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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Easy Rose Tutorial

Hello.


Here's an easy way to make your own paper roses like the ones on the card below--originally posted HERE.   (Jane has asked me to show her how, so Jane, this is for you!  Sorry it took me this long to getting this tutorial done.)


Supplies required:
- flower die or punch with 5-rounded petals

There are many available dies and punches, here are a few selections and as you can see, the resulting flowers are very similar:  

using Cheery Lynn Designs B155 Large Rose Die

using Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations HCD-701 Posy Patch Die

using EK Success large Retro Flower punch

- white cardstock--I used American Crafts 80 lb. (216gr./m²) 
- Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad (any colour) and dauber/dabber
- spray bottle filled with tap water
- stylus and molding mat
- glue


Instructions:

Step 1
Punch or diecut flowers.  You need 4 (of the same size) to make one rose.

Step 2
Apply ink to the centres of each flower as shown.

Step 3
Spray a light mist--just enough water to dampen the paper to make the ink spread.  If too wet, just let dry a bit.

Step 4
Place the flowers on a molding mat--if you don't have one, you can use a rubber mouse pad.
Curl up each petal using a stylus (with a medium-size ball)--one flower with the inked-side down (this is for the centre bud) and the other 3 flowers with the inked-side up as shown.

Step 5
Cup the flowers to form different degrees of tightness/openness as shown.  Let completely dry.  When dry the flowers will be stiff.

Step 6
Take the flower with the ink on the outside and apply glue to all 5 petals.

Step 7
Bring the petals together to form a bud a shown.  Hold together until the glue holds.

Step 8
Apply glue to the centres of the other 3 flowers.

Step 9
Layer the 3 flowers off-setting the petals, then place the bud in the centre.





There you go!  Have fun creating your own roses.



And I've done a video tutorial too!



Thursday, December 18, 2014

Season's Greetings

Hello.

Here's my latest Christmas card.


I did this one just for one.  I wanted to do a Zentangle and tangle those trees.  Do you recognize them?  The image is a stamped image--from one of my favorite Magnolia background stamps.


The names of the stamps I've used are:
Winter Forest all the way back from the Santa Collection 2008.
- Mini Tilda in Cozy Coat from the newly-released Waiting For Christmas Collection 2014

Ughh..I did such a crappy job with the third tree--I'm really really not happy with it!  I'll have to try another pattern next time.
Colouring was done with Letraset markers--colours listed at end of posting.

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee StampsWild Rose StudiosSaturated Canary and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory BoxPoppyStampsMagnolia DoohickeyWild Rose Studio.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.

This is how I've decorated the inside of my card.


Did a bit more tangling.  I need more practice!


Challenges for this project:
Not Just Cards Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Perfectly Rustics Challenge #38 - Tree
Love to Create Challenge #146 - Create A Scene
Love To Scrap! Challenge #44 - When Nature Calls!
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #63 - Anything Goes
Come and Get It Challenge - Merry Christmas
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #108 - Christmas
Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #250 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #60 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  Pink Paislee Noel paper pad 
Dies:  Spellbinders Petite Ovals; Sizzix Tim Holtz Festive Greenery 
Punches:  One-hole hand punch    
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbon and pearls from my stash; Sakura Pigma Micron pen 01  

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla--for the cheeks:  oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots:  burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone
- red-brown shades:  burnt umber, coral, mango, peach
- green shades:  apple cider, 617-T, meadow green
- gold/yellow shades:   burnt sienna, mustard, pastel yellow
- white shading:  warm gray 5-T, cool gray 4-T, cool gray 1-T
- dotted background:  tea green, 5527-T  



Friday, December 12, 2014

Have A Very Very Merry Christmas

Hello.  Happy Friday.  Christmas is less than 2 weeks away...yikes, it's coming up fast!
Here's a Christmas card that I've just finished...


I love the shape of the Go Kreate die that I used for this card--it's one of my favorites.
And I've actually made this into an easel card.



I'm featuring this adorable image designed by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps...


and she is called 'Berry.'

I've coloured the image with Letraset Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Pantone Trias--colours used are listed below.
Hellebores Flower tutorial you can find HERE, although my flowers on this card are of a smaller version.
Pinecone tutorial you can find HERE.


