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Welcome to my blog! Here I'll be occasionally showcasing some of my work and letting you know when & where I'll be at craft fairs. I hope to see you there!
This past weekend friends of ours got married, and I like to give personalized gifts, so this is what I made for them:
My Silhouette sure got a lot of attention this past week! I used it to print the Love hearts, and to cut them into stencils to use for the glass etching...which was my first attempt! I think the glasses came out pretty darn good for my first try at glass etching! The Love heart came from Rivka's Renditions found here. Isn't it so pretty?! I used it on the glasses as well as the heart on the frame. On the opposite side of the heart on the glass, I etching the couple's initials. For that I used a font called Tangerine. Both stencils I cut out using my Silhouette.
The lettering on the frame was also from Rivka's Renditions. It's a new font for her and it's called RR Rhapsody and can be found here. It cut out so beautifully! I typed out the letters and then welded them in Silhouette Studio. Gluing them to the frame was a little challenging since they are so delicate, but I think it was worth it!
The coasters were made using a stamp set from Stampin' Up that I don't believe is available anymore. I stamped and then colored in with Sharpies.
The card was made with Textile embossing folder from Cuttlebug and a Darice frame to make the oval opening for the sentiment. The sentiment was a clear stamp set and the inside sentiment is from SU.
I was so excited about doing the background to this card that I forgot one of the elements of the challenge - using hearts. OOPS! Anyways... here's my card... The image is Pinup Kitty and I colored her with Prismacolor colored pencils. My hubby's birthday is Feb. 12, so I thought going with red would work for him :-) I wrote the sentiment out by hand and fussy cut it. She was die cut using Nestabilities and a Cuttlebug machine. For the background...are you ready for this?.... I had saved awhile back the plastic mesh-type thing that is on the top part of a box of clementines. I thought it might make a good stencil someday...and this was the perfect card for it! I used Stampin' Up's Stampin' Pastels chalks and rubbed it all over the 'stencil' over black paper. I love how it came out! AND even my hubby picked up on it and commented on how much he liked the background - not a typical thing for him to do lol
Happy New Year! Kids are finally back to school after an extended holiday break (due to snow - yippee!) and it's time to get back into the swing of things. Today I've got my latest submission for the monthly challenge over at Sassy Studios Designs (it's on their FB page). This month's challenge was fancy folds using Katniss, Girl On Fire! She was so fun to color I colored two! But I'm only showing one creation for the challenge. I wasn't really sure what I was going to make with her, but my daughter saw the first one I had colored and mentioned how she'd like her in purple, so I made this for her (shhhh...she doesn't know lol) This was my first attempt at doing a side step card but I like how it came out. I think I'll be making more of these in the future. The image was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and fussy cut. The shimmery mats are actually backs of business cards. I don't remember where I got them, but someone gave them to me and I saved them for crafting. I die cut the scalloped oval one using Nestabilities and the corner punch is from EK Success (Cardcreator - Interlaced Corner Punch). Katniss is popped up with pop dots. Underneath her is embossed using Cuttlebug's Organic Flourish border folder. It's hard to see, but the ruffle in her dress is pink, so I folded a ribbon for the middle step. The last step's mat was corner punched with Fiskars Multiple Circles. The sentiment was heat embossed in white and die cut with scalloped circle nesties.
Thanks for looking!
NO...not my prom...mine was too long ago! LOL A friend of mine decided to have a prom for her 30th birthday party. Everyone's dressing as if they are going to a prom! Sassy Studio Designs has the perfect digi for this! She's called Ashelee's Prom (I know, fitting, right?!) Since my friend's favorite color is purple, that's what a chose for Ashelee's dress. I colored her with Prismascolor pencils and added glitter glue on her hair tie, sash and of course her shoes! A girl needs sparkly shoes for her prom! I also had some shiny silver sticky paper (I think it's actually used for something electrical) that I cut with my Cuttlebug as a double mat. I thought it would give it a disco ball kind of feel (not that the picture shows it that well, but it was quite shiny!) I added 30's all over the background and some gemstones around the corners and Voila!
(Sorry the pics aren't that great - the colors are more vibrant than what these show, but with the shiny paper it was hard to get a decent shot.)
