Artist Trading Card / Pink Persimmon

I've been busy making ATC's again. Ready to trade??  Artist Trading Cards are fun to make and at 2.5" x 3.5", don't require a lot of resources or time.  If you are new to Artist Trading Cards, you can learn more about them and see a list of resources on one of my older post HERE. 

I used images from 2 Pink Persimmon stamp sets to create these little works of art. 
"Tea and Cake"  is so sweet, and girly, and vintage!  I LOVE it.  It comes with 2 different tea pots, tea cups, and a cake stand.  I used the tea cup images and stacked them on ATC #1.  My daughter had a tea party as a child for one of her birthdays, so I'm thinking this set would be just perfect for a future layout as well.

"Singing Birds"  comes with an arch / frame image and of course, some singing birds.  Oh the possibilities for adding things in the center  ...  big bird's nest,  a tree.  I thought there should be a little bird house dangling from the center so  I created my own for ATC #2.  What would you embellish or add to this image to finish it off ??

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Project Details

Stamp Sets : Pink Persimmon "Tea and Cake" and "Singing Birds"

Copic Markers

Spray Ink : Tattered Angels Pink Taffy
 

Trim black cardstock 2.5" x 3.5" twice.  Trim lined pattern paper slightly smaller.

ATC #1 - Adhere lined paper to black card base.  Spritz doily with pink spray ink, adhere to front of card and trim along edges.  Tie green seam binding and tie bow.  Doodle around edges.  Stamp bottom tea cup on white cardstock.  Stamp tea cup on Eclipse Masking Tape and trim.  Lay tea cup mask over bottom tea cup and stamp tea cup #2 with the bottom of the cup over lapping the top of the bottom tea cup, giving the appearence that is is sitting down in the bottom tea cup.  Remove mask from bottom tea cup and cover tea cup #2.  Stamp tea cup #3 the same way, creating a stack of tea cups.  Remove tea cup mask and color.  Trim image and use raffia to build a little nest by adhering it to the back of the top cup.  Stamp a singing bird, color, and trim.  Adhere tea cup stack and singing bird to front of card.  Print this phrase or one of your own, trim, adhere and doodle around edges.

ATC #2 - Stamp part of the tree frame on the lined paper and color with markers.  Adhere to front of card.  Tie ribbon around bottom border and tie a bow.  Create you own bird house by cutting a square and triangle and adhere to front of card as if it is dangling from a hook in the center.  Doodle around the edges and embellish with rub-ons.  Stamp tea cup and singing bird on white cardstock and color with markers.  Adhere raffia to back of cup to create a nest, then adhere to front of card.  Print this phrase or one of your own, trim, adhere, and doodle around the edges.

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You can view all of my Tea / Teacup related projects HERE

You can view more of my Artist Trading Cards HERE.
You can view more of my Pink Persimmon projects HERE.

Having a "ruff" day? Check out these cuties!

Greetings Paper Crafters!  Remember those cute dog images from last month's ATC's??  Well here they are again.  "Scottie Dogs" comes with 4 different dog poses.  What's fun about this set is that there are several coat pattern options, polka dots and argyle in addition to the pattern used above.   And I'm not sure I've ever combined yellow and pink before, but I am lovin' it now.  This one was easy to put together using a pre-made tag.   What do you think? 

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Project Details

Stamps : Pink Persimmon Scottie Dogs

Copics :  Y00, YR23, RV0000, RV00

Patterned Paper : The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

Spray Ink : Tatterned Angels Glimmer Mist Pink Taffy

Tags : Creative Tags by Paper Reflections (Hobby Lobby)

Roses : Recollections Boutique (Micheals)

Lace : from local antique store

Ribbon : May Arts

Trim yellow polka dot paper  slightly smaller than front of card and adhere.  Adhere lace vertically.  Spray paper doily with spray ink.  Adhere to front of pre-cut tag and trim along sides.  Stamp "greetings" sentiment.  Adhere to front of card.  Adhere ribbon and roses to top of tag.  Stamp dogs.  Color coat and bow.  Trim dogs and adhere to front of card.  

