A tag for ya and some WINNERS!!!

A few days ago, I had a little candy for anyone that left a comment about the 80s and its fashion.

I'm feeling generous so I picked 3 winners

Karen Narelle
Kristin
and Penny Kitz.

Please send me your information via my email address and I'll send out a little package of goodies to you.

Next I've got a tag to share with you. There is a wonderfully talented lady out there, that inspires me on a daily basis with her artwork. If you have never hopped over the Jean Franks Beck's Blog Bluebird Paperie, you've just gotta check it out. Jean uses the most beautiful stamps and she is the queen of ink I think. I decided to try my hand at a vintage tag. (thanks so much Jean)

I got these great journaling tags to try out from Debby of HeArt of Scrapbooking, and I'm absolutely loving them.

Here is my tag. I used one of the transparency tags and adhered it by using V2 Vellum Adhesive from Helmar. If you love using transparencies and acrylic, this is the glue for you!!!

Hope you love it.

The paper on the tag, is from the new Parisian Anthology line from Pink Paislee. Can you say DELISH!!! I can't wait to ink this stuff up with some Glimmer Mist. Also, the ribbon is a pink wrinkle ribbon available at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Really Reasonable Ribbon is having a blog hop on the 13th, and there are tonnes of candy prizes along the way, including a big one here. So make sure you mark you calendars and stop by.

Toodles

First-Ever Gingersnap Creations Blog Hop

Welcome to the first-ever Gingersnap Creations Blog Hop and Hop Stop #4!

If you’ve already been hopping then hopefully you have just come from Debby at Debby's Stuff. If you are starting here, welcome! It's a loop so you can start anywhere along the way!

At each stop, you need to collect a word! There are 10 stops in all starting and ending with the Gingersnap Creations blog where you can get all the specific information and get a peak at the Christmas 2009 plate from Hearts in Touch.


When you get all your words, 9 in all, unscramble them to form an art quote. Once you have your guess at the quote, email it and your name to gingersnapstamp@gmail.com by December 13, 2009. We will be picking one lucky winner at random from the correct entries to win the Hearts in Touch Christmas 2009 plate!

Here is the card I created with one of my favorite Hearts in Touch Stamps to date. This Angel is absolutely stunning and I love how she stamps.

Not your traditional Christmas colors but I love how it turned out


My word is "a".
Your next stop on the hop is Hels at Ink on My Fingers. Good luck!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Leave a comment to be entered to win a RAK. Perhaps a stamp or two from my Hearts in Touch Stash.


Supplies
Cardstock: Paper Temptress
Patterned Paper: Prima, Basic Grey
Pearls: Prima, Basic Grey
Grungeboard: Tim Holtz
Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels
Distress Stickles: Tim Holtz
Liquid Pearls: Ranger
Metal Tag: SEI
Stamp: Hearts in Touch
Ink: Versafine
Pen: Sakura Glaze

4 in 1 combo card

Holy Doodles, I've crammed 4 challenges into this card for you today. It really can be done. First this is this weeks CPS sketch challenge. I used the Color Create Cream, Chocolate and Red challenge for this week, added in The Pink Elephant circles and scallops challenge and topped it off with the Studio G #7 paper piecing. so here it goes Everyone... I have wanted to do a cupcake card for a while now, but the thought was adding on pounds, so i bit the bullet and took one for the team lol. With this card i used some great lace ribbon that I've had and just didn't know what to use it for. And I used some fabric paint to give the icing some real dimension. I added some glitter to the wet fabric paint for a little extra sprinkle and the small cupcakes on the bottom of the card are all paper pieced, iced, and glued onto painted grunge circles. (I added some glitter to these before they dried too)

Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dot Pie-Chocolate Treats 1, Studio G cupcakes quad.
Diecuts- Spellbinder classic and scallop circle
Paper: Card stock- Very Vanilla (SU), Bittersweet collection (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Lace Ribbon, red glitter, fabric paint, Basic Shapes Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
Coloring agents: Versafine Onyx Black, vintage photo distress ink (Ranger), Christmas red ink (colorbox), Le Plume markers, Red Pepper paint dabber (adirondack)
Tools: Scor-pal, Purple Cows 2-in-1 trimmer, postage stamp punch, corner round punch, small tipped paint brush.

