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Be the Change ATC

Happy Friday everyone! Altered Pages has a number of metal sheets that are perfect to use with your emboss folders and markers to create stunning effects and embellishment. With your alcohol markers you can customize all of your charms and embossed bits to match any project. Alcohol inks/markers are not just Copics and Ranger inks but also Spectrum Noir, BIC Mark-its and Sharpies! Use 91% Isopropyl Alcohol for your "blending solution" to get cool dropped effects and blends. 

I would recommend coloring your metal black before running it through and then add other colors back on. and flick on alcohol with a tooth brush or paint brush! Metal bits are easily adhered to any surface with your favorite heavy body glue. 

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Fun with Letters Challenge!

supplies used

Build a Flower #2

Embellishment #2

Daisy Strip

Felicity Tiny Doily

Felicity Doily

8×10 canvas

gesso

Beacon Fast Finish Decoupage

Faber-Castell Gelatos : Coconut, Watermelon, Margarita Mix and Snow Cone

Faber-Castell Art Grip Aquarelle : 108, 156

Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Black S

This week the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Fun with Letters

Here are the rules:

• You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one. 
• You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
• You MUST link to this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery post
• You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen based on merit by Cheery Lynn Designs. They will receive $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Saturday night at  6 p.m.

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It's Time to be Kind!

The inspiration for my tag today came from the Viva Las VegaStamps! Be Adorable stamp. I had purchased this stamp along with a plate and never had really read it. It didn't dawn on me for several weeks that it had wisdom in the form of simple commands from a to z : Be adorable, be brilliant, be crazy, be daring be excellent, be FUN....be kind... . Upon realizing the true extent of this stamp I felt that it embodied things I believe and have tried to instill in my children. It embodied feelings I have recently expressed about current events in the world. I needed to incorporate this stamp and remind people that NOW is the time-- the time to be caring, to be thankful to be wise to be kind and among others, to be NICE. I hope you enjoy my project! Hop on over to the Viva Las VegaStamps blog to learn how I created this tag!

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The Shortest Day with AlteredPages.com

The Shortest Day~Susan Cooper

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing,

To drive the dark away.

They lighted candles in the winter trees;

They hung their homes with evergreen;

They burned beseeching fires all night long

To keep the year alive.

And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake

They shouted, revelling.

Through all the frosty ages you can hear them

Echoing behind us - listen!

All the long echoes, sing the same delight,

This Shortest Day,

As promise wakens in the sleeping land:

They carol, feast, give thanks,

And dearly love their friends,

And hope for peace.

And now so do we, here, now,

This year and every year.

Happy Friday! Today is not only the day of the end of the world but also the shortest day of the year--Happy Yule. In celebration of the coming of winter I have created this art tile that I've added to my work space for inspiration--hop on over to the Altered Pages Blog to check it out! 

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A Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop | Holiday Cards

Welcome to my Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog hop!! I have collected a talented group of crafters and artists who all share a love for all things Steampunk! We are celebrating Winter Holidays Steampunk style! I can't wait to see what everyone has brought to the hop! So let's get started!!!

I chose to create a few holiday cards that could also be little pieces of art for the winter. I started with these beautiful FREE steampunk snowflake papers created by co-blog hopper Amanda for her online digi store AJs Digi Shoppe--available here.

I created the definition images below and printed them on top of the pink snowflake paper. I created an embossed strip with a Provocraft gears emboss folder and Stormy Sky Distressed Ink. I added Maya Mist Pearl to the Purple, ripped the edge  and created a 3×4¼" base to build my metal gear and washer snowflake. I added bling to the focus snowflake and created two more smaller flakes for the card. The base and the mat as well as the definition were all edged in Stormy Sky. You can download the definitions to use in your own art by right clicking on the definition and saving it to the file folder of your choice on your computer.

I hope you enjoy my projects. Please hop over and check out the other participants projects and leave them some love. Several are offering giveaways as well! Have a wonderful holiday and a joyous New Year! I will be back in the new year with a whole new schedule of blog hops! See you soon!