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You can view more of my Vintage / Shabby Projects HERE.

You can view more of my Pink Persimmon projects HERE.

2 more sneak peaks and a tea-rrific invitation!

Hi Paper Crafters!  I have 2 NEW RELEASE cards to share with you today.  One more day and you get to see them all!!  The blog hop begins at 8am EST monday morning.  And as mentioned before there are lots of stamps being given away.  It's Layers of Colors 3rd birthday and we are celebrating in style.  We are going to have a tea-rrific time!!

So are you ready to win some stamps??   You can begin the hop over on the Layers of Color blog tomorrow.  HERE.  It's a circular hop, so you want miss a thing.  Comment on each designers blog for a chance to win a free stamp set.  Winners will be announced Tuesday and you will be ask to contact Laura with your mailing info so she can get your stamps in the mail to you.  Easy peasy!

You can see the glitter on the birds and around the frame on this close-up.

Masking Technique

I did wan to take a minute to explain the masking technique used in this card.  The image is a corner - triangle image.  I decided to stamp the image twice to create a square.  I wasn't brave enough to try in directly on the front of the card, so I stamped the images on a seperate piece of white cardstock, colored and then trimmed.  But with a little practice, you might be able to stamp it perfectly directly on the card and save a little time.

Stamp Pansy Corner once on cardstock and a second time on masking tape.  Trim masking tape and cover image on cardstock.  Save you mask and you can re-use it.  (I stick mine to the back of the stamp board panel that my stamp is stored on).   Stamp other corner, overlapping the edges, to create a box.  Remove masking tape and color with markers. 

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******  YOU CAN WIN Layers of Color stamps ******

 by playing along with the CR84FN Challenge HERE (deadline July 14th)  and by leaving a comment on this Moxie Fab Stamp of Approval post HERE. 

 

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Project Details

Card #1

Stamps : Layers of Color NEW RELEASE "Gifts of Love"

Patterned Paper : Lilybee Designs Picket Fence

Copics : BV31 and V15 (tip to tip around edges)

Border Punch : Fiskars

Glitter : Stampendous

Trim patterned paper and adhere to front of A2 card. Trim purple and white strips using deckled scissors and border punch as shown. Adhere lace to white strip, wrapping ends around edges. Adhere both strips to card front. Stamp image, color and trim. Embellish birds and around edges with glitter. Adhere to card front. Embellish ends with pearls.

 

Card#2

Stamps : Layers of Color NEW RELEASE "Pansy Corner", "Encouragement"(sentiment), "Butterfly Collector"(large butterfly) and  "Flutterescent"(small butterfly)

Copics : BV02, BV13, BV17, Y11, E43, YG61, G82, G24

Eclipse masking tape

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Challenges

Card #1

Fab N Funky - purple

Tuesday Taggers - flower power

Cute Card Thur - Lace

Crafty Catz - vintage

Card #2

Stamp Something - bugs and butterflies

Charisma Cardz - flowers


See ya tomorrow!
Melisa

Nature Assortment

Good Morning Papercrafters.  I hope it is starting to warm up where you are.  It is absolutely be-u-tiful in Houston TX with HI's in the 70's the past week.  Bird's are chirping loudly to express their joy with this lovely weather as well.  So I think some spring oriented nature cards would be appropriate to post.

Stamps: Nature Walk and Backyard Birds art stamp sets.

Sentiment is by Lisa's Altered Arts.  I used some of my old 1920's music paper.

The bird cage in the background is one of those $1 stamps you can get at Michaels.

Stamps : Nature Walk (flourish), Vintage Roses, and Butterfly Collector art stamp sets.

Sentiment : Lisa's Altered Arts

Stamps : Nature Walk (flourish) and Butterfly Collector art stamp sets.

Sentiment : Lisa's Altered Arts

I just love these purple buttons.  I always have a hard time remembering which one, but I think I got them at Hobby Lobby, but possibly Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by!

Melisa

Vintage / Shabby Valentine Cards using digital stamps

Hello Papercrafters!  I'm sooooo excited to share these projects with you today because I think the images are soooo stinkin' cute!  Now I know you would never wait til the last minute to create your valentines.  But ...  let's just say you did ... then you might want to give a digital stamp a try.  And these 2 are just perfect!  The are from McMahon Five Designs.  I love their vintage digital stamps!

This little guy is called "Valentine Airline".  

And this little girl is "On the Phone".  I'm sure some of you could come up with a very clever Valentine phrase for this one, I'm just too tired!    You can check out McMahon Fives "Valentine" section to see all their Valentine digitals.

And I finished another Vintage Valentine using an image I had purchased at a local antique store.

Here is what the card looked like, before I cut it up:

And in case you missed it ...

This is a card I created using this old valentine -

 

These vintage images just make me smile!!

Oh and I want to tell you about a few more Valentine digital stamps I like :

Fred She Said "Better than Chocolate"

and

"Give My Heart Wings" by FireCracker Designs by Pamela

I used white glitter on the wings for this one.

I'm sure there are lots more wonderful Valentine digitals out there.  If you happen to find any that fit my style, especially vintage, leave me a message or email me.  I would be thrilled to find more like the M5D ones!

When I download digital images, I save them in files organized by theme.  And I name the file according to who makes the image and the name, so I know who to give credit to.  For instance the one above is "FCD Give My Heart Wings".

When I'm ready to print ...  I open a new Microsoft Works document.  Select "Insert", Select "Picture", Select "from file".  Once the image is in my document, it will have handles in the corners and I resize it.  Sometimes I use the ruler along the top of the document to size.  But if I really want to be exact, I right click on the image.  Select "Format Object".  Select "Size" along the top.  And adjust the size.  Only problem is that this is not very high tech tool.  So it doesn't automatically adjust the height and width proportionately.  So you have to do a little math.

I hope you will be encoraged to create your own Vintage Valentine this week!

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.
You can view more of my Shabby Chic projects HERE.
You can view more of my projects using Digital Images / Stamps HERE.

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Tons of Vintage Valentines to download HERE!

More Vintage Postcards to download HERE!

HERE

For a Sweet Friend

Good Morning Papercrafters!

This is a birthday card for a very sweet friend and I was totally in my happy place creating it!

I also want to take a moment to introduce you to 2 new Layers of Color Designers.

We have been waiting patiently to announce that

JESSICA FICK and DIANA QUEEN

have joined Layers of Color!!!!

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Project Details
Stamps - Layers of Color Flowering Gems
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Cardstock - Bazzill, DP unknown
Envelope - Making Memories Vintage Kit
Paperclip - Tim Holtz
Pearls - unknown
Bingo Card - Jenni Bowlin
Lace - Webster's Pages
Ribbon - Teresa Collins
Doily local craft store - ink with Palette Haystack and a really old Making Memories pad from a distressing kit.

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Making the world a more colorful with Layers of Color!

Layers of Color is proud to be a Spellbinders Preferred Stamp Company and we all love and use the Grand Calibur!

You can now upload your LOC projects to our Flicker group HERE, and find tons more inspiration.
And please join us on Facebook HERE.

Please join us for our NEW RELEASE blog hop Jan 17th.  Each Designer will be giving away a stamp set!

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On a personal note ...
We have been living in a rental since we moved to Texas and we have started looking for a house.  We found a really good deal on one and may be making an offer this week.  We would appreciate you prayers.  It's scarry buying a re-sale house, since you don't know if there are some hidden issue with it.
We are so READY to get out of this rental though.  1400sq ft with my adult son, 2 dogs and 2 cats has started feeling like a cracker box.  And my sweet daughter has been sleeping on the couch when she comes to visit.  2100sq ft would feel like a mansion!

