Going Purple with The Card Concept

Hello Everyone!

We have a new challenge up  on The Card Concept Blog and if you are a fan of this year's Pantone Color of the Year, then you are in luck!  The new Card Concept challenge is to make a card in Monochromatic Purple! I hope you play along with us!

I used a Die~Namites Die for the background doily and painted it with two different shades of purple Silks.  It looks much better irl because you can see the gorgeous shimmer of the mica in the paint.  The background panel and circle behind the vellum were stamped with the sweetest little rose image from a Crafty Secrets stamp set.  I think it must be retired as I cannot find it online and I picked it up for a steal at a scrapbook convention. 

The white panel behind the doily is dry embossed; then I inked up the edges of the paper with Versamark ink and dragged the edges of the paper through gold embossing powder.  

The sentiment is embossed in gold on vellum and a small ring of Sahara Sand cs was made to fit around the sentiment to define the vellum panel better.  

The leaves and flowers were made with Heartfelt Creations dies. 

The dry embossing and gold heat embossing, layers, handmade flowers, pearls and vellum all come together as a classy and elegant card.  What style do you prefer?

For more amazing inspiration, check out all of the Design Team samples on the Card Concept Blog. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge is Anything Goes.   

Thanks for stopping by; have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-

Stamps-Crafty Secrets, Heartfelt Creations Open Leaf Precut Set

Paper-Flourishes white cs, SU vellum, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand

Ink-Versamark, Crumb Cake, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other- Die~Namites Spring Doily die, Heartfelt Creations Classic Leaf die and Vintage Floret die, MFT Circle Stax Die-Namics, gold ep, SU Polka Dot ef, pearls, Silks paint, Copics

Seize the Sketch and Heartfelt Creations Alum Blog Hop

Hello All!

Here it is, the end of April already.  It is time for a new sketch from Seize the Sketch.  It also means it is time for another Heartfelt Creations Alumni Bog Hop!  If you are following along, you should have arrived here from Glenda Brooks' blog.  If not, you may want to start at the beginning, at Giovana Smith's blog.
 You have until Friday, May 2, 2014 at Midnight (EST) to hop along and comment for a chance to win.  The more blog hop participant's blogs you comment on, the greater your chances of winning!
Today I am sharing a Missing You card I made using this week's great sketch from Seize the Sketch brought to us by Jessi.

I replaced the banners in the sketch with a fussy cut, pewter embossed, ornate border image from the All Seasons Gazebo Set.  Yet again I have used the trendy emboss on vellum technique for the ornate border image and the sentiment. I had a terrible time trying to photograph the embossed sentiment, so please pardon my photo. 
The image is from the Summer Season Set and is colored with Copics. 
When making this card, I imagined the sender to be reminiscing about days gone by.  The image of laundry on the line certainly takes me back to my childhood. I sure wish clothes lines would make a comeback!  They remind me of simpler times. And I loved the smell of sheets that dried on the line! 

Here is your Alumni Blog Hop list; enjoy the hop!

Giovana Smith
Vicki Dutcher
Emilia van den Heuvel
Amarilys Doria
Cibele Glazer
Glenda Brooks 
Lee Ann Barrett 
Candy Slabaugh
Mary Faus
Alissa Wells
Lisa Allen

For more sketch inspiration from the a-mazing Seize the Sketch team, you can check out the blog here.   

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Heartfelt Creations All Seasons Gazebo, Summer Season, Classic Message Set (sentiment)
Paper- SU Early Espresso,Flourishes white cs, Heartfelt Creations Daphne Paper Collection 
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Other- pewter embossing powder, seam binding, Spellbinder Oval Dies, Copics

Sweet 'n Sassy Homes

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Friday Feature Blog Hop and Challenge, featuring the new release, Happy Home. 

I colored my house and trees with Copics and fussy cut them out.  The sky is a piece that I had made for another project and did not like the way it turned out.   I used a stencil, reinkers and a water brush to create the background.  The background looks much better in smaller quantities!  :)

The sun is from another new release, Happy, Happy and was stamped on cardstock and cut out with its matching die.  I stamped it again on dp and fussy cut the center out.  

This darling set~

• Measures approximately 4" x 4"
• The large houses measures approximately 1 1/8" x 1 3/8"
• Is designed by Diane Zechman
• Is priced at $11

                                                    

Our challenge to you this week is to use a house or a home on your card or project!
The first  cards in the hop were created for your inspiration by the design team.  As you hop along, leave a little love behind, then create your own Mother's Day card and use the linky tool to add it to the gallery!

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:
         
- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy image to enter (although we sure love when you do!)
 - You'll have until Thursday, May 1st at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!
- Please use code SNSFFC9 when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries
Share a link to your creation below.

Thanks for joining us today!  Be sure to check back again on Friday, May 2nd to see if you won and to check out the next Friday Feature & Challenge!



