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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Altenew December 2018 Artist Markers Set E + Scrapbook Embellishments Release Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends,

I'm super excited to join the Altenew December 2018 Artist Markers Set E + Scrapbook Embellishments Release blog hop! You should have arrived here from the Altenew Scrapbook Blog!

When I saw the products in this release for the first time I wanted to do a happy dance, because you guys, ENAMEL DOTS!!! They are my all time favorite embellishments and I especially love the ones where you have one color in different shades in a pack! And that's exactly what Altenew did here. They are even matching their ink colors! I die.

So most of all, I wanted to create something colorful! I also wanted to use the new Artist Markers Primary Colors set because it's so fun and full of color and life!

I went with some of my favorite stamp sets: Leaf Canopy and Ditsy Prints. Both are perfect for some simple, flat coloring as they are small images. First I created two A2 size top folding card bases. I then started stamping onto an A2 size white card stock panel. I used black ink to stamp my main images and light gray ink to stamp some of the solid images in the background. I stamped my sentiment in black too. I then quickly colored in the leaves. I decided to add some pencil details to them too. To embellish my card I used a few enamel dots in different colors.

On my second card I did pretty much the same thing, but here I used a few shades of gray ink for the background pattern, since this is a layering stamp set. For my focal image I used black ink, the Artist Markers and some color pencils. This time I white embossed my sentiment on a wide strip of black card stock. Notice that I totally messed up the stamping at the bottom, but by then most of the card was already ready and I didn't want to waste it...This wide sentiment covers up some of it and distracts from my mistake. That's what I'm telling myself anyway hehe! A bunch of beautiful enamel dots finish off this card too.

On my third card I used another scrapbook embellishment, namely a wood veneer word. I embossed LOVE with the gorgeous Razzleberry crisp embossing powder; I added two layers for a better coverage.

I cut a piece of patterned paper (from the Reflection kit), slightly smaller than my A2 size card base. Using the Leaf Canopy stamp set, I embossed this patterned paper with the same Razzleberry crisp embossing powder. I love the monochromatic look! I wrapped some mauve/gold twine around this panel and using foam sheets, I mounted it on my card base. I glued down the wood veneer and added some light pink enamel dots, done!

And now...Giveaways, yay! Read on to find out how you can win! Good Luck!

Prizes:

1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook blog by 12/12/2018 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on Sunday, December 16th, 2018!

2. I will also draw a winner to receive a $30 gift certificate! I will announce the winner on 12/12/2018. Comment away!!!

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GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!

Thank you all for your sweet comments! I apologize for not answering all, I'm only able to answer from my phone and it takes ages. For some reason answering from my PC hasn't worked for months and I can't figure out why :(. I'm really sorry!

My winner is Martha (comment on Dec 7)! Congratulations!!! Please contact me at mzs6666@googlemail.com so I can tell you how to pick up your prize! XXX

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Your next stop is Virginia Lu's blog.

Enjoy!

X

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Oh silver! - DT project for WOW! Embossing Powder

Hey guys,

I'm sharing two cards with you today that I've created for WOW! Embossing Powder. Our theme this month is Silver/Gold and I've created two cards with gold powders for our Facebook challenge so I've decided I'd challenge myself and make silver ones for this blog post!

Also, I really don't like silver! Not sure why, I used to like it as a teenager, in fact I hated gold. But for the past 20 or so years I've sided with gold. I think silver is just too cold for me. Anyway, lie I said, I challenged myself and used it anyway! Here's how the cards turned out:

I buy stamps/dies every month, I can't help it. But I haven't had time to use all of them for the past couple of months, so I try to at least use them for my WOW assignments because other than the embossing powders, I can really use whatever supplies I want, and I love that freedom! So I've combined a few new favorites with some old ones on these cards!

