Framing Flowers

Today I'm posting a card that is inspired by one of my all-time fav stampers, Darlene Devrise.  She is the "Featured Stamper" this week over on SCS.  I didn't even know she had a gallery there!  I have always just followed/subscribed to her posts on YouTube!

So it is an honor to be casing a card of hers that I had "Faved" long ago -- her "Frame of Paper Flowers". Be sure to stop by her blog or check out her technique vidoes on YouTube.  You will be hooked just like me!

For my card, I started by glueing Prima flowers to a vanilla piece of cardstock.  I went with a blues and beige palette. 

Next I ran the piece thru a TH embossing folder to get some texture.

Then I ran the piece through my Big Shot with a Labels 6 Spellbinders die to cut out the focal piece/panel.   

I added a few more Primas on top of the die cut panel and a few silver brads to add dimension to the texture.  I traced around the outside of the same die that I used to cut the focal panel to create a 1/8" larger layering panel on Navy cardstock.  Finally I adhered the piece to a vanilla layer and then attached it to my card base.

Next I used a Simon Says banner die and coordinating sentiment set called "Tilted Banner Sayings" to create the banner under the panel.    

This is my interpretation of Darlene's amazing card!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Mom's Birthday

 Hi Friends,

Sharing the card I made for my mom's birthday this week.  Happy #79 Mom!!  Love you!!

I used another K&Company "Flora and Fauna Birds and Leaves" dimensional sticker as the focal point (see last week's post here for the other) on this card along with the banner sticker from the same set.  I added more embellishments such as the punched flowers and tiny MS butterflies out of coordinating CS.  I also used part of a Cheery Lynn Designs "Victorian Romance" flourish diecut leftover from some earlier cards I was making.  I added some tiny pearls and Jolee's jewels for bling.  The bottom edge is EK Success border punch threaded with pink trim from Michael's. The sentiment is Stampin Up!

This card is in honor of Karen over on SCS who is the Featured Stamper this week!!  I love Karen's work and she is always so sweet and complimentary when you post a card.  I chose to case her "Gratitude" card.  The stamp set used is Stamps of Life and the embellishments are unidentified goodies I have in my stash.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

A Woman's Work

This weeks Featured Stamper over on SCS is Elaine (aka Quixotic).  Wow, can this girl color!  I checked out her blog and she has several tutorial on Copic Coloring, really really excellent work.  I learned I have a lot to learn with that medium!!

I chose to Case this "Lola Di Vinci" card of hers.  I kept the color scheme and layout, but changed out all the materials to what I have on hand.  My image is "Wanda" by Loralie Designs.  These images are so much fun!  They all come with "accessories" to the main image, just like paper dolls!  I picked up several from Loralie's collection last year at a trade show. Another Loralie Design I made is posted here if you want to see another example.


I paper pieced her dress, apron, and hair wrap.  Then I used all copics to color in the skin, hair and shoes.  The DP is Cosmo Cricket "Salt Air" and Me and My Big Ideas "Fashion District". The punch and ribbon are SU! and the sentiment stamp is from Viva Las Vegas Stamps (picked it up last month from that outrageous stamp store!). Finally, her earrings and necklace are Basic Grey Opaline half back pearls.


TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Oh My That's Sparkly!

Hi Friends,
Yesterday I stopped by my LSS (since I was in the neighborhood, ahem..) and picked up this crazy sparkly, thick CS!  It's almost chipboard, it's so thick, which is awesome because it runs beautifully through my Big Shot.  The paper is American Crafts "Glitter Palette".  I sliced off a section of several of the colors and die cut some flowers and leaves to play with.

I checked out the Etsy Challenge for this week and this really bright and colorful handbag caught my eye so I chose as my color inspiration. 



Then I checked out this week's FS over on Splitcoast to find inspiration for a card to make so I could use these insanely sparkly flowers and came across this "Dogwood Fancy" card by "MBRCuties25" -- who is this weeks FS!  It worked great as a jumping off point so here is what I came up with:

The dies I used are Sizzix Paper Sculpting Daisy and the leafy branch is from SU's Bird and Branch punch.  The pom pom trim and sentiment are also SU.

 TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Thinking Happy Thoughts

Hello Friends!

Here's my Case card for this week's Featured Stamper, Charlene (aka Willlo01).  I came across this card in her gallery and loved it!!  Even though it dosn't look very much like her awesome card, it is totally inspired by her design!

