Celebrate the simple things 3D display

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to me second July inspiration made with Susan K. Weckesser products for her blog.
This month of July were all were inspired by Home Sweet Home things and this 3d small display is my home inspiration.
I have those small chipboard houses from Tando Creative UK for ages and never had a chance to use them. So here is my chance to use Susan K. Weckesser products together with those houses and I made a small tutorial for you all to share:
1. Paint the chipboard houses with white acrylic paint and let them  dry.

2.Use Susan K. Weskesser Color Box mini Pop inks in three colors to color over the white paint.
 I used Ice,Fresh and Sky color of those inks.But as I wanted the colors to be light and mute I just wiped  the colors with wet baby wipe.

3. Using Susan's Doodle stencil I made the lines with texture paste over the each chipboard roof shape and after it was dry I painted them with here mini Pop ink in Kiss color.

Cover the  chipboard base  with Live in color cardstock (I used the backside of it ) and distress the edges a bit with a sand paper. 

4. Stamp Celebrate the small things saying over the same cardstock with Celebration of Simple Susan's and Untiy co- branded stamp. Glue the stamped saying as shown over the base.

5. Make the " wooden" sign with faux wood (gesso, texture paste, old tooth brush and Susan's mini Pop Cocoa ink. The cut the parts to make this triple arrows sign and  add the Live, Love and Create words that were cut out from Susan's Live in Color Tags cardstock.

Paint the small chipboard windows and doors from the chipboard set with white paint and glue them over the finished houses. 

And here is my little 3d display on my  vintage findings shelf!

I really hope that you liked my small tutorial and see you again in two weeks!

Instagram Giveaway for you!

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@iritshalom2000 already has 600 followers. But I want more! I want you to become my Instagram follower and I am giving a lot of great new craft products to one random follower who will be picked when I get 1000! followers or if not 1000 I will pick the winner on September 30 - my dear #2 twin daughter Wedding day!
So that's what you need to do to be in my draw:
1. Follow me on my Instagram account - my Insta name is iritshalom2000- this is a totally Instagram giveaway. So you must follow me there to win
2. Like this post on my Instagram account
3. Like this post here and if you wish to get the second draw- tag a friend. You can tag as many friends as you wish to get more and more entries.
As you see you get a new Scrap n' Art magazine issue, coloring book, several stamp sets, several dies, a lot of 3d stickers, a lot of chipboards, embellishments, rose mold, Ken Oliver pigment and I will ship to anywhere on the globe!
So don't wait!

Inspired by Stamping July release: Fresh Bouquet

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Inspired by Stamping July stamps release
You can see the full release post for today in Inspired by Stamping blog

Each day we are going to share one of more stamp sets from this release and some of those projects were even made with full tutorials as this one made for the last set for this release - Fresh Bouguet
Product list

Cardstock- American Crafts, Stamps- Inspired by Stamping, Dies- Elizabeth Crafts Designs, Ink- Ranger, Embossing Powder- WOW! Embossing Powders, Markers- Zig Real Brush, 

Stickers- SRM Stickers, Other- sequins

How to make this card: 1. Make the basic pink card from solid cardstock (6*4 1/2''). Die cut the largest stitched rectangle with Elizabeth Crafts die from green cardstock and glue it over the pink card.

2. Stamp Inspired by Stamping Fresh Bouquet over white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat emboss with white powder.

3. Color the stamped image with Zip Real Brushes and hand cut the colored image. Glue it over the card with 3d foam glue.

4. Stamp the sentiment on the bottom as shown (Inspired by Stamping). Add clear stickers with stitches (SRM Stickers) and some random sequins.

I hope you like our first two sets from this new release and come back tomorrow for more showcases of new set stamps.
And remember- when you comment on our posts you have a chance to win $20 GC each and every release day!

Inspired by Stamping July release: Words of Inspiration 2

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Inspired by Stamping July stamps release.
You can see the full release post for today in Inspired by Stamping blog.
Each day we are going to share one of more stamp sets from this release and for some I even made full written tutorials as for this first set that is called Words of Inspiration.
And I thought that art page is the best possible way for showcase this fantastic set that is so great for your Mixed Media adventures.
I made this art piece with Stencilgirl stencils, texture paste and DecoArt paints.
Then I stamped the sentiment and the flowers from the new release set over white tissue paper and glued them over the page with Gel Medium. It's the best way to add stamped imaged over this glossy, textured surface. Use premanent ink (Ranger Archival or other ) and just keep the white tissue you always get with your  fancy outfits shopping wraps.

