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Monday, April 25, 2016

Papertrey April blog hop challenge...

It's Monday again? Wow, where does the time go? April has almost come and gone! I decided to play in this month's blog hop at Papertrey Ink just for fun... hop over to see the inspiration piece that inspired my card HERE! I can't wait to dig in and see what everyone else made. So here is my card...

Inspired by the ombre effect of the reds and oranges in the inspiration photo on Nichole's blog, I cut some butterflies from the Cover Plate: Bitty Butterflies die and ink blended over them to add color and shading from light to dark. I arranged them in the colors I saw from the inspiration piece: red (Pure Poppy), orange (Summer Sunrise), cream (Vintage Cream), white and gray (Soft Stone). The white slashes in the photo reminded me of stitching, so I added some stitching to the butterflies. The sentiment was die cut with Color Pop Butterflies dies from the Make It Market mini kit that just came out! The papers are from Gossamer Blue's On My Desk line.

I'm off to hop! See you soon, hope you are having a great day!
Danielle

Monday, March 12, 2012

If you are a technique person like I am, and love to try new things, you will definitely want to check out a new book by Vicki Boutin called Creative Foundations. There are 40 step-by-step demonstrations for easy, fun, messy, funky, innovative and customizable techniques. I was honored when Vicki asked me to participate in her book!

When you flip through the pages, you'll be amazed at Vicki's work. And truly, I'm not just saying that. Her layouts in the book are simply stunning. I talked to Vicki on the phone the other day, and she said the book was a blast to do because she is very much a technique girl, something I didn't realize about her! :)

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Today a few of the gals who had work in the book are doing a blog hop to show you a few of the fun techniques! I decided to make a new card with 2 of the techniques that I was NOT assigned to in the book: working with gesso and making pleated beaded ribbons. It's inspiring to try new things, right!

You can use gesso or dimensional paste for this technique, just take a credit card and scrape it over your project. Let dry and add embellishments over the top! Would be a fun technique for a layout also to add dimension and interest without a lot of bulk. The second thing I tried from the book was the adding beads to ribbon. I'm a big ribbon fan, so I used a needle and thread with a running stitch. Every so often, I added a bead and pulled the string tight to gather the ribbon!

I used lots of Heidi Swapp's new items here, new papers, file tabs, fun sticker words, rub ons and fabric stars! Ribbon and beads were older items from my stash.

Would you like to win a copy of this book? All you have to do is visit the participating designers' blogs in order and find a word next to each name to spell out a sentence. Then go to Vicki's blog and leave her a note with what the sentence says!

(me) My word is "OF".

Wendy Vecchi

Melissa Phillips

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Thank you for stopping by and good luck!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Pink Paislee + Core'dinations...

All this week on the Pink Paislee blog, we will be showcasing projects that combine the Core’dinations cardstock patterns with Pink Paislee papers and embellishments! Did you know Core’dinations makes cardstock to match our lines? We call it our Modern Prints collection and the colors and patterns are a must have this season!

Here are a few sneaks to my projects...

I managed to squeak in some Nantucket papers and a Nantucket Trading card, a Phantom stamp on the red circles, Butterfly Garden Ephemera, Baubles and Press Ons! Quite a combo, but it all works with this cardstock! :)

Head on over to the Pink Paislee blog for your chance to win, and don't forget to come back each day for more chances to win! You can check out the Core'dinations blog as well for more inspiration!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sizzix fresh vintage...

For the past couple of weeks, you may have been wondering what's been up with the Sizzix Fresh Vintage photo in my side bar? ------>

Sizzix has asked quite a few designers to participate in a blog hop that lasts several weeks. I love the name "Fresh Vintage" for their blog hop! That is really how I think you could describe my style. I love the vintage warm cozy feel, but I also love it to look fresh and bright - not old, like you might think vintage would look!

Anyway, Sizzix sent me the Bigz Flower 3D #2 die to work with!

I made a pretty flower with it to dress up a gift box in silver and red for the holidays. It was very easy!

I followed the directions on the insert for the die. It tells you to first cut paper in squares of 4x4". I used some printed tissue paper from my Christmas stash! (You could stamp on tissue paper also to make your own designed tissue!) The tissue paper works great because it's so thin, and you can cut many layers at once.

Next, you fold these 4" squares in half and then in half again, leaving you with 2" squares. Place them on the flower die in the corner with the fold on the outside and run them through the Sizzix. You will get some little pointy flowers that look like this...

Now take some thread and sew them all together at their points. String them all on the same line.

When done, it might look something like this...

Now pull the two thread ends together tight and tie in a knot. You can unfold the petals a bit, and scrunch them up on the ends. After I scrunched mine, I added some spray adhesive and sprinkled on some Diamond Dust Glitter from the craft store.

Although you can't see it very well in the picture, I sprayed the top of the box with Calico White Mister Huey mist by Studio Calico to make the box a little whiter. I hot glued the twine on and added a rub on saying by Melissa Frances directly to the box. The measuring tape sticker around the box is from the Portrait line by Crate Paper. Red polkadot paper is Autumn Press paper by Studio Calico, striped paper is Candy Cane Prints by Papertrey Ink.

The whole process of creating the flower took me only a few minutes! I am imagining these flowers on all kinds of gifts - birthday, Easter, etc. You could spray the tissue paper any color you wish with mists too.

To continue on the hop, click on that FRESH VINTAGE image in my side bar! (UP by my photo) You can see ALL of the designers participating, but if you click on the image in my side bar, you'll just be visiting those of us doing the "Flower 3D #2 Die" blog hop today.

Visit the Oh My Crafts blog for your chance to win a die!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Sweet baby inspiration...

Welcome to another Papertrey Ink blog hop! Today we are featuring projects made with a new stamp set coming out on the 15th called Sweet Baby. I wanted to tackle a fabric project - a bib made out of a dish towel.

I found a plain white dish towel at the Dollar Tree store and folded it in half, then cut out a half circle at the top (on the fold) for the neck with pinking sheers. I had some white muslin in my stash of fabrics, so I stamped the animals on it with Raspberry Fizz, Ripe Avocado and Orange Zest inks, then heat set them with a heat gun. I don't know if they will wash out. I would probably recommmend using permanent stamping ink for this type of project, but the only color I had in permanent was black! I tried fabric paint, but it was too thick and gloppy. When I stamped with it, it filled in the holes of the stamp, so stamping ink is definitely better!

After stamping on the muslin, I trimmed it with pinking shears. Next, I cut a strip of yellow gingham fabric and pleated it, and cut a fabric heart. I pinned everything down, then stitched with my sewing machine.