 

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VLVS! All Hallow's Eve Party | Day 2

Happy Monday and welcome to Day two of the Viva Las Vegastamps! week long celebration of Halloween. Viva Las Vegastamps has tons of Halloween related stamps including some amazing new plates of stamps--which I'm working with here. During this week there will be fun games to play, some voting to do and some prizes to be won. Hop on over to the Viva Las Vegastamps Blog to learn about all the details. There is a link up below to keep you on track of all the great designers in the hop! Be sure to check daily!
Today I am sharing with you an art canvas that I started a few weeks ago after being inspired by my crafty friend Cheryl Boglioli. I created the base in a manner similar to how Cheryl did. I completed my canvas by stamping a scene with my Viva Las Vegastamps! I embellished with flowers that I created with Bitty Blossoms dies and stamped with my favorite Grunge 1787 stamp! I LOVE the look of my handmade flowers on my art canvas! I can't wait to start another one!! 

 For this project:
assorted distress inks
black ink [ranger archival]
Bitty Blossoms & assorted Sizzix swirl dies
canvas, paint, fibers & mists
German Scrap & Beacon Adhesives

Thank You for stopping by~

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Festive Friday #8 | Holiday Greetings

The Festive Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Terri's Blog Terri Sproul , then you are in the right spot--she is also the beginning of the blog!

For this card:

Paris Trunk Walnut Ink

assorted punches for branches and berries
embossing folder
gold thread and wired ribbon
Bazzill Basics Card Stock
Coredinations Card Stock

Thank you for stopping by! The next stop on the hop is Chris! She always has great designs at Stinky Dog Designs!

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Weekly Challenge | Easter

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges we are making projects for Easter!! Easter is such a fun holiday Wendy has some wonderful images to celebrate this holiday. Some of her images for other seasons with a a little color change can make their way into Easter. Mrs. Bugs for example was created for the Valentine's holiday but by changing her dress and accessories she becomes an Easter cutie! I hope you enjoy my card!

for this card you need:

Digital Stamps: Mrs Bugs and Eggstraspecial sentiment

Card Stock: Bazzill Basics

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: foam tape, Sizzix Framelits and flower punches, rhinestones

This weeks challenge we would love to see to

Easter

You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image to join in on the fun

but if you do you can enter TWICE.

To enter twice you when using a Digital Delight image your

1st entry use your card link

2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

This week we have a wonderful Sponsor this week

Joanna Sheen is offering a £10.00 store voucher


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My Favorite Things ATC with Amazing Mold Putty

Artist Trading Cards [ATC for short] are little pieces of art contained on a "card" the size of 2½×3½. These can be made out of anything. I have plans this year to try to make ATCs in an effort to broaden my creativity. Today I present to you an ATC comprised of my favorite things!  I hope you enjoy!

Favorite Things ATC--felting, steampunk, Amazing Mold Putty
Terri Sproul Mixers, and Sizzix Dies--these are a few of MY favorite things!

I began the construction of my ATC by die cutting from felt the
ATC base, gears, hearts and other potential items that I might
need in the construction of my ATC.

I then also die cut foam core board to use for making my mold.

I rolled out a large piece of putty after combining Part A and Part B.
I pressed the foam core die cuts into the putty and went over them
with my brayer pushing putty to enable an even pour of resin.

The completed molds looked like this. They were perfect for
pouring the white Amazing Casting Resin. I also practiced with
some Creative Paperclay that I will use for a future project. These
steampunky molds will get quite the workout!

I added the felt components to the felt ATC base
by needle felting them.

Prior to pouring the casting resin, I dusted my molds with bronze
Metallic Powder by Allumilite. It provide this matte finish to my
resin gears.

I coated my gear for my project with Sakura Hobby
Crafts 3D Crysral Lacquer mixed with the Allumilite
Metallic Powder to give it a sheen. I then also for the heart
sprinkled Terri Sproul's Mixers Glitz Effects--which are
small Vintage Glass Particles--think chunky glitter.
AWESOME.

The elements were then trimmed and added to my felt ATC with hot glue.The edges that were revealed by cutting the resin were touched with more Allumilite and lacquer

I adore how My Favorite Things ATC turned out. The elements that can be molded and casted are virtually unlimited!! I can't wait to make  more "die cut" molds and create accessories for all of my crafty needs!! stay tuned...

