Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition

I've been waiting a year for this post - and now is the time!  Graphic 45 is having their Design Team call, and you know, I love, love, love my G45, so of course I am throwing my hat in the ring.  This company is known for taking vintage imagery and rocking it in the most creative and contemporary ways.  When I was introduced to this line (years ago) - it was love at first site and I have been over the moon for every collection since then.   So I hope you enjoy this rather long post, that will highlight  some of my favorite Graphic 45 projects to date.  It's a mix of cards, layouts, up-cycles and beyond the page projects.  Just a sampling of what can be created with these gorgeous papers and accessories. So here it is,my Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition. Good luck to all of those that apply!

 

Cheers Card - published in Just Steampunk Vol. 4, 2014  

Steampunk Spells

Thorn of a Rose Card Steampunk Spells

  

Steampunk Pocket card - 

Steampunk Spells and G45/Hampton Art Coordinating Stamp set

 

Stamped and Paper Pieced Card

Bohemian Bazaar

 

Building Memories Layout

French Country papers, chipboard, staples, Hampton Art/G45 Happy Haunting Stamp Set

  

Loved - Mixed Media Layout

Typography, French Country

 

 

Sisters and Friends Layout

Bird Song

  

Halloween Layout

Happy Hauntings and coordinating G45/Hampton Art Stamps

Halloween Tussy Mussy

Steampunk Spells

Altered Paper Mache Hat

Steampunk Spells

  

Altered Wooden Book Box

Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Chipboard, Staples

 

Altered Wooden Box -inside - Assemblage Necklace

Olde Curiosity Shoppe

 

Handmade Recipe Binder Book

French Country

Interior Details - Waterfall Mechanism

Interior Details - Paper Towel Roll Pockets

 

Altered Thrift Store Wooden Cabinet with Tags and Cards

Secret Garden

Detail from Cabinet Front 

Metal Butterfly Staple stamped with Hampton Art/G45 Ladies Diary Stamp,

 Metal Button Staple

Detail of card from cabinet

Secret Garden

RV Mini Album

Botanical Tea

Mary Had a Little Lamb Altered Canvas

Mother Goose and matching G45/Hampton Art Stamps

 

Up-cycled Laughing Cow Container

French Country

 

Up-cycled Leg Warmer Store Display

The Twelve Days of Christmas

 

Thanks for sticking with me, through this long post! I hope I have inspired you to get busy making something fun!

Heartfelt Creations New Release - Once Upon a Time

 

We all agree that time is precious, so we are pleased to invite you to celebrate the memorable moments in your life with the debut of the Once Upon a Time Collection.   Deep shades of copper, teal and rose are complimented by neutrals in cream, grey, and beige all artfully layered with sumptuous images of time pieces, clock faces, florals, flourishes and script backgrounds.  Detailed stamps feature clocks, sentiments and collaged images designed to coordinate with the Once Upon a Time die which saves you precious time by cutting 12 clock faces or circle sentiments with one pass through your die cutting machine. You will reach for the timeless images of this versatile collection for special occasions and everyday moments alike.
Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by March 18th to be eligible to win the entire collection valued at $197.00

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 
HCDP1 241 Once Upon a Time Paper Collection

HCD Once Upon a Time Die
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCD 736 Classic Leaf Die
HCPC 3590 Embrace Time Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3591  Alarm and Watch PreCut Set
HCPC 3594 Time Sentiments PreCut Set
HCPC 3577  Vintage Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3547 Bold Leaf PreCut Set
Spellbinders Scalloped Borders Two
1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Paper Blossoms Tool Kit 
Art Glitter - Pink Azalea
Other Products Used 

Zva Pearl Flourish CR-07CA-125
Faber Castell Pitt Pen - Silver
Tsukineko Ink: Brilliance - Pearlescent Ivy; Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic - Pink Petunia, Pixie Dust; Versamark Watermark Ink
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Embossing Powder - Geranium Coral Blush
Iced Enamels - Relique Pewter

Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives
WorldWin Cardstock

Cut a 5 x 7 card base and cut a patterned rectangle from the paper collection for the card front.  Cut the center rectangle out of the patterned paper. Stamp the Embrace Time background stamp with watermark ink and heat emboss with coral powder.  Apply foam tape around the back of the center opening of the patterned paper and use the embossed paper to fill in the back. Add a pearl flourish as shown.      Stamp, cut and shape a large flower using the Majestic Morning Background and Vintage Morning Background stamps .  Color with ink pads and add ultrafine glitter to the edges.  Stamp the alarm clock with the watermark ink and emboss with the pewter powder.  Color the clock with a metallic silver pen. Stamp and cut the sentiment with the corresponding die - Add glitter to the edges.  Add ribbon and a bow, and tie the love tag cut from the patterned paper to finish.    Stamp, cut and shape the leaves.  Arrange the elements on the card as shown.  Die cut the Scalloped Border Edge and adhere to the side of the card to finish. 

