Smiles & Daisies

Hi all, guess what.....it's that time again....for another post.....I will say at least the weather is warming up here and it's supposed to get even warmer this week......woo hoo.....I can't wait for the snow to be gone, it feels like the winter has been so long this year!!! Anyways onto todays post.........

I just love playing with the new Heartfelt Creations Stamps and Dies......so I did a card using them and of course my distress inks!!! It's awesome that the dies match so many of their stamp sets, so you can use them over and over and you aren't limited to just one set of stamps. So here's the card I came up with.............

Products Used

Cardstock: Strathmore Watercolour Paper, Cream & Black

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations- Daisy Patch Background & Daisy Patch Flowers & Technique Tuesday Sweet Somethings

Dies: Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Black, Distress Reinkers- Spun Sugar, Aged Mahogany, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass & Mustard Seed

Misc.: Ultra Fine Flower Soft- Citrus Crush & Raspberry Fizz, Flower Soft Glue



So a little bit on how I made this card......I stamped the 2 larger flowers on the cream cst and die cut them out. I stamped the daisy background stamp onto the watercolor paper, then using the reinkers, a paintbrush and some water, I coloured all of the stamped images in. Then using the glue and the flower soft I filled in the centers of all the flowers, except the 2 larger flowers on the daisy background stamp. then of course, I had to patiently wait for it to dry. :) Now I mounted the daisy background onto the front of the black card and pop dotted the 2 large flowers over top of the background flowers. Stamped the sentiment and border, cut it out and coloured it in with the tumbled glass distress reinker, mounted this onto black cst, timmed and pop dotted it to the card. The colouring took the longest, but I really love using the watercolor technique with the reinkers. So, that's all for this time, I hope you enjoyed my card and mini tutorial..........till next time..........

So head on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Online Store and see all the new products..........there's lots to look at and many new companies to shop from and there's lots of new Tim Holtz Products........and yes I have picked up quite a few of them......lol......

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Playing in Paradise Challenge #8

So this is the last time for all of the senior design team members to participate in the challenge.........but we have something else we will be doing instead.......so let's just say it's theme based!!! Any guesses?? So onto today's challenge..............this is the inspiration..............

Isn't this beautiful.........so here's what I created...........................

Products Used:

Cardstock: Ranger 12"x12" Sticky Backed Canvas-Natural, Olive Green & Beige

Stamps: Flourishes Clear Stamps-Taglines

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy

Copics: RV93, RV95 & Copic Airbrush System

Misc: In the Making Glitter- Sand & Celadon, Crafter's Workshop 6"x6" Template-Mini Branches, 1/8" Scor Tape, EK Success Punch-Photo Labels, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die, Distress Stickles-Rock Candy,Prima French White Roses, Prima Lace & Misc. leaf

I just love the inspiration for this.........so I decided to go with a little bit more of the green than what was in the pic.......but I love how the card turned out. I used the mini branches template on the sticky backed canvas and the glitter, then I frayed the edges a little. I made my own rose with the tattered florals die, the sticky backed canvas, my copics and the airbrush system. Then I added some of the rock candy to the rose. I just love these roses.......plus, they are so much fun to make!!! I punched out my sentiment and added the Scor Tape and some glitter to frame the sentiment, then put it all together with the lace, a leaf and the roses. That's pretty much it for this card. I hope you enjoyed my take on the challenge!!!

So let's go and check out what our design team has come up with.....................

Allison Cope

Allison Fillo

Carla Peicheff

Dana Nelson

Julie Dinn

Karen Gerber

So head on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog to add your entry to this weeks challenge!!!

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A Giveaway and Our Feature Product Post!!!

Hi all, it's that time again for another Feature Product Post and a Giveaway............this time our Featured Product is.........C.C. Designs Single Stamps.!!! These images are just so adorable...........perfect for colouring in with your Copics!!! Did you know that Scrapbooker's Paradise has lowered their prices on the Copic Markers??? They are now only $6.99 each.......okay onto todays post..............I did a card for this........yes, I know when don't I do a card........lol......maybe one day I will surprise you and do a layout!!!

Scroll down to find out how to win one of these cute stamps...............

So here's my card:

Isn't she adorable..........

Products Used

Cardstock: Purple, Pink and Prima 6"x6" Paper Pad-Sweet Fairy

Stamps: C.C.Designs-Bouquet Birgetta & Stampendous Clear Stamp Set-Vase Set

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics: V0000, V000, V01, V12, V15, V17, RV10, RV14, Y15, Y18, Y19, Y28, YG11, YG17, E00. E13, E25, E29, E31, E49, E51, N0, N4, N8 & 0 Colourless Blender

Dies & Embossing Folders: Spellbinders Labels 17, Tim Holtz-Tattered Florals & Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Kassie's Brocade

Other: Copic Spica's-00 Clear & 19 Sand, Prima Fairytale Roses-French White, Distress Stickles-Rock Candy, We R Memory Keeper's Corner Chomper- Scallop & Cloud, Pebbles Candy Dot Flourishes & misc. pearls

So, I embossed the purple card base with Kassie's Brocade. Then I cut out the Prima patterned paper with the Labels 17 die and did the same for the pink cardstock, except I cut that in half diagonally, adhered them to the card. Now, I coloured the Birgetta stamp in with my copics and spicas, then cut her out and pop dotted her over the Labels die cuts. Added the pearl flourishes, then I cut the flowers out with the Tattered Florals die and coloured them and the rose with my copics and added some of the rock candy to them. Stamped the sentiment on the pink cst and pop dotted that. So that's it for this card......I hope you all like it!!!

