Butterfly Birthday Wishes

Hello Jax Bean Stalks friends and followers!  I am so excited to be featuring a card tutorial.  I used several "Acid Free" products today to build my Birthday Butterfly card. I hope I inspire you to try out some of these wonderful Helmar products.

1.  I located the "yellow" page out of a dictionary I use for crafting projects.  I like to coordinate my dictionary page with the theme of my card.  In this case I choose yellow!  I adhered my page to a piece of cardstock with Helmar Acid Free Glue, to make it more stable.  

2.  I painted on my Helmar Crackle step 1 and let it dry.  Then I proceeded with Step 2.  I quick dried mine using my heat gun.

3.  After I achieved the most amount of "Crackle", I rubbed in yellow acrylic paint into the cracks.  I then wiped off the excess with a damp cloth.

4.  I mounted my crackled dictionary page onto another piece of coordinating cardstock.

Here is a close up of the crackled/acrylic painted dictionary page.

5.  For mounting my butterflies to my card layout I am using Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots.  This is an acid free product too!  Scroll down for a close-up of the Liquid Scrap Dots!

6.  I adhered all my decorations to my card-front using Helmar Acid Free Glue.  I then added accents of Pearl Pen by Viva Decor.

7.  Don't forget the insides!  I LOVE decorating the inside of my cards too.  Makes them a little more special!

This is a really cool product.  I just let the Scrap Dots sit for about 5 minutes before I added them to my card.

The ribbon I have chosen for this card is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Shimmer Satin- Daffodil.

Like I mentioned in the tutorial.  I always have to decorate the inside of my cards.  It just adds that extra touch!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a super crafty week!

Supplies:

Adhesive: Helmar Acid Free Glue, Helmar Crackle, Liquid Scrap Dots

Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Stamps: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps

Die: Cheery Lynn Designs, Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps

Paper: Authentique, Dictionary

Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover-Valentines

Happy Monday!  Well, Valentines Day is just around the corner!  Cannot believe that February is already here.  Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Make-Over team is having a Valentines Day Challenge.  I have used the "Color Kid with Valentine digi".  The cute Heart Shaped Box is from The Cutting Cafe.  Regina has a great selection of cutting files perfect for Valentines Day.

Here is a side view

Hope you can join us at the PMS BLOG.  For a fun challenge.

Challenge I have entered:
The Cheerful Stamp Pad-Romance in the Air
Daisy Doodle Challenges-Valentine (using a digital stamp)
Die Cut Dreams-Pink & Red with a Heart
House of Gilli-Love
Paper Creations Ink-Love

I Heart You!

Good afternoon!  I am bringing another fabulous cutting file from the talented Regina at The Cutting Cafe!  The week I have a Heart Pocket Card.  These are really unique and fun cards.  It is fun to have your message slide out the top of the card.  I like different and these fit the bill!  Hope you take time to jump on over to The Cutting Cafe and see all of the fun items from Regina.

Here is a view of the "inside" of this pocket.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Come back!

Challenges
Crafty Creations-Valentine
Rubys Rainbow Challenges-Valentine, Red & Black
Scrapbook Sisters-Valentine
OWH-Black White and one other color

Frosty Winter Kisses-PMS November Release Review Day

Paper Makeup Stamps has the cutest Winter Fairy on this November Release.  If you haven't seen her...her name is Hayden.  You can find her and her Frosty Winter Kisses at Paper Makeup Store.

Hope you enjoyed our release at Paper Makeup Stamps this Month!  Don't forget to pick up all the other Christmas Stamps Katie offers HERE. 

Please come back soon...I will have a variety of Winter PMS Samples up until Christmas.  Have a fabulous Veteran's day!

Inky Impressions Stamps: Snow Much Fun Blog Hop

Good Morning Friends!  Today Inky Impressions is having a Winter Release Blog Hop.  We really hope you have "Snow Much Fun" Hopping with us today.  We are all featuring one of the New Release Digital Stamps.  I am featuring Marisa's Sleigh Ride.  She is all bundled up and ready for a snow filled fun sleigh ride!  Hope you like her as much as I do.  Please Go to the Inky Store for more of Nicole's adorable and whimsical characters.  She has bundled them all up for winter! 

I have used the digi and printed it out twice (one of them is mirrored).  I colored Marisa the same on both sides and carefully slipped her into a Christmas bulb.  I also added a few extras to make it look wintery and snow filled! Decorated the top with ribbon! 

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you will become one of my followers.  
Next you are off to visit the very talented ANGELICA!

Here is the hop order!

Inky Impressions Challenge Blog (Start)

Jenn <<=====You Are Here

Angelica

Cheryl

Tanya
Joey

Carrie
Jackie
Lora
Mackenzie
Michelle

Challenges
The Cute and Girly-Christmas Girls
CC Monthly Challenge-Let it Snow
Really Reasonable Ribbon-Christmas Theme
The Craft Garden-Christmas (no red or green)

Inky Impressions Inspiration: Milk Carton

Good Morning Friends!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I hope each of you have a fun, safe and SWEET day!!!  Have fun trick or treating and handing out candy.

