"The Adventure Begins" Mixed Media Card for Studio75

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Today I have a sweet card to share with you featuring the fabulous Studio75 Berry Copse paper collection along with beautiful chipboard from the store.

The current Studio75 challenge is to create something for Mother's Day. Our daughter and her husband had their first child, a little boy, two month's ago. Being a mom is such a wonderful experience that I thought this sentiment that says "and so the adventure begins" would be perfect for this card that I created to celebrate her very first Mother's Day.

You can find the May Mother's Day challenge details and enter your project HERE. There are only a couple more days to enter the challenge.

Tips and Techniques

The papers from the Berry Copse collection have such gorgeous, rich colors and designs as seen in this beautiful green background paper. I added a leaf design stenciled with molding paste and stamped opposite corners with an Agateria grille stamp from the store.

I combined succulents, burlap flowers and dimensional flowers from Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore to create a focal cluster. I heat embossed Scrapiniec Confetti Chipboard Hearts and Artistico HDF Cogs with Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel as well as a Finnabair Mechanicals metal gear and tucked them in around the edges of the cluster.

For added interest, I tucked in a few Pistachio Stamen and then filled in with some green US ArtQuest Prills adhered with Bambino Glue. Don't you think this sentiment is just perfect for a first Mother's Day?

I simply adore that each and every Studio75 paper collection includes such gorgeous images to fussy cut. These leaves and berries are found on the 03/04 paper strip. 

The burlap flowers are lightly dry brushed with white gesso for a softer look.

More fussy cutting. You can also see that I tucked in a pearl and several sparkling FinnaBair Sugar Art Pebbles. The background is stenciled with Finnabair Paper Texture Paste using this TCW Mini Jungle Vines Stencil designed by Gabrielle Pollacco.

And one final close-up of the cog. I recently added a few bee charms to my stash and couldn't resist adding them here. They are silver, but I rubbed gold art wax over them so they would better coordinate with the other elements.

Studio75 Supplies

 

 

 

Other Supplies

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Ornamental Succulent
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Valerie - Vivid Palette
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Handmade Burlap Flowers - Ronald
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Handmade Burlap Twine Flowers - Natural
Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Small Talk
Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals - Rustic Gears
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art Ingredients - Melange Art Pebbles - Sugar
Prima ~ Frank Garcia: Memory Hardware - Pearls
US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Lettuce Entertain You!
Bee Charms ~ Antique Silver (Amazon)
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art Basics - Gesso, Clear
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art Extravagance - Paper Texture Paste
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art Alchemy - Metallic Wax: Aged Brass
Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber
Stampendous ~ Fran-tage - Embossing Enamel - Shabby White
The Crafter's Workshop with Gabrielle Pollacco ~ 6x6" Stencil - Mini Jungle Vines
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
X-Press It ~ Double Sided Tape High Tack, 1/4"

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Floral Candle Holder with Patina Crackled Finish for Little Birdie Crafts

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I just adore making something beautiful out of an item doomed for the trash. This wooden candle holder base was rescued from the clearance aisle of a local craft store with a large chip on one edge. Because of the damage, I only paid a mere 25 cents for it. I filled in the chip with texture paste and once it was dry, added texture with Little Birdie Crafts Mixed Media Paste and Crackle Paste for a perfectly grungy finish to color and decorate with these flowers from the gorgeous Woodland Stories collection that will be released later this year. Aren't you excited to get your hands on these gorgeous Little Birdie Crafts flowers?

Please stop by the Little Birdie Crafts blog for a full photo tutorial and close-ups HERE.

I hope you'll pop over there and leave some love.

Here's a supply list of all the products used to create this lovely home decor piece:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Woodland Stories ~ Fairy Rosa

Woodland Stories ~ Fairy Garden

Woodland Stories ~ Alvero

Woodland Stories ~ Marina

Woodland Stories ~ Wendy

Woodland Stories ~ Angel Rose

Woodland Stories ~ Pearl Butterflies

Woodland Stories ~ Corolia

Woodland Stories ~ Elvina

Woodland Stories ~ Calypso

Woodland Stories ~ Sparkle Florettes

Primed Chipboard ~ Cogs

Mixed Media Paste ~ 2 in 1 Gesso & Modelling Paste

Crackle Paste

Gesso ~ White

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Golden Glaze

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Caribbean Teal

Other Supplies

Wood Candle Base

Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber

Ranger ~ Embossing Powder - Seafoam White

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Wagner ~ HT 400 Heat Gun

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Heartfelt Wishes Mixed Media Card for Studio75

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I have a new card to share featuring the gorgeous Studio75 Forever In Love paper collection. I adore working with this gorgeous collection which includes such lovely watercolor backgrounds and images that are so perfect for fussy cutting! I've added a stenciled design and color mist to the background along with dimensional flowers, lace and beaded texture which I talk about in the tips and techniques section below.

Tips and Techniques

I used beautiful Little Birdie Crafts flowers available at A.C. Moore that coordinate with the paper to create this lovely focal cluster and tucked in fussy cut images around the edges. I cut up a section of a vintage lace doily to tuck around the edges as well.

The background is stenciled with modeling paste using the Circle of Life Stencil from AALL & Create in the open areas. I tried not to cover up the gorgeous watercolor floral designs printed on the paper. I spritzed lightly with Lindy's Gang Golden Sleigh Bells Starbust mist to highlight the raised design. Once dry, I spattered with Lindy's Cape Cod Coral which is a perfect match for the beautiful paper below.

Here's a close-up of the fussy cut wreath and heart cut from the Forever In Love papers. Here you can see the lovely glimmer from the Lindy's starburst mist.

And another fussy cut piece with flower buds.

I cut this sweet sentiment from the Die Cuts Elements 02 Sheet which includes wonderful sentiments in both English and Polish.

I twisted together a few Pistachio Stamen from the store to tuck into the cluster and used Bambino Glue to adhere Go ManGo Prills to add texture.

Studio75 Supplies

  

Other Supplies
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Valerie - Ivory
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Margery - Pastel Palette
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Fiona - Carnation
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Paula Flowers - Pastel Palette
US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Go ManGo
Vintage Lace Doily ~ From my stash
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Plaster Paste
Liquitex ~ Gesso, White
Lindy's Stamp Gang ~ Starburst - Cape Cod Coral
Lindy's Stamp Gang ~ Starburst - Golden Sleigh Bells
AALL & Create ~ Circle of Life Stencil #47
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Thin 3D Foam Squares - White Mix
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Mother's Day Card for Studio75 DT May Challenge

Welcome to my creative space!

It's time for Studio75 May Challenge.

The theme:

Mother's Day

Create any project with a Mother's Day theme.

For challenge details and to enter stop by the Studio75 Challenge blog post HERE.

I am so fortunate to have my lovely mother in my life and have created a sweet mixed media card for this special occasion featuring the gorgeous Studio75 Violet Love collection as well as Scrapiniec chipboard and organza rose trim from the store and beautiful Little Birdie Crafts Flowers that can be found at A.C. Moore stores.

Tips and Techniques

This lavender chipboard from Scrapiniec just called for texture to give the feel of real lavender. First I mixed Finnabair's Impasto paints to brush the blossoms with lavender and the leaves and stems with green. (I have only the basic color set of impasto's, but they can be mixed to create nearly any color I need.) Then Bambino glue was brushed across the blossoms with Prills are sprinkled on for the lovely texture. 

I arranged gorgeous flowers from Little Birdie Crafts available at A.C. Moore below the lavender along with an Organza Rose I cut from a strip of this gorgeous trim available in the Studio75 store. 

The metal butterfly is colored with Finnabair's fabulous new metallic color waxes in Heather Hills and Electric Violet.

This paper is so beautiful that I didn't do too much to the background. I used a script stamp lightly around some of the edges. I also stenciled a delicate design diagonally across the base using the Lotus Stencil from Art Anthology then lightly dry brushed over the design with white gesso to make it a little more visible. Finally I scattered some of these sweet Scrapiniec Confetti Hearts across the card.

Studio75 Supplies

Violet Love 12x12

Violet Love 05

Scrapiniec ~ Confetti Hearts

Scrapiniec ~ Lavender Mist Background

Organza Rose Trim - Ecru

Bambino Glue ~ 45 Gram Tube

Other Supplies

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Fiona Flowers - Orchid

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Succulent Field

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Boquet - Pearl Pink

Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Micro Jewelled Florettes - Pearl Pink

Darice ~ 120# Card Stock - White

Momenta ~ Metal Stickers - Butterflies

US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Lavender & Lace

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Light Paste

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Impasto Paint: Bottle Green; Poppy Red; Cobalt; Snow White

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Metallic Wax: Heather Hills; Electric Violet 

Liquitex ~ Gesso, White

Tsukineko ~ Versafine Ink - Onyx Black

Tsukineko ~ Brilliance Ink - Pearlescent Crimson

Tim Holtz with Stamper's Anonymous - Entomology 

Art Anthology ~ 6x9 Stencils - Lotus

Close To My Heart ~ Say It All - Occasions

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Imagine Crafts ~ Tear It!

I hope you've been inspired to join the May Studio75 Challenge

to create a special card or gift for a special mother in your life.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Follow Your Dreams Card with Alcohol Ink Background for Little Birdie Crafts

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Alcohol inks are trending right now so I was excited to pull out my Little Birdie Crafts Alcohol Splash to create this gorgeous and vibrant card background. Alcohol Splash is a collection of alcohol ink sprays in fabulous colors with gold mixative in each bottle to add beautiful shimmer. I embossed Yupo paper with a beautiful design before applying the alcohol sprays. For a complete photo tutorial, please stop by the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE.

I hope you'll pop over there and leave some love.

Here's a supply list of all the products used to create this lovely card:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Rosalind Flowers ~ Grape/Tan

Avianna Flowers ~ Moon Light

Valerie Flowers ~ Butter Milk

Scrabble Flowers ~ Classic

Renea Flowers ~ Grape/Tan

Beaded Micro Petals ~ Grape/Tan

Premium Card Stock ~ Bright White (for card base)

Dream & Believe ~ Embellishment Sentiments

Primed Chipboard ~ Laurel Spray

Primed Chipboard ~ Cogs

Gold Alcohol Splash ~ Purple Haze

Gold Alcohol Splash ~ Golden Mocha

Heavy Gel Medium ~ Matte

Other Supplies

Cheap Joe's Art Stuff ~ 74lb Yupo Paper

Isopropyl Alcohol

Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Alcohol Blending Solution

Colorfin ~ PanPastel Artist Pastels: Magenta Shade 430.3

Tim Holtz with Ranger ~ Distress Micro Glaze

Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber

Stampendous ~ Fran-tage - Embossing Enamel - Aged Silver

Helmar ~ Crystal Kote Matte Varnish - Matte Fixative

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Imagine Crafts ~ Tear It!

Donna Salazar with Spellbinders ~ Embossing Folder - Large Medallion

Plastic Pipette

Paintbrush

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Floral Mixed Media Birthday Card for Studio75

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I have created a floral mixed media birthday card featuring the gorgeous Studio75 Forever In Love Collection that includes beautiful images that are perfect for fussy cutting. I just adore the amazing colors in this paper set, don't you?

Tips and Techniques

The Forever In Love paper collection includes such fabulous neutral background papers with delicate designs like this one from the 6x6" set. I've fussy cut flowers, leaves, and a darling heart to pull in the colors that are prominent in the collection and then found flowers in my stash that are a perfect match to this color palette. I dry brushed the dimensional flowers with white gesso to soften the color.

To create texture on the background I mixed Antique Bronze Cadence Metallic Paint from the store into Finnabair Frosty Pearl Icing Paste to get this fabulous rose gold color to stencil. I also spattered Heidi Swapp Peach Color Shine and white drawing ink for visual texture. The sentiments is stamped onto white cardstock with Brilliance Rocket Red Gold Archival Ink which is a perfect match to these gorgeous flowers by Little Birdie Crafts sold in A.C. Moore stores. And the sweet cherry blossom flower is from the Studio75 store.

Here's a close-up of the fussy cut flower cluster.

This gorgeous Scrapiniec Lavender Mist Frame is heat embossed with bronze embossing powder which looks so great against the stenciled background. I have found that using a foam applicator like Ranger's Emboss It Dauber works great to apply embossing onto large intricate pieces like this works great.

I used Bambino Glue to adhere Coral Sea Prills and Finnabair Copper Microbeads texture around the bottom of the cluster as well as a few microbeads scattered across the flowers. I tucked in gears and metal flowers from my stash and rubbed them with Finnabair's Firebird Metallic Wax.

The card is adhered to one of the 6x6" Studio75 White Card Bases. It's so handy to start with 6x6" patterned paper and have these sturdy card bases on hand that are a perfect fit!

Studio75 Supplies

   

Other Supplies
Little Birdie Crafts at A.C. Moore ~ Handmade Flowers Boutique Elements #106011789
Little Birdie Crafts ~ Fiorella Flowers - Pastel Palette
Darice ~ 110 lb Cardstock - White
Bead Landing ~ Bezels, Frames & Filigree - Gears
Creative Charms ~ Metal Filigree Flowers
Lace ~ From my stash
US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Coral See
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax: Firebird
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Icing Paste: Frosty Pearl
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Microbeads: Copper
Liquitex ~ Gesso - White
Ranger ~ Embossing Dabber
Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine - Peach
Tsukineko - Brilliance - Archival Pigment Ink Pad - Rocket Red Gold
Higgins ~ Drawing Ink - White
JudiKins ~ Embossing Powder - Metallic Bronze
Prima ~ Finnabair: Stencil Swirly Florals
Close To My Heart ~ Just to Say Stamp Set
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ 3D Foam Squares - Regular, White
Wagner ~ HT 400 Heat Gun

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~