{Presley Banner}

I have blogged about a couple mini banners I have created but never one of the full size banners or the recent custom banner I completed... So here comes another series of posts featuring banners and ribbon...I love ribbon and will be using these posts as entries to the Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week ~ Ribbon!!! Perfect for several of my projects...

Here it goes...

I recently had a great opportunity to create a mini banner for a little girl...My first instinct was "Dotty Paper!!!" but after a few moments and some questions asked I decided to go "Wild Rock Princess" So Roxie it was!

I used three types of pendents and three patterns of paper from the paper packet. This just happens to be one of my favorite paper packs! I knew my customer liked the Trinity Alphabet stamp set so I knew I would be using them for the name...Presley...sounds so Rocker too!

I started by picking my patterns of paper and began tracing and cutting (once again forgetting to use my Cricut and the Art Philosophy Cartridge...) Once all the pieces were cut, I chose to stamp roses from the Card Word Puzzle stamp set in two different card stock shades ~ Tulip and Smoothie. I decided to alternate them one each pendent. My first Idea was to place the name on each rose...not very impacting!!!

I stamped each letter in black and chose to place them on a Desert Sand circle punched out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I popped it up and layered it onto a Black scalloped circle that I punched with the 2" Scallop Circle punch. I then liquid glassed each letter - amazing effect!

Now each rose needed bling so I chose to use some Crystazzi jewels in two styles and sizes. Some irridescent and some clear... all bling is perfect to me and the more the better.

I LOVE bling so I knew I had to use some of my Teresa Colling Blingage jewels. Beautiful black jewels that hang so perfectly from a few of the pendents...Talk about Princess Glam...

As I started to assemble the pieces I decided to add a glossy black chipboard key to the banner. I wanted it to be a symbol from this mom to her daughter ~ a key to her heart ~ what every mom gives to their child.

Like I said I LOVE bling! So I decided to up the glam factor and added some Jolee self-adhesive Bling. I opted for these over the Bling Buttons because I wanted the square and rectangle shapes and less round or curved shapes to this project.

Tied with black and white satin bows - this banner is sure to make any Wild Rock Princess smile... I know mine was smiling and asking for her own - with more bling of course!

Hope you enjoyed this project and will come check out all the other great projects featured on Heart 2 Heart Challenges. Maybe this is the week you come and play too!

Let's Live Inspired!

{Stampaganza ~ Card Word Puzzle ~ Part Deux}

Have you ever noticed that at times you spend more time creating cards that you don't really require and when the time comes that you do need a card for some special occasion you realize that you don't have one?

Well I find that I do this all the time...short on cards for weddings, graduations, or anniversaries...I decided that everyone needs cards for all occasions so while creating cards for the card club I added an anniversary card to the list. I love the one in the current Idea Book with the Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set (C1494) It is a 8x3.5 card which is also another thing I don't make often...for instance maybe once...This card uses the Wishes: All Stacked Up pattern.

Well I set out creating and fell in love with so many aspects of this card. I loved the simplicity without the card coming across as dull.

I made the card on a cream base and added Dutch Blue Cardstock and using the Sanding Block in the Sanding Kit (Z1294) I sanded in a cross-thatch pattern to add some distressed marks to the white-cored cardstock.

I added some spritzed White Daisy cardstock squares (I used Walnut Ink in Java) and stamped my sentiment and two Desert Sand leaves onto the squares. I stamped three flowers onto the cream squares and using the Close To My Heart Watercolor Pencils I colored in each flower and blended. Cut them out and left a slight border around each one.

Once all the pieces were ready I mounted the sentiment onto an Outdoor Denim Square and placed each piece onto the card front. I added some Bitty Pearls which I colored with a Copic marker and two Mocha Opaque Pearls onto the centers of the flowers.

Onto the inside of the card I stamped a flower and colored with the watercolors and voila...New Card!

I truly enjoyed creating this lovely card and hope one day I will part with this card and make a special couple smile! Join me again for another card and another stamp set...

Let's Live Inspired!

