Friday, January 19, 2018

Creating a Magical Card!

I'm lovingly calling this my Puff the Magic Dragon card. When I discovered Brusho Crystal Colour, I knew right away that I needed them! They are so much fun to play with and each piece feels like a true work of art! Pair that with PLENTY of sparkle, and it really looks like magic!
Now, to completely make this card, you will need the following supplies. Keep in mind, any $50 order earns you a FREE Sale-A-Bration product and $100 earns you 2 of the $50 reward products or 1 $100 reward! Decisions, decisions...
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Instructions Start with your base card in Night of Navy. Measured at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" folded. Cut a piece of Whisper White 4" x 5 1/8". On a small separate piece of Whisper White, stamp your dragon from the Magic Day stamp set with Memento Black ink. On a silicone mat or ziploc bag, shake your blue and green brusho powder out in a few spots. Then spray with water to activate the color. Gently press your sheet of whisper white on top of the color and use your fingers to rub the back of the cardstock. This allows the color to "smoosh" or smear around on the front. Then lift it up and set it aside to dry. During your drying time, color your dragon. I used a small plastic tray with green and blue brusho color and an Aquapen to color him. I then used tomobow liquid glue over the scales and chin, then dusted him with dazzling diamonds glitter. To give him some extra magic, I used Wink of Stella to cover the rest of him. Use the dragon framelit and your big shot to cut out your dragon! Once the dragon is dry, flip him over and apply a little snail adhesive. Then gather your gold metallic thread in a few circles and press a section down on the adhesive strip. Make sure that the loops spread out from behind the dragon. Now that your ink smooshed piece is dry, apply some fast fuse to the back of it and center it on your base card. Now, before sticking on the dragon, attach a couple stampin dimensionals to him, and pop him down! Time to add a sentiment! I used the Happy Birthday stamp from Party Pandas. On a small piece of Night of Navy, I stamped Happy Birthday in versamark ink, then covered in white embossing powder. Use your heat tool to melt the power. Complete this step by punching out your sentiment with the Classic Label Punch. Finally, lets layer the sentiment over the bottom of the dragon by popping on two stampin' dimensionals! Ta-da! A magical card that has everyone singing Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea....

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Celebrate! with a Pop of Color!

I created this card as part of a challenge. A lot of cards look so pretty with a black and white theme, and this challenge was a Black and White card with a Pop of Color! So I opened up my new Petal Passion designer series paper and chose the two sheets I wanted. Now with the flowers, I did have to fussy cut them out, but then I enjoyed coloring them with the new Brusho Crystal Colour set. I even used the Celebrate Thinlits from the Sale-A-Bration catalog to brighten up my card with a simple sentiment!
To create this card, you'll need the following supplies. :)
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Check out these Swaps!

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of commotion on my craft desk.  Getting new products in, designing the cards I'm going to make, and then making multiples of them!

For our team SWAP, we had 16 people participate.  I used the Bubble Over Stamp Set and the Sale-A-Bration DSP that coordinates with it called Bubbles & Fizz.  It was so fun creating "my own brand" of drink too! ;)


Here are the products used to create this card! 
Bubble Over Bundle
Includes the Stamp Set and Framelits 

Clear Epoxy Stickers
Adds a fun 3D wet look to the bottles. 

SAB Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper- FREE with a $50 Purchase!


For my next SWAP I decided to use the Party Pandas stamp set from the SAB catalog! This stamp set has SO much potential. I Love LOVE LOVE all of the ideas and versatility for it! Honestly, If you had to choose one SAB item, I would recommend this one!  It's so easy to pair up a black and white Panda with any Designer Series Paper, so I chose the Painted With Love paper from the Occassions catalog. 


You can see how I added dimension with the silver twine, Berry Burst Silver lined ribbon, and I used the Embossing Paste and a little Berry Burst Ink to give the texture in the back some color! It was such a fun card to make! 

Painted With Love Designer Series Paper

Party Pandas Stamp Set-SAB- FREE with $50 purchase!

If you enjoyed these cards, please comment below!