Create Your Own Dreams *Donna Salazar*

Hello my scrappy friends...It's Lisa back again with a card that I wanted to share with you using Donna Salazar's awesome products. So many designs I make are with scrapbook layouts, but I love making cards too! So for all of your cardmakers out there...this one is for you! I love making 5 x 6 inch cards because they fit so nicely in a standard card envelope. I was on a grunge look last time and now Im back to the shabby chic look that I love especially in pink colors. 

The base is white cardstock and I layered it with a dusty pink cardstock and distressed the edges. 

Next using "botanique" papers I used the double sided paper and cut in half. I embossed the pink side with the stamp "all my love" and attached them together. Next I added the ribbons before I glued it down to the base of the card. Then of course lots of embellishments and doily. :)

I made little clouds and stamped with "words and banners" in black ink. All the pearls on the lacey circles are from donna's "sprockets" bling...it sure is great to go from grunge to shabby chic with all those pearls...the possibilities are endless. The cute chipboard bird was inked in "jasmine" ink and then embossed with "jasmine" embossing powder. I just love that white...but Im almost out! Guess I need to buy some more real soon! lol

As always, I cant stop using these AMAZING "bitty blossoms" they are perfect for all kinds of projects 

I even used the leaves this time and I embossed them with the spellbinders machine...also don't forget all your pop dots to give your card that 3D look that we all love! 

Hope you have a great day!

hugs

Products used:

Arts Gone Wild- Banner and Words

Arts Gone Wild - All My Love

GCD Studios Botanique Collection

Clearsnap- Mix'd Media Inx- Black 

Clearsnap- Mix'd Media Inx- Jasmine

Clearsnap- Embossing Powder- Jasmine

Spellbinders- Bitty Blossoms

Want 2 Scrap - Sprightly Sprockets- White

Want 2 Scrap - Mix'd Media Elements

Zutter Distrezz It All

Ghost Mirror

Welcome back to my blog today. Well, I made a new card inspired by this fabulous photo that I found on online yesterday. It was part of making spooky mirrors and I loved this particular one because it was shabby chic. Isn't it so beautiful! Below is my tutorial on how I made this card. 

So here is my interpretation of this amazing photo. It is a 4.5 x 6 inch card in white cardstock. After the base of the card, I cut a 4.25 x 5.75 inch piece of white cardstock and embossed it through my cuttlebug and then chalked the edges in black. I added kling bandage between the cardstock and the mirror that you can find at your local walgreens store... To make the mirror, I diecut a piece of white cardstock with "floral ovals" and embossed it with "jasmine mix'd media inx and embossing powder" by Donna. I diecut another piece of silver metallic cardstock by Bazzill with "classic ovals" and layered that on top of the "floral oval" The little ghost was made using my cricut "happy hauntings" on vellum paper. I added little grey pearls for his eyes.  

The spiders, bat and title were also cut with my cricut "happy hauntings" and I added pearls to the body of the spiders and more grey pearls for the eyes on the bat. There is also black stickles on the bat and on the title. The candelabra was another new stamp that I found in the dollar section at Joann's recently, it is by K & Company Studio 112. I stamped it on white cardstock in "black mix'd media inx and embossing powder" again by Donna. I then added more tiny little pearls to the top of the candles. 

I used Martha Stewart "web" punch for my shelf in white and used the scoreboard to make it appear like a shelf for the candelabras. 

Last, but not least I added the chains of the bottom. I really didn't have any craft chains, so I dug through my grandmother's old jewelry box that she left me many years ago. I found this necklace in there in silver and I decided that I would give this card to my daughter. Not only as a Halloween card but as a gift with a very special meaning to this simple necklace chain. 

Thanks for stopping by...hope you have a great day!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for my new 2 posts...

xoxo

You & Me

Happy Labor Day! 

Last night I was still on my card making mode...don't worry scrapbooking layouts coming very soon :)

I made this card for another challenge over at sb.com....you know when you get in a explosion of ideas for crafting? Well, that is where I am today....I'm sure it will be followed very soon with the crash of blank palettes very soon....that is when I start asking again if anyone has seen my mojo? 

