Linda's works of Heart

Merry Christmas – Just For Fun Rubber Stamps

This Christmas I decided I wanted to make extra special tags for my family, and thought I would share them with you today, and the next few weeks to come.  By doing this, I can use all of the scrap pieces of paper I’ve accumulated because….. it seems I just can’t throw them away LOL. 

The Vanilla tag is 4 x 51/2 inches in size, with Scarlet Jewel cardstock as the base.  I cut different scrap pieces of  Happy Holidays pattern paper to fit over the vanilla tag (it’s hard to see, but it’s there).  Then cut and emboss more Vanilla and Happy Holidays patterned paper with the Labels Four Nestabilities die. Before I taped everything together, I went around all edges with the Gold Leafing Pen, then smudged it with my finger.   The leaves I purchased at Michael’s.  Add embellishments and assemble as shown.

 

 

 

Design Team Members are:

Broni Holcombe

Heidi Blankenship

Sandy Sandrus

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Blog:  Just for Fun Rubber Stamps

Web Site: Just For Fun Web Store

Supplies;

Stamps: B3377–Three Kings, D2958–Merry Christmas – Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.

Cardstock: Scarlet Jewel – PaperTrey Ink. Vanilla – Stampin’ Up! Happy Holidays by Fancy Pants – Eclectic Paperie.

Stamp Pads: Aged Mahogany, Antique Linen, Embossing Ink – Ranger Distress Ink – Eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders: Labels Four

Misc.: Gold Embossing Powder – Stampin’ Up! 18KT Gold Leafing Pen – Krylon. Gold Cording – Michael’s. Twinkle Stickers – A Muse. Scarlet Jewel Buttons and ribbon – PaperTrey Ink.  Lace – May Arts.

Santa Claus is coming to town! - Spellbinders

I love Christmas, and this little 3D tree certainly fits the bling of the season don’t you think ;)  I made this project as part of my monthly commitment for the Spellbinders Design Team, and was able to post it on my blog today.  As with all of the 3D items I make it was fun to do, but challenging because it had no curves what so ever to create that rolling look in the center of the tree.  After a few hours of do, and re-do, I finally achieved the look I was working for.   And the little sentiment adds the perfect finishing touch.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend, and thanks for visiting.  Linda ;)

• Cut and emboss Nested Pine Tree seven times using Green cardstock.
• One tree is the base to build your layers. Sponge around edges with various colors.
• Starting at the bottom of the tree, cut three tiers up, and shape with fingers.
• Glue in place along the top, allowing the bottom to have a 3D effect. Push cotton ball up under layer.
• The remaining layers are the same as the first. As you work your way up the tree, trim your tree to fit the next layer.
• Layers one, two, three, and four, cut three tiers, layer five, two tiers, and layer six, one tier.
• Spray with Glimmer Mist, let dry. Add Flower Soft, and rhinestones.
• Tie little bows, wrap tree with gold cord, and glue bows in place.
• Cut and emboss gold foil start, and glue in place, and attach rhinestone.
• Stamp sentiment, glue tree to card front, and add shading under the tree.

Assemble as shown.

Supplies:

Spellbinders: W000-Wizard Embossing and Die Cutting System, S4-220-Nested Pine Trees, S4-092-Stars 5 Die.

Stamps: A Year of Sweet Sentiments Stamps – Taylored Expression.

Cardstock: Glitter Red, Green Cardstock - The Robin’s Nest. Vanilla - Stampin’ Up!

Stamp pads: Pine Needles, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters – Ranger Distress Ink – Eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: E33 Sand – Copic Markers. Polar White - Flower Soft. 02742 Olive Vine Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels.  Gold Cord - Stampin’ Up!  Gold Foil – AMACO. Red Rhinestones – KAISERscrapbook. 

7" chipboard birdhouse

This little birdhouse was a project I made back in December of last year CHA, and I notice it was never posted here on my blog.  I deleted the written instructions for it, but did go to Spellbinders blog, and copied the information they had (thanks Spellbinders ;))  anyway, all of you know how much I enjoy making altered projects, and this one is no exception.  The little chipboard house is from Crafty Secrets, that much I do remember.

Thanks for visiting – Linda {{{HUGS}}}

 

Supplies:

Spellbinders: S4-185 Large Octagons; S4-014 Timeless Heritage; S4-159 Nested Flower; S3-150 Ribbon Tags Trio; L2-09 Julius Alpha (retired).

Stamps: Fancy Pants, Bella Brush Stamps.

