Mardi Gras

Today is Mardi Gras,

fun and party

and CARNAVAL!

No idea what it is?

Have a look HERE.

 

And you know me,

have to make a card for

this celebration:

 

For this card I used background paper

found on the Create with TLC blog

as well as the sentiment.

I colored the background paper with pencil.

 

For the mask I found a template online:

and printed this on purple paper.hen i took my

Michael Strong paisley background stamp

and versamark ink to stamp over the cut out mask.

Added some gold embossing powder and

made some holes at the end for the ribbon.

Hope you all have a fun day

with whatever you are doing or celebrating!

 

Have a creative day!

 

 

 

 

OWL Blog Hop

I hope you have arrived here from

Herma's blog with her

wonderful creation for the

Michael Strong OWL blog hop

to celebrate Mike's latest stamps

the cloisonné owls.

 And if you leave a comment on all the blogs

that participate in the blog hop,

you might even win this set of owl!!

I have created two projects for you

to inspire your creativity with the owl stamp.

This first one is a photoframe.

You stamp the owl two times and

color the owl (I used watercolor crayons)

and of the second image only the head.

Cut out the head and stick it on the

complete owl with some foam tape.

 I added some glitterglue on the wings

and glossy accent on the eyes.

The sentiment I made with the computer

and added a little gemstone heart.

The second project is a card,

called a double step card.

You can find tutorials all over if you google

this (and also on you tube).

I used this one HERE

I want to share with you how I made the background to

this card. It is a variation to one of the Technique

Junkie's technique called Antiqued Wallpaper.

You need an embossingfolder,

some distress ink, pearl colored glommer mist

paper and your cuttlebug.

Roll your paper trough the cuttlebug

in the embossing folder of your choice.

I choose the tree folder for the

background of my card.

 After embossing you add ink direct

to the paper. I used vintage photo

and aged mahogany.

Take your glimmermist (I used pearl)

and spray this on top of your card.

Best do this in a box, so your table

won't get dirty.

 Leave it to dry or use your heatgun.

When dry, take your cuttlebug and make

your sandwitch like this:

b-plate

embossing folder closed

your paper on top of the embossing folder

b-plate

Can you see the glitter on the background?

Maybe if you click on the photo to enlarge it!



For the finished card i stamped and

embossed a silver and a gold owl.

Added a few glitter gemstones

and colored paws and beak with marigold

distress marker.

Here you see the text I came up with:

friends owl-ways.

I finished the bottom of the card with

a branch (die cut) and some

leaves (diecut too).

Hope you can't wait to see what everyone

else has in store for you, so

here is the list of participants in case

you get lost, you can always come back here.

Inge Postma

Joanna Mackintosh

Lori Rife

Michael Strong

Shelly Schmidt

Bev Allaire

Dorly Weitzen

Heidi Wegman

Herma Fichte

Hetty Sanders --> YOU are HERE

PS.

Don't forget to leave your comment

on all the blogs if you want to win the stamps.

I will announce the winner on Sunday Febuary 11

and today I announce the winner:
 it is Donna Lee
thank youy for leaving such wonderful compliments
on all the blogs in the blog hop.
please send me your mail address

Have a creative day!



Chinese New Year

Today it is Chinese new Year

and the start of the

Year of the Snake.

So with stamps of

Michael Strong

I made this 12x12 scrap page

and used the following stamps:

 the cloisonné hexagon

and the cloisonné medallions.

 

To make the snake I stamped the hexagon stamp

1x op red paper and 1x on black paper

with versamark and embossed with

gold embossing powder.

Then cut up the stamp and

kept rearranging the pieces

until I was satisfied with the snakes. 

For the lanterns I used

the medallions

and I have a tutorial on my blog HERE

how I made them.

and.......don't forget to pay a visit to

Michael Strongs own blog,

for he has a digital freebie for you

for the Cinese New Year.

Go here:

http://www.blog.strongstamps.com/

 

 

Have a creative day!

 



 

Freebie from Mike & Paulette

With the Year of the Snake

starting tomorrow for the Chinese People,

Michael Strong has a free

digital image for you on his blog:

http://www.blog.strongstamps.com/

 

You might wonder, what is it and what can I do with it?
I give you some explanation and inspiration.

This is what we call a digital stamp.
You save it to your computer with the right mouse click trick.
Remember where you put it!!

Now you can print it any size you want.
Or reverse it, or print 4 small ones, whatever your design needs.
After printing you can color it or like I did: print it on colored paper.
Color with pensils, markers, watercolor crayons.

Use the image to your liking on a card or scrapbook page.

 

Here you see the image and if you click on

it you see an even larger version.

 

I added some tiny gold stcikers on the

snake's dots and some red gemstiones

around the snake for accents.

 

And here is another creations.

For this I used some great background paper

by Create with TLC.

The paper lanterns are also a freebie

on Paulettes blog:

http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.nl/2013/02/happy-chinese-new-year.html

I printed the background paper

on a cream color. The lanterns

are colored with pencil.

When finished I brushed fired brick

distress ink around the paper

and embossed it with the swiss dot

embossing folder.

The dots are also colored with fired brick

distress ink direct to paper.

The snake panel is also colored with

pencil and the swiss dots are colored with

shabby shutters green distress ink.

 

Also a few gem stones are added.

 

The numbers are from a Tim Holtz die.

This is the inside of the card.

 

 

Have a creative day!

 

 

Valentine inspiration

 

I made this fun Valentine card

with the mini cloisonné heart by Michael Strong

and a free subway art from

Create with TLC.

 

I made this card for a sketch challenge

on the Michael Strong stamp group.

 

The background is a piece of

scrap paper from a pad.

 

 

Have a creative day!

 

 

Happy Birthday

Today it is 30 years ago that my daughter was born

and of course this is a celebration

and with a celebration a card is needed.

 

Here is my card for her,

made with Michael Strong's cloisonné pot

and accent stamps.

You find them here:

http://www.strongstamps.com/

 

 

The image is stamped and embossed.

The cake is half of the pot

and the accents are puunched out.

The candle is a die from my quickutz.

The flame is colored and decorated with

glitterglue.

 

The sentiment is also by Michael Strong

and the borders are a die by sizzix for

Tim Holtz

Have a creative day!



 

 

Bookmark for Valentine

Here is a fun idea for Valentine:

how about a bookmark?

 This is what you need:

Michael Strong mini heart stamp

different colors of paper scraps

ribbon

versamark

embossing powder

heat gun (not on picture)

scissor

glue stick (not on picture)

instructions:

1. stamp and emboss about 5 or 6 mini hearts.

2. cut the hearts out of the paper with a scissor.

3. cut from one of the scraps a strip

of 1,5 inch (3 cm) wide.

4. 4. Glue the hearts underneath

ech other on the strip of paper.

5. cut away the excess of the strip

you do not want to see.

6. Punch a hole in the top heart

and thread the ribbon through.

To finish it, you can write a

message on the back of the bookmark.

Have a creative day!