First of all, I've used the Metallic Silver (WC05) embossing powder on both cards. I stamped a bunch of plaid backgrounds using the new Jumbo Plaid Background stamp from The Stamp Market. I created two A2 size top folding card bases and added a plaid panel to both, one in light pink, the other in black and white. For the light pink I die cut a bigger pink circle, a smaller white circle and a black and white plaid circle frame. I embossed my sentiment in silver on the white circle. This sentiment is in the Concord and 9th Very Merry Sentiments stamp set. I also embossed a piece of white card stock in silver. I die cut some small poinsettias using the 3D Poinsettia Dies from The Stamp Market and created 3 flowers. I then assembled my card: I adhered the pink circle to the card front, glued the white circle and the plaid frame on another white circle and using foam tape, I place d this over the pink circle (and some tangled silver thread). I attached my flowers and last but not least I embellished them with beautiful pink crystals.

For my next card I embossed the big Merry & Bright sentiment from the Concord and 9th Ornamental stamp set (stamp and die bundle is also available) on white card stock. I then used the Scallop Border Dies from The Stamp Market to trim of the top and the bottom of this piece. I had some of these pink scallop borders left from a previous project so I was happy to not waste them and added them here under the white card stock.

I glued these panels down onto my card front and embellished the card with pink poinsettias (same as the silver ones), some silver embossed leaves (part of the C&9 Ornamental stamp set) and silver enamel dots.

I actually quite like this color combo ha! All in all I like to challenge myself to try different things at times that I would dismiss otherwise. Who knows, I might even discover new favorites!

I hope you enjoyed this post and I could inspire you in one way or another!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a lovely day!

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Oh My Stars! - Layout inspiration for Pinkfresh Studio

Hi there crafty friends,

I'm back today with some new Christmas layout ideas that I've created for Pinkfresh Studio. I've used the latest Christmas collection, Holiday Vibes, on both of these layouts.

The night before I started working on these pages, an idea came to me, what if I draw a pie chart on my background, then cut it open and fold it back. Would it look like a star? I imagined it would but I wasn't sure. With a heavy heart I cut into the Merry Christmas patterned paper, not knowing what to expect, and this particular paper being the last one I had.

Gosh, I almost cried. I backed the opening with gold glitter paper and put the page aside. I had no idea what to do with it. I wasn't planning on putting my photo inside the star, but I didn't place it well and when I tried photos anywhere else on the page, they just didn't look right. I don't have many winter photos left that I didn't scrap and none of them worked in a pentagon shape. So ugggh. I started working on my second layout instead and came back to this the next day.

I was determined to make it work, I have never once before thrown away a layout. I found a photo I had already printed out, it's totally blurry but I loved this moment and I still remember it so clearly! So I decided to use it anyway. I cut it into a pentagon shape and cut a slightly bigger pentagon from white card stock so it looks like my photo has a white border. I glued these down.

I then took all the snowflakes/stars I found and placed them on the layout. I also fussy cut the Let It Snow paper in both 12x12 and 6x6 sizes to have more snowflakes in different sizes. I arranged them on my page and glued them down. I used liquid glue for some and pop dots for others to add interest. I embellished the layout with some puffy stickers, a tag and enamel dots. I glued down my title and added my journaling and date. To finish off this page I splattered some gold ink here and there. I'm still not in love with this page but I think I managed to save it, phew.

I've been wanting to do layered stars on a page for a million years but never got around to it - so I was determined to do it now! I die cut a bunch of stars from various patterned papers (Magical Forest, A Christmas Cheer, Very Merry, Home for the Holidays, Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings) in different sizes and layered them up. Then I stitched them down in the middle and folded up their sides.

Now I had the same problem as before, finding a photo that I can actually cut into a star shape...This is the part I don't enjoy, I think this is why I've been making more cards lately - going through photos. It often takes hours...So when I finally did find a photo, I cropped it in Photoshop and printed it out.

I played around with arrangements and settled on this one. I glued down the stars and added some red twine to each of them so that they look like they are hanging. I also made some bows from the same twine.

I scattered some wooden buttons around the page, added some chipboards, my title and journaling, and last but not least, some gold ink splatters. Done!

That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you in one way or another!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!