Flowering Canvas

I am thrilled to be guest designing for Eclectic Paperie this month.  

I decided to work with a 4" x 9" canvas.   Selecting one of Wendy Vecchi's  Stamp It Stencil It - In Full Bloom - to work with, I stamped the leaves along the side of the canvas first in ColorBox Limelight Ink, then added the flowers with ColorBox Berry Ink.  Since I wanted to work on my canvas without waiting for it to dry, I heat set the flowers. 

I stamped the flowers in black ink on top and as you can see, I didn't get a wonderful impression.  Honestly, I was ok with it because I knew I wanted some dimension and would "fix" this issue later.

 

After stamping the 3 flowers, I created mask of the flowers so I could add 2 additional flowers between them. 

 

 

Then as I wanted the flowers to be 3 dimensional, I stamped, colored, and fussy cut 5 flowers placing  Glue Dots between the flower layers for a little dimension. 

 

 

Some Robin's Nest Dew Drops finished off the centers of each flower.  I used Claudine Hellmuth Gesso to adhere torn strips of book paper to the canvas before spritzing with Art Anthology Patience Colorations Spray.  It dries very quickly and I was able to add color around the outside of the canvas using the Inkssentials Foam Blending Tool, with Ranger Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose.

 

 

       

I used Prima's Pocket Doll stamp, stamping her and the dress.  Then I fussy cut the dress and redressed her before adding her to the canvas with foam adhesives for dimension.

 

 

I had some tiny stickers in my stash and used them to provide the phrase - "stop and smell the flowers" which I placed around my gal.

A close up of the gorgeous flowers.

 

 

 

 

I definitely had so much fun working with this canvas and so thrilled to be working with Eclectic Paperie this month.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

 

Spellbinders Platinum Party Blog Hop - Day 2

Hi everyone.  I am so excited to be participating in the Spellbinders Platinum Party blog hop.  Be sure to start at the Spellbinders blog to see all the participants for each day. Remember, you must visit all the participating blogs to be eligible for the grand prize.

I received some new dies from Spellbinders and some wonderful stamps from The Stamp Doctor.  Did you know that The Stamp Doctor creates many of their stamps to work with Spellbinders dies? And did you know that Spellbinders creates The Stamp Doctor dies?   Check out what I've been able to do with products from these wonderful companies.

Merry Christmas Card

I used the Spellbinders 2013 Heirloom Ornament die.  It's the perfect die to create cards with.  Just line up the largest  die on the folded edge of the cardstock and run it through your Grand Calibur. A perfectly shaped card has been created in no time.

Die cut the next layer from red cardstock, then stamp the sentiment - it fits perfectly around the edge of the ornament!  Cut the next size die from red cardstock and adhere to the larger ornament.  Die cut a reindeer and ink it before removing it from the die (love this effect).  Add to the top ornament with Glue Dots so that it is slightly raised from the surface.  Now die cut the Holly Twigs and Leaves, inking them before removing them from their dies. Add them to the side with foam adhesives for dimension.

Tie a ribbon to the largest ornament and add this piece to the card front.

Die cut the 3rd die from white cardstock and add to the interior of the card.  Stamp a sentiment from The Stamp Doctor inside and adhere.

Keep Your Spirit Bright

 

This next card uses my Scor-Buddy to create a gate fold card.  Simply cut cardstock to 5 1/2" x 11" and score at 2 3/4".  Rotate the card and score again at 2 3/4".  Fold inward.

Add assorted pattern papers to the front, inking first with ColorBox Warm Red Chalk Ink.  Die cut a  red and smaller white ornament from the 2013 Heirloom Ornament die using the 2nd and 3rd dies, stamping the StampDoctor sentiment on the white one.  Adhere together. Tie ribbon to the top ornament and adhere to the left side of the card only.

Die cut the 2 wreaths and bows from Spellbinders' new Holly Wreath die and be sure to emboss the top layer.  Using a dauber, ink all the pieces with ColorBox Guacamole Chalk Ink, then assemble the wreath, offsetting it slightly so you can see both layers.

