Pin cushions made easy with Faux quilting stamps by Ann Butler

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new post with something new for me too:

 pins cushions.

The base of this cute project were those Maya Road canvas die cuts and they come double sided and stitched from all sides.

 I got them in some grab box and for a few years never used any. And then I thought that if I cut the bottom and add some inside butting, it can be a very lovely and useful piece. 

So first I cut the bottom and  added a small package of SoftSoft HighLoft Thermally Bonded Polyester Batting from Warm Company  and glued it with  Beacon Fabri- Tac permanent adhesive. Then I  colored the whole canvas shape, both sides, with Ann Butler's Craft Inks from Clearsnap, using Aquamarine, Berry and Limelight inks.
Then I decided to add some embellishments and the only canvas shapes I had were those LYB canvas stickers that come bare.

So I stamped over them with Ann Butler's Unity  Faux quilting stamps, using 2'' Leaves all over

1'' Diamond and Plaids 

and 1'' Doily Picnic stamps with the same inks and with Sunshine ink over one shape.

That was all! Easy, cute, fast made pin cushions were made and I really love the result. Hope you like it too!

Products used:

Ann Butller Clearsnap Crafters Inks

Ann Butler's Unity stamps: 

2'' Leaves all over

1'' Doily Picnic

1'' Diamonds and Plaids

Other products:

SoftSoft HighLoft Thermally Bonded Polyester Batting- Warm Company

Beacon Fabri- Tac permanent adhesive

Maya Road canvas die cuts

LYB canvas stickers

Making Mixed Media with Ann Butler's Faux quilting stamps and inks

Hello my dear crafty friends !
Irit  is here and this is my monthly project made with Ann Butler's gorgeous products.
This is a chipboard board that became a kind of an art Mixed Media project and I actually tried to show how we can use Ann Buter's inks and stamps over the different surfaces.
So  it's not a real tutorial (almost impossible to make a Mixed Media project full tutorial , but with video); so I just show you the final result and give some tips.
The white artistic chipboard was covered with tissue paper first. Some tissue was with a pattern and some was just white one. I stamped all over the white tissue with permanent black ink and you can see all Ann's stamps patterns over the board, mostly around the central space.  Then I added some stencil's writing about art with texture paste and then all the stamped and masked surface was  inked with a mix of Ann Butler's Crafters Clearsnap inks.
I added two masked circles with  texture paste and white embossing powder and then inked over the  embossed mask with some of Ann's inks again.
So far we used Ann's inks over glued tissue, over texture paste and over embossing powder and we can see how great it works over all of those surfaces.

Now for the next surfaces. I inked the wooden panel and as you can see the words are still visible.

The chipboard bird cage was inked over the bare chipboard ans I like this " like vintage" result. The chipboard Honeycomb was inked with another Ann's ink and so were the feather's edges. Two burlap flowers were inked too and look at this perfect colored result!

Then I stamped  over diamond chipboard pieces  and inked over stamped images: great look again.

The only non Ann's ink here are those stains over the old brush I added to this art piece.

Supply list

Ann Butler's products

Clearsnap Crafters inks: Lilac, Sunshine, Aquamarine,Limelight, Berry

Ann Butler's stamps:

Unity 2'' Doily Picnic

2'' Leaves all over

1'' Diamonds and Plaids

Other products:

Chipboards, wood pieces: Creative Embellishments

Mask: TCW

Embossing powders: WOW! Embossing Powders

Burlap fowers: LYB

Tissue papers 

Sweet times lo

My very first lo made with my very NEW granddaughter Netta photo and LYB goodies all around this page.

 

Scrapbook Saturday: Happy Lovely Delight

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Irit  is here today and this time with a new , cute and very much stamped layout made for PWP company DT.

This is  my dear happy, lovely and delightful grandson Omer and his typical  posing to the camera.
I made a background full of stamped texture using PWP Punchinella set, Textures set and Flourish fun 2 set using red and blue inks over this light blue basic paper (LYB)

Then I added some funny words with Whimsical patterns alphabet and you can see those SHY, ADORE AND CUTE words over  the page. The title is a kind of Mixed Title, made with a word Happy from Happy Day set, some fabric letters and a clear die cut word. I really love to make mixed titles; they are fun and  eye attractive.

Here are some more close ups to this funny page.

Here you can see those lovely stamped spots made with Texture set. So easy and non messy (before I owned this stamp I just used a toothbrush and this  was totally messy experience)

I hope you  like this page and see you soon again!

Textures Cling Stamp Set Flourish Fun 2 Clear Stamp Set Whimsical Pattern Alphabet Clear Stamp Set Punchinella Cling Stamp Set Happy Day Clear Stamp Set

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Sweet Stamps challenge #137: Borders

Hello my dear crafty friends!
 This is our Sweet Stamps new challenge and this week  it's all about Borders!
Any border is great: punched, jandcut, stamped, pre- made- just show us your borders and you can win some great goodies.
So here is my card. I made 2 kinds of borders: one is punched with MS lace punch  and the second one is stamped with SS delicious Lace  border stamp with parchment effect (white ink, white embossing powder over vellum paper) . I also added some pearl strips to make it  fancier.
Then I stamped this small WITH LOVE sentiment and used this well- known daisy for " Loves me- loves me not)

And now it's your turn! Play with our challenge and you can win some great goodies!
 I enter this to Moxie FAB general craft supplies challenge: brads are so general and so are pearls and premde flowers too.

Lace Border 418 Parchment Craft Vellum PCV25 White Dye Ink Pad for Parchment Crafting With Love

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Sweet stamps #126 challenge: Anything goes with Artsy Fartsy new stamps

Hello my dear crafty friends! Today is our Anything goes week on Sweet Stamps challenge blog and it means you can link any possible project and to win some great goodies.
Our DT got a few new ATC sized stamps (actually there are 18 of them for this release, but we got a couple for now and sure more to come). I  picked 2 stamps with a word Paris, so it was just natural to make some travel project . So say welcome to my stamped key chain that can me great for any keys  or travel bags.

I used an old and forgotten plastic frame  and then added 2 stamped ATC size pieces, one of each  clear frame side. The  first one is this Bird in a fly and I used 3-4 Ranger Distress Paints (just drop a bit over the stamped and heat embossed image and then wipe it with a wet baby wipe) over this stamped and heat embossed with black embossing powder image. The second piece with this vintage Paris lady was stamped the same way and then  colored with some yellow,  orange and red Distress paints the very same way as the first piece. Then I added some LYB wooden pieces, painted with the  same paints , connected them to the chains and a ring and this totally useful project was done.

Want ti see those gorgeous Sweet Stamps  18 ATC STAMPS? Go to our shop and just buy some!
And you can see all our new projects on this special ArtsyFartsy Pinterest board too.
And don't forget to participate in our weekly challenge!
 I enter this to Frog Dog Studio  challenge- use Distress Paints

IBS July release DAY 3: Tabs (and Banners)

Hello my dear crafty friends! Today is Day 2  of Inspired by Stamping July stamp release and today we are going to show you a lot of  new tabs and banners stamps.
I designed a nature inspired friendship, love and celebration general card that can be perfect for any age (from 15 and up) and  any gender.

I used a real natural wooden pieces and flowers together with natural looked wooden and fabric embellishments and then added 3 tabs over the card edges. Each tab  has a sentiment from our Day 2 Arrows set and those sentiment are just perfect (size and  wording) for this card.
As a last touch I added a stamped word Love from the same Arrows set and made a circle bubble with punch. As I already had a bit of red on this card, I decided to stick to red and made this Love word in red; I also added some red pearls ( all over stamped letters " i" and on the corner.

Remember to comment in each and every blog as we always have a great giveaway during our release days.
Designers list:
Banners
Joanna - http://wp.me/p2QJN7-3eQ

• Leah -  http://paperblossoms.blogspot.com/2013/07/vintage-banners.html

Shea - http://glitterandbonbons.blogspot.com/2013/07/ibs-new-release-everyday-tabs-and.html
• Grace-http://tolmanchronicles.blogspot.com/2013/07/inspired-by-stamping-july-release.html

• Vicki - http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2013/07/inspired-by-stamping-july-sneak-peeks_8.html

• Rose - http://roseshappyplace.blogspot.com/2013/07/inspired-by-stamping-july-release-day-3.html

• Shani http://paperesse.blogspot.com/2013/07/ibs-july-release-vintage-banners-and.html

Tabs

• Deb - http://aworldofimagination-deb.blogspot.com/2013/06/inspired-by-stamping-july.html

• Irit -http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/2013/07/ibs-july-release-day-3-tabs-and-banners.html

Colleen http://www.colleendietrichdesigns.com/2013/07/inspired-by-stamping-july-releases_8.html • Calypso- http://calypsocandycraft.blogspot.com/2013/07/ibs-july-release-you.html

• Tina -- http://woodedviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/faith.html

Please leave a comment  for a chance to win the Happy Occasions & Happy Occasion Sentiments stamp sets that were featured today!


DEADLINE IS: 5pm AEST Brisbane time or 2am EST, Wednesday, July 10th to be eligible to win. Only one comment per person please. One randomly selected winner will be announced on our Winners Page no later than 7pm.
Thank you to everyone for leaving a comment and sharing with us our excitement! We look forward to reading your comments!

Family today mini album with GJS

Hello my dear crafty friends!
This is my monthly post for Genuinely Jane Studios and this time  it's my Family today mini album.
The house shaped mini was just perfect for my son's family photos and all pages inside are very simple (not  the cover), also I used a lot of dies over those pages.

All papers in this mini are from one single MME 6*6'' pad in 3 colors  only; all dies are from Die Versions. The tags are from Pretty Little Studio, wooden embellishments are LYB .
Here is my cover:

And some close ups to the title made with Tando Creative chipboard together with Tando gate.

And now for the inner pages

Please visit GJS blog and leave me some love there!

Making my life more colorful: Last Faber Castell GDT post

This is my last post as Faber Castell Design Memory Crafts  guest designer. I can't believe that 4 month are gone... So I decided to make a project full of colors and useful too. Welcome my altered make- up bag made with canvas flowers and a lot of Faber Castell  products.
This is an old NEW make up bag my DD left behind when she moved to her own apartment. But is was so black and so unseen , so I decided to mist a lot of Naturals LYB goodies and to make it bright and shiny. I really love those colors of canvas flowers over the black surface. I also added a wooden misted charm and it was done and useful.

It was a great pleasure to guest design for Faber Castell Design Memory Craft and I hope to be back with them some day.
Thanks Naoko for a great chance to design for your company!

Little Prince Blog hop : my Natural Love

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Welcome to our Little Prince big BLOG HOP! Please read the whole post as I HAVE A HUGE GIVEAWAY FOR YOU!

This is the Second Anniversary of the Little Prince Hop and the designers are showcasing handcrafted items sure to get your creative juices flowing for the Little Men in your lives! Stop by for Incredible Talent, Inspiration, Current Trends, and lots of fun giveaways! I have to say I am incredibly blessed to have SUCH a fantastic line-up of ladies on this hop!!
This hop will include Party Decor, Room/Nursery Decor, Gift Packaging, Layouts, Baked goods for celebrations, and is not limited to Paper Crafting!
Starts Sunday March 31st at 0800 at www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com
Attendees will have until Friday April 5th at Midnight (CENTRAL) to complete all of the giveaway requirements along the hop. Please remember to Follow each Designers blogs and Facebook page if you aren't already!!
If you came from Beth's blog- you are on the right path. And if not- please go to main  blog and begin this day's hop there.
We all made a lot of different projects with only one common thing: they are all about the little Prince in our life. And mine is my first and still only grandson Omer who is 2 years old now.
Just to show you a bit of Omer: he  looks like a Little Prince (all those photos will be scrapped, just got them from his studio set, Limor Aharon was behind the camera)

This is my new 7 Gypsies (won it) frame and my lovely grandson . Both together, with a lot of LYB Naturals collection made this lovely project (I just glued it as you can see)
I never used LYB products as they are cute and I am not this cute kind  of crafter, but those Naturals collection is so much ME! Much more projects to come (that's what happens when you buy like 10 packages of those goodies: you can't stop to use them!) and finally I even won the LYB  contest Grand prize for this project, but it was never posted in my blog.

OUT FOR  print PUBLICATION

I also entered this project for Moxie Fab Summer home deco challenge

So here is a punch line you were waiting for: my blog Prize

I have a lot of sponsors on this blog hop

First of all some of my current DT companies

Inspired by Stamping is giving you $10 gift card to use in IBS SHOP

100 Proof Press is giving  you $15 gift card to use in 100 Proof Press shop

Faber Castell Design Memory Craft sent me a couple of extra packages to use on this hop and you can see them here- around $17 cost

And here is much more of  goodies you can win (plus all those above)

WOW! Embossing Powders stamp set 

 Bunch of Tando Creative chipboards

Then I have a lot of goodies from my previous teams:

Best Creation 6*6 p''  glitter paper pad

Pretty Little studio cut outs and tags

Cherry Lynn Designs  metal embossing folders and a flower die 

Creative Inspirations Paints couple of embossing glitters jars

And some of  other goodies you can see on this photo  from my personal stash, like a set of Cosmo Cricket  stamps, set of Maya Road ribbons, Symon Says stamp set, Totally Stampalicious  cute stamp set and.... I don't know, it depends. More new followers, more comments, more prizes from my secret box.

The total price of my giveaway is around    $120 and it will be shipped to any place on the globe if you are randomly picked as my winner.(You order directly from 2 stamp shops with your winning gift card)

And that's what you need to do :

1. BE MY BLOG FOLLOWER- OLD OR NEW and comment about it here- one entry to my draw

2. Like Faber Castell Design Memory Craft, Inspired by Stamping, Tando Creative and 100 Proof Press FB PAGE and tell them Irit sent you

 comment in my blog and tell me you did all of those- here is your second entry to the draw 

But wait! You can enter more times

1. Share this post on your own FB PAGE-  3 rd  ENTRY

2. Make a small post or link my blog with a giveaway photo   in your blog- 4 th ENTRY

3. Send a friend to follow my blog with your name  in their comment- ENTRY #5

Please leave a separate comment  with links about each of the thing above you made. Totally 5 comments and 5 entries to my giveaway. And if I get 750 followers till the end of this giveaway- I will add another great prize about $50 cost for a second winner. This giveaway will be drawn when and if I have at least 50 different comment and if not- it will stay on the top  till I have this number of comments.

I will keep this giveaway open for  7 more days, so you and your friends have a lot of time to visit and to make all possible comment to be in my draw. 

OK, now it's your next stop on this hop.

Go to Jillian 's  blog and you can sure win more goodies there.

And here is a full designers list for today

1.Starts at: www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com

2.Beth Kingston -www.aintshecrafty.blogspot.com

3.Irit Shalom www.iritshalom.blogspot.co.il- you are here

4.Jillian Shelton -www.paperalamode.com

5.Madison Womack -www.ifeeltheloveproject.blogspot.com

6.Karen Ladd -www.ahomespunaffair.blogspot.com

7.Elizabeth Mindemann - http://www.ejoym.blogspot.com

8.Liz Matsko - http://www.217Creations.com