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Mixing it up on ATCs with Sakura Hobby Crafts

These are details from some fun ATCs I made recently!! Check out how I did this on the Sakura Hobby Crafts Blog--I'll give you a hint...I used Terri Sproul's New Mixers!! They are now available online through Viva Las VegaStamps!! I hope you enjoy them!

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On Fire with Terri Sproul's Mixers & Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

Go on by the Sakura Hobby Crafts Blog and check out how I made my flames and title using Terri Sproul's Mixers and Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. I LOVE the effect of the mica powders on the black die cuts! And for those of you keeping count...this is layout #3. 

Thank you for stopping by!! I hope you enjoy my layout!

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Sakura DT Post | Instrument Luggage Tags

I am thrilled to share with you my first post as a brand new member of the Sakura Hobby Crafts Design Team!!! For my very first post I decided to make these cool luggage tags for my son and his friend to put on their instrument cases.

Hop on over to the Sakura Blog to see how I made these and also enjoy other designers great crafty projects!
Thanks you for stopping by!!

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Christmas in July Blog Hop | Day 2 Matchbox Advent/Countdown Calendar

Welcome to Beyond Scrappin's Christmas in July Blog Hop--Day 2!! This is the culmination of a week-long celebration this week of gearing up for Christmas! I am so honored to be a part of this super hop! This is a two day hop and I will be posting 2 different projects for this hop--if you missed my first day's post, you can find it here! As I have made a number of cards this week already, I decided to focus on 3 dimensional projects! I hope you enjoy what I am sharing! Thank you for stopping by!

If you came from Nancy's blog Fancy with Nancy, you are in the right place! If you landed here randomly and would like to start at the top of the hop, return to Nicolette's blog Beyond Scrappin.




Each holiday, my kids and I make some sort of countdown to Christmas Eve. I've seen a countdown calendar similar to this one before but had never attempted making one...until now. I chose the Basic Grey Holiday set Eskimo Kiss and used my Sizzix die for the matchbox.I really love how it turned out and can't wait to fill it with little notes and trinkets for my children to discover. Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my project!

Thank you again for stopping by! I hope to see you tomorrow! The next stop on the hop is Brenna at Brenna's Blitherings!

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Challenge #95 | May Flowers

House Mouse Challenge #95 | May Flowers

I stamped Bed of Flowers featuring Mudpie and Monica with Stazon in Black and colored with my Staedtler Watercolor pencils and blended with my Stampin Up Blending pens. I added Ranger Distress Ink Walnut stain to the colored piece and matted it with green Bazzill Basics card stock. I embossed yellow Bazzill Basics with a Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades and again added Walnut Stain to the edge.

The front cover is cut short and the colored piece is attached so that it hangs over the edge. The textured piece is added to the "inside" of the card and is seen peaking out from the edges of the colored piece.

I added some beaded ribbon to the side to bring out the lighter green of the leaves and to add a little sparkle.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card!

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Festive Friday Blog Hop #9 | Holly Jolly Reindeer

I am so excited to be part of the Festive Friday Blog Hop hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from 13 talented card crafters and I'm proud to be among them.
If your reached this stop from Fab's blog Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge , then you are in the right spot! If you would like to start from the beginning, you can return to Terri's blog.

Holly Jolly Reindeer

For this diecut reindeer card, I used the Bigz Sizzix die Animal Dressups Reindeer in my Big Shot Express. I made the card hinged by folding the cardstock and diecuting just inside the top edge of the dies on its antlers. I used the big Bazzill Brads for his eyes in white and the red for his nose. To accent the eyes, I used BIC Mark-its. The holly buttons are some old Making Memories buttons from my stash and the ribbon is $1 bin ribbon from Target! I accented the reindeer with penstitching and Ceramcoat gleams.

This is a great kid's card and I made a less blingy version for a benefit card drive that friends and family did last fall for Operation Write Home--an organization that sends cards to the military that they can then in turn send home to their families! It's a wonderful organization and I'm proud to be a part of their work. To learn more about Operation Write Home, click here. I will be participating in a Memorial Day Blog Hop with OWH at the end of the month!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my card.

