Guest Designer - Sherry Gibson

Time for another guest designer Friday! Today we're feature the work of Sherry Gibson of Loose Stitches and Unraveled Threads. I love all the elements Sherry combined to create this gorgeous, neutral themed wedding card!

Here's what Sherry says about putting this lovely card together: 
"Hello Everyone,
First I want to say thank you to Esther for allowing me this opportunity to be a Guest Designer for CropStop. For This Card - Step By Step...

• White cardstock for the card base.
• Cut a large piece of ivory cardstock to fit the center of the card.
• Used Darice Embossing Folder 'Crackle' on the ivory paper (left and right side)
• Embossed another piece of ivory paper using Darice Embossing Folder 'Wedding Dress'.
• Fussy cut the wedding dress out using Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine Pointed Scissors.
• Cut out the window with a Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites 'Window Die'.
• Cut out the Creative Expressions 'Petite Butterflies' Dies with ivory cardstock.
• Cut out the Darice Embossing Essentials Dies 'Ivy Border'.
• Using a piece of The Paper Studio 'Tattered and Worn' Paper...For my flowers.
• To make my flowers...Cut circles/cut them in a spiral shape/rolled them and glued to end.
• Used a Ranger Ink Applicator with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tea Dye' - on the dress.
• With the ink applicator I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Vintage Photo' - on these...
• On the card base/over the embossed background/on the butterfly wings/on the flowers
• Glued two pieces of coffee stained lace on the back of the window, then glued onto the card.
• Next I took a piece of brown string and tied each to make tiebacks for the curtains.
• Then glued a string of pearls on the top part of the window.
• Glued a piece of coffee stained gauge to the bottom left/center of the card.
• Attached pop-dots to the back of the wedding dress and put it on the card.
• Attached half a pop-dot on two of the top right leaves of the ivy die cut.
• Then glued the ivy over the dress and onto the card.
• Glued a piece of coffee stained gauge on the top left side of the dress.
• Glued the flowers onto the card, over the pieces of coffee stained gauge.
• Then glued the larger butterfly onto the right side of the vine.
• Attached half a pop-dot on the back of the small butterflies, then added them to the card.

...Products Used...
Sizzix BIGkick Machine by Vintaj
Darice Embossing Folder 'Wedding Dress'
Darice Embossing Folder 'Crackle'
Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites 'Window Die'
Creative Expressions Craft Dies By Sue Wilson 'Finishing Touches/Petite Butterflies'
Darice Embossing Essentials Dies Ivy Border
Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine Pointed Scissors and Tweezers
The Paper Studio 'Tattered and Worn' Paper
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tea Dye' and 'Vintage Photo'
Forever In Time 'Pop-Dots
Coffee Stained Gauge and Lace
Strand Of Pearls and Flowers
Kokuyo Dotliner Tape Runner
Ad-tech Crafter's Precision Glue
Beacon Gem-Tac Glue
White/Brown/Ivory/Olive Cardstock

I enjoy being a guest designer for CropStop. I hope that you enjoy my card."

Now it's your turn! Stop by our Current Challenge and link up any project that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store.  Hope to see you there!

Guest Designer - Christi Conley

Time for Guest Designer Friday! Today we're sharing an elegant card created by our talented guest designer: Christi Conley of Art Without Anxiety. Christi created a beautiful wedding/anniversary card in almost all white using some very pretty die cuts. 

Here's what Christi says about creating her card:
"I started the card by cutting the large background die and the top portion out of white shimmer card.  I glued the frame onto the square card.  Then I embossed the sentiment in the center of the top piece.  Next, I cut a square of white glitter card to go under the top of the card, attached the two pieces together, and used dimensional dots to attach that to the card.  That was really all there was to it.  I think it looks almost as good as a store bought card!"

What I Used to Make my Card:

Square White Card, 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"

White Glitter Card

White Pearlescent Card

Sue Wilson Background Butterfly Frame, #CED-7105 {find all the Sue Wilson dies here}

My Sentiments Exactly! Best Wishes, from Wedding, #M106 {this stamp set will work just fine}

VersaMark Ink Pad {for the embossing}

Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder

Colorbox Petal Point - Alchemy {any silver ink will work}

Dimensional Dots

Now it's your turn....stop by our current link party and link up any project that includes a product or two from companies Cropstop carries in the store. Hope to see you there!

