Wendy Vecchi Mini Journal Page

I created a this page in my Wendy Vecchi Fat Little Mini Book. I stamped her background stamp in Archival Ink and colored in each square with different Archival Ink Colors and a small blender tool. The large flower is a Wendy Vecchi Art Part. I heat embossed it with a mixture of distress embossing powders and enamel embossing powder to add more texture. I added a Wendy Vecchi button and tied a bow with Tim Holtz trim. The stamp is a Wendy Vecchi wood mount stamps, I only used a part of the sentiment. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #16

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Photo Inspiration Challenge. It's never too early to start on your Christmas cards! I can't wait to see what you create.

For my card I used the Papertrey, Inc. Jar Fillers set. The sentiments is from Hero Arts and the background stamp is from Stampin' Up. I heat embossed the white snowflakes and sentiment. I think this is sort of an interesting rustic Christmas card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #13

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Photo Inspiration. It's never too early to start on your Christmas cards! I can't wait to see what you create.

Of course I was inspired by the purple background. I created my purple background using my new Tim Holtz crayons in Seedless Preserves and Chipped Sapphire. The white tree and sentiment are embossed. I used more of the Chipped Sapphire on the sentiment so it would stand out from the purple background. I used Hero Arts Family and Friends Christmas stamps. Thanks for stopping by!

Unity Friends With Flair Friday

This is my Unity Friends With Flair Entry. I'm got another back to one of my Faber Castell Design Memory Craft chipboard mini journal pages.

First, I heat embossed the Dandelion Stamp and sentiment in white. Then I blended some Distress Inks on the page. I used Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress inks. When I finished with the colors I sprayed some water on the top to create some texture on the surface of the colors. It was a quick, easy and fun mini journal page. Thanks for stopping by!!

5 for 5 Easter Blog Event - Day 5

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our new 5 for 5 Easter Blog Event!  Today’s theme is "CAS"! Some of us are offering prizes, so be sure to leave comments on each of links below and visit all the blogs for details on how to win!

I used a fun Unity Stamp on this card called Dying Eggs. I'm entering this card into the Unity Friday Friends with Flair Challenge. 

My card isn't the most CAS card I've ever made, but I really wanted to use this Unity Easter Stamp and try some multicolor heat embossing. I used green, pink and blue Stampin' Up Embossing Powders. I outlined the embossed image with a slightly bigger panel of Certainly Celery card stock also from Stampin' Up. I thought it needed just a little something else, so I sprayed the background with one spray each of a blue, green and pink spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang. To  finish it off I added a little light green twine from Stampin' Up. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit the blogs of the other awesome designers taking part in our Easter 5 for 5 Event. Thanks so much for joining us this week and I hope you're inspired to make some amazing Easter cards and crafts. We'll be doing 5 for 5 again at Halloween, so be on the lookout for the dates on my sidebar graphic sometime in September.  

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman 
Lynn Kopas 
Kris Lancaster 
Jessica Frost-Ballas

12 Days of Holiday Inspiration 2014 - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Holiday Inspiration Blog Event brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We’re just a group of online crafty blog friends who love being creative. This time we're doing a 12-day event to provide you with tons of Holiday Inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes. Check each blog and the information there for what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

I'm offering a prize box, check back each day. I'll have picture of my prize posted soon!! I'll announce the winner of my blog candy on Saturday, December 13. To qualify for my prize make sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!!

Below is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event. Be sure to visit all the blogs each day for loads of fun, prizes, and Holiday craft ideas.

Today, I'm showing a card I made using a super cute stamp set from My Favorite Things. I just love the snowman image and the sentiment. First, I heat embossed the snowman then I used my Distress Inks that I rubbed on an acrylic block and watercolored in the snowman. I dotted the background with a white gel pen to look like snow. I used watercolor paper and card stock from my stash and a Stampin' Up border punch to finish off this fun card. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back by tomorrow for Day 3!

