Stickles.

I also stamped the leaf pattern onto the tissue paper to tie everything together. I stamped and cut the sentiment using the included tag dies.

This box could hold some candy or nuts or even a small hand lotion. It's also perfect for a couple of seed packets for Mother's Day.

Don't forget to leave a comment here and on the other designers' blogs in order to be eligible for the $25 Heartfelt Creations gift certificate. Once again, you have until midnight Friday, May 2, 2014. You're next stop is Glenda's Blog. You're going to love what she created!

Alumni DT Participants
Giovana Smith
Vicki Dutcher
Emilia van den Heuvel
Amarilys Doria
Cibele Glazer (You are Here)
Glenda Brooks
Lee Ann Barrett
Candy Slabaugh
Mary Faus
Alissa Wells
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamp Sets -  Beautiful You and Sunkissed Fleur
Paper - Sunny Day patterned paper; Ocean Tides, Vintage Cream
Ink - Memento Gray Flanner, Fresh Ink Steel Blue, Chocolate
Sunkissed Fleur and Decorative Flower Pot dies; Sandy Beach, Yellow Daisy, and Olive Vine Glimmer Mist; Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed Distress Paints; Yellow Rose Silks Acrylic paint, Viva Decor Cream pearl pen; Diamond Stickles

CD/DVD Holder

Today, I can finally share a quick project. Most of you will remember the mini photo album I did for my friend's daughter's Sweet 16. Another one of our friends was the photographer for the event and she contacted me to see if I could make her a CD/DVD holder for her. She asked if I could match the album which was easy since I had the leftover paper.

I replicated the cover of the album and made the matching flowers using a Heartfelt Creations die. Once again, I used a copic marker to color the pearls to match. I used a Spellbinders die that I misted with Glimmer Mist while the die was still in place after cutting and embossing (I love this about the Spellbinders dies). I also used a die cut for the word "Memories" which was also included in the original album and misted that as well for some shimmer. I added a couple of the Tim Holtz film strips behind the flowers for the final touch.

This was super easy to make and makes a great presentation.

Mixed Media Altered Box

I have a mixed media project to share with you today. I bought this little wooden box at the local craft store for $1 so I knew I wasn't going to be too upset if what I planned didn't work out.

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I started by painting the inside and outside of the box with a couple different colors of the Silk Acrylic Glazes I recently acquired at the CK Convention. I stamped and added some die cuts from K & Company and then added some texture with modeling paste and a little cheese cloth.

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I added a piece of patterned paper to the inside of the box and went
over it with some iridescent gel medium. I added some lace that I colored with glimmer mist along the edge of the lid.

My final touch was the flat-backed pearls and a dragonfly die cut.

I didn't really keep a list of all the products I used and the stamps came from various classes I have taken over the last couple years at CKC. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions (cibglazer[at]gmail[dot]com).

If you follow my blog, I'm sure you know who walked away with this little beauty...yup, my daughter.

Flower Soft - Lavender Birthday Wishes

Flower Soft has just introduced the most beautiful line of digital papers and images.  Not only is the selection of flowers gorgeous, but the images coordinate with existing Spellbinders' nestabilities which makes card making so simple.  For my card, I chose the Lavender image and the coordinating backing paper.  After printing the image, I used the circle nestabilties to cut it, stamped my sentiment and then mounted it onto a Wilton Doily that I spritzed with Fully Purple and Riptide Glimmer Mist.

If you download and make a project using the new Floral Designs Digital Downloads, please let me know so I can see what you created.  In the meantime, have an awesome day!


Products Used:

Floral Designs Download - Lavender	Spring Mix	Simply Chartreuse	Spring Moss
Wilton Doily	Glimmer Mist

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Heartfelt Creations - Holiday Door and Love Ornament

Heartfelt Creations is pleased to present the Artistic Gatefold Collection . This collection, in simple terms is "stunning and genius". It features 6 new precut stamp sets that coordinate with existing Spellbinders dies and 2 new exclusive dies. This is another must have collection.