I hope you like our first two sets from this new release and come back tomorrow for more showcases of new set stamps.
And remember- when you comment on our posts you have a chance to win $20 GC each and every release day!

Inspired by Stamping July release:Beautiful you

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Inspired by Stamping July stamps release.
You can see the full release post for today in Inspired by Stamping blog.
Each day we are going to share one of more stamp sets from this release and for some I even made full written tutorials as for this first set that is called Beautiful you.
This card was made with background stamping  with two layers over the Kraft patterned background (Canvas Corp).I used Stampin' Up ink and the teal color shows a bit green over the Kraft cardstock. The new release stamp sentiment was made with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with black powder. Then the sentiment was framed with Scrapmatts chipboard frame that was heat embossed too.
I added a few more Scrapmatts chipboard pieces as my embellishments over this card.

I hope you like our todays' release set  from this new release and come back tomorrow for more showcases of new set stamps.
And remember- when you comment on our posts you have a chance to win $20 GC each and every release day!

Princess lo with Scrapmatts

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Scrapmatts post for July.
As always, I try to showcase different projects and today you will see one  layout, one Mixed Media art piece and one card.
All of them are totally different in colors and styles. All of them have Scrapmatts chipboards/stencils as their  main embellishments and yes- you don't need much more when you have Scrapmatts adorable products.
So this layout is a wedding photo of my lovely daughter around taken about a year ago. I made it as Princess layout and added all those circles made from cardstock on the left. But then I knew that Scrapmatts circled chipboard will add much more interest and yes, you can add background chipboards on the top, not just far behind your papers or photos.
The dark pink splatters were made with Scrapmatts Paint drips stencil and Tattered Angels mist.They look just perfect as the random splashes over the page, but they are totally non random ones.
The fancy lamp was added on the top to become a piece of the photo.
The layered design embellishement was the prefect outline for the bottom of the photo. Happiness title was just a perfect sub- title for this page.
And yes- I also added a window, some heat embossed copper flowers and the Today arrow as my main embellishement cluster.

Scrapmatts products used:

CB5120 WINDOWS-4

CB6105 Assorted words 23

CB1235 Leaf Spray 14

CB5131 Bubbles 01

CB6109 Lamps 11

ST1009 Stencil Paint Drips

CB6045l Layered design

CB6112 Scrap Words 31

Inspired by Stamping July release:Just For You

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Inspired by Stamping July stamps release.
You can see the full release post for today in Inspired by Stamping blog.
Each day we are going to share one of more stamp sets from this release and for some I even made full written tutorials as for this first set that is called Just for you

Product list

Cardstock- DCWV,Stamps- Inspired by stamping,Dies- Gina Marie, Elizabeth Craft Designs, 

Chipboards- Scrapmatts,Ink- Ranger, Embossing Powder- WOW! Embossing Powders

How to make this card: 1.Make the black cardstock base (6*4.5''). Die cut the largest stitched rectangle (Elizabeth craft designs dies) from DCWV patterned cardstock and staple it over the black base. Die cut two more patterned cardstock mattings with the same paper stack (DCWV) and the smaller dies from the same set and glue them one over another with 3d foam glue tape.

2. Stamp the Just for you sentiment with over the patterned dotted cardstock with black pigmented ink and heat emboss with clear powder (Inspired by Stamping stamps). Add the small "thank you" sentiment under the "for" word.

3. Die cut hexagons around the stamped images and add black music cardstock mattings using larger hexagon dies (Gina Marie designs). Arrange the sentiment as shown over the card.

4. Heat emboss the Scrapmatts chipboards: the lower one with pink glitter and the upper one with black embossing powder. Glue the chipboard over the card. Add a few pearls over the chipboard and over the card. 

I hope you like our todays' release set  from this new release and come back tomorrow for more showcases of new set stamps.
And remember- when you comment on our posts you have a chance to win $20 GC each and every release day!