I will be back on Wednesday and Friday with some Valentine projects!
See ya then!
Melisa

"Fruit of the Spirit" Blog Hop Day 3

Good Morning and welcome to Day 3 of the Layers of Color / 2 Sketches 4 You "Fruit of the Spirit" Blog Hop

I am off to work early this am and wanted to make sure my post was up, so please be patient while the other ladies get theirs up this morning.

Also playing along today:

LOC blog, Diana, Janice, Linda, Nina, and ME!

If you missed my post monday where I explained what this hop is all about, then please scroll down. And remember that Layers of Color is sponsoring the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge blog this week. So hop on over and see what you have to do to qualify to win a free stamp set!

For this project I used Fruitful Harvest and one of the new release cling art stamps - Victorian Frame.  I also used one of Layers of Color's art stencils - Belle Brocade.  Did you know that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Partner??  LOC has some awesome images that coordinate with Labels 14 and 16.  You can check the all out HERE.

You may have noticed that the coloring on the fruit is not my style.  I cased a card made by Layers of Color owner and artist, Laura Kirste Campbell.  I just love how she blends colors together in a way I would never come up with, so I decided to give it a try.  Isn't Laura's card below gorgeous!  She combined Fruitful Harvest with Acanthus Leaves and Her Majesty's Urns.  I just love how all of Layers of Color's stamps fit so well together!

Project Details

For my card today, I went with watercoloring for my colorization.   I used Strathmore Watercolor cold press paper.  I think the main thing I look for with watercolor paper is getting one as smooth as possible.  If there is too much texture, then your image want stamp properly.  The next decision when working with watercolor is ink.  Palette and Staz-on are water-proof.  Momento is not, but might work if you heat set it.  I'm not sure.   It took several attempts for me to get a good stamped image, because of the texture.  I have started using a linolium block that I picked up at a Michaels and I'm finding it is improving my stamping because the table I work on is not level in spots.  (see photo at bottom of post). 

There are alot of different choices for watercolor techniques, from very inexpensive sets to higher end water colors in tubes.  There are watercolor crayons and pencils.  I have tried all of these and the watercolor pencils are my least favorite now that I have tried them all.  In addition, some of the inks you use for stamping can be watered down and used.  Just smear some on a piece of acetate and add a few drops of water.  Mix it together with a paint brush and you are ready to go.  Not all stamp inks blend well with the water though.  Stampin' Up does not.  But my VersaMagic and Brilliant inks by Tsukinek work well for this.  There are also shimmery options.  You can use your Glimmer Mist, Shimmerz, or H2O Watercolors.  I own and have tried all of these.  For me it just depends on what color I'm looking for and the opacity.  Today I wanted a shimmery look, so I went with my Shimmerz.  I used Pumpkin, Lilac, Golden Wheat, and Green Olive.  I needed a lighter shade green as well so I used my Sage VersaMagic ink pad. 

I begin by lightly wetting the area I'm going to be working with.  Then I start adding color.  Have a paper towel on stand by.  If the color is to dark, blot it off.  I used my finger a few times to help blend the colors.

I'm not a watercolor expert and most of what I have learned was through trying the different products and just playing.  I love the softness you can get with the watercolors and it's so much fun to try different colorization techniques.  I would love to take a class some day.

I hope you will be inspired to give it a try!  If you choose to give it a try, I would love to see your work!

For the rest of the project:

I used cuticle scissors to cut around the image.  I stamped Victorian Frame on a lilac dp by K&Company.  I used Copics, G82 and G85 to color some portions of the image.  I used Labels 14, slightly smaller to fit inside the image and slightly larger to border the image, from beige paper, and a larger one from purple paper as well.  Adhere Victorian Frame to purple border, and adhere beige smaller cut to inside on top of image.  Adhere Fruitful Harvest image on top.  I put a couple of pop dots in the center of mine.  I stenciled Belle Brocade on lilac dp. 

