Heartfelt Thanks - SugarPea Designs Tutorial

I hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day. I'm sure by now you are all done with all the hearts and pink and red and I promise this will be the last of my pink cards for awhile (maybe).

This a little tutorial I did for the SugarPea Designs Blog this week. I combined a clean and simple design with some mixed media.

I love to use dies in different ways and so for my card, I decided to use the Notched Heart Journal Card die to make a stencil by using it to cut a thin piece of acetate. This was a piece of packaging I saved from a stamp set. I used the acetate so that I can reuse the stencil for awhile since this material holds up better than cardstock but if you were only going to use it once, you could easily use a heavier piece of cardstock or light weight chipboard.

Using post-it notes, I masked off a section of my cardstock that is approximately 2”.

I then sponged some distress ink onto the area that I masked off.

I then mixed a little modeling paste and a couple sprays of dye ink together to get a darker pink paste.

I laid down my stencil and applied my paste over the hearts.

When you are done, remove the post-it notes. This technique gives your card some dimension and texture but not a lot of weight. You could also add some glitter to the paste if you wanted or use an iridescent paste.

After your panel has dried, embellish as you wish, add you sentiment and adhere to your card base.

Products Used:
Stamp Set - Foxy Friends
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Paper - SS White, Raspberry Fizz
Notched Heart Journal Card, Modeling Paste, Dylusions Cherry Pie spray, embroidery floss, adhesive gems

Today Will Never Come Again - The Stamping Chef Challenge #43

It's time for another Anything Goes Challenge over at The Stamping Chef. Did you know there is also a TSC Facebook Group? You can post your projects there and also be first to know about specials, promotions and freebies. It's a great place to share your art and get tips.

This week I have a fun project for you. I used the Broken Doll digi set which contains a number of files including the background and lace, dandelion and bird elements along with the doll digi.

I opened the background in Photoshop and added the elements. I made a reverse image of the bird and stretched and distorted the dandelion image and placed it in several different spots. I then added the image of the doll and merged and flattened the image and then printed it. I added the doll because I knew I would want to cut my colored doll out and I wanted to preserve the lines on the background. I then printed the doll on white cardstock and colored her with copics and cut her out.

I added a little glitter to her belt and shoes and then went over those areas and her lips with a Sakura clear glaze pen for shine and texture. I added a little red under her eyes with some water and a gelato stick. I used the sentiment from the digi set and added some more text and then used a Spellbinders die to cut it out but before I removed it from the die, I colored a portion of the word and then went over the whole thing with some Twinkling H2O. I added some "water drops" with a Perfect Pearls translucent pen and a little red trim to finish off the card.

Now it's your turn. I would love to see what you have cooked up for this week's challenge.

Products Used:
Stamp Set - Broken Doll (digi)
Paper - Pure Poppy; White
Copic markers, Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle, Black and Clear Wink of Stella glitter pens, Sakura clear glaze pen, Red Cherry Gelato, Transparent Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Twinkling H2O, red trim

June Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the June 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, June 27, 2014 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, June 28th at noon.

For my project I created a tag. First I stamped the flower image with Versamark and them embossed in gold. I painted the image with some Silk acrylics that was slightly watered down. I then sponged over the entire tag with various Distress Inks in blues, greens and some pink. I spritzed with a little water for some interest and then stamped my sentiment. I then added some modeling paste in areas through a stencil.

When the paste was dry, I went over the raised areas with some gold acrylic paint. I also went around the edges of the tag with the same gold paint and also along the brown cardstock that  I mounted the tag to. The water droplets you see come from the Viva Transparent Pearl Pen. I used a decorative corner punch, a couple of adhesive gems and a grommet to finish off the tag.

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, June 27, 2014. You're next stop is Selma's Blog. You're going to love what she created!

Alumni DT Participants
Giovana Smith
Candy Slabaugh
Amarilys Doria
Lisa Nazario-Gregory
Vicki Dutcher
Cibele Glazer (You Are Here)
Selma Stevenson
Emilia van den Heuvel
Linda Loew
Glenda Brooks
Mary Faus
Sarah Miller
Alissa Wells
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamps - Delicate Aster Vase and Tattered Blossom Swirls
Paper - White, Chocolate
Ink  - Versamark, Versafine Vintage Sepia, various Distress Inks
Silks acrylics, Viva Transparent Pearl pen, gold embossing powder, modeling paste, diamond stencil, gold acrylic paint, corner punch, adhesive gems, grommet, ribbon.

Fairy Alyce in Shabby Chic

I am waaaaay out of my box with this card. As you know, I am usually a clean and simple kind of girl but I do like to experiment every now and again to see what I am capable of and I thought I would give shabby chic a try again. This is for the June challenge on the Kit and Clowder Ning site. You do have to be a member of the site but it's free and there is lots of eye candy on the site and wealth of coloring information and classes for beginners and intermediate colorists.