The next stop on the hop is Laura Fisher's blog. If you get lost on the way, the entire list is on the right hand side of the blog under Festive Friday Blog Hop!

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Invitations for the Crafty Birthday Girl | Sam's 5th Birthday

This weekend is my daughter's 5th birthday party and she decided she needed a Crafty Party. There will be lots of crafts for her friends to do. Her daddy is making her a special crafting table and some of her favorite crafts have been collected for her birthday celebration! She had creative control of how her birthday card came together and she was quite pleased with the final result. I will be adding a scribd document here next week with complete instructions on making the cuts and folds on this card and possibly a video that will show how it can be modified for other shapes.

Front of Birthday invite closed

The card features Bazzill Basics and DieCuts With a View Cardstock and Miss Elizabeth pattern Paper. The paper doll is a Sizzix die as are the accessories [clothes, shoes, hair] The heart punch is Stampin up and the Swiss Dots texture is from a Provocraft emboss folder. The font for the card is called US and is free on DaFont.com. At her request, I wrote in hand "i love crafts" all the way around the cover of the card. The face was hand-drawn using the same Micron Pen and accented with brown marker and pink ink on an eraser for cheeks!


Birthday card opened and lying flat



Card upright to see the special fold out

Thank you for looking! I hope you enjoy! Check back for links to video tutorial and scribd download!

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Come2Chat Craft Challenge | Cardboard Classic

This weeks Come2Chat craft challenge is the Cardboard Classic. Amanda Marks of the Creative Edventures team chose this fun theme and challenges us to make something practical--that can be used! As soon as I saw that cardboard was involved, I knew I had to try Wenche's Book Tutorial! Wenche, a Norwegian blogger,  has many amazing projects on her blog Wenches Kort og Papir--take the time to translate her blog and experience the beauty of her work!

Above is my 1st attempt with Wenche's tutorial on her book/box. This one I've made to keep my son's merit badges in until I get them sewn on his sash. they will be in one spot and he can add to them as he earns more. The bookplates on the cover are only glued on the bottom so my son can add a title to his book and slip them in behind the bookplate frame.

I used chipboard as the skeleton of my book, cardstock to form the faux pages in the accordian method that Wenche describes in her blog. The cover of the book is more cardboard--this time corrugated cardboard with the outer cover pulled off to expose the corrugations. The easiest way to accomplish this is to dampen the layer to be pulled off--I wiped it with a VERY damp papertowl and let the cardboard sit for a minute. Once moistened, the top layer will pull off VERY easily and leaves behind the cool textured look! I added diecut embellishments for the cover.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for looking! Be sure to check Wenche's blog for amazing inspiration on what you can do to decorate these fun book/boxes.

Next week's Come2Chat Craft Challenge can be found here.

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Weekly Challenge | Show Us Some Green

This weeks challenge over at Delightful Challenges

is to Show Us Some Green! While today is St. Patrick's Day, my green card is a Hero Card That I will be creating several of to send to Operation Write Home for Heroes to send back to their families. I colored Private Peter with BIC Mark-Its and Chalk highlighting his goggles and eyes with Diamond Glaze. I created a Missing You sentiment with the Blank Ticket on the Ticket Sentiments Set.

Thank you for looking! I hope you join our challenge!

Hero Card with Private Peter by Digital Delights by Louby Loo

details

ALL DDSTAMPS USED: Private Peter, Ticket Sentiments Set [Blank]

CS AND PAPERS: Bazzill Basics Cardstock

INK: Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

MARKERS : BIC Mark-Its

ACCESS. AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Chalk [face], Diamond Glaze, Bazzill Basics Mini Brads, Eyelets, Hemp Twine, Sizzix Texture Fades, Bazzill Buttons, glitter pen

Check out the wonderful designs from the DT.

You do not have to use a Digital Delights image to play but if you do you will receive two entries.

Just add your card twice to inlinkz

to enter twice you need to when you use a Digital Delight image

1st entry use your card link,

2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

**Please be sure the card you link follows the challenge and the rules or it will be removed**We have a wonderful sponsor this week,

This weeks challenge over at Delightful Challenges is sponsored by

CRAFTY EMMA'S STORE

is offering a $10 certificate to her store

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