Challenges for this card:
Passion for Promarkers Week 277 - Mega Christmas Challenge Bingo (diecut-free-glitter, punches-glitter-bloom)
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round December Challenge - Anything But A Square/Rectangle
Emerald Faeries Challenge #62 - Christmas Red and Green
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 162 - Red and Green (dies used: B148 Holly Flourish, B146 Pine Branches and B119 Tropical Leaves)
Come and Get It Challenges - Merry Christmas
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas Challenge
Creative Moments Challenge #57 - Anything Goes/Winter
Inspiration Destination Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #60 - Anything Goes
Creative Romance Last Challenge Ever - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #100 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy today and have a wonderful weekend!


Materials and Tools Used
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  American Crafts Jolly paper pad
Dies:  Go Kreate XXL Frames Frilly #5; Lifestyle Crafts/Quick Cutz Nesting Circles; Cheery Lynn B148 Holly Flourish, B146 Pine Branches and B119 Tropical Leaves; Magnolia Doohickey Poinsettia; Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles (for the pinecones) 
Punches:  EK Success small Leaf; Carla Crafts small Cosmos; Fiskars Celestial 3-in-1 corner punch; Michaels mini sun 
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain, Jewels Glitter Ritz micro-fine glitter gold; pearls from my stash

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils to help with the shading
- face and skin:  blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots:  umber, cinnamon, tan
- red shades:  burgundy, crimson, antique pink, cocktail pink
- green shades:  pine, forest green, 370-T, leaf green
- kitten:  caramel, sandstone, satin
- white shading:  warm gray 5-T, cool gray 4-T, cool gray 1-T
- dotted background:  grey green, 5507-T, tea green, 5527-T

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Baby, It's Cold Outside! - Magnolia-licious 'Anything Goes'

Hello.

We're in our last challenge for the year 2014 at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  It's an 'Anything Goes' challenge and you have plenty of time to join us as we're leaving this open until the new year.

This is what I came up with.  It is a gate-fold card, a window card, a frame card and also a shaker card...yikes, all in one.


The card front shows the window and gate-fold feature of the card.




This middle section inside the card shows the frame and shaker features.  For the snow on the ground, I used white micro-beads that I've placed inside the frame and enclosed them with a piece of acetate sheet.


This angle shot shows the 3-dimensional look of the winter scene.


Close-ups of the Magnolia images I am featuring:


Tilda With Apple Wreath from the Waiting For Christmas Collection 2014


Tilda with Lovikka Mittens from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012


It's Cold Outside Tilda from the Waiting For Christmas Collection 2014

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee StampsWild Rose StudiosSaturated Canary and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory BoxPoppyStampsMagnolia DoohickeyWild Rose Studio.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.


Come and join our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and you will have a chance to win a Special Surprise from the Magnolia-licious store when you follow the rules and theme of our challenge.


For your chance to win a "Leave A Comment" Surprise Package Prize from Magnolia-licious, there is a weekly random draw.  All you have to do is leave a comment--the more you comment the greater your chances.
- comment on any or all the postings on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog
- comments on related postings on the DT gals' blogs for that week



Challenges for this card:
Milk Coffee Challenge - Lots of embellishments
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #123 - Holiday
Divas By Design - Jingle Bells
Creative Fingers Challenge #58 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge #122 - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Challenge Week 48 - Nordic Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Let it snow!
Magnolia-Mania Challenge #102 - Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge #15 - Winter Wonderland
ABC Challenges - Y is for Yuletide

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used
Sentiments:  Computer generated
Designer Papers:  Recollections Botanica Noel, Botanical Noel and Starry Night paper pads  
Dies:  Magnolia Doohickey Old Swedish Lace; Poppystamps 816 Small Madison Window and 827 Picket Fence; Memory Box 98239 Country Landscape and 98753 Exquisite Coral; Dee's Distinctively IME-026 Small Snow Covered Stacker Tree and IME-027 Large Snow Covered Stacker Tree 
Punches:  Martha Stewart Pine Branch, Holly and Aspen Snowflake; EK Success Snowflake 
Miscellaneous:  Recollections micro-beads; Jewel Glitter Ritz micro-fine glitter white; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Weathered Wood; metal bells that came with Lindt chocolates; gesso, twines, jewelry spacers and acetate sheet from my stash
Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils