Orchid and Hummingbird

The hummingbird was colored first with Copic markers: R46, G05, G99, C35, 100 for the beak. Then Sticky Powder was applied to each piece using VersaMark pad or pen for ink and colored with Pearl Ex and I really like the way it came out. The pieces are assemble together with Aleene’s tacky glue and single sided tape and popped up with foam tape.

This is after I colored with Copics.

The orchid is colored with Prismacolor pencils: cream, jasmine, goldenrod, lilac and once assembled (using the glue) it was also popped up with foam tape.

The flower center is a piece of wire dipped in Aleene’s tacky glue and rolled in Lemon - Flower Soft.

The Sizzix Little Leaves die was shaded with the Prisma pencil kelp green then I flipped it over and embossed it with a metal ball stylus and glue them in place and worked in the Martha Stewart branch punch and just played with it until I liked it.
I used the Scor-Pal to emboss the grid. Tip: rubbing the cardstock with wax paper will help the stylus glide and seems to give me more control in any type of embossing by hand.

The pearls are self sticking.

This photo really gives you a nice view of the dimension of the card.  Obviously won't fit into an envelope but it sure will make a nice gift topper!

Eureka has a nice variety of 3D pattern images that are fun to put together.

Images: Eureka, 32001 Orchid Pattern, 31901 Hummingbird Pattern

Paper: unknown - white textured, The Paper Company - lilac, Stampin Up - white, greens, Marcos - white

3D Crafts are so Much Fun To Make

Today I have some great 3 d projects to share from Eureka Stamps.
I was so fortunate that Maribeth from QKR Stampede asked all of her design team members to work with the 3 d images.
So let me share some of the finished projects I made.

This first card was made with the fern and leaf set-I am showing several I made with plain card stock and also a pattern paper. I love that there is stitching on each frond and all I did was fussy cut and fold the piece.
The lion is also from QKR Stampede.

These two cards above were just so easy to put together and so fun to use on a card using the orchid pattern.. Papers are from CTMH and Hobby Lobby. Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

These are what the pieces look like after being stamped and cut out.You actually use the back side of the stamped images.

My last card was made with the daisy pattern .Paper and doily from my stash, ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

This is what the daisy looks like after being stamped and cut out.

That is what I have to share today from Eureka Stamps. I hope you check out the many 3 d images available- you won't believe how many there are in the store.

Lone Cactus

I paired up companies for this card, the cactus is QKR Stampede and all the grasses are Biblical Impressions.

This background is super simple to create and if you can tear paper and smear an ink pad on cardstock then you can handle a scene like this.

-The cactus is colored with Copic markers: C5, C7, G94, G99 then mask off using a sticky note.
-Tear paper to form a mountain effect (save the top half to use in another step) and cover the ground area, tear another piece to cover the ground area at the bottom of the mountain.
-Using the direct to paper technique, smear on the sky colors remove the mask and heat dry. If by chance you do not like your smear pattern - just do it again.
-With the opposite piece of mountain torn paper cover the sky area, tear a second piece to cover the ground below and smear on the color, remove the mask and heat dry. Continue the same steps for each color.
-Once all the colors are applied I touched up areas that may have been missed due to the cactus mask with either direct to paper or a small paint brush and ink from the pad. If you need texture on any of the colors here are a few ways to achieve it: coarse sponge, stamp a grass image using the same color ink, flair on the same color using direct to paper or add the same color ink and let it air dry.
-Stamp on your grasses, I also used an orange Sharpie marker to add some flowers.

The triangles are punched squares cut corner to corner. For the border on the image panel triangles I punched a half square using a ½” square punch lined up corner to corner while viewing the bottom of the punch, then punched a ¾” square above it and they were glued to the card.

The insert was colored with Copics: E49, YR15, B04

Images: QKR Stampede - 18608 Saguaro, Biblical Impressions - 38913 Grass, 38917 Grass, 38921 Grass, 38923 Grass, 38909 Grass
Paper: The Paper Company- blue, saffron, 80% glossy cardstock
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, StazOn - Jet Black, Ranger distress ink - faded jeans, broken china, frayed burlap, vntage photo, spiced marmalade, rusty hindge
Accessories: The Paper Studio - brads, Aleene's tacky glue, foam pop dots, layered thick carpet tape (for right triangles)
Tools: Fiskars Leather plate, Cuttlebug, Stampin Up mat pack, 1/2", 3/4" 1" square punches, Bazzill piercer, sponges, heat tool/gun

Flowers and Butterfly

With the color combo I think this would work to fill the need for a masculine card to a gardner.

