Glittered Embossing Paste, Oh My!!

Boy oh boy!  I can't seem to stop playing with my stencils and embossing paste.  I made this card last night and I just love how it came out!!  After applying the embossing paste to the stencil, I sprinkled on some fine glitter while the stencil was still in place.  The effect just makes me HAPPY!!!  I then die cut my butterfly and clear embossed the image (both from Papertrey Ink).  I added a piece of washi tape and some twine, stamped my sentiment and placed a few sequins on.  Mounted it to my card base and voila, another clean and simple card.

Sorry for the poor quality photo, it doesn't capture the beauty of the glitter over the embossing paste.  I had to take the photo inside as it is only 13 degrees here today!  Brrrrrrrrr!!!!!!  Anyway, if you haven't tried embossing paste and stencils yet, I challenge you to go ahead and get pasty!!  Maybe you will be hooked like I am :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

TTFN

Dawn

supplies:
cardstock - bazzill
stencil - studio calico
glitter - martha stewart
versamark, clear embossing powder, twine, sequins
stamp and die cut by papertrey ink

Hoot Hoot!!

Wow, it has been over a month since I posted anything on my blog!!  Shame on me!  It's not that I haven't been creating, I just don't seem to have had much time for blogging them.  I can't believe it is almost September already!!  Both my boys have started college (one's a freshman and the other is a senior) and my daughter will be a senior in high school next week!  Ugh, I feel old, lol!!

Anyhoo, I have a super simple little card to share that I just made.  I am rather obsessed with washi tape at the moment and have a ton of it.  Seriously, I think I could lay all my washi tape out and reach from Virginia to California.  It's a sickness really, ha!  Isn't that little owl washi tape just adorable??  I created the little dots using my pearl pens and the sentiment from Papertrey Inks Wise Owl set was just perfect for this cute little card!

 

supplies:

various washi tapes, sentiment by PTI Wise Owl

aqua mist ink, twine, pearl pen

 

Enjoy the rest of your day :)

 

Toodles

Dawn

August Card Class

How was everyone's weekend?  Ours was good.  Today we attended the Christening of the sweetest baby boy!!  He is adorable and was as good as gold.  He is the baby of some long time friends of ours and we got to visit with lots of other old time friends and do some catching up!

I have my card samples up at the store for my August card class.  As usual I am keeping them simple.  I did do a sort of artsy one using distress ink pads because I was very inspired by a card that the very talented Jennifer McGuire made here: http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2013/07/video-watercolor-stamp-your-story-blog-hop-giveaway.html  If you haven't checked out her blog, do it now!!  She makes it look oh so easy and I just love her stuff!!

Anyway, tomorrow is Monday and it is back to the old grind stone.  Now that my samples are made for my class, I am hoping to find time to play in the final week of the online card class that I am taking!  I hope to be back soon with some more new cards.  Have a great week! 

 

Class details:  Wednesday August 7th @ 10.30 am

and

Saturday August 10th @ 10.30 am

Call Scrapdoodles @ 540 548 3788 to sign up

or swing by the store in person:)

 

TTFN

Dawn

 

Stamp Camp 2 Day 4 - 10 minute card challenge!

YIKES!!  Today's challenge for the Stamp Camp 2 card class was to make a card in 10 minutes or less!  Gulp!  I have never attempted one of these challenges before.  I always have precut and scored card bases, so I reached for a white one and then a scrap of white cs that I cut to 5 1/4 x 4.  I also always have a drawer of pieces that have already been die cut so I pulled out a sprig with leaves on it.  Next, I picked up the washi tape that was sitting on my desk that just happened to match the colors for this weeks challenge!  (Score!)  I sprayed the  die cut with Heidi Swapp color shine.  Now at this point I said to myself, you know fine that leaves are not the color of Georgia peaches, but green is not an option, so peach leaves they are, lol!  I adhered my die cut to the white panel and thought I should pop this panel up and reached for my tape runner, put adhesive all over the panel and stuck it to the card base.  DANG IT!!!!  I just said I wanted to pop the panel up!  Argh!  I reached for my sentiment from a set that was still sitting on my desk from a card the other day, but in my haste my impression was not perfect, so I re-inked my stamp and stamped over the image........ DANG IT!!!  It was blurry!!!  All the time I am watching the stop watch ticking away.  Time to start over.  Luckily I know what I am going to do at this point and everything was still out.  The only thing is at this point I had to use a different die cut, which I feel is too big for my card, but it is what it is.  Not thrilled with my card, but not a bad effort for my first 10 minute challenge.  I came in under the limit, but it is stressful watching the seconds pass you by!  Anyway, I can't wait to see what everyone else did for the challenge.  Thanks for checking out my card!

