My Top 5 Stocking Stuffers

HI all......well it's almost Christmas....it's sure coming up fast this year.....only 6 days left!!! Are you all done your shopping??? I'm still not finished, not sure where the time goes.....but I guess I had better finish up my shopping soon!!! Are you still looking to buy some stocking stuffers? Well, here's my top 5 stocking stuffers.......................and my project at the end!!!


Pick #1  Distress Inks, You can never have too many of these......I use them all the time.....

Pick #2  Distress Stains............great for covering your background or stamping with!!!

Pick #3: Perfect Pearls.............Awesome to use with your stamps and for painting!!!

Pick #4: Distressing Tool............what would I do without my distressing tool???

Pick #4: and last but not least.......Embossing Folders!!!

So here's my Project using my top 5 picks.....................

Products Used

Cardstock: White, Red and Green

Inks: Ranger Perfect Medium Black, Versamarker

Stamps: Tim Holtz Season's Silhouttes Cling Stamp

 Dies: Tim Holtz Holly Branch

Misc.: Tim Holtz Christmas Backgrounds and Borders Embossing Folder, Perfect Pearls Metallics Kit, Ranger Rock Candy Crackle Paint, Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, Fall Distress Inks Set, Aged Mahogany Distress Stain, Walnut Stain Distress Stain, Tim Holtz Paper Distress Tool and misc. red rhinestones  

First I used the Aged Mahogany stain on the white cst and then went over it with my Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. Then I stamped it with the black perfect medium and used my metallic perfect pearls on it and embossed it with the matching embossing folder, then I cut it just under the Season's Greetings. I embossed the red cst with the folder and adhered the other one over the top portion. I cut the holly leaves, the branch and the berries out with my die. I used the walnut stain stain on the branches and the rock candy paint on the holly leaves. I also used my versamarker on the leaves and berries, then I used the metallic perfect pearls on both of them. Using my blending tool, I used the gathered twigs distress ink on the leaves and twigs and then I added the bling. All that's left is to distress the edges of the card with my distress tool. Well that's it for this card..................Hope you all have a great week...........and A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!.............until next time.......................



My Version of Tim Holtz's Day 3 Tag

Hi all!!! So whose been following Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas??? I'm sure you all know that I wouldn't miss them, so of course I have been following his tags :)......so since he's doing his tags, I thought that I would do one of my own.....it's not exactly the same as his, but his Day 3 tag inspired this one!!!
Also, did you know that all of our 4 stores are doing their own version of the 12 Tags of Christmas??? Just click on the coloured links to check them out!!! Well onto today's post..............

Products Used

Cardstock: Ranger #8 Black Tags, Tim Holtz Kraft Core #13 Cardstock 

Stamps: Tim Holtz Season's Silhouettes

Inks and Stains: Perfect Medium Black, Tim Holtz Distress Stains- Pine Needles, Fired Brick and Picket Fence

Dies and Folders: Tim Holtz Mini Pine Tree and Holly Die Set and Tim Holtz Embossing Folder Christmas Background and Borders

Misc.: Perfect Pearls Jewels Set, Perfect Pearls Metallic Set, Perfect Pearls Mist Heirloom Gold,  American Crafts Black Tulle, Tim Holtz Sanding Block, Maya Road Cream Ruffled Ribbon, Misc. Red and Green Bling

I dabbed the picket fence stain all over the black tag, then I stamped with the black perfect medium and coloured in the words with the perfect pearls. I used the embossing folder and made sure I lined up the stamped image with the words on the folder and then embossed. I love that he has the matching folder to go with his stamps!!! Then I sprayed it with the heirloom gold mist. I coloured the ruffled ribbon with the pine needles and fired brick distress stains and adhered them to the bottom of the tag. I added the strip of green bling to the top of the ribbon. Die cut the holly leaves, sanded them and then added the red bling. So I hope you all enjoyed my version of Tim's day 3 tag..........so until next time....................Have a great week!!!

Birthday Flourishes

Hi all.....well it's time for another post and I used some of my favourite Distress Inks and it's in my favourite colour....Purple!!!

