My Favorite Things: Too Cute!

I've had this stamp set around for awhile and finally got around to creating a card just for her. This is part of the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence collection. I'm on a DIY kick as I strive to do more with less, so I created the stamp set with the Heartfelt Creations Posies collection. I shaped them with the McGill Paper Blossoms tool kit. I created the card with Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities set. I also used the following markers:
C2 Cool Gray #2
E0000 Floral White
E00 Skin White
E19 Redwood
E97 Deep Orange
FRV1 Fluorescent Pink
R30 Blush
RV21 Light Pink
RV23 Pure Pink
RV25 Dog Rose Flower
YR00 Powder Pink
YR18 Sanguine

Heartfelt Creations' High Seas

This is my first nautical scene from the Heartfelt Creations Balmy Breezes collection featuring stamps from HCPC3627 High Seas Precut Set. I used cardstock from the collection's paper pack to create the card so when it opens, you can actually see a printed copy of the same scene. I also used the back of the cardstock to complement the front and added faux pearls from my stash to accent the art and the sentiment. I used khaki cardstock to frame the image and the sentiment.

I used the following Copic Markers to color the scene:

BUSHES & TREES:

BG90 Gray Sky

G24 Willow

G28 Ocean Green

GRASS:

G21 Lime Green

G24 Willow

LIGHTHOUSE & ROOF

E81 Ivory

E87 Fig

CLOUDS

C1 Cool Gray #1

C3 Cool Gray #3

SKY

B0000 Pale Celestine

LIGHT

Y02 Canary Yellow

0 Colorless Blender

Heartfelt Creations Final - Daisy Patch

This was my final submission for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team. I am happy to say that after we set up our display/shopping area last Saturday at Becky and Clare's Crop in Millsboro, my husband tracked down the local post office and put everything in the mail. He's such a sweetheart. I had a lot of fun putting this project together and certainly survived the drama of paragraph three. the project I used is below.

Tools

¨  Paper Trimmer

¨  Tombow Adhesive

¨  Fiskars Stamping  Tool

¨  Copic Markers: 0, E50, E53, E55 and G12

Supplies

¨  HPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers Pre-Cut Set

¨  Recollections ivory self-adhesive faux pearls

¨  Bazzill Basics 10mm Black Brads

¨  Tan cardstock from my stash

¨  Memento Cocoa Ink

Heartfelt Creations Flip-It Square - Daisy Patch

 My Heartfelt Creations Design Team saga continues. So, here I am with two projects completed and compete-able. I started to package my life samples up to send them to the company when I noticed two things -- (1) I had to email my project tutorial in by 13 April and (2) I had to cut the flowers out using the die templates. Failure to do so was and automatic disqualification.

"How could I have missed that?" I cried out to self?
Self snorted. "Seriously?" Try prepping for Stamping By the Sea followed immediately by Crop Classix and Becky and Clare's crop. Sprinkle in this week's departure for the wholesaler's warehouse event 355 miles away plus student classes and your hairdresser's Mosaics scrapbook and you've got plenty of time to spare!" Oh? And did I fail to mention your Mosaic Moments Design Team entry?"
"Self!" I scolded my excuse-driven advocate into silence. "That's enough. We've got work to do!"

So I worked on two more cards -- the first one a Flip-It Square. I also completed the tutorials which I will hold until after the design team winners are announced in May. I finished both projects shortly after midnight on April 12th and submitted the raw tutorial which is probably filled with typos and errors. My husband and I were vending at a crop in Millsboro, DE on the 13th, so there was no real time to do anything but meet the minimums. Surprisingly, I got to be more proficient that I realized in matching the die templates to the stamped images. So, at the end of it all, I can give Heartfelt Creations and heartfelt "thank you."

I used the following tools and products:

Tools

¨  Sizzix Square Flip-It Die # 657592

¨  Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Die Template HCD 703

¨  McGill 2 1/8” square punches

¨  Heat Gun

¨  Tombow Adhesive

¨  Fiskars Stamping  Tool

Supplies

¨  HPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers Pre-Cut Set

¨  Recollections black self-adhesive faux pearls

¨  Bazzill Basics 10mm Black Brads

¨  Green cardstock from my stash

¨  Versafine black ink

¨  SparkleNSprinkle clear embossing powder

I'll be sharing my final submission with you tomorrow.

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 

A Bit of Vintage: The Times of My Life

Fashion may call it "vintage", but I call it my history. Last week I completed a two-page layout using Graphic 45 Communique and Romantique papers which revisits our most unusual wedding day. At the time, I was more focused on the marriage than the wedding. I prepared this page from an historical perspective (36 years after the event). My title is a "Memories" stamp from Heartfelt Creations that I received as part of class I took at CKC Valley Forge in August. I colored the flowers in the stamp with Copic markers. This layout is one of about 12 in a scrapbook I'm building titled The Times of My Life.