Wood and Sparkle

 Today I have a card that has a wood look background that I created using my ScorPal and a variety of brown shades of Distress Inks.  I started with a piece of ivory 6x6" card stock and scored it every 3/4" across, to resemble seams in a piece of wood paneling.  I then placed the piece on a foam pad and added some squiggle lines,using a stylus,  for some distressing in each panel.  I pulled out all the shades of tan and brown Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads and started sponging on color, starting with the lightest color, until I was happy that it resembled wood. 

 Here is a little closer view and I think you can see the lines drawn in the card stock.  I wanted to create a Fall theme card.  I used the Marianne Design LR0128 flower die for the flowers,  and created stamens using the Cheery Lynn Build A Flower dies.  The flowers were die cut using burgundy card stock then using a sponge, I added Viva 3D Stamp-Paint for a beautiful sparkly shine.  The large leaf was die cut using the MFT, Hibiscus, die.  It was die cut using dark tan card stock and then sponged with , Viva Moss Green Metallic, Copper and Carmine Red-metallic 3-D Stamp-Paint.  These paints blend together really well for beautiful results. I purchased these paints from Heartfelt Creations. Emma Lou has a Heartfelt Creations video showing how to use these paints, on their blog under Tutorials.

Here is a close up so you can see how well the 3-D Stamp-Paint blended on the leaf.  Under the flowers I added a piece of multi-colored mesh that has some metallic gold in it.  I bought a roll of this several years ago at Michaels.  I also added three Marianne Design embellishments (LR0192) behind the flowers that also have the 3-D paint on them.  A little burgundy cording is under the flowers.

 For the sentiment on this card, I used an old JustRite stamp set called "Autumn Blessings".  It was die cut using a Spellbinders Oval Nestability then sponged.  I used the Tim Holtz punch to add holes around the die cut frame.  Three leaves and a butterfly were added to complete the card.

I have had a lot of emails asking about my daughter.  She just had her first doctor's appointment since surgery, and was told she is progressing well.  She had no damaging effects that were a possibility, so we are very thankful.  She will not be able to move her head much, and can not lift any thing until after she starts physical therapy in four weeks.  She is not able to tilt her head down to write or get on her computer,  so asked me to thank all of you that sent her cards.  She was so thrilled. They are on display in her home.   We thank you for all your thoughts, prayers and beautiful cards.   

Products used on this card:

ScorPal

Distress Inks

JustRite, Autumn Blessings Stamp Set

Marianne Design flower, LR0128

Marianne Design embellishment, LR0192

MFT, Hibiscus die

Cheery Lynn, Build A Flower Embellishments

Viva, 3D Stamp-Paint, Moss Green-Metallic, Copper, and Carmine Red-Metallic

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

 It is time for a new challenge at Joan's Gardens.  This week we would like to have you create a floral card:

• Have three dimensional flowers with greenery
• Use a Floral Design Paper
• Use A doily
• Use a product from Joan's Gardens

I hope you like this card as much as I do.  My card base is 5.5" square.  I used the largest Cheery Lynn "Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frame" and layered it with a piece of glittered floral design paper from the Best Creation, Inc 6x6" Glitter Paper Pad.  A corner rounder was used to round the corners to fit inside the Stacker Frame.  The pretty doily is the MFT "Dizzy Doily".  On the top portion of the doily, I used one of the stamps from the Penny Black "Gratitude" stamp set.  It was stamped using VersaFine black ink then clear embossed.

The pretty roses were created with the MFT "Large Rolled Rose".  These roses are so easy to create because you just use your tweezers and roll them up.  I wanted a two shaded rose so used the Susan's Garden bright pink PanPastel down on the bottom portion of the petals.  After shading them, I shaped the petals with the largest stylus in the Susan's Garden Flower Tool Kit.  By shaping each petal, it made the rose more realistic.  Once rolled, I place some "Crafter Pick Ultimate Glue" on the circle at the base of the flower to hold the shape of the flower in place.

To decorate around the roses, I added some MFT "Royal Leaves".  I sponged on a little larger green after shaping the leaves.  Around these larger leaves, I added some Cheery Lynn leaves from the "Flourish Leaf Strip".  To finish off the arrangement, I die cut the Marianne Design "Decorative Elegance" die using three different shades of lavender card stock.  I added Ranger "Distress Stickles Clear Rock Candy dry glitter" to match the glitter in the background design paper.

