Butterfly Trellis

Hi!  I don't often use Green as a dominant color in cards so this week's Impression Obession challenge was quite challenging for me.

 I colored the trellis die cut with distress ink.  I also used more distress ink to "age" the dark green panel behind the trellis. I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges of the green cardstock too and then ran more distress ink over the sides.  The flowers were cut from the Hydrangea die and then brushed with Wink of Stella brush for an added soft shimmer.  The vines were colored with copics.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Trellis (DIE037-V)

Impression Obsession Hydrangea (DIE044-Y)

Impression Obsession Vine (DIE051-B)

Impression Obsession Butterflies (DIE046-A)

Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics

Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss dots

Stampin' Up embossing folder -

Distress Ink, Copics, Wink of Stella brush, Ribbon, Pearls

Challenges Entered

Impression Obsession Challenge Green

City Crafter Spring

Allsorts #252 Use those dies

A Creative Romance Spring Flowers

The Rubber Buggy Spring Flowers

Under the Sea Tag

I don't usually make tags but my new Tim Holtz tag die was begging to be used.  I created the background by applying distress stain over the entire tag and then spritzing with water.  There are some metallic spots because I also used Metallic Brass Distress ink.  The black ink is Memento.  I used a variety of stamps.  Some are from stampin' up and others are from a Heidi Grace clear stamp set. 

The bookplate frame is also from the same Tim Holtz die.  I first painted the frame with metallic and brown distress inks and then coated it with a layer of clear rock candy crackle paint.  I added specks of pearl-ex powder to the wet crackle paint by flicking the tip of a brush over the frame.  Then I added a second layer of crackle paint.  I love the glossy crackle effect. 

I brushed glitter over the word using a Wink of Stella brush so the sentiment also shimmers.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Tim Holtz die - Tag & Bookplates

Stampin Up stamps - By the tide

Heidi Grace stamps - Beyond the sea

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Distress Ink - varied colors

Wink of Stella brush - clear

Fibers & copper brads - from my stash

Challenges Entered
Crafting by Designs Colors of the Sea  (3,4,7 & 9)*
PINspirational #101*
Avenue 613 Color challenge (blue/purple/turquoise)*
Allsorts Use Dies
HIMCR #143 Freestyle
Jo's Scrap Shack Tag-you're it



Spring Dogwood

Dogwood flowers always make me think of spring and it's finally beginning to feel like spring here in southern New York.  Impression Obession stamps have such amazingly beautiful detail.  I love this stamp!  After playing with my other card for the IO challenge on and off this week, this one came together in a snap.

I stamped the dogwood using Memento - Pear Tart ink.  The image was cut with a Spellbinders label die and then colored with copics.  I used Linen, Tea dye and Peeled Paint (my go-to green lately) distress ink to color the edges. The Spellbinders label die was used as a stencil to keep the edge white.  I stamped an extra dogwood flower on another piece of white cardstock, cut it out, colored it with copics and popped it up with foam tape.  The dogwood centers were colored with light pink and yellow copics but the color looks almost orange in the photo.  The flower centers were brushed with glitter using a Wink of Stella brush.

The flower layer was adhered to the scalloped oval with foam tape for added dimension and the oval also has foam tape behind it.  I used the Cuttlebug modern wallpaper embossing folder on the white background layer to mirror the shape of the Spellbinders flower layer.  I used a Cuttlebug chevron embossing foder on the tan vertical stripe and layered a rust colored paper behind that.  At the very bottom is a piece of green cardstock (that I believe is from Stampin' Up - maybe certainly celery?) and then a final layer of brown. 

Thanks for looking!

Materials Used

Impression Obsession Stamp - Dogwood 3 (H12004)

Spellbinders die - Scalloped oval

Spellbinders die - label

Memento ink - Pear Tart

Copics

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Modern Wallpaper

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder -

Wink of Stella Brush (clear)

Cream ribbon (from my stash)

Challenges Entered:
Impression Obsession Green
Melonheadz Friends Time for Spring
City Crafter Easter/Spring #205
Sister Act Anything Goes #50
A Creative Romance Spring Flowers
HIMCR #143 Freestyle
The Rubber Buggy Spring Flowers
Milk Coffee Spring
Picture and Scrap
Little Miss Muffet Anything Goes
Craftin desert divas Anything Goes

KKS Little Mermaid

I made this for my daughter's friend.  The birthday girl had a Little Mermaid movie party and my six year old wanted a card that went with the theme. 

