Floral Birthday Card and Tag Set with Heartfelt Creations Petunia VIDEO TUTORIAL featuring the May Scraps of Elegance Creativity Add Ons.

Welcome to my creative space!

Do you enjoy creating handcrafted flowers? I simply adore them, so couldn't resist trying out the Heartfelt Creations Petunias in the Creativity and Creativity2 Add Ons. I really appreciate that Melinda does such a great job including supplies in her kits that I will be using for years to come on my projects.

I have several hanging baskets of petunias on our front deck that I enjoy every day as I look out my kitchen window. There is one variety that is particularly appealing to me. I don't know what they are called, but they are a gorgeous fuchsia with yellow/green centers. 

 

I used them as inspiration to color the flowers.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for Scraps of Elegance. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

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Scraps of Elegance May Kit


Creativity Add On


Creativity2 Add On


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Store: http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/
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Close-Ups and Details:

A close-up of the handcrafted petunias on the card.

The Blue Fern Studios Happy Accident paper in the May kit is fabulous! I've added stamping with the Blue Fern Studios Halftones Stamps from the Elements Add On. The sweet birthday sentiment is from the Small Classic Petunias Stamp Set. Additional grungy texture is added with Prills, chunky glass glitter, and spatters of white ink.

This sweet butterfly is from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Botanical Ephemera pack that is loaded with gorgeous floral and butterfly images (Elements Add On).

Petunias on the gift tag.

I've used the same background textures on the tag. The die cut flourish and smaller leaves are more Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies from my stash.

Supply List
Creativity Add On
 Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Essentials
Heartfelt Creations Small Classic Petunia Cling Stamp Set

Creativity2 Add On
Heartfelt Creations Large Classic Petunia Cling Stamp Set
Heartfelt Creations Large Classic Petunia Die Set
Heartfelt Creations Small Classic Petunia Die Set

May Scraps of Elegance Main Kit
Blue Fern Studios Happy Accident Collection:  Lucky
Blue Fern Studios Happy Accident Collection:  Fluke

Elements Add On
Blue Fern Studios Clear Stamps: Halftones
Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Ephemera: Botanical

Color Add On
Prima Chat Noir Color Philosophy Stackable Ink Pad
Prima Art Alchemy Butterfly Spells Sparks Acrylic Paint

Items from the Scraps of Elegance Store
Ice Resin German Glitter Glass Shards - Primrose
US Artquest Prills - Minnie Pearls
US Artquest Prills - I'm A-Maized
Dina Wakley Media Gel Medium - Matte
Prima Art Basics Mixed Media Essentials - Gesso, Clear

Previous Kits
May 2016: Prima Art Ingredients Glass Glitter: Sterling

Other Products

Card Base ~ Ivory - Stash

Cardstock ~ White - Stash

Pearl Flourish ~ Stash

Ranger ~ Archival Ink - Jet Black

Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber; Seedless Preserves; Crushed Olive; Pumice Stone; Antique Linen; Brushed Corduroy

Ranger ~ Distress Oxide ~ Fired Brick; Cracked Pistachio; Iced Spruce

Heartfelt Creations ~ Regal Borders and Pockets Die

Heartfelt Creations ~ Classic Leaf Dies

Heartfelt Creations ~ Open Leaf PreCut Set (Stamps)

Spellbinders ~ Radiant Rectangles

My Sentiments Exactly ~ Clear Stamps - Inspirational Birthday Innies & Outies

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Claritystamps ~ Stencil Brushes

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Mediterranean Dream" Mixed Media Card for ScrapBerry's

Welcome to my creative space!

I have a sweet summer birthday card to share with you featuring Scrapberry's  bold and beautiful Mediterranean Dreams Collection. I just adored working with these fabulous summery colors.

Please don't forget!
ScrapBerry's is hosting a family themed challenge during May and June.
Be sure to stop by the ScrapBerry's blog for all the challenge details
and inspiration by the talented design team HERE.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

Close-ups

  

 I've used two sheets of the gorgeous Mediterranean Dreams 6x6 Paper Collection for the card base and border. The Borders page had a strip that included the lovely blue flowers that I fussy cut and tucked into the cluster. I added Prills to the flower centers for added texture. The dream sentiment is cut from the Cards 1 page and placed it on a chipboard element to pop it up and create a focal point.

 

Don't you simply adore texture? To color the molding paste, I rubbed Blue Stains Ink onto a craft mat and mixed it into the paste to create a perfectly colored paste to coordinate with the card colors. I used a stencil with a circular design to place this beautiful ScrapBerry's Floral Embroidery Crystal Sticker as well as a few clear domes from my stash. I've also scattered some Prills and chunky glitter for added texture.

 

The beautiful metal Rosebud Charm and Fairy Tale Resin Flower are painted with gesso, then colored with Blue Stains Ink.

To soften, I've dry brushed gesso lightly across the background as well as over the flowers and leaves.