Don’t feel guilty for splurging on yourself! 
Heartfelt Creations will be donating 10% of all Black Friday sales towards ChildCry, a non-profit feeding organization founded by Times Square Church. ChildCry feeds over 4159 kids in 22 different countries, including the United States. Every penny donated to ChildCry is used to buy food for hungry children so go ahead...feed your hobby, and a hungry child!

Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by Novenber 29 for a chance to win the entire release valued at $150. The winner will be announced on the HC blog on November 30.


Now on to my projects for this week...

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First up is my Holiday Door card.  Some of you may remember my Ribbon Wreath video tutorial from last year.  Well, when I first saw this stamp set, I knew I wanted to add a wreath to the door.  After I made the wreath, I added little confetti hearts and a red bow.

Basically what I did, was stamp the door in Memento ink, color it with copics and then cut it out.  I used a gold paint pen for the handle and then I used foam tape to pop it up on my card base.

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For my Love Ornament, I stamped my images onto tissue paper using Memento Rich Cocoa and then ripped it into little pieces.  I adhered the pieces onto my glass ornament using Modpodge and while it was still wet, added glitter.  The bow was made from seam binding, dyed with reinker and glimmer mist.  I love these ornaments so much, I am teaching a class on how to make them next week.

You can see full instructions on how to make the Holiday Door card and Love Ornament, along with a supply list, on the Heartfelt Creations Blog.


Products Used:
Holiday Door

HCPC 3440 Vintage Door Pre-Cut Set

Product ID 159723 Dries Clear

Product ID 45922 Paper Blossoms Toolkit

 CTMH Black and Olive ink

CTMH Olive cardstock

Melissa Frances Home for the Holidays paper pack

Gold paint pen, Copics (E35, E37, Colorless blender), ribbon, Martha Stewart confetti hearts, foam tape

Love Ornament

HCPC3435 Feather Grass Flourish

HCPC3436 Rye Grass Flourish

HCPC3433 Book Frame 1

 Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Art Glitter Ultrafine Crystal, Glass ornament, Modpodge, Tissue paper, Chocolate reinker, Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist,, Seam binding, Sheer brown ribbon

Going Vintage for WCMD

Today is World Card Making day (there are links and info on my Thursday post) and I decided to step out of my comfort zone and make a vintage style Holiday card.  I also decided to enter this into the PTI Make-it-Monday challenge since I used this week's technique of making your own chipboard embellishment.

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I used cereal boxes to cut several layers with the Christmas Tree die and used Vintage Cream CS for the top layer.  I stamped several lines from the Music Sheet background stamp and then assembled my "chipboard" using a glue stick. When it was dry, I sprayed with adhesive and covered the whole tree with glitter.

I used glimmer mist to color the Wilton doily to a complimentary color.  I also ran the greeting through the Linen impression plate to add a more distressed feel and I sponged the edges of all the cardstock with ink.

I love how the tree looks and it was a lot of fun to make.  I know I will be using this technique often.

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - PTI Background Basics: Sheet Music and Signature Christmas
Paper- PTI Pure Poppy and Vintage Cream; Patterned paper from Melissa Frances Home for the Holidays
Ink - PTI Dark Chocolate and Tea Dye duo
Wilton doily
Glimmer mist
PTI Christmas Die, Linen impression plate, Pure Poppy buttons and Rustic Cream twine
Glitter
Martha Stewart seam binding

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #51

I was going to post this card on Friday but I am glad I waited because it fit a challenge that I just discovered on Mark's Finest Papers to create a collage card.  You can find the details HERE.  This card combines two tutorials found on SCS, one of which I shared with you earlier, the Acrylic Smash, and the other Collage Stamping.  All of the images are from the same stamp set, Live Inspired, from CTMH.  It's perfect for both techniques.

I made the flower using tissue paper, a spellbinders die and glimmer mist.  The chipboard piece was inked with CTMH Pacifica ink and then spritzed with glimmer mist as was all the cardstock.  The card is very shimmery in person.

