CardMaker Magazine Blog Metallic Inspirations Blog Hop

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Hi Everyone!

Welcome to another fun blog hop with the CardMaker magazine blog design team! We will all be sharing shinny, sparkly, metallic inspired cards with you today. 

If you are here from sweet Kimberly's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened onto my blog, you will want to head back to the CardMaker blog where it all starts.

Brooke asked  us to create a card using anything that is metallic, sparkly and shinny. Now...to be completely honest, I created these cards awhile back for a magazine submission, but they didn't make the cut. 

I thought I would save this first card for a special occasion, and boy does it work for this one! They just don't get any more shinny than this! LOL! :)

I used UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) and metallic accents to create the look of a bar-b-que grill. What dad doesn't like a shinny new red BBQ? :)

The next card has been published on one of my past design team blogs, but never on mine. I thought as a bonus card today, I would post it here as well. It too is very shinny and sparkly with metallic accents.

Here's a closer look.

Before you go, if you love the CardMaker blog team girl's work, you won't want to miss out on the beautiful new 2013 CardMaker calendar. 

I am so blessed to have my cards included in this wonderful calendar along side of cards by Kimberly Crawford, Carolyn King, Colleen Schaan, Anya Schrier, and Michelle Woerner.
It's super high quality, glossy finished, comes with stunning photography, and has full instructions plus supply lists for every card included.
Why not order one for yourself and several for friends and family? They would make awesome Christmas gifts! :)

Thanks so much for dropping by today. 

Your next stop on the hop is back to the CardMaker blog, where I am sure Brooke will have something beautiful to share with you!  :)

Here are the links to the rest of the girls on the hop, just in case you hoped in somewhere in the middle  :) ...

Kimberly Crawford 

Carolyn King 

Colleen Schaan 

Anya Schrier 

Trudy Sjolander (you are here)
Glenda
Jeannie
Brooke Smith (CardMaker blog)

Hugs,

"Dad" Card Supply List:

Stampers Anonymous - #CMS5079 Mini Cirque Alpha stamps by: Tim Holtz 

Discount Cardstock - Posh Red Linen, Silver Foil, Posh True Black linen, and Brilliant White cardstock 

Ranger Industries - Perfect Medium, ultra thick embossing powder, silver embossing powder, black ink, and Heat It tool 

Spellbinders - M Bossabilities #EL-D03 Patchwork embossing folder and die cutting machine 

Crop-A-Dile Corner Comper 

Beacon - Fabri-tac glue 

Helmar - Zap Dots 

Silver gel pen

Wedding Card Supply List:

Fiskars- Just Married Quotes stamps 

Discount Card Stock - Pearlized Porcelain Scored Cards and Envelopes, Silver Posh, and Bazzill White Wedding Pack 

Ranger's -Perfect Medium 

Want2Scrap's - White Pearl Scalloped Hearts Nestabling and Self Adhesive White Pearls, Spellbinder's - Heart and Scalloped Heart Nestabilities, Wizard, Prima's -Symphony Blend Andanta White flower, Martha Stewart's - Butterfly Stamp and Punch, EK Success - Petite Flower Punch, Ranger Ink's - Studio White Acrylic Paint, Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder and Heat It Tool, Really Reasonable Ribbon's - White Sparkle Velvet Ribbon, Helmar's Craft Glue and Zap Dots 

My SplitCoastStampers Resources Tutorial Goes Live Today!

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Hi Everyone!

I was honored to have been asked by Beate Johns to create a "Pixel" tutorial for the Resources section at SplitCoastStampers. It goes live today and I would love for you to check it out and leave me some love! :)

Here's a peek at the fun and easy technique using foam self-adhesive dots and Perfect Pearls Pigment or glitter.

Hope you will check it out! :)

Mixed Media Canvas and a Fond Faiwell

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Hi everyone! My post today is bitter-sweet. It's my last post as an official Helmar Hottie, but you know what they say...Once a Helamr Hottie, always a Helmar Hottie!.

I love this team and their products but sometimes we get so busy in our crafty lives that we just have to step back and make decisions based off of nessesity and not from our hearts. 

Now on to the sweet part of today's post...

I love buttons and am excited to share my mixed media canvas with you. I used lots of buttons form our prefered partner company Buttons Galore's - Candy Apple Green mix and a few from some of their other beautiful assortments.

