Life is Good With Heartfelt Creations

I am seriously smitten with the Winking Frog Collection by Heartfelt Creations and was so excited to share this with you!

 

Also, if you haven't voted for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team - new members, please click here to vote for your favorites (and I'm hoping if I inspire you, that you will vote for me, Gini Cagle)

 

 

 

Heartfelt Creations Supplies:

Winking Frog Paper Collection

Water Lily Die

Water Lily Cling Stamp Set

Decorative Oval Die

Expresso-O Yourself Prills

Dries Clear Adhesive

Metal Glue Tip

Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

Other:

Versamark Watermark Ink

Gold Embossing Powder

Distress Glitter

Chalk Inks

WorldWin Cardstock

 

Directions for 6 x 6 card:

 

Cut a 5.75" square of patterned paper and adhere to the card base. Stamp water lilies and lily pads with VersaMark ink and heat emboss with gold powder.  Use chalk inks to color. Cut with the matching dies and shape.  Add glitter and prills to the flowers.  Cut the oval frog panel from the patterned paper.  Die cut an extra frog shape and use foam adhesive to mount to the card. Cut extra cattails and the frog's eyes and use foam adhesive to add to the panel.  Add glitter to the dragonflies and around the edge of the oval.  Mount the frog oval on a diecut Decorative oval.  Arrange the lily pads as shown.



 

 



Get Ready for Wednesday with Crafter's Companion!

Remember! This Wednesday, Sara Davies will be back on HSN with some delightful goodies! She will have the Perfect Partners Victorian Floral collection as well as more Downton Abbey, new Die'sire dies, a new Signature Collection and the much anticipated Spectrum Aqua Blend Pencils!

 

Supplies :

Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral Metal Die - Sweet William
Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners - Sweet William EZmount Stamp Set
Die'sire Edge'ables Flourish



Crafter's Companion Returning to HSN!

Sara Davies, of Crafter's Companion, will be back on HSN next week! Be sure to tune in on Wednesday, March 16th to see some amazing new products and inspiration!  She will be launching the release of the Spectrum Noir Aqua Blend Water Color Pencils - which you are going to love!  I created this fun gift box using them (along with other wonderful Crafter's Companion products!)

Sheena A Little Bit Scenic - Provence EZ Mount Stamp Set
Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral - Pansy EZ Mount Stamp Set
Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral - Pansy Die...
Die'sire Classiques Decorative Scallop Edge Die
Big Score
Textures Embossing Folder - 8 x 8" Basket Weave
AquaBlend by Spectrum Noir: Aqua, Lagoon, Beeswax, Carmine, Ruby, Indigo, Clay, Sky Blue, Dark Slate, Fossil Grey, Ginger, Charcoal Brown, Spinach, Parakeet, Mango, Banana, Oregano, Kiwi
Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock
16 x 16 Construction Cardstock

Mixed Media Under the Sea

It's my turn again over on the ColourArte Blog.  I would love for you to pop over and take a look at my tutorial.

 

Twit Twoo with Crafter's Companion

I think this is finally the last sample I made for the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens for CHA 2016.  I just think this little bird is adorable!

Supplies:

Twit Twoo Stamp Set,

 Spectrum Noir Sparkles markers: Blue Topaz; Starry Sky, Emerald Green

Graphic 45 Patterned Paper

Love Letter Box

February is almost over (even though this year we have an extra day!) So with it being the month of love, I thought it would be fun to make a little box for love letters using Prima's new Tales of You and Me by Frank Garcia.  I love this collection!

 And of course, I used a ton of the Art Ingredients from Finnabair on this as well.

I played along with the Prima Product Picks for February.

And also

Frilly and Funky Challenge - Layer it Up

Simon Says Monday - Inspired by a song - Just You and Me

Heart of Gold With Crafter's Companion

I've got a layout to share with you today...it's a little bit out of my comfort zone, but I was playing along with CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration Challenge.  It's always fun to challenge yourself and find new things/techniques that may or may not work for you. Anyhow, it was fun!

A couple of the elements I chose to work with for this challenge were stripes and watercolor. I tore strips of watercolor paper and used the Spectrum Aqua pens to create this effect. I just colored some scribbles on each piece of paper, then misted it with water.  It was such an easy effect.

 For this photo, I cut the photo with the heart die, and just lined it up with an open area on the lobes of the heart.  Then I cut a second heart with the gold paper and glued the photo to the heart.

 I layered mulberry flowers with chipboard flowers for my cluster.

Using the gold foiled paper and alphabet dies created a title that looks substantial.

I had to use bright pink as one of the colors on this layout, and since it was more masculine, I didn't want it to be floofie pink, so I used a pink chipboard flower, a pink banner (along with two blue ones) and then colored around my journaling with the Spectrum Aqua pen, to tie it all together.  I used a waterbrush to spread the watercolor.

Crafter's Companion Supplies:

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Traditional Bunting

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Scalloped Bunting

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Pennant Bunting

Die'sire Classiques Only Words 1" Alphabet Contemporary-Uppercase

Die'sire Classiques Only Words 1" Alphabet Contemporary-Lowercase

Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock - Pkg of 8 Sheets

Spectrum Aqua: Rose Pink, Aquarmarine, Peacock Blue

 



Please Vote! Heartfelt Creations Design Team Semi-Finalist!

I've got wonderful news to share! I am a semi-finalist for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team :)
I've been privileged enough to serve on their team before, but you know, I can just never get enough Heartfelt Creations. You can see more  of my Heartfelt Creations projects by clicking here.

The HC Design Team is a two part process. I've made it through the first step, and now I will be making two projects using products that they send me.  There is also a voting process, so I would ask that you go check out the other semi-finalists and vote.  If I inspire you, I hope you will include me (Gini Cagle) in your vote.

Thanks for looking and thank you for your help!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop February

 Welcome, to the February 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, February 27th, and will have 72 hours to claim their prize.

I love the Sunrise Lily collection, and have a feeling I will be grabbing these sets over and over to create these flowers!

Heartfelt Creations Supplies:

Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily Paper Collection HCDP1-263

Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily Frame HCSD1-2002   (Exclusive to Create and Craft)

Sunrise Lily Cling Stamps HCPC-3720

Sunrise Lily Wishes Cling Stamp HCPC- 3721

Sunrise Lily Die HCD1 - 787

Everyday Heroes Die HCD1-761

Eyelet Oval Die HCD1-776 

Decorative Oval Die HCD1-762 

Prills - 3rd Place

Dries Clear Adhesive

Metal Glue Tip

Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

Blog Hop Order

Caroline Duncan

Amarilys Doria

Ujjwal Gupta

Vicki Dutcher

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel -

Regina M. Hamilton

Gini Williams Cagle

Sarah Miller -

Emilia van den Heuvel
Kathy Clement

Alissa Wells

Lisa Allen

challenges:
Simon Says Monday challenge - Inspired by a Song (My Wish For You)

Have a Beautiful Day With Heartfelt Creations

Today, I have kind of a hybrid card to share with you...it's a gatefold card, but it opens to reveal a pocket card (perfect for tucking away a little tag.)  Of course, the focal point for this card is the profusion of Delightful Daisies.  I sat down one night and made a ton of these :)