It's A Snow Day!

Another image from last year. I didn't get a chance to use this and couldn't resist it today. I love snowmen and this one is just too too cute!

1. The image, Snow Friends by Lyn Dillin at Inkadinkado, was stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold and then painted with Twinkling H2O's. It also comes in a Clear Set, which I didn't know about, ha! The eyes, nose and mount were highlighted with Glossy Accents. The berries and snowflakes were highlighted with Stickles Christmas Red and Diamonds glitter glues.

2. An oval template was used to create the edge for the image. The scalloped embossed die is Bazzill Swiss Dots cardstock used with the largest Spellbinders Large Scalloped Oval die.

3. After the image was mounted on the die cut, marks were where the holes were needed were made with a paper piercer. The smallest eye hole punch from my Silent Setter Hole Punch.

4. The Dotted Swiss ribbon from Michael's was threaded through the holes using a dental floss aid. The bow was made with the Bow-Easy.

5. The edge of the White Plastic disk was done with StazOn Teal Blue. The words stamped on it, with StazOn Blazing Red, are from Impression-Obsession Mini Messages. Gold cord was used to tie it to the oval. Stickles Diamonds was used to highlight here and there.

6. The background is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White embossed with the Snow Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. That was mounted on Bazzill Dotted Swiss Neptune. A Sakura Quickie Glue Pen was used with DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter to highlight the middle of snowflakes here and there. The image was mounted using 3D pop dots.

Supplies:

• Image: Inkadinkado Snow Friends or Clear Set and Impression-Obsession Mini Messages
• Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and Bazzill Dotted Swiss Neptune
• Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Twinkling H2O's Icicles, Orange Peel, Autumn Skies, Garnet, Solar Gold, Honey Amber, China Black, Cherry Sorbet
• Accessories: Spellbinders Large Scalloped Ovals, Glossy Accents, Stickles Christmas Red and Diamonds, Cuttlebug Snow Dots embossing folder, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter, Michael's Ribbon, Bow-Easy, Gold cord, 1" white plastic disk.

A fun card! Thanks for stopping by the blog to look and share all!

 

 Shirley

 

Fellow Blogger Is A Bad Influence

I try to visit Suzanne's Stamping Place on a regular schedule, but lately it is not always done that way. Whenever I stop by she continues to inspire with her artistic talents. I saw this card on a recent visit and that took me to the Hero Arts online store. LOLOLOL I meant to buy the stamp Sue had used on her card. Well, I did and three more besides. This card shows one of the 'others'.

1. The image was stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold. Then areas to be layered were stamped for each layer. They were painted with Twinkling H2O's. The layers were stacked with 3D Pop Dots. Pearls, Rhinestones, and Liquid Pearls White Opal were placed as shown.

2. The side borders were punched using the Sunburst Border Punch. They were attached to each side of the image. The image was mounted on the Bazzill cardstock.

3. The ribbon was attached to the top and bottom. The double bow was done with the Bow-Easy.

Supplies:

Image: Hero Arts - Friend - CG111

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and Natural Super Smooth cardstock, Bazzill Orange Peel Red Hot

Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Twinkling H2O's Garnet, Olive Vine, Lemon Drop,

Accessories: Fiskars Sunburst Border Punch, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter, Glossy Accents, Mark Richards 2mm pearls and 2 and 3mm Lavender rhinestones, Liquid Pearls White Opal, Michael's Ribbon, Bow-Easy

A really fun and quick card. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for stopping by to share and look.

 

 Shirley

 

It's All About The Google

I have to say that usually I can find what I want by Googling. Yesterday I was using my Niji waterbrushes as usual and one of them was acting out. LOLOL When I wanted water, it just wouldn't flow......maybe a little. I have a couple like this and couldn't figure out what to do. It was as if they were clogged somehow, but I couldn't see any obstructions like color, etc. I had thrown one away in the past because of it.

On a whim I Googled 'Clogged Niji Waterbrush' and I found this site:

http://labsquad.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/cleaning-your-niji-waterbrush-pen/#comment-154

I followed the procedure and it fixed both of my brushes. I did three things that were a little different from the instructions:

4. Where it says to use a q-tip to clean inside of sleeve, I brushed mine with a wet old tooth brush and then applied the q-tip.

7. Mine didn't look dirty and so I left that part alone.

8. For the brush tip, I wet it a little so all of the nylon bristles would adhere to one another, gently squeezed them together and then the rest was a cake walk.

Both pens are working like new. What a find.......and I did it all with Google!!! When searches don't work I change the words or position of the words and it works for me always! Gotta love that Google.

Thanks for stopping by to look and share all!!

 

 Shirley

 

No Stamps Here!

I can't remember when I last created a card without any stamps!!! How is it possible to do that? LOLOL. Well, maybe it was last Fall. That's when I last used this embossed image. I had this one left over from last year and said it was time for it to shine!

1. The tree image is embossed on Neenah Classic Crest Natural cardstock and painted with the Twinkling H2O's listed below. Then highlights were added with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. Mark Richards 2 and 3mm Pearls were added with the help of Glossy Accents. The Gold Flower on the top is from Flourishes Beautiful Brads. I exchanged the brad for the pearl with a glue dot.

