5 days/5 looks/5 cards- Card 5

Hello my friends, my goodness, this card showcase is almost over. It went so quickly, but I hope you have enjoyed it and all the different looks I got with the same pretty Hero Arts Poppy stamp. This stamp is a set, there is a smaller poppy stem but I just think this one is so much prettier!

For my grand finale, I have an over the top stamped card! I again, used cream cardstock, and stamped several times at different heights, lightly overlapping the poppies. I took that block and spritzed it with cranberry zing spray mist and allowed some of the droplets be larger. Once dry I colored my stems with a water color pencil.

I  layered my blog on a bit of lime green and pink papers - both scraps of GCD studios paper, using my mini scallop scissors on the green paper. 

I looped a bit of my Watermelon crinkled ribbon ( for sale in my etsy store- link in the right sidebar) and made a nice large double bow with button and twine topper. I layered on all the flowers using my UCutIt foam tape from Glue Arts.These flowers are again colored with watercolor pencils, I use a waterbrush to blend out the color. When they were dry I finished the centers by adding glitter glue. 

I left the sentiment off this card, it was perfect without one.

  Boy, I cannot believe we are done, I hope this card was another bit of inspiration to you in this 5 day card showcase, and let me know if you enjoyed this, I would be willing to try this again!
have a wonderful day!

5 days/5 looks/5 cards - Card 4

 Hello again Friends!! Today is day 4 of my card showcase, I hope you are enjoying this daily showcase!
Again I am using the same Hero Arts Poppy stamp to create unique looking cards. I love dramatic colors and this peach/orange combo with the black and white really pops!
Again, I used a larger piece of cream cardstock, and stamped two of the stamp images just overlapping each other and one slightly lower then the other. I sprayed that piece with pink and orange to get almost a sunset look, I also colored in the stems with watercolor pencils. When I spray my backgrounds, I use a paper towel and rub in the color and take off the extra ink, it gives a pretty blendy look.

I kept this card on the simple side, just using a tiny bit of the Pink Paislee houndstooth punched with my EK scallop punch at the bottom of the stamped block. I used my other Hero Arts set and stamped the greeting, then accented it with orange gems. When I fussy cut out all the flowers, some of the flowers I adhered right to the background, using Mini Adhesive Squares from Glue Arts. Then I used Glue Arts UCutIt foam to pop up the rest of the flowers. This really gives a dimensional look. You can click my images to make them larger for a better view.

Of course, for the flowers, I again used my watercolor pencils. This time a yellow center and an orange outer flowers, and blending them together.I added a little thin twine bow and orange button on the card fold to finish it.

thanks for stopping by for card 4 of my showcase.

5 days/5 looks/5 cards- Card 3

Hello again! thank you for stopping by today, I am sharing my 3rd card in this little card showcase. In case you are just joining in, I am showing 5 cards with 5 different looks, all using scraps of paper and the same stamp. I love this beautiful Hero Arts Poppy stamp and love the different looks I am getting.

 For this card, I again used cream cardstock and stamped two times on this larger piece, I stamped the second stamping lower on the cardstock for height variation.
Again after I stamped, I used a teal spray mister and sprayed the background. I then used scraps of paper and stamped about 3 sets of the flower, then I sprayed that with a juneberry mister. I let everything dry and fussy cut out my flowers, I also used a water color pencil to color in the green stems.

 When I put my card together I used more of that lovely houndstooth by Pink Paislee, and I added a strip of my lime crinkled ribbon across the card. I layered on the stamped block, adding my flowers to the block with UcutIt foam from Glue Arts, and then I added glitter glue all on the tips and edges of the flowers.
I stamped the Hero Arts sentiment and then made a bow with my lime crinkled ribbon ( I sell this ribbon in my etsy store- link at top right sidebar) and  added it to the card with  a black button and twine.

thanks for checking out day three of my card showcase!