Using Glue Dots, center the wreath  on top of the stamped ornament. 

Add some bling with the Best Glue Ever to create the berries on the wreath. 

Here is today's list of participants:

Richard Garay -  http://www.myfunstampersjourney.com/
Allie Gower My Card Party - http://mycardparty.com/2013/11/20/sb-holiday-blog-hop/
(for Want2Scrap)
Eva Dobilas -   http://evafromca.blogspot.com/  (for JustRite)
Kathy Roney - www.joyfullymadedesigns.blogspot.com  (for Heartfelt Creations)
Emily Lanham - http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/ (for Tsukineko)
Steph Ackerman - http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/ (for The Stamp Doctor) HERE

Thanks for stopping by today.   Enjoy the hop and be sure to click here for your entry into the Grand Prize drawing.

Steph

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Papertemptress.com
Pattern paper:  Teresa Collins
Dies: Spellbinders
Stamps: TheStampDoctor
Ink: Clearsnap
Dew Drops: The Robin's Nest
Scoring Tool: Scor-Pal
Adhesive: Glue Dots, ScraPerfect

Altered Letter J

This project appeared on the Globecraft Memories blog last month.  I love working with Globecraft Memories products because you can create such a variety of projects. I had this wooden letter in my studio and thought I'd play around and see what I could create.

I began by first covering the letter with Piccolo Adhesive and then adding Mermaid Tears.

After heat seeting, I pounced some Piccolo Adhesive around the letter and added some Enchanted Aubergine. When the powders melt, they blend together nicely.

Because the Picollo Adhesive could not fit in the smaller areas, I put the adhesive on a foam brush and then used the foam brush to apply the adhesive to the smaller areas so I was able to add more Enchanted Aubergine. Worked like a charm! The powders held fast and look great. I carefully added adhesive around the edges of the letter and then applied Vintage Silver.

Once finished, I added a flower with Glue Dots to the top of the letter. Then I added clear rhinestones around the letter. Because they didn't show up too well, I "painted" the rhinestones with Clearsnap Gold Lame Smooch and added 24K on top. Once heat set, the rhinestones really took on a life of their own.

Globecraft Memories Supplies:

Piccolo Enamel Adhesive

Powders: 24K

Enchanted Aubergine

Vintage Silver

Mermaid Tears

Other Supplies:
Letter: Making Memories

Clearsnap Smooch Ink - Gold Lame

Want2Scrap Rhinestones

Prima Flower

Glue Dots

Paint cans

We all love candy and who wouldn't love something different on the Christmas table? I found these cute little paint cans at Michaels and knew they'd come in handy for something!!!! Using Justrite's Holiday Cheer stamp set, I stamped 5 snowflakes for each paint can and one sentiment. A 1" punch was used for the snowflakes, while a circle Nestability die was used for the sentiment. Using Glue Dots, I adhered the snowflakes around the can and on the lid. Candy kisses were added, but M&Ms would work or any other chocolate of your choice. Some bling helps make the snowflakes stand out.






Supplies:
Paint cans: Michaels
Stamps: Justrite Stampers
Ink: Memento
Adhesive: Glue Dots - Mini Glue Dots, perforated sheets; Pop Up Glue Dots
Rhinestones: Studio 18
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Punch: EKSuccess


Created for Glue Dots(R)

Excuse Me, Santa

I recently discoverd Elizabeth O. Dulemba through Justrite Stampers. Elizabeth is a children's book author and illustrator who creates some amazing artwork. If you visit her blog, she allows you to download images she has created and there are some beauties on there!!!

I downloaded the image: Excuse Me Santa and created this delightful card.



Here are the Copic markers I used:




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Copic
Pattern paper: Basic Grey, Fruitcake
Image: Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Markers: Copic
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Adhesives: Mini Glue dots on roll, Mini Glue dots dot 'n go
Brads: Creative Impressions


Created for Glue Dots(R)

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