I'm not sure I love the color of the bottom layer but I was in a rush to finish and get it in an envelope.  I love glitter on cards but without my daughter's insistence it probably would have ended up without that too.  Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Kraftin' Kimmie stamp

Stampin' Up Cheese cloth Background

Studio G Happy Birthday Stamp

Cheery Lynn Canadian Doily

Stampin' Up Top Note

Spellbinders Labels Five

Memory Box Lavalier Circle

Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circle

MFT die Layered Rose

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Copics, Stickles (for flower center). Glitter

Distress Ink - Scattered Straw, Peacock Feathers, Tea Dye, Peeled Paint

Memento Ink Tuxedo Black

Judkins Color Dusters

Challenges Entered
Creative Fingers Anything Goes #29
Crafting by Designs Colors of the Sea - elements 1, 4 & 6 (runner-up)
Allsorts Use dies
Art by Miran Anything goes #2
The Squirrel & The Fox About a book - Little Mermaid-
Cutie Pie #66 Cute with dies & punches
CMC Copics Sparkle It
Craftin desert divas Anything goes
Fab n' funky Once upon a time



KKS Eliza

Eliza is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and this is my first time inking her up.  My Fair Lady is one of my all-time favorite movies and it's based on the play Pygmalion.  I couldn't imagine using this image without somehow also using black cardstock.  I don't use a lot of black on my cards (except for Halloween) so this was kind of fun.  I'm not sure pink was the best accent color but I seem to be using a lot of it lately. 

I stamped Eliza with Memento ink and colored her with copics.  The centers of the MFT layered roses are tiny rolled roses from IO's Spiral Flowers die.  I cut the Memory Box butterflies from black cardstock and covered them in platinum stickles for a touch of old-world glamor.  I used Wink of Stella in clear on the umbrella and the feather in her hat.  I added lines of clear stickles on the white stripes on her hat, on the dots of the border die and on the white flowers on the vine.  The tiny rolled roses also have dots of clear stickles in their centers.

Materials Used

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp - Eliza

Spellbinders - Labels 4

Spellbinders - Damask Accents

MFT die - Layered Rose

Impression Obsession die - Spiral Flowers

Memory Box die - Blooming Vine

Memory Box die - Brea Ornament

Memory Box die - Butterfly

Stampin' Up punch - Corner rounder

Stampin' Up punch (scalloped edge)
Stampin Up Stamp - Stripes (background stamp)

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Stampin' Up - Very Vanilla Craft Ink

Copics

Distress Ink - Linen & Tea Dye

Judkins Color Dusters

Stickles

Wink of Stella

Foam tape

Challenges Entered:
Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes/Inspired by a Movie-
Brown Sugar Anything Goes-
The Squirrel and the Fox About a Book #66 - Pygmalion
Created with Love Girly
Avenue 613 Anything Goes/Birds of a Feather-
Just Keep on Creating Anything Goes-
Creative Fingers #28-
Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Things with Wings-

Birthday Princess

Hello!  I combined my new Magnolia gate stamp and Magnolia Event Flag die with dies from my stash and this is the result.  I discovered this Paper Pretties Lady Sofia stamp while hunting for Boy Scout stamps.  Scout stamps are difficult to find and Cooper from Paper Pretties is one of the cutest.

I'm often drawn to girly stamps and I justify my enormous pricess stamp collection with the continuous need for frilly birthday cards for my 6 year old's friends.  I hope they still like princesses as teenagers!

I first stamped Sofia on a piece of scrap paper to use as a mask.  I cut her out carefully and removed all the negative space (under her arms, etc.).  I used tiny dots of repositional glue to hold the mask in place while I stamped the fence image on top.  I removed the Sofia mask and then stamped her in black.  She's a clear stamp which made positioning easier. In retrospect, I probably should have stamped her first, masked over her and then stamped the fence.  I wouldn't have had to be so careful about positioning.