I used S.E.I.'s Dill Weed DP and mini Prima Roses.  The rub-on sentiment from SU! says "Thinking Happy Thoughts" even though it's hard to see it in the photos.  I used Tim Holtz' Tiny Attacher to staple the stems and the bottom die cut strip. 




TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Quilted Card

 Hi All,

Now this was fun!!  This week's Featured Stamper over on SCS is Tracy, aka "Whoistracy".  I was drawn to all her quilt cards and decided to give it a try.  I chose her "Quilted Books" card to case.

I picked up this Sizzix Westminster 1-1/2" Hexagons die at the last scrapbook convention I was at and never really did much with it.  Now I know what to do with it!  It made doing this card really fast!

I used scraps of DP I had from the Basic Grey "Capella" 6x6 paper pack and stacked them onto the die (it was 6 different designs) all at once and ran them through.  I glued them randomly down onto some copy paper, then cut it down to a 4x5-1/4" panel for my card.  I added texture to it with an EF (click on the pic for close-up).

I stamped the pitcher from "Studio Sketches" onto vanilla CS and lightly highlighted it with Copics.  Distressed the card base and the image with THoltz Vintage Paper ink, then assembled the card using Tracy's sketch.






Super fast with the help of the Sizzix die and Tracy's awesome design!  Congrats and thanks to Tracy!!
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Jesus is the Reason!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Here's my card for the Featured Stamper Challenge over on SCS this week.  Congrats to Tobi (aka Jazzytobi), well deserved!!  I chose her "CASDT09FALL01" card to case!!  A perfect CAS design for a holiday card that you want to make multiples of!

I kept her layout but used materials I had on hand to create my version.  (SU! Kraft CS, Craft White ink and Striped Ribbon.   Sentiment by Stampabilities.)

Wonderful inspiration Tobi!  Congratulations 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Mary Engelbreit Card

Hi Friends,

This week's Featured Stamper over on SCS is Lynette (aka Lynniepoo) and this is a stamper worth checking out!  She has a wonderful CAS style and I found so many cards in her gallery that I saved for casing later!! 



For todays submission, I chose her "Stickers and Sending Prayers" card.  Since I am obsessed with 3-dimensional stickers and chipboard stickers, (I probably put Michaels or any of our LSS to shame with my collection!!) this was a perfect choice for me today.  I am always scouting for cards to make using 3-D stickers!   Lynnette's card used the Mary Engelbreit stickers -- which I bought from Mike's in the dollar bin -- and a very simple design!  I love what she did with it. 





I used Nestibilites scalloped rectangle and square to create a frame for the sticker, layered it onto a white card base that had a strip of miscellaneous DP across the length and then embossed lines above and below the strip.  I stamped the sentiment over to the right just like Lynette's.  The stamp is by "Morning Star" stamps. 

I plan to make a whole stack of these as a set now that I have a great, easy, layout to use!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Fun Critters!

Hi Friends,

These two cards were inspired by this week's Featured Stamper over on SCS.  Congratulations to Laurie (aka Immanut); her gallery is definitely inspiring!

Both cards use DP and the coordinating Chipboard stickers from the Basic Grey "Green at Heart" collection -- these are available at Frantic Stamper.  The sentiments and Rich Razzleberry ribbons I used are SU!

The gopher card (I think it's a gopher??) is cased after Laurie's "Crushed Curry Country Morning" card.  I liked kept her monochromatic theme and layout but used the chipboard pieces instead of a stamped image.





The owl card is cased after Laurie's "Punch Art Lion" card (which is super cute by the way!).  I kept her design layout, but again, used chipboard pieces as the main focal image instead of the punch art.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Dear Friend

I can't stop playing with my Cosmo Cricket Togetherness DP and matching chipboard!!  I love the colors and cute animals in this collection.  Sigh...


So here's a card I just posted over on SCS as my Case of this week's Featured Stamper: Alison.  I chose her "Nitestamper Case" card to case...just in case (corny, boo, I know). 

As you can see, the sketch and sentiment are the same, but everything else is changed out to use what's been on my crafting table all week.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

My Big Ole Flower Story

Hi Friends,

Today I was messing around making flowers with my punches and tried out one of the ones you can make with Scallop circle punches.  I used both the large and regular sized Scalloped circle punches from SU.  The flower came out pretty decent after snipping each scallop of all the circles into petals, joining them at the center with a brad, and then curving the petals.  Pleased with myself, I then decided how cool it would look if it shimmered.  And that was the beginning of the end of my pretty decent flower.

