Tilda with Lamb

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start :) I have a super quick post for you today as I'm heading off to work. I just love this sweet Magnolia image from the new Easter collection. I first inked the fence (also from Magnolia stamps) with Memento Black Ink and stamped it onto PTI cardstock. I colored the scene with copics and cut it out with my circle nestabilities. I then added a mixture of Flower Soft to create a cute grassy scene. I used SU cardstock (Pretty in Pink and Always Artichoke). I mounted my fence scene onto my SU cardstock (which I cut out with my scalloped circle nestabilities) and adhered the image to the nesties with dimensionals. My design paper is from Basic Grey. I used my new Fiskar's Fleur De Lis border punch on the bottom of the image. I then stamped Tilda with Lamb with Memento Black Ink onto PTI cardstock, colored her with copics, cut her out, and adhered her with dimensionals. For a finishing touch, I added Primas and a Kaiser Pink Rhinestones.

Also, in other news, don't forget that Susana, of Susana's Custom Art and Card Design is giving away some awesome Elisabeth Bell Blog Candy. You could win a handsigned print of an upcoming stamp for SCACD by Elisabeth Bell and an entire set of the 1st release of stamps! How cool is that! :) To enter, head over to the store blog, Follow Your Heart for all the details.

I'd love to see what you think of my card. Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

Hugs, Christine

Faux Stitching Tutorial

Hi everyone and Happy Saturday! I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last post, I've been under the weather this week. I do have a card finished and will hopefully post it later today. I wanted to share an awesome tutorial with you on faux stitching. Danni, a DT sister for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design, has prepared an awesome tutorial on faux stitching on Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart. Make sure to check it out when you get a chance.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll be back later today with a project for you.

Hugs, Christine :)

Elisabeth Bell Blog Candy!!!!

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday! :) Unfortunately, work has been crazy this week and I don't have a project to share today, but I do have some really exciting news.

Elisabeth Bell Blog Candy is coming to Susana’s (SCACD) store blog, Follow Your Heart, on April 6th – 13th!! Everyday a puzzle piece of the prize will be revealed! What’s up For Grabs?
A signed print by ©Elisabeth Bell of a “NEW Upcoming Stamp to SCACD”!!
To enter head over to the Follow Your Heart Blog for all the details!

Also, please give a warm welcome to Maria Matter, Justine Frederick, and Jennifer Greco, Susana's guest designers for the month of April. Please check out their amazing work on their blogs.

Well, that's it for me today. I'll be back tomorrow with a project to share. Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Hugs, Christine :)

Try It Out Tuesday #12 - An Enchanted Gift Set

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday :) It's another Try It Out Tuesday Challenge over at Susana's Store Blog, Follow Your Heart. Our challenge this week was to create a gift set containing one card and two other gift items. I decided to make a little gift set for my niece.

I decided to use This Castle and Natasha for the main images on my card. I stamped the castle three times for added dimension, colored the images with copics, and adhered them to the image panel with lots of dimensionals (if you would like to see my tutorial on how to create this scene, click HERE). I next created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Pretty in Pink. I layered Perfect Plum on top of that followed by my design paper from DCWV's Once Upon a Time stack. I added a pink ribbon, and then I adhered my image panel with dimensionals. I added my sentiment (which is from Studio G) and Primas and pearls.

Next, using a technique I found HERE, I made my bookmark and slid it right under the image panel on the front of the card. I used Mini Natasha as my main image on my bookmark. I colored her with copics and cut her out with my circle Nestabilities. I added purple glitter to her wings using my Sakura glitter pen. The sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

Finally, I made a little boxy bag, which I filled with candy. I again used Mini Natasha as my main image. The sentiment is from a new Studio G set.

What do you think? I hope my niece likes it, I think this would make a darling set for any little princess :) Thanks so much for stopping by. Make sure to check out the Follow Your Heart Blog to see the other amazing creations from the rest of the DT. I'll see you back here tomorrow with another project.

Lots of Hugs, Christine :)

Believe

Hello everyone and Happy Monday :) I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that your week is off to a great start. For my card today, I decided to ink up this gorgeous fairy, Bryony, from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. I love all the fairies that Susana carries, but I think Bryony is my favorite :) I inked the image with Memento Black Ink and stamped her onto PTI cardstock. I colored her with copics and added glitter to her wings. It's hard to tell in the picture, but I actually stamped her a second time and popped her out so it really looks like she's sitting on the mushroom in 3D. I then inked around the image with Versamagic Pretty Petunia Ink.

Next, I created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Pretty in Pink. I layered Perfect Plum on top of that followed by my design paper from Basic Grey. I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners and added purple rhinestones. I added a purple ribbon, and then adhered my image to the cardstock and then to the card base with dimensionals. The sentiment is from one of the new Studio G stamps from the fairy collection that just came out. For a finishing touch, I added Primas and mini roses to the card. What do you think?

I'd love to see what you think of my card. Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

Hugs, Christine :)

Flower Petals

Hi everyone and Happy Saturday :) I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. For my card today, I decided to ink up this adorable stamp from the Eat Cake Graphics Line of rubber stamps available at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. This image is Fairy Rose Sprinkles Petals and I think she's so sweet :)

I inked the image with Memento Black Ink, stamped it onto PTI cardstock, and colored her with copics. I added Stickles to her wings and glitter to the flower petals from my Sakura glitter pen. I used this week's Mojo Monday Sketch for my layout. My cardstock is SU (Regal Rose and Always Artichoke). My design paper is from DCWV's Nana's Nursery (baby girl) stack. I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners of the image, then mounted the image to my cardstock. I added pink rhinestones to hte corners, then mounted the image with dimensionals. For some finishing touches, I added a pink ribbon and pink Primas (these are my new favorite Primas, I love the embossing on them).

I'd love to see what you think of my card. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

Hugs, Christine :)

Happy Easter

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday. I am so glad the weekend is almost here! :) I have a super quick posting for you today. I am way behind on my Easter cards so I decided to ink up this adorable Magnolia stamp. I colored her with copics and added just a little bit of glitter to the centers of the flowers with my Sakura glitter pen. The sentiment is an old Studio G stamp from Michael's. I used my circle nestabilities to cut it out. My cardstock is from SU (Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip) and my design paper is Basic Grey. I used my SU ticket corner punch on all corners and added pearls. I added a pink ribbon and Primas for some finishing touches. What do you think?

Also, today on Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, my DT sister Danni has an awesome tutorial on the Crinkled Chalk technique, so make sure to check it out.

That's it from me today. I'd love to see what you think of my card. Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

Hugs, Christine :)