The stamp in the center is from one of my very first stamps sets that I bought from Technique Tuesday and I really never used them...I guess back then I was so scared to stamp but I wanted to start...when I finally brought then out....my goodness it is not so hard? what was i thinking back then?? 

I layered 3 of the "lacey circles" on top of each other in white and layered them with matching cardstock...I didn't use any patterned paper on this card, just embossed them with my cuttlebug. 

No flowers either....I actually made one flower in the blue cardstock with my favorite "bitty blossoms" and believe it or not I really couldn't find the right spot for it on the card? lol....

So I said "not meant to be" and actually I really like it the way it is now. :)

I added little Ranger White Pearls around the edges of the circles and one real pearl on the ribbon center. A little bit of lace ribbon...followed by the gorgeous butterfly bling by Donna Salazar made this card fast to make and elegant to give to someone special in your life. 

Have a great Labor Day...enjoy with your family and friends.

hugs! 

Shabby Pink

One more card for today...I just had to make a new shabby chic card with the chandelier stamp from K and Company studio 112. When I first seen that stamp that is what I intended to make a card in shabby chic. Well, I ended up using it for a Halloween card first...lol

I used a technique from this month's card challenge over at sb.com called "embossing resist" 

You can see the great challenge here and the technique here by Beate Johns. 

The inside of the card has a chandelier in the center of the top and more distressing inks from

 Tim Holtz, "victorian velvet" The roses are "bitty blossoms" and the cute little birds are from Heartfelt Creations "romance garden" and "brookside manor" just love those little birds! 

I added a doily and on top is "floral ovals" with more of the embossed words and inking. 

I finished it all off with white ribbon, an embossed birdhouse using Donna's "jasmine inx and jasmine embossing powder", some bling and "ranger white pearls". The beautiful swirls are from Cheery Lynn Designs "fanciful flourish"

Have a wonderful rest of the day and enjoy our holiday tomorrow! 

xoxo

Toadally Wicked

Well, Im back with yet another Halloween card for this year. I must have a addiction to Halloween cards or something? I don't know why I keep making them? Meanwhile, I wanted to make another green card but this year keeping it darker, not so lime. I have these old Martha Stewart Vampire papers and it has this cool grey patterned paper and on the back is that darker green patterned paper. I also still have lots of those Halloween chipboard pieces from Martha Stewart too. They are from another collection but they work well with the old papers...I also wanted to use eyeballs again so I placed them all around the spellbinders "fleur de lis squares" and on the green brad on the ribbon. 

I distressed all the layers of papers..a total of 7 layers...yikes...didn't realize there were so many? 

As I was finishing the card my son came in my scraproom and seen the sentiment and told me the toad need a witches hat....so I added a 1 inch hat made with my "happy hauntings" cricut cartridge. I added "drippy goo" punch on the side of the card...it looked like it needed a little something there. 

Finished the card with some leftover black bling and took the photo with some spider web in the background...i sure need to change my background once in a while...

Thanks for stopping by and have a TOADALLY great Sunday!

xoxo

Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

Hello, I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! I was lucky enough to get a 4 day weekend so Im in my scraproom making new projects for my DT's and Im once again on this year's new halloween card extravaganza....more to come soon... :)

Here is one I finished just a little while ago today....Lots of layering with spellbinders diecuts and Recollections patterned papers. 

I recently was shopping at Joann's and I found this adorable chandelier stamp by K & Company Studio 112 in the dollar section...I was so excited because I have been wanting a chandelier for quite some time now...but I just didn't want to pay full price.... $9-$12 for one....a bought a bunch of stamps in the dollar bin and I cant wait to use them all.

I don't decorate the insides much but I did with this card. The title font is "midnight shadows" and I just printed it up on a 2 inch tag using my cricut. So I layered the center using "floral ovals" next "parisian motifs" (be sure to save the inside pieces for the cute little bats, they are perfect size) and last I stamped my image in "black mix'd media inx" by Donna Salazar and embossed it with "black embossing powder" for a cool shine on a cream "labels twenty two". The little bats are the leftovers from "parisian motifs" and I added "black stickles" with pop dots under them to give it a 3D look. 

Here you can see the bats popping off the card.

A little closer view of the chandelier...I also colored the candles with "orange smooch" it is great for those super tiny little details. The vintage button is from "making memories" I bought them years ago at a local scrapbooking convention in the dollar section and I finally broke them out. I also added tiny little pearls on the chandelier and also larger one is the corners of the card.  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great, safe  holiday weekend! 

Hugs! 

Heartfelt Wednesday's...More Holiday Cards

Hi welcome back to another Heartfelt Wednesday! 

Today, I'm sharing with you 2 new cards! I usually make several layouts for the DT, however with these 2 particular stamps this month...they really need to be shown off. There is so much details and I didn't want it to get lost behind a photo or as a background.

I am NOT really good at  coloring...although I really try super hard to be...but I don't have the skill that many of my colleagues have over at HC....someday I hope. Meanwhile, all the coloring here was done using distressing inks from Tim Holtz and a watercolor brush. It was my VERY FIRST time trying that technique out. I add some flower soft and a little bit of shine using my jelly roll pen. 

Here you can see the little bit of pop off the title and the corner fixture. It is not too much and great for mailing, this coming holiday! 

So, here is my second card that I made this week for HC. It is all silver! The color was inspired by my sister who loves silvers for Christmas. Pretty easy to make and fast too! 

 Here you can see the 3D flowers and awesome ribbon.... have been experimenting with making triple loops...actually I think this one has 4??? lol

For all instructions and supplies check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog and don't forget to check out more fabulous designs from out DT.

Have a great Wednesday!

Hugs! 

We're "Perfect" Together - Reese Peanut Butter Cups *SOUS*

Hello again today! Yes it is still Sunday...lol 

This was a super duper fast card that I made in just a few minutes because the cricut does all the work! 

Love it! I made a card for the first "Stuck On U Sketches"and well, I checked out the latest sketch and as soon as I seen it... "Reese Peanut Butter Cups" popped into my head! Chocolate one more time....last time chocolate popped in my head I couldn't stop singing "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka. Hope that doesn't happen again....please please....NO!

So here is the sketch made by Leah Schaeffer...so fun...thanks :)

Here is my Reese Peanut Butter Cup card....as you can see there are many candies..YUM...like who can only eat one? I originally was going to leave off the bites but i ended up using them. There is no patterned paper used so it is really fast and easy to make. The card is a 5 x 6 base in kraft cardstock and the scalloped circles in dark brown are 1.5 inches with 1.25 inch kraft circles in the center. I chalked the edges up with brown chalk a bit before gluing them together. 

The font is called "buttarcup" and I found it on free fonts online. I used the "ribbon banners" for the title in white cardstock. I was going to use "You're Perfect" but then I thought of the slogan for the candy and it is about chocolate and peanut butter...hence the new title "We're Perfect Together"

All the candy has pop dots under them for a 3D look and some yellow ribbon made this card complete in less than 10 minutes...

Hope the rest of your day is "SWEET"!

Thanks for stopping by again...Love hearing from you!

Hugs!

Midnight Shadows

Happy Sunday!

Last night, I really felt like making a Halloween card. I bought some really cool vintage Halloween paper about a year ago and I finally broke it open. :)

I wanted to make it vintage looking using creams and blacks. So then I remembered that I found on sale last year these really cool chipboard pieces from Martha Stewart for Halloween. They are called 

"Elegant Witch Collection" Love em!

I made a black bow and added a yellow crystal brad in the center. The font for the title midnight shadows is called "midnight shadows" lol I thought I would add a little moon in the background and it is just a 1 inch circle chalked with distressed yellow ink and black chalk. 

The card is not overly popped up like I usually make, just a little bit. I used "bella rose" diecut for the swirls and martha stewart punch for the "iron fence".  

Have a spookacular day! 

Hugs! 

Back To School

So today, I was on a total scraplifting mood for a back to school card. All my children are in college and one has