The image is a commission from the Stamping Chef done specially for Alyce. I colored her with copics and painted the background with some Twinkling H2Os. I used my copics to add color to a white pearl flourish to match my project. I distressed the edges of my cardstock and patterned paper and painted a little gesso on the patterned paper to tone down the color. I also painted some onto the flowers and then went along the edges with some Vintage Photo distress ink. I also added a little cheese cloth in a couple of areas with iridescent medium. I added some salmon colored pearl drops to the wings with a Viva Pearl Pen.

I have to say I am pretty pleased with how this came out since I colored the image before I even had an idea of what kind of project I had in mind or even what color paper I was going to use. I am also entering this into the Stamping Chef Anything Goes Challenge.

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Products Used:
Stamp Set - The Stamping Chef Alyce (digi)
Paper - Rustic Cream, Sweet Blus, DCWV
Ink - Vintage Photo
Gesso, Iridescent medium, Twinkling H2Os, Want2Scrap pearl flourish, Prima flowers, rosette trim, Wilton doily, cheese cloth, edge dsitresser, Salmon Viva Pearl Pen, Copic markers

Grad Tag

As promised, here is the tag I made for friend's daughter. Both her and my daughter are in the same band together and she plays guitar and sings.

I found this image from Simply Betty Stamps and new it was perfect! I left the guitar white because her guitar is also white and I took a little liberty with the hair. The image is colored with copics and although it's hard to see, I went over the belt  and arm bands with a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and also went up the side of the pants with the black glitter pen.

I stamped the music on the background and then added some modeling paste through a stencil and went over it with a little teal Dylusions spray when it
was dry. I sponged all the edges with some black ink to grunge it up a little. I die cut some black glitter paper with a some star dies from Sweet 'N Sassy and I had some matching glitter ribbon.

For the back, I used the same colors I used in her hair for the words and then stamped some music notes along the bottom and left plenty of space for a message. I was thrilled with how this came out.

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - Simply Betty Andy (digi); PTI Signature Greetings, Congrats All Ways, Backgoiund Basics: Sheet Music; CTMH You Rock
Paper - SS White, Aqua Mist
Ink - Memento Grey Flannel
Spellbinders Super Ellipse, SNSS Stars dies, Dylusions spray ink, modeling paste, diamonds stencil, Copics

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January Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the January 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, January 31, 2014 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, February 1 at noon.

We recently had some significant snow which gave my daughter an extended weekend. We took the opportunity to get in the studio and create some gelli prints and the base of this tag is one of the backgrounds we created.

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I made my own stencil using the smallest heart die from the Timeless Amour die collection by using it to cut a piece of Dura-Lar. I mixed modeling paste with Bubblegum Pink spray ink and spread it over the stencil onto my tag.

Once dry, I stamped the rose flourish image randomly and also stamped my sentiment. I added some White Linen spray ink along the edges and a little over the top of the raised stencil. I also added it to the edges of the red cardstock. I used gel medium to attach the lace heart frame, which I had previously painted with iridescent medium, over my sentiment. I also dabbed some gel medium in random areas to allow me to attach some glass glitter and a couple pieces of chunky glass filler.

I used my copic markers to create an ombre color on some seam binding and threaded it through an eyelet at the top. For some final glitz, I went around the lace heart with a glitter line pen.

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, January 31, 2014. You're next stop is Amarilys' Blog. You're going to love what she created!


Alumni DT Participants
Giovana Smith
Cibele Glazer (You are Here)
Amarilys Doria
Candy Slabaugh
Loretta Lock
Deneen Treble
Vicki Dutcher
Emilia van den Heuvel
Lee Ann Barrett
Mary Faus
Glenda Brooks
Alissa Wells
Linda Loew
Linda Payne
Caroline Duncan
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - Melodious Songbird and Timeless Rosette
Paper - Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream
Ink - Red Geranium and Potting Soil Archival ink
Timeless Amour die collection, matte gel medium, Modeling paste, Bubblegum Pink and White linen Dylusions ink spray, Melissa Frances glass glitter, chunky glass filler, Copic Markers RV000 and RV02, Viva Decor silver glitter line pen, eyelet, seam binding.

Gelli Prints on a Snowy Day

We are just coming off a five day weekend, thanks to a winter storm that had us snowed in for a couple of days. My daughter and I took advantage of not being able to go anywhere to spend some quality time together in the studio and we started playing around with the gelli plate in between with some intense girl talk. I was putting some finishing touches to a couple of mini albums I am working on (video coming soon), so most of what you see in the video are her backgrounds.

I hope you are all warm and dry. It looks like it's going to be a long winter for us on the East Coast.

August Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the August 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, August 30, 2013 and a random winner will be announced on Saturday, August 31 at noon.

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Recently, I have been delving into the art of mixed media and jewelry making. Today, I want to show you a piece I made using some of Heartfelt Creations' Balmy Breeze collection.

First I die cut the anchor from foil attached to a piece of cardstock. I then used Distress Paints to give it a patina. I then die cut a piece of the patterned paper and coated both side with Mod Podge. This prevents the paper from taking on a translucent quality when pouring the resin. I then arranged my paper and shells, etc. in the bezel and poured my resin. As the resin was drying, I added my glitter so it would float on the top.

