Heartfelt Creations Project 2

I couldn't submit anything to Heartfelt Creations without including a Copic-driven project. I also wanted to do a clean and simple traditional card as well. I actually redid the front after I took this picture and heat embossed the the sentiment. This could be an interesting little card kit, couldn't it?

I loved the way this turned out. I used the Memento Midnight Blue to stamp the images. This one is a keeper, I think. I used the following products to complete this project.

ü  Heartfelt Creations Countryside Evening Collection

ü  Blue cardstock from my stash

ü  HPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers Pre-Cut Set

ü  Blue self-adhesive crystals from my stash

ü  Recollections black self-adhesive pearls

ü  Color Box Gold pigment ink

ü  Memento Midnight Blue ink

ü  Tombow dotto

ü  Foam Dots from my stash

ü  Copic Marker B37 Anthwerp Blue

ü  Copic Marker B41 Powder Blue

ü  Copic Marker B45 Smoky Blue

Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch

When I received notice that I was a semi-finalist for the Heartfelt Creations design team, I was totally excited. When the products arrived for me to submit my creations, I was doubly excited. There was a caveat that I overlooked the first go-round when I coupled my increasingly busy schedule with under the wire submission requirements. That caveat was cutting all the flowers with the die template the company provided. Needless to say, this first project was not a contender. Regardless, this was a valuable lesson and has equipped me with some new skill sets in record time.

I'll be departing for Framingham, Massachusetts this Thursday for a wholesalers trade show. I preregistered for two Sizzix that looked most interesting to me. One was using their Flip-It die templates. When I looked at the Heartfelt Creations challenge, I decided that this would be a perfect vehicle for the Heartfelt challenges. The Flip It front is above and the open view is below.

 I cut two pieces of cardstock -- one green and the other from the paper they sent me. I cut out the print elements and glued them to the card base for a most interesting effect; at least, I thought it was.

To create the flowers, I stamped them on tan cardstock using black Versafine ink and SparkleNSprinkle clear embossing powder. I heat-embossed them and cut them out by hand. I used black faux pearls to enhance the floral centers and a 10mm brad to secure the layers. My product list is below.

Regardless of the outcome, I will be doing more with the Heartfelt Creations collections. I thoroughly enjoyed working on these projects and plan to do more.

ü  Sizzix 657586 Card, Circle Flip-its Die

ü  Heartfelt Creations Countryside Evening Collection

ü  HPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers Pre-Cut Set

ü  HPC 3380 Heartfelt Creations Layout Class

ü  McGill 3” scallop circle punch

ü  Want2Scrap Self-adhesive pearls, black

ü  Recollections black self-adhesive pearls

ü  Green cardstock from my stash

ü  Versafine black ink

ü  SparkleNSprinkle clear embossing powder

ü  Memento Tuxedo Black ink

ü  Sponge dauber

ü  Heat Gun

ü  Tombow dotto

ü  Zots clear adhesive dots, small 

Mosaic Moments Turn Around

This was our third Mosaic Moments project (we do two a month). We were required to use brick colored grid paper, a dated cornerstone, and/or paper tiles. I had everything planned for the perfect page and changed my mind at the last minute. I used the Kodak commercial song "Turn Around" (circa 1960) as my theme. I featured pictures of Matthew (our middle child) growing up on the left and his adult pictures with babes of his own on the right. Of course, the whole time I was laying this out, I was listening to the song which is a tear-jerker (to borrow an Andy Griffith phrase). Here are the lyrics with minor modifications for a boy:

Where are you going, my little one, little one.

Where are you going, my baby my own.

Turn around and you’re two,

Turn around and you’re four,

Turn around and you’re a young lad going out of the door.

Turn around, turn around, turn around and you’re a young lad

Going out of the door.

Where are you going, my little one, little one.

Where are you going, my baby my own.

Turn around and you’re tiny,

Turn around and you’re grown,

Turn around and you’re a young man with babes of your own.

Turn around, turn around, turn around and you’re a young man

With babes of your own.