Mosaic Tiles

A while back there was a great tutorial on SCS for making your own mosaic tiles. They used a very large stamp but I think it worked pretty well on my sunflowers. I colored the image in with Copics and then chopped it apart...in one inch sections. After that, I covered each tile with Glossy Accents and let it dry. The next day I reassembled the image and glued it down well. I let it dry under a huge stack of magazines to press it flat - it looks buckled in the image but it worked well.



Card Materials: All stamps and paper from The Angel Company, Glossy Accents, button/black thread, Copics

Don't miss out on the fun going on over on the Savvy Projects Blog...it's Going Green month and the samples will leave you speechless! Hope you have a great week...I don't plan on disappearing so long this time, life just got in the way!!

Seeing Shamrocks Blog Hop!

I normally don't really have much of "Kiss me, I'm Irish" stuff around since I am of german decent...but when The Angel Company announced it's Seeing Shamrocks blog hop I thumbed through the catalogs to see which stamps I had that might work. Voila!! One of my most favorite sets is the versatile set, Fanciful Vintage, and once again it proved to be handy. It's got a lovely postmark type image with a shamrock, surrounded by the words: Memories, Heart, Faith, Laughter and Happiness.

Here's what I came up with...this first card is a pretty common sketch but it looked just a little too plain to me when it was finished so I stamped the Decorative Corners up in the left hand corner before I added the ribbon and I really liked that touch. And, you may be amazed to hear it/see it, but...I inked ALL of my edges! {big grin}

This second card isn't really what I had intended it to be...the original panel will show up in another card that I just finished today (couldn't let it go to waste!). I really wanted to use the soft Angelee papers for this card and added the saying to balance it all out. I hope I accomplished that and that it's not just hanging out there! Above I cropped the image to highlight just the medallion but here you can see the entire stamp which I clear embossed.

So now it's your turn! Dig through your stamps and see what you can turn into "seeing shamrocks!"...I think of good luck, blessings, rainbows, etc...hope that gets your creative wheels turning. Here is what others are crafting!

Fabulous February - Joy of Easter

sigh...today is the last day of You Make February Fabulous! I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration from the Guest Designers and don't forget that TODAY is the last day you can buy all of these wonderful, featured stamps for 25% off. Did you see something you just had to have that didn't really catch your eye before? I saw lots and the set I just ordered was Be Lifted (with the kites)...I can't wait to play with it!

Today's card is really simple but sweet, I think. I colored my image in with colored pencils and gamsol. That touch of lace is left over from when my Mother In Law made a colonial style dress for my daughter when she was in the 4th grade (she's in 9th now so I've really held on to these scraps for a LONG time, eh?!)

I heat embossed the saying, which is from the Filled With Joy set - I used it a lot this month! So many wonderful sayings...

Guest Designer Today! Delicate Florals

Today is the day! I'm terrified and excited at the same time...I am the Guest Designer over at The Angel Company's Savvy Projects Blog. Here is a short version of my post...




This first card features chalks. I love white cards - they really make the main image shine. But, I also love texture and I was able to add those little touches through the cardboard and Impressionabilities background.





Next I used Copics on my Delicate Florals. I bought this set for these narrow sprigs - you can see my first project in my sidebar for some really cool watercolored gift tags. Copics are bright and vivid - I love them! But, in this case, I wanted to soften up the look a bit and layered them with vellum. This double sided Emma paper from The Angel Company is a MUST HAVE.





This was the very first card I made with my Delicate Florals set. I love to watercolor with Tombow markers and the key here is to use 2-3 shades of each color to get a more intense color. I learned to drag a Versamark pad over dry embossing from Mischelle and it's great how it really makes the background pop.





My last card is a bookmark card! It's an oldie but goodie I think...the perfect note to send a friend. I used Prismacolor pencils on both sets of flowers and then fussy cut them out...the details to make this card are over on the Savvy Projects Blog.




Well, that wraps it up. Thank you so much for visiting me today! Thank you to Mischelle for giving me the chance to be a Guest Designer today...what an honor!

Don't forget that The Angel Company is having a special stamp sale with all of these featured stamps (and more!!) on sale for 25 % off...you can see the details here.

CARD SUPPLIES:

CARD 1: Delicate Florals T3012, Filled with Joy T3366, Shimmer and Jewel Tone Chalks Kits A504/A505, Dove Blender F04, Noir Palette Ink TT220, Labels 3 K301, Flourishes Impressionabilities K304

CARD 2: Delicate Florals T3012, White Vellum V224, White Caboodle Cardstock V293, Emma Soar with it Collection V856 and cardstock B326, Versamark Ink S1179, Copics

CARD 3: Delicate Florals T3012, Lovely Peony T3414, Maggie Soar with it Collection V847 and cardstock B327, Emboss Pad S775, Versamark Ink S1179, Black Embossing Powder S771, Light Crysral Brads D305, Labels 9 K299, Floral and Stone Impressionabilities K310 and watercolor paper

CARD 4: Delicate Florals T3012, Filled with Joy T3366, Bless Your Heart TA3238, Lilly Anna Soar with it Collection V833 and cardstock B314, Lilly Anna Ribbon B214, Marvy Gigal Scalloped Circle Punch D701, Noir Palette Ink TT220, Transcendence Embossing Powder C151, Pop Dots D89, Scrappers Floss F903, Prismacolored Pencils, Scor Pal F358, Crop A Dile and Case (which includes large eyelest!) K100/K101, Crop a Dile Corner Chomper K414