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Lynn Kopas

Misty Buck

Christmas Card Challenges #38

Welcome to this week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges. This week the challenge is to use embossing dry or heat embossing. I heat embossed this snowman and sentiment from Denami Designs on Not Quite Navy paper from Stampin' Up.  Then I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for some fun "snow" accents. The background snowflake paper is from Cosmo Cricket. I can't wait to see what embossed creations everyone makes this week! Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Make It Monday #160

After I watched the Make It Monday video I thought my Funky Florals would be the perfect stamps to use for this week's Make It Monday Challenge. So, I stamped the flowers in three different sizes in Melon Berry, Plum Pudding, and Hawaiian Shores. Then I embossed the centers with White Filigree Embossing Powder. Then I stamped the middle of each flower with the second step for each stamps in another color. It turned out better than I thought it would.

Anybody who knows me or follows me knows I don't do a lot of heat embossing. It's just not my thing. I always seem to get extra embossing where I don't want it and for some reason that makes me crazy!! But, these turned out OK. I also used New Leaf Paper and Doodlie-Do leaf dies to make the leaves. I stamped on the leaves with New Leaf ink. I enjoyed learning the tip on how to use the die on an image that is already stamped. I will definitely do that in the future and it worked great. I was lucky to have two step stamps and matching dies so I could do this technique without much trouble.

I adhered all the pieces to a card base made from PTI Kraft paper and the sentiment is from the Doodlie-Do stamp set. Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate the Season

I made this card for A Blog Named Hero challenge. The challenge is to take an old card and make a new version of it. I made a card with the Car with Tree stamp last year for a 90 Minute Flickr Scramble and I decided to remake it. This time I embossed the snowflakes and added bling to the centers. I also added glitter paper on the bottom and changed the sentiment to Celebrate the Season. The stamps I used were all Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings, Car with Tree, & Stunning Snowflakes. Thanks for taking a look!

 My original card.

My new card. 

Seasons Greetings

Here's my 3rd card as the July Guest Designer over at the Christmas Card Challenges Blog. The challenge this week is to use the Emboss Resist Technique. I used the Hero Arts background stamp called Stunning Snowflakes. I embossed the background stamp in white and then mixed several colors of Tim Holtz Distress Stains to make the blue color. The snowmen stamps and sentiment are from a Paper Smooches set called Swanky Snowdudes. Why not try some emboss resist and get a head start on your Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by!

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Heat Embossing

I haven't posted since last Wednesday. I went to Baltimore to visit my brother last week and had a great Thanksgiving. We did our Thanksgiving Day ritual. I went to the pool with my brother Bob Bowman at 5 a.m. and I ran 5 miles and then walked and biked for another hour while he coached practice. Michael Phelps was there practicing with the other swimmers and he looked like he's ready for London 2012. When we left I was ready to eat everything I could - and I did - and it was all so good!!


Today I'm sharing my Gel-a-tins Wednesday card. This card uses the Gel-a-tins Fancy Doily Stamp Set and heat embossing. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Hero Arts Holiday Trees Card

Yay!! I finally had time to make a card. I have so many new Hero Arts Christmas stamps that I've been dying to use so tonight I used some of my new stamps for this card. I wanted to be more like my friend Barb and have an interesting embossed background so I used clear embossing powder on the background, then sponged over it with Iced Spruce and Broken China Distress Inks and sprayed it with Vanilla Smooch Spritz Spray. You can't really tell, but the background is very shiny from the Smooch Spritz. Then I stamped the trees in Iced Spruce and Broken China, cut them out, and adhered with foam tape. No challenges for this one - just fun for me. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Baha Breeze - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Christmas Reindeer, Holiday Background - Hero Arts
3. Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Broken China - Tim Holtz
4. Embossing Powder - Crystal - Martha Stewart
5. Heat Tool - Heat It - Ranger

Snowflakes!!

