I've Got My Eye on You!

 There is a new challenge at the Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda blog....

CHALLENGE #112

WINTER BLUES

We want to see your stamped projects featuring Winter and/or Blue.  

You can use one or both of the themes on your projects. 

 

Here is my first creation....

I made this card using Lost Coast Designs Victoriana, Pieces of Calligraphy, and Carmen's Veranda Eye Chart Square stamps.

I had such fun making this card. I started off by applying various colors of ink to the gel plate misted with water and applied a piece of paper to pick up the colors. 

Once it was dry I started my stamping.  I stamped the eye first with VersaFine Clair Twilight (a very dark blue). I used a white acrylic pen to add some highlights to the eye it's self and a black acrylic pen to extend the eye lashes.  I used a bit of Diamond Glaze on the iris to give it the shine.  

Next I used several pieces from the Victoriana set stamped with various colors of blues and black. I then filled in the background by stamping different images from the Pieces of Calligraphy set using grey and blue inks. 

This panel was then mounted on a black mat and added to a card blank covered with Rinea Silver/Silver Starstruck foiled paper.

Hope this card inspires you to join in on the fun!!

 

12 Days of Christmas Shakers Day #2 - Santa's Boot Ornament

Welcome friends to my 12 days of shakers!! Today instead of a shaker card I have a shaker ornament to share with you... Santa's Boot! I thought it would be nifty to make a few shaker ornaments to shake things up a bit. LOL!! (sorry, couldn't resist!!)

This is a shaker element kit from Creative Embellishments - Santa Boot. These Shaker Kits have everything you need to make the basic shaker - background, 3 "outlines" and the window, no foam adhesive necessary. Creative Embellishments have a whole host of shaker kits in many different themes for all seasons, all reasons. I love them because they have such clever pieces that would be almost impossible to create otherwise.  I chose to turn mine into an ornament but of course you can use them for cards, scrapbook layouts and so much more.

I started off by covering the back piece with Silver/Silver Starstruck foiled paper from Rinea. I then glued two of the outline pieces to this backer.  I added the limited edition shaker mix called Mulled Wine from Sparkle Blends. 

Once the shaker has been filled with your desired shakie bits (yes, that is a technical term there), it's time to glue the window to the shaker and finally the last chipboard outline to finish it off.  

Now you can decorate these shakers any ole way you would like - paint, ink, markers, etc. For this particular shaker I wanted to bling it up a bit because after all it is Christmas.  I added Fairy Hugs Powder glitter to the rim - Raven for the heel/sole and Currant for the upper portion of the boot.  To finish off the embellishments for this shaker I cut a small bit of a marabou feather boa and glued it to the top of the boot. Finally I added a piece of gold stretch cord to the back of the boot to act as a hanger for this ornament.

Supplies:

Creative Embellishments - Santa Boot

Sparkle Blends - Mulled Wine

Fairy Hugs - Fairy Hugs Powders - Raven, Currant

Rinea - Silver/Silver Starstruck 

Marabou Feathers

Beacon 3 in 1 Adhesive

Gold Elastic Stretch Cord

12 Days of Christmas Shakers - Day 1 + Shaker Tip

 Hello Friends and welcome to my 12 Days this year. I decided to do something a bit different this year so I'm doing the 12 Shakers of Christmas! From now until Christmas Eve every other day I will be sharing a different Christmas shaker (even days). There will be cards, ornaments and more. I hope you enjoy!!

Today I want to share a full card shaker. What's a full card shaker? It's a shaker window that covers most of the entire card. I choose to use this darling paper from Authentiques collection called Jingle.

The panel is 4 x 5.25" with the acetate cut at 4.5 x 5.75". The acetate was scored 1/4" on each edge and folded over and creased.  This will encompass the gingerbread panel.  So basically all you have to do is slip the acetate over the panel, secure it on 3 sides with your choice of adhesive (I use Beacon's 3in1 glue); fill the shaker with desired bits and close up the final acetate tab.

I used the limited edition shaker mix called Frosted Gingerbread from Sparkle Blends. I just love all the fun elements in this mix!  This shaker was mounted on a Teal card base which is what I used to cut the sentiment as well.  The sentiment was glued direction onto the front of the shaker card.

Shaker Tip!!  Before I go I wanted to clue you in on a little something I discovered recently. If you purchase acetate branded as a craft item you know you're going to be paying top dollar. I recently discovered an inexpensive alternative that works perfectly which I borrowed from the cake decorating world - Cake Collars!! It's acetate that comes on a roll in varying widths that you can use just like the sheets for a fraction of the cost.  

If you search on Amazon you can find all sorts of deals. I bought this one - Cake Collars (2) 4 x 394" rolls for 7.99. Now it wouldn't work on this shaker but you can buy rolls in 2, 3, 4, 6 and larger. I was a bit worried when I first decided to give it a try because I wasn't sure if it would be thick enough to make a nice window but it really works beautifully. The rolls I purchased wouldn't work for this particular all over effect but you can purchase rolls that would. 

Hope this little tip helps my fellow shaker lovin' friends out there :)

Supplies:

Sparkle Blends - Frosted Gingerbread

Authentique - Jingle Collection

Crafters Companion - Sentiment die

Beacon 3in1 Adhesive

Acetate, Cardstock, 

Hello Oscar

 Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

Oscar is one of my favorite Fairy Hugs stamps. He is just so versatile and lends himself very well when thinking of Steampunk creations. He works very well in this Steampunk style shaker card don't you think? I believe he's playing hide and go seek with everyone in the submarine.

How to create this card:

1. Spritz a card panel with blue spray ink.

2. Stencil seaweed over the blue panel.

3. Stamp Oscar on the panel using VersaFine Clair Nocturne.

4. Add highlights to Oscar with a white acrylic paint pen.

5. Run various colors of Rinea Foiled Paper through a riveted panel embossing folder and cut into individual pieces.

6. Assemble the metal pieces on a piece of cardstock and adhere to a black card blank.

7. Diecut porthole and assemble a shaker component, fill with micro beads and adhere the stamped panel to the back of the shaker sealing in the micro beads.

8. Attach the shaker porthole to the card.

Enjoy!

Fairy Hugs Supplies Used:

Fairy Hugs - Oscar

Festive Fun Challenge

 Hello Friends...

There is still time to play in the Festive Fun Challenge at Lost Coast Designs. What is Festive Fun? Any type of festivity be it a holiday, birthday, anniversary, anything you want to celebrate is game!  Here are a couple of cards I made for the challenge....

LCD Stamps - Pointy Hat Gnome, Party Words

LCD STamps  - Many Dogs, Party Words, Doodle Circles

Be sure to stop by and join in on the fun!

Fairy Lessons

 Fairy Hugs just had a New Release which includes stamps, stencils and new Fairy Hugs Powder Glitter!  Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

Starla is demonstrating the proper way to create a lovely cascade of Stardust to her little fairy pupils. After all, it's all in the wrist!

To create this card I started off by applying ink over the new Woody stencil over an inky background.

Next I stamped Starla, Condo Dwellers (mini fairies), Stardust and the Fern Leaves over the panel.

Once all of the inks had dried, I added loads of sparklie details using Fairy Hugs Powder which you can see very good in the photo below.

Hmmmm don't you just love all that sparkle? It's so pretty IRL and so hard to capture in photos but I think I was able to capture just a little bit of the amazing shine and lovely colors in this photo. 

So much fun to be had in Fairy Land!

Fairy Hugs Stencil - Woody

Starla, Condo Dwellers

 

Fern Leaves, Stardust

Be sure to stop by our Fairy Hugs Facebook Group 

Happy, Merry, Bright Blue Rinea Card

 

Hello friends today I wanted to share a fun Christmas card I made using Rinea Foiled papers and Crackerbox and Suzy stamps! I am in love with the blowing trees at Crackerbox and Suzy. They are such lovely images...perfect for so many occasions. Today I am using the blowing snow tree paired with the buck and doe stamps.

I began by cutting a swish of Arctic Foiled Paper and gluing it down to a Turquoise/Turquoise Starstruck panel. I then stamped the Blowing Snow Tree and the Buck and Doe using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. Just so you know this does take quite a while to dry naturally on the foiled paper. Just the nature of the beast.

Next I stamped the sentiment Happy, Merry Bright onto a piece of Turquoise/Gold Glossy foiled paper and let both the sentiment and tree panels set overnight.  The next morning I diecut the sentiment and affixed it to the panel. Once dry the panel was attached to a card blank matted with Cobalt/Cobalt Starstruck foiled paper.

Mmmmm, I just love the lovely cool feel of this card...

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Supplies:

Rinea: Cobalt/Cobalt Starstruck; Turquoise/Turquoise Starstruck; Turquoise/Gold Glossy; Arctic/Gold Glossy; Gold/Gold Glossy

Crackerbox & Suzy - Blowing Snowflakes Tree, Buck and Doe Set, Happy, Light, Merry

Gina Marie Designs - Geometric Oval Frame

Cardstock, Adhesive, Ink

Home Sweet Fairy Hive

Our little foragers are returning home after a long day...

The background for this card was created by rolling a couple different colors of Elements Inks onto a gel plate. I then flicked a few diluted Brushos Color Crystals onto the inked plate. Then press a piece of glossy cardstock into the inks. Using glossy cardstock creates a different look than using plain cardstock.

After the inks had dried I stamped with a variety of Lavinia images using VersaFine Clair Nocturne. Please note that when using VFC on glossy cardstock it will take a long time to dry naturally. If you don't let it dry completely it will smudge.  After the inks had dried I trimmed the panel and applied more inks to the edges and let dry.

To finish off the card I added Fairy Hugs Powder glitter to the hills, hive, lantern and seeds on the vines. You can never go wrong with an extra bit of sparkle.

 And there you have it...

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Fairy Stamper Supplies

Lavinia - Fairy Foragers, Fairy Hive, Tree Scene, Vine, Elements Inks

Fairy Hugs Powder - Plum, Grape, Champagne

Brusho Colour Crystals

Gel Plate

Imagine - VersaFine Clair Inks

Other - 

Glossy Cardstock, Cardstock

Wood Slice Home Sweet Home

 Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

I was so excited when I saw the Fairy House. There are just so many possibilities and this is one of the first ideas I had. I've had these wood slices in my stash for a while and I thought it would be the perfect jumping off point for the Fairy House.

To create this project....

1. Paint the center of the wood slice with black acrylic paint leaving about 3/4" around the edge unpainted.

2. Determine the horizon line you want to work with and paint the lower portion with browns and the upper portion in green paints.

3. Place the Fairy House stamp in a stamp positioner, color one component of the stamp with desired color water based marker and stamp. Continue to color each component with desired colors and stamping until the image is complete. 

4. Stamp extra flowers and leaves to cover the house and surrounding area. Stamp a second set of stones to extend the walkway.

5. Fussy cut the house and all extra leaves and flowers.

6. Adhere the house, extra stone steps, leaves and flowers as desired.

7. Embellish with Fairy Hugs Powder glitter.

Fairy Hugs Supplies used:

Fairy House

Be sure to stop by our Fairy Hugs Facebook Group 

Look for the Magic and Bloom!

Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

Who says Toadstools have to be red or orange?

How about purple and pink ones...with a bit of glitter on top!

Remember to have fun and bloom!

I stamped a whole cluster of these bright fun fungi using various colors of VersaFine Clair inks. They were then embellished with Plum, Flamingo, and Pixie Dust Fairy Hugs Powder glitter. I finished the card off with a sentiment sticker and sequins from Sparkle Blends.

Fairy Hugs Stamps: Toadstool

Fairy Hugs Powder - Plum, Pixie Dust, Flamingo

Fairy Hugs Backgrounds - Moon Light , Stone & Moss

Be sure to stop by our Fairy Hugs Facebook Group