Good Wishes

The winter storms are about to hit, but I would like to wish all of my readers a bouquet of good wishes (and some spring weather too!)  I just finished up this card for fun.  The poppy  stamp was so easy to fussy cut - and made such a lovely border.  I colored it with my Spectrum Noir alcohol pens, and added a little shading with their pencils from the Primaries Collection.

Challenges:

Chocolate Baroque - February Color Challenge

Spectrum Noir - February Challenge (CR8,CR10 - plus the pencils)

Supplies:

Chocolate Baroque: Poppy Edges, Mackintosh Sentiments

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Colored Pencils

May Arts Ribbon

Core'dinations Cardstock

Darcy Poppy Field Embossing Folder

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Inks

Flower Pot Card with Hidden Tag

We still have weeks more of winter, but I am already yearning for the warmer days of spring. I adore the bright and beautiful flowers of the season, and find that they lift my spirits like nothing else. I find that I often start making cheerful projects to help me get over the winter blues. This fun card is sure to brighten someone's day as well.

 

Flower Pot Note Card Supplies:

• Kraft-Core Shattered Collection
• Bright Assorted Tags
• ColorCore Cardstock Brights
• Vellum Quotes and Titles Sentiments
• Sand-It Gadget
• Punch Bunch - Small Cherry Blossom, Large Cherry Blossom, Medium Birch Leaf
• Heartfelt Creations Decorative Flower Pot Die
• Scor-Tape, Scor-Pal
• May Arts Ribbon KB-33
• Adhesive Pearls

Step 1. Score a piece of cardstock along the top edge of the card base (large enough to accommodate the flower pot die). Tape the die so the top cutting edge is off of the cardstock, and cut.

 Step 2. Die cut the smaller sized flower pot and distress the surface with the Sand-It Gadget.

 Step 3. Machine stitch the smaller pot onto the larger one, leaving the top open to form a pocket.
 Step 4. Decorate the flower pot with die cuts and ribbons.

 Step 5. Use the smaller die to draw a line to trim a large tag, so that it will fit into the pocket, while leaving enough visible at the top to add flowers.

 Step 6. Decorate the tag with flowers, ribbon and vellum sentiment.

 Step 7. Slide into the pocket to finish.

 I hope that I have put a little spring into your day! Thanks for stopping by. ~Gini

May Arts and Faber-Castell Week

 Welcome to a fun week of inspiration with May Arts Ribbons and Faber Castell!  Be sure to see the rest of the design team's gorgeous creations all week long - and leave some love for a chance to win a $50 prize pack of Faber Castell goodies and 3 rolls of May Arts Ribbon of your choice!

I decided to make a small canvas and incorporate loads of texture and bright cheerful colors.  I added  some May Arts gold mesh to the base of my canvas and used gelatos to add bright colors.  I stenciled over that using the Whipped Spackle.  My flowers were stamped and watercolored using the Big Brush pens.

May Arts Ribbons

Gold Compass Cutouts EX-03

Jumbo Leaves 448-16

Metallic Gold Net G31-3

3 Inch Sheer Twinkle Ribbon CT16

String Burlap Ribbon SM17

Faber-Castell

Whipped Spackle

Gelatos

Big Brush Pitt Pens

Other:

Stampendous Jumbo Lovely Garden

Creative Embellishments Chipboard

Wow Embossing Powder

 

Monday

Emily Lanham

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears

Tuesday

Jenifer Cowles

Tiffin Mills

Wednesday

Karen Baker

Lalo IK

Mallika Kejriwal

Thursday

Mary Brockway

Rhea Weigand

Friday

Jennifer Davey

Tracy McLennon

Karen Hanson

Mixed Media Faux Metal Heart Video Tutorial

I recently saw some vintage folk art hearts, made from hammered tin, and decided to challenge myself and see if I could make something that looked similar from paper.  So here are my results, and if you would like to see how I created this,  please watch my video.