I created my own little ruffle border using crepe paper.  That gorgeous lace is by Webster Pages.  It came in my October Pixie Dust Shabby Chic Kit.  You can check out all the wonderful projects on the Pixie Dust Paperie Blog.  You can check out these fun kits in The Pixie Shop HERE.  Not sure who make the green velvet. 

After inking edges assemble as shown.

I'm using mine for an upcoming birthday card I needed.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!



Some of the products used

My new stamp surface - Speedball Linolium, availabel at Michaels



used to apply ink with stencil 

 Shimmerz Paints

Spellbinders Labels 14



Day 2 of the Fruits of the Spirit Blog Hop

Welcome to Day #2 of the Layers of Color / 2 Sketches 4 You "Fruit of the Spirit" Blog Hop!I'm so glad you were able to stop back by and visit again today.

I have to tell you that I was up late last night finishing my project (It's 3:30am as I'm posting! slacker), so not alot of writing today.  Please be patient because some of the designers may not post til a little later this am.

 If you missed the post yesterday where I explained what this hop is all about, then please scroll down.  And remember that Layers of Color is sponsoring the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge blog this week.  So hop on over and see what you have to do to qualify to win a free stamp set!

Thank goodness for challenges or I probably would not have finished this one.  They really help to give you direction, so if you are every low on mojo, I highly recommend them!

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Project Details

I used "Fruitful Harvest" from Layers of Color again today.  What a beautiful art stamp set.  I stamped it on old book paper.  I colored with my copics, then added a little shimmerz and glitter.  You can see a hint of the shine in the photo.  Before doing all that detailed trimming, I added some glue on the back to create support for those branches and leaves hanging off the side.

DP is 7 Gypsies Nottinghill 6x6 Paper pad which I think I got from Mark's Finest Papers earlier in the year.  Ribbon - May Arts.  That cute little button is from a local craft store and is by "Dress it up" - Au Jardin.  It's a cute little pack of vintage looking colored buttons.  And I'm so excited, I used my new Spellbinders die set - Lacey Circles - for the first time.  I LOVE this set!!

Here are the other participates for today's hop!

LOC, Grace, Jennie, Me

and you may want to check the blog's of 2 other DT members for their announcement of winners from yesterday's drawings:

Linda, Diana

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

Layers of Color "Fruit of the Spirit" Blog Hop!

Welcome to the

Layers of Color

"Fruit of the Spirit" Designer Blog Hop!

If you got here from Linda's blog you are in the right place! If not, please start at Layers of Color blog.
The blog hop order is:
LOC blog, Diana, Grace, Jennie, Linda, ME, LOC blog

This week we have teamed up with the 2Sketches4You Challenge Blog. 

All week long, both teams will be participating in this "Fruit of the Spirit" theme.   And Layers of Color is sponsoring them this week.   Play along with this weeks sketch and you could win Fruitful Harvest art stamp set, Belle Brocade art stencil, and Botanical Swirls art stencil!!  So after you complete the "Fruit of the Spirit" blog hop head over and check out the challenge to quailify.

But wait, not so fast. 

Make sure you comment on each of the Design Team's blog today.  Laura, Layers of Color owner, has such a generous heart and is allowing each of her DT members to give away either a free art stamp set or art stencil.  Want to know which set I'm giving away??  Make sure you read to the bottom of the post!  All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog and I will draw a winner!

One of the things I LOVE about Layers of Color is their desire to share God with others.  So when ask to participate in this special hop, I was so excited.  This verse is near and dear to my heart.  When my children were small, I had a book series I used to read to them.   Each book explained each fruit of the Spirit.  I also stenciled each fruit of the Spirit along the ceiling down our hallway.  I wanted these words to be a daily reminder of what we should be living out.  Many of you may be familiar with this wonderful bible verse.  God did not leave us to wonder who we are or who we should be as His children.  This verse is just one of so many that leads us in the direction living a Godly life.  While none of us are, nor will be, perfect, this verse reminds us that if we walk in the Holy Spirit, we can exercise these characteristics.  We can experience the joy of living the life our God intends for us.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness and faithfulness."  Galatians 5:22-23

If any of you have questions about becoming a Christian, then please contact one of us.  Each and every member of this team would be thrilled to share with you God's great plan for salvation.

