PaperFections

Tin Pins

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I'm sharing these two cards made with Darcie's Heart & Home Tin Pins: I hope you'll join me there, to find out all about these sweet little dimensional tin embellishments and their coordinating Copic color matches! Hugs & Happy Christmas Eve Eve! :) Read more →

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2016 & A BIG Giveaway!

It's that time of year again -- Always my favorite post/project! Head over to Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom today, to find all the instructions on how I created this year's tag! Leave a comment on that blog post, to be entered into the drawing for a $25 gift code to Ellen's store! AND create your own tag with mine or any of the other 11 challenge themes (posted daily from the 1st to the 12th), to be entered into the grand prize drawing for a $150 gift code to the store -- Read about that opportunity HERE!! Also . . . On the 12th Day of Christmas Stamp-n-Storage Gave to Me . . . 'Tis the holiday season and Stamp-n-Storage wants to show their appreciation to customers in a special way, so they've planned 12 days of FREE GIFTS! Starting Monday, December 12, they will be giving away one Stamp-n-Storage product each day on their Facebook page!! You may recall Stamp-n-Storage makes the ink pad, marker, and refill combo holders I love and use (4 holders are shown below): Check their Facebook page next week to see what all they will be giving away! Read more →

Felt Stocking

Happy hump day! Is everyone ready for December? Our stockings are finally hung by the chimney with care and this one is filled with lots of goodies already! Isn't this Pink Ink Stamp Company Felt Stocking the sweetest?!! All of the fine details just amaze me and they really pop when gold heat embossed! (Click on any photo for a larger view. Bold products are linked below in the supply section). I stamped and gold heat embossed the stocking onto white pearl shimmering cardstock, then colored it with Copic markers R20-22-24, YG25-17, B21-23-24, E42-43, C0-1. Next, I hand trimmed the image. To create the background, I airbrushed Copic Y17 onto the center of an Inchie Arts 4-inch White Art Square. Then I gold heat embossed the adorable Heartfelt Holiday sentiment Time to get your sparkle on!! :) To finish this art piece, I adhered X-Press It's 6mm (1/4-inch) blue Glitter Deco Tape around the edges. I love all the pretty metallic sparkle this tape has, but yet it is thin (not bulky) and silky smooth . . . and the glitter doesn't rub or flake off! It is also repositionable, so if you make a mistake applying it, just lift... Read more →

Foiled Holidays

Are you in full Christmas decorating mode like I have been the past few weeks? I always love getting out the ornaments and fondly remembering holidays past with each one of them! That was my inspiration for this card: (Click on any photo for a larger view. Bold products are linked below in the supply section). These beautiful Ornamental stamps and coordinating dies are from Taylored Expressions. I stamped and heat embossed them with a combination of two silver (left and right) and one gold embossed ornament (center). The ornaments were stamped onto pretty pearl shimmer cardstock, then colored with these Copic markers: Gold and Silver Atyou Spica Glitter pens were used to color each of the ornament caps and some of the stripes. The pretty Spica glitter is a nice compliment to the metallic embossing powders and give a wonderful sparkle. For the ornament "strings" I used some pretty new X-Press It Foil Deco Tapes (gold and silver) out of this 10-pack of beautiful colors (the unique reusable packaging allows the tape to be stored neatly on the card and is easily accessed from the top tab): The tapes are 1/4-inch (6mm) wide but I wanted thinner pieces to... Read more →

Light up Rudolph Art!

I had too much fun this week, making this 4" x 6' framed light up art piece using new Essentials by Ellen Leaping Deer die and Season to Sparkle stamp and die sets, along with Chibitronics Chibi Lights! Head over to Ellen Hutson's the Classroom for all the details! Read more →

Framed Ice Skates

Hello, Friends! Today I have a wintery framed Christmas art piece to share with you, using Pink Ink Stamp Company's beautiful Pair of Ice Skates image: (Click on any photo for a larger view. Bold products are linked below in the supply section). I started by stamping the image onto a white Inchie Arts 4-inch Art Square with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Next, I colored the foliage with Copic YG61 and YG63. I used Copic’s NEW! Lavender Multiliners to color in the berries of the foliage. I like the fine point for coloring small spaces, and this Lavender color does not match any of Copic's blue-violet or violet marker colors, so the Multiliner gives you another color option in your BV and V color range! This new Lavender Multiliner is available in five different sizes: 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5. Here, I used 0.3 (fine) and 0.5 (bold): I like having an assortment of Multiliners on hand to add pattern, doodles or to fill in lines of a stamped image that may not have stamped 100%. I also used a Sepia Multiliner to color the branches of the foliage (shown below), as well as the soles of the ice skates.... Read more →

Essentials by Ellen Early Holiday 2016

Hello, and welcome to the Holiday 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today, AND I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set, so please be sure to check out the giveaway details below! My first card uses the FUN new Antlers die (by Julie Ebersole), along with the new Holiday Words dies and Light Parade stamps and dies, to create this inlaid die cut card: (Click on any photo for a larger view. Bold products are linked below in the supply section). This card came together quickly by just die cutting the Holiday Words from watercolor paper, silver metallic cardstock, and Bazzill Peppermint cardstock. After splattering my Zig Gold Wink of Stella onto the watercolor background, I simply replaced the PEACE and LOVE die cut words into the background and secured them on the back side of the background with X-Press It Foam Tape. The background was attached with the foam tape to a gold metallic cardstock base, allowing the gold cardstock to show through the JOY word window. The Antlers were intertwined with gold heat embossed and die cut Light Parade... Read more →

Peace, Joy and Love

Wishing you all Peace, Joy and Love this Christmas Day! Today I'm over in The CLASSroom with this last Christmas card of the season ... I hope to see you there! Merry Christmas! Read more →

Roly Poly Christmas & Giveaway Winner!