The flowers were created from an older Cuttlebug die. I colored them with copics and added rhinestone centers and yellow stickles.  I stamped a second image of the gate stamp and cut out the open flowers, colored them with copics and popped them up with foam tape.  I added yellow stickles to the centers for sparkle.  I also used my Wink of Stella brush over all the pink flowers and added some to Sofia's gown and hat for extra shimmer.  The butterflies were made from a cottage cutz butterfly vine die.  After coloring the butterflies with copics I also coated their wings with yellow stickles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Magnolia Stamp - Open Gate

Paper Pretties Stamp - Lady Sofia
Docrafts Xcut - Square Parenthesis

MFT die - Fancy Flourish

Magnolia die - Events Flags

Cuttlebug die - Asterisks

Cottagecutz die - Fancy Butterfly Vine

Cottagecutz die - Sprig Vine Mini
Stampin' Up Corner Rounder punch

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Distress Ink - Tea Dye

Copic Markers
Judkins Color Dusters

Rhinestones (from my stash)

Ribbon (from my stash)

Stickles (yellow)

Wink of Stella Brush (clear)

Foam tape

Challenges Entered
Melonheadz Friends Girly*
The Rubber Buggy Spring Flowers
City Crafter Spring
Card Mania Something New
The Shabby Tea Room #210 Anything Goes
Sister Act #48
A Gem of a Challenge #115 Mother's Day/Female Birthday/Special Lady
Vs Sweet Ideas #21 Kids Theme
Just Keep on Creating
Avenue 613
Simon Says Stamp
Stamping Sensations Pink
Stamp & Create with Magnolia Butterflies
Stamp & Create Challenge Ready for Spring
Simply Magnolia Birthday
The Squirrel and the Fox Autum/Spring
Hiding in my Craftroom Color it #141
Paper Pretties
Craftin Desert Diva
MiM Challege UK Beautiful Butterflies
Brown Sugar
Crafting by Designs Anything Goes
Hobbybook Designer Challenge Spring
The Pink Elephant Challenge-
7Kids Challenge
A Creative Romance Bingo Challenge
Allsorts Challenge Pretty in Pink
The Paper Nest Norway #5
The Paper Shelter
Creative Fingers Challenge #27 Anything Goes
Stampin for the Weekend Anything Goes
Paper Take Weekly Mum (or Girlie)
Crafters Café Square Card
Created with love Challenges Girly

Enchanting Garden

This was a lot of fun to design.  Impression Obsession has gorgeous dies and EVERYTHING on this card is from IO.  I was inspired by a photo of sempervivum I saw on pinterest.  I love the varied colors and textures and have added a nice little collection to my garden over the past few years. 

I thought the little IO rolled roses from the Spiral Flowers die would make perfect sempervivum.  The hanging yellow "sedum" was created using the Leafy Branch die.  I rolled each of the "flowers"  with a quilling tool and used foam tape to add dimension.  After I had adhered the buckets and sempervivum to the card I decided cut my background with the spellbinders label 8 die.  Since the little sempervivum were already attached I ended up pressing all my little rolled hens & chicks.  I considered rolling new ones but realized the sempervivum looked possibly more realistic flattened.  It really brought out the copic coloring.  You can see below what my in-progress photo looked like before running it through the big shot. 

The smaller metal bucket was made by cutting the bottom off a second IO bucket die cut.  The buckets were colored with Copics and then the sponged with distress ink.  I cut the Enchanting Day tag freehand with a scissor and brushed distress ink on the edges.

Finally, I added shimmer. Lots of it!  I used my new Wink of Stella brush on the hollyhocks and edges of the tag. It might be difficult to see in the photo but there is also a line of shimmer that follows along the top edge of the white layer.  This card really glitters and my daughter tells me it would be perfect garden for a fairy.  So the next card I make with shimmering enchanted hollyhocks will include one.  :)

Thanks for looking!

Supplies

Impression Obsession Bucket DIE164-A

Impression Obsession Hollyhocks DIE169-R

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers DIE042-I

Impression Obsession Grass DIE060-I

Impression Obsession Leafy Branch DIE055-N

Impression Obsession "Enchanting Day" Stamp

Spellbinders Labels Eight Die

Wink of Stella (clear), Copic Markers, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Judkins Color Dusters, Quilling Tool

Challenges Entered

The Rubber Buggy Spring Flowers

Impression Obsession In the Garden

Simon Says Stamp Mothers Day or Special Girl

Crafting from the Heart Anything Goes

Open-minded Crafting Use Something Green

Brown Sugar

Stamp & Create Ready for Spring

Great Impressions Spring Celebrations

Savvy Handmade Cards Spring Flowers

Paper Pretties PWC301 Birthday Cards

Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stampers Easter

Sister Act

Creative Fingers- Anything Goes #28

Card Mania

Pink Gem

Just Keep on Creating (Top 10)

Make My Monday Spring (Top 3)