I used the adorable Spirit Girl stamp illustrated by Suzi Blu from Stampavie, that was given to me from my sweet friend Allie Gower. The sentiment is one of Tim Holtz - Stamper's Anonymous from the "Just Thought" set. I water colored the image and used lots of Ranger Adirondack inks to drip in the sky.

I used my all time favorite decoupage...from Helmar of course! :)
The stems and leaves are Really Reasonable Ribbon's - Leaf Trim.

Of course I had to sneak in some Want2Scrap...the pearls on her shirt are 72 count Sage Green Pearls.

BTW... Over at the Want2Scrap blog, we are doing a fund-raiser for cancer and have lots of beautiful ATC's that will go to some very lucky people! 

For more information on how you can join us in the Passionately Pink For a Cure" campaign, head over to the Want2Scrap blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs,

True :D

Really Reasonable Ribbon/ The Rubber Cafe Blog Hop!

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Hello everyone and...

The designers from Really Reasonable Ribbon and The Rubber Cafe, have teamed up to share some fabulous creations with you!

If you are here from The Rubber Cafe blog, you are in the right place! If you just happened on to my blog, you will want to go back there and start from the beginning! You don't want to miss any of the girls projects! You also don't want to miss commenting on everyone's blogs to help with your chances of winning an amazing prize! :)

I used The Rubber Cafe's Large Trailing Butterflies and several colors of ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon's April Monthly Ribbon Club assortment for my card today.

I stamped the image twice on Discount Card Stock's Brilliant White, so I could pop a few butterflies, then colored them with Copic markers. 

The other papers are Banana Split and Nautical Blue, also from Discount Card Stock. After assembling my card, I added some pretty bling from Want2Scrap.

This is what the awesome April club assortment looks like.
If you are not already a member of the ribbon club, there is no better time to join. CLICK HERE for more info.

The Rubber Cafe will be giving away a butterfly stamp set, some glitter and some glitter glue.
Really Reasonable Ribbon will be giving away this prize package...

Thanks so much for hopping by!
If you are new to my blog, I would love for you to become a follower, if you liked what you have seen!

Don't forget to leave a comment to increase your chances of winning an awesome prize! :)

Your next stop on the hop is sweet Judy's joyful blog. :) 

If you have a little extra surfing time after you have run the hop, I would love it if you would go visit the post I did yesterday on the CardMaker magazine blog! :)

Join Us in Inky Antic's Easter Blog Hop!!!!

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Hello Everyone and welcome to another Inky Antics blog hop!

If you've come here from sweet Debbie's blog, you're in the right place!
If you just happened on here, head on back to the Inky blog where it all starts!

Today the girls are sharing some darling new Easter sets with you.

I am using #11091MC "Bunny Parade" clear set, illustrated by the very talented Tammy DeYoung.

Last week I made several projects with this same set (SEE THEM HERE) but they were all very pastel pallets. I wanted to show what the set could look like done in brights today. Talk about two totally different looks from the same stamps!!!  ;)

I guess you could call this a multi-medium card because I used Copics on the sky and grass and Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol on the image. I kind of like the look.  :)

I also stamped and colored several images then fussy cut portions and popped them up with Helmar ZapDots for a 3D effect.

Notice the fun dots on the image background? I kind of CASEd that from my friend Lori Boyd.  I LOVE her coloring! :)

I used a white gel pen to add some extra highlights. The colors bled in and changed the ink from white to pink on the basket but it still works. ;)

The designer paper is from K&Company's - Abrianna stack, and the cardstocks are Discount Card Stock's - Brilliant White, Turquoise, and Violet.

The bright and pretty Orange Swirls ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I used some #dd-135 Summer dew drops from The Robin's Nest to carry out the dots I have going on the image.

By the way....thank you Robin's Nest for all of the beautiful goodies you sent me to play with!

Make sure and leave a comment on all of the girl's blogs so you can get a chance at one of the two awesome Inky Antics prizes that will be given away. Only one entry per blog and the hop ends at midnight Central time on Sunday, March 25. The winners will be announced next Monday on the Inky blog, so make sure and check back to see if you are one of the winners!

Your next stop on the hop is my sweet friend Tex'x blog. I am sure he has something adorable to share with you! :)

Thanks so much for hopping by!

My Card Positioning System Card

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Hi Everyone!

