Camp Create 2017 Day 1 - Wonderful Watercolor

I'm participating in Camp Create 2017 at My Favorite Things.  I'm not sure I can keep up with the daily activities but I'll give it my best shot!

The activity for day 1 is to create a card using watercolor paints.  I chose to recreate the card that was demonstrated in the day 1 video - a galactic background using Prima watercolors.

Here is my card...

I used Canson 140lb watercolor paper and the Prima Classics watercolors.  The white spatter is Tim Holtz Picket Fence distress paint applied with the spatter brush.  The stacked die-cut word is from the Thanks and Hello die-namics.

I'll be honest...once I began painting this I thought it looked like a hot mess!  I nearly gave up but kept pushing through since I had already started and had watercolor paint everywhere!  If I look at it too closely I'm still not sure I like it but I did complete the activity so it counts and I earned today's badge!

Pop-It Up Dies by Karen Burniston

I finally got to play with Karen Burniston's new Pop-It Up dies.  These samples were made for my local store, Whim So Doodle, located in St. Petersburg, FL.  My work, and photography (LOL!), really don't do these dies justice!  The packages come pretty much complete...you get the main die and accompanying accessory dies in various sizes.  All you'll need is paper, stamps and glue to complete some AWESOME cards! And we all have plenty of those three things, right??!!

To see some awe-inspiring work go to Karen's blog or visit her Facebook page, Karen Burniston, Designer.  She has a crack team of designers that produce jaw-dropping work!  Trust me!

Here are my samples...

These first two cards use the Circle Accordion Album die. The second card below also includes the Circle Frame Edge dies.

This next album was constructed with the Oval Accordion Frame die and the Oval Dot Frame Edge dies.  This demonstrates how you can string together as many frames as you like to create an album or use just two frames to make a card (as I did above).  I used Core-dinations paper for the background and Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper for the dot frame edges.  The images were colored with distress markers and a water brush.  You can barely see the dimension but I cut out the stamped elements with my Sizzix Eclips machine using the Stamp2Cut feature and popped them up with foam tape.

If you're in the St. Petersburg area stop by Whim So Doodle to see these samples "up close and personal"!  And while you're there you can pick up some of these dies.  You'll love them!

Thanks for stopping by!



Cute Little Valentines

Hi All! Just wanted to pop in and share the cute little valentine cards that I made with my Paper Smooches stamps and a couple of Sizzix dies.

When trying to decide what I wanted to make I realized that many of the Paper Smooches images and sayings were similar to the cute little store-bought valentines that kids use to give to their friends...only better!  I started with the Sizzix Bigz XL Mini-Correspondence die by Brenda Walton.  I cut the little cards using white card stock and got to stamping!  It was a lot of fun and I almost wish I had needed to make more so I could keep going!  Once they were stamped I did some quick coloring with watercolor pencils and a water brush.  I stamped some little hearts around the images and then edged them with Worn Lipstick distress ink.  So cute!!

 

 

The images used are from the following Paper Smooches stamp sets: Woofers & Tweeters, Sugar Rush, Chit Chat, My Peeps, Party Posse, Nine Lives, Briny Blue, and Giddy Gumdrops.

 

I also used the mini-correspondence die to cut the little library card-type envelope.  You can't see it but when the recipient removes the little valentine card they'll see "Happy Valentine's Day!" stamped on the envelope behind the card.

 



I used the Sizzix Bigz XL Treat Popper die, also by Brenda Walton, for the candy holder.  I embellished them with a piece from the Sizzix Scallop Eyelet Edge decorative strip die cut from white paper.  Then I attached the valentine card with curling ribbon.  Super easy and fun!  All of my co-workers loved them!

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm linking this to the Paper Smooches Fun & Cute Challenge.  Also, linking to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog where the theme is We Love Stamps.

Congratulations Austin - Class of 2013!

Just a quick post to show you a card that I made recently.  My nephew, Austin, graduated from high school yesterday!  It was a lovely ceremony and we all enjoyed some really nice family time afterward at my sister's house.  I made Austin's graduation card with the Stampin' Up Pop 'N Cuts Card Base and the Stampin' Up Dress Form Pop 'N Cuts insert designed by Karen Burniston.  Karen has also designed a free tuxedo template that works with the dress form insert.  You can download it from her blog here.   She also has some other Pop 'N Cuts templates available if you click here.

I attempted to turn the tuxedo into a graduation gown but that didn't work so well!  So I used the tuxedo template as-is and I love the way the card turned out!  I couldn't post it until I gave it to him so here it is now.