The butterfly comes as three seperate rubber images.  I keep the pieces together as one piece of rubber for storage which takes the guess work out of what pieces go together. 

Copic markers were used to color the images: Y13, 38, YR04, 12, Y13, 38, E25, 29, 33, G94, 99

A metal ball stylus was used to emboss the butterfly.  I use a small ball stylus to mark my lines on the front of the image, turn it over and emboss between the lines with a larger sized ball stylus.  I use a folded paper towel as a cushion or a firm computer mouse pad will also work; to much cusion tends to tear the cardstock.

Stickles was applied to the butterfly.

The flowers were cut from a balloon image, embossed with a metal ball stylus and popped up on foam. The stems are from a Quikutz die named Flower Arrangement and they were sponged with ink.

I used the negative embossing technique on all embossed panels. The negative side/smooth/no bumps is inked up before the paper is inserted.

Images: Eureka Stamps - 29401 Butterfly Pattern, 13901(456) Daisy Balloon
Paper:Remember When – black textured, Bazzill – orange, Stampin Up – green, Marcos – white, unknown Kraft
Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Ranger distress inks – spiced marmalade, dried marigold, tea dye, forest moss
Accessories: Copic markers, Aleene’s tacky glue, Stickles, nailheads, Aleene's Paper Glaze
Tools: Cuttlebug and embossing folders, Stampin Up embossing folder, metal ball stylus, sponge, Quikutz flower arrangement die

Running Thank You

So last week my 8 year old ran her first ever 5K. She was part of a program called Girls on the Run. It is a national program for girls in grades 3-8 that not only trains them to run a 5K, but talks about self-esteem, bullies, and may other issues that girls in that age group face. The idea of the race at the end is not to be the fastest, but to finish! They don't care how the girls finish, as long as they finish. Let me just say, if you have a child in this age group, and the program is offered in your area...DO IT! Well, today I wanted to share a card I made for my DD's coach. This wonderful women (also a mom with a child in the group) devoted 12 weeks of her time to work with the 12 girls in the group from the school. I really want to give her a giant hug for all she did, but I decided to make a card instead...lol. So, here it is....I thought this guy would be just perfect for a running card. Especially for this program...where it was all about finishing..not winning. So I used this adorable Slow and Steady turtle from the QKR Stampede store. I stamped him on some white CS, and colored with gel pens and markers. Next I layered the image onto some PP I had in my stash from SU. I thought the green in the PP went well with the turtle. Then I used a giant sticker for the sentiment, and added some ribbon. Now, I need to get this all filled out and in the mail...I am so bad about mailing cards.

Oh, one last thing before I go. I thought I would share this photo of my DD about to cross the finish line with her "running buddy". Look at that smile! She was beyond proud of herself for finishing...and in 40:45! Of course mom is also super proud! Thanks for stopping by!

Patriotic Horses from Biblical Impressions!

Hello Friends! 

Today is my first official post as a 

Biblical Impressions Design Team member! 

Biblical Impressions is a sister company

 to QKR Stampede and Eureka!

 They have a lot of lovely stamps!

 I hope you will head on over and check them out!

My card today uses the image Patriotic Horses.

 A great image for the horse lover you may know!

I love this image! 

I watercolored the image and doodled the 

barbed wire around the edges with a fine line black pen.

I made this card 5 x 7 to accommodate the larger image.

Thanks for stopping today!

See you next time!

Barb

Beautiful Butterfly Card

Hello all you beautiful people!

It wasn't hard for me to decide that I wanted this beautiful

"Butterfly Background" (#58501) from Eureka! Stamps.

I knew I would love using it and once I had stamped it onto watercolor paper and started to color it with my watercolor crayons, I loved it even more.

Inside I used:

"Happiness Like a Butterfly" (#40403) also from Eureka! Stamps

I love this beautiful sentiment.

Eureka! has many wonderful sentiments, if you are like me, and are short on sentiment stamps, Eureka! is the place to go!

To add the butterfly at the bottom of the inside, I stamped it with VersaFine Black Onyx ink onto white paper and fussy cut it.  Then adhered it with Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy my Beautiful Butterfly card as much as I enjoyed making it.

I'd love to hear what you think, so leave me a comment.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!