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - CTMH Live Inspired
Cardstock - CTMH Black and Pacifica
DCWV Holiday Winter mat stack
Ink - Black Stazon, Broken China and Faded Jeans Distsress Inks
Jamaican Sea Acrylic Paint (Plaid)
Adirondak Silver Metalic Paint
Chipboard
Fiskars border punch
Glimmer mist
Nestabilities dies
Blue/Green Sparkles

Vintage Happiness

Happy Monday everyone!  Here is a card I made over the weekend while playing in my newly madeover Studio G.  (I love it in here and never want to leave!)  This vintage style is new for me and I love the look. 

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I have seen so many doilies on cards lately so I picked up a package of Wilton doilies at the local craft store.  You can find them in the baking section.  Here I sponged some PTI Tea Dye Duo ink onto the doily and then sprayed it with glimmer mist.  The background paper is from DCWV stamped with PTI Background Basics: Text Style and then sponged with Dark Chocolate ink.  I then used glimmer mist on the background and base cardstock and also the mat stack and border.

Just like the card says, I wish you all every happiness.  Have an awesome week!

Products Used:

Stamp Sets - PTI Heartfelt Basics and Background Basics: Text Style

Cardstock - PTI Dark Chocolate, DCWV mat stack

Ink - Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Duo

Glimmer Mist

EK Success border punch

Adhesive pearls

Wilton doilies

Recollections mulberry fluers

Mat Stack 3 die
Limitless Layers 1 die
Double Ended Banner die

Flower Soft February Blog Hop

I hope you have been enjoying our special blog hop today and all the new products that were recently released at CHA from Flower Soft! I'll bet you can't wait to get your hands on all this lovliness!  Well one lucky blog hopper who comments on all the blogs will win a $50 Flower Soft gift certificate so be sure you visit all the Design Team members and leave them some love for your chance.

The blog hop will remain open until Tuesday February 22nd and the winner will be announced on the Flower Soft blog on February 23rd.

You've probably landed here from the uber talented Gini's blog.  If, however, this is your first stop or if you get lost along the way please visit the Flower Soft blog where the hop begins and where there will be a complete list of the Flower Soft Blog Hop participants.  Now for some detail on my project.

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I absolutely LOVE these Charlie’s Ark Sepia Toppers and as soon as I saw this one, I knew I wanted to use it to make my daughter’s Valentine card. She loves interactive cards so I decided to make a shaker card using these little Martha Stewart confetti hearts I found at the craft store. I used a very light pink copic marker to color the heart and then I sponged some of the Tea Dye duo ink around the edges. I cut the frame using a nestabilities die, ran it through the cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and then sprayed it with glimmer mist. I sponged a little of the Tea Dye duo ink over the raised dots and along the edges of the frame to tone down the color and give it that “old” look and feel.

In case your wondering, my daughter was thrilled which made me very happy.  Now don't forget to leave a comment on the other blogs for your chance at winning the $50 Flower Soft gift certificate!

Design Team Members

Flower Soft Blog

Debbie Sherman
Linda Beeson
Debbie Seyer
Jeanne Streiff
Vicki Garrett
Dina Kowal
Deb Felts
Gini Cagle
Cibele Glazer (You Are Here)


Products Used:
Flower Soft Charlie’s Ark Sepia– From the Heart Card Topper
Stamp Sets – PTI 2010 Love Tags and Background Basics: Sheet Music
PTI Tag Sale #3 die
Cardstock – PTI Fine Linen and CTMH Bubblegum
DCWV patterned paper
Ink – CTMH Bamboo and Cotton Candy; PTI Tea Dye Duo
Nestabilities die
Candlelight Glimmer mist
Pink adhesive gem
Martha Stewart confetti hearts
Prima flower

For My Valentine

Masculine cards are not my forte and I was really struggling to come up with something for my husband for Valentines Day that wasn't too girly.  I'll tell you what - I almost broke down and went to the Hallmark store (gasp!).  Alas, at the last minute I came up with this card and was really happy with the way it turned out.  I started playing around with some glimmer mist I bought at Christmas and made some cool looking paper.

I punched some hearts out of the paper I made and then used some other little hearts I had already punched from red cardstock.  I used Kraft cardstock as my card base and sponged the edges of all the cardstock with Chocolate ink.  My only regret is that I didn't make more of the glimmer paper and I'm not sure that I can recreate it.

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day!