5days/5 looks/5 cards- Card 2

 Hello friends! Today is day two of my 5 days/5 cards posting., this card I think is my favorite of the 5 cards. If you have been coming to my blog for a while, you will know I ADORE this color combo, bright blue, orange and lime- swoon- are just my most favorite colors. I'm a happy girl to get to work with any of them and to have all three- the BEST!!
Again, I took my Hero Arts Poppy stamp and stamped it- several times on scrap cream cardstock, and once on a larger piece. I took spray mist and sprayed turquoise at the top and lime at the bottom of the cardstock after I had stamped the flowers. I am using Stazon ink so the ink doesn't bleed..
The lime paper is Girl's Paperie- oh- all the papers I am using in this set of 5 cards are SCRAPS!! yay me!! :)
and the flower blue is GCD studios. I punched the blue flower paper with my EKsuccess punch  and then layered my pieces on the background. I have been loving that additional look I am getting using my cloud scissors to trim my corners. I added some of my pumpkin crinkled ribbon - from my etsy store- and made a bow with an orange button and twine

 

After I stamped my flowers on cream cardstock, I used watercolor pencils to color them in, getting the darkest shades by wetting the pencil tip and coloring. I then let them dry. I stamped the sentiment- from another Hero Arts set- along the side of the card, and accented it with two pearls. I then fussy cut out all the flowers and popped them up with UCutIt foam from Glue Arts. Lastly I added pearls to all the flowers.

Thanks for checking out card 2 today!

5 days/5 looks/5 cards- card 1

Hello friends! I have decided to do a little series of cards showing off one single beautiful stamp set and show you just a couple different ways to create cards that are similar but different. Now I'm going to show a couple various ways to use the stamps, and a each card will have different colors, but this won't be each day a new technique, I'm just showing some fun cards here. I am using a Hero Arts stamp here.

Card One-  this dramatic combo really makes me happy! I love the red and black, and the touches of green and gold are just right to keep it from being too over the top.
I used a red spray mister to color the cardstock after I stamped the poppies on cream cardstock. I then restamped them on another cream cardstock, and sprayed that with gold and sunflower spray mist. I let that dry and then used watercolor pencils to color in the green stems, and fussy cut the flowers from the red misted piece.

 For the background card, I used Girls Paperie ( green ) and Pink Paislee ( houndstooth ) against each other. I tied a piece of my almost black etsy ribbon ( my etsy store is linked at the right sidebar)  around the middle then added on a bit of red cardstock mat. I added a couple red buttons looped with twine and some pretty light lime gems to accent the flowers and buttons. My sentiment is from another Hero Arts stamp set. and I tied on another button with more of my almost black crinkled ribbon at the bottom of the flowers.

hope you enjoyed my card today!

New Giveaway

 Have you seen the Imagine Best Friends cart? I have it and it's so sweet and adorable, I created a card to share with you today. I used a large size of the your tweet image and separately cut apart the tweet banner and bird. I added a blue block and hand cut the clouds.I popped up the banner, clouds and bird with UcutIt foam from Glue Arts and added some buttons and twine. If you like my card, then you will like my giveaway...

This Giveaway is for Cricut Imagine machine owners only. I am giving away a Best Friends Cartridge.

 

This sweet cartridge has icons and papers and has some of the cutest images!
To enter, simply leave me a comment on this post, please be sure to be an Imagine machine owner ( or soon to be owner) and if you aren't already a follower of my blog, please make sure you sign up to be one. I will run this contest for about  2 weeks. And pick a winner on June 1st.
have a wonderful day and good luck!!

Cricut Blog $150 Winner

Well, what a great blog launch this was! The Cricut Blog is up and running and if you haven't stopped by yet you really should, with daily giveaways still going on you still have chances to win.

Since Provo Craft is SUPER SUPER generous, each of the team members were given the opportunity to giveaway a cool $150 in cricut.com credit. Even I'M jealous of all you winners! :) 

So I wanted to go ahead and announce my winner- she is .....


Debbie said...
WOW...love more Cricut crafty inspiration! I am now following your blog, the Cricut Blog and posted on my FB page and put the blinkie on my blog to help spread the good word!
Thanks for chance to win!
Debbie
http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/


Debbie, please email me at ibescrapinkris (at) comcast (dot) com and I can let you know how to redeem that.
thank  you all for everyone who took the time to comment and follow along on my blog, I hope to have new creations to share with you soon!