I took it outside along with my Smooch gold shimmer spray and stood about 12 inches away (I know, you're supposed to be about 6 feet away or something) and sprayed it.  Well, each time I pumped the spray, the plastic wrapper with all the info about the spray (which you can't take off or you lose that info) would slide up until it was shielding the nozzle and the back splash of the spray was now going all over my fingers and globbing onto my (formerly) pretty decent flower.   I finally stopped, left it there and walked to the trash can inside my craft room and threw away my silly Smooch spray.  BAhhhh I say!!

After awhile, my flower dried with it's globby shimmer and to me it looked like the poor thing had age spots all over it.  But I kept it, played with the shape of it some more and left it to sit and wallow in the misery I had caused it.



Then along came this week's Featured Stamper over on SCS!!  YAY Emily (aka Stampingout)!!  Emily uses big flowers on a lot of her cards so I selected one of her many gorgeous ones to CASE so I could make use of my formerly pretty decent flower.



I went with a shabby-chic feel for my card to make it seem like I did that aging thing to it on purpose.  (Uh, yah, that's right, I wanted it to look like that.)  Anyhow, in the end, it is going to be ok I guess and I have Emily to thank for that!!  Congratulations and thank you Emily!!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

Hugs and Prayers

Had a wonderful time this morning going through the talented Stephanie Serrano's Gallery this morning! She is the honored Featured Stamper this week, and well-deserved!!

I chose her  "Spring Suite" card to case. I kept the layout and color scheme, but changed everything out to supplies I had on hand.   I used Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored in the images with Copics.

I used my brand new Gina K "Hugs and Prayers" set - egads!! This set is wonderful!!  It's from Gina's July 2010 release.  I loved just about all of the sets this month, it was hard to choose just one!! 

Congratulations Stephanie!! Enjoy your week!
 
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Birds is the Wird

Fresh from the GASC in Arlington, I came home with my arms full of new goodies and some extra time to play!!  Mr. Holtz was there hanging with the ladies and dazzling us with his fine talent and cool toys!!  I ended up getting his bird cage die and impression folders.

The card I made with the bird cage die was really fun. The cage die cut is large and it comes with it's bird so it easily fills up most of the front of the card for fast and easy designing!

The die cut through 4 pieces of brown CS like buttah. I layered 4 of the cages with fun foam (you know that crafty foam you can get at Mike's that is sticky on one side only, really thin?  That stuff is great for multi-layering!!) and placed it on the center of a piece of DP from Webster's Lullaby collection (Yummm!!).  I ran the die through again with more Lullaby DP to cut out a bird.  I sponged the edges of the bird pieces then slipped him through the bars of the bird cage, similar to the example on the die packaging.

Then the really fun part!!  Returning to my current obsession with peel-offs, I dressed up the cage and added a faux chain with those fabulous stickers!  Don't know if you can see the chain winding from the top of the cage down the side, but it's there and looks really cool!!

Dressed up the peel-offs with some half back pears and called it a card!! 

This card is for a couple of challenges this week, the IC (Layla Grace) and Just for Fun Rubber Stamps Color Challenge # 14 -- a monocromatic card, any color.  From the Layla Grace website, I chose this Oilo Nursery Bedding display  as my inspiration.

I used some Bazzil monochromatic greens and more of the Lullaby Lane DP that I got from the GASC this weekend. Stamped the bird cage and gnarly branches in the background from the "Birds at Home" set by Clear Art Stamps (another grab from the GASC).

Added YET ANOTHER peel-off, this time a white, lacy peel-off border, to finish off the edge across the top of the DP.  (And yes, there are more cards to come using peel-offs so get over it!!  LOL!! )








OK, just one more bird card!

This is for the Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS this weekend.   Congrats to this week's Featured Stamper "NikkiSchmaltz" whose amazing gallery is well worth the time to browse!I I chose this gorgeous "Vere Penny Lane" card of hers to CASE because I was running out of time this morning!! Otherwise, I would have kept on oohing and ahhing all day through her work!!

Used similar ribbon treatment, kept the color scheme and layout but switched out the materials for what I had in my own stash -- including more of the Lullaby Lane DP!. Changes include using a label shape instead of oval for the main image, adding a prima flower, and using a different scallop punch for trim at the bottom.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!