I made this card for this month's Hero Arts Sketch Challenge. I used snowflakes from the following sets: Magic of Christmas, Snowman Christmas, and Christmas Reindeer. I embossed the snowflakes and used my circle punches. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Tempting Turquoise (Stampin Up)
3. Stamp Sets - Christmas Reindeer, Snowman Christmas, Magic of Christmas (Hero Arts)
4. Twine - Soiree (Pink Paislee)
5. Punches - 1 inch & 1.25 inch circles (Stampin Up)
6. Corner Rounder - Corner Chomper (We-R-Memory Keepers)
7. Embossing Powder - white (PTI)

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #16 - Embossing

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #16 - Embossing. I used a new Stampin' Up Striped Embossing folder on the bottom part of the card. Then I heat embossed the posies and sentiment with purple Zing. I cut out the images and adhered the middle posie and sentiment with foam tape. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up)

2. Stamp set - Petite Posies (Technique Tuesday)

3. Embossing Powder - Purple (Zing)

4. Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

5. Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

6. Foam Tape (Stampin Up)

Lawnscaping Challenge #16 - One Layer

I made this card for this week's Lawnscaping Challenge #16 to make a one layer card. I tried out my new oval embossing folder and embossed the glasses and sentiment in silver on Elegant Eggplant paper. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Another View

Materials
1. Card stock - Elegant Eggplant (Stampin Up)
2. Stamp Set - Happily Ever After (Lawn Fawn)
3. Embossing Folder - Designer Frames (Stampin Up)
4. Embossing Powder -Silver (Stampin Up)

Enjoy the Memories

I made this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #93. I used my first Wendy Vecchi stamp set called Sketch Art. I used Enamelware on the center of the flower just to add a little interest - I thought it was a little plain before. I really love this flower and the sentiment. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up) Watermelon, Pink, Lime (Bazzill Basics)
2. Stamps - Sketch Art (Wendy Vecchi Studio 490)
3. Ink - Black (Stampin Up)
4. Embossing folder - Perfect Polka Dots (Stampin Up)
5. Enamelware
6. Circle Punch (Stampin Up)


Instructions
1. Create card from white card stock - finished size 4.25 x 5.5
2. Stamp flower and leaves on colored card stock and cut out
3. Punch circle for center of flower, dry emboss with polka dots, heat emboss with Enamelware
4. Draw frame around card freehand with black marker
5. Adhere flower and leaves to card with foam tape
6. Stamp sentiment

Dreamy Butterfly

I'm finally home after a great vacation in Mexico where the weather was much milder!! I made this card for this week CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #12 to use a rub-on or a sticker. I embossed the sentiment and used this butterfly sticker from Cosmo Cricket Pixilicious to make this Clean and Simple Card. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Bashful Blue, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Bashful Blue (Stampin Up)
3. Stamp set - Imagine Words (Impression Obsession)
4. Embossing Powder (Papertrey Ink)
5. Butterfly Sticker - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)
6. Twine (The Twinery)

Wonder

I made this card for this week's The Play Date Cafe Color Challenge #90. I had a scrap of this orange decorative paper left that I thought was perfect and I love this 3 layer Sizzix die. The word is from the Impression Obsession stamp set that I'm obsessed with - Imagine Words. I love to emboss these words. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials

Card stock - Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Decorative Paper - Jubilee (The Girls Paperie), Melon Mambo (Stampin Up)

Dies (Sizzix)

Stamp Set - Imagine Words (Impression Obsession)

Embossing Powder - Tangerine Tango (Stampin Up)

What's Cooking?

I'm entering this card into the Moxie Fab World Stamp It Cards Week Challenge. I got some new Stampin' Up items yesterday that I decided to use. Since the idea is to concentrate on stamping I used a new stamp called Now You're Cooking and embossed it in white on this great new Domestic Goddess decorative paper. I think the white embossing makes it really stand out and becomes the focus of this very domesticated card. It's a perfect card for a person who loves to cook or bake. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials - All supplies Stampin' Up
Card stock - Whisper White, Pool Party 
Decorative Paper - Domestic Goddess 
Stamp - Now Your'e Cooking 
Embossing Powder - White
Ribbon - Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

I Love You Circle Hearts

I entered this card in the Cupcake Craft Challenge. The challenge was to make a 1 layer card. I embossed the circles in white and used Technique Tuesday Water color crayons to color over the heart circles. The sentiment is embossed in Purple Metallic Zing. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Whisper White

Stamp - Many Dots (Hero Arts), Say Cheese (Lawn Fawn)

Watercolor Crayons (Technique Tuesday)

White embossing powder (Papertrey Ink)

Purple Metallic embossing powder (Zing)