A Mermaid's Summer Tag 2013

Its summer time, and I don't know about you, but I am enjoying mine very much so far. Summer is all about fun, beach, water, and hot weather.
Hello everyone!
I know I've been gone for a few weeks, but I've been on vacation, and I've just got back. I've been enjoying my summer so far, and I wanted to share with you a summery tag I created using Mermaid Sophie, from Sweet Nothings Stamp Co.  She looks too cute sitting by the water, I could not wait to color her.

Like always, I colored her using my Copic Markers and I added some distress, as well as regular Stickles to her tail, for a little bit more dimension, and shine. I used some felt clouds from Katscrappiness.com as well as some die cuts I made using a grass Impression Obsession die.
I totally got out all my fiber, and added quite a bit of it to the top of the tag, because I always like adding fibers to my tags.
The background, I embossed using a Cuttlebug folder, and I used paper by Echo Park, from last year's Summer Collection in the background of the tag. A touch of a few real mini shells finished off the tag, and I really like how it turned out. Do you? The banner I cut freehand and added a sentiment from one of those dollar stamps from Michael's or Joann's---Inkadinkado I believe is the brand.
I hope you enjoyed this project, and give Mermaid Sophie a try. She's really fun to color with her long hair.
Hope you enjoy your summer!

Mixed Media Canvas: Prima & Lindy's Stamp Gang

Hi everybody!
Today I'm sharing with you a canvas I created using Prima Products, as well as Lindy's Stamp Gang Products. For those of you who love tutorials, I'll be uploading a complete tutorial on how I created it, this coming Friday, May 24th, so stay tuned for that.
I used Prima's Lyric Collection, as well as some of their stencils, flowers, trim, and more. For color, I used tons of Lindy's Stamp Gang products. Please see the list, and links to all of them at the end of this post, and remember, stay tuned for the video coming up in a few days! I hope you like it.

Lindy's Stamp Gang products used:

Starburst Stain in Golden Sleigh Bells 

Flat Fabio in South Shore Sand

Flat Fabio in Aloha Avocado

Flat Fabio in Kissin Kenickie Coral

Glitz Spritz in Blazing Sun

Embossing Powders in Magic Moon Pearls and Byzantine Bronze

Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Tutorial #4

 Happy Monday friends!

Today I wanted to share with you  a video tutorial on how I created this artsy tag, using Faber Castell Design Memory Crafts products. Enjoy!

For more information, techniques and ideas on these, and other Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products,  please check out the links below:

Website: http://www.designmemorycraft.com

Blog: http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/designmemcraft

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DesignMemoryCraft

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/designmemcraft

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/designmemorycraft

Repurposing!

Hello everyone!
Today I wanted to share a little tutorial on how to repurpose the containers of candles. If you follow me on Instagram, you already know that I'm addicted to candles for my home, and my favorite seem to be the three wick candles from Bath and Body Works. I go through those all the time, and hate throwing the container away, because they are so pretty, and I know they could be used for other things after I've burnt through the candles. I have to be honest, and tell you I don't repurpose all of mine, since I use many of these a year, and don't need a house full of glass containers lol. However, from time to time I do repurpose them, and here's a picture tutorial on what I do to get them looking perfect, and ready for their new way of use.
1. Take your burnt candle holder container, and remove all the stickers you can take off the glass. Put the container in your freezer for about twenty minutes. The cold temperature will make the leftover wax shrink and firm up.
2. Take the container out of the freezer, and gently with a knife, break the wax and take it all out, as well as the three metal wick holders in the bottom of the container.
3. With a nice sponge, wash out the container, and get rid of any stickiness  you have left in the bottom, or side of the jar. If you have issues removing the adhesive of the stickers, just spray the glass with Goo Gone, and it will come totally clean. Rinse well.
4. Let air dry, and that's it! Your container is ready to be repurposed.
5. I use my clean containers to hold small things, such as lipsticks, lip gloss as you see in the picture, candy, even nail polish! You can definitely embellish (or not) your container if you like, and use it in your craft area too. The possibilities are endless!

