The Scrapping Cottage- Happy Go Lucky Elephant

Greetings friends and bloggers.  Today I want to show you my first creations as a Design Team Member of The Scrapping Cottage.  This is purely a selfish reason that I chose this sweet elephant as my first creation.  Today is my son Wesley's 26th Birthday.  He loves elephants-always has.  He carried a stuff elephant around for as long as I can remember.  So Happy Birthday Wesley-this is in honor of YOU!

Isn't this fabulous.  You can find this elephant here or just click on the above picture and it will take you right to it.  If you adore paper piecing as much as I do you are going to love these dies.

So let's talk about this card a little and I will give you the deets.  The banner was made with the Spellbinders Scalloped Banner die, I free hand cut the straight edge banners that back the pretty pearl ones up.   I also used the banner die cut set for the Birthday sentiment.  The letters were done with the Cuttlebug Baby Face typeset dies.  The scalloped square is Spellbinders and the punched floral border is Matha Stewart.

Now about the image.  In this picture you can see that I have created some dimension.  I don't know about you but I love dimension in a card and look for ways to create it.  It brings the whole project alive.  And I bet you are wondering how I got the image to look exactly like the above picture of the die cut packaging.

It was easy!  Let me share that with you.  I cut out the image with gray card stock.  Then I carefully separated all the cut through areas the die produces when you cut with the die.  To color the image I used chalk-yes chalk!!!  I haven't taken my chalk out in ages.  This was so fun.  I ran the chalk along the edges following the die cut picture that the die came in.  I used my fingers to rub the blackgray (I dipped a cotton swab in both to mix) chalk in sort of creating a smudge effect.  I used pink chalk to touch upon the knees, cheeks, and ears and rubbed that with my finger too.  Before you stamp the eyes on the elephant you can use aerosol hairspray to set the chalk.  I cut the pink toe nails with the die and glued them on the hooves.  Then I ran a little black/gray chalk over the top to tone down my pink card stock a bit.

Here is a close up of the dimension created.  I used a 1/8" foam dot placed behind the elephants cheeks and the eyebrows.  I also placed one betweene the first two creases of his nose.  I then applied the image to the die cut base and actually glued his ears to the card stock.  I used 1/16" dots on the body and legs.

As you can see this is the natural way the trunk lays on the image.  You can also curl it a bit if you want it coming ou more.

So that's this project for today.  I hope you check out The Scrapping Cottage for more cute images and designs for your crafting needs.  This sure was fun to create!

Challenges Entered
Allstorts - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animal Antics
Card Crafters Circle  -  Die Cuts
Card Making Momma's  - Birthday
Crafty Catz- Favorite Things (Mine is Banners)

Heartfelt Creations Chateau Gate Cross

Welcome friends and fellow bloggers.  I trust you had a Happy Valentines Day.  I am here today with a card that I made for Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.  I used a plethera of Heartfelt Creations dies.  It was so fun to put this together.

Here is a list of products that I used:
Chateau Gate Cross Card
HCPC 3451 Going to the Chapel PreCut Set
HCD 719 Cross and Lilies Die
HCD 718 Chateau Gate Die
HCD 702 Decorative Butterfly Border Die

Other: Cuttlebug Vintage Corner Dies, Recollection Pearls, Sheer Ribbon, Crystal Stickles, Stick Pins, Black, Red, and White Cardstock, Designer Paper, and Vintage Linen Distress Ink.

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Be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations blog to catch all the fabulous creations the design team has cooked up this week.  There's lots of inspiration and beautiful work to view.

Heartfelt Creations-Chapel

Heartfelt Creations is pleased to release the Floral Cross Collection. This collection is as fresh as a blooming yellow lily on a sunny spring day: intricate flowers compliment the typographical, linear, and wooden crosses. There are 6 new PreCut Stamp Sets and one beautiful new exclusive Spellbinders die designed for Heartfelt Creations.
Leave a comment on the HC blog by February 14 to be eligible to win the entire release valued at $125.93. The winner will be announced on February 15 on the HC Blog.

 

Welcome to Heartfelt creations Wednesday.  I am so pleased you stop by today to take a look at my card that I created.  I just love this new set.  It is always difficult to make sympathy cards, but this release has everything you need to make an appropriate card with meaningful sentiments and comforting images.