 I hope you will join us in our challenge this week.



MFT Large Rolled Rose
MFT Dizzy Doily
MFT Royal Leaves
Best Creation, Inc 6x6 Glitter Paper Pad
Cheery Lynn Horizon Square Boutique Stacker Frames (DL253)
Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" (B178)
Susan's Gardens Pan Pastels
Susan's Gardens "Flower Tool Kit"
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter, Clear Rock Candy
Crafter's Pick Ultimate Glue
Black VersaFine Ink
Ranger ultra fine clear embossing powder

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Boo

I have been showing you a lot of new Christmas dies and stamps from Joan's Gardens, but today I wanted to let you know that Joan also has many very cute dies for Halloween.

This is a 5.5" x 6" card.  I used a piece of the design paper from the Bazzill Basics Paper pad called "All Hallows Eve".  The spooky house is the Memory Box "Manor House".  I had a sheet of Glittery Sticky Back Foam I decided to use to die cut the house.  It cut very easily with this Memory Box die.  The house was backed with a piece of yellow card stock.  The old tree is the Cheery Lynn "Spooky Tree".  In front of the house I added the new Memory Box "Weathered Fence" and placed the MFT "Fresh Cut Grass" along the bottom of it.  The cute little kids are the Memory Box "Trick or Treaters".  They were both die cut out of white card stock and the "witch" colored with markers.  The broom and jack-o-lantern the witch holds are also in this set.  To create a spooky sky, I added the Memory Box "Ghost Trio" and "Swooping Bats".  

I'm sure one of my grandkids will get a kick out of this card!

You can purchase all the products listed below from Joan's Gardens.

Memory Box "Manor House" (98705)

Memory Box "Weathered Fence" (98644)

Memory Box "Trick or Treaters" (98696)

Memory Box "Ghost Trio" (98376)

Memory Box "Swooping Bats" (98409)

MFT "Fresh Cut Grass"

Cheery Lynn "Spooky Tree" (B191)

Bazzill Basics Paper Pad "All Hallows Eve"

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

 

It is time for a new challenge at Joan's Gardens.  Have you ever noticed how much a small additional item can really change the appearance of a card? This week's challenge is called "Lets Dress it Up".  Here is what you need to do:

Use lots of layers (more than two)

Use blue and white

Take a picture of this card then:

Add some type of embellishment to dress it up

Post a picture of both cards on your blog
Link your card in the challenge at Joan's Gardens

Please go over to Joan's Gardens to read all the details about this challenge and to post your entry.

 To create my layered card, I used all the dies in the Spellbinders "Marvelous Squares" die set. As you can see, there are a lot of dies in this pretty set.   I die cut all the dies twice - once using white card stock and a second time using blue card stock so I could alternate the colors.  

To create my layers, I started out by centering the largest die in the center of the card front, taping it down so it wouldn't move while die cutting.  This card is 5.5" square.  It was then run through again with the embossing mat.  This left an embossed square cut out in the front of the card.  A 5.5" piece of white card stock was attached to the inside behind this cutout, then I started layering all the different pieces from this set, attaching each layer with dimensional tape.  The white corners, from this set, were arranged around the small white die cut in the very center of the card to make it appear larger.  The other set of blue corners were attached to the outer corners of the card. On each side of the center section I stamped the flourish from the JustRite "Grand Sentiments" stamp set.  A bow and Kaiser Craft Pearls were added to complete the card.

To dress my card up, I added  a flower and leaves.  The Rose was created with the My Favorite  Things "Royal Rolled Rose".  The tall leaves were die cut using the Memory Box "Fresh Foliage" die and the small leaf on the side of the rose is the smallest leaf from the Joy! Crafts die.   Adding just a single flower really changed the appearance, I think.

You can purchase all the products I use from Joan's Gardens:

Spellbinders "Marvelous Squares" (S4-383)

MFT "Royal Rolled Rose" 

Memory Box "Fresh Foliage"  98502

Joy! Crafts Leaves (6003/0001)

JustRite "Grand Sentiments" (CR-03885)

Kaiser Craft Pearls

Dimensional Tape

Butterfly in Blue

Good Morning Blogging friends.  Spring is finally here.  I have seen a variety of birds - some of them fat little baby Robins and my daffodils are now in bloom.  Now I am waiting for the butterflies to arrive.  I have this gorgeous lacy Cheery Lynn Butterfly die I have been wanting to use.  I started this card by using the Martha Stewart "Double Arches" punches for the lacy border.  In the center I used the new 8"x8" Crafter's Companion Regency Swirls embossing folder.  

