Major Stamp Sale

Hey everyone so I have been Spring Cleaning and decided to go through tons of my stamps as these take up SO MUCH space at times. I thought I would share my goodies and thought to redo my selling page. 

I will be keeping this updated constantly so I can make space for other new goodies. But I wanted to do something special for those that get 5 stamps or more will get free shipping until April 4th!!

So check out what I have listed HERE and watch for more to come :)

Spring ATC Shrine

Hi everyone I hope you all are doing FABULOUS!!!! I am here with some Spring to share!!!

I really wanted to have something bright and uplifting on my desk! I thought Gina's ATC Shrine would be perfect. So for my design team creationI went for it! Check all out the new goodies in the store right now here Gina's Lasercut Designs!

Something to remind me Spring is here (even though it may not feel like it). 

So I created a Spring-like ATC Shrine. I love these little containers and it has been a while since I have played with one. 

I added a label to the front titling this shrine Happiness.  Each piece got a cover with gesso than with some Distress Paints. The purple I toned down with gesso. 

I painted the shrine first with gesso than with Broken China Distress Paint. I then dry brushed gesso all over the container again. 

I decorated the inside with Graphic 45 papers, moss, and a cute little butterfly, which was painted with Distress Paint and given a coat of Crackle Accents. 

Items Used:

ATC Shrine - Window 1

Butterflies and Dragonflies Shape Set

Stackable Label Shape Set

I do hope you are enjoying your current weather or that better weather is on the way! 

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Blooming Art Journal Inspiration

Welcome to a new inspirational Thursday form yours truly!!! 

I have been wanting to play more with my Bloom Girls and stencils and just really get back into playing with my art journal and mixed media goodies!

So here for you is a fun art journal page YAY! I even got to use my new Tim Holtz stickers. 

I have a video that I have of making this page, but have yet to load and edit it. Bare with me I will get it up shortly! 

I used modeling paste with a black gelato to create the black paste I used with the stencil. I then colored the image with my watercolor pencils and gelatos. I used gelato around the image only after using some matte gel medium with a stencil to add to the background. 

Here you can see the stencil giving texture combined with the gelato and some Twinkling H20 paint. 

Lastly I wanted to add a flower here!! It started out white/cream. I went over it with a gelato, buffing it with my finger and then gave it a spritz of Gold Foil Prima Bloom Spray. 

So I do hope you enjoyed this lovely art journal page. I will have a video up on my YouTube this week. 

Items Used:

Prima Stencil - Gardenia

Faber Castell - Black Gelato, Red Gelato, Metallic Melon, and Mix and Match Designing with Gelato Kit

Faber Castell Gesso 

Prima Flower

Crafter's Workshop Stencil - Radar

Gel Medium

Twinkling H20 - Mango Mamba

Have You Heard???

Okay so I could do this post in all caps with a microphone in my hand and shout it out from the highest point in the world to spread the news!!! 

But here on my blog will have to do! 

Well here is the news...

And yes this girl is trying out! If you want to try out too check out the details HERE!!!

So there is no doubt that I love Prima. Prima was my first toe into real true paper crafting and mini albums and layouts on a FABULOUS scale of GORGEOUSNESS!!!! 

Needless to say I fell in love and haven't stopped since! 

So I wanted to share some of my favorite creations using Prima goodies.

To this day I think this is my favorite piece!

Here are some of my favorite cards and tags.

 

 

Some favorite layouts...

Some favorite altered items...

 

 

Nature's Garden

Hello to you all. I am feeling a little dark lately. 

Well not really dark. I used some darker colors on my cards to share with you all.

I love Prima and I have had some of the Nature Garden collections in my stash. I thought this was perfect and it turned out great with the chipboard I wanted to use. 

Of course all my chipboard pieces got a coat of gesso. Then I proceeded to go to town :) 

For my first card I used some Prima Chalk Ink but I didn't fully cover everything, just a little pat here and there. 

The second card got a coat of chalk board paint. The Bird on a Swing Shape Set got a great crackle glaze but the cracked for some reason didn't make it all the way to the center of the bird. 

I love crackle accents! It is so much fun to just add a bit more texture to projects! 

I finished the cards with some chit chat words. 