I created a card to represent Really Reasonable Ribbon because they are sponsoring Card Positioning Systems this week.

Here's my card...

The cardstock is Brilliant White and  Terrestrial Teal from Discount Card Stock.

The beautiful ribbon is Teal Shimmer Satin from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I used K&Company's Abrianna collection, The Robin's Nest's - Lullaby Teardrops and Chuckles Dewdrops, and a Prima - Gwendolyn's Woodpecker flower.

Here is the sketch we were to use for inspiration... 

Hope you will head on over to CPS and join in on the fun!

Art Glitter Design Team 2012 Audition card

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Hello Everyone!  

I created the card above for my design team audition for Art Glitter.

As always, I used elements from several of my other design teams to so this is really a multi DT card! :)

I used the "Large Trailing Butterflies" stamp that The Rubber Cafe sent me to play with. 

THANK YOU RUBBER CAFE!  :)

I stamped the image on to acetate with black StazOn, then used a clear gloss medium to adhere the gorgeous Art Institute glitters. I used their Ultra Fine Transparent's in Pretty Pink, Hibiscus, Mystery, Fresh Green, and Berren. After allowing some dry time, I went over the glitter and glaze with some gesso to make the butterflies opaque. 

I cut a frame from The Robin's Nest's - Terrific Teal chipboard and attached it to the acetate piece with Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I used Helmar ZapDots to lift it up from the card front.  I then added some pretty pretty bling with the Pink Rhinestones and Nestabling Labels One Pink Rhinestones from Want2Scrap.

The cardstocks used are Brilliant White and Starburst Metallic from Discount Card Stock.

The beautiful Satin Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Wish me luck!  :)

It's Clear Dollar Stamps Digi Release Day!

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Hello Everyone!

Today I get to share two new stamp sets illustrated yours truly for Clear Dollar Stamps, and an additional card that I created with one of my friend Lisa Lara's very first digi stamps!

The first card was created with my new "Sunny Day" digi stamp. I wanted a fun and simple "child-like drawing" for quick and happy cards. I think I achieved it.:

It was a very quick card to create. I simply, chalked in the clouds, colored the flowers, then paper pieced the sun and grass!

The cradstock is Brilliant White, Papaya Puree Dark Prismatic, and Prussian Blue, all from Discount Card Stock.

The designer paper is from Basic Grey's Piccadilly stack.

The pretty Sunflower Swiss Dots Grosgrain ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue to put it all together.

This is what my "Sunny Day" digi set looks like. It is available  now for just $2.50 for instant download.

My next card was created with my "Stitched Flower" digi set.

I paper pieced the image and cut the background panel from Basic Grey's "Sweet Threads" designer paper pad.

Cardstocks used are Brilliant White, Herbal Garden Medium, and Bronze from Discount Card Stock.

The ribbon is Old Gold Swirls from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

This is what my "Stitched Flower" digi set looks like. You can download it now for just $2.50!

This card was created with my friend Lisa's adorable "Cheeps" set. It is so fun to play with! :)

The cardstocks used are Brilliant White and Intense Orange Prismatic, both from Discount Card Stock.The pretty Sheer Iridescent Light Blue Organza is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

The image was chalked and water colored.

You can download Lisa's "Cheeps"...for cheep! :)  Just $2.50! :)

Please head on over to the Clearly iStamp blog to see the other new digi sets and to see more cards created with my illustrations.

Thanks for dropping by!

I hope you will leave me some ♥Love♥ before you go! :)

Welcome to CardMaker Magazine Blog's Birthday Blog Hop!

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Hello and welcome to our CardMaker Magazine "Birthday Blog Hop"!

First, I have to say...

She is the Managing Editor of CardMaker Magazine, a lovely soul,  and she's another year sweeter today!
I know I have already shared this photo of the CardMaker girls that made it to CHA, in our In-N-Out Burger hats, but I dressed it up a tad for the occasion with one of my illustrations from Clear Dollar Stamp's Birthday Party set. 

(pictured: Carolyn King, Brooke Smith, Kimberly Crawford, Tanya Fox, and myself)


OK...now on to the business at hand.
All of the CardMaker girls were given this photo for inspiration and were asked to do a birthday card based off of it.

Here is my card, which I popped in the mail yesterday for someone special! :)....

I used Inkadinkado's "Happy Birthday Cupcake" set. I stamped the cupcake with Ranger Ink's Mushroom Adirondak Ink then added clear embossing powder and heat set. The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Ranger's Silver embossing powder.

