Express yourself with ATC

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my last December Mixed Media post made for ARTplorations blog.
Today I was in a bright mood and decided to make a very bright, glittery trio of ATC.
I used ESF Iridescents paint by Ann Butler- a total mix of them, like Sheer Copper, Ocean Surf, Emerald, Orchid and Pearl- to make the white dots over the finished project.
When the background was done I used Retro Circles ARTplorations stencil with ESF Gel Medium and made all those circles you can see over the ATC. Then I added a thick layer of clear glitter over the wet gel.
When it was dry- it takes awhile- I stamped the leaves and flowers with STAMPlorations Frames and Flowers set small stamps using permanent ink. Over this glossy paint the only ink that works is Ranger Archivals. (Believe me, I tried others too and messed with this).
As the last touches I made those pen circles with black pen, added a few embellishments and a small sticker to make the " point".

Products used:

Frames and flowers stamps

Retro circles stencil

Cherish love wedding layout : PHP post

It was pretty hard to make this color inspiration with Christmas/Holidays colors and my non Holidays photo. As we don't celebrate Christmas I looked for other possible photos and this wedding photo of daughter and her groom was my best choice. The greens and naturals were easy composed to the nice layout; the problem was with red and this light aqua- green color. So I added a few rhinestones, one red sticker of Home (new weds- new home) and some red pearls and splashes to make it work. I hope it worked.

Supply list:

Patterned paper- Paper House Productions

Stickers- Paper House Productions

Punch- Martha Stewart

Mist- Tattered Angels

Embellishments :Rhinestones- Buckle Boutique

Pearls, fabric house sticker- FWAB

LIve, laugh, love card with SNS

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my last post as SNS Guest designer for 2015.
Those were great three months and I love the products I got and my projects made with those products.
So my last card is a bit artistic.
I used artistic patterned paper from PHP  and added my own variation to  those patterns on the background using SNS Dimensional glue and a few glitters.
I wanted the glitter to become a part of the paper, so I just added a few spots and covered them with Fire Engine Red glitter, Bubble Gum glitter, Ocean glitter and Pine grove glitter.
I really love those  perfect glitter dots over the paper.
Then I stamped the main image using Burton- HEURE DE PARTY set- just one image with three faces that I adore! The image was stamped with pigmented black ink and heat embossed with black EP. Then it was colored with alcohol markers.
The sentiment is a part of a totally different stamp set- Pink ribbon background. I stamped just a few words from this huge background set with orange ink and used the patterned paper again.
Some punched borders and a big fabric flower- and this non  so usual card was done.

 I hope you liked my GD projects made for SNS as much as I loved their products. I want to thank the company owner and the DT coordinator for a chance to be a part of this great team.
 Products used:
Burton- Heure de Party 419
Pink ribbon background 408
Dimensional glue
Fire engine red glitter G1007
Clear detail  EP280
Black detail  EP 171
Ocean G1126
Bubble Gum G1088
Pine Grove GT3006

Rubber Dance December tutorial

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my December Rubber Dance tutorial.

I couple of months ago I made a card  with the same grid technique and promised to make a tutorial. So finally I made it- another card, same tricks and tips. Here we go!

1. Cover the thick cardstock with a few strips of double sided glue and cut to the desired size.

2. Use punches to make a few  1'' and 2'' squares (you can cut them by hand, I just have those punches and it's easier to make it this way). Peel the glue strips from the top and arrange the squares as shown. Sometime  you need to make strips of cardstock or to add very small squares; do it, but leave a small gaps in between the pieces.

3. Sprinkle green glitter over the squares- it will stay over the gaps as those are the  glue strips there.

4. Now grab you lovely Rubber Dance  Antique Botanicals stamps and make a random stamping with white pigmented ink- to see where it was stamped - and black embossing powder.

5. Color the stamped images with a mix of distress markers. 

6. Ink the card with a mix of distress inks.

7. Add the finished piece over the basic cardstock. Make a kind of a hand drawn frame with black pen.

Add a stamped sentiment using RD sentiment set " Just a note" .

All the Rubber Dance stamps can be found HERE!

Happy Holidays gift holder- TPD

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Two Paper Divas post.

This time I made a fancy gift card holder using Canvas Corps file folder  and patterned paper from 7 Gypsies and added stamped with heat embossing, hand cut truffles using the new TPD Truffle treats set.

 Each truffle was stamped with red/ pink inks and heat embossed with clear embossing powder over. Then I added some pearl 3d paint over the hand cut piece.

I added JUST FOR YOU stamped TPD sentiment from the very same Truffle Treats set over the GC holder corner and stamped Happy Holidays sentiment over the file tab on the top.

The edges of the file folder are glued, so you can actually put the gift card inside. I also added some wooden pins to close the top of the folder to keep the GC inside.

IBS December challenge

Hello my dear crafty friends and  welcome to my December IBS CHALLENGE POST.
As you know we have sketch, color challenge and product/themed challenge each month. You can pick one or more of those and to make your card for the challenge.
I decided to use this month' colors as they are perfect for the Love card.



So the background card is silver grey. Then I added the black die cut background. Over the background I added another die cuts- both stamped.
I used the small doily die cut to stamp the sentiment using my most beloved Watercolor sentiments  set. Over the die cut feathers I stamped with a few small flowers using the new Summer baskets set.
 All stamping was made with hot pink pigmented ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
The only embellishments I added were a couple of felt hearts connected with twine.
This card is very fancy and can be given for almost any occasion.

Noel gift card holder- with PHP

This is another gift card holder I made: the book shaped one and I do have a tutorial for you , so you still have time to make the similar project with PHP gorgeous Holidays products.