Weekly Challenge | St. Patrick's Day Projects

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges we are making St. Patrick's Day Projects --one of my favorite crafty holidays!! For this challenge I chose to combine two images using GIMP. I printed my completed image out on watercolor paper and painted the image with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul's Mixers (more on that in another post). I chose some of the yummy new Spring has Sprung Paper Pack for my background papers which match awesomely with last Spring's release of St. Patrick's Day Paper Pack. I hope you enjoy my card!

Happy St. Patrick's Day with Larry!

for this card you will need:

Digital Stamps: St. Patricks Circular Sentiment, St Patricks Day Larry Topper

Digital Paper: St. Patrick's Day Digital Paper, & Spring has Sprung Paper Pack

Card Stock: Bazzill Basics

Ink: SU River Rock

Accessories: Ribbon, silk flowers & premade butterfly, Watercolor Paper, Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul's Mixers (Gold Shimmer, Gold Dust, Citrine Pearl, Tanzanite Pearl, Shimmer Red, Bronze) and Enhancer. 

Closeup: The Images were combined in GIMP and then
colored completely with  Mixers and Lacquer...Some mixers
were combined to make certain colors. Come back to my blog
next week for a tutorial on color theory with the Mixers!

Color swatch for my project notebook--whenever I experiment
with mixing colors of things, I always make a few notes so that
I can at a future date replicate a color or texture or such...

 This weeks challenge we would love to see you

St. Patrick's Day Projects

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

We have a wonderful NEW Sponsor this week

Scrapyland is offering a $20 Store Certificate

Thank you for stopping by!

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It's all about ME | Viva Las VegaStamps! DT ApplicationCover

Today I am bringing you this fun upcycled project using materials that most would toss into the trash. Many of you know my love for upcycled crafts and this project reflects that as well as my love of rubber stamping. Today I am trying out for the design team to the amazing company Viva Las VegaStamps! I am a new fan of VLVS and *most* of my stamps are of the seasonal variety--which you have seen me using on my Festive Friday's posts. For today's project I wanted to show off some fun and easy techniques while sharing a bit about myself.

Cover is a round coaster painted with acrylic paint and embossed using
Sizzix Tim Holrz Texture Fades. A thin layer of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer
and Terri Sproul's Mixers in Aquamarine Pearl and Pink Sapphire Pearl was
added and then a definition background  was stamped over the top using
Stewart Superior India Ink in Black. Cover embellishments include teal
feathers, a handmade ribbon ruffle flower [also stamped] and the title
piece stamped on upcycled packing material.

The reverse side of the embossed coaster was painted black
and then a thin layer of lacquer with the Violet Pearl interference
was added. The statement on this page was also stamped on
upcycled packing material. Embellishments on this page include
hand stamped flower petals and feathers and a pre-made butterfly.

The base of this page is a piece of upcycled packaging
covered in the upcycled packing paper. The surface was stamped
with both definition backgrounds and gears. The quote was stamped
on a separate piece of packing and attached with Mod Podge.
edges were inked and hand-stamped flower embellishments
with feathers and bells were added.

The back side of the upcycled packaging received layers of UTEE
and a couple of layers with Aquamarine Pearl from Terri Sproul's Mixers.
Transparency butterflies were embedded in the UTEE, a texture stamp was
pressed into the wet UTEE to add dimension. The "friend"definition
was again stamped on upcycled packing material and added to the UTEE
coated page with Mod Podge. The feather "flower" was also included
in the embellishments on the page as well as another pre-made butterfly.

In this detail, the cracked cooled UTEE
and the textured UTEE as well as the
swirles of Mixers in the UTEE can be
observed.

This next page is an upcycled toilet paper tube and a upcycled
stained [with Terri Sproul's Mixers from a previous project]
Paper Towel! The Paper Towel was adhered to the Roll with Mod
Podge and then stamped with India ink and edged with Walnut
Stain Ink. The quote was stamped on upcycled packing material
and a ribbon was added to the front as an embellishment.

The reverse side of the Upcycled toilet paper roll was directly
stamped with a fun quote and textured sprocket stamps. The
embellishment on this page includes teal feathers and a knotted
organza ribbon.

The final page is created from a rectangle-shaped coaster
and covered on this side with upcycled packing material.
The surface was dusted on still wet Mod Podge with
Aquamarine Terri Sproul's mixers and Violet Pearl Interference
The gears were stamped with Stewart Superior India Ink.
The glass embellishment was stamped with India Ink, and embossed
with clear Embossing Powder to set the sentiment to the glass.
The slide was attached to the page with Sakura 3D Crystal
Lacquer. 

The back side of the coaster was covered with some left-over
wall paper that a teammate sent to me! I colored the wall paper
with Terri Sprouls Mixers , water and Gum Arabic--a binding
agent. I love using the Mixers as water colors.
The end of the page was embellished with beaded trims and braids.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my album and will leave me some love. I hope some folks in the west find this project to their liking and give me the opportunity to present more techniques using their amazing red rubber stamps and miracle tape--something that I am POSITIVE I need in my life. VLVS has thousands upon thousands of rubber stamps in as many topics! What a fantastic company! 

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Weekly Challenge | Spring Colours & New Release

This week Digital Delights has a fun new release for Easter!! I love these bunnies and kids and the trees!!! I had so much fun using Easter Derry and the Easter Tree! I love all the layering and scene-making possibilities!!! I hope you enjoy my card!!

for this card you will need:

Digital Stamps: Easter Derry, Spring Accessories, Spring Sentiments

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: Ribbon, foam dots

This weeks challenge we would love to see you

SPRING COLOURS

and with this Digital Delights has some fun springy releases too!!

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

We have a wonderful NEW Sponsor this week

OH MY CRAFTS is offering a $15 Store Certificate

Thank you for stopping by!

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Paperdolls & Posies with Terri Sproul's Mixers and Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

I created this fun little necklace for my daughter Sam using Terri Sproul's Mixers, Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer and Jewelry Findings and Graphic 45 paper. For complete instructions check out my blog post here. I love how Terri's Mixers can enhance anything! Samantha will love this!

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Graphic 45 Design Team 2012 Audition

 

Today I am sharing with you several projects that I have been working on recently for application for the Graphic 45 Design Team. For all of these projects I used the Playtimes Past Paper Pad and in some cases  the the Core Impressions Graphic 45 Timeless Collection Coredinations Paper Pad. These projects represent areas of paper crafting that I love : Upcycling, Scrapbooking, Altered Crafts, and gift making.

Watch the replay of leslierahye's crafty gig to learn how to make this book!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my projects. Wish me luck making the cut!! Please take time to share some comments!! I love to hear from you all!

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Mixing It Up with Terri Sproul Blog Hop

"I create because I have a need to share the most beautiful part of my soul."
~Nikole Casassa

Welcome to the Mixing Creativity with Crystal Lacquer Blog Hop featuring Terri Sproul Mixers!! You already know that I"m a fan of Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer, and if you have been paying attention you know I'm also a fan of Terri Sproul's Mixers. I loved the opportunity to play with these beautiful micas and chunky glitz vintage glass glitter!! I hope you enjoy my motivational sign that I made for my creative space! 

Here is what you need to make it:

6×6" thick acrylic 

gold thread

Lutradur® Mixed Media weight [shapes cut with Sizzix Big Shot]

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers : Gold Dust, Pink Sapphire, Tanzanite, Citrine, Red Pearl Shimmer

Steampunk Parts from Sakura

a saying--I chose a quote art piece from Niki at MelonHeadz Illustrating.

I cut shapes of Lutradur® with the Big Shot and painted
them with Terri Sproul Mixers and Crystal Lacquer. I used
piece of card stock and a piece of paper for the overage
and those pieces were cut and punched to create
elements for the collage.

I used Crystal Lacquer on the edge of the acrylic and dipped
it in the Tanzanite Mixer dusting of f the excess once it was dry.

Pink Sapphire mixers were painted onto the edge of the saying
and the saying was attached to the underside of the acrylic with
Crystal Lacquer. The elements were attached to the front of the
Acrylic with the lacquer as well as were the Steampunk gears.
Gold thread was wrapped around the edges of the acrylic to
imply a frame. The end was secured with hot glue.
 

The complete list of Blogs is below, be sure to stop at each one to collect the chance to win the blog prize!!

In order to be considered for the prize, you must:
* go see each of the teammate's project and leave them a comment
* then come back here and tell us which was you favorite
* Share this post on facebook

The winner will receivea 3 pack of Terri Sproul's Mixers and a Bottle of Crystal Lacquer!!!

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Festive Friday #4 2♥12 | Acrylic front Wonderland

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 I used a random piece of coredinations card  stock that had gotten wet and then when dried left some interesting pattering with the dye in the card stock--a happy whoopsie if you will. I used my favorite outline stickers by Starkraft on an acrylic 4" square and colored the outline of the trees black with India Ink by Stewart Superior. I then used Sakura Glitter Lacquer to color the trees and silver metallic lacquer to make snow mounds. I covered the snow mounds with Terri Sproul's new Ultra Fine Glitter. I added silver outline snowflakes and stars to the card  stock and attached the acrylic to the card stock with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. I added more outlines snowflakes on top placing a crystal bling in each center. The acrylic front was added to a 5"square card base that had only a 2" front lip...so that the acrylic over hangs the lip of the card. I added a bit of polka-dotted green Crafty Ribbons Ribbon to the side for accent. I really enjoy how this fun little card turned out! I hope you do too.

The next stop on the hop is Chris! She always has great designs at Stinky Dog Designs!

if you enjoyed my Sakura craftyness, come back tomorrow for
a special blog hop featuring Terri Sproul's Mixers!! There will be
blog candy prizes!!! Be sure to join us!

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