2. The Snowflakes are embossed on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and highlighted here and there with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen and DecoArt Glamour Dust. The tree was mounted on top with 3D Pop Dots.

3. The ribbon frame was done using the instructions I found HERE. The bow was done with the Bow-Easy and the extra tails were created by adding an extra piece of ribbon through the back of the bow while it was still on the 'Easy'.

Supplies:
Image: Cuttlebug Lace Tree and Snowflakes embossing folders

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and Natural Super Smooth cardstock, Bazzill Bank Roll
Inks: Twinkling H2O's Solar Gold, Pink Grapefruit, Lemon Drop, Kiwi

Accessories: Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter, Glossy Accents, Mark Richards 2mm and 5mm pearls, Flourishes Beautiful Brads , May Arts Ribbon, Bow-Easy

A quick card. Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 

 Shirley

 

It's IO Winter Challenge Time

I set this to post at midnight last night and guess what!!! It didn't. Before I talk about my card for today, let's talk about my request in my last post, for places in the US online, where you can find 3D Starfoam stickers. I received 2 great sources for 3D peel-off or "Stacked" stickers. The first was from Judy Stutts. She was in one of my classes a while back, and suggested Paper Wishes. They carry Hot Off The Press Stacked Stickers. Thank you Judy and it was great hearing from you. Etha Schuette from A Fiber Artist Gone Stamping, suggested Plane Class. They carry the Starform and many other brands of peel offs. Thank you Etha. Check out her blog while you are at it. She has a multitude of creative and beautiful projects.


I lucked out when the challenge was changed to Winter. My Shaker Card was a Winter image!! As you can see it is Impression-Obsession Alesa Baker's A Star Is Born - E8311.
1. The image was stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold. It was painted with Twinkling H2O's Cool Waters, Plum Blossom, and Sweet Alfalfa. The eyes and coal buttons are 2mm Black Onyx flatback rhinestones. The mouths are Black Sharpie with Glossy Accents applied. The star is Stickles Yellow glitter glue dried and then Glossy Accents applied. A Quickie Glue Pen was used with DecoArt Glamour Dust to highlight the snow people and ground.

2. A Large Circle Shake-It Pouch™ was used after placing a mix of small white AB sequins and some white, pearl, and clear bead mix in the middle. I trimmed around the edge.

3. A piece of Bazzill Bling Infatuation cardstock was put through the Cuttlebug using the Spellbinders next the largest Large Scalloped Circle Die. The die was then embossed to bring out the scallops. The center was cut out using the 3" circle from a circles template I have. It was mounted over the top. Pearl stickers were added as shown.

4. The background is Impression-Obession Cover-a-Card™ Criss Cross CC005 stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink. It was heat embossed mount sooner without smudging. It raises up a little and almost feels embossed. It was trimmed to 3.75"X5.0" and mounted on 4.25"X5.5" Bazzill Infatuation cardstock. The leftovers were used inside the card.

5. The image was mounted as shown. The May Arts ribbon was mounted and a glue dot was used to join them a little below the middle of the card. The triple bow was done with the bow easy and the Snowflake charm, by Fanciful Inc., was mounted with the Bow-Easy. When I brought the ribbon from the back to the front, I also threaded it through the snowflake charm and then under to the back and then completed as always. It was mounted with large glue dots to the ribbon as shown. Mark Richards 2mm pearls were mounted as shown.

Supplies:

Image: Impression-Obsession - A Star Is Born - E8311 and Cover-a-Card™ Criss Cross CC005

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock, Bazzill Infatuation.

Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Twinkling H2O's Cool Waters, Plum Blossom, and Sweet Alfalfa, Sharpie Black

Accessories: Impression-Obsession Large Circle Shake-It Pouch™, Spellbinders Large Scalloped Edge Circles, Blue Moon Treasure Bead Mix, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, Mark Richards 2mm and 5mm pearls, May Arts Ribbon, 2mm Black Onyx flatback rhinestones.

There is already one participant in our challenge and it's on the IO blog right now, so get busy with those Winter cards everyone. There is another $25 Gift Certificate to be won a lucky entry. Also don't forget to check out the IO DT member blogs below:

• Daniela Dobson
  
  
• Laura Fulcher
  
  
• Jenny Gropp
  
  
• Dina Kowal More candy for you HERE
  
  
• Kathy Menzies
  
  
• Shirley Ross
  
  
• Jeanne Streiff

Thanks for stopping by the blog to look and share. Off to do some stamping.

 

 Shirley

 

3D Medallion And Some Pearls!

A few pearls to say the least. I love to do peel-off stickers when its something different. I saw these done by another blogger, Helena at Creating a Likeness, in the UK. I hunted for them online in the US for about a week. Then I looked in the UK. I eventually found a good buy for a set of them (10) at That's Crafty. I just looked and she doesn't have any gold packs listed now. Here is a site where you can get a better look at what the actual sheets look like. The deal here looks good, but not the shipping. I had a hard time finding a shop that had reasonable shipping along with the prices. The Medallions are by Starform, a company in the Netherlands. Some places in the US had the stickers but not the medallions. If anyone know of a company online that sells them, please let me know too!

