Cards With Dimension: Embellishments...

Happy Tuesday, and thank you for stopping in today! When I first began to create cards, I was more of a scrapbooker and hadn’t really dabbled in stamping all that much. This meant that I started to see my scrapbooking products in a whole new light…on cards! My style was very layered, and I loved to use embellishments! Embellishments were my absolute favorite thing. They added that touch of detail to my cards, a slight bit of dimension and extra interest that I didn’t feel a flat card could offer as well as an embellished card. My style is still very layered, and I love to use embellishments, but I like my cards to be clean looking as well, with a bit of white space.

Embellishments I love to use include, but aren’t limited to, chipboard elements, tags, rub-ons, sequins, ribbons, brads, rainstones, enamel dots, twine, etc.

For today’s card, I found a Heidi Swapp Washi Tape booklet in my stash that I hadn’t used yet, a Crate Paper tag and rub-ons, some Heidi Swapp chipboard pieces, enamel dots, and twine. I chose some of my favorite washi tapes from the booklet and attached them to a piece of white cardstock, then trimmed it down and rounded the corners. I added a “love you” rub-on to the tag. I stamped “Friend” on the card in Stormy Seas ink by Papertrey Ink from the Bitty Bouquets stamp set and “just thinking of you” with the Mat Stack 2 Collection stamps. I used a little hole punch to punch little notches for the twine. This way the twine will stay put while wrapped around the front piece.

When mixing embellishments, here are some tips: look for colors that complement each other (mix at least three for more interest!) and use different sizes of items – something small, something medium, and something larger in scale. Here the washi tapes add pattern and scale. The tag is the large item, the patterns are medium, and the enamel dots and text are small. It gives the eye so much detail to see! The black twine adds contrast to the lighter colors, which also keeps it interesting. Different shapes are good as well; see how the roundness of the enamel dots give the card softness from all of the hard edges?

Balancing the colors around the card in a triangle will also help you achieve success with embellishments. I have the aqua color spread around the card with the dots and washi tape. And I also have a triangle of black by using twine, tape, and sentiments in black.

If you are interested in learning more about my style of card making, I have an online class that I recently filmed here in Denver with Craftsy.com called Cards With Dimension: Lovely Layers, Textures and Embellishments. I have seven video chapters on adding dimension to cards, and working with embellishments is just one of the chapters, with three lessons in each chapter! Since March is National Craft Month, they are hosting a fun promotion for the next two weeks. Everyone who is new to purchasing a Craftsy class right now will be entered to win a $1,000 to donate to your favorite crafty charity. If you’ve been thinking of trying an online card class, now is a great time to give it a try! AND…as a special blog reader, I get to offer you 50% off! Click the link above!

If you'd like to try one of the other paper craft classes at a discount, you can view them HERE. Have a crafty, creative day!

Danielle

Fun with techniques.

I have a couple of springy cards today made with Lily Bee's Double Dutch stamps and the Victoria Park stamps using a technique that I've been really enjoying lately - embossing and using mist/ink to paint over the images!

To make these, I first used a cute border stamp from the Double Dutch clear stamps and stamped it three times on each card with white ink on white cardstock, then embossed the images with white embossing powder. It looks fab JUST like this with white on white! But I wanted to add color, so you could see the technique better. To add color to the cards, I sprayed some Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels (Turquoise and Key Lime Pie) in a paint palette. I grabbed a paintbrush and brushed over the embossing with the mist! I love how this looks.

Then I stamped a floral border with the small flower image in the Victoria Park stamp set, and a sentiment in black over the top. Stamping layers really creates dimension without a lot of bulk. These would make adorable note cards for a gift set! Don't forget to stamp the envelopes too!

I often get asked on tips for bow tying, so here is how I make them...
I tie the bow, then pull the two ends to make the loops smaller, then I pull the bow tight again and trim off the excess from the tails. To get them to look fluffy like I have here, put a small glue dot in the center and pinch the loops together! This helps them stay nice and "poofy". Ribbon is by Papertrey Ink as well as the Spring Moss, Aqua Mist and True Black ink.