Have a blessed week and thank you for your sweet comments!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Happy Home, Happy Happy
Paper- watercolor paper, SU Brown Sugar, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, SU dsp , Flourishes white cs
Ink- Pool Party, So Saffron
Other- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Fence die, Happy Happy matching dies, Copics, SU white baker's twine, button and On Film Framelits

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 I used the Love Arrangement Die, perfect for a Mother's Day bouquet!

 

I die cut multiple colors with the Love Arrangement die.  I used a green die cut for my base and adhered it to a piece of white cs, making sure all of the little pieces were adhered, so none of the little pieces would fall out.  Once it had dried, I trimmed away all of the white that overlapped the edges so it was not visible.
Next, I started cutting apart my yellow roses and gluing them to the green cs.  I used a lighter yellow to highlight the rose petals.  I followed that by cutting apart the daisies and gluing them down.

                                                                 

 The hearts were last and for each of the 3 centers of the hearts, I popped them up on dimensionals.

                                                               

I wanted to have the look of cascading flowers and I really love the sweet little daisies so I die cut the Love Arrangement die another time in white and cut the flowers apart.  

The daisies were added, along with additional sprigs of green leaves to the lower portion of the circle/bouquet. 

I finished off the bouquet with a 'floral pick' with my sentiment stamped on it.  

To jump start my MOJO, I used a sketch from Craft Hoarders Anonymous, and the twist of the challenge, to use one old item (pink dp) and 1 new item (blue dp).

Now, head on over to Peggy Baker’s blog

to continue the hop.

Thank you for joining our blog hop!!

Thanks for visiting and for your sweet comments!  

Have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-

Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Precious Poppies 

Paper- Neenah Solar White, SU Barely Banana, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Naturals Ivory, SU dsp, Nature Gmund Savanna woodgrain textured cardstock from CutCardStock

Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black

Other- Die~Namites Love Arrangement Die,  scallop punch, Hemptique twine, dimensionals

Love Birds

Hello Everyone!

Today I am up on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog with this card.  If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE all things nature, so I was all over this brand new Sweet 'n Sassy stamps set, Love Birds.

You cannot go wrong with these great stamps and with the great cardstock from CutCardStock.
For the background, I stamped the tree background from Tender Thoughts in Baked Brown Sugar on some Savoy 100% Cotton Cardstock that has a great, subtle texture.  I used the matching Birch Tree Die to cut it out, and then backed it with a beautiful soft blue- Berrylicious-from the Pop Tones Pack at Cutcardstock.
Now for the really amazing part- I absolutely adore this textured white paper, Nature Gmund Savanna Cardstock.  It is just gorgeous, with a woodgrain texture.  I tried to get a close up picture for you~

Seriously, I just love this stuff!  I cannot decide whether to hoard it or to use it on every project I make!
  For this project, I used this amazing cardstock for both my background mat and the square window framing my scene.
The birds are stamped on Neenah Cryogen White Cardstock- it has a wonderful sparkle to it- and colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I used the matching Love Birds Die to cut them out. The Tree branches are stamped on Brown Bag Kraft cardstock and also colored with Prismacolor Pencils and cut out with the matching die.
All of the parts were assembled and then adhered to a gorgeous metallic base- Shadow- one of the colors in the Curious Metallic Sample Pack.
I finished off the card with my sentiment from the Love Birds set stamped on Vellum and then heat embossed using gold embossing powder.  What a gorgeous trend this is!

 

 I am getting this in just under the wire for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, Animal Antics. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Love Birds, Tender Thoughts
Paper- CutCardStock Savoy 100% Cotton Cardstock, Poptones Cardstock, Curious Metallic Sample Pack, Brown Bag Kraft Cardstock, Nature Gmund Savanna WoodGrain Textured Cardstock, Stampin Up Vellum
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Baked Brown Sugar, Versamark
Other- Prismacolor Pencils, Gold ep. Sweet 'n Sassy stamps Love Birds Matching Dies, Birch Tree Dies, MFT Circle Stax Die-Namics, seam binding

Happy Easter!

Thanks, Mom

Hi Everyone!

I love Fusion Challenges and could not resist playing along this week using their sketch.  I used one of my new dies from Die~Namites to frame my sentiment.

For texture, I  used some strips of seam binding and created a panel using a basket weave with the strips.  I dry embossed the background panel and the pale yellow oval.  The pansies are cut from the Nana's Flowers Die and painted with Luminarte Silks Acrylic Paint.  I layered them up for dimension. 

The sentiment is from a brand new Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps set, Thankful Innies, and no, we are not talking about belly buttons!  I stamped it then fussy cut it apart to fit the curves of the flowers and oval.  Prima pearls finish off the card.
I am also linking this up to Craft Hoarders Anonymous, where this week's challenge is to use a stamp!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a Very Blessed Easter!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Thankful Innies
Paper- Stampin' Up Naturals Ivory, So Saffron, Crumb Cake
Ink- Versafine Black
Other- Die~Namites Nana's Flowers and Love Arrangement, Spellbinders Ovals, Spellbinders Embossibilities,  SU Oval ef, Luminarte Silks, dimensionals, Prima pearl flourishes