Guest Desinger - Karen Letchworth

Hello blog friends, welcome back for another Guest Designer Friday! Today we're excited to be sharing a beautiful card created by Karen Letchworth of My Cup Runneth Over. Karen is no stranger to Cropstop regulars, and we're happy she agreed to share this lovely card in her distinctive style! Not only did she create a gorgeous card to share with us today, but she also walks us through the creative process step by step - with photos!!

Here's what Karen says about putting this sweet card together:

"This card started with a piece of Ivory Bazzill card stock that I used to create a textured background.  I used a plastic Tool (similar to this, but you can use a plastic knife) to place Prima Gesso on the card stock by laying a circle patterned Stencil on the paper and spreading the Prima Gesso.  Using a Sponge Dauber is another great way to add color to just about anything, and CropStop carries just about every shade of the fabulous Tim Holtz inks/paints to make all your projects pop.  Using some more Stencils, I took the Sponge Dauber and applied some color to the background including Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Marmalade Distress Ink and Tim Holtz Dusty Concord.  I also used Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Ink to stamp some swirls.

Next, I die-cut a "chicken wire" piece for the back drop using a Darice Embossing Die.  I used only a portion of this die-cut in the lower right corner of my card.  This completed the background I wanted, and now it was time to add a sentiment and some embellishments.  I started by cutting some greenery (branches) using a Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson branch die-cut, and I placed them strategically in the lower right corner.  To that, I added a length of bundled Ivory Burlap String and topped that with some gorgeous Petaloo Flowers and leaves.

All that was left was my sentiment, so I grabbed my Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink to stamp my sentiment on a Spellbinders die.  I inked it with some Tim Holtz Forest Moss Distress Ink, and added some Ivory Burlap String, Olive Burlap String, a flower and some sequins.

I encourage you to try something new.  I'm trying to step out of my comfort zone as well.  Perhaps picking up some Gesso and giving the textured background a try, or getting some new die-cuts.  CropStop has so many FABULOUS products as well as a fun monthly challenge on the CropStop Blog.  Be sure to stop by and check out everything CropStop has to offer."

 

Thanks for sharing your talent with us today, Karen! It's always a pleasure to showcase your work! 

Now it's YOUR turn! Stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any project that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store! I'll be looking for YOUR name in the link gallery!

Guest Designer - Kathy Krug

It's Guest Designer Friday and today we're sharing another one of Kathy Krug's ( Stamp With Ink) lovely projects with you. This week, Kathy has created a beautiful notebook and also included a mini tutorial for our readers to create their own!

Here's what Kathy says:

"I love making these little notebooks for family and friends. They are great next to the computer, the phone or in a purse. There a several online tutorials like this ONE on how to make a version of this with post it notes.. If you want to use the larger paper packs from the Dollar Store like this one, the measurments are a piece of card stock 5 ½ by 9 ½ scored at 4,4 ½ and 5.

Since I buy the paper notebook inside and pen from the dollar store, they are also inexpensive to make. I usually make the note book from heavy weight card stock first and then make a separate panel to glue top of the notebook which gives it some extra stability. Because I need a strong, adhesive I use Scor-Tape to make the notebook and to tape the paper in place.  

  

The top panel was created using these steps.

1. Cut a 51/2 by 4-inch piece of white card stock.
2. Emboss it with the Cuttlebug Swiss dot embossing folder.
3. Frame that with largest Frantic Stamper Fancy Frames 1.
4. The center oval was made by using several Sue Wilson dies: Ornate Oval Just for You, Montreal, and Toronto. The great thing about Sue’s designs is that many of them are interchangeable.
5. To finish the bottom, I used Elizabeth Craft’s Dogwood 2 and Ostrich Fern. Prills finished the centers of the flowers.
6. The little hummingbirds are from Poppy Stamps."

 

Thanks for sharing your talent with us, Kathy!

Now it's your turn....stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that include a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store!