Supplies:

Imagine Crafts:  StazOn Studio Glaze: Silver, Gold; Delicata: Silver, Bronze;  StazOn  Midi: Cloudy Sky; VersaMark : Inkpad, Pen; Embossing Powder Silver; InkBlusher

DCWV: Premium Paper Collection – Burlap

Core’dinations:  Silver Vellum

Fun Stampers Journey: Lace Background Stamp

PaperArtsy: EclecTica EDY01 Stamp Set

Spellbinders:  Grand Caliber Machine; Gilded Life Collection: Petite Monarch Die; Large Heart Bezel

Ice Resin

Creative Paper Clay

Golden:  Black Gesso

Beacon Adhesives:  Zip Dry

Other:  heat tool, aluminum foil, metal sheet, ball stylus,  microbeads, frame

Challenge:

PaperArtsy: Shiny Stuff

May Arts Ribbonista's Valentine's Day Hop

Welcome to day 2 of the May Arts Ribbon Valentine's Blog Hop! Be sure to visit all the designer's posts and leave your own love for a chance to win some goodies from the Ribbon Lady.

I've put together an easel card using some of my favorite ribbons for valentines.

May Arts Ribbons:

FZ-14

466-38-17

466-38-23

AA78-15-23

SK-22

433-38-10

Partners In Craft Supplies:

Scor-Tape, Scor-Pal

Authentique 6 x 6 Smitten Collection

Core'dinations Cardstock

Other:

Ki Memories Stickers

Thursday

·         Virginia Fynes

·         Tracy McLennon

·         Rhea Weigand

·         Mary Brockway

·         Mallika Kejriwal

·         Lalo IK

·         Karen Hanson

Friday

·         Karen Baker

·         Jennifer Davey

·         Jenifer Cowles

·         Jen Shears

·         Gini Williams Cagle

·         Emily Lanham

·         Charlene Driggs

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop - January

  Welcome, to the January Edition of the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog hop! The hop runs now through Friday night - at midnight.  And one lucky commenter, chosen from one of the stops on the blog hop, will win a $25 gift certificate to HC.  How great is that?  You get to hop around and see some wonderful projects, plus have the chance to win some goodies of your own!  The winner will be announced on Saturday, January 31st.

  I played with the new Birds and Blooms Collection.  I love the delicate flowers in this set.

Supplies:

Heartfelt Creations: 

Birds and Blooms PreCut Set HCPC 3644

Leafy Branch Die HCD 757

Birds and Blooms Die HCD 756

 Raindrops on Roses Paper Collection HCDP1 240

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:

Memento - Rich Cocoa

VersMagic: Spanish Olive, Aloe Vera

Brilliance: Pearlescent Orchid

May Arts Ribbon: 

HA-78-02 Double Faced Satin

Want2Scrap Pearls

Spellbinders Die

Crafter's Companion Embossing Folder

Blog Hop Order

Caroline Duncan 

Ujjwal Gupta  

Amarilys Doria 

Mary Faus

Vicki Dutcher 

Emilia van den Heuvel 

Lisa Gregory 

Kerry Urbatch 

Glenda Brooks  

Lee Ann Barrett

Alissa Wells

Gini Williams Cagle

Sarah Miller

Lisa Allen

Valentine Tussy Mussy

Valentine's Day is the perfect time of the year to create nostalgic projects to give to your loved ones. Tussy Mussies became popular during the Victorian period, but I've updated this idea, using the new, trendy Kraft Polka Dot Pops paper.

 Valentine Tussy Mussy Supplies:

• Kraft Polka Dot Pops Paper
• Kraft Core Shattered Collection
• Sand-It Gadget
• Darice Valentine Heart Embossing Folder
• May Arts Ribbon 466-38-17
• Crepe Paper
• Scor-Tape
• Tulle

 
Step 1. Cut a half circle to form the cone. Mark the center on the backside, to assist in forming the cone.

 
 Step 2. Use Scor-tape to attach the sides.

