Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 
HCDP1 239 Majestic Morning Paper Collection
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCD 736 Classic Leaf Die
HCD 728 Timeless Amour Die
HCPC 3577 Vintage Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC  3545 Open Leaf PreCut Set
1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Paper Blossoms Tool Kit 
3D Metallic Stamp Paint - Silver
Robin's Nest Dew Drops
Other Products Used
Spellbinders M-Bossabilities - Butterfly Kisses

May Arts Ribbon
Distress Markers - Aged Mahogany, Victorian Velvet
Tsukineko Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
 Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder - Geranium Coral Blush


Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives
Office Supply Tag

Color your tag with inks or mists. Run the tag through machine with embossing folder. Lightly rub watermark ink over the raised surfaces and heat emboss with pink powder. Cut two decorative pieces from the Timeless Amour Die set and adhere to the center of the tag. Stamp the Vintage Morning flowers using Memento ink and cut with the corresponding die. Color the blossoms using  markers. Shape the flowers and add  Dew Drops to the center. Stamp and  die cut the leaves and glue as shown.   Cut the printed tag from the patterned paper. Finish with ribbons.   

Background Stamping

 

 I've got a card to share with you today- and it all started with a cool background stamp. And... the challenge at JustRite Stamps is to use a great technique with background stamps - so here it is!  I decided to make some paper blooms to correspond with some of the stamped  images.  I also added some fun mixed media techniques - so I've got a tutorial to share with you, how I created this piece.

 

Start with WorldWin Papers new Parchment paper.  This already created some texture and depth.  

 

Use a mask and spray Art Anthology's Fern Leaf Colorations.

Position the mask to spray the un-inked areas with the Guacamole Colorations.

 

 Outline around some of the diamonds using a gold Sharpie marker.

Stamp the French Rose background stamp with watermark ink and heat emboss with a brown powder.  Use a paintbrush and the Colorations sprays to paint the areas of the design within the embossed lines.

Die cut a frame from WorldWin's Kromekote copper and emboss.

Rub some Art Anthology Velvet paint in Lagoon over the copper frame to give it an oxidized appearance.

Die cut flowers and shape them on a foam mat.

Add a little Art Anthology Sorbet (Dazzle) on the flower petals to give a little glittery effect.

Spray a little bit of the Vineyard Colorations on your work mat, and dip the tips of the petals in this.

Stamp the Elegant Fronds stamp on the DoubleMates (Berry Red) cardstock. Cut rolled flowers from the stamped paper.

Put the card together as shown.

Supplies

JustRite Stamps: 

French Rose Background Stamp; Elegant Fronds Background Stamp

Spellbinders

Imperial M-Bossabilites

Bitty Blossoms

Blooms Four

Rose Creations

Grand Large Labels

WorldWin Paper:

Kromekote: Copper

Parchment

CutMates: Purple Cabbage

DoubleMates: Berry Red

Art Anthology:

Colorations: Watermelon, Patience, Vineyard, Fern Leaf,  Guacamole

Velvet Dimensional Paint: Lagoon

Sorbet Dimensional Paint: Dazzle

Zva Creative

CRW-05CB-0119

CRW-06CA-151

May Arts Ribbon

QM18

Words or Whatever

Mask

Xyron

Mega Runner, 9" Creative Station

Tsukineko

Memento: Tuxedo Black; Versamark Watermark Ink

Clearsnap

Brown Embossing Powder

May Arts New Ribbon Release Week

Have you seen the gorgeous new ribbons over at May Arts?  All of this week the Ribbonistas will be sharing projects and tutorials on the May Arts Blog featuring the new release.  My upcycled can is up the blog today.  Head over and check it out - you know the Ribbon Lady will be giving some great prizes!

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 
HCDP1 239 Majestic Morning Paper Collection
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3581 Majestic Morning Accents PreCut Set
1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Paper Blossoms Tool Kit 
Dew Drops - Fresh Mowed Grass
Other Products Used 
Spellbinders Adorning Squares

May Arts Ribbon 3/8" Reversible Dots 453-38-47; Eyelet  447-58-01
Copic Markers: RV55, YG95
Tsukineko Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
ColorBox Ink: Orchid, Violet
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.  Distress the edges.  Cut a horizontal panel and machine stitch eyelet ribbon to the edge. Adhere to card.  Die cut the Adorning Squares and hand cut a mat to back it.  Stamp the Majestic Morning Accent stamp to the center.  Color the background flowers and leaves with Copic markers.  Stamp, cut and shape small flowers using the Majestic Morning Background .  Add Dew Drops for the flower centers. Color using ink pads.  Add ribbon and a cut sentiment from the patterned paper to finish.

Zva Creative January DT Blog Hop!

Happy New Year to you! Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to our January blog hop!  We are very excited to kick off a new year of blog hops and to have you join us today. We hope you are inspired all of the beautiful work that we are about to share!

And as a bonus— today’s hop is EXTRA special because you will get to see more of Zva’s newest products that were released at the Craft and Hobby Association tradeshow earlier this month!

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.

 

I've got a sweet Valentine's card to share with you - and I'm showing off the green crystal flourish - CRW-07CA-136 as well as that gorgeous paper bloom (FL-04CA-134)!   It's funny how you can look at something, and see something that's not quite there.  I chose to work with this flourish because I thought that it looked like a heart in the center.  I was completely surprised when I realized these were two separate flourishes - so it's even better than I thought!  You can ease the two pieces together to create a heart or use them individually.  No matter how you end up using them, I'm sure they will add sparkle to your projects.