I have this cute milk carton using "Lili's Pumpkin". 

Have a fabulous day!

Please stop in on November 1 & 2 at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog for our Winter Release Blog Hop!

CMC Halloween Challenge

Color Me Creative is having their Halloween Challenge!  I hope all of you that use Copics are able to submit a card...there is always a fantastic prize!  Also, there is a chance to be one of our GDT for the next challenge!

My card today features "Witchy Wendy" & "Color it Autum Set" From Paper Makeup Stamps!  Paper Makeup is also having a challenge this week: Spotlight Technique!  Hope you can join us there!!!

Here is my card for CMC and For Paper Makeup Stamps!

Paper: Scraps

Stamp: Witchy Wendy-Paper Makeup Stamps

Ink: Memento

Extras: Ribbon, Stickles, medal dots, COPICS

IIC#29- Trick Or Treat/Halloween at Inky Impressions Stamps Challenge Blog!

Inky Impressions Stamps is having their Trick Or Treat Challenge!  I hope you all have time to enter your favorite Halloween Card!!!

Paper:  Theresa Collins

Stamps: Lili's Pumpkin Inky Impressions

Extras:  Ribbon, Crystal Drop, Ribbon, Copics

Challenges

Craft Door Magazine-Orange and Happy Halloween

Tando Creative-Spooktastic

Really Reasonable Ribbon-Fun 4 Fall

Lia Stamps- Use 2 Stamps (Lili's Pumpkin & Trick Or Treat)

Fresh Brewed Designs-Pumpkins

Desert Island Crafts-pick 3 (1, 6, 8)

Sparkles forum and Challenges-Halloween

Paper Sundaes-Halloween

Dream Valley Challenges-Halloween

Card Cupids-Color Orange

Addicted to stamps Challenges-Halloween
Top Tip Tuesdays-Layering

Is your friend a Beastie or a Bestie?? I know what my friend is......

Welcome friends!  I have another Hambo post this week.  I am really excited because the rubber team is getting a chance to be featured with the digi team at the Hambo Hoedown!

Our challenge is to case another card.  I used one I found in the Hambo Gallery.  I was on a good start, but then as always I had to do a shaped card.  Then had to add my own twist....so needless to say, I don't know if I "cased" it very well!

Here is the card from Jen Del Muro

Here is my card

Paper: Theresa Colling, Bo Bunny

Stamps: Beast, Beast Friends Forever (Hambo)

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Ink: Memento

Extras: Ribbon, Stitch

I just want to take this time to thank Monica, Tim & Judy for a fabulous time on this team.  I have truly found my favorite stamp company!  Not only has this been a unique experience on a Design Team, but it has been more fun!  I just love the new friends I have made here at Hambo.  Thank you so much for the opportunity to use and design with Hambo images.  I will be forever grateful!



I LOVE Bugs!

Good Morning Inky Friends!  Today I am featuring Nicholas Firefly Frenzy, it was just released a few weeks ago.

I really like to give my card dimension.  I usually stamp my image in a color that coordinates with my card...lighter than my final image.  In this case I used Memento ink in cocoa.  I then went ahead and totally finished my card.

I ended up with this!  It could actually be finished as some people like the look of a non-colored stamp.  But I want to take it a bit further and give this boy some color!

I went ahead and stamped him in Memento Tuxedo black and colored him with my copics.  I used coordinating colors that went with the card layout colors.  I used Honey Bee scissors to cut in close to the outline of Nicolas.  I even cut off the grass and extra fireflies because you will be able to see them better on my original stamped image on the card.

I use pop-up dots and placed them directly on the original image.  I then placed my colored image being careful to line up both images perfectly.

Here is the finished card!  Hope you like it!

Paper: Bo Bunny

Stamp: Nicholas Firefly Frenzy

Sentiment: The Cutting Cafe

Ink: Memento

Extras: Large green Brad, button, ribbon and stitch!

Challenge I am entering:

Critter Sketch-Anything Goes

Hippity With Ippity-Buttons and Bows and bling

Lexi's Creations- Card for a child

How's It Growin'???

I hope everyone had a terrific summer!  We sure did!  This is my last summery card for the season...I think!!!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Please join us this week at the Hambo Hoedown!

Paper: Scrap

Stamps: Water Boy and How's it Growin' (Hambo Stamps)

Ink: Memento

Extras: Ribbon

Paper Makeup Friendship

Good Evening Friends!  Tonight I have a couple of cards from PMS.  I am really excited about the way they both turned out!  Hope you like them too! 

Paper:  Bo Bunny

Stamp: Paper Makeup, Butterfly's-Paper makeup

Ink: Memento

Extras:Prima Flowers, spare parts brads

Challenge I have entered the butterfly card

DYSU-Duo

This is my second card for Paper Makeup this week!

Wayne is adorable as a farmer fairy.....Perfect for the Fall season!

Paper: DCWV

Stamps: Paper Makeup

Ink: Mement

Extras: Orange Ribbon & Prima Flower, Spare Parts Brad

Challenge for the Wayne Fairy Fall Card

4 Crafty Chicks- Fall Autumn