Snow Friends

Hi all! I'm here today to show you a card I made for one of this week's challenges at Designed to Color.

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The theme for Thursday was friendship and the only requirement is that your image must be colored.  You can also enter past projects but I really love this retired set from CTMH so I dug it out and colored my snow friends with my copics. Then I sponged some distress inks around my image.  For the snow, I used a paint brush to add dots of Copic Opaque White and also used it to fill in the stamped snow.

I glittered my die cut and the circle frame as well as the edges of my cardstock. In person, this card is very sparkly!

I hope you'll check out the challenges on the Designed to Color Blog and maybe enter your own creation.

Products Used:
Stamp Set - CTMH Snow Friends (retired)
Paper - SS White, Melissa Frances Home for the Holidays
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink Steel Blue; Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky and Black Soot Distress Inks
Spellbinders Parisian Accents and Circles dies, Edgers #1die, ribbon, glitter, adhesive pearls, Polar White Flower Soft, Copic Opaque White
Copic Markers - BG72, BG75, BG78, R21, R24, R27, R59, Y15, YR15, YR18, YR68, C1, C3, C5

Heartfelt Creations - Blushed Love

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa.  My in-laws came down for the holidays and it was wonderful to see them.  I feel so blessed to have them in my life!

Today I am switching gears and getting ready for Valentine's Day with this card.  I used the newly released Flirty Fleurs stamp set from Heartfelt Creations, along with the Large Elegant Words background stamp.  My base is cut using the largest die from Spellbinders Labels 8.  I added Liquid Pearls to the centers of my flowers which were cut with the smallest Posy Patch die.

You can see the full instructions on the Heartfelt Creations Blog, along with some other gorgeous eye candy from the Design Team.  Also, don't forget to check out the Limited Edition section because those sets will be retiring soon!


Products Used:

Flirty Fleurs	Large Elegant Words	Inspire Me Sentiments	Posy Patch Die	PTI Tea Dye Duo
Embossing Powder	Paper Blossom Tool kit

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Christmas Warmth and Love

Happy Monday morning to you!  Today I want to share another card I made during the Winter Wonderland VSN over at SCS.  This challenge was to incorporate music into your project and again, you only had 45 minutes to complete the project.

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Once I had the layout in my head, this card was fairly easy to execute with the help of some beautiful K & Company stickers.  I used the largest of the nestabilities to cut the center of my cream cardstock and then ran it through the cuttlebug for some texture.  I then stamped the sentiment from JustRite's Christmas Nested Sentiments (now retired I believe), sponged and then cut it out with a smaller nestabilities.  I sponged all the cardstock with Tea Dye ink and then began the assembly.  I love how it turned out and how easy it was.

Are you ready for the upcoming holidays?  I'm not.  I still have some shopping and menu planning to do so I better get a move on.  I hope your day is fabulous and you get some time to create!

Products Used:

Holiday Flourishes and Swirls

PTI Tea Dye Duo

Textile

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Poinsettia & Holly Layered Accents

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Heartfelt Creations - Petals of Joy

Good morning!  Here is another one of my Design Team submissions for Heartfelt Creations.  You will be able to see the design instructions for this card and the other projects made by the Design Team on the Heartfelt Creations Blog if you're interested.  I hope you'll take a look because the eye candy is just spectacular!  As an added bonus, Heartfelt Creations is partnering with Scrap-mart this week and up for grabs is a $25 gift certificate to someone who comments on the Heartfelt Creations Blog.

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I used two colors of Inka Gold paste on Pure Poppy cardstock to achieve that velvety shimmer on my flower.  The photo picks up only a fraction of the shine on the flower and the card.  This is one of those cards that looks so much better in person.

For the pearl center, I didn't have a color to match the creamy, pearlescent patterned paper, so I used a copic marker (E33) on a white pearl and it matched perfectly.