The cardstocks are: Brilliant White, Turquoise, Silver Polish, and  Cyclamen Cascata Felt from Discount Card Stock.
The pretty ribbon is Fuchsia Glitz from Really Reasonable Ribbon.
The Silver Rhinestones are from Want2Scrap.
The white is embossed with Provo craft's Happy Birthday embossing folder. 
I used Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle dies on the image, and a Martha Stewart corner punch to create the sentiment frame. Added some color to the edges with some Ranger Ink, did a little stitching, then put it all together with Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Glue and ZapDots. Viola!


Here's the hop list:
Tami Mayberry
Carolyn King
Me  ;)
Colleen Schaan
Kimbery Crawford
And last but not least, head back to the CardMaker blog and wish our sweet Brooke a happy birthday. :)


Please make sure and leave some love on all of the girl's blogs. After all, you all are the reason we love sharing what we do!


Thanks for hopping by!  :)

Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop and Some Inky Love!

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Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Really Reasonable Ribbon March blog hop!

If you are here from the Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings blog, you are in the right place!

If you just happened onto my blog, head on back to RRRR to start at the beginning. you don't want to miss any of the girls' beautiful/cute projects! :)

Bonnie picked such gorgeous ribbons for this month's Ribbon Club assortment that I couldn't stop with just one card! I have three samples to share with you!

To save a little time (and length of post) I can tell you that:

#1) all ribbon used is from Really Reasonable Ribbon's March Ribbon Club assortment

#2) all of the images are from Inky Antic's #11091MC "Bunny Parade" clear stamp set

#3) all of the papers are the new Pop Tones from Discount Card Stock

#4) all of the pearls and gemstones are from Want2Scrap

#5) all were put together with Helmar's 450 Quick Dry and ZapDots adhesives.

I also created these cards for the Inky Antics "Try It Different Tuesday" post by Jackie Wamhoff.

I hope you will go check her blog out after you finish with the hop, so make sure and bookmark or "follow me" so you can come back later. :)

Please remember to leave a comment on all of the girls blogs to increase your chances of winning a prize form Really Reasonable Ribbon!

This is what the March Ribbon Club set looks like...yumm yumm! :)

I would love it if in my comments, you told me which of my projects is your favorite. I won't tell you mine, but I am curious if  "great minds think alike".  ;)

Your next stop on the hop is sweet Judy's blog.

Thanks for hopping by!

Today My Post on CardMaker Magazine Blog is Creating With Paper Napkins!

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Hello everyone!

I would love for you to head over to the CardMaker Magazine blog and check out my newest crafting technique. It is creating with paper napkins!

It is so fun to do and I share a tutorial so you can do it too!

Here is a peek of the project I created. You will need to go to CardMaker to see the entire card.  ;)

I would so love it if you left a comment while you are there about my card. Please let me know if this is something you might try, if you would like more articles about "different" techniques, or whatever comes to mind. Please feel free to "like" ans "share" also so others can check out this new (to me) technique.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Paper Napkin ATC

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Hi Everyone!

While I was at CHA, I saw an awesome demo done with paper napkins. My friend Ally Gower also inspires me with her napkin work. I decided to give it a go myself.

I found some awesome paper napkins at Hallmark just last night and decided to put them to use.

Over at Split Coast Stampers today, the IC324 challenge is inspired by a site called Creative Wallcovering.

Just so happens I had the perfect napkins!

I have only done a few ATCs but thought I would do one today. Here it is...

And here is the inspiration photo from Split Coast Stampers challenge...

Pretty close right? :)

You can see the napkin I used in this photo along with Helmar Decoupage which I used to adhere it to my chipboard.

I used 2 different Tim Holtz-Stampers Antonymous sets.

A stamp from the #CMS075 Ultimate Grunge set was used to stamp the checkerboard around the edges. I did it in Ranger Perfect Medium then dusted it with #664 Super Bronze - Perfect Pearls powder.

I used a stamp from the #CMS110 "Stuff To Say" set. I stamped it with Ranger's Archival Jet Black then heat embossed it with Ranger's clear embossing powder.

I embellished it with one of Tim Holtz's Idea-ology photo corners, a pretty Prima flower and Want2Scrap's -Black swirl rhinestones.

I would love to know what you think of my ATC!