Oct Afternoon recipe binder and card

How about inviting a friend to dinner? Then you can be a wonderful hostess and give them this pretty recipe binder with recipes from your meal. The binder is large enough for them to include some of their own recipes to create a treasured recipe album.


Supplies:
Papers/stickers/buttons/flair/letters- October Afternoon
Adhesives- Glue Arts Pema Tac, Glue Arts Adhesive Squares, Glue Arts UCutIt foam.
Twine
Diecut machine- Cricut Expresson, Elegant Edges and Storybook Cartridges
ribbon-Anna Griffin
Album- Pink Paislee
punch- Eksuccess

Card Instructions:

1. Fold card blank to 5x5 inches. Adhere block of paper to card, then add punched strip towards bottom of card and another to top of card.

2. Cut block of UCutIt foam to fit bracket shape, then adhere to card.

3. After cutting two butterflies using diecut machine, layer them together using Adhesive Squares. Adhere to card using Adhesive Squares then adhere flair button with twine bow to center of butterfly.

4. Tie bow, adhere button to center of bow with Adhesive Squares. Finish card by using sticker letters for greeting. 

Album Instructions:

1. Cut strip of pink paper and wrap around front cover of album, cutting second strip and adding enough to complete the wrap, adhering together with Perma Tac.

2. Adhere scalloped square with Perma tac to front cover, then adhere stickers down one side of square. Adhere button with adhesive squares.

3. Cut out and use adhesive squares to add butterfly to cover, adding button flair and twine bow to butterfly center.

Inside pages:

For appetizer page, adhere block of paper to chipboard divider, then add punched strip, oval piece and butterfly. Add button and twine to center of butterfly, then add label and stickers letters with Appetizer! across label.

For Meals page, adhere paper with Perma tac and trim excess from chipboard. Punch scalloped border then adhere across bottom of paper block. Add scalloped oval, with two buttons and butterfly in center of oval. Then use foam tape under sticekr and adhere in center of butterfly. Add label and letter stickers for Meals using Foam tape under sticker letters. 

For Desserts page, adhere part of scalloped circle across chipboard page, then trim off excess, adding strip of pink paper top to bottom of page. Use foam tape block on back of bracket shape and adhere to page. Adhere sticker label, trim off excess and adhere sticker letters for Desserts. Use Adhesive Squares to adhere butterfly, button and twine to page.

Get the NEWS- BIG Launch Day!!

 I have the BEST NEWS for you today! TODAY the brand spankin' new Cricut BLOG is launching!! this blog is open to the general public and is going to be a wonderful resource for everyone who loves Provo Craft Products!

The Official Cricut Blog will be THE PLACE to go to for announcements, information, inspiration, and MORE. It will feature all types of projects using all of your favorite Cricut machines: the Expression, Imagine, Cuttlebug, Yudu, and MORE! Find the latest news and videos and don’t forget to check in the third Thursday of each month for the Hello Thursday NEW Cartridge Releases! The May Edition of Hello Thursday is tomorrow. Be sure to stop in and check it out 

Guess what else?!!! Because the New Cricut Blog is sponsored by the Cricut Circle, each of the Circle Design Team Members is holding a GIVEAWAY for a $150 Credit to Cricut.com. All you need to do to be elligible for the Giveaway is to help us get the word out about The New Cricut Blog

1) Become a Follower of the Cricut Blog  and my blog as well, and

2) Share the news on Facebook, Message Board, or somewhere else and

3) Post here that you have done both of these things. Easy peasy!

 You have until Midnight on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011. I will announce the winner here on my blog on Monday. Have fun and GOOD LUCK!

Happy Cricuting!!

A Beautiful pin cushion

 Earlier I had shared that other pin cushion with you using Glue Arts products, well, this was the inspiration piece for that cushion. And to be honest, I adore this one the most!! I used most of a roll of that fabulous Papertrey felt, but it's totally worth it because it's a thick roll to stick your pins in. I still used Glue Arts Hot Glue gun, it works so well with holding down everything!