Items Used:

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Bird on a Swing Shape Set

Punch Elements 1 inch Scalloped

Cotton Candy

Hey everyone I am SUPER excited I got some new goodies to play with and the first thing I thought of was using this fabulous stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps!

The stamp I used is called Cotton Candy - 19192. I got inspiration for the background based on fluffy cotton candy. I played with my new Prima Watercolor Pencils creating this "FLUFFY" background. 

I have been wanting to use vellum on my cards for a while and I was given the tip to fold the edges over like a wrap. So I stamped the sentiment Until Further Notice - 19172 on the vellum and the scored flaps were glued behind the panel. 

I used some foam dots to give a little dimension to the cotton candy and some glitter to really make the cotton candy shine. 

Thanks so much for stopping by remember to keep coming back for more inspiration!

Aries Tilda

Welcome to a new day of inspiration. I have been sharing some of my Magnolia cards a lot lately. I felt so bad having these pretty images just sitting there waiting to be colored. 

She is colored with copics to match some My Mind's Eye papers and embellished with Wild Orchid Craft's flowers. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you get to come back again!

Item Used:

Aries Tilda Zodiac Collection

My Mind's Eye Papers

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Lace

Movie Star

Hello and happy new Tuesday to you all! I just wanted to share my newest card with you I created for the new challenge over at The Inky Chicks.

The theme this week is Movie Star. 

Any movie star will do! 

I colored up this cutie up thinking she was a perfect fit for Pocahontas! She even has the cute little raccoon friend to boot! 

I colored her up with my favorite coloring medium - copics, and I paired her with some older My Mind's Eye papers from my stash. 

I also added some lovely lace and some Wild Orchid Flowers to top it off. You can add any sentiment to this card and give it to a friend to pick them up!

 Don't forget to check out the sponsor for this challenge 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by make sure to keep coming back and don't forget to follow me or add me to your favorite reader so you don't miss out. 

Also if you can I would love for you to head over and LIKE my Facebook Like Page!

Using Metal

Hello to you all in blogland. I am beyond excited to share this. I can't believe I am just now playing with a stamp set I got earlier last year! Yes. I have had the images stamped just waiting in a pile to be colored

Isn't this card just adorable?? I love her bunches and can't wait to color her up again!

Items Used:

Magnolia Stamps - Sagittarius Tilda Zodiac Collection

My Mind's Eye

Memento Black Ink

Copics

Copic Paper

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Lucky 2 Have You Layout for Gina's Designs

Hello all you lovely crafters. Today I have a fun layout to share and I love this layout. 

It is finally starting to look like Spring outside and it is warming up a little. Than I got to thinking about some photos I had hanging up and thought to create something using one of these photos. 

I loved combining my Prima favorites with my Gina's Chipboard and I think it turned out awesome!

So here you can see a close up of the Leafy Cluster Base. I painted it with gesso and then once that dried I went over that with my Prima Watercolor Pencils. I used a couple shades of green. 

Then I added some glass beads with 3d gloss gel. 

The background was fun to create using modeling paste, a stencil, a blooming spray, and watercolor pencils. 

O wanted to play along with the Prima Challenge so check it out!

Items Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts Leafy Cluster Base

Prima Gesso, Paper, Flowers, Watercolor Pencils, 3d Gloss Gel, Glass Beads, Bloom Spray, Wire Thread, Modeling Paste, Stencil

Fabri-Tac Glue

Faber-Castell Black Gelato

Doll Tag

Hey everyone. Shanna here with a  little Thursday inspiration! 

I created a tag using a Julie Nutting Prima Doll tag. 

Her name is Shay! I stamped her on some white cardstock and colored her with some watercolor pencils. Talk about fun!

Then I stamped her again on some Prima Paper - Epiphany Collection. I paper pieced the outfit together and layered her down. 

For the tag I started with some Distress Paint (Cracked Pistachio), dried it, and then used the Distress Ink Abandoned Coral with a blending tool around the edges. Splattered some water and then let it dry. 

I added my built up image and embellished the tag. 

Don't forget to stop by the store and see all the new stuff coming in. 

Items Used:

Prima Say It In Crystals

Prima - Julie Nutting - Shay Stamp

Prima - Epiphany papers