This Rocking Horse is from Little Cuties and is colored with the new Watercolor pencils. I used the Lots of Labels framelits and some buttons from my stash to finish it up. The pencils are wonderful! Hugs, Fran
Tag: Occasions Mini
Cake Crazy
I have a “thing” for tall, skinny cards! ( 4 1/2 x 8 1/2) I’m not sure why I love them, but I do. And this new Cake Crazy set makes them! I used Cake Crazy and Big on Birthdays with the Party Animal Designer Series paper to make this.
Cake Crazy is a builder type of set – you use the different pieces to make any style cake. I wanted the cake in the background so the sentiment would be front and center.
Once the cake and sentiment were stamped, I went over some of the details with some left over Dazzling Details.
And added some banners and a button to the top. You can kind of see on the left where I stitched the Pacific Point card stock with my sewing machine. Must be for someone special since I had to practically dig out my machine 🙂
Tomorrow is the day that the Occasions Catalog goes live and Sale a ration starts! Big day! Hugs, Fran
All Things Thanks
Happy New Year! Today I’m sharing a card using a stamp set called All Things Thanks from the upcoming Occasions catalog. For this card I used the Bokeh technique. I took the colors from the new Succulent Garden Designer Series paper – Old Olive, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, and Sweet Sugarplum. The mat around the water color paper is Gold Foil and I added some gold sequins and small dots using a gold pen. It’s a nice way to show off some of the large sentiments. Wishing you the best! Hugs, Fran
First Sight
This is a case of the card on page 36 of the Occasions Mini – First Sight. To make this card, I stamped the flourish image in Blushing Bride on a Blushing Bride card base. Then I spritzed it with some shimmer spray (alcohol and shimmer paint. And since I can never stop when spraying stuff, I splattered some gold Encore ink over that 🙂
Using a banner framelit, I stamped half the sentiment on top in Crumb Cake and the rest of the sentiment on the bottom. The heart is Calypso Coral stamped in Calypso Coral and punched out – with the Mother on a strip. I wrapped gold thread behind the heart. The stampin part is a bit fussy – get out your stamp a ma jig – but it’s not hard. Try it! Hugs, Fran
Helping Me Grow
Helping Me Grow is found on page 20 of the Occasions Mini. I cased the Mini Treat Bag shown there and it it so cute@ Using watercolor paper, I stamped the image in Stazon ink and water colored it using ink and an aqua painter. The little label is embossed in white and tied on the front using twine. Hugs, Fran
Going Global
I’m watercoloring the world today! For this card I heat embossed in white on watercolor paper the World Map stamp and did a wash with Lost Lagoon, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight. Then I stamped part of the sentiment from Going Global on Black card stock and embossed it in white. The “you” is from Hello You Thinlits. I cut it out 3 times, coated it in Crystal Effects and attached it to the card.
All of this is mounted on a card front cut from the Heavy White card stock. Hugs, Fran
Sunburst Shine
I’m still playing with glitter 🙂 This was made with a stencil that was in a kit last year. I no longer have the kit – but I saved this stencil! To make this card, I inked the back of the stencil with Versamark and adhered it to a piece of card stock that was covered with Elizabeth Craft Design double sided adhesive. The gold glitter was poured over the open spaces and then the stencil was carefully removed. Then the rest of the adhesive was glittered with Cool White glitter. Shine! I embossed in gold the greeting from Sunburst Saying (Occasions Mini) and popped it up in the center of the sunburst. Confession – it would have been really smart to add the sentiment before I covered the space with glitter – but I didn’t! It’s stuck but it would have been easier the other way! Have a sparkly day! Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston Design Challenge Day 2
Lucky the Rabbit is getting ready for Easter! This month’s challenge is glitter and this card is covered with it! It’s a Fancy Label Accordion – and a lot more. Behind Lucky are some clouds stenciled with Karen Burniston’s Partly Cloudy stencil. Lucky is painting an egg from the Easter Egg die all done with Silk Microfine Glitter. His paintbrush is the spatula from Props 8. I cut down the handle and dipped it glue and several colors of glitter. The paint drops and splatters are from the Cake Pop Up (candle flames and strawberry tops.)
The edges are from the Star Fancy Edges and glittered too.
Here’s the card open!
The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s new Greatest Greetings. To make the paint bucket, I used Lucky’s basket cut in Silver foil with drops of glue and glitter. Make sure to check out the other cards on Karen’s Blog! Hugs, Fran
As Easy As It Gets
Seriously – easy! This is a notecard using Balloon Celebration and it’s simply stamped in Blushing Bride with a Soft Suede sentiment. Some of the balloons are stamped full strength, some are stamped off first. It gives such a soft, pretty look. Hugs, Fran
Hanging Charm Pull Tab Heart
Sending Love on a string! This Karen Burniston Hanging Charm Pull Card using the heart charm is perfect for Valentine Day. I used Stampin Ups beautiful Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper for the center.
When you pull it up, the heart dangles above the hidden sentiment.
I made this one into a full card. You can leave it as a postcard style if you’d like. You can find Karen’s video on how to make a Hanging Charm Pull Card here. Lovely! Hugs, Fran