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| Close-up - check out the glitter :-) |
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| Trying to show the shininess of the silver paper |
Hello all and welcome to the second part of the Softpencil Blog Hop! This part runs from April 15th to April 20th....and I get to be a part of it! Thank you Elizabeth! :-)
We are celebrating the first year of Elizabeth's characters, the Tinytwinies™, the first year of Softpencil Studios relaunching and Elizabeth's 10th anniversary as a professional artist. We're also celebrating the opening of Elizabeth's new shop where all of her products are available: digi-stamps, clear stamps, stickers, rub-ons, kits for card making, scrapbooking and paper crafting - and more products coming soon!
There are several prizes along the way:
• Elizabeth will be choosing a random winner (through random.org) from the players who complete the blog hop - the winner will receive a gift certificate for $15 to the Softpencil shop... and a surprise!
• All the players who participate by leaving their comments on each blog will receive a free digi-stamp of their choice. Yes! Only leave a comment on each blog and win a digi-stamp! Write to Elizabeth at elizabethpujalka@hotmail.com to let me know you commented on all the blogs.
• And there is a "mystery blog" so all the girls who leave a comment on that blog will be entered on a drawing to win a digi-stamp... and a little surprise too!
So be sure to leave a comment at each stop and leave 2 comments back at the Softpencil Blog!
Now, onto my projects. For this hop I made two cards - one using Easter Sunny, the other using adorable Lilly.
I colored Easter Sunny with Prismacolor colored pencils and cut it out and embossed it with my Scalloped Squares Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up, "Spring Fling". The words had little stars in it, but I didn't care for them so I put yellow flower brads over them :-)
I colored Lilly with Prismacolor colored pencils and used Circle Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug to cut her out. For the background I just layered three papers - I couldn't decide which color to go with so I used them all! The flowers (SU "Close as a Memory") are stamped using SU craft ink in white and then embossed with white powder. On Lilly, I added glitter to her bow, a brad for the center of her flower, and black glossy accents on her buttons and shoes. Below is a close-up to try and show the details on her :-)
That's all I have for today! Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered into the drawing!
Happy hopping!
11- Heather D --- This is me!
Another Heidi card ;-) For some reason my hubby loves to give these out to his friends for their birthdays...hmmm... LOL This time I went with simple black cardstock. I had some leftover ribbon that I thought went really nicely because of the black edge around it. I immediately thought of using the ribbon as a frame! So that's what I did. There's a close-up picture of the (frame) corner below. The image is from
Victoria Case Stamps.
Tools used: Heidi image, SU Sassy Susy for sentiment, Prismacolor colored pencils, leftover ribbon.
Two of our neighbors' kids made their first communion together. So, I made them matching cards :-)
The background/frame is D'vine Swirls embossing folder - I embossed and then cut the oval out using Lifestyle Crafts nesting ovals and my Cuttlebug (where would I be without it!) The cross stamp I got years ago and don't remember who made it, but it was just a single stamp I bought. I stamped it with SU Creamy Caramel ink and hand-cut it out. To get the 'light' shining behind it, I flipped the cross over to the backside and chalked from the corners out. This way I could cover all the area I needed while lining it up just right, and not having to worry about getting chalk on the front of the cross. Then flip and adhere.
Tools used: Cuttlebug, D'vine Swirls CB embossing folder, SU Creamy Caramel ink, SU Stampin' Pastels, pop-dots.
I literally made this card in 5 mins. My husband had decided last minute, practically before walking out the door, that he needed a birthday card for a friend of his. Luckily I had already colored this image but hadn't made a card with it yet. A little matting, a little embossing, and BOOM, it was done! Thank you Victoria @
Victoria Case Art Designs for the awesome Heidi image! I've had fun coloring her. I will post another card featuring Heidi in the future, so be on the lookout! :-)
Tools used: Cuttlebug w/ d'vine swirls embossing folder, Heidi digi from Victoria Case Art Designs, Prismacolor Pencils, SU Sassy Suzie stamp set for sentiment.
I wanted to use my border embossing folder so I decided to use it for this card. It's one of the borders in the Pop Culture pack from Cuttlebug. For the background I used Versamark and 'thank you' from the Wonderful Words SU set. The sentiment came from the SU Curvy Verses set. For the piece of paper I used the SU ticket punch corner punch and the ribbon slot punch from Fiskars. I tied the ribbon in both directions to change it up a bit. I also cut the front of the card narrower so that the embossed border could be seen while the card was open or closed.