Happy summer card with Two Paper Divas

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my last July post for Two Paper Divas!
This time I made a very colorful summer card with DCWV  papers and TPD gorgeous stamp sets.
 The Tulip Bucket Bouquet was stamped, heat embossed, colored with watercolors and hand cut.
The sentiment from Melon Love stamp set  was stamped over patterned paper and heat embossed too.
 I used  dies to make all the layers and the ticker matting for the sentiment.
I really hope that you like my colorful card!

I also enter this to some web challenges:
Lots of layers for Dare2BArtzy

Inspired by Stamping July stamp release: Sending You & Van Life

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Inspired by Stamping July stamps release.
You can see the full release post for today in Inspired by Stamping blog.
Each day we are going to share one of more stamp sets from this release and for some I even made full written tutorials as for this first set that is called Van Life.

Product list

Cardstock- Canvas Corp,Stamps- Inspired by stamping,Dies- Sizzix, Chipboards- Scrapmatts,Ink- Ranger, Embossing Powder- WOW! Embossing Powders, Markers- Zig Real Brush

How to make this card: 1.Die cut the red cardstock base (Canvas Corp) with Sizzix die and add black second die cut layer using the same dies set. Add a patterned cardstock horizontal strip as shown.

2. Die cut two labels with the same Sizzix set and glue them over the card top with 3d foam glue. Stamp the old van with Inspired by Stamping stamp using black pigmented ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

3. Hand cut the stamped van and color with Zip Real Brushes. Glue it over the card with 3d foam glue as shown.

4. Stamp the sentiment with black permanent ink (Inspired by Stamping). Die cut the sentiment and glue it over the card. Add a few black rhinestones as shown.

And this is my fancy tag made with the second stamp set for this release: Sending love.
To tutorial was made for this tag, but I made the stamping with clear embossing ink and gold embossing powder.All cardstock is from DCWV and  the dies are from Sizzix and Marianne designs.The gold rub- ons are my very favorite BoBunny product.

I hope you like our first two sets from this new release and come back tomorrow for more showcases of new set stamps.
And remember- when you comment on our posts you have a chance to win $20 GC each and every release day!

You make me happy double tag with Honey Bee stamps

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit is here again and this time with my altered Mixed Media double tag made with Honey Bee stamps.
I love tags! I think those small art pieces are gorgeous and you can make then combined of two or even more tags one over another for the depth and texture.
So this tag was made with actually two separate tags that were connected then one over another.
So the backgrounds and the texture were made with Tando stencils, DecoArt texture paste and a lot, really a lot of DecoArt paints and mists.
After those tags were totally dry I wanted to stamp with Honey Bee stamps over and it was Mission Impossible as the texture was so massive and I had no free space to stamp.
But wait! There is a great way to add stamping over texture when you make your Mixed Media art and it is to stamp over white tissue paper with permanent ink and to glue the whole tissue piece over the creases with gel medium.
So easy to do and so effective!
And that was what I did: I stamped Honey Bee HAPPY EVERYTHING sentiment over the tissue and glued it in the middle of the textured clock.
Then I added a few stamped flowers with the same ink, but directly on the tags using Honey Bee Color My World flowers and embellished with a few wooden elements.
This tag can be a good one for men in our lives too: colors are not too girly and yes, they can  make us happy sometimes!

And if you want to see more of my art you can follow me over my Instagram account @iritshalom2000!

I enter this to a couple of web challenges too:

Things to alter- finally I used their products too and thanks!

Rubber Dance ATC tutorial

Hello my dear friends! Irit from International design team is here  and  I welcome to my Rubber Dance  tutorial.

Today I am going to share an ATC trio made with the new Rubber Dance stamps.

 Those new stamps are just perfect for the ATC size and it was just fun to make all three ATC cards at once in a very similar way.

So here is my step by step tutorial:

1. Stamp 3 vintage ads stamps from Vintage Ads new set with clear embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.

Sorry, i just forgot to take the  photo of this step, but it's easy to follow even without the photo.

2. Mist all three cards with  Tattered Angels mists and add a bit of Glam paint. This paint is very watery and reacts just like mists.

Let your cards dry.