Your next stop is the Layers of Color blog.  If there is a broken link, just head back to the LOC blog for a full list.

Layers of Color has a special 30% off sale on select art stamp sets this week!!

Old World Flourish
Renaissance Hearts

Granny’s Jewelry

Birdday Party

Rise & Shine

Touch of Elegance

My give-away is "Birday Party" art stamp set.

Here are a couple of cards I have created previously using this fun set.

I used Vintage Medallion art stencil on this one as well.

Birday Party card #2

Birday Party card #2

I hope to see you again tomorrow for the continuation of the "Fruit of the Spirit" Blog Hop!

Join us on Facebook HERE.

 And don't forget to subscribe to the Layers of Color blog for Faith Art Friday, Guest Designer Wednesday, tutorials, exciting upcoming news, and unique colourful ideas! May God bless you with layers of color!

Layers of Color New Release Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Layers of Color first ever Cling Art Stamp Release Blog Hop! We have so much to be excited about at Layers of Color!  Red Rubber on cling.... we're lovin it!  If you got here from the Layers of Color Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you want to be sure to start there so you read all about the release, and the Two New Release Prize Drawings!

Ladies these prizes are fabulous!  And if you don't win with today's hop, then no worries.  Laura, LOC owner is giving away more prize packages in October!  I will be posting more LOC new release projects and info on how you can win for the next couple of saturdays!  You can also follow the LOC blog for details.

So here is my first project.  This is a shabby art piece I can hang on the wall.  I used the Cottage Rose cling art stamp and Flutterescent art stamps on this one.  Cottage Rose is 4 1/2 x 5".  It's absolutely gorgeous!

 The verse is a digital by Nina Brackett. You can check out all of Nina's awesome digi's along with Laura's over at Squigglefly.

Nina's Digi's

Laura's Digi's

You can view more of my Cardboard Art HERE.

You can view my other Faith Art projects HERE.

You can view more of my Collage / Mixed Media projects HERE.

Look at all the detail in this rose!  It's gorgeous!!

I added stickles to the rose and butterflies.

I had so much fun making the background.  I started by tearing away some of the top layer of the corrugated cardboard to reveal some of the ridges.  Then I started layering acrylic paint and crackle paint.  This background makes me so happy.  I love the texture and distressed look!

And here is project #2

One of the reason's I'm so excited about this release is that some of the stamps are compatible with SPELLBINDERS!!!  Whoot!!  See the frame below, it's called Victorian Frame cling art stamp.  And I'm in love with it.  It is compatible with Spellbinders Labels #14.

I also used Nature Walk and Butterfly Collector art stamp sets.

I have updated all the links directly to the post, so just click on the name to check out all the other artist!!

Laura and the Layers of Color Blog

Grace

Janice

Jennie

Linda

Melisa (your here)

Nina

Discover dozens of stunning new release artwork samples in the new Layers of Color Cling Art Galleries HERE.

And you can get you Layers of Color stamps in the Boutique HERE! 

My Layers of Color Art Gallery is HERE.

And If you'd like to visit with other Layers of Color fans and be inspired both creatively and spiritually, please stop by our forum on SNR! We have a group that's like family!

Good Luck with drawing!!

Shabby Sympathy Card

Good Morning.  I hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  I just finished working the last 3 days and have missed my crafty time.  So I'm hoping to get busy today.  There are lots of magazine calls this month I'd like to submit to and I have so many idea's that have been floating around in my head the last couple of days.  It's hard to do some of the calls because they work so far ahead.  We just had cooler weather this week and I'm so in the fall mood, but the calls are for spring!  So I'm trying to do Easter.  Crazy!  I went to the newstand yesterday and found one of my cards in the Oct/Nov Stamper's Sampler so that is enough to motivate me to get more calls done.