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The piece is very dimensional because I allowed some of the shells and part of the anchor to break the surface of the resin. I also did not dome the resin for this particular piece. I haven't decided what I want to do with it yet. It may become either a bookmark charm or a keychain.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment in order to be eligible for the $25 Heartfelt Creations gift certificate. Once again, you have until midnight Friday, August 30, 2013.

Alumni DT Participants
Selma Stevenson
Vicki Dutcher
Candy Slabaugh
Alissa Wells
Emilia van den Heuvel
Cibele Glazer (You Are Here)
Kerry Urbatch
Sarah Miller
Caroline Duncan
Linda Payne
Mary Faus
Debbie Seyer
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Paper - Heartfelt Creations Balmy Breeze
Decorative Lattice Die
Spellbinder RectanglesTwo Bezel and die; Ice Resin; Distress Paints; chunky glitter, seashells and sand dollar, burlap, twine, Mod Podge; seam binding; foil

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.

Life Bezel Keychain

Today I have a little something different to share with you. I recently became aware of the new Spellbinders Media Mixage line of dies and bezels and was instantly smitten. I have also watched a couple of the Try it Tuesday videos featuring this product line. One of those videos was about making your own patinas and it was the inspiration for this project. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have already seen pictures of the work-in-progress.

The first thing I did was cut my copper piece with the coordinating shield bezel die. I then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Grateworks One Texture Plate. I then gave it a patina by soaking it in equal parts vinegar and salt for a couple of hours and then letting it air dry outside in the humidity for about a day. I achieved a really nice finish with flecks of red/orange and blue/green with a little of the original copper color peeking through. This then became the bottom layer of my bezel. I then added some Tim Holtz gears and a charm I picked up somewhere. I also used a couple of beads from Kool Tak's Red Sparkles Bonus Pack. Once I got it arranged and glued down the way I liked, I added some Ice Resin and allowed that to cure overnight. I glued a metal piece from my stash to the top and added a couple more seed beads and a silver textured bead. I used a jump ring to attach one of the Tim Holtz swivel clasps and now it is ready to attach to my key ring.

Unfortunately, I had a really hard time getting a good picture so I am hoping to make a short video so you can see it better. My daughter also had fun making a couple of these that she intends to use as bookmarks, which I would also like to show you, so stay tuned.

Products Used:
Spellbinders Shield One Bezel and dies; Tim Holtz gears and swivel clasps; Ice resin, Kool Tak Red Sparkles beads; jump ring; E6000 adhesive

June Heartfelt Creations Alumni DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations Design Team Alumni Hop for the Month of June. There is a list of all this month's participants at the end of this post and you will want to visit each of the designers because there is a $25 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store up for grabs. All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog between now and midnight Friday, June 28, 2013 to be eligible. One random person will be chosen and her/his name announced on June 29.

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For my project this month I created a fairly simple mixed media canvas using the Delicate Aster Vase stamp and some tissue paper. I stamped the image onto the tissue paper and then used very light Copic colors and a light hand to color the image. I then adhered it to my canvas with a little gel medium. I inked around the the edges of the tissue paper and canvas with Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Stains and sprayed the whole piece with Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist, adding a pretty sheen. My final touch was to add some flat-backed adhesive pearls to the center of my flowers.

Now please be sure to check out the other ladies' blogs for some awesome inspiration using Heartfelt Creations products. You won't be disappointed.


HC Alumni DT Participants
Selma Stevenson 
Emilia van den Heuvel
Cibele Glazer (that's me!)
Vicki Dutcher
Mary Faus
Alissa Wells
Candy Slabaugh
Lisa Allen

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - Delicate Aster Vase
Ink - Versafine Vintage Sepia
Decorative Metal Fixtures dies; canvas, tissue paper; gel medium, Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Paints; adhesive pearls, Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist
Copic Markers - BG000, BG01, R20, R22, YG63, YG67, E40, E41

Flower Soft - Gitter Heart

This week, we are featuring the Kool Tak line of glitters and foils and I have a cute little project to show you.

Yesterday, I was working with some resin and bezels for a mixed media project and I had some leftover resin when I was done. I added some of the Kool Tak super fine red glitter to it, mixed it well and then poured it into a small Hearts One bezel from Spellbinders. I love this glitter because it is so fine and also adds a ton of sparkle.

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I had a little brass key in my stash as well as the chain and some rings, so I decided to make this little necklace for my daughter. It was super quick and easy. My only problem was that I should have put it aside to dry instead of leaving it in my work area because I kept getting my finger or something else stuck in the resin. I have to say though, the fact that it is self leveling is awesome.

Stop back tomorrow for a card I made using this same glitter and some adhesive to make a border for a card topper.  In the meantime, please be sure to check out the Flower Soft Facebook page and Blog. Also, you can save 15% on the Kool Tak Glitters and Foils available in the Flower Soft store until May 7, 2013.

Products Used:
Kool Tak Red Sparkles pack
Spellbinders Hearts One Bezel
Ice Resin