I took a screen shot of my time but I can't figure out how to upload it!!!  My time was 7.12.  I hope it is ok to use stuff that has already been die cut.

The card above was my original card and I like this die cut better, but the sentiment is blurry, bummer!

TTFN
Dawn

supplies:  marshmallow cardstock, two scoops orange sorbet
washi tape - my minds eye
smokey shadow ink by papertrey ink
Georgia Peach color shine by Heidi Swapp
sentiment by Simon Says Stamp (square sayings)

CAS(e) this sketch #35

Where did the weekend go?  How can it be Monday morning already?  I have been awake since 4am this morning, so it's going to be a L-O-N-G day!!

Since I have been awake so long, I had some time to play and I found this fun simple sketch on the CAS(e) this sketch blog and decided to play along.  I must admit, I have a 'slight' addiction with washi tape.  I just can't get enough of it!  It is so much fun to play with, so naturally that is what I reached for today, ha!  I also love the Heidi Swapp gold color shine, and that is what is 'splattered' on the card.

Anyway that is it for this morning.  I have to go and get ready for work.  Enjoy your day, even if it is Monday!

Excuse the poor lighting on the card, I couldn't seem to get it right.

Check out the CAS(e) this sketch challenge and blog here:  http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/case-this-sketch-35.html
I think I will be playing along with more of their fun sketches!!

supplies:  marshmallow cs by bazzill
washi tape by recollections, gold color shine by Heidi Swapp, memento paris dusk ink, wow gold glitter by American Crafts, label cut from the cameo, pop dots

Product of the week

I have a simple little butterfly card today.  It is my turn for product of the week at Scrapdoodles and I am focusing on distress inks and the ink blending tool.  I also decided to play along with this week's sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  I am in love with the nesting butterfly dies from Lifestyle Crafts!  I die cut a butterfly using white cardstock and then stamped a background stamp from Hero Arts in london fog ink from Memento.  I then stamped the sanded b/g stamp from SU, also in london fog ink.  Next I took my distress inks in tumbled glass, shabby shutters and a touch of antique linen and blended them onto the butterfly using the ink blending tool!  I love how easily they blend.  I spritzed some pealized water over the top and zapped it with my heat gun.  Unfortunately the photo doesn't capture the subtle shimmer.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday and was perfect for my card today!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Dawn

Park Bench Thinking of You

I was playing around with some fun papers from the Park Bench line by Fancy Pants last night and made this card.  I glued down thin strips of paper to a white panel, then ran it through my cuttlebug using a heart die.  I love this look and recently did the same technique in a class I taught, using a different shape!  I seriously want to do this to all my cards, ha!

I added strips of washi tape to either side and some fun yellow dots using my pearl pen!!  The heart and the sentiment banner are both popped up!

I need to go clean before I go to work this afternoon.  Hopefully be back tomorrow with another card.  Have a great day!

Dawn

supplies:  paper:  white, park bench by fancy pants
                 black versafine ink, sunny yellow pearl pen,
                 washi tape by my minds eye, banner die by lifestyle crafts
                  corner chomper by wrmk

Still Playing Around

Just playing around with the blog.  Made another quick card using some Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm paper and another new die from Memory Box and stamps from Simon Says Stamp.  I also used some of my beloved rolls of washi tape.  I might have a 'slight' problem with washi tape, ha!!  I also got a new camera today and am just trying to get used to it!  Here is my card: 

 Still playing with lighting too!  This blog thing is certainly a learning curve!!

Have a great day!

Dawn