{Stampaganza ~ Card Word Puzzle ~ Part 1}

Have you ever wanted to create a card and look around and realize you don't own the right stamp?

Well even though I am a consultant there are stamps that just don't speak to me or ones that I find I will probably never use...Then there are the stamps that I buy and never use or ones that I want and put off purchasing...We all do it, this month is the month that I am going to try to get a few of those stamps that I have been putting off...

Well I was promising the ladies of the recent card club 4 cards and I went to the current Idea Book for inspiration. I came across a picture of a 6x6 card that used a stamp that I really did not own. I had pondered buying it but thought it was not one that I would use much...

So on this day I had to really try to figure out what I was going to do to allow me to create this card still...Inspiration strikes at the most odd of times... I sat planning another card and see the answer starting back at me... use a different stamp and add a different technique.

Instead of using the Rosy Regards (B1369) I chose to use Card Word Puzzle (C1494)

I cut out the card base from Outdoor Denim Cardstock and added White Daisy with a pattern embossed into it. I added a piece of Pacifica Cardstock another White Daisy layer and a banner made of Pacifica.

I stamped a set of 3 roses in Black Ink and shaded them with Close To My Heart Watercolor Pencils (3503), blended them and brushed over them with Create-A-Shade Pearl Paint (Z1039) to give them a little shimmer. Once they were dry I began to cut them out. One being the whole flower, next one a layer was taken off and the third layer was cut with one more layer missing...using 3-D foam squares I popped each layer up giving this card some great dimension...

Once the rose was completely assembled, I took my Bronze Glitz Glitter Gel (Z1483) and added some to the center of the rose. I love the look that resulted...

I had to come up with a sentiment and didn't want to let this card be anything but Cheery...So I opted for 'Cheer Up!' from 4 My Friend (D1510) I stamped it in White Daisy Ink (Z2163)

How often do you see cards where the inside is dark or forgotten. I thought since this card has a dark base I added a white daisy cardstock base to the inside of the card and distressed the edges in Dutch Blue Ink and stamped a couple butterflies to the corners...

Hope you come back for another card added to this great series going on during the month of June!

Let's Live Inspired!

{Stampaganza ~ Just For You}

Well for my second installment of my Stampaganza series, I have decided to use the Just For You Stamp set (B1398) I have bought 4 of these stamp sets and finally had one that I didn't sell before I got the chance to play with it. Well I finally found time to use it before someone came looking for it...

I was looking for cards to use for the card club again and really wanted to create this card in the current Idea Book. So I took a stab at it... If you decide that you would like to try it too you can find the pattern for it in the Wishes How-to Book. The pattern is called Gallery. I went be just the look of the card and tried to create it myself...

Here's what I used:
B1398 ~ Just for You
Z7147B ~ Stella Paper Packet
Z1360 ~ Rhinestone Designer Brads
Z2114 ~ Cocoa Exclusive Ink
Z2155 ~ Topiary Exclusive Ink
Z2195 ~ Lagoon Exclusive Ink
Z2118 ~ Desert Sand Exclusive Ink
Z697 ~ Sponge
White Gel Pen

On to the card...

I started by cutting the flowered shape on the Cricut using the Art Philosophy Cartridge. This is just one of the many (over 700 shapes) that this useful cartridge cuts out... I then stamped the dotted lines in cocoa onto the shape and picked a pattern and stamped it first in Lagoon and then 'Rock & Rolled' the stamp into Topiary...stamp and repeat, stamp and repeat, stamp and repeat...x6....

 I distressed the edges using Desert Sand and a sponge giving the edges a beautiful golden glow as well as the look of an aged piece of paper...leaving it looking stunning!

I used a white gel pen to draw on faux stitching which is a quick and easy way to add simple details without it taking hours of hand stitching. I added the faux stitching to tie in the cocoa stitched pattern on the flower cut out...

I used mt piercing tool and pierced a hole into the center of the cut out and placed a rhinestone brad. Added 3-D foam squares and pooped up the cut out for some added dimension.

Hope you enjoyed this card, there's more where that came from...stay tuned for more!

Let's Live Inspired!