Felt Tattered Florals Tutorial

There was a question the other day on Splitcoast about whether or not you can use the felt at Michael's with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies...so I decided to do a little experiment. The answer to the question is yes.. you can! It works great.

I used a bunch of different colors and cut them down to the size of the die...here I used the Tattered Florals die....

This is the label on the felt in case your Michael's has different kinds and thicknesses of felt...this is not the self adhesive kind...this is the very thin kind found in the isle with all the fun foam.

Ran it through my BigShot...love that darn thing and yes it is sitting on my bed.

Here is how the felt comes out after one pass.

Did a few different colors this way. Then I mixed the pieces together and held them together with brads and placed pearls on the one layer small florals.

Simple easy 1 -2-3!

With Sympathy

Today I am sharing a sympathy card that my mother asked me to make for a friend of hers whose brother passed away. Her friend is an artist from China, so I wanted something organic and beautiful with an Asian theme. I decided to use these pretty retired papers from SU!'s Green Tea Designer Series Paper collection. The stamp set is Thoughts and Prayers by SU! and I colored the image with Old Olive and Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write markers and stamped the image onto Whisper White cardstock cut using the Top Note Die and my Bigshot. I finished off with some Michael's pearls from my stash as accents. The card base is Certainly Celery SU! cardstock run through the Bigshot using a floral cuttlebug embossing folder. I also decorated the inside of the card to match using Baja Breeze SU! cardstock. (Sentiments are stamped using Blue Lagoon Memento ink).

Finally as a finishing touch, I added a strip of Green Tea DSP to the back flap of the envelope.

Mommy's Bday!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

My mom is supposed to be retired and relaxing but she is always volunteering or working to make the world a better place. I hope on this birthday she gets some R & R.

Recipe: Me Time Anya stamp set, SU! Baja Breeze cardstock, Coredinations Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Sizzix BigzXL Elegant Card Die for Big Shot, Petaloo Dazzlers, Organza Ribbon


Copics used: BV0000, BV00, BV01, E31, E33, E35, RV25, BG0000, BG00, BG01, Y06

Merry Christmas Eve!

Happy Holidays! 1 more days till Christmas!!!

Recipe: SU!- Many Scallops stamp set, Scallop Circle punch, Encore Silver Craft Ink, On Board Seasonal chipboard snowflake, Bashful Blue and Brushed Silver cardstock, Silver cord; cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, BigShot, Valsper Silver Glitter Spray paint, Sparkle Modge Podge, rhinestone

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma!

It is my Grandma's 80th bday on Monday. If you ask her she will tell you she is only 29. She can get away with claiming a younger age, she looks great and everyone thinks she is my mom when we are together. I made this card for her using an image from the adorable Me Time Anya stamp set. My Grammy works really hard to take care of everyone in my family and she needs to take some time to pamper herself.

I colored the edged of the top note blue with my B00 copic marker to match the card. Added Stardust stickles to make the bubbles shiny and sparkly.

Recipe: Me Time Anya stamp set, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Mellow Moss and Bashful Blue SU cardstock, Top Note Die, Bigshot, Kaiser craft lush pearls, Petaloo Dazzlers, Stickles, organza ribbon, Copics: E31, E33, E35, E25, E50, B00, B000,B21, B91, BG0000, BG10, BG11, RV25

Scrapbook for Baby Ava

I have been hard at work on my Christmas cards, so until they are done I figured I would post some pics of the Scrapbook that I made a few weeks ago for my best friends baby girl Ava.

Dream Gardens

I am heading to a shoebox swap next weekend and came up with this as my project. I have been dying to use this stamp set since I bought it. i think this one is great to use with the emboss resist technique because it has the design in the negative space of the bold stamp. I stamped my image in versamark ink and covered it with black embossing powder then heat set. Next I sponged over the image with inks to match my designer paper and then framed the image using the negative piece that was left over when i ran my paper through the bigshot using the lattice die. No waste!

Recipe: All Stampin' Up!-Dream Gardens and Embrace Life stamp sets, Rich Razzleberry cardstock and ink, Whisper White cardstock, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Basic Black and Crushed Curry ink, Versamark Ink, Black embossing powder, heat tool, Crushed Curry Polkadot Grossgrain ribbon, sponges, Lattice die for Bigshot

TGIF Sketch Challenge 4

Here is TGIF Sketch # 4:

Here is my sample: (Note: this was photographed under my Ottlite as no matter what other lighting I tried to photograph the card under, you could not see the embossing on the very vanilla cardstock). I used the Rock and Roll technique on some of the flowers to make the petals look two-toned like real petals.

Recipe: For All You Do and Sincere Salutations Stamp Sets, Textured Impressions Finial Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Very Vanilla and Rich Razzleberry Cardstock, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Rich Razzlebery and Apricot Appeal Ink.


And last Week's winner for Sketch Challenge # 3 is Evelyn Rivera.

This card features the new In Colors and I just love that polka dot ribbon. Great Job Evelyn! Thanks for playing along. Your mystery blog candy prize is.....3 packs of DSP- Bella Rose, Bali Breeze, and Groovy Guava Prints and a sampling of the new Hodgepodge Hardware Genuine brads and jumbo brads in vanilla, chocolate, white and silver.

To play along with this weeks challenge, enter your information in Mr. Linky below:

Pastelled Medallion

Stampin Addicts Technique Challenge TECH18: Poppin' Pastels-

Directions:

1) Stamp your image on your card using Versamark Ink

2) Color your image by gently dabbing/pouncing pastels using sponge daubers, q-tips, or applicator tool.

3) Blow away any excess pastel dust and embellish your card as desired

On my card, I ran a strip on Blush Blossom Cardstock through my Big Shot using my new Textured Impressions Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. Next I ran some versamark over the raised embossed image and then added pastels to color in the floral design.

Finally I finished by adding some Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon over the seam and a Blush halfback pearl in the center of my medallion.

I also stamped the Medallion on the inside of the card with Versamark and added the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment in Creamy Caramel ink. I adhered my leftover stip of embossed cardstock to the inner left hand side of the card as well.

Recipe: Medallion Background Stamp, Sincere Salutations stamp set, Elegant Bouquest Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sage Shadow Grosgrain ribbon, Blush Blossom Cardstock, Versamark Ink, Creamy Caramel Ink, (non- SU supplies- The Stencil Collection pastels, Kaiser Craft Blush Halfback Pearl)

Big Shot Die Pack Contest

My new favorite website for all things Stampin' Up! is stampinaddicts.com. It is the new home of plenty of scrappin inspiration, challenges and chat, with a gallery full of wonderful project ideas.
It is the perfect place to hang out on the web. If you are a Stampin' Up fan, you must check it out. There are daily challenges and you simply must share your creations in the gallery. Stampin' Addicts also has tons of ideas using the Stampin' Up! Big Shot. As part of the summer celebration Stampin Addicts is holding a blog contest during the month of July giving away a Big Shot die pack made up of 5 new exclusive Stampin’ Up! dies.

Included are:
Stampin’ Up! Thanks (Embosslits)
Stampin’ Up! Final Press (Embossing Folders)
Stampin’ Up! Perfect Details (Textured Plates)
Stampin’ Up! Two Tags (Bigz Dies)
Stampin’ Up! Fancy Favor (Bigz XL Dies)
To enter the Big Shot Die Pack contest yourself, all you need to do is make a post on your blog about it. Be sure to go to the Stampin' Addicts blog and see all the details and rules for your chance to win!
This is my entry -Now give me my dies!