Horray for About Art Accents

Today is my first day on a new journey with About Art Accents Annette has given me a wonderful opportunity to be on her Design Team and I received my first package of goodies from her last night. Let me tell you all, that these Stamp Plates are ABSOLUTELY TO DIE FOR!!! Great Rubber, deeply etched and the images are truly beautiful. For my first project I just had to do a Fairy card using Plate 145-Fairy Girls III. These images are so whimsical and really gave me some mojo. I decided to use a magical combination when it comes to color, so focused on purples and greens. Out came my watercolor pencils for the very first time, to color this masked beauty. I then used a blender pen to give the coloring a lift. This card was an absolute joy to create and I can't wait to use more of these awesome stamps from Annette. If you love mystical, asian, animal, and great sentiment stamps, Go take a gander over to About Art Accents. Let Annette know that I sent ya.


Supplies:
stamps: About Art Accents- Masked Fairy Girl and Friends Sentiment
Spellbinders: Circles and scalloped circles.
Paper: Card stock- Elegant Eggplant, Sage Shadow. scraps
Accessories: Cream Satin Ribbon, sage satin ribbon, pearl accents
Coloring agents: Nick Bantock Damson Plum, Watercolor pencils, black diamond stickles, Coffee Shimmerz
Tools: Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder, corner rounder, heidi swapp distress tool.

Thanks for sharing this great day with me
Happy Crafting

Card Patterns Challenge

Hi Everyone, Hope you had a fantastic Tuesday. Today is the first day of the new Pez-A-Doodle Design Team, so make sure you go check out their blogs.

I thought I would use some refreshing colors for this card, and one of my growing favorite color combos is turquoise and light green with a hint of black. This card was super simple to create and I hope you take a stab at the sketch too. You can find the sketch at Card Patterns

I tried something a little new to me with this card and I think the technique is called Popping Pastels. It is where you use versamark then chalk the stamped image to give a real soft look. I think I quite like this technique and am going to try it again and again.


Supplies:
stamps: JustRite Harmony Classic Circle II Stamp Ensemble 2 5/16, Innovative Stamp Creations- Fancy Designs Flourish
Spellbinders: Circles and scalloped circles.
Paper: Card stock- Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise. DCWV All Dressed Up Matte Papers
Accessories: black, brushed nickle and silver snaps.
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Teal Glaze Pen, Pastel and Black Chalk


Thanks so much for stopping by
Happy Crafting

Color Create Challenge and 365Cards Sunday Sketch

Today I made a birthday card for a 1 year old for the Color Create challenge of lilac and blue. A little different, but quite cute. I wanted to base the card on the "superstar" theme and this is what came out of my craft room The 365 Cards Sketch was what I decided to use for the layout, and was quite fun. I don't usually use a lot of circles, so this one made up for that. All the Grunge board was distressed then painted with Snow Cap Paint Dabber. Then I stamped bits of the flourish image onto each piece. Remember to use supplies that you would usually think of, like these little mirrors. You may be surprised at the outcome.


Supplies:
stamps: Autumn Leaves-Flourishes II, Hampton Arts-Star
Spellbinders: Circles Large and Small
Paper: Card stock- Lovely Lilac, Brilliant Blue. unknown star and marble design paper
Accessories: Ivory Satin Ribbon, SU birthday rub-on, Small circle mirrors, Tim Holtz Elements and Nature Grunge board (available at Pez-A-Doodle).
Inks: Nick Bantock Prussian Blue, Versamark, Blue Glaze Pen, Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabber-Snow Cap (available at Pez-A-Doodle)

Thanks for stopping by and
Happy Crafting

A little outside of my comfort zone!

Here is a different card for you all today. I decided to go hard or go home, and am still wondering if I should have gone home lol. This card was based on a previous CPS sketch challenge with a few changes along the way. The card itself is Very Vanilla that I stamped with versamark and embossed. Then sprayed the entire card with Tiger Lily Glimmer Mist to creat my own little piece of design paper heaven. So far so good. Added some flourishes on the black label 1 CS, and the ribbon. Now this is where I banged my head against the desk for a bit. I made the large flourish myself from an old waffle box and painted it with Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap (which you can purchase over at Pez-A-Doodles), then adhered a green, orange and black mix of sequins. I've never used sequins in a project ACK!!! The center flower is stamped, cut out and glimmer misted 4 times to give it stiffness and a super copper finish.
Hope this card is enjoyed by you all, it was a daunting one for me to create. But if I am not willing to step outside my comfort zone, I'll become...boring *snort*




Supplies:
stamps: Autumn Leaves-Flourishes II, Innovative Stamp Creations-Fancy Designs
Spellbinders: Labels 1 Nestabilities size 3 & 6
Paper: Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Accessories: Moss Green Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Satin Ribbon, SU thank you rub-on, Assorted sequins, dragonfly brad, green jewel brad, black Prima flower, Tim Holtz Nature flower Grungeboard (available at Pez-A-Doodles).
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark Dazzle Champagne, Opaque White Glaze Pen, Glimmer Mist Tiger Lily, Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabber-Snow Cap
Embossing Powder: Ranger White

Happy Crafting