Stamp Pads: dye inks, gold metallic pigment ink, watermark ink

Copic Markers:

Cardstock: patterned papers

Misc.: Glue Dots, Mini Glue Dots, Gold cord, glitter, clear and gold embossing powders, adhesive rhinestones, chipboard house – Crafty Secrets.

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps – Season’s Greetings

WOW, where has this week gone…… it just flew by.  I’ve tried working on this card all week long, but just couldn’t get it done.  All I did on this card was distress the edges and add my embellishments. 

It’s early, early in the morning (4:30 am) and we are on our way out the door. So I hope you have great weekend.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for visiting ;)

See other Design Team Members listed below and Just For Fun Web Store web site.

 

 

Design Team Members are:

Broni Holcombe

Heidi Blankenship

Sandy Sandrus

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Blog:  Just for Fun Rubber Stamps

Web Site: Just For Fun Web Store

Supplies:

Stamps: F3272-From the Family, H2503- Glorious Song – Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.

Cardstock: Spring Moss, PaperTrey Ink. Vanilla – Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Pads: Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen – Ranger Distress Ink – Eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: Scarlet Jewel Buttons, Spring Moss Ribbon – PaperTrey Ink.  Gold Cord – Stampin’ Up! Lace – Michael’s. Cuttlebug Textile Folder – Eclectic Paperie. Holly Leaves – Winter Wonderland Cartridge – Cricut.

Believe - Flourishes

I love Santa’s, and this one is beautiful. I used my Prismacolor Pencils to shade the face,  and enjoyed every minute.  Check out the last photo for a close up on the glasses…. fun stuff for sure. 

All supplies listed below.

Will be back later, so have a great day – Hugs Linda ;)

 

        

Supplies:

Stamps: Santa, I Believe – Flourishes. Bella Brush by Fancy Pants Designs – Eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders:  S4-219 Nesting Poinsettia.

Stamp Pads: Black Soot – Ranger Distress Ink, Latte, Cranberry Adirondack Dye Pads – Eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: Happy Holidays by Fancy Pants Design – Eclectic Paperie, Bravo Burgundy, Real Red, Whisper White – Stampin’ Up!

Misc.: Glue Dots. Gold Cord, Glitter, Liquid Appliqué – Stampin’ Up! Vintage Button Collection – PaperTrey Ink. Ribbon – May Arts. Lace, 18KT. Gold Leafing Pen by Krylon, Leaves, Prismacolor Pencils – Michael’s. Polar White Flower Soft, Shabby Shutters Distress Stickles, Burgundy Stickles, Glossy Accents – Eclectic Paperie. 

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps – Design Team

Good Monday morning to all of you, I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a safe Halloween.  Today, I’m honored to share with you that I’m now a member of the first ever Design Team for a sweet little stamp company called Just for Fun Rubber Stamps.  So new, they just finished setting up their blog, and still working on some things so they can share information about them, and their product.  I was asked quite some time ago, and have been keeping it secret ;).  Also, you can see links to the rest of the Design Team and their blogs listed below, some of the Design Team members have never had blogs, so I hope you take the time to visit them and say hello. 

For my card today, I wanted to color this image called Le Chapeaux, but I like Mary.  She’s beautiful, and so much fun to color.  I used my Prismacolor pencils on her, and Distress Inks on the background.  Before I worked on the background colors, I clear embossed the Flourish stamp in the corners (can’t really see). 

For the frame, I started with dark cardstock and cut, emboss with Spellbinders Wizard, remove the center.  With the acrylic paint dabber’s, lightly cover brown paper, then use a sanding block and lightly sand to show the embellishments on the frame.  So I could get more of a distressed look, I used my finger and the dabber’s then lightly rubbed here and there, do the same with the gold dabber.  Add your ribbon and pearl, then assemble as shown.

Thanks for visiting.

Linda ;)

 

 

  

 

Design Team Members are:

Broni Holcombe

Heidi Blankenship

Sandy Sandrus

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Blog:  Just for Fun Rubber Stamps

Web Site: Just For Fun Web Store

Supplies:

Stamps: E2454 – Le Chapeaux, G3354 – Flourish – Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.

Spellbinders: S5-005 Decorative Frames.

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White – Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Pads: Weathered Wood, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Embossing Ink –Distress Ink – Eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: Prismacolor Pencils, Clear Embossing Powder – Stampin’ Up!  Snow Cap, Gold Acrylic Paint Dabber Ranger – Eclectic Paperie. KAISER Pearls – Flourishes.

Night Before Christmas

I love making altered projects, but I think this one is my all time favorite…  I used everything you can think of, be sure to see the supply list at the bottom of the post. 

I hope you are having a great weekend.  Thanks for visiting.

Linda

 

 

1. Trace around chipboard on cardstock twice, one for and back of project.
2. Sponge around both pieces of cardstock with Latte, Raisin, and Gold Metallic.
3. Glue cardstock to chipboard.
4. Cut and Emboss Borderabilities, Flowers, Leafs and Buckle.
5. Cut and Emboss around Santa picture with the Large Mega Rectangle.
6. Assemble Santa Card using the Flower Soft Kit.
7. Add Flower Soft Polar White Diamonds to all fur.
8. Attach the Borderabilities to front.
9. Layer Santa Picture on top of Borderabilities.
10. Add Ribbon, Buttons, Chipboard, and Flower.
11. Tie Bow, and glue to front.
12. Add gold dots.
13. Glue Gold Cord around edge.

Supplies:

Stamps:

Spellbinders: Wizard Embossing and Die Cutting System, S5-006 - Mega Curved Rectangles, S4-213 - Fleur De Lis Borderabilities, Nested Poinsettia, Sunflower Set One, Sunflower Set Two, Ladies Fashion Buckles.

Cardstock: Cindy Lou Presents – The Robin’s Nest.

Stamp Pads: Ultimate Metallic Gold – Encore. Latte, Raisin - Ranger Adirondack Dye Pads from Eclectic Paperie.

Flower Soft: Cute Christmas – I Love Santa, Polar White Diamonds

Misc.: Dew Drops – The Robin’s Nest.  R46 Strong Red – Copic Marker, Chipboard - Lil Davis Designs from Eclectic Paperie. SC-08 Chip Rectangle Album – Crafty Secrets. Red Self Adhesive Rhinestones – KAISERScrapbook. Rhinestone Flower Brads - Creative Keepsake. Gold Twisted Cord,  Gold & Silver-Zig Painty Marker, Gold Snowflake Ribbon, White 3D Foam Squares – Michael’s.  Gold Cord – Stampin’ Up! Buttons – PaperTrey Ink. Black May Arts Ribbon – Flourishes.

Crafty Secrets Design Team Challenge

First, we are thrilled to welcome Florence Teixeira as part of the Crafty Secrets Team! AND welcome Guest Designer Melisa Waldorf this month. Thanks for joining us ladies, I can’t wait to see your beautiful projects.

Today’s challenge is “Bird themed” using different Bird products from Crafty Secrets.  So, I picked this darling image from Birds & Blossoms Creative Scraps.  In real life, the flower is not that dark… it’s a pretty soft pink, but in this picture, well it’s dark… I made the background using Glimmer Mist just like I did a couple posts back for the Tattered Angles and Spellbinders Blog Hop large tag.  I have received many questions asking if I removed the tissue paper after spraying it with the Glimmer Mist.  Yes I did remove the tissue paper.  I hope to post a video showing you how soon. 
 
Today Marisa Grosson is offering a $30 gift certificate, so be sure and visit her blog for the chance to win. PLUS Sandy will be doing a "Bird" themed giveaway on the Heartwarming Vintage Blog .

See supplies used below.

Thanks for stopping by, and Good-luck.  Linda ;)

Vicki Chrisman 

Pam Hooten

Heidi Blankenship

Marisa Grosson

Michele Kovack

Michelle Van Etten

Florence Teixeira

Guest Designer Melisa Waldorf

Heartwarming Vintage Blog

Crafty Secrets

 

  
Supplies:

Stamps: Flourish, Rosy Wishes – Crafty Secrets.

Image: Birds & Blossoms – Creative Scraps – Crafty Secrets.

Cardstock: Whisper White – Stampin’ Up!

Glimmer Mist: Vintage Pink, Sugar Cookie, Honey Dew Mist, Denim Blue Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels – Eclectic Paperie.

Stamp Pads: Shell Pink, Aqua, Latte Adirondack Dye Pads – Eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders: Fleur De Lis Shapeabilities Pendants, S4-072 Flower Creations.

Misc.: Icicle Stickles by Ranger – Eclectic Paperie.  Vintage Button Collection – PaperTrey Ink. Silver Cord, Glitter – Stampin’ Up! Flower, Beads – Michael’s. 

Wendy Vecchi Flower Stamp and Grungepaper

This is the first time I have worked with Grungepaper and Wendy Vecchi flower stamp, but I loved it ;) and I see many more in the future.   I love how the Grungepaper holds it’s shape for that perfect 3D effect, and how the Distress Inks stay wet long enough for blending.  I have used Distress Inks in the past, but only for shading the edge of cards, never have I blended with them like I did for this project.  Loved it!!!

