Christmas card with snowflakes

Happy weekend to you. I hope that you have sunshine as we do. Love that! I was able to get some good photos of my last bunch of cards I made. This is one of them. I used a stamp from Inkadinkado, embossing powder by Stampendous, ink by Versa Mark and Ranger Distressing ink, die cuts by Spellbinders (snowflakes and scallop circle), rhinestones by Kaisercrafts, paper by K & Co, Recollections and DCWV. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Challenges:

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/(F#35)-Christmas

http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/my_weblog/(F)-Christmas

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/(F#34)-Christmas

http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/(F#86)-Christmas

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/(F#2)-Embossing

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/(F#22)-Christmas

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/(F)-Christmas with bling

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TH#43)-Christmas sentiment

Liquid Pearls Tutorial for Fabulous Friday Fun 12-9-11

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This week for Fabulous Friday Fun I am continuing on with last weeks projects using Liquid Pearls. I came up with so many examples of ways to use it that I had to break it into two posts. HERE is last weeks post and on to this weeks post.

I have these large flowers that are not paper but more like a Mulberry paper but a little bit stronger. For the first idea, I used the White Opal and a rubber background stamp by Hero Arts.

I sprayed a blob of Liquid Pearls with water and painted it onto the stamp.

I placed the flower on the stamp and pressed down onto the stamp. This is the fun look that I got.

The second flower I painted with just white opal Liquid Pearls. After it dried I used platinum pearls mixed together with a couple drops of ink from a Ranger Industries re-inker, color aged mahogany, on wax paper.

I used my paint brush to mix the two together

Then I added more Platinum Pearls to make the mixture thicker.

I painted the petals of the flower lightly with the mixture to get the following look.

Combining the flowers together along with a circle die cut and an epoxy sticker I layered them on to a journal box. Here is a close up of the flower. I like the way the Liquid Pearls add color and texture to the flowers.

For the third flower, I used the same mixture as above on a clear background stamp.

Here I painted the background stamp.  

Place the flower on top of the stamp to transfer the image. 

Here is the flower after being stamped.

The stamped image didn't transfer completely but I was able to use the flower on a card.

Using a snowflake sticker and a rhinestone for the center I was able to hide the imperfection.

There is another Liquid Pearl aspect to this card. I heat embossed snowflake stamps using clear embossing powder. I wanted to see if the Liquid Pearls would resist an embossed image. Adding a few spritzes of water to the Liquid Pearls and painted the patterned paper. 

Thankfully the sun was shining the day I took these photos. You can really see the snowflakes pop off the paper in these shots.

Well, that's all I have for you today. I hope you have enjoyed the different ways to use Liquid Pearls.

Thanks for looking.

Christmas Cards

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Busy, Busy, Busy around here. I have two Christmas cards to show today. The first one I used clear Crackle paint on the die cuts. The sentiment is a sticker from EK Success. The patterned paper is by K and Co and brad is by The Paper Studio. Card base by Halcraft.

Challenges:

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/(TH#142)-Winged things

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/(TH#86)-Nature

http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TH#12)-It's all about Christmas with an animal

http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/(TH#55)-Christmas

http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/(W)-Anything goes Christmas

This card is similar to yesterdays card but I used slightly different paper and ribbon this time.  The sentiment is by CTMH, die cut by Spellbinders, flower by Oriental Trading Co, present by Jolee's, ribbon by Offray,  white cardstock by Recollections, red cardstock by SU and the green PP is by DCWV. I'm not sure about the other PP. Sorry.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Challenges:

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TH#43)-Christmas sentiment

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/(TH#8)-traditional Christmas colors

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/(W#132)-Christmas

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/(W#76)-Christmas

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/(W#136)-Use ribbon

http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#35)-Traditional Christmas

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Present Christmas card

Just a quick Christmas card to share today. I love how you can stencil the Spellbinders dies. It just adds so much dimension to an already awesome die cut. I really want this scalloped circle set for Christmas but I think Santa will be flying by our house this year. That's what happens when you get older, I guess:)

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Christmas sparkle

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Just a little glitter to make your day sparkle.

Thanks for looking

Challenges:

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/(M#87)-Anything goes with glitter
http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/(M#27)-Red green and white
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/(M#96)-Colors of Christmas
http://mimchallegeblog.blogspot.com/(M#27)-Glitter

Manly Monday

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This week I have a layout for the 2012 calendars that I have been teaching classes on and have 12 of them to do myself. 20 more days until the big reveal to the family. That makes my stomach turn. Anyway here is July and Hubby said I could use it for Manly Monday.

Supplies:

Star brads by The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby

Banner made with Cricut cartridge Lyrical letters

Dog tag made with Cricut cartridge Base Camp

Star stamps to make background paper are by three if not four different sets by Stampin Up

Ink by CTMH, Ranger, Stampin Up

All stickers by EK Success

Cardstock by CGull (blue), Recollections (red) and The Paper Co (white)

Thanks for looking

The picture looks like poo but what can I do when the sun won't shine. We have been living under a gray cloud for over a week. Hate it! Why do I live here, I ask myself constantly? Oh yeah, most of my family (even though some I could stand to move away from) and friends are here.

I tried doing lighting in my office and got yelled at for removing lamps from the living room. So I asked for an over my head lighting, just something that would clip onto my bookshelf and I got the look followed by "I put all new lighting in that room. What do you mean there's a shadow?" Lol-whatever. Anyone got any suggestions without spending a ton?

Celebrate Sunflower Image Card

This week at I Did it Creations our theme is flowers and we were sponsored by Floppy Latte Designs So for my DT card I chose the sunflower image.