I used various papers from my stash and a couple of stamps from Purple Onion designs.  I used the chalkboard technique on the front of the card and on the sentiment inside.  I created the cap and the diploma from paper scraps.  The cap was adorned with an Idea-ology tassel.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Wedding White plus a Color

Hello and welcome to another Frilly and Funkie challenge!  This time our host is Rebecca.  Rebecca wants us to create a card or project with a wedding theme that uses white plus an additional color.

When I think of weddings I always think of verse 13 from 1 Corinthians, chapter 13 - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.

I used that verse as the basis of my card.  The color I added is Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac.  I started with a white card base and randomly applied glue stick to the front of the card.  I crinkled a piece of Melange tissue wrap and pressed it to the glued areas.  Then I used the ink blending tool to add my color.

The corrugated cardboard piece came from the packaging in my recent order from The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  I coated it, along with some hearts die cut from grunge paper, with Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fence.  Once dry I added shaded lilac distress ink to the corrugated cardboard piece.  I applied shaded lilac distress stain to the hearts and wiped away the extra.  Next I cut two pieces of white cardstock with the On the Edge Distressed Doily die .

All that was left was to assemble the pieces!  I attached the two doily die cuts to the back of the cardboard and glued that to the front of the card.  I wrapped that with a piece of white paper string.  Then glued down the hearts on top of that.  The ribbon flowers were cut from a piece of Idea-ology trimmings.  Then I added the chit chat stickers.  Done!

I hope you like my card and that you'll play along with us on this challenge.  If you do, you might be the lucky winner of the $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!

The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique! The boutique offers it's merchandise at up to a 20% discount from the typical retail price! That's a great deal and you should check it out!!

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence White	Tim Holtz idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Melange	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Distressed Doily Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String - Solids	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Glue N Seal - Matte - 4 Ounces
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grunge Paper

Be Yourself - Double-High Accordion Flip 3-D Album

Happy Friday to you!  I'm featuring this double-high accordion album as one of my projects for today's Kraft Core Friday Focus over at the Frilly and Funkie blog.  This album was created using Karen Burniston's Sizzix Bigz Accordion Flip 3-D Album die.  The die is actually not this big but I followed Karen's instructions on how to create a double-high album and it was super easy!

I love dies that are multipurpose and this is definitely one of them!  You can use it as-is, create a double-high album/card as I've done, and since you can link the die-cuts together the size of your album/card is up to you!!

For my album I linked two die-cuts together.  I used the new Tim Holtz SA stamp set, Way With Words and the new Core'dinations Kraft Core Shattered Paper for the background of the album pages.  I love the look this paper has without doing anything to it!

 

On back side of each album page I used Tim's SA Simple Sayings stamp set to add little messages all the way around the album frame.

The little girl was stamped on manila cardstock and colored with Distress Markers using the detail water brush.  I used multiple stamped images and popped up a few pieces with foam tape to give her added dimension.  That doesn't really show in these photos.

 

I love the way my album turned out and especially love the message it sends!  I have it on my desk at work now.

So hop on over to Frilly and Funkie and take a look at this and the other projects that I created featuring kraft core paper.  I hope you like them and feel inspired to make something of your own with kraft core paper.  Maybe even share it with us at Sunday Share or follow our current challenge theme of April in Paris and submit it there!  We'd love to see what you make!!!

 

Thanks so much for stopping to take a peek.  Have a wonderful weekend!

 

The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique! The boutique offers it's merchandise at up to a 20% discount from the typical retail price! That's a great deal and you should check it out!!  And for this week the kraft core paper collections are an additional 15% off the boutique's already low prices!

$11.99 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - Shattered Collection 12 x 12	Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock 8.5x11	Ranger Embossing Powder - Seafoam White	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Simple Sayings
$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Way With Words	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers - Set of 37	Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib
Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Glue N Seal - Matte - 4 Ounces	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials Glue N Seal - Matte - 1 Ounces

Easter Blueprint Cards

Just a quick post to share some Easter cards that I made with the TH Easter Blueprints stamp set.  The card base is kraft cardstock.  The backgrounds are Core-dinations Distress kraft core embossed with texture fades that were sanded and inked with distress ink. The blueprint images were colored in with distress markers using the detail water brush.  Have a Happy Easter!

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Easter Blueprint	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Banners Die	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Springtime Background and Borders	Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades - Fancy and Floral Frames Set	Ranger Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink Pads
Ranger Tim Holtz Summer Seasonal Distress Ink Pads	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Seedless Preserves	Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Biscotti	Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Perfect Pearl	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Nostalgic Kraft Core Cardstock 12 x 12
Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock 8.5x11	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Markers - Set of 37	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)	Ranger Ink - Inkssentials Glue N Seal - Matte - 1 Ounces	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib