Do you love flowers???

 

Stay tuned this week and the weeks following to see the tutorials for the flowers shown!  I have many more tutorials to make, but it is time consuming!  I am dedicated though, and I will get them made and posted!!!

 

I have 3 flowers without names, so I welcome your help in naming them!  Feel free as I post the tutorials to give me your suggestions!!!

 

 

AND.....the long awaited DELICATE ROSE tutorial is one of the 6 I will be posting this week!!!  I have it shown in the bottom picture both in 1" and 1 1/2" size!!!

 

 

I hope you all love creating these beauties as much as I do!!!

 

Stephanie

Ranger Seasonal Color Palette:April contest

Ranger Ink is having a contest with their April color palette, so I decided to create a tag and join in the fun.

 

I started my tag using only the top piece, which was a smaller tag.  I covered it with vintage photo distress stain, then spritzed with water and dried.  I distress the edges using my Distrezz-It-All, then inked with chipped sapphire.  I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Leafy Branch folder, then embossed the raised leaves with Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Powder.  Once it was finished, I covered it with Mod Podge.

 

I stamped the nest with frayed burlap distress ink, then embossed with walnut stain distress embossing powder.  Fussy cut it out.  The bird was stamped with Chipped Sapphire (from the Tim Holtz Flights of Fancy), then embossed with antiquities frosted crystal and fussy cut out.  I stamped 'Listen to Your Heart' (from T.H. Flights of Fancy) in Coffee Archival Ink.

 

I cut the frame for the sentiment from Tim Holtz Die Tag & Bookplates, and cut out the middle circle part of it to make the sentiment fit.  The frame is also embossed with the Cuttlebug Leafy Branch folder.  I used brads to hold the two together.  The leaves and flourish are from the Heartfelt Creations Spellbinders Die Belle Rose.  The yellow I covered with puffy paint, then heated it up for a bubbly look.  The green has been sprayed with English Ivy glimmer mist.  The flowers were made from the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die. 

 

Once I had all my embellishments cut out, I knew there was no way I would get them all to fit on the original small tag.  So I cut the top off of it.  Got a bigger tag, inked with Vintage photo distress stain, and embossed with the Leafy Vine folder again.  Distress the edges and ink with Chipped sapphire.  I embossed the leaves with Peeled Paint Distress embossing powder, but didn't cover it with mod podge.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Stephanie

Deep Within & Beauty in Bloom

Just wanted to share a couple of layouts that I've gotten done.  I made all the flowers myself.  The little roses are made with the bitty blossoms die, I finally mastered them!!  I cut the flourishes with the Belle Rose die from Heartfelt creations.  The butterflies are from Kay's Kreative Korner.



The following layout is for a friend of mine.  I offered to do a layout of her daughter ever year as a birthday gift.  She displays them in a frame for the year, then when she gets the new one, she is going to put the previous year's in an album.  The first one can be viewed here.  This layout was inspired and somewhat copies from the very talented Natasha.  Please take time to view her "Beautiful Souls" layout. I made all the elements myself - the bling, the butterflies, the flowers, the leaves...but not the lace! LOL 

The big corner flower is my own "prickly rose" that I'm going to post a tutorial for soon.  The smaller, but big flower to the right is the "Prima style flower by Rachel".  The smaller roses are either made with the retro punch or bitty blossoms die. The butterflies I printed on photo paper, fussy cut, stickled, and added wire for the antennae. I can tell you the butterflies are Webster's Pages, and most likely the file for them was made by someone that very kindly shared them, but I apologize because I cannot remember who.  If you know, please leave me a comment so I can give them credit!! 

Prickly Rose

Tim Holtz is having a tattered floral challenge, and I have so many flowers I have created with this die, that I couldn't resist joining this challenge.

Here is one I'm calling a Prickly Rose...I will be posting instructions soon to create your own!

2012 Snowman Hats

My snowman hats seemed to gain in popularity this year.  I've made 5 so far, and I have one more left to make, which is the one for myself. 

 

 

This first one I made for my mom. She requested mainly red and white with some silver and green.  She also asked for a large 3-wick candle in the "top hat" rather than the fake candle I usually put in front with the decorations.  Mom was thrilled with hers and already put in an order for next year to give as gifts.

 

 

When she isn't burning the candle, she can put the lid on the top hat and you'd never know there was a candle inside!

 This one I made for my sister.  She loves the color purple, so requested the purple, blue, pink and green with a bit of silver!  She loved it!!

 

 

I think this is my extra one that I may end up selling.  

This one I think my 5 year old picked out for his kindergarten teacher.  We'll take the lid off and fill it with some homemade cookies for an extra special treat.

This one my boyfriend picked out to give his mom for a gift.  She loved it!

A tag I made just filling in time between hats.

All of the flowers on all of the hats were handmade by me.  The bigger flowers are designs by Natasha, her curly flower.  I really love that flower for Christmas items.  The other roses are all my own designs.  I love the roses, but I've been lazy and never made a tutorial to post!  Maybe I will do that soon!!  I did buy the Tim Holtz Pinecone die this year and made some pinecones that I stuck on some of the hats, but I have yet to get that one correct.  I wasn't too happy with how my pinecones turned out.

All of the other items are mini ornaments or craft/floral picks I buy at Walmart, Stephen's, Michael's, Hobby Lobby, and JoAnn's.