 

Have I told you how much I love making my own flowers.  Well if I have before, I will tell you again.  I adore this Spellbinders Rose Creations die.  I love making the roses come alive.  I also love making these sweet Easel cards too with the Spellbinders nestabilities.  They are just to cute!  If you haven't tried making one, you need to get those die cuts out and start creating!  Here are the product I used:

HCPC3451 Going to the Chapel PreCut Set
HCPc 3450 Cross an Lilies PreCut Set
HCD 719 Cross and Lilies Die
HCD 712 Bella Rose Die
Product ID: 452063 Scalloped Circle Grand Nestabilities
Product ID: 452062 Circle Grand Nestabilities
Product ID: 472186  Rose Creations Shapeabilities
Product ID: 452065 Scalloped Oval Grand Nestabilities

Spellbinders S4-318 Fleur De Lis Squares

Other:  Recollection Pearl Flourish, ribbon, Rangers Crackle Paint (Picket Fence) Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Art Glitter (Crystal), White heavy Cardstock (120-lb), Designer Paper, and choice of image coloring medium. 

 

 Be sure to check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see the other beautiful creations by the Design Team.  Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win the release.  Have a great day!

Heartfelt Creations Chateau Gateway

 

 Welcome to my blog.  Today is Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.  For my card today I used the Chateau Gateway.  If you are anything like me, you have an imagination that just makes you wonder what lies behind that pretty door.  Let's make this fun........Leave me a comment and tell me what you think lies beyond the door?????

 

When I was a little girl and my parents we go for rides, I used to love to look at houses and yards and picture the images of families inside the houses and what the inside looked like from what I could see behind the window in the back seat of the card.  My imagination takes to to a place where if you opened the doors it would open to a beautiful garden with walkways that lead to a big brick house that would match the brick in the gateway in the scene on my card. 

 

 For this card I wanted a little dimension so I cut out the door and mounted it on 1/16" foam squares and I cut out the archway and mounted it on 1/4" foam squares so it was a little higher than the door.  It looks pretty IRL.  I tried to photograph it here.  These are the products I used:

HCPC3441 – Chateau Gateway PreCut Set
HCPC 3449 Door To My Heart PreCut Set
HCD 718 Decorative Chateau Gate
HCD 717 Layered Scalloped Posy Die
 
Other:  Martha Stewart Small Hydrangea Punch, Martha Stewart Deep Edge Iron Fence Punch,Twine, and Pearls, designer paper of choice, black and green cardstock.

 

Thank you for popping in to see me today.  I can't wait to hear what you think lies beyond the door.  Have a great day!
 

Heartfelt Creations Door To My Heart Hanging

 Ok, so I was in my craft room Saturday afternoon thinking about this Sentiment I was about to use for this creation.  The Door of My Heart" was the inspiration for the results.  This is not what I had intended-it was suppose to be a card!!!  lol  But as I was pulling out punches and die cuts this took on a life of it's own and became a wall hanging, I kid you not!!! hahahaha

 How could I not use this beautiful Martha Stewart deep Heart Scroll Punch with the Heartfelt Creations Chateau Gate.  And while I was playing with the heart, I noticed how beautifully the decorative piece from the Decorative Butterfly/Border looked under the heart-just like it was made to accent the heart.

 This was the first time I opened up that Victorian Velvet Distress Ink that I got for Christmas.  Boy is that ever a beautiful color.  Be sure to check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog for the full details on how to create one of these.  Thanks for stopping by!

Products used:
HCPC 3444 Scenic Vista PreCut Set
HCPC 3449 Door To My Heart PreCut Set
HCD 718 Decorative Chateau Gate
HCD 702 Decorative Butterfly/Border

Product ID: 354823 Classic Scallop Heart Nestabilities    
Product ID: 354803 Scallop Oval Large Nestabilities

Other:  Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch Scroll Heart.  Pearls, Victoria Velvet Distress, Embossing folder of your choice, ribbon, white cardstock,

 
 Challenges Entered
Cooking It Up With Katie- Punch Me an Embossed Heart
Crafts and Me Challenge  -  Pink and Sparkly
Creative Belli Challenge  -  Frames
Decorate to Celebrate  -  Valentines Day Party
Inky Impressions  -  Heart You
The Paper Shelter  -  Pearls and Swirls
Simon Says  -  Anything Goes
Whimsical Designs  -  Love Is In the Air-Home Deco Project
Whimsy Stamps  -  Pearls or Bling
Anything Goes Challenge  -  To the One I Love
Crafty Bloggers Network  -  Distressing
Cupcake Craft  -  All You Need is Love
Get Hippity with Ippity -  Heart Inspiration
Incy Wincy  -  Anything But a Card
Paper Creations Ink  -  Love and Romance
Paper Pretties  -  Create a Valentine's Day Project

Heartfelt Creations-Telescoping Hideaway

 

 Do you know what day it is?  It's Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, my favorite day of the week!  This week I want to show you a new technique I found at SCS called Telescoping Image.  I didn't do mine exactly like the way the challenge directions were-but I love the results.

