Spring Butterflies

MAKE IT MONDAY #202: ANCHORING WITH BORDER AND BANNER DIES

Playing along with Papertrey Ink's MIM again (two weeks in a row, I'm impressed with myself)! 

This week I started out with stamping and embossing Stitches and Swirls, then added a water colored background.  Then  I used Shaker and Sprinkles Rectangles as a base to start layering all of my die cuts.

 

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DayDreamer

MAKE IT MONDAY #201: COVER PLATE STENCILS AND EMBOSSING PASTE

I made this card to play along with Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. It's been quit a while since I've played along, it was fun trying a new technique! I made a stencil with my Chevron cover plate, then I used my blending tool to apply some Aqua Mist ink. My next step was to apply Ranger Distress crackle Rock Candy paint. I really love the broken glass look it gave to my Aqua Mist Chevron stripes.

   

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Christmas Mason Jars

I've been busy!! 

These little snow globes are just too cute to keep all to myself, so I decided to make jars to fill with holiday goodies and share them!

 I had so much fun creating these little winter scenes, I just couldn't stop! The dies are all from Papertrey Ink.

 I am in love with all of the glitter houses on pinterest, and these remind me of little micro versions!

The little sleigh and reindeer are a Silhouette file that I shrunk to inside the globe. 

               

This process was very time consuming, a lot of little details X 10!!

In the picture below, you can see that I attached my sleigh and reindeer on thin strips of clear card stock. I also did that with glittered snowflakes in some of the lids. 

I'm thinking of filling some of  these jars with praline crackers and some with puppy chow! Yum!!

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Olaf Halloween costume

Last week I was asked to make a Halloween costume of Olaf, from the movie frozen, to be honest with you, I didn't even know who he was!! I don't have little ones around, and have never seen the movie! With a little searching on the web, here is the costume that I made!

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MIM Tinsel & Tags

I've been playing with Betsy Veldman's MIM Tinsel & Tags kit, and I must say OH WHAT FUN!!

Here are the three globes that I've made so far...the first one I added a little cut of Santa and his sleigh(not included in kit). I also glittered the trees and the roof of the house, which didn't show up in the picture. I haven't decided if i'm going to put this on on a mason jar lid or make a slider tag to be used on a gift.

 I just love my little pink house!!

I still have a little work to do to make my "Rudolph" to fly the highest, but hey, it was my first attempt!

This next globe, I use traditional Christmas colors. I also glittered the tree, and added a white tail and spots to my deer.

This little globe, I was going for a vintage feel, I used glass mica flakes on the trees and house roof.

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Mason Jar Stamping

Make It Monday #182: Mason Jar Stamping

Nothing like being last minute, but I wanted to post this before I go to bed!

This was a very fun project, and I hope to make several more for the holidays.

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Sending get well wishes

Make It Monday #152: Layering Dye & Pigment Inks

I haven't stamped in a while, and it felt so good to pull out some floral stamps! Boy, it's been a long cold  winter, and I am so ready for warmer weather and gardening! For this Make It Monday challenge, I pulled out several oldies but goodies... Fancy Flourishes, Life, Larger than Life, Day Dreamer, Sending You, and a couple of  Kitchen Sink sets.

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Papertrey Ink January blog hop

When I saw that this months Papertrey Inks blog hop was all about pink, I knew that I had to join in on the fun! I love the color pink! we were supposed to take inspiration from the photo below to make our card.

I took my inspiration from the little embroidered pin cushion and pulled out my needle and floss.

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

Just a quick post to share this years Christmas card. I pulled out my Papertrey Ink,  In The Meadow set to make my cards. I don't think that I will ever tire of this set, I just love it. I did a little masking and sponging to create my scene. Flicked a little white paint, for my snow, stamped my images, added a little more paint and some glitter...and here's my card.

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Creative Chemistry Day 5

I only had supplies for one of todays projects, hopefully my goodies will come in soon!

Chalkboard

I have done chalkboard cards before, but not with these products! So cool!

Creative Chemistry Day 4

I must say this was one of my favorite days in the classroom! I have always loved the beauty of alcohol inks, and love having new ways to use them.

  

Is this Faux Patina gorgeous, or what!! Love!!

  

Tinted Tinsel

  

MonoPrint

Faded Layers

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Creative Chemistry Day 3

Sharing a few more projects from Tim Holtz online class.

Creative Chemistry 102

I have been taking Tim Holtz online class (my first ever) this week, all I can say is WOW!!

He has packed this class with so many cool techniques, if you love his products, I highly recommend  this class. I decided to join this class last minute, so I didn't have all of the supplies that I needed, but I do have lifetime access to the class. I'm going to share the projects that I was able to complete, and I can't wait for my orders to come in, so I can play some more!

Day 2 projects

                                      

I only have one of his layering stencil, but that is about to change!! He showed us so many cool ways to use them.

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So long SAF 2013

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Closing Ceremony

I crafted alone for SAF, which is probably a good thing, get me and two Golden Retrievers in my little space and there is not much room for anything else!!

Below are all of the cards that I created during SAF 2013.

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Sugar Coated!

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Sweet Sugar Coated Embellishments

For this one I used Dawn McVey's "puffy" sugar coating technique. I think this is one of the best winter set that PTI has...I just love it!

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Stamp-a-faire 2013: Limited Ingredients Challenge

Here is the list of supplies you are able to use for this challenge.  You don't HAVE to use all of these supplies, but you cannot use anything that is not included on this list(except for a neutral ink, like white, gray and black)

• white cardstock
• white or transparent glitter(Prisma Glitter)
• 1-3/4" circle punch or die
• 1" strip of light gray cardstock (Soft Stone)
• melon cardstock & ink (Melon Berry)
• aqua cardstock & ink (Aqua Mist)
• golden yellow cardstock & ink (Harvest Gold)

Here is my take on this challenge. I know it doesn't say anything about the Take Three die, but I noticed that Nichole and some of the other girls used other dies, so I hope it's all good! 

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Scent-sational

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Whipping Up Scent-sational Cards

This was a pretty cool technique that I have never tried. I used cherry Kool-Aid, which worked fine, but was a little coarse. I think the sugar-free jello/pudding might be a little finer.

I love the deep red color that the Kool-Aid made my cherries.

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Shrink Film

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Custom Accents from the Oven

This might sound crazy, because I have been crafting most of my life, but I have never played with this stuff before!! I decided to shrink the clock and hands from Hands Of Time, after I shrunk my clock, I colored it with Copics. I want to try the Damask Snowflakes like Dawn McVey did, I loved them!! 

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SAF Gallon:Quart:Pint

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Gallon:Quart:Pint

I pulled out my new PTI Autumn Pattern Pieces for this one. I think this is going to become one of those sets that I reach for over and over again.

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SAF Sprinkle of Salt

Stamp-a-faire 2013: Sprinkle of Salt

                 
                  This was one of my favorite techniques, and I can't wait to play with it some more.I think i will                                                                         add a little glitter to my salt.

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