Tools: CB embossing folder - Pop Culture; Fiskars ribbon slot punch; Versamark ink (background); SU stamp sets: Wonderful Words, and Curvy Verses; SU ticket punch corner punch; ribbon; Cuttlebug machine
Friends of ours got married the same year we did...and they have the same initials as we do! They live across the country from us and we always send them an anniversary card. This is what they got this year:
For this I used the LOVE set from SU and matted the small squares on a piece of red paper that I used the border and corner SU punch for. Don't you just love punching all the way around a piece of paper now?! I cut the gold ribbon to resemble an arrow and for the background I used my Cuttlebug to emboss (using the Textile embossing folder). I used SU Stampin' Pastels to highlight the embossing. I chalked around the edges as well. Inside I used the Full of Life set from SU and the 'happy anniversary' is from Inkadinkado.
Tools: SU sets: LOVE & Full of Life, Cuttlebug, CB Textile embossing folder, SU border and corner punches, corner rounder punch, ribbon, ST Stampin' Pastels, Inkadinkado stamp
Here's another wedding card I had made. This time I used the same bride and groom stamp, but made a different card altogether. The ribbon holds the front flap closed. Once you untie the ribbon the flap opens and you can open the bride and groom part. Then you get to the inside :-) The bridesmaids wore purple so that's the color I went with. It's the bride's favorite color after all :-)
(Card closed)
(Front flap open)
(Inside)
Tools used: Scallop punch, circle punch, SU stamp set To Have & To Hold, ribbon, hole punch, colored pencils.
I made this card for friends of ours that were getting married. I like the classic blacak and white look, but I had to add some color to the flowers :-) I also added glitter to the bride's vail. The background/frame was done with my Cuttlebug machine and the Scrollwork embossing folder. For this card I also stamped on the inside and back of the card. I also used the two hearts on the envelope and wrote their initials in each heart.
Tools used: Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Scrollwork embossing folder, glitter glue, ribbon, SU stamp sets: To Have & To Hold, Greetings Galore, and In My Thoughts.
I needed to make a b-day card for friend of ours - he's not the kind of guy to go for frilly things, so I used this image instead of my typical cutesy digis :-) I hope he appreciated it! LOL In any event, the image is from
Sassy Studios and it's called Cupcake Honey. The candle background is an embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The sentiments (inside and out) are from SU Sassy Suzie set. The digi was colored using Prismacolor colored pencils.
Tools used: SU Sassy Suzie, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Prismacolor pencils
Here's a birthday card I made for one of my kids' friend's birthday parties. I used
Dustin Pike's freebie image and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I double matted him and put some ballon brads along the side.
Tools used: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities squares, balloon brads, Prismacolor colored pencils, Dustin Pike digi
Last year my sister-in-law was pregnant with her first baby. The baby's room theme was monkeys so I had made her a
wipes box decorated in monkey decor. My brother would update everyone on the pregnancy along the way via facebook. My brother is very witty and has a great sense of humor and every week we would look forward to reading about how the baby was growing or how the pregnancy was going. I really wanted him to have these memories he recorded along the way so I created a mini book filled with all his postings. The postings began with his announcement of his wife's pregnancy and ended with baby Alex's birth information and hospital picture. I know this is a book they will treasure always.
For the album cover I used two coasters (like the ones you get at a bar - the cardboard throwaways) and covered each with paper. For the top cover I used the same monkey as the
wipes box and the same punch along the sides. I cut out a bunch of paper and scored it to make enough sheets for the entire book. Then I printed out all the quotes/pictures and glued them in order along the one side and down the other. I tied a piece of twine around it to keep it all together.
Here's a card I made for a color challenge at
Softpencil on Paper Craft Planet. The color challenge (if you can't already guess lol) was to use primary colors red, blue and yellow. I just love these little girl images! Too cute! You can't really see in the picture, but I put glitter on her bows. For the background I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the dots and then I used my new SU corner punch for the corners. The glitter flowers are leftovers from a craft we did for my daughter's 5th b-day last year.
Tools used: Cuttlebug, digi stamps, corner punch, Prismacolor pencils
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