Thanks for looking!  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Layout for a friend

I did this layout for a friend of mine as her "baby shower" gift.  I'm incredibly slow now-a-days with scrapbooking, so it only took me 3 weeks to complete this!  I wanted to give her something unique though, so I asked her if she would be interested in a layout for the wall.  I'll put this in a frame and give it to her. 

I love this picture of her daughter.  I loved the old fashioned tone of it as well.  I used Basic Gray Capella paper.  I know it's "wedding" paper, but I thought it worked wonderful with this photo.  I used a tearing ruler from years ago for the torn edges, then inked them. 

I cut the umbrella, dress form and title with my silhouette.  Most everything was sprayed with Perfect Pearl mist.  I stickled the edge of the umbrella with frosted lace.  The letters were inked then stickled with glitz tiara.  I distressed the chain for the hear charm by sanding and inking with picket fence distress stain.  The chain on the key is part of a small gold chain I found in my jewelry box. 

The roses were dipped in melted UTEE thanks to a tip by Tim Holtz on his May tag.  I think they came out really cool, except I wish I hadn't used a pearl mixative in it.    

I made the flowers in this grouping myself.  I didn't use any tutorial, just found some pretty pictures of the Prima flowers and tried to copy them a bit.  The black flourishes and tiarra were cut with my silhouette.  The bling is by Prima.  I used the Heartfelt Creations stamp for the leaves, I hand cut them, then shaped.

I'm really happy with how this turned out...one of my faves I've ever done!  I sure hope my friend likes it as much!!

Supply List:
Basic Grey Capella
Distress Ink: Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Pine Needles
Stickles: Frosted Lace, Glitz Tiara
Perfect Pearls Mist: Perfect Pearl
Retro Punches: Medium & Small
Daisy Punch: Large
Utee Clear
Ranger Melt Art Melting Pot
Pearl Ex Powder
ATG gun
Martha Stewart Double Scallop Edge Punch
Prima Say it in Pearls
Heartfelt Creations Open Petals stamp

Thanks for looking
Stephanie

Christmas projects - Done At Last!!!

Well, I have finally finished all my Christmas craft projects and cleaned up my scraproom and shoved all the Christmas stuff into the cabinet...I didn't even want to look at it anymore!!!  LOL 

I decorated this box for my sons daycare workers and filled it with cookies that my sister baked.  I really loved how this box turned out, and I had a difficult time giving it away!  The color scheme suits me perfectly!!!  The boxes I use can be found at Walmart in their Christmas aisles.  I use the white boxes that have several in a package.  I stocked up last year during the after Christmas sale!

I made all of the flowers myself.  I lined the back of the box top with snowflake ornaments (found at Walmart), cut in half.  This large flower on the right is a twist off of Natasha's Curly Flower.  I put glitz stickles on the petals.  Love the little birdy...I used those birds a lot in my craft projects this year!!

More flowers I made.  The one in the upper left corner is a new one I just made and I love how it turned out.  I made a tutorial on it, that I'll be sharing later on.  The white stuff under the ribbon is that loose fake snow that I applied hot glue to the box then pressed it on top.  Yep...I got burned...but that is just the joys of playing with hot glue!!

These flowers I had used previously on a layout that I actually tore up (gasp!!!) .  I added some stickles to them and thought they were the perfect corner adornment for my box!  I applied a bunch of snow-tex all over the top of the box and the decorations...really am loving that stuff...and it adds that perfect winter touch!!

I made this box to put a gift card in, sure beats a card!  LOL  I made the flowers myself.  The largest one is Natasha's curly flower with a twist (link above).  I cut this box down to about half the size of the original so it wouldn't be too big for the gift card.  I also left the bottom white because I found out when I put paper on the last one, I had a hard time getting the lid on.  The box above, the lid fitted all the way to the bottom of the box, so the fitting wasn't an issue.  Live and learn...or create and learn...I guess!!  Again...I added snow-tex to the edges and some of the decorations.

On the white star/snowflake border around the bottom, I embossed it with white glitter to add the sparkly snow effect.  The middle flower in front of the large flower is mostly like Lisa Gregory's Retro Camelot Flower.   

I made 3 tags this year for my own gifts.  The background of this one is the technique Tim showed us on day 12 of his 12 tags of Christmas.  I didn't have any tissue wrap like his, but found that the tissue paper you buy at the store works just as well.  I embossed my Christmas tree and added white liquid applique for the snow and some stickles for lights.  The snowman is covered in fake snow technique by Cindy Rescorl, except I used picket fence distress crackle paint. 

This one is pretty simple...and my daughter thinks its plain, but I think my mom will love it!  I embossed the snowflakes on the background.  The bird is a digital stamp that I cut out and pieced together.  I made the rose myself and covered in stickles (momma likes bling!) .

This one is my favorite this year.  I inked the background with 2 blue distress inks.  Then the snow scene on the bottom is picket fence distress stain.  I embossed the trees, inked the tops and added some white liquid applique.  The trunks of the trees have the sakura glaze on them.  I then embossed the snowflake swirl.  Stamped the Peace sentiment.  I embossed the same snowflake swirl on the dear in silver, then inked him with walnut stain distress ink.

Well...that's all I did this year...but I am worn out!  But...I'm done!  YAY me!!!!

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!!  May you be blessed and joyful!!!

Stephanie