It's been a great 2 days...

So far I am really enjoying my vacation......I decided I wanted to make some different flowers that I can use for a multitude of ways.......thought I would share the cut files I created...which you will find below each mock up I made of the different flowers........

For this first one I resized the flower in Inkscape a couple times then brought into SCAL and cut I also used the leaves I created...they are below the last flower I'm sharing.......I cut all the flowers for each of the designs with white cardstock and then decorated all of them with an aray of Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Embossing sleeves, Rubber Stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powders, sanding block and brads.......If you have any questions on the techniques I used on any of these please feel free to email me and I'll be happy to try and answer your questions.....






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The next project I worked on was this ATC....I had to do 12 of these for a swap in the Paper Craft Planet ATC group.......I took an image into Corel PSP and removed the color from it and printed it off onto watercolor paper......I then used my Watercolor pencils to color the lady's clothes, hat & bow.....I used my Copic flesh color marker to color her face and neck....I used my Copic colorless blender and some of my Tim Holtz alchol inks to color her feathers in her hat......the background of the image I used several different layers of Tim Holtz Distress Ink......stippeling it on with makeup sponges........The frame I designed and cut with my Cricut...designed in Inkscape and brought into SCAL and cut........then I coated with Versamark pad and coated with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Walnut Stain and embossed....I LOVE the aged metal look it gives them....love love love that look!!!! Wrapped 2 colors of ribbon and added 3 purple rhinestones of staggering sizes.......With having to do 12 of these it definatley took some time but I am happy with the results.....I LOVE the look the Watercolor pencils give!!!




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As always, if you would like to have the image or the cut files, please either click the image or the designated area......If any of you that are on AOL have problems downloading send me an email and I'll be happy to send you the file!!!!

Ok, that's it for me for tonight.......I'm excited to know I'll be here in my ARTHaven all day tomorrow creating and I'm so looking forward to that.....I as ALWAYS want to THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me.....It makes my day when I get to read your comments.......May I ask if you would please consider leaving your email addy in some way that I may be able to thank you or answer any questions you may have.....I truly in my heart feel if you take time to stop by and visit with me and take even more time to leave me a sweet sweet comment I owe you the proper Thank You!!!!! Ok, enough babbling from me......I hope you all have a VERY blessed Monday.....Take care and be safe...until next time....

Wahoooooooooooo....It's been a FUN day....

I have had THE best day with paper!!!! It started early about 6:30 a.m. as my kitty decided it was time for me to get up....arggghhhhhhhh...LOL.....so I get up fix me some coffee and off to my ART Haven as hubby was at work.......I was thrilled to know everything I created today was for swaps which due dates had not yet arrived!!! :)

So, this first ATC is for a swap in my group ARTHaven Creations & Friendships there is no theme for this swap....just whatever your passion drives you towards......I got to use my new color laser printer and printed this graphic in black and white and then colored with watercolor pencils....It was SO fun doing this because now my ink from the printer doesn't run!!! Yippie!!!! I cut an extra butterfly out and after coloring with watercolor pencils I then hit with some of my PearlEx misters.....has a slight shimmer to the butterfly..... kissed the edges of the image layer with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Lipstick.......I also made the fuzzy centers of the flowers with chopped up yarn into itty bittsy pieces...works like flocking and no cost!!! I threaded some ribbon through the bottom left area and then added a piece of lace at the top left and three gold dots.......I layered that onto a lime green layer and lined that onto some more of the watercolor paper....I also printed the image onto watercolor paper....I am loving this paper and will be getting more to have on hand....


This next ATC is for a group I belong to on Yahoo Crafty Card Creators.....the theme for this was open as well.....I decided I would pick some papers first then design an ATC around that....so first I selected the mustard color paint sample which is the very back layer...just cut it down to 2 1/2 x 3 1/2......I then founds some orgami paper I liked the colors of and selected some of my crayon paper I had made last year some time.....I roughed the edges of the crayon paper a bit with a distressing tool I have from Stampin Up........and wipped the edges with some mustard colored chalk ink......I took some scrap of the paint sample and punched with my hole punch 3 little dots....I adhered some purple rhinestones to them and then used a raised foam dot to adhere to the ATC....I took more of the paint sample piece and stamped with some Stazon purple in the word "passion" and then tore the edges and wiped with some distress ink in a couple of colors.....Then I used some of the grunge elements I have of Tim Holtz...the fourish I covered with distress ink and then distress embossing powder and embossed...used my little Xyron to adhere adhesive to the back and mounted on the ATC..........A simple affect but I do like the way it turned out....


This next card is for a "White Challenge" That Jennie is having on her blog.....Bloomin' Paper You can use some color but 75% of the card has to be white......I used a cut file that Paulo Guimaraes shared with me......BEAUTIFUL cut file....I'm not quite sure I'm totally happy with the way this card turned out...I indeed LOVE the cut file he created....but not happy that my paper puckered a bit.......but I have turned my version in for the "White Challenge"......