This week I'm sharing a sympathy card I needed last month.  I hope you like it.  It was really easy and fast to create.

I love the peach lace.  The latest thing that I am collecting for my stash is colored lace.  I found this peach lace at a local scrapbook store, By Design Scrapbook Boutique!  I LOVE this store.

Stamps: background flourish (Ancanthus Leaves) and wings(Regal Wings) Layers of Color, sentiment The Angel Company

Ink : Palette Haystack and VersaFine Onxy Black

Clear embossing powder (Stampendous)

Glimmer Mist - Mimosa

Lace unknown

Stamp flourish in the center of A2 card with Haystack. Create a mask with Eclipse Mashing tape. Mask image and stamp wings. Remore mask and spray front with Glimmer Mist. Stamp sentiment with black ink and heat emboss using clear embossing powder. Add lace along the bottom of card.

I told you it was easy!

Have a blessed day!

Baby Diaper Shower Invite / Baby Shoes Favor

Hello Paper crafters!  Today I am sharing projects that are just perfect for a baby shower / gift!

I went a little shabby with this ensemble.  Aren't these so cute!!  I used the Diaper Card with Pin, the Baby Shoes, and A7 Fancy Frame Window with Clear and Simple's "Little One" stamp set.  And I just hopped over and found another baby set called "Rock-a-Bye".  It has the cutest little rocking horse!

 

This "Diaper Card" die comes in 2 pieces, pre-cut and pre-scored, the actual diaper and the diaper pin.  When you order make sure you note that you get to select different colors for each one.  It does not come with the inside card.  I decided to make mine a mock baby shower invite.  I covered it with old book paper and inked it up with some brown ink.  I love the lace along the legs.  The button is part of the Clear and Simple "Little One" stamp set.

This is the A7 Fancy Frame Window Card.  It's so much fun to design the inside of the card creatively as well with just a little part peeking through the window.

I used one of the words from the "Little Ones" stamp set to create my background border.  I used the old book paper again.  I fan folded it to create the border.  The buttons are from the stamp set and I colored them with chalk.  The paper for the buttons is Jenni Bowlin. 

See the little heart.  You can't tell from the photo, but it is made of velvet paper!!  Yes, Creative Cuts and More sells velvet paper.  It's so cool.  I just used my Spellbinders die to cut it out and inked the edges.

And here's the inside.

Tutorial for Shoes

They come in your choice of card stock and color.

I guess you can see, that I like running mine through the Big Shot with my polka dot embossing folder.  Here are some photo's of how to do that.

Then you just turn the die around in the folder.  Here is the tricky part.  There is about a 1/4" area along the end of the folder that doesn't emboss.  When you emboss the 2nd half of the shoe, that strip will flatten out a few of your dots on the other end.  So, try to roll the foler through up to that point and then bring it back out. *** Do not roll it all the way through.***  I didn't know this when I made the first pair, so I used my stylus to re-indent the dots that were flattened when I did the second half.

Next I add a little ink around the edges and lightly over the shoe.

Wrap the shoe around as shown and adhere.  I highly recommend the Killer Red Tacky Tape for this project.  Next I bend the little tabs at the score line so that they are ready to be adhered.  There are some longer ones and I cut them into 3 tabs.  The kit comes with outer and inner soles.  Lay the top of the shoe on top of the outer sole as best you can.  I'm sure there are some people who can do this perfectly.  I'm not one of them, teehee.  If there is and sole extending from the shoe I just trim it off.  Now if I had adhered the shoe top to the outer sole perfectly, then I'm sure the inner sole would have fit perfectly.  But mine didn't.  So I turned the shoe over to look at the shape and trimmed my inner sole to fit just inside the shoe.  When I go to insert it, I pinch it up a little (squeeze the sides of the inner sole to make it concave a little).   This makes it easier to slide it into the shoe. 

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