Embossed Iris Butterflies

I just got the latest Technique Junkies CD this week (Emboss or Die), and when I saw the Embossed Image technique, I knew it would be perfect with these butterflies from Class Act. Ohhhhhhhhh I just love the way this turned out!

I wanted a soft, spring-y, rustic-y feel for this card, so I used kraft, lilac, and vanilla cardstocks. The lilac cardstock is punched with the Dotted Wave Edge Punch from EK Success and I wrapped some linen thread around the stamped piece. How lucky is it that these Prima flowers were the same purple tone as the butterflies I stamped?? I was having a good stamping evening when I created this. :-)

Be sure to check out the fun challenge over on the Class Act blog. I'll be playing along with the challenge at the end of the month (for the Chapel Road team), and you don't want to miss what we are doing for that challenge. You could win free rubber just for playing along! :-)

Stamps: Butterfly Angle, Butterfly Square - all from Class Act
Ink: Iris (Palette)
CS: kraft, vanilla, lilac
Other: linen thread, Dotted Wave edge punch (EK Success), Prima flowers, button, embossing folder
TJ Technique: Embossed Image from Emboss or Die CD

Chef Charlotte

Have you seen the Humorous Seniors stamps over at I Brake for Stamps? This is one of their newest ones called Chef Charlotte, and I can sooooooo see myself looking like this in another 20 years. LOL

I stamped Chef Charlotte and colored her with Copic markers, and then cut her out. I used the Distressed Papers technique on the designer papers in the background, and you can see where I got a little too carried away with the distressing on the upper left side. Oops! :-)

Just a little tip - you can use Copic markers to color your brads if they are not quite the right shade. I used a green Copic marker to color some yellow brads on this card. It worked out pretty good, huh?

I hope you have a wonderful week. Just a few more days til the weekend!!

Stamps: Chef Charlotte, Every Day Phrases from I Brake for Stamps - use code SAVE10HOLLY to save 10% off your order
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
CS: Suede, White, Marjolaine dp (Basic Grey)
Other: Copic markers, brads, oval dies
Technique: Distressed Paper (Technique Junkies)

Heart Song Designs - NEW RELEASE (March 6, 2011)

Happy Sunday! You're going to love today's new releases from Heart Song Designs! Leah has created two new flower digis. The first one is the innovative Bloom Trimmers One:

Leah designed this so that each element could be cut out and arranged in multiple ways. This is going to be such a fun set to play with - think of all the different possibilities with this - coloring, paper piecing, mixing and matching, and in any size you want.

The second digi is this Lovely Tulips image. I swooned when I saw this, and immediately printed it out:

I wanted this Lovely Tulip in red colors so it would match the background paper. This flower digi is so easy to color and it's absolutely gorgeous.

See what I mean about swooning? I used the Pencilled Twinks technique to color in this image, and then I cut it out with an oval die. The paper was too white and I wanted it to blend in with the cream tones in the background paper, so I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink all around the flower and the sentiment.

Here is a close-up so you can see the gorgeous shimmer:

Check out what the other DT ladies have created with these two fabulous new digis from Heart Song Designs:

Leah (owner) - Paper Blossoms

Ceal - Simply Beautiful

Chris - Creating with Chrissy

Davi - Alstromeria's Artistry

Deb - Little Works of Art

Holly - Glitter, Stamps, Ink (me)
Karen - Feline Creative
Katrina - Flutterby Trina

Lauren - LEM Photography & Papercrafting

Peggy - Daily Grace Creations

Shelly - Shell's Space

Stephanie - Stephanie's Stampin Spot

Stamps: Lovely Tulip (Heart Song Designs), Birthday Basics (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen distress
CS: Chocolate, White, Stella Rose patterned paper (My Mind's Eye)
Creative Inspirations Paint: Rustic Red, Green Olive
Other: oval dies (Spellbinders, watercolor pencils, water brush, sponge, May Arts ribbon and lace, pearls (Kaiser)
TJ Techniques: Pencilled Twinks, Wisped Frames

Seafoam Butterflies - Chapel Road

Today is my first post for the Class Act/Chapel Road design team. The Chapel Road team is working with butterfly stamps this month, and let me tell ya. These butterflies are gorgeous!

I embossed the Butterfly Background with white embossing powder, and then I sprayed Seafoam Glimmer Mist all over. I repeated the process with the sentiment from the Butterfly Square set. You can see the gorgeous shimmer in the picture below:

I used a dark gray cardstock and ribbon to tone down the brightness of this card. Black was a bit too harsh because I wanted to keep the fun spring-like feeling, so a dark grey worked better.

By the way, there are some fun challenges on the Class Act blog on the first and last Fridays of each month. Come check them out - we'd love to have you play along with us!

Free Shipping at Creative Cuts and More!!

I just got some great news from the owner of Creative Cuts and More:

"I am offering for the first time ever – free shipping on all domestic orders over $25.00. The coupon code is freeshipping0311 and is good for today and tomorrow."

How cool is that??? Now is the time to go shopping at Creative Cuts and More and stock up on your die cut milk cartons, purses, bags, boxes, window cards, and more. Remember some of these projects that I've done?

Have fun shopping at Creative Cuts and More!! :-)

Belli Challenge #112 - animals

Howdy! It's time for another Belli Challenge, and this time it's all about animals. I took a break from the Belli Challenge last month to focus on my guest designer spot for Gingersnap Creations, so now I'm back with an adorable little bunny bag for y'all!

Isn't that bunny just adorable? This is one of the two new stamps that was released on Sunday over at Heart Song Designs. This bunny's name is Theadore Tulip, and I can't decide if I like the bunny or the tulip best. LOL

I wanted to do a bright, fun, spring-y project with this bunny, so I colored a sky and some grass with Copic markers, and then I colored the tulip with some shimmery Creative Inspirations Paint (Buttercup). That gorgeous yellow paint just begged to be used again, so I sponged it all over a generic white bag that I picked up at a dollar store. You can see the shimmer on the bag and the tulip here:

This will be a fun gift bag to give away either for a birthday or for Easter or just to surprise a special someone. :-)

Come join us over at the Belli Challenge blog and see what the other Belli Girls have created. Pull out your animal stamps and share your artwork with us. Happy Spring!!


Stamps: Theadore Tulip digi (Heart Song Designs)
CS: Turquoise, White
Creative Inspirations Paint: Buttercup
Other: sponge, circle dies (Spellbinders), Copic markers, ribbons (Offray), white bag (dollar store)

Paper Lantern Silhouette

I tried something different with this card several weeks ago. There is a paper lantern technique from Technique Junkies, and I wanted to see how this would look. I pulled out this Fennel Silhouette stamp from I Brake for Stamps and then tried the paper lantern technique on it. I rather like this neat effect!


Stamps: Fennel Silhouette stamp from I Brake for Stamps - use code SAVE10HOLLY to save 10% off your order
Ink: Artichoke, Kraft
CS: Artichoke, Kraft, Vanilla
Other: buttons, linen thread, distress tool, kraft tafetta ribbon, oval dies (Spellbinders)
Technique: Paper Lantern (Technique Junkies)