ScrapBerry’s Supply List
Mediterranean Dreams Collection ~ Cards 1 (SCB220609507B)
Mediterranean Dreams Collection ~ Borders (SCB220609506)
Mediterranean Dreams ~ 6x6 Paper Collection (SCB220609509X)
Charms set ~ Rosebud 18mm (SCB250122474)
Fairy Tale ~ Set of Polymer Items - Birds (SCB26002012)
Crystal Stickers Decoration ~ Floral Embroidery (SCB53000007)
Paper Flowers ~ Cherry Blossom ~ White and Blue (SCB300215)
Paper Flowers ~ Cherry Blossom ~ Blue and White (SCB300210)
Paper Flowers ~ Gardenia 5cm - Cream & Orange (SCB290107)
Paper Flowers ~ Set of Leaves - (SCB300603)
Stains Ink ~ Blue (SCB1210503)

Other Products
Cardstock ~ Black - Stash
Prima ~ Lyric - Decorative Frames
Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset - Vintage Trinkets #960353
Prima ~ Tiny Junkyard Findings - Vintage Trinkets, Clock Parts #891664
Bead Landing ~ Found Objects - Clock Hands
Leaky Shed Studio ~ Watch Parts Chipboard
Liquitex ~ Gesso - Clear
Liquitex ~ Black Lava
Golden ~ Soft Gel - Matte
US ArtQuest ~ Mini Prills - Power Outage, Silver Lining
Prima ~ Art Ingredients - Glass Glitter, Sterling
Lindy’s Stamp Gang ~ Embossing Powder - Midnight Gold
Ranger ~ Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Black
Ranger ~ Perfect Medium
Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Hickory Smoke
Ranger ~ Archival Ink
The Crafter’s Workshop ~ 6x6 Stencil - Mini Time Travel, Mini Sketch Grid
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Foam Tape - Black
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Thing 3D Foam Squares - Black
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Tombow ~ MONO Multi Liquid Glue
Hampton Arts ~ Stamp Perfect
Wagner ~ HT 400 Heat Gun
Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Distress Collage Brush

 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Steampunk Father's Day Card for ScrapBerry's

Welcome to my creative space!

Father's Day is just around the corner and my husband has always been such a wonderful dad! To celebrate this special day, I've created a steampunk themed card for him featuring ScrapBerry's Words Live Forever Collection. I just adore the opportunity to create masculine projects like this!

Please don't forget!
ScrapBerry's is hosting a family themed challenge during May and June.
Be sure to stop by the ScrapBerry's blog for all the challenge details
and inspiration by the talented design team HERE.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

Tips and Techniques 

I hand cut this fabulous stopwatch from the Words Live Together Stopwatches page and popped it up with foam tape to tuck the ScrapBerry's Silver Set of Wings coming out from under each side. I topped it with a chipboard gear from my stash that I heat embossed with dark gold embossing powder and metal clock hands. 

I used the ScrapBerry's Butterflies Wings Clear Stamps to accent around the paper edge for a grungy border. To add texture I adhered silver chunky glass glitter and Prills below the clock.

 

This paper is perfect for a masculine card. The Holiday Romance Chipboard Elements No. 3 collection includes this fabulous arrow. It's so quick and easy to give chipboard a metallic look by heat setting with gold or silver embossing powder.

The grungy background is created by stenciling a grid design with Black Lava Gel Medium. For a subtle touch, I used grey ink to stencil clock designs onto the background paper as well. 

 ScrapBerry’s Supply List:
Words Live Forever Collection ~ Stopwatches (SCB220609308)
Words Live Forever ~ 6x6 Paper Collection (SCB220609310X)

Set of clear stamps ~ Butterflies – Wings (SCB4907003B)
Metal Embellishments ~ Set of wings - silver (SCB341101)
Holiday Romance Chipboard Elements No. 3 (SCB62000106B)

Other Products
Cardstock ~ Black - Stash
Prima ~ Lyric - Decorative Frames
Prima ~ Sunrise Sunset - Vintage Trinkets #960353
Prima ~ Tiny Junkyard Findings - Vintage Trinkets, Clock Parts #891664
Bead Landing ~ Found Objects - Clock Hands
Leaky Shed Studio ~ Watch Parts Chipboard
Liquitex ~ Gesso - Clear
Liquitex ~ Black Lava
Golden ~ Soft Gel - Matte
US ArtQuest ~ Mini Prills - Power Outage, Silver Lining
Prima ~ Art Ingredients - Glass Glitter, Sterling
Lindy’s Stamp Gang ~ Embossing Powder - Midnight Gold
Ranger ~ Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Black
Ranger ~ Perfect Medium
Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Hickory Smoke
Ranger ~ Archival Ink
The Crafter’s Workshop ~ 6x6 Stencil - Mini Time Travel, Mini Sketch Grid
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Foam Tape - Black
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Thing 3D Foam Squares - Black
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Tombow ~ MONO Multi Liquid Glue
Hampton Arts ~ Stamp Perfect
Wagner ~ HT 400 Heat Gun
Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Distress Collage Brush

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.
~ Blessings ~