 

 So I put a little spin on this.  It seems I purchase a Krylon Pale Gold leafing pen back in September of 2011 at the Creative Keepsake convention and haven't use it.  I was going to use the pen to run along the edges of my acrylic albums.  So I had the idea to run that Krylon pen around each spellbinders die cut in the telescoping image.

 

Here is a close up what it looks like.  So I carried it a bit further and ran that pen along every edge of every piece of paper that was placed on this card.  The die cuts, the flowers, the punches, the design paper.  I loved the result.  So what do you think?  Is this something you would do on your cards?   Be sure to check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see my Design Team Sister's Beautiful Creations.

Here is the list of supplies I used:

HCPC 3445 Mystic Hideaway PreCut Set

HCPC 3392 Bella Rose House PreCut Set
HCPC 3449 Door To My Heart PreCut Set

Product ID:  472186 Rose Creations Shapeabilities
Product ID:  415217 Fancy Tags Nestabilities
Product ID:  354806 Standard Circle Large
Product ID:  472123 Foliage Shapeabilities  

Other:  Spellbinders Beaded Circles Nestabilities,  Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page French Scroll and Deep Edge Punch Garden Gate.  Pearls, Crystal Stickles, corsage pins, Victorian Velvet Distress ink, ribbon, Krylon Pale Gold Leafing Pen, White Cardstock, designer paper, and coloring implements of your choice.3

 

Challenges Entered

Die Cutting Divas - Buttons, Bows, and/or Bling

My Time to Craft  -  Use Your Favorite Embellishment(Sheer Bows is my Favorite)

The Stamping Boutique  -  Die Cuts

Critter Sketch Challenge  -  Use 3 Embellishments

Sew Many Cards  -  Circles

Craft A Scene  -  Anything Goes (with a scene)

One Stitch At A Time -  Round and Round

Sentimental Sundays  -  Die Cuts
The Craft Place  -  No Place Like Home
The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan  -  Punches/Die

 

 Here is a sneak peek of tomorrows post-be sure to come back to see this Valentine Wall Hanging.

Fred She Said Hydrangea Vase

 Hey everyone.  I am back again this week with another creation.  Usually I have a hard time getting anything done during the week.  When I come home from work after doing chores most times I am just too tired to create.  But I have been having coffee in the afternoon around 3ish or so and I come home not so tired....lol

This creation was made with the Fred She Said Hydrangea Bouquet found here.  Is this not purdy!!!  I used the Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch and punched all the little flowers.  The Hydrangea punch that I used is the one with the two tiny flowers and one medium.  So I punched a bunch of these and distress inked them with spun sugar first and then worn lipstick over that.  I left some white spaces  even on the flowers.  Then I glued them on the bouquet.

 See how dimensional it looks.  I took some crystal stickles and ran it over the petals.  The butterflies are Martha Stewart and I double layered them and distressed them to match the flowers and of course used more stickles.   I also used crystal effects on the vase.  It doesn't show in the picture but it makes it look like glass.

The Martha Stewart punch around the page is called Cherry Blossom.  I have also used cuttlebug vintage corners, a cuttlebug embossing folder and spellbinders die.  The Lacey die cut on the top and bottom framing the vase is from heartfelt creations.   Hope you like this creation.  I am working with some more Fred sometime soon.  I got more stuff floating around by head!!!  Thanks for looking!!!

Challenges Entered
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days  -  Ribbons and Bows
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards  -  Glitter Latte
Clearly Inspired Challenge  - Pastels
4 Crafty Chicks  -  Summer in January
Colour Create Challenge  -  Pink and Green with the option of make your own flowers
CropStop  -  Vintage, Distressed, or Shabby Chic
PaperCrafting Journey  -  Floral