Products Used:

Open Petals Pre-cut	Bella Rose Die	Perfect Petals Die	Paper Blossom Tool kit
Inka Gold Lava Green	Inka Gold Old Gold	Inka Gold Lava Red	Memento Tuxedo Black
Art Institute glue - Dries Clear	Metal Glue Tip (fine point)	DCWV Luxury Stack	Ripe Avocado
Pure Poppy

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Heartfelt Creations - Exciting News

As some of you know, I was selected to be a semi-finalist for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team.  We were sent some awesome stamps and dies with which to create two projects for submission to the finalist round.  Today, I want to share those projects with you and also let you know that I am officially a member of the Heartfelt Creations Design Team!  I cannot tell you how excited I am to be creating projects with their wonderful line of stamps and dies.  I also want to congratulate the other new members as well as all the finalists.

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Now on to my projects.  The first one is a home decor plaque that I created by using a nestabilities die to cut several layers from a cereal box and then adhered them together with a glue stick. I sandwiched the hanging ribbon between two of the layers.  I made flowers using the Posy Patch stamp set and the coordinating die.  To add color, I used the direct to paper technique with a couple of complimentary ink colors and then sprayed with some Glimmer Mist.  Aren't they beautiful?

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My second project is a card using another one of their fabulous flower stamps and the Inka-Gold paste.  This time I used Gold and Copper Inka-Gold to color the flower and then added a little copper glitter to the edges.  I added a little Flower Soft and glitter to the center.  I paired this gorgeous flower with the Book Frame 1 stamp set cut with a nestabilities die.

These flowers are so easy to make and they deliver a huge impact to any project.

I hope you will join me in the coming months as I showcase some of the fabulous stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations.


Products Used:
Posy Patch Wall Hanging

HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers Pre-Cut

HCD 701 Posy Patch dies

Spellbinders Labels 8

Paper Blossoms Molding Mat

Paper Blossoms Toolkit

Dries Clear Art Institute Glue

Paper – PTI Terracotta Tile and Vintage Cream

Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black; CTMH Chocolate; PTI Terracotta and Summer Sunrise

Adhesive pearl flourish and half pearls

Brown ribbon

Candlelight Glimmer mist

Glittered Sunflower

HCPC 2293 – Aztec Gold Sunflowers Pre-Cut Set

HCPC 3433 – Book Frame 1

Spellbinders Blossom 2 and Labels 7

Inka-Gold Old Gold and Copper

Paper Blossoms Molding Mat

Paper Blossoms Toolkit

Dries Clear Art Institute Glue

Paper – PTI Chocolate, Vintgae Cream, Fine Linen and Rustic Cream

Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black and PTI Tea Dye Duo

Flower Soft Ultra Fine Earth

Martha Stewart Fine Copper glitter

Cuttlebug Textile Textures embossing folder

Flower Soft Blog Hop - All That Glitters

Happy Saturday to you!  Today I am part of an awesome blog hop showcasing some of Flower Soft's dazzling new colors.  If you came from the talented Deb Felt's blog, you are on the right path and have already seen some gorgeous projects.  If this is your first stop, you may want to head on over to the Flower Soft blog to start from the beginning to make sure you haven't missed anything.  Also, we are giving away a pot each of the new Ruby, Emerald and Silver, so be sure to leave a comment on each of the DT Member's blogs for your chance to win.

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When I first opened my box and saw the new Amethyst and Emerald Flower Soft, I thought Mardi Gras!  The colors are so vibrant.  Unfortunately, I don't have any Mardi Gras themed stamps, so I went into Microsoft Word and found this adorable mask image among the clip art.  And it was already colored!  I printed it onto white CS and then used a nestabilities die to cut it out.  I added Amethyst, Gold and Emerald Flower Soft to areas around the mask to give it dimension.  I love the all the sparkle in the Diamond Range Flower Soft.

Now you are off to see what our talented Jeanne has in store for you.