The card is pretty straight forward. The peel-0ffs were very easy to do.

1. I started to lift using the sharp point of my X-Acto knife and then peeled each layer off by lifting with my fingers.

2. They were mounted on vellum so I could choose what colors to use and where.

3. Some areas were painted with Twinkling H2O's Cherry Sorbet and Siam White.

4. A Quickie Glue pen was used to apply the Deco Art Glamour Dust and the Mark Richards 2mm Pearls. A 5MM Pearl is on top.

5. 3D Pop Dots were used to mount the layers.

6. The background is Bazzill Pink cardstock on the bottom

7. Neenah Classic Crest Solar White was put through the Cuttlebug using the Diamond Plate folder, trimmed and then mounted.

8. Another piece of the Neenah was put through using the Spellbinders Frameabilities Scalloped Edge Die. The Pink Bazzill paper was mounted to the back. It was mounted using 3D Pop Dots on the Diamond Plate.

9. The Medallion was mounted using the 3D Pop Dots. I have no idea where or when I got this Pink striped ribbon. I mounted it and then the Bow-Easy bow.

10. It looked a little empty in the lower right, so I added, what else!!, some more pearls!

Supplies:
Image: Starform 3D Ornament Round Peel Off
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural Super Smooth cardstock, Bazzill Pink.
Inks: Twinkling H2O's Cherry Sorbet and Siam White
Accessories: Spellbinders Frameabilities Scalloped Edge, Cuttlebug Diamond Plate Embossing Folder, Quickie Glue Pen, Mark Richards 2mm and 5mm pearls, Pink striped ribbon

Thanks all for stopping by to look and share.

 

 

 Shirley

 

A Quik Post With A Quick Card!

I just finished my first Shake-It™ card and it was not only easy, but fun too! Below are the steps I used to do it and the card:
1. Pumpkin Patch - C2271 was stamped on Natural cardstock with VeraFine Onyx Black ink. It was painted with Twinkling H2O's Orange Peel, Olive Vine, Sweet Alfalfa, and Yellow Rose. Stickles Yellow glitter glue was used to highlight the eyes and mouth of the pumpkin.
2. Splellbinders Large Scalloped Ovals largest die was used to cut and emboss with Bazzill Swiss Dots cardstock. The next to largest oval from Spellbinders Large Ovals was used to cut out the center of the scalloped die cut.
3. Treasure Beads Blazing Orange bead mix was placed in the center of the painted image. The Oval Shake-It Pouch™ was used next. There is a lining around the outer edge of the oval. (I saved the lining to use on another card.) That was removed exposing the adhesive underneath. It was centered over the image and put down as shown. Then the scalloped embossed die cut was mounted over that as shown.
4. The center portion of the die cut was used to make the diecut frame for the word as shown. The "Hi!" is from Clear Stamp Set Mini Messages - MC176. It was stamped with the VersaFine Onyx Black ink on Natural cardstock and the dots in the word were highlighted with Stickles Yellow glitter glue.
5. Cover-a-Card™ Leaves - CC019 was inked with Adirondack Pesto ink and stamped on Neenah Classic Crest cardstock using the Acrylic Mega Mount™. (It is so fast and easy to do background stamps now. I have yet to get a poor image using mine. I set it on its handle to ink it and clean it. Talk about easy!!). I also inked just a portion of it so I could do the lower left hand corner of my envelope.
6. A 4.25"X5.5" piece of the Swiss Dot cardstock for the Background edge. A 4.0"X5.25" piece of Neenah Classic Crest Natural cardstock was mounted next, followed by a 3.75"X5.0" piece of the Leaves cardstock. A piece of the left over Leaves was also used for the inside top portion of the card.
7. The main image was mounted with 3D pop dots. The May Arts ribbon was mounted as shown. It was crossed over just below the image. The words were mounted between the image and the corner of the card. The bow was made with the Bow-Easy and mounted with Glue Dots. Some of the Leaves were painted with just a wash of Orange Peel watercolor as shown.
8. Mark Richards Yellow 5 and 2mm rhinestone stickers were mounted at top left-hand corner, over the knot of the bow, and lower right-hand corner as shown.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pumpkin Patch - C2271, Cover-a-Card™ Leaves - CC019, Acrylic Mega Mount™, and Mini Messages - MC176
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural Super Smooth cardstock, Bazzill Swiss Dots.
Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black, Adirondack Pesto, VersaMark, and Twinkling H2O's Orange Peel, Olive Vine, Sweet Alfalfa, and Yellow Rose
Accessories: Spellbinders Large Scalloped Ovals and Large Ovals, Organdy Ribbon, Oval Shake-It Pouch™, Bow- Easy, Stickles Yellow glitter glue, Mark Richards 5MM and 2MM Yellow Crystal stickers, Orange May Arts ribbon.
A fun card. It looks like lots of steps, but it was fast. The shaker was a snap. I am off to do another one, it was so much fun! Thanks for stopping by to look and share!!
Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 

 Shirley