 

I hand cut the flower on the side, just with a couple scraps, I also hand cut the two leaves. 

I absolutely love the felt stickers from Pebbles, they are totally adorable and go perfectly with this 'flower' pincushion!

Pebbles supplies used:
Happy Go Lucky Glad (751087)
Happy Go Lucky Cheery (751080)
Happy Go Lucky Buttons (747069)
Felt Embellishments - Bugs (747042)
Red Ribbon (744029)

Other supplies used:
Buttons (American Crafts)
Felt (Papertrey Ink)
Twine

 Have a terrific day!

A sweet snowman

good morning! today I am sharing an older project. This is an exclusive project I made for  the Cricut Circle Blog, you can sign up Here to join in on all the fun and creativity!

This sweet little snowman was made with paper mache boxes, paint, twigs and more. I cannot give you many details, but I can tell you I used the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art and Winter Woodland cartridges in my Cricut Expression.

 

I love that I flicked paint on him all over to make him look like flurries are keeping him safe and cold.

  

Look at those sweet little chalked pink cheeks, I love adding highlights to rosy cheeks!

 

I rusted the brass jingle bells myself, details on how to do that are on the Cricut Circle Blog.

thanks for taking a look today at this little snowman!!
and if you are interested in signing up for the Cricut Circle, here is the link again. Cricut Circle Blog sign up

thanks for dropping in today!

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American Crafts and Pebbles together

Oh my,  I totally fell in love with this Peachy Keen collection from American Crafts. I paired a couple of the peach papers with some lovely woodgrain paper from Campy trails, then added other pastel colors to make this set of sweet spring tags. Add them to a card blank for a quick card, or dress up a gift, they are too pretty to hide away. I punched extra holes in the Peachy Keen tags and wrapped my twine around my tags, and tied on the tags this way."

Pebbles supplies used:
The Mr. & Mrs. Flowers Dimensional Stickers (732044)
Happy Go Lucky Fabric Brads (747077)
Happy Go Lucky Flower Brads (747075)
Happy Go Lucky Buttons (747069)

American Crafts supplies used:
Peachy Keen Right O (35371)
Peachy Keen Easy As Pie (35393)
Campy Trails Cedar River Trail (35359)
Peachy Keen Bits Round Tags (85542)
Hello Sunshine Ribbon (58637)
Hello Sunshine Delights - Sunny Side (72010)
Thickers Doll - Waterfall(53139)

Other supplies used:
Die Cut Machine (Cricut Expression by Provo Craft)
Cardboard
Cardstock
Twine
Felt
Punch

A sweet pincushion for mom

Tin Pincushion

Designer: Kristen Swain

Supplies:

Glue Arts- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks, Perma Tac adhesive and Glue Glider Pro Gun

October Afternoon- paper and buttons

Twine

some buttons- american crafts

fabric brads- gcd studios

felt- papertrey ink

Tin

pearls- Kaisercraft

pinking shears

felt sticker- Pebbles

Tip: Great as a gift for any crafter, this tin doubles as a pin cushion and a small tin holder, it would even be perfect for a small scented candle inside.

Instructions:

1. Cut 5/8 inch strips of felt using pinking shears. Use Glue Arts Hot Glue Gun and starting in the middle of the tin lid, add a drop of Hot Glue and stick one end of a strip of felt, then allow to cool and start twisting felt into a rope and adhering to lid in coil.

2. Cut circle out of felt, then cut a spiral to center of circle. Take felt and use Hot Glue to hold rose together, adhere yellow and two white flowers to top of tin. Add fabric brads to center of flowers, then add pearls and small felt handcut leaves. Add small felt butterfly sticker with Hot Glue.

3. Trim paper to size of tin side, then use Perma Tac adhesive to attach paper to tin.

4. Using another strip of 5/8 inch felt to center of tin side. Then using twine and buttons, string buttons on twine and adhere to felt with Hot Glue.

5. Handcut a single flower from felt, adhere to center point on front of tin, adhering button on top, then adhere a second button tied with twine bow.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my pincushion post today!