Lizzie Anne Designs Spring Mix Release: It's MOOVELOUS!

I am having sooo much fun creating with Lizzie Anne Designs Spring Mix, just being released today! My first thing to grab was this darling moo-cow with the flower spots, and the perfectly "moovelous" punny sentiment to go with. Recently at a craft show, I purchase several of these clear "coin tubes" that seem to be such a hot item right now. At my local market I found these "Cow Tales" nostalgic candies that fit in the tube perfectly. I created a couple of boxes with holes through the center to hold the tube treat with the help of my new Scor-Pal and my Nesties. I added a stamped lace border to the bottom and the fun sentiment. The moo-cow was layered to a scalloped circle and attached to the tube with a jute tie. The card was created using the remnants of circles die cut from the tube treat project. I stitched them down the side, added another stamped lace border to the card as well, and popped up my moo-cow. I love the way this project turned out. It will be the perfect birthday gift for a good friend of mine who shall remain nameless, but who happens to love orange and green and all things punny! I promise I will be posting lots of goodness with these new images, so be sure to revisit soon. Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been playing with, then jump to the Lizzie Anne Designs site to purchase your own and play along. Have a "moovelous" day!

Lizzie Anne Designs Spring Mix, "Follow Your Dreams" and lace border from "Timeless Textures"

Rich Cocoa Memento ink
October Afternoon and KI Memories print
Bazzill Lizard, Festive, and Java
Nestabilities Circles and Scalloped Circles
sewing machine
double-sided foam adhesive
jute twine

"Why Couldn't It Be 'Follow the Butterflies'?"-Ron Weasley, (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

Just for the fun of it, I thought I'd play along with the Butterfly Blog Linky Party started by Eva Dobilas. All of us are "linking" up with Mr. Linky on her site, so if you haven't come from there, be sure to head there next to check out all the fabulous butterfly inspiration! My post features a portfolio of cards I created for the January 2011 catalog, all with glittery butterfly images from Stampendous. This batch happens to be all birthday cards,  'cuz let's face it, you can never have too many. But it would be easy to switch the sentiment panels. I used a rainbow of gorgeous Bazzill cardstock. The butterflies and companion images were all stamped in black on direct-to-paper inked cardstock, covered with Peel N' Stick and beautiful Stampendous Crystal Glitter. The portfolio was created from an 8 X 12" section of cardstock, scored and folded to create a nice pocket to hold the cards without crushing them. Don't want to bore you with too many deets on this as you have so many other creations to go check out. If you have any questions, please leave your email in your comment below. Otherwise, leave me some love (please!) and move on to the next bit of fabulousness along the butterfly trail.

Stampendous:
SSC195-Perfectly Clear "Butterfly Beauties"
CRR110-Cling Imperial Jewel
SSC1114-Perfectly Clear "Counting Birthdays"
AC710K-Curly-Qs Border Class A' Peels
GM220U-Multi Ultra-Fine Crystal Glitter
FX70-Therm O' Web Peel N' Stick

Plus:
Clearsnap ColorBox Chalk ink-Warm Red, Rouge, Tangerine, Yellow Cadmium, Wisteria
Tsukineko Onyx Versafine
Bazzill-Lemonade,Watermelon, Pansy, Flamingo, and Hopi
white and black cardstock
Fiskar Edger Punch, Marvy Corrugator
ribbon
rhinestone stickers
double-sided foam adhesive

"Latte" Love Gift Card Pocket

A quickie post today. I made this card for a recent magazine submission. The sketch for this card included a pocket for a gift card. Since I happened to have a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf gift card (yum!), I went with the coffee theme. The image is from Lizzie Anne Designs. I paper-pieced the image with this Basic Grey paper and added a strip of 7Gypsies paper across the middle, stitched on the ends. The pocket was stitched as well. I loved the color combo on this, and the concept of a gift card on the front of the card. Leaves lots of room on the inside for a mushy note! Happy stamping!

Lizzie Anne Designs "Latte" Single
Versamark ink, Rich Cocoa Memento ink
Stampendous White Embossing Powder
7 Gypsies "Venice" paper
Basic Grey "Hang Ten: Wipeout" paper
Bazzill Cinnamon Stick cardstock
tan cardstock
Nestabilities Circle Die
sewing machine

Dream Schemes Thursday-Sea Inspiration Card

 

I've been looking forward to this week's Dream Schemes Thursday for about a month now. This time Kim gave us a colorway challenge, using brown, cream, and blue. Love that color combo. As some of you have heard me rant before, my master suite (definitely not as glamorous as it sounds) in my home is done in those colors (with a pop of paprika for fun). These colors remind me of the ocean, so I went with a sea theme for this card. I mixed a "sludge" of Matte White Paste with a bit of cerulean and light green acrylic paints and used this to paste-emboss the Mosaic Swirls background stencil. I strained my brain (doesn't take much!) to think of a way to create a "fossil" with the Nautilus stencil, and I think my idea worked rather well. I mixed another "sludge" of Matte White Paste with a little burnt umber and burnt sienna acrylic paint. I applied a thick layer of it on a piece of kraft cardstock. Since the thicker layers can take a while to dry, I placed it in my toaster oven on the lowest setting for about 15 minutes. It doesn't actually harden as it dries, it's more like a slightly rubbery quality. I placed the Nautilus stencil on top and taped down around the edges. Then I carefully used a craft knife to score around the edges of the openings, and then carve out some of the paste. When I was finished, I sponged a slightly darker ink color over the upper surfaces to emphasize the carved area. This was on the advice of my older son who has been a rock and fossil hound since he was about three. He was impressed, so I think I was successful. I broke out another piece of that sea glass that I bought a couple weeks ago, and stenciled Versamark ink through the Sea Horse stencil and embossed with Stampendous' Golden Sand powder. I thought the sentiment was appropriate for my sea-themed card, especially with the extra pop of color from the ribbon and brad. Now hop on over to the rest of the team for more inspiration, before creating your own version of our Colorway Challenge. Be sure to post to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog so we can be inspired by you!