 
Step 3. Punch a hole on each side of the cone and use to add a ribbon holder.  
Step 4. Take about 4 yards of crepe paper, sew through the center to pleat, and add to the cone with Scor-tape.
 Step 5. Embellish the crepe ruffle with satin ribbon.  
Step 6. Emboss the Valentine heart with the folder. Sand the raised edges.

   
Step 7. Cut the heart out and attach to the cone.

 
Step 8. Fill with tulle and other goodies of your choice.

 This is an easy project to put together, and one that can be changed for any season or holiday. Thanks for stopping by! ~Gini

Play Day in the Studio

At the end of the week, I need time in my studio to unwind and create.  So today, I did just that.  I made this mixed media piece on a wood panel and really just had fun. I sprayed the background, then stamped/heat embossed the next layer, and added stenciled modeling paste with embossing powder sprinkled on it while still wet.  The snowflakes were rub-ons, and worked great over the modeling paste (I wasn't sure if it would work or not, so it was a happy success!).  I also thought it would be fun for a frosty canvas to add "frozen" droplets of water.

So after playing for a bit today, I feel refreshed and ready for the week ahead!

 Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

Flat Fabio: Pop Rock Purple

Starburst: Tea Pot Purple; Jazzy Jivin' Purple; Clam Bake Beige

Embossing Powder: Midnight Ruby; Magic Moon Pearls; Terra Cotta Plum; Pop Rock Purple

Creative Embellishments:  Under the Mistletoe Chipboard

IndigoBlu: Bubbles Background

7 Dots Studio: Nature Walk: Cloudy, Tags

Webster's Pages: Flowers

October Afternoon: Rub-ons

Stampendous: Shaved Ice, Glass Glitter

Golden: Molding Paste, Gesso

Layers of Color: stencil

Zva Creative: Bling

Challenges

Lindy's Stamp Gang January Color Challenge

(Supplies listed/linked in supply list)

Creative Embellishments

Inspiration + Modeling Paste

IndigoBlu: Glitz and Glamour

7 Dots Studio - December/January Challenge

The Holiday Spirit 

I wanted to create a canvas to celebrate the New Year and somehow a frosty landscape celebrates a clean slate, a type of starting anew.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

Inky Backgrounds

Fragile Papers

  I love incorporating old book pages into my art.  I was thrilled this fall to find a couple of old English and French dictionaries at a library book sale.

  I mounted the page onto cardstock for strength, and then used an embossing folder to create the flower pattern.  I added chipboard to the area that I was going to stamp prior to embossing, to leave a flat area.

The leaves and moth were stamped onto vellum, another fun and fragile paper.

Challenge:

PaperArtsy - Fragile Papers

Super Bowl Party Invitation

All right football fans, the most anticipated sports/social event of the year is quickly approaching, and it's time to start party planning. This cute invitation will catch the eye of everyone on your guest list.
 
Super Bowl Party Invitation Supplies:

• Core Essentials Cardstock Darks
• Vellum Transparent Paper
• Sand-It Gadget
• Cuttlebug Mesh Texture Embossing Folder
• Scor-Pal Scoring Board
• Xyron Adhesive
• Crop-a-Dile Hole Punch
• Twine

 Step 1. Cut paper for card base 6" x 12". Score at 3" and 9".
 Step 2. Cut a piece of green cardstock 5 1/2" square. Score every half inch. Sand the score lines with the Sand-It Gadget.

 Step 3. Cut the square in half. Fold the card base as a gatefold card, and glue the green paper to each side.  
Step 4. Cut a football shape from paper. Line the football up over the opening of the card. Mark holes to punch through the football and card base. Use a hole punch to make the holes larger.


 Step 5. Emboss the football with folder. Sand the raised areas. Line the holes up and glue to one side of the card.
 Step 6. Print the details for your invitation on vellum, using the computer. Glue to the inside of
the card.

 
 Step 7. Loosely lace the football to close the card. After all of the holes are laced, then tighten them.


Which ever team you are pulling for....I hope you have a great time with family and friends! Thanks for stopping by. ~Gini