I colored the image in with Copic markers and cut it out using a Spellbinders die cut. I like the way the die-cut matches the shape of the image.

The background has been dry embossed with a Darice embossing folder. I put Want 2 Scrap pearls inside the visible circles.

At the bottom of the card, is a piece of gathered ribbon with twine wrapped around it.

Thanks for looking

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Edited 5/20/21-cleaning house on some of my blogposts

Saturday's Rock! Scrapbook Layout

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This Saturday I am going to teach a calendar class. I have to get all my things together so this will be quick.

I used my Cricut Design Studio to create the border in the middle.

Any other questions, leave me a comment:)

Christmas Card for Fabulous Friday Fun 12-2-11

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Welcome to another Fabulous Friday. This week I am going to show you a couple ways I used Liquid Pearls by Ranger Industries.

I have lots of pictures to share with you today. But the first one I want to share is a card I made for the I Did it Creations challenge on 11-19-11. I used White Opal Liquid Pearls on the snow portion of the snow lady. A DT member asked what I used and that is where this post comes in. (Image by Robyn's Fetish-Bella Da Snowlady)

I'm going to use Robyn's Fetish image called Snow Wagon.

Here is a picture of the other supplies I used for this card. I use wax paper to blend all the ingredients for this first technique.

I take the ink pad and flip it upside down on the wax paper.

From there I add Liquid Pearls off to the side of the ink and then spray water by the two.

The paintbrush draws a little bit from each the ink, water, and Liquid Pearls. Mix them together before you begin to paint on to your image.

The next step is to paint in your image using the mixture of the three. I started with Tea Dye ink and Platinum Pearls.

For a bit of shadowing I made another spot on my wax paper using Vintage Photo distressing ink with the Platinum Pearls.

You have to move quickly with this mixture because it dries quickly. When the mixture is wet you can move it around well however, once it is dry, it is what it is. For the wheels, I used Walnut Stain ink with Platinum Pearls and water too. The gears of the wheel could no longer be seen once I painted over them but that was OK-you will see why in a few photos.

I colored in the heart using Barn Door Distressing ink, water, and White Opal Liquid Pearls. I then started into making the snow. Just squirt some into the area you want the texture and use the tip to push it close to the lines of the image and to give it a swirl effect.

You can see in this last one that I went around the lines of the image to give the snow more depth.

Next, I made the ground snow covered by using the White Opal Liquid Pearls.

Here is my final card where you can see I placed glittery chipboard dots in place of the gears on the wheels.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/(W)-Let it Snow

http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com/(TU#92)-Winter

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/(TU#86)-'Tis the season

http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/(SU#26)-Buttons

http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/(M#13)-Winter Wonderland

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(W#42)-Any winter holiday sentiment

http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/(TH)-Snow business

http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/-(runs from the 1st to the 14th)-Let it snow

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/(#95)-Snowflakes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#30)-Winter

This second example will be quick. I used the Christmas Cookie image by Robyn's Fetish.

I painted the cookie with a combination of Tea Dye and Antique Linen Distressing inks and water with Perfect Pearls. Then I colored the frosting of the cookie with a paintbrush using Platinum Liquid Pearls and water. From there I used the White Opal Liquid Pearls and made the frosting swirls. I painted in the dots with Barn Door Red and water because I wasn't sure if my rhinestones would cover the entire circle.

Then like a silly girl I put the rhinestones on with my iRock and thought I should use a Spellbinders die on this cute little cookie. Lol. The rhinestones cracked and dented my Cuttlebug plate. However, my rhinestones sparkle like diamonds now. Maybe I will try and take another picture in the daylight so you can see them better. I thought it was pretty funny.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/dare-to-be-sassy-thursday-101.html(TH#101)-A holiday card with some sparkle

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/(W#33)-Merry Christmas

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/(W#16)-Anything Goes

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#15)-Vintage

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/(W)-Polka Dots

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/(TU#85)-Santa Clause is coming

http://createmepink.blogspot.com/(W#5) Christmas colors {red, green and gold or silver}

http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/(TH#47)-Seeing spots

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/(SU)-Christmas 

{I bought the Spellbinder die from your store}

http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/(MO#75)-Distressing

For this week I am done but for next week I have a few other things to use Liquid Pearls for. Don't forget to check out my FFF special prize due Jan 1st, 2012:)

Christmas Cards all year Round

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December at Christmas Cards all year round means anything goes as long as it's Christmas theme. 

Here are two cards I made for the challenge.

Challenges for the card above:

http://www.scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/(W#62)-Anything Goes

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/(#18)-Christmas card

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#30)-Winter and Christmas

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#140)-Anything Christmas

Thanks for looking

Christmas card with flowers

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I made this lovely card to sell at the local scrapbook store. Apparently the ladies like cards with flowers. I hope they like this one. I sure do. The best part about this card is that all the paper used was scraps I found in my stash. It makes me feel good to use those little pieces that I save for "someday". Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/(W#147)-Christmas with a sentiment

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/(W#33)-Christmas

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/(W#16)- Anything goes

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/(W#101)-Anything goes

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/(W)-Anything goes

http://www.whimsical-designs.com/(W)-Layer it

Friends card

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Today is my birthday. Yahoo, right? I've been celebrating all month with random online purchases. The credit card bill came over the weekend and it too the happy out of the birthday. Lol

Anyway, I really love this card so what better day to show it to you then today. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/(TU)-Anything goes
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/(M)-Anything Goes
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/(M#57)-Heat embossing
http://hippitywithippity.blogspot.com/(M#10)-Embossing
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/(M)-Embossing