Live Laugh card set supplies:

STAMPS: Victoria Park Clear Stamps, Double Dutch Clear Stamps by Lily Bee Designs

INK: Spring Moss and Aqua Mist by Papertrey Ink

PAPER: white cardstock

DIES: corner rounder

OTHER:  embossing powder, Spring Moss and Hawaiian Shores ribbon by Papertrey Ink,  Key Lime Pie and Turquoise Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, pearls.

Swing over to Lily Bee to see more fun springy cards by Julia Stainton and Patricia Roebuck!

Pink Paislee's hot products.

Today I have a blog post up at the Pink Paislee blog. We are focusing on some of our "Hot Products" from each line this week. My assignment was to highlight the SHE ART line today by Pink Paislee, specifically the Doily Mask and the Press Ons.

I used the Doily Mask with several mist colors and sprayed the mist over the mask onto white cardstock, then cut the doilies out to form this colorful card set with some "petal" card bases by Cut Cardstock! I used Papertrey Ink ribbon in Soft Stone around the cards. 

I wanted to package up the card set somehow, so I made a little pocket to tuck them into.

I cut a little saying, "Wonderful You", with the Silhouette Cameo machine and formed a pocket from the cardstock, and machine stitched the sides with a zig zag. I cut a little tag with Papertrey Ink's Limitless Layers 2 1/4" Oval Die Collection.

You could wrap up the entire thing with cellophane if you wanted!

Creating card sets are so easy and fun when you keep the same design, just make them in all different colors. Stop over to read more here at the Pink Paislee blog, see more how-to pictures, and find a supply list for this project.

Feel free to pin a project you see here on my blog anytime to Pinterest by simply clicking on the title of the post, and you'll see a pin button at the bottom of each post. Thanks for visiting! :)

Crafter's Workshop blog hop with Julie Balzer...

I am very excited today to be part of a blog hop using new Crafter's Workshop stencils by Julie Balzer! If you don't know of Julie, you are definitely missing out on some awesome artistic creativity - to say the least! Julie is the queen of misting, painting and creating FAN-tastic works of art. Here is a link to her blog. There is always something new and inspiring to see by Julie! She is truly one of a kind, and I feel so fortunate to be asked to participate in a hop showcasing her new stencils!

I received some of the 6x6 stencils and as a card maker, I wanted to show that these are great for cards! What I love is that you can use them over and over, so an endless supply of cards could be made with each stencil. Each style is available in 12x12" AND 6x6".

The first one I worked with is a mod looking one called Love Beads.

I sprayed over it with Graphite Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and added a few stars and circles with cardstock! The sentiment is from Boy Basics: Game On by Papertrey Ink. I wanted my circles to look mod too, so I punched 2" circles, then punched out a 1" circle from it and layered them over a white cardstock circle. You could definitely make the background darker by adding more mist. I just did a light dusting here! (Red paper is Echo Park's new line called Season's Greetings.)

On the second card, I tried something different with the Summer stencil. Let me show you the card I'm referring to...

I was spraying over the stencil just playing around with it, adding yellow and pink mist over the top (below right), when a lot of the mist pooled up on the stencil and instead of washing it off, I flipped it over onto the cardstock (left side). This created a stamped look!

I decided I wanted the look on the left, but I wanted her hair to flip the other way. So I turned the stencil over (starting on the back) and used the same technique - first spraying the stencil with mist, letting the mist pool up, then flipping it over and laying it on the cardstock. Then pressed it down like I was stamping. (The sentiment here is from Sweet As Can Be.)

So...long story short...I discovered you can use the front OR the back to stencil with!

Here is one more card using the Screen stencil.

I actually made a Christmas card with it! I sprayed over the stencil with a green mist onto kraft cardstock. It started as a fall card, but since I had Christmas goodies on my desk, I went with that! I cut a snowflake out of white felt with a Papertrey Ink die called Damask Snowflakes, then added a few Echo Park chipboard pieces over the top. The sentiment here is from Christmas Blessings.

This background could be used for so many things!

And last, but not least, Henna Hands...