Hope you enjoyed todays card. Try mixing challenges up to push your creativity into overdrive!!!
Happy Crafting

CPS Challenge 111

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are having a wonderful Friday.  Don't forget to scroll down and enter the blog candy giveaway. Today I'm going to share with you a card I made for this weeks CPS challenge. I also did the Color Challenge over at Stamp TV with this as well (orange and yellow with red option).  For this card I did a few really cool techniques.

The first being the Emboss resist of those butterflies. I think I'm on a butterfly kick, so bare with me lol.

The card stock for the butterfly image is White PTI. I embossed the images with clear Embossing powder, then went on to make the background paper. Using the Desert Heat Kaleidacolor ink pad I sponged the different colors minus the red all over the image and surrounding card stock. Then I used a background stamp (stamping off once) with Versafine Onyx black ink in a very random pattern. The image was covered in ink, so I rubbed over the image with a paper towel and MAGIC happened. Try this technique, and you will love it. There is a great video tutorial over at Stamp TV.

Then there is this little grungeboard flower that I absolutely love. The grunge is from Tim Holtz Nature series. Firstly I painted the entire flower with Pumpkin Shimmerz and let that dry after 2 coats. Then I used a Unity Stamp from my March KOTM (topiary) to give a design on the flower. Taking an orange and yellow marker, I dabbed randomly over the entire image and sealed it with Glossy Accents and added a wee dot of Black Diamond Stickles to the center. After she dried I was pleasantly WOWED!!!


 I so hope you enjoyed your stop today here at Ink Cut and Fold. Always a pleasure to have you and thanks for the amazing support.

Supplies:
stamps:  About Art Accents-Paper Cut Butterflies plate, Unity March KOTM Topiary,
Paper: Card stock- PTI White, SU Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey Ambrosia-Orange Smoothie, scrap orange and yellow stripe DP.
Accessories: Orange satin/shear ribbon, Tim Holtz Grunge board-Nature flower, Making Memories Spellbound-chipboard sticker letters. Black Diamond Stickles, red lizard print photo corner, Ranger EP
Coloring agents: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Kaleidacolor-Desert Heat, Le Plume Markers, Pumpkin Shimmerz

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

It's been a while

Hi Everyone and happy Tuesday. Things have been a little busy around here the last few days, but I've got a really great card to share with you. For this card i combined 2 challenges. This weeks Card Pattern Challenge and the Color Create challenge using Green and Red.I thought I would take a shot at an Asian inspired theme so here is the sketch...
I started out with Garden Green, Sahara Sand and a really pretty deep red CS. Also adding in a patterned Matte from the Far East DCWV Matte Stack. I also used an Asian print red paper on the layers. The Oval and diamond shape are from the nesties Labels1 and Ovals sets. I love the nesties and think I need to get a few of the new releases.
The image of the Dragon is one of my favorites, but unfortunately I don't have a brand to share. I got it on Ebay. Using Le Plume markers, and some glaze pens as well as a green shimmer pen, I colored the image in. Then ink distressed the edges with Nick Bantock Ink in Vermillion Lacquer.
I added a moss green satin ribbon through the labels die cut, then added the Dragon image with dimensionals. I used 2 colors of cord: Black and Moss Green, applied them with adhesive. Then I used a few pieces of Tim Holtz Grunge Board that I painted with Red Adirondack Dabber. To finish off the corner, I added an Asian coin on top. The Sentiment is from Third Coast Stamps using Onyx Black Versamark and again distressing the piece of CS with the Vermillion Lacquer.
I really hope you like the card. I love creating with Asian influence and this card was no exception.

Thanks for stopping by and
Happy Crafting