Hi, Friends! With school being out soon for the holidays, I wanted to share a fun project that can be created with/by kiddos that I’m sure they will enjoy making (and keep them busy!). These coasters would make great teacher or hostess gifts, too! So get out your adorable Taylored Expressions Roly Poly dies and fabulous 100% Wool Felt and head over to the Taylored Expressions blog today for all the details and instructions on how to make them! AND, there's a giveaway there, so be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win! Also, here's the announcement for the winner of my Ellen Hutson LLC giveaway from this blog post: Random.org chose this winning comment number: Congratulations to #22 Karen Ladd, who said: 22 karenladd said... I love a lot of the same products as on your list, especially my Big Shot and Taylored Expressions products! My wish list includes the Misti, since I've been seeing so many wonderful video tutorials, and I always want new dies! I'd love to try out the Misti, too! ;-) I've sent you an email, Karen -- If you will respond with your mailing address, the warehouse will get your awesome... Read more →

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015

It's that time again ... my favorite post and project of the year! Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I'm sharing this holiday tag I made for my chosen theme of The Night Before Christmas for our 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist! The twist this year is that you get to see inspiration from a guest designer as well, and joining me today is the incredibly talented Jean Manis! Please be sure to head over to our post on the CLASSroom and leave a comment there for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to EllenHustonLLC.com! AND if you try your hand at making your own tag with any of the 12 chosen themes, link it up by Dec 16 and you'll be entered to win a $250 shopping spree! (Full details can be found here). Be sure to head over to the CLASSroom to get the full details on how I created my tag AND to see Jean's beautiful version! Read more →

Merry & Very Bright!

Taylored Expressions has some fantastic new 3”x4” Watercolor Panel packs, which are pre-printed with 12 different designs, ready for you to quickly color and add to any kind of papercrafting project! These fabulous panels combine two current hot trends: watercolor and adult coloring books! You can use any kind of coloring medium you’d like on these heavyweight textured watercolor paper panels, and I combined two different inks – Copic markers and Distress Ink! I hope you'll join me today over on the Taylored Expressions blog for all the details on how I created this Merry & Bright card, using one of these fun new watercolor panels! Read more →

Peace Joy Love

Thinking about it being time for Christmas decorations to go up is what inspired today's card: (All bold products are linked below in the supply section) These pretty Taylored Expressions Ornament Overlays were "hung" on the card with an awesome new Deco Tape from X-Press It (and your Copic distributor, Imagination International). The tapes come in either Paper or Glitter ... In honor of the holidays, I used Glitter, of course! :) The tapes are 6mm (or 1/4") inch wide. For the ornament hangers, I cut the silver tape in half. For the left side border of the card, I used a double row of the silver tape. Here are the 10 pretty colors you get in one package: Here's a little more about this awesome Glitter Deco Tape: 10 different glitter colors 7/16” (6mm) width Over 15 ft of tape on each role Flexible and tears easily by hand Reusable packaging stores tape neatly Peels off cleanly and does not leave sticky residue Personalize walls, windows, and accessories Narrow and flexible for precise application Fun, right?!! Think washi tape, in gorgeous glittery colors! The "glitter" does NOT come off, and the tape is surprisingly very soft and pliable, and... Read more →

Must be Santa!

Whether we are ready for it or not, Christmas is just around the corner! And with the stores already decked out in holiday cheer, I can't help but get in the Christmas spirit when I see all the pretty decorations! And now you will probably be humming this song, just like I was when creating this card! (All bold products are linked below in the supply section): Isn't this Pink Ink Must Be Santa image the sweetest?!! And with my rekindled love of watercolor, I couldn't wait to stamp it onto and an Inchie Arts 3-inch white Art Square and color it up! I black heat embossed the image and then used Peerless watercolors to color it. This was my first real use (other than testing) the Peerless and I LOVED them!! I used the the smallest Complete Edition set of 15 and it has a really good selection of colors for a beginner to try out -- just to see if you like them and/or they would make a great gift since there is a nice range of colors and at a good price point! The matboard Art Square holds up very nicely to watercolor -- no warping and... Read more →

Angel on High

Hi, Friends! Today I have stepped out details on how to watercolor Pink Ink’s beautiful new Angel on High #6108L. So let’s get started! 1. Stamp angel and sentiment with Versamark ink, then gold heat emboss. The embossing helps to keep the watercolor contained on finely detailed images! 2. Watercolor sky with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, using broad waterbrush. 3. Watercolor angel dress with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, using detailer waterbrush. 4. Add depth to folds of dress with darker Worn Lipstick Distress Marker; blend with waterbrush if needed. 5. Color skin with Antique Linen Distress Marker; blend with waterbrush if needed. 6. Watercolor wings with Fossilized Amber Distress Ink. Concentrate more color under the rows of feathers, to help create depth and accent them. 7. Watercolor hair with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Add Spun Sugar Distress Marker to cheek; blend with waterbrush if needed. To finish the card, I trimmed the watercolored panel between the angel and sentiment, and also trimmed a little less than 1/4” off the top of the panel. The panels were separated and adhered with foam tape onto a white card base, with an accent strip of gold foil paper adhered to the card base... Read more →

Distress Ink Watercolor

Are you getting ready for "the most wonderful time of the year"? This quick and easy watercolor background will have you ready in no time! I hope you will join me today over in the CLASSroom for all the details on how to create this card using Tim Holtz Distress Inks and more of the newest Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2 Release stamp sets created by Julie! Read more →