Head on over to Sara's Blog to see what she's come up with..........you will love it!!!!

Now, how to win one of C.C. Designs Single stamps...............go to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog and leave a comment on the Featured Product post!!!!

Also, if you want to order from the Scrapbooker's Paradise Online Store the C.C. Designs Single Stamps are the Featured Product and they are regularly priced at $7.50 but they are now on sale for $5.99 from March 16th to the 31st, just quote FICCDS in the comments section of your order!!!

Double Embossing Resist Tutorial

Hi all, well I was playing around and with some of my stamps etc. and came up with this technique.......I'm not sure if anyone else has tried it or even if they have a tutorial out there somewhere, but I thought it would be great to show you all!!! My card will be shown at the end, along with all the products I used for it. I hope you all enjoy it..........so, onto the tutorial.

Supplies needed for theTutorial:
Smooth White Cardstock, I used the X-press It Blending Cardstock
Hero Arts Clings- Happy Definition & Classic Fabric Design
Versamark Ink
Ranger Ink Blending Tool with Foam
Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick, Crushed Olive & Walnut Stain
Tsukineko Clear Embossing Powder
Ranger Heat It Tool or other heat tool

Step 1: Ink up Happy Definition with the Versamak ink, stamp it on the white cardstock. Use the clear EP (Embossing Powder) and emboss with your heat tool.

Step 2: Use your blending tool with the foam and blend in the Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick and Crushed Olive, making sure to overlap your colours. You can wipe it with a baby wipe or a piece of paper towel to remove the excess ink from the embossing. Trim down to the size of the stamp. 

Step 3: Now before we do the next part make sure that the distress inks are completely dry, otherwise you will have the EP stick to the distress ink. (and yes, I learned the hard way....lol...) Ink up the Fabric Design stamp with the Versamark ink and stamp it over the Happy Definition embossed stamping, apply the clear EP and heat emboss this. I hope you can see how it looks in the photo.

Step 4: Now the magic happens......using your blending tool and the Walnut Stain Distress Ink, blend the ink and watch as a new design appears over top of the other one. You can wipe it again, with a baby wipe or a piece of paper towel to remove the excess ink from the embossing.

Here's a close up of it.....................









So that's it.....I really love this technique, I hope you have fun playing!!! Also, you can experiment with various stamps and colours, just remember that you want to use the darkest ink colour last, as it should be dark enough to cover all the other colours you have used. There's so much you can do with this technique, you could use just blues or purples etc., or try it with 2 different colours of EP.

Well I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, if you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments section and I will do my best to answer you ASAP.

Now onto how the card looks............

Products Used:

Cardstock: X-press It Blending Cardstock, Brown Cardstock

Stamps & Dies: Hero Arts Clings- Happy Definition & Classic Fabric Design,  Justrite Happy Everything Tag Making Kit, Justrite Nested Frames Dies

Ink: Versamark Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick, Crushed Olive & Walnut Stain

Misc.: EK Success Binding Edge Punch,  Ranger Ink Blending Tool with Foam, Tsukineko Clear Embossing Powder, Ranger Heat It Tool, Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Pink Rhinestones

So all I did to finish the card was use the punch down the side, stamped and cut out the sentiment and tag, then added some bling and the ribbon and bow.

I did do another card with the same technique, but I used the new Heartfelt Creations stamps, Daisy Patch Background & Stained Glass Background instead, here's how it turned out..............

So that's it for this post..........I'm still waiting for the warm weather to come..........lol........it doesn't look like I'm going to get my wish anytime soon!!! :)  So until next time.......................

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Dream Forever & Live for Today!!!

Hi all, it's time for another post........I hope you've all seen some of the amazing new products that have come in at Scrapbooker's Paradise!!! One of the new lines that we are carrying are the Heartfelt Creations line of Stamps and Dies, You can check out the whole line here, these are amazing stamps and dies and of course I couldn't resist buying a few........okay, well actually alot of them.....lol.......so I figured I would do a card using them. I hope you like it!!!