Dreamweaver Stencils:
(LJ901) Mosaic Swirls
(LM104) Nautilus
(LM181) Seahorse
(DEP) Matte White Embossing Paste
(TAP) Acrylic Paints
(DPK) Palette Knife

Versamark ink
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photograph
(EP211) Golden Sand Embossing Powder from Stampendous
Kraft and Java cardstock
sea glass
JoAnn's Craft Essentials sentiment
ribbon, brad fastener, double-sided foam adhesive

On A Roll! LAD Weekly Sketch #155-I Rock!

 

Hey, surprise, surprise! I actually got this week's sketch challenge for Lizzie Anne Designs completed! Joslyn challenged us to created a round card. You can see her sketch HERE. I went a little wild and bright. Just bought this jumbo pack of paper, with all these unique prints and shades. The new "Tweens & Teens" set seemed perfect with this fun paper. I stamped the "personal music listening device" (iPod/MP3, etc.) and embossed it in black on the bright orange circle. I paper pieced the "screen", matted the circle with bright pink, and added the sentiment strip also stamped and embossed in black. The funky colored brads were my son's addition to the card. The inside has one of the other sentiments from the same set, "Have An Awesome Birthday". To view a variety of the team's versions of this sketch, check out the Lizzie Anne Designs Facebook page. Play along and create your own round card to post as well. We love to be inspired by you as well!

Lizzie Anne Designs "Tweens & Teens" set
Bazzill-Parakeet, Bubblegum, and Festive CS
Gibson print paper
Versamark ink
Midnight Black Embossing powder from Stampendous
American Crafts brad fasteners
Nestabilities Circle dies
double-sided foam adhesive

Better Late Than Never? Lizzie Anne Designs Sketch #154

 

Somehow last week just got away from me, and this week promises to do the same. Taylor came up with this great sketch for last Monday, which included the "catch" of creating your borders with elements from the Lizzie Anne Designs sets. It's so easy to do, and yet why do we always seem to immediately reach for the stickers or the border punches? This is a far more creative way to add a border. For my card I decided to just stick with pink. I love this Dotted Swiss cardstock from Bazzill, so that was my color inspiration. Fortunately, Rouge ColorBox Chalk Ink works perfectly with this. My upper border was created with overlapping and cockeyed squares from the

"Timeless Textures" Sixlets Set released in January. I added the curly Q border and the lace border from the same set. Then I stamped the rose from the "Lucky in Love" Mix set across the Dotted Swiss cardstock panel, and stamped off once before stamping on the sentiment panel. I used one of these amazing new "Perfect Phrases", "Friends Forever". After adding my little embellies and the ribbon, I realized that simply by accident I had created a great card for the breast cancer fighter/survivor. Be sure to visit the Lizzie Anne Designs FB page to upload your own version of this fun sketch! Now...I'm going to try to actually get this week's sketch done THIS week!

Lizzie Anne Designs:
"Lucky in Love" Winter Mix
"Timeless Textures" Sixlets
"Perfect Phrases" Sixlets

Pastel Rouge ColorBox Chalk ink from Clearsnap
Bazzill Dotted Swiss "Slipper"
white cardstock
pearl stickers, flower, ribbon
double-sided foam adhesive

Ceramic Coaster Creations

 Just for the fun of it I decided to use some of Stampendous' latest images to create some new coasters for the tables in my living room. I had purchase these ceramic tiles at the local big box home improvement store for 70 cents a piece. I cleaned them with some rubbing alcohol. Spritzed them with Memories Mists Teal, used a heat tool to set the ink as much as possible, then wiped away the excess...leaving a nice patina behind. Then I stamped the various images using Black StazOn ink, heat set that, smudged a little black ink around the edges and heat set again. To protect them, a gave them a light spray of Krylon Matte Finish sealer. I applied small felt pads (also from the home improvement store) to the bottom to prevent scratching the surface of my table. I love the end result! Created by me (with the help of
great images from Stampendous) and all for less than $5.00 for a set of four! I also created a set of these using Dreamweaver Stencils, so be sure to check back to view those!

Stampendous Cling "Dragonfly Vine" (CRP119), medallion from cling "Jumbo Thinking of You" set (CRXL101), and swirl from Cling "Jumbo Peony" set (CRXL103)
Memories Mists Teal (Dreamweaver Stencils MMIR04)
Black StazOn ink from Tsukineko
ceramic tiles
felt pads
Krylon Matte Spray Finish