May Arts Ribbon and Penny Black Week!

Welcome to the second day of the May Arts Ribbon - Penny Black Hop!  We have had lots of fun creating with these stamps and hope that you enjoy what we have made.  Be sure to leave lots of love throughout the hop, because the Ribbon Lady will be giving a prize away every day this week!

I have to tell you I am completely in-love with the May Arts Faux Linen Ribbon!  I only have it in this Seafoam color - but I think I will be getting all of the colors!  Not only is this ribbon a dream to stamp on, but I was also able to fussy cut it with out it unraveling - Can you imagine the possibilities? 

May Arts Ribbons

1 1/2" Faux Linen Ribbon 368-15-18 

Paper Cord Ribbon 420-10

5/8" Sheer Ruffle Edge Ribbon 350-58-94 

Penny Black Stamps 

To You 30-067

Lace Trims 30-181

Other Xyron Double Sided Tape

WorldWin Cardstock

Tsukineko Staz On Ink

Faber-Castell Pitt Big Brush Pen

Pearls

Penny Black Hop Schedule

Monday

Charlene Driggs

Courtney Lee

Emily Lanham

Tuesday

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles

Jennifer Davey

Karen Baker

Thursday

Lalo IK

Rhea Weigand

Friday

Latrice Murphy

Shellye McDaniel

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration Layout

 

Hi, I have a layout to share with you today that I created with some of my favorite Heartfelt Creations products.  I love making these stamped and die cut flowers - I think that add so much.  This is a picture of me holding my sweet little nephew a few years back and the sun was shining on us on a crisp fall morning.

 I used the sketch/inspiration from Creative Embellishments March challenge for this layout.  My flowers were kind of clustered like the inspiration photo -found here.

Scroll down to the bottom of this post for directions on how to create this layout.

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 

HCDP1 240 Raindrops on Roses Paper Collection
HCDP1 238 Floral Key Paper Collection
HCD 743 Raindrops on Roses Die
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCD 738 Ornamental Add On Die
HCD 736 Classic Leaf Die
HCPC 3588 Vintage Closet Collage PreCut Set
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3545 Open Leaf PreCut Set
HCPC 3546 Classic Leaf PreCut Set
1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
3D Metallic Stamp Paint - Violet
Paper Shaping Tools and Mat
Other Products Used 

Tsukineko Ink: Brilliance ( Pearlescent Purple); Memento (Tuxedo Black), Versamark
May Arts Ribbon  - 1 1/2" Crochet NP17 ;  3/8" Crochet 433-38-10
Zva Creative Gems - CRW-07CA-136; CR-07CA-120
Art Anthology: Colorations - Vineyard; Velvet Dimensional Paint - Truffle
The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Bricks TCW191
Martha Stewart Micro Beads
Stampendous Embossing Powder - Gold Tinsel
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Embossing Powder - Oakleaf Olive
Liqutex Basics Modeling Paste
Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives

WorldWin Cardstock

Distress the edges of a 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper.  Adhere to purple cardstock and machine stitch around the edges.  Use a brick stencil and modeling paste to add bricks under the area that the flower cluster will be.  When the paste is dry,  brush on the Truffle brown paint and allow to dry, then place the stencil back and spray with mist. Cut decorative rectangles from the patterned paper to mount the photo.  Paint the edges of the photo mount with metallic 3d paint.  Accent with ribbons.  Die cut decorative pieces from the Ornamental Add On and the Raindrops on Roses Dies. Coat the die cuts with watermark ink and heat emboss with green powder.  Stamp the flowers with watermark ink and heat emboss with gold powder and cut  with the matching die.  Ink the flower edges with purple and the inner areas with green ink.  Shape the flowers.  Add micro beads to the center of the flowers.  Stamp and cut the leaves with the corresponding die.  Stamp the trunk onto brown patterned paper.  Continue stamping onto different shades of paper to create a paper pieced trunk to add to the flower cluster.  Add gem flourishes to finish as shown.