3.Stamp butterflies, a bee  and  a dragonfly over white cardstock using clear embossing ink and black embossing powder.I used the following Rubber Dance stamps: Bee, Dragonfly and Butterflies from Antique Botanicals.

4. Hand cut the stamped and heat embossed images and paint them with High Impact paints (very similar to Silk Acrylics).

Glue the hand cut insects over the ATC cards  totally randomly.

5. Add Tim Holtz saying stickers over the cards and ink the edges with red  and teal paints as shown.

Tando and Stampendous blog hop: My Steampunk love ATCs

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our 

Tando and Stampendous Mixed Media blog hop.

Both teams were sharing their personal posts on the company blog for this entire week and you are welcome to see those posts on Tando blog and Stampendous blog.

But today is a day and this is HOP you were waiting for!

Lots of prizes to win and you just need to comment to maybe be one of our lucky winners.

We have three! prize packages fro our lucky commenters

So if you came from Jamie Martin's blog you are on the right way. And if not- please go to Stampendous blog and find your way to my blog again.

And this is what I made for this hop today: ATC trion made with Tando ATC BLANKS and chipboards and a lot of Stampenous stamps and embossing powders. What a great combo of those two companies! This is a totally WIN- WIN situation what you combine their products together and add DecoArt paints and mediums from the Media Line!

And all of those products can be found in Tando shop!

So here is my Steampunk ATC trio all together:

And now I am going to show you each ATC, also they all were made in the very same style:
Each blank was covered with gesso and them I stamped with Stampendous stamps using clear embossing ink and heat embossed it with Stampendous heat embossing  products. I used stamps from 4 sets,all from Andy Skinners' line: Curiosity set, Industrial set,Steampunk set and Toxic set.

All heat embossing was made with Stampendous Bronze Jewel kit and Spoonful of Rust kit.

I hope you liked my small pieces of art and now go to your next stop: Louise Healy
And remember- you need to comment on each stop to WIN!

Live to create and Create ot live art tag

Hello my dear crtfty friends and welcome to my very first post made for Susan K. Weckesser blog.

This month we, the designers, were asked to make something with houses. So this is my first post for the theme and I just decided to make a nice and creative tag.

Here is a small tutorial I made for you.

1. Make the basic Kraft cardstock tag and add the second tag, a bit smaller size, made from Susan K. Weckesser cardstock named Color Burst.

 the edges with Susan's new Clearsnap Color Pop Mini inks. On this photo I used the Ice one, but later I added the Kiss ink too.

Glue the cardstock tag over the Kraft one and make a hole on the top for the ribbons.

2. Stamp some flowers with Susan's  Unity Celebration of Simple stamp . This set includes 4 flags, but I just wanted the  flowers for this tag. I used Susan's Color Pop Mini Mystery Archival Dye ink  and I didn't try to make the nice stamping as this is just a background add- ons to the patterned cardstock.

3. Mask Tando flat house shaped chipboards with some tape (washi or painter's one, whatever you have) and stamp the lines with another  Susan's stamp from the same  Celebration of Simple stamp set. This time I used clear embossing ink and heat embossed the roof lines with black embossing powder.

4.Cut two cardstock pieces from Susan' s Color Burst  cardstock (the back side this time) and glue them over the houses front.
Paint the roof of each house with Color Pop  Mini Kiss ink, ink the edges of those houses too and heat emboss with clear embossing powders.

5. From this step and on I didn't make any step by step photos as it's clear visible.
I hand cut two sentiment strips using Susan's Live in Color Tags cardstock and inked the edges with the same Kiss  ink.
The small doors and windows chipboards were heat embossed with white embossing powder and glued over the houses.
I also added the white chipboard fence. Both houses were  adhered over the tag and I added some hand cut cardstock  banners under the sentiment.

The double ribbon was tied on the top.

And yes- in my house I live to create and create to live!

I hope you liked my small tutorial and see you in a few days with another Houses inspiration.

Product list- non Susan K. Weckesser products
Kraft cardstock- craft shop
Chipboards- Tando Creative
Embossing powder- WOW! Embossing Powders
Ribbon- May Arts
Clear embossing ink- Tsukineco
Heat gun
Adhesives