Products Used

Cardstock: Blue, Dark Brown, Beige & K & Company Julianne Designer Paper 6"x6" Pad

Stamps: Hearfelt Creations-Posy Patch Garden Delights & Stampendous Cling-Dream Forever

Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa

Dies: Heartfett Creations Butterfly Border Die & Spellbinders Labels 4

Misc: American Crafts Crocheted Lace-Vanilla Chestnut, Distressed Stickles-Brushed Corduroy, Queen & Co. Pearls-Chocolate Delight

So this card was fairly easy to put together.....I layered the brown cardstock and the designer paper added the crocheted lace to the middle and then adhere it onto the blue card base. Die cut 2 of the fancy corners and centered them on the front. Now, stamp the butterfly on the designer paper and cut it out with the die. I thought that the body of the butterfly needed a little something, so I added the brushed corduroy distress stickles to it and set it aside to dry, actually I found it took too long to dry, so I speeded up the drying time with my heat gun.....I'm a little impatient when it comes to waiting for things to dry......lol....just remember, that you can only use the heat tool on the distressed stickles, not on the regular stickles!

Okay now where was I? Oh yeah.....so then I stamped the sentiment, cut it out with the Labels 4 die and also die cut one out of the blue cardstock. Inked around the sentiment and cut the blue one in half and adhered it behind. Pop dotted this to the center of the card and I also pop dotted the butterfly. Added the pearls and that's pretty much it for this card. So I guess that's all till next time........I hope you all have a great week!!!

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It's Time for Another Playing in Paradise Challenge!!!

So it's that time again, are you ready to play along with us? This time Carla wanted us to Scraplift her colours, technique and layout........so below is Carla's adorable card............

And here's my take on it.......................I also did a baby card, as I felt our new Best Creations Safari Boy line would fit perfectly with the challenge!!! Also this card has no stamping on it........can you believe that!! This has to be a first for me :)

Products Used:

Cardstock: Light Blue, Mint Green & Best Creations Safari Boy 6"x6" Paper Pad

Dies: Spellbinders Grand Circles, Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circles, Spellbinders Labels 17 & Sizzix Decorative Flourishes

Misc: Queen & Co. Pearls- Chocolate Delight, Smooch Accent Ink-Mocha & Misc. Buttons

So this is a really quick and easy card to do, but I love how it turned out and if you haven't all ready you really need to check out all the awesome papers by Best Creations!!! They have some beautiful papers and their glitter papers are to die for!!! The nice thing about their glitter papers is the glitter does not come off and the colours are amazing.

So onto how I made my card........basically everything is cut out using the Spellbinders and Sizzix dies.........then I used the Sweet Baby Boy saying in the 6"x6" Paper pad and pop dotted it over the Labels 17 die cuts. I used the Smooch Accent ink around the striped circle and the labels 17 die cut, to look like stitching. Added the buttons and the pearls to the card and that's it!!! Well, I hope you all enjoyed my card!!!

Now you really have to check out what the Creative Challenge Team has done:

Allison Cope

Allison Fillo

Carla Peicheff

Dana Nelson

Julie Dinn

Karen Gerber

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Feature Product Post and Another Giveaway!!!

Hi all, it's that time again.......who wants to win a free product??? Well scroll down to the end of my post and I will tell you all about it! So we were able to choose a Ranger product for this Feature Post, so I choose the Ranger White Gloss Paper and Sara choose the Ranger Glossy Accents...........



So here's my project for our Feature Product Post..........

Products Used

Cardstock: Ranger White Gloss Paper, Purple, Orange & Pink Paislee 6"x6" Hocus Pocus Paper Pad

Stamps: Inkadinkado-Day Lily Bunch Wood Stamp & Flourishes-Tag Lines

Inks: Ranger Black Archival Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Milled Lavender & Dusty Concord, Clearsnap Smooch Accent Inks-Lettuce, Banana Custard, Sundance, Green Apple & Sweet Melon

Misc: Spellbinders Grand Ovals & Grand Scalloped Ovals, EK Success Punches- Photo Labels & Diamond Lace, I-Rock Tool, I-Rock Hot Rocks Crystal & Ranger Brayer

So here's a little bit on how I made this.......I used the purple cst for the card and layered it with the Hocus Pocus paper.......yep, I used the halloween line!!! I love the colours in this line, so I thought they went great with the card. So now I used the brayer on the white gloss paper oval and brayered all 4 distress inks, then I stamped it with the Lily stamp and coloured it all in with the smooch accent inks. Gotta love those smooch inks......they are awesome!!! I used the border punch twice and layered them, then added the rhinestones with the I-Rock tool. Brayered then stamped and punched out the sentiment, adding a little more bling with my I-Rock tool.

That's pretty much it for this card......So I guess you want to know what the giveaway is......................

your choice of either the Ranger White Gloss Paper Pack or the Ranger Glossy Accents !!! Just leave a comment on the Feature Product Post on the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog



Now go and check out Sara's Post it's amazing!!!

Also, you get 15% off All Ranger Products at Scrapbooker's Paradise,  just enter the Code: RANGER15 in the comments section!!!