Down in the corner I placed three roses created with the MFT Royal Rolled Rose" die.  Behind it I place the Marianne Design (LR0157) embellishment.  Cherry Lynn BAF#2 Embellishment "baby breath" tiny flowers were glued to the Marianne Design "leaves" embellishment and placed to the right of the other embellishment.  Light Aqua Kaiser Craft pearls were placed around the body of the butterfly then white Liquid Pearls were added to the wings of the butterfly.  

Cheery Lynn "Lace Flourish Butterfly"  DL132

Martha Stewart "Double Arches" border/corner punches

Crafter's Companion "Regency Swirls" 8"x8" embossing folder EF8-RG       Swirl

Marianne Design "embellishment" LR0157

Marianne Design "leaves" LR0229

Cheery Lynn "Build A Flower #2" Embellishments  B188

MFT "Royal Rolled Rose"

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Floral Card

Today I wanted to show you a card that I used the Liquitex modeling  paste and one of "The Crafters Workshop" stencils to create the background.   I have been using this technique on frames but it is a wonderful look on cards too.  I used glossy card stock and shaded the background with Distress Ink before applying the modeling paste.  It is an easy technique.  Place, or tape the stencil, over the card stock and spread the modeling paste over the stencil, making sure all the design is covered.  On this card I scrapped the paste even with the top of the stencil, but you can leave it uneven, if you want.  I used the Blending Tool and sponged on more Distress Ink over the dried paste.

I have a very sweet blogging friend, Rita, who sent me a box of "goodies" I have been anxious to use.  I used the purple flowers which are placed above the large flower, from her, and also one of the gorgeous ribbons she sent.  She has a fabulous blog I'm sure you will want to visit.  Thank you Rita for the fun things you sent.

The pretty corner on this card was die cut using the Heartfelt Creations "Decorative Blossom Corner".   I pulled the large purple flower from a stash of flowers I previously made.  The little white roses were created with the MFT Royal Rolled Rose.  The pretty flourish is the Heartfelt Creations "Bella Rose" die.   There are some Cheery Lynn "Wreath Strip" pieces tucked in this arrangement.  Before I took the second, close up picture, I added a few of the small flowers from the Cheery Lynn BAF#3 Embellishments" die.

All the products I used can be purchased from Joan's Gardens:

Liquitex "Modeling Paste"

The Crafters Workshop 6x6 Template

Glossy Card Stock

Blending Tool

Distress Inks

Heartfelt Creations "Decorative Blossom Corner" HCD729

Heartfelt Creations "Bella Rose Die" HCD712

Cheery Lynn BAF#3 Embellishments (B265)

Cheery Lynn "Wreath Strip" (B216)

MFT "Royal Rolled Rose"

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Cute Box from a Die

Do you like to create your own packaging for small gifts?   It always brings a smile to the person receiving a gift to see a homemade box, doesn't it.   It is a Sizzix die designed by Eileen Hull. I am sure this is a die you will use over and over.   In my picture the box does not look square because I was trying to get part of the top of the box in the front view of it, but the box is perfectly square and very easy to die cut and put together.  There are only two pieces that need to be glued together to create this box. (There are three tabs you add Scor-Tape to to create the box.) There are also die cut pieces included for the front of the lid and for the sides.  

 To decorate the lid of the box, I used two different Cheery Lynn Daisy Dies.  The new "Daisy Strip" flowers work well with the "Darling Daisies" to give you a variety of sizes.  I used the Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" for the leaves.  The center of the daisies was created by layering three of the "sun" embellishments from the Cheery Lynn Build A Flower #1 embellishments.  In the very center I added some Lemon Flower Soft to create more fullness.  Under the daisies, I used the new Memory Box "Loom Circle" to create a "wreath" for the daisies.  

In this picture you can see the additional die cut included with this box die to give the front portion of the lid a decorative touch.   There is also a matching piece that fits along the top edge of the box, but it is not showing up in this photo.   On the lid I added a MFT "Vintage Flourish" and added another daisy in the center.

Along the bottom of the box I die cut the Memory Box Rounded Fence and pieced them around the lower edge.  To complete the box I added some of the Cheery Lynn "Mini Dimensional Butterflies".  There are seven different butterflies, plus the angel wings in this set.  I did not use the angle wings this time.  