Products Used:
Stamp Set - CTMH Simple Invites
Paper - PTI Harvest Gold, Royal Velvet, Stamper's Select White
Ink -CTMH Gypsy; PTI Tea Dye Duo
Flower Soft - Amethyst, Emerald and Gold Diamond Range
Nestabilities
Embossing Folder
Gems

Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread Designs Blog Hop

Are you ready for a Blog Hop?

Come join us in a special blog hop with the Flower Soft & Our Daily Bread Designs Teams! As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be two prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs. Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread will each be selecting a winner for a $20 prize package! The blog hop ends on August 30th. The prize winners will be announced on the Flower Soft Blog and Our Daily Bread Designs Blog on August 31st.

If you came here from Angella Crockett's blog you are in the right place. If not, please start at the beginning on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  Now, onto my project...

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I used the Missing You stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs to make my card.  I think it makes the perfect pairing with some Flower Soft.  After I stamped and colored my image with copics, I used a nestabilities die to cut it out.  I then added Flower Soft to the grass and the flowers to add dimension.



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I mounted the focal image onto a piece of white cardstock that I ran through the cuttlebug with a Sizzix folder and rounded the corners.  A couple of buttons sewn with some baker's twine supplied the finishing touch.

Now hop on over to the talented Dawn Lusk's blog to see what she has for you.

Products Used:
Stamp Sets - ODBD Missing You; PTI Label Basics
Cardstock - PTI Spring Rain, Stampers Select White
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Spring Rain
Flower Soft Meadow; Ultra Fine Sage, Pine, Strawberry, Citrus Crush, Ocean and Earth
Nestabilities
PTI Angled Labels die
Sizzix embossing folder
Spring Rain buttons
Baker's twine
Corner rounder

Here is a list of all the participants:
Our Daily Bread Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Sandee Shanabrough
Linda Beeson
Connie McCotter
Vicki Garrett
Debi Southard
Debbie Seyer
Lisa Somerville
Gini Cagle
Grace Nywening
Dina Kowal
Marie Berquist
Deb Felts
Angella Crockett:
Cibele Glazer (You Are Here)
Dawn Lusk
Betty Wright
The Flower Soft Blog

CHA Sneak Peek - Christmas in July

CHA is about to start and I wanted to bring you a sneak peek at some of the new product Flower Soft will be presenting.  This card uses the new Vintage Christmas topper and this kit is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for that old world Christmas feel.



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I cut the the focal image with a nestabilties die and mounted it on another panel cut with another die.  I sponged the edges with PTI's Tea Dye duo inks to add to the vintage look.  Then I added some Strawberry and Pine Ultra Fine Flower Soft to add dimension.

I LOVE these toppers and I know you will too!  Stop back tomorrow for another sneak peek.





Products Used:

Flower Soft Vintage Christmas topper

Cardstock - CTMH Dessert Sand; PTI Pure Poppy and Ripe Avocado

Patterned Paper - PTI Holiday Vintage Prints

Ink - PTI Tea Dye Duo

Flower Soft Ultra Fine Strawberry and Pine

Nestabilities

Wonderful Friend

Here's another card I made for the SCS July 4 Holiday Challenges.  If you get a chance to check out the challenge galleries, you will see a lot of gorgeous inspiration.  Like yesterday's card, this one fits several of the challenges.

One of the challenges is to use a faux wood technique.  I used the PTI Linen impression plate and Dark Chocolate ink to make the square panels behind the butterfly.  The butterfly is a Spellbinders die which I cut and then stenciled with chalks.  I added a little bling for the flight trail.

Hope you are enjoying the warm days and staying cool.

Products Used:

Stamp Sets - PTI Round and Round

Cardstock - PTI Stampers Select White and Fine Linen

Ink - PTI Dark Chocolate

Spellbinders butterfly die

PTI Linen impression plate

Chalks

Sakura glitter pen

Adhesive gems