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!

Friends With Flair

 

It's time for another Unity Stamp Co. Friends with Flair!  Head over to the Unity Blog to see who is hopping today!

1.  Cut a 5 x7" card base from WorldWin ColorMates (Deep Orange Dream).
2. Emboss a 4.75" x 6.75" piece of ColorMates Textured Denim (Aqua Denim), using the Spellbinders Decorative Fancy Tags 2 folder.
3.  Rub Tsukineko VersaMagic ink (Persimmon) over the raised areas.
4.  Cut two borders from the orange cardstock using Memory Box die (Meridian Border).
5.  Stamp the word text from Unity Stamp Co.( Bloom and Simplify stamp set), using VersaFine ink onto panel of patterned paper (Webster's Pages).
6.  Stamp slightly over the text with the flower from the same set, using Versamark ink.
7.  Heat emboss with a green powder.
8.  Use Faber-Castell Gelatos to color in the leaves and stem.
9.  Stamp a second flower image on white cardstock , using Memento ink.
10.  Color flower with Copic markers and cut out.  Apply to card.
11.  Add glitter to the flower center and finish with orange crystals (Zva Creative CRW-03CB-146)
12.  Assemble card as shown.  Finish with a bow (May Arts Ribbon 444-58-28)

CAS Vellum Butterfly Card

 

 Hi!  Most of you know that I don't do clean and simple cards very often - but sometimes and idea hits and you just have to go with it.  So although it's a simple design, I'd love to share with you how I created it.

 

1.  Tape the Dreamwever Stencil (Daisy Background LX7014) to WorldWin's ColorMates Light Ocean Blue Cardstock.  I used the old school method to emboss this with a light box and stylus (stencil is on the underside).

 

2.  After embossing, use Viva Decor Metallic 3D Stamp Paint to add some glittery highlights to the flower centers.

 

3.  Rub turquoise ink over the entire stenciled area.

 

4.  Spray with Lindy's Stamp Gang - Opal Sea Oats.  Use this background paper to die- cut a butterfly from the Spellbinder's Wings of Hope set.

 

 5.  Cut a piece of ColorMates Heritage White 7" x 4".  Score at 1"

6.  Cut a piece of 29 lb.Translucent  Vellum 6" x 4".  Use Xyron Double Sided Tape to adhere to the inside of the short flap of cardstock.  The vellum should line up straight with the cardstock to complete the card base.

 

7.  Stamp matching Unity Fly With Wings of Hope butterfly, using Versamark ink and heat emboss with LSG Silver Moon Turquoise.  Shape the die cut butterfly and adhere slightly above the stamped "shadow".  Stamp the sentiment and heat emboss with black powder.

8.  Add a Zva Creative Pearl swirl (CRW-05CB-143) and May Arts Ribbon (382-34-94) to finish.

 Challenges:

Dream It Up - February Fluttery and Swirly

Unity - February Be Inspired Challenge

Die Cut Divas - Girly

May Arts and Stampendous Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the fourth day of May Art's hop with Stampendous!  If you haven't checked out the rest of the week's inspiration, be sure to see the links at the bottom of this post.  There have been some amazing projects! And what would a May Arts Ribbon Hop be without prizes?  How about 3 sets of the following:
1 spool of ribbon and a jumbo cling set and a handle.

That means there will be 3 winners at the end of the week.
To win:  comment on any stop along the way.  Easy enough!

 

I worked with the Vintage Ladies stamp set - and decided to make a ribbon skirt for this corseted lady.

 

May Arts Ribbons
5/8" Sheer/Ruffle Edge Ribbon 350-58-33
5/8" Satin/Pleats Ribbon 379-58-36
3/8" Velvet/Gold Dots 456-38-04
1/8" Velvet Ribbon 389-18-33
Stampendous
Vintage Ladies Clear Stamp Set SSC1194

Survival Stack Art Elements EKM05
Stack Art Kraftboard  Angel Wings Kit
Partners In Craft Supplies
Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells
Spellbinders -  Elegant Labels 4
Xyron 1/4" Double Sided Tape, 9" Creative Station
Tsukineko Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Black; Brilliance - Crimson Copper
Other Supplies
WorldWin Papers - Kromekote - Copper; DoubleMates - Spring Green; Glorious Green
Copic Markers
Dew Drops

This week's hop order

Monday

Virginia Fynes

Shellye McDaniel

Tuesday

Lalo IK

Karen Baker

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles

Jen Shears

Latrice Murphy

Thursday

Gini Williams Cagle

Emily Lanham

Friday

Courtney Lee

Charlene Driggs

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 

HCDP1240 Raindrops on Roses Paper Collection
HCD 743 Raindrops on Roses Die
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCD 740 Sweet Juliet Die
HCPC 3583 Adorned in Roses PreCut Set
HCPC 3577 Vintage Morning Background PreCut Set


1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Rose Metallic 3D Stamp Paint 

Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
Other Products Used 
Spellbinders Labels 27


Tsukineko Ink: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy)
May Arts ribbon
Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives

WorldWin Cardstock

Cut a 4 x6" card base from purple cardstock. Cut a piece of green patterned paper  slightly smaller than the base. Ink the edges.  Glue a piece of ribbon around the bottom.  Cut a decorative rectangle from the patterned paper and adhere to the green layer with foam adhesives.  Die cut the decorative Raindrops on Roses die and glue to the center panel.  Stamp the birthday sentiment on the green patterned paper and die cut with Spellbinders Labels 27.  Adhere to the card with foam adhesives.  Stamp  the Vintage Morning Background flowers and cut with the corresponding die. Paint a light coat of the Rose Metallic 3D Stamp paint over the flowers and shape.  Add bling for the flower center.  Use leaves from the Sweet Juliet die around the flower.

Bring On Spring!

 After the big snow storm we received last week - I am hoping that things will kind of be back to normal this week!  But while I was snowed in, I did have a chance to create some projects that I will be sharing with you this week.  I decided to play along with two challenges for today's card - Lindy's Stamp Gang color inspiration and JustRite's Friday Challenge (which was to use Butterflies and/or flowers).

 I love how great these colors worked with the JustRite stamps!  I stamped the Fleuriste Newsprint Background stamp with Versamark ink and embossed with Morning Glory Azure powder.  I spritzed the image with Opal Sea Oats.  I stamped and embossed a second image, and fussy cut the main image.  I used a Versamark pen to color inside the design and heat emboss the ribbons and butterflies using the Morning Glory Azure and Hollyhock Scarlet Plum powders.  I then glued this to the base, but allowed the butterfly wing to stick up, for dimension.

The flowers were die cut from Spellbinders Rose Creations and more of the Hollyhock Scarlet Plum embossing powder was added to them, after they were shaped.  The greenery was die cut using Spellbinders Foliage 2 and Spellbinders Tiger Lilies.  After they were cut they were embossed using Desert Moon Turquoise and Starbright Gold Green.

These are both such fun challenges! I hope you will join in and share your creations!