I hope you enjoyed this quick and simple tutorial. A different post from my usual paper crafting posts. I hope it is useful to you.
Thanks for stopping by!

From start to finish: a summer card

Hi everyone!
Happy Friday!
Today I wanted to share a video tutorial of a card I created. I used tons of beautiful embellishments from the Katscrappiness store, as I am their May Guest designer, and I also used a digital image from Sweet Nothing's Stamp Co.
I love how the card came out, and I hope you enjoy watching the process of me making it.
If you are interested in any of the products I used to make this card, please go check out the  KatScrappineess online store, as well as the Sweet Nothing's Stamp Co. Store. Watch the video below to see the finished card, and let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy the tutorial, and have a great weekend!

Stamping...on my nails!!!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share today a little stamping project I did. This time I stamped on my nails instead of on paper, and I loved the way it came out. I've done this several times before, and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it.

For this manicure, I used Essie's Borrowed & Blue (purchased at The Polish Boutique) as the base color, and Essie's Blue Rhapsody for the stamping. Yes, you don't necessarily need to use special polish for the stamping. I find that metallic polishes work very well for stamping on your nails, so if you have a variety of those, you don't need to go and spend money on more expensive special stamping polishes, if you want to try this. There are a variety of different companies who make the stamping plates you use to create your designs on your nails, and prices for those vary.

The plate I used is a Cheeky one (#CH06) from their Vibrant Collection. Love the flower pattern. Here's what my finished, manicure looked like right after I cleaned off the edges with pure acetone (hence the dry skin around the nails), but I seem to hate waiting for the nails to dry, and apply lotion before taking the pictures I share. Why? I have no clue. Patience is a virtue, and one that escapes me from time to time lol.

Remember to follow me on my Instagram account, which is mainly where I post my manicures. Most that I do, don't get posted here, since I paint my nails so often, and this is mainly a scrapbooking/card-making/crafting blog, so if you don't want to miss any of my polish pics, just follow me there. I actually posted a picture of the manicure before the stamping there, to share the beautiful Borrowed & Blue color, which by the way is my new favorite!

I hope you enjoyed today's nail post, and give nail stamping a try. It's not as hard as it looks! Thanks for stopping by today!

Lindy's Stamp Gang's Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone and happy Saturday!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. We are celebrating Lindy's birthday over at Lindy's Stamp Gang, from April 27th-May 4th, with a birthday themed blog hop! The designers have gathered up to share some inspiration using Lindy's (and our) beloved products. 

I've created a simple birthday card with a pop of various colors. I decided to use several of the fabulous Flat Fabios, because I've really been into using them lately. You can see my latest video tutorial, where I used a great number of them to alter a canvas HERE. This time I used Flat Fabios from the Caribbean Cruise Set ( I used Mango Mania, Caribbean Blue, Hibiscus Rose,  and Luscious Lime), over some handmade resist paper I made myself using Lindy's Stamp Gang's Magic Moon Pearls Embossing Powder, and different Hero Arts Stamps. What's that behind the cake? Well, that texture is vellum I embossed using a retired Stampin' Up Stamp, and the Magic Moon Pearls Embossing Powder again.

I also dry embossed part of the background of the card with a Stampin' Up embossing folder, added some ribbon, pearls and a handmade Happy Birthday Banner.
Here are some close-ups of the embossing, and then a picture of the completed card:

I hope you enjoyed my project and continue on to the next blog in line: Bona. Just in case you just found out about the blog hop here, take a look at the line up below. You are going to want to stop by all the participant's blogs and leave them a comment because there will be hidden prizes in them!

The blog hop starts at the Lindy's Stamp Gang blog http://lindystampgang.blogspot.com/

and continues as follows:

Jessica- http://canyoupixelthis.com/

Yvonne- http://scrappingisbliss.blogspot.com/

Ivett- http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/

Limor- http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Arlene- http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/

Sharon- http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Bona- http://keeponscrappin.blogspot.com/

Kate- http://www.sparkletart.com/rsr/

Jo- http://paperdrama.blogspot.com/

Again, thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

Graduation Ellie- Guest Design Spot

Hi everyone! TGIF!!!

Today I'm very excited to share my Guest Design Post for The Paper Nest Dolls. I used Graduation Ellie for my card, and I loved using her, as well as the Glitz "Yours Truly" Design Paper.

Ellie is super adorable, and so easy to paper piece, which is what I did with her outfit. I colored her skin, hair, and accesories with my beloved Copic Markers. I added some cheese cloth for some texture in the back of the image, and added some paper flowers and some bling from my stash. Below you can see a picture of the inside of the card.

I enjoyed working with Ellie, and I hope you liked my project. Thanks so much to The Paper Nest Dolls for inviting me to Guest Design. I had a blast! Have a great weekend everyone!

SNSC One Year Anniversary Celebration Blog Hop!

Hello Hoppers!
Welcome to Sweet Nothings Stamp Co.’s  1 Year Anniversary Celebration Blog Hop! We’re so excited you’re here!
This year quickly flew by and we can’t believe we already have a year’s experience under our belt! Boy, does time fly when you’re having fun! We hope our next years are as fun as this past year has been.

To celebrate, we’ve got some fun in store for all of you... Be sure to hop along to ALL of our DT and GDT member’s blogs (line up listed at the bottom of this post), and be sure to leave a comment on every blog in order to qualify for a prize. 

Here's what I've created for today: 

I used Sassy Sophie and the Theresa Collins Carolina Breezw line. I was in the mood to make something different, from my usually card, and I think the color palette did just that with this card.

All prizes were graciously donated by our fabulous sponsors. Be sure to show them some love as well and stop by their shops :)
** Please remember to leave your email address in your comments. This way, we can contact you if you win :)

MB's Treasurista- A $35 gift certificate from MB’s Treasurista to use in their shop http://mbtreasurista.com/

Karlas001- x2 Prize packages of laces and trims from Karlas001. Each prize pack’s value is $25.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/karlas001 

Diana McRae- A mixed piece (50) prize pack of wood veneers
PLUS a $10 gift certificate to use in her shop. Total prize pack value is $35.00.www.Photobucket.com/WoodVeneers

   

Lavish Laces- A mixed prize pack of laces, trims and flowers. Prize pack value is $40. www.etsy.com/shop/lavishlaces

The Piece by Piece- A mixed prize pack of laces and trims. Prize pack value is $40.
www.etsy.com/shop/thepiecebypiece 

Sweet Nothings Stamp Co.- 3x Prizes of 3 digital images. Winners will be able to choose which images they’d like to receive.
www.sweetnothingsstampco.com

Here is the line up...

Sweet Nothings Stamp Co. 
Lina 
Katie 
Aliscia 
DeNetra 
Yvette 
Steph 
Archana 
Beverly 
Danni 
Ria 
Pattie
Jo 
Sharon  (You are here!)

Thank you so much to all of you who have supported us through our first year! We owe our success to all of you! We hope you’ll continue to support us and grow along with us! 

Thanks for hopping along with us! You have until April 22, 2013 at 12:00 Midnight to comment!

xo The Sweet Nothings Stamp Co. Team 

Hugs and Kisses

Hello friends!

I wanted to share with you today a card I created using Scrap Happy Ohio dies and stamps. Very pleased with the color palette on this one, and can I tell you I'm in love with this little girl's dress.

I colored her hair and skin with my Copic Markers and paper pieced her dress and accessories. Used my Gold Atyou Spica pen to color in her shoes as well as the border of her dress and the bow holding the hearts together. I used Scrap Happy Ohio's flower die to make the tan flowers on the card. The card stock cut nicely and I bent each petal with a paint brush. I used one of the sentiment stamps from the Valentine's Sentiment set by Scrap Happy Ohio, which is packed with great sentiments.
For a closer look at this card and how it shimmers you can watch my video HERE. If you are interested  in purchasing any of the stamps or dies you can click HERE.
See you back here soon!