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, January 27th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, January 28th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer’s blogs 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 this Blog Hop 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, January 29th 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. Your next stop is Windy Robinson.

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on February 24th for our next Zva blog hop!

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Upcycling with Xyron Tutorial

 Before you take that trash out, look at it with creative eyes... because with little effort or expense you can upcycle what would be headed to the landfill into something lovely and useful.

I used this Laughing Cow Cheese container and created the fun project shown above.  If you would like to try it - here are the easy directions.

 

 Trace around the container and cut a top and bottom from patterned paper.

 Use the Xyron 5" Creative Station to apply adhesive to the back of the paper.

 

Paint the edges of the container.  After the paint is dry, apply the patterned paper.

 

Use the Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker to apply adhesive to ribbon.  Choose a ribbon that is no wider than the edges of the container.

 Decorate the box as desired.  I created a handmade flower with a vintage shank button for the center.  After assembling the flower, use a Crop-a-Dile to punch a hole in the center.  Fit the button shank into the hole and glue in place using the Xyron/Teresa Collins liquid adhesive.

Add a stamped tag and pearl flourish to finish.

Supplies

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker

Xyron/Teresa Collins Liquid Adhesive

Graphic 45 French Country Patterned Paper, Chipboard

Hampton Art/Graphic 45 Cling Stamps - Mother Goose ICO252

Heartfelt Creations/Spellbinders Delicate Asters Die

May Arts Ribbon - 3/8" Solid Two Tone Ribbon AF08; Paper Cord Ribbon 420-33

Zva Creative Pearl Flourish CRW-05CB-117

Art Anthology Velvet Paint - Reef

Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder - Sunrise Salmon Gold

Tsukineko Ink

Faux Mosaic Tile Background Video Tutorial with Art Anthology

I have been having so much fun experimenting with  mixed media techniques and have found a great way to use those samples to make a bigger project - Faux Mosaic Tiles.  This technique lets you combine lots of experiments (if you like) - or just a couple to create a background for canvases.

So come watch my video - and try several new background techniques.
 

Here are more detail shots of the 12 x 12 canvas.

  I also decided to create this for the Creative Embellishments January inspiration challenge -

I made this canvas very sparkly and glittery, but also wrote my goals for 2014 around the edges of the canvas to go along with the wishes, hopes and dreams 2014 theme.

 

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC 
HCDP1 239 Majestic Morning Paper Collection
HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die
HCD 735 Gift Ensemble Die
HCD 732 Decorative Flower Pot Die
HCD 729 Decorative Blossom Corner Die
HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background PreCut Set

1259723 Art Institute Glue (Dries Clear)
Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Paper Blossoms Tool Kit 
Sparklets
Other Products Used 
May Arts Ribbon  - Twine SM-17
Tsukineko Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMagic - Purple Hydrangea
Copic Markers - RV17, RV19, YR16

Stickles- Orange
Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Foam Adhesives
WorldWin Cardstock

Cut a 6 x 6 card base and cut a patterned 6" square from the paper collection for the card front.  Layer a slightly smaller printed panel over the base, and glue with foam adhesives. Stamp the Majestic Morning flowers using Memento ink and cut with the corresponding die. Color the blossoms using Copic markers. Shape the flowers and add a Sparklet to the center.  Die cut the vines from the Gift Ensemble die and glue as shown.  Die cut the printed tag using the matching die from the Decorative Flower Pot Die set.  Cut a large Decorative Blossom corner die from the same cardstock as the card base.  Glue to the upper right corner.   

JustRite Color Challenge

 

JustRite Friday Challenges are back with their first challenge of the year!  And this time, the challenge was a color/inspiration challenge.

 

I have to admit, I was a little skeptical about the Peach Puff color with this - but I just went with it - and used the exact Copic colors- and it turned out great! My cardstock was a little too bright peach - so instead I used WorldWin Papers Kromekote Pearl, and added a little Peach Gelato- and it was the perfect shade.

So, here is  my list of everything that was layered on this card!

JustRite Birthday Vintage Labels Four

JustRite Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two

Spellbinders Enchanted Labels 28

Spellbinders Decorative Labels 28

Spellbinders Labels 28

Spellbinders Ribbon Banners

Peach Gelato

WorldWin Papers: Kromekote Pearl

Twist-Pink

Elan Metallics- Spectrum Blue

May Arts - WM22

Copic Markers

Iced Enamels Relique- Raspberry
Xyron Mega Runner

Mosaic Backgrounds for Mixed Media Video Tutorial

 

I've been experimenting with some Mixed Media canvases that were inspired by Gustav Klimt - and this is the second in the series (but actually the first that I'm sharing on my blog).  So this was a great project for the challenge at Design Memory Craft/ Faber-Castell, which was to make a piece inspired by a piece of art. 

I also used Lindy's Stamp Gang January Color Challenge to pick this soft palette. I didn't use the exact colors that they suggested, but I used Cocklebells Coral, Southshore Sand, Gag Me With a Spoon Gray, Geranium Coral Blush and Queen Sheeba's Silver 

and thought that I matched up pretty close.

 The Art Deco lady was a vintage black and white photo that I printed onto silk and colored with Pan Pastels.

 But there are lots of really fun techniques that I've shared, on a new video.

 

I hope you will take a few minutes to watch - and let me know what you think!

 

I'd love for you to follow my YouTube channel and invite your friends!

So now....Here's the video!