Friends With Flair

Hi, welcome to Friday! I've played along again with Unity Stamps - Friends with Flair.

 I used this lovely stamp set and paper pieced the design using Graphic 45 papers.

I also decided to use this month's Be Inspired Challenge for my color palette.

Thanks for dropping by - to see everyone else playing along this week, head to the Unity Blog.

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 

HCDP1240 Raindrops on Roses Paper Collection
HCD 743 Raindrops on Roses Die
HCPC 3583 Adorned in Roses PreCut Set
1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Other Products Used 

Tsukineko Ink: Brilliance ( Pearlescent Purple); VersaMagic (Pixie Dust)
May Arts ribbon 444-58-47
Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives

WorldWin Cardstock
Pearls

Cut a 6 x 6" card base from green cardstock.  Cut an oval frame from the patterned paper and then layer the printed oval over the top using foam adhesives.  Add some shading using the Pixie Dust ink and a Fantastix blender tool around the printed roses.  Die cut the Raindrops on Roses die and cut apart and layer around the top and the bottom of the oval.  Lightly mark in pencil on the  patterned card front where the oval will be.  Use this as a guide to stamp the bottom layers of ruffles from the Adorned in Roses stamp.  Use the purple ink, and color in with the Pixie Dust.  Glue ribbon across the center of the card front, and cut a sentiment strip from the paper and layer over the center of the ribbon.  Add pearls.  Use foam adhesives to apply oval.  Curl two corners of the card front and apply to base.  Cut small corners of green patterned paper to layer over the exposed cardstock. Finish with a  bow.

Mixed Media Canvas Video Tutorial

Are you ready to have some fun, building gorgeous layers of paint and stamps?  Then come on!  I've got a video tutorial to share with you today that will show you just how I created this canvas.

 

 

  After I made this, my 8 year old nephew told his mother that he loved her because she was "Sparkle" - Somehow that just reminds me of this canvas.  I want to be Sparkle and Shine on!

Supplies

Unity Stamp Co

She Leaped

Butterfly Garden

Inspire Words

Linden Branch

Royal Day

SheArt Print Texture

Worn Grid

Worn Music

Zva Creative February DT Blog Hop!

Hello friends! Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to our February blog hop!  We are very excited to kick off another blog hop and to have you join us today. We hope you are inspired all of the beautiful work that we are about to share!

The hop begins at Zva Creative’s blog! Be sure head on over to check it out! You will also find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way). 

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

Supplies:

 Crystals – Zva Creative CRB-03CB-112; CRW-03CB-152; CRW-04CB-133

Xyron 9” Creative Station

Patterned Paper – Heartfelt Creations – Raindrops on Roses

Cardstock – WorldWin  - Elan Metallics – Candied Violet; Vellum

Stamp – Heartfelt Creations – HCPC  3509 Timeless Sentiments

Die – Heartfelt Creations/Spellbinders  Sweet Juliet; Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4

Embossing Folder – Spellbinders Butterfly Kisses

Ribbon – May Arts 3/8” Wired Metallic GC-8-35

Paints: Art Anthology Velvet Dimensional Paints – Fiesta, Aloha

Embossing Powder – Stampendous – Detail Black

Watermark Ink - Versamark

Fiskars Fuse Die Cutting Machine, CTMH Heat Tool

Directions:

Cut a 5 ¾” square piece of vellum paper and draw the quilt block pattern on it.   Run the vellum through the 9” Xyron Creative Station to apply adhesive to one side.  Use three patterned papers to cut the pieces of the quilt block and line them up with the pattern on the vellum base. There will be 12 pieces of patterned paper that form the “quilt block”.  Dry emboss the entire “quilt block” as one sheet – so the pattern will be consistent across the surface.  With your finger, rub paint over the embossed areas to emphasize the raised design as well as to unify the papers.  Place a crystal in the center of each small square.  Place the butterfly flourish crystal as shown.  Die cut the label.  Stamp the sentiment with watermark ink and heat emboss with the powder.  Embellish the tag with ribbon and a die-cut leaf flourish.   Adhere to a 6 x 6 card base.

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, February 24th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, February 25th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the blogs along the way is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on one post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win. 

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 26th on Zva Creative’s Facebook page. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva’s page on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva’s Facebook page and “like” our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already like us there!

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative’s blog. I'm the last stop on the hop - so we hpoe you have enjoyed!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on March 31^st for our next Zva blog hop!