Sizzix "Square Box" 658058

Memory Box "Loom Circle" 98520

Memory Box "Rounded Fence" 98287

Cheery Lynn "Daisy Strip" B259

Cheery Lynn "Darling Daisies" A196

Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" B178

Cheery Lynn "Mini Dimensional Butterflies" D138

MFT "Vintage Flourish"

ScorTape

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

I know I am a day late with my card for the new challenge at Joan's Gardens but Joan has posted a very fun challenge for us.   For an update, my husband is out of the hospital and is now recovering at home.  I still have a lot of doctor/treatment appointments and I'm not always able to spend a lot of hours creating, but things are getting better.  I want to thank all of you for your well wishes.

Joan's challenge this week is to:

• Create an outdoors scene
• Create a birthday card

Please go over to Joan's Gardens to see Joan's fabulous card and to read all the details about this challenge.

To create my outdoors scene, I used the new Poppy Stamps "Madison House Set".   This set includes a door, window, flower box, ledge, roof, and roof line, so there are lots of possibilities creating with this die set.  The pieces were die cut using black card stock then were attached to a piece of dark brown card stock that was embossed with the Sizzix "Bricked" embossing folder.  The curtains were die cut using the new Poppy Stamps "Lace  Curtains" die.  I only used a small portion of the curtains in these windows.  The die includes a valance and the two side panel curtains and you can use these curtains on a much larger window.

The background is a page from the Memory Box "Brioche" 6x6 paper collection.  The fence was die cut using the Impression Obsession "fence". The grass was die cut using the MFT "Fresh Cut Grass" die and the little flowers were die cut using the Memory Box "Floral Delights" die.  To create the yellow flower, I used the Cheery Lynn "Build A Flower #2" dies and Embellishments.  The additional leaves under the flower were die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip".   

I hope you will join in on the fun challenge this week at Joan's Gardens. 

All these products can be purchased from Joan's Gardens:

Poppy Stamps "Madison House Set" (883)

Poppy Stamps "Lacy Curtains" (868)

Memory Box "Floral Delights" (98349)

Memory Box "Brioche" 6x6 paper collection

Our Daily Bread "Birthday Blessings"  (#D301)

Sizzix "Bricked" embossing folder

Cheery Lynn "Build A Flower #2"

Cheery Lynn "Embellishments #2)

Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" (B178)

Impression Obsession "fence" (004-J)

MFT  "Fresh Cut Grass"

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Cupid

 I love the Savvy Dies "Cupid" and the Memory Box "Precious Hearts" dies to create a very romantic type card.   I started by embossing the background with the eBosser "Delicate Dots" embossing folder.  I used two frames behind the little "Precious Hearts"; the one in the back is the Memory Box "Twirling Vine" and layered on top is one of the dies from the Marianne Design (LR0235) doily set.  I used Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Multi-medium Matte adhesive to glue these pieces down.  This is a wide mouth jar and you can either dip portions of the die cut into the adhesive or use a brush to pick up glue and spread on your die cut.  

The roses were created using the Spellbinders "Spiral Blossom Four" and the MFT "Royal Rolled Rose" dies.  They were die cut using white card stock and sponged with Spun Sugar Distress Ink before rolling them.  I used a variety of leaves to tuck around the flowers:  Marianne Design (LR0117), Marianne Design (LR0226) and Memory Box "Tender Leaves" (98313) to give the background fullness.   I had a pretty fluffy white feather in my stash and tucked that down in between the flowers. The "Cupid" was attached using a dimensional glue dot.  To add a little more "elegance" to this card, I added a lot of Kaiser Craft "Blush" pearls. A bow was made with the "Bow Easy" and placed down in the corner.  For the sentiment,  I used a very small stamp, from my stash, that says "Hugs" on the largest of the "Precious Hearts".  

Savvy Dies "Cupid" #10075

Memory Box "Precious Hearts" (98474)

Memory Box "Twirling Vine" (98299)

eBosser "Delicate Dots" embossing Folder

Marianne Design "Doily Set" (LR0235)

Spellbinder "Spiral Blossom Four" S4-364

MFT Die-Namics "Royal Rolled Rose"

Marianne Design "Leaves" (LR0117) (This set also has a doily)

Marianne Design "Leaves" (LR0226)

Memory Box "Tender Leaves" (98313)

Dimensional Glue Dots

Kaiser Craft "Blush" Pearls

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