Ok....Now this last card I did today.....It is by FAR my most favorite card!!! I'm tickled with the way the entire card turned out......on the yellow layer with the swirley's and butterflies I created this design with the use of a square in Inkscape and the cut file from Deb Carfield....she creates some AMAZING cut files...her email addy is dcarfield@bwtelcom.net so you can send her an email and she if she is willing to share her files....I unioned them with the square to give a bit of a different look then she created....then next the top layer is some vellum that I ran through my sizzix with the dot embossing sleeve and the hit the edges with some Distress Ink in purple and wiped lightly over the entire card......The flowers are a cut file I received entitled Gerber Daisy's.....due to the fact I did not create the Gerber Daisy's and butterflies and swirls I can not share these files....I apologize....BUT....I can share with you the link of the person's blog I got it from....http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2009/02/gerbera-daisys.html I printed the flower layers off in Watercolor paper then I colored them with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks.....then spritzed with some pearl ex spritzers to give the layers a shimmer....on the yellow layers I used a swirly rubberstamp to give a pattern on that layer.....I used a tool and curled the edges on all the layers to give the flower some dimension....I used foam dots in between each layer of the flowers to give it dimension.....on the very top I placed a bit of stickles then used some of my purple rhinestones in the center.......

Then I used my laser printer and printed of the butterflies.....I did them in mirror image as well...glued together so you see the front and the back as the same......and then cut them out with scissors...I printed them out onto vellum......I used wire and made each of the butterflies atennas used some glue on the bodies and used some glitter...adhered the butterfiles to the card with foam dots....Oh yeah, I also used some silk leaves under the flowers.....I liked the card front on to the yellow card base and love love love how it turned out........


I decided since this card had so much depth to it I wanted to make a box for it.....but I wanted you to still be able to see the card front...so I decided...."hey why not cut the center out of the box"....so that's just what I did and used acetate on the inside to make a "window" for the box front....I also used my laser color printer to print a design onto the cardstock before I cut the box top with my cricut.....the bottom base I did not decorate I left it just solid yellow......




I CAN share this box template I created with you and hope some of you can find a use for it......I am thrilled with how the box turned out...and it absolutely sets the card off!!!!! You know the routine on downloading the file....I do not want to take any kudos away from anyone who created the other files I used in conjunction with the creation of the files and cards so I am not sharing those files with you.....I'm sorry and do hope you understand.......

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Okie Dokie...that catches you up on all I've been working on today!!! I as always want to THANK YOU ALL for stopping by to visit with me....it truly truly means more than you know!!!! I hope you all have a VERY blessed Sunday and please come by to visit again...until then....

Good Morning...

Everyone and what a Saturday I had....when I said I wanted to spend my entire Saturday in my ART Studio...that's pretty much exactly what I did....with the one exception of hubby taking me to my FAVORITE Mexican restaurant for lunch/dinner!! Yummy......

My day began trying to design an envelope for the card I shared yesterday...I had this wonderful idea to take vellum and stamp with Stazon brown ink all over the paper and cut my envelope templete from that....but once that was completed I decided to add a little of my chalk ink pads...well...ooooppppssss, the Stazon ink smeared which totaly surprised me....SOooooo I thought, "crap...what am I going to do with this"....so I decided to play with some alchol inks on the paper to see what I came up with.....wasn't anything I would use for that envelope BUTTTT, definately had potentional for background paper...added a little crayon to the mix and see what I came up with.....



That just got my creative juices flowing even more.....Have I mentioned how fun playing with crayons and an iron is..... :) So I decided to use some of my glossy printer paper and made these below.....





In total...I designed 6 different designs.....Pretty Cool huh........Then I thought, you know...I'm gonna put these in my store...so I cut them down to 4 1/8 x 5 and packaged them 6 to a set....keeping one set for myself of course......


BUT, I thought.....will people think...."what could I do with these"....soooooooooooo, I decided to come up with some ideas.....the first picture is a tag I created and some embellishment items....and a card I created using the crayon paper for leaves....Aren't they realistic!!!!



then after I got all this done I kept staring at the tag I had made.....It is SO gorgeous in person.....looked over at my paper supply....and came up with the below card...



The background paper on this card I printed myself from my computer (it's actually the design I did for the envelope for the card I shared yesterday!!)....the message is of course a rubber stamp, stamped with my Stazon brown ink...I love those stamps!

So, can you see how much FUN I had yesterday!!! Never did get that birthday card made yet....gotta make that today after church...especially since her birthday is tomorrow!!! :)

I have had SO much fun sharing all of my play and ART with you this morning...I do hope you will come again and visit.....until then, I pray you have a VERY blessed day!!

Another Sunday...

This was yet another wonderful crafting day of fun for me!!!! I had invisioned this in my mind for a while and I finally allowed it to come to reality last night and tonight!!! I hand designed the card holder from a plastic index card holder...the metallic paper covering it were the ugliest you've ever seen...so I took it all apart...removed the snaps from it.....covered in wallpaper using wallpaper paste....held very well actually.....then I trimmed with silver flashing and painted it in several colors......RS with Stazon more on the wallpaper.....the embellishments are also handmade....the face and the letters are crafted out of paperclay and molds..once dried I then painted.....The hearts and all the marbelized embellishments on all the cards are all created with alchol inks, rubberstamps....I created matching envelopes to match each card....I had the best time creating this set and am very proud of the way it turned out.....I will be posting it on my Etsy in the next day or so.......

I also created a scrapbook page for a co-worker for her to view to see if she likes.....I'm not exactly sure what will happen there....I like creating from my mind rather then being forced to create something that I don't feel....so we shall see what comes of it......

Getting ready to watch my fav show on TV....Army Wives....Will probably go work on a crochet project I'm making and watch some tv with dear hubby!!! I hope you all have a wonderful remainder of your Sunday evening!!!! Thanks for stopping by to visit and have a blessed evening!