The idea for the card came from a little tin with candies inside (see bottom picture), and 4” x 6 1/4” in size.

• Stamp flower on Grungepaper three times, and cut out.  One center, and two layers of petals.
• Cover both flower layers with Fired Brick front and back, and shade with Aged Mahogany (remember I shade from the center out).
• Cut each petal toward the flower center so they will lift more.
• Add Flower Soft to center of flower with glue.
• Stamp and emboss L,V and E with black embossing powder and cut out. Distress with a combination of Antique Linen and Old Paper.
• Stamp sentiment on Vanilla cardstock with Old Paper ink, then shade edges.
• Cut and emboss the leaf with green cardstock, and spray with Glimmer Mist.
• Assemble as shown.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for visiting, Linda ;)

 

 

 

This little tin is where the whole idea came from. And the candies inside were yummy also ;)

Supplies:

Stamps:  Cosmo - Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi, Cirque Alphabet –Tim Holtz by Stampers Anonymous -  Eclectic Paperie. Thank You Sentiment – Flourishes.

Stamp Pads: Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Old Paper, Antique Linen, Embossing Ink – Distress Inks – Eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: Vanilla, Black, Handsome Hunter – Stampin’ Up! Grungepaper –Tim Holtz idea-ology from Eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders: S4-157 Sunflower 1 (leaf only on this project).

Misc.: Sunshine Yellow, Autumn, Glue - Flower Soft – Eclectic Paperie. Corner rounder punch – Michaels. Black Embossing Power – Stampin’ Up! Pearl, Honey Dew Glimmer Mist – Eclectic Paperie.

Spellbinders and Tattered Angels Blog Hop!

Spellbinders™ has partnered with Tattered Angels for a Designer Blog Hop!  You can check Spellbinders here,  or Tattered Angels here and they will tell you where to see some fabulous projects using Spellbinders™ Wizard™, and versatile Die Templates, along and Tattered Angels’ products.

I bought a new camera (small), so I wouldn’t need to use my big camera and take all of my step shots.  I need to practice with it because all of my pictures were to blurry to use (sorry).  This was fun to make, so I hope to post another in the near future and I will do that for you.

The solid green cardstock measures 4” x 8 1/4”, so it’s pretty good size.  

• With VersaMark, stamp the floral image on vanilla cardstock, and emboss with clear embossing powder, heat set.
• Cut a piece of tissue paper larger then the tag, and lay over vanilla cardstock.  Spray with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist, and heat set till almost dry.  Then do the same thing using Honey Dew and Sugar Cookie, heat set again.
• Cut and emboss your flower, leaves and lace. Then spray with the same colors  mentioned above except the flower, only use Vintage Pink.
• Sponge edges, and cording.
• Attach the twisted cording, and lace border with the Tiny Attacher.  Add ribbon, buttons and bling.
• Assemble as shown.
• Spray Pearl Glimmer Mist over entire project.
• Stamp Sentiment.

All supplies listed at bottom. 

If you don’t mind, I need to ask a favor.  My computer monitor is 17” wide, so when I enlarge my pictures they look fine on my screen.  Can you tell me if they are to big for YOUR screen. If they are, I will make them smaller.  I have many request for larger pictures, but I’m not sure if they are to large.  As always, thanks  ;)

Thanks for stopping by – {{{{{HUGS}}}}} Linda

 

 

Supplies:

Tattered Angels: Pearl, Sugar Cookie, Honey Dew Mist, Vintage Pink Hollyberry – Glimmer Mist.

Spellbinders: Flowers Nestabilities, On The Vine Border, Classic Lace Border Borderabilities,

Stamps: From the Garden by Fancy Pants – Eclectic Paperie, A Year of Sweet Sentiments – Taylored Expressions.

Cardstock: Spring Moss – PaperTrey Ink.  Vanilla – Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Pads: Walnut Stain, Scattered Straw Distress Inks by Ranger – Eclectic Paperie. VersaMark – Michael’s.

Misc.: Pink and Green Vintage Button Collection – PaperTrey Ink. Spring Moss Ribbon – PeperTrey Ink.  Twisted Cord – Michael’s.  Glitter, Clear Embossing Powder, Gold Cord – Stampin’ Up! Self Adhesive Rhinestones – KAISERscrapbook – Flourishes.  Sassy Pins by Fancy Pants – Eclectic Paperie. Tim Holtz’s Tiny Attacher - Eclectic Paperie.