I chose two of the hands I liked the best and chalked over them with chalk! I added a sentiment from  Love Lives Here, a resin swirl by Melissa Frances and a purple twine from the Twinery. The effect with the chalk is very subtle and soft. (I would recommend sealing it after you are done if you use chalk, so it doesn't wipe off. The first hand starting wiping off while I was working on the second hand!)

Well, I hope you enjoyed these examples. Please visit a few more crafty girls for a variety of fun stencil ideas, and don't forget Julie's blog for a chance to win!

Ronda Palazzari

Tammy Tutterow

Jill Sprott

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

creating with mists, paint and dimensional paste...

Today at the Pink Paislee blog, my assignment was "mixed media" - when I think of mixed media, I think of paint, mists, dimensional paint and creating fun backgrounds! :)

I worked with Pink Paislee's Mistable Mask and the Vintage Vogue line of Ephemera, Chipboard Pops, Paper Rosettes and Spool Buttons.

Love their new wood chip alphabet!

I call this layout, "Any Given Day". Any given day, Kati is always dressing up and ready for pose for me!

I also tried Dimensional Paint/paste with the same stencil by Pink Paislee and will show you how to create these neat backgrounds!

Check out the HOW-TO at Pink Paislee's blog!

(With Appreciation is a stamp by Papertrey Ink called Mixed Messages.)

all things pink...

It's almost Friday, not sure where the week went, but this summer is just flying by! Would you agree? I haven't had time to go through my beach pictures yet to post a few, so I thought I'd share a couple other crafting things instead. My daughter accidentally deleted our beach photos from my computer, but luckily my husband had put them on his Ipad while we were in Maine, thank goodness!! I'll share soon!

Not too long ago I received the Create: For the Home issue and was thrilled to have this little baby hanger project in there:

I used one of Melissa Frances' wooden hangers that she used to sell, added a rub on saying to it, some of her resin wings and a key hole to the top. Then I just hung little frames from it with photos and patterned papers!

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I have a quick card to share also. I was having fun with my Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists one day for an assignment and made this card...

It's a really fun and simple technique...I punched some hearts from cardstock, put them down on the Pink Paislee patterned paper and misted over the top of the hearts with Glimmer Mist! Remove the punched hearts and when dry, you can stamp a saying or add a rub on saying in the center.

Great way to use those punches and dies, while also using up your scraps of paper. I think this technique could surely work with any sort of sentiment - misting over stars for a birthday card would be fun!

I have an extra copy of this issue of CREATE magazine that I'd love to share with someone. Please leave a note here if you are interested in it! I'll choose someone to send it to soon. :)

monochromatic Monday with sunny yellow...

Yellow has been one of my favorite colors for a long time now! For the Pink Paislee blog today, my assignment was to do a monochromatic page. I dug through my Pink Paislee stash and found lots of yellow - in the Sweetness, Old School and Starlight lines.

When I think of yellow, I think of happiness! I found some pictures of my girls jumping on our trampoline that we bought in April. Love their expressions in these pics! I used Candlelight Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to spray over the background paper and a Crafter's Workshop stencil. It creates more interest to the background and allows a fun place for journaling! The Sweetness background paper has lines on it, which was awesome for journaling and easy to get my lines straight. I stamped some stars from the 365 Degrees set and layered them down the page. The large stars were from my stash and I liked the gray color, but wanted it a bit deeper of a gray to pop off the page, so I sprayed them with Graphite Glimmer Mist.

Pink Paislee supplies: Sweetness - Pretty lace paper (background), Old School- Prep School paper (lined), Artisan Alphabet ("lucky"), Artisan Swirls, Old School cardstock sticker alphas ("happy go"), 365 Degrees stamp set (stars), 365 Degrees Cork Buttons, Starlight Cardstock Stickers (star strip). Other: Graphite Glimmer Mist and Candlelight Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, Crafter's Workshop (stencil), Prima flower, Cosmo Cricket chipboard stars, cardstock, StazOn ink (black), Close To My Heart ink (honey).

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Last is a quick card made with the new Sweetness line by Pink Paislee. I dry embossed the background with a swirl embossing plate (Cuttlebug), then added the Sweetness rub ons, ticket, 1/2 of the sticker, twine and a brad. Super easy!

I LOVE this twine from Studio Calico!

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing machine and swirls plate, rub ons and stickers - new Sweetness line by Pink Paislee, Baker's twine from Studio Calico, brad is Sassafras Lass.

I appreciate you stopping by today!
Danielle

Tattered Angels pairs up with Graphic 45...

Today I have my very first post on the Tattered Angels blog! It felt so wonderful to work with new products...so inspiring. I had many ideas brewing this week and didn't quite know where to start!

The first page I created is this one, "Fairy in Flight". I have been thinking about scrapping these photos of my daughter for a few weeks, but was waiting for the right products to come along. I used Graphic 45's Ode to Joy paper in the background and sprayed it with Suede Glimmer Mist in a few places. It's very subtle but adds a bit of texture and shine!

I love to add dimension to my work and wanted the stamped words to be over the top of the butterfly, so I cut out the acrylic part of the stamped image that comes with the stamp set. You can also stamp onto a transparency and cut it out. I also love to use these to place around my pages when deciding where I'll put the stamp before actually stamping on my page. They are quite handy! (you can make these for all your stamps!) The chipboard butterflies are sprayed with Olive Vine. Lastly, I cut apart the chipboard swirl to get a smaller piece and sprayed it with Suede for the butterfly's "trail". My daughter, Kati who is 4 loves to dress up and pretend! She asked me to take pictures one day of her and her wings.

Supplies used:

Paper: Graphic 45 - Ode to Joy
Glimmer Mist: Suede and Olive Vine
Stamps - large butterfly, words and swirls: Nature in Flight Stamp Set
Chipboard Butterflies: Embossed Glimmer Chips - Nature
Chipboard Swirl: Embossed Glimmer Chips - Regal
Other: Prima flowers, American Crafts Thickers

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On the next page, "Let It Snow", I misted over the snowflake stencil with Olive Vine onto creme colored cardstock to go with the Graphic 45 angels die cut. The letters are misted with Suede Glimmer Mist, and I used a chipboard wreath under the frame in the title to add a bit of blue to the page, since my photo had a blue tint to it. I loved the big snowflake and didn't want to cover it up, so I added a smaller photo of my girls making snow angels.

Supplies used:
Paper: Graphic 45 - Let It Snow (stripe), Around the World (black), Christmas Past Tags (angels)
Stencil: Glimmer Screens - Fanciful
Glimmer Mist: Suede and Olive Vine
Alphas/frame: Framed Fonts Glimmer Chips, Regal
Wreath: Frosty Memories Glimmer Chips, Stamped
Swirls: Nature in Flight Stamp Set
Other: rub on sentiment and chipboard snowflake - Melissa Frances, misc. button and pin.
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These are little holiday photo holders that I found at the craft store last year for under a dollar! I sprayed them with Graphite Glimmer Mist, crackled them with crackle paint and creme paint over the top. I used chipboard photo corners and pearls for the garland on one tree and a wreath on the other.

Supplies:
Paper: Graphic 45 - Christmas Past Tags, Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Glimmer Mist: Graphite
Chipboard wreath and photo corners: Glimmer Chips - Frosty Memories
Other: string pearls and tree photo holders- craft supply, white pearls - Melissa Frances,
lace - unknown, creme paint - Delta.
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And last but not least, a card which could be used for a fall or holiday card. I sprayed the chipboard with Red Velvet Glimmer Mist and the Family piece with Suede. I punched 1" circles to create large scallops.

Supplies:
Paper: Graphic 45 - Jolly Old St. Nicholas (stripe), Exotic Destinations (compass and circle)
Chipboard: Glimmer Chips - Regal
Glimmer Mist: Red Velvet
Family Memories: Bingo Boards - Family
Other: Ribbon is SEI, pearl is Melissa Frances, lace is Wrights.
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If you are still reading after all of that, thank you!
Hope I inspired you in some way.