Products Used

Cardstock: Black, White and Ranger White Glossy Cardstock

Stamps: Hero Arts- Fabulous Flourish and Kaiser Craft- Occasions

Inks: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Bundled Sage, Tumbled Glass and Black Soot, StazOn- Jet Black

Dies: Spellbinders- Ribbon Banners

Misc.: Maya Road Chipboard- Mini Scrolls and Mini Antique Keys, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder- Dusty Concord, Tsukineko Clear Embossing Powder, Misc. Black Sparkle Embossing Powder, Ranger Perfect Pearls- Jewels, Basic Grey Basics Paper Ribbon Dollies, Ranger Ink Blending Tool and Misc. Rhinestone

So, I stamped the Flourish with Dusty Concord and then I stamped it again with Versamark and embossed with the clear EP. I used my distress inks and the blending tool for the background. I added the paper ribbon, which I used the Perfect Pearls on. Inked the mini scrolls with Versamark and used the Black Sparkle EP on them and then I did the key with the Black Soot and the Dusty Concord EP and adhered them all to the front. I cut the banner from the Glossy White CST, leaving the CST in the die, then I used the Blending Tool with the Milled Lavender. Stamped my sentiment with the StazOn and pop dotted it on my card. Added the rhinestone to the key and that's it for this card, so...........until next time!!! Have a great week!!!

Painting with Perfect Pearls

Hi all, well I picked up the new Confections Kit and one of the Penny Black stamps and thought that this would be a good time to show you what you can do with the Perfect Pearls. They do work the best on dark cardstock, but I will give you a tip on how to do it on the lighter cardstock at the end of my post. So onto today's tutorial....................

Step 1- Using your Embossing Magic or Perfect Printing Pouch, rub this all over your cardstock, this way the Perfect Pearls will only stick to the Perfect Medium and not your fingerprints!!! Now you can stamp your image with the Perfect Medium onto your cardstock.

Step 2- Apply the Sour Apple Perfect Pearl with the small brush included in the kit. A little goes a long way, so just pick up a little bit on the tip of your brush and then I just paint it on, trying not to get it where I don't want it. Now, before you apply your next colour make sure you wipe off your brush. Since the Perfect Medium stays wet for a long time you don't have to worry, you have lots of time to apply all of your colours.

Step 3- Now, apply the Grape Fizz Perfect Pearl with the small brush. Again make sure to clean your brush off.

Step 4- Next apply the Pink Gumball Perfect Pearl and wipe off your brush. And finally apply the Blue Raspberry Perfect Pearls.

Step 5- Take the big fluffy brush that's included in the kit and use it in a swirling motion to get all of the perfect pearls embedded into the perfect medium. Once this is done, you have a completed image!!! You will notice that the Perfect Pearls only stick to the Perfect Medium, creating a beautiful painted image.

I hope you all enjoyed my tutorial on using the Perfect Pearls Kit.......there's so much you can do with them. You can actually use them as paints if you want. Just add a tiny bit of the pearls and a touch of water on a plastic palette and it will create a paint to paint with.

Here's another one that I did with the Cafe Set......................I just applied the colours all over. Scroll down to see the cards I made and how to use it with light cardstock.

So here's my finished card done with the Perfect Pearl Confections Kit...............................

Products Used

Cardstock: Purple, Black & Prima Sweet Fairy 6"x6" Paper Pad

Stamps: Penny Black Wood Mount- Butterfly Suite & Technique Tuesday-Swanky Sentiments

Dies: Spellbinders Grommet Tags & Spellbinders Flying Beauties

Misc.: Perfect Pearls Confections Kit, Tsukineko Goosebumps Texture Spray, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper Scallop & Cloud, Misc. Black Twine & Misc. Black Rhinetones

I sprayed over top of the Perfect Pearls with the Goosebumps spray to give it some texture and I also did the butterflies and the sentiment in the Perfect Pearls. I added some black rhinestones and the black twine and did some layering, that's pretty much it for this card.

So here's the other card that I did...........

Products Used

Cardstock: Black & Bronze Shimmer

Stamps: Penny Black Cling-Majestic Composition & Technique Tuesday-Swanky Sentiments

Dies: Spellbinders Labels 14

Misc.: Perfect Pearls Cafe Kit, Perfect Pearls Mists- Turquoise & Heirloom Gold & Misc. Prima Flowers & Crystals

I also did the sentiment and border in the Perfect Pearls and cut them out using the die, then I trimmed the Perfect Pearls piece and layered it. I added a strip of black with a piece of the perfect pearls that I had trimmed off.  I sprayed the flowers with the Perfect Pearls Mists and added the crystals to the centers. So that's pretty much it for this card. If you haven't tried the Perfect Pearls Kits yet, you really should........I always have so much fun playing with these!!!

Well I did say I would tell you how to use your light cardstock with them.......since they don't show up well on the light cst, you can stamp with black ink, then using a stamp positioner, stamp over top of the image again using the perfect medium. This will give you a nice dark base for your perfect pearls and they will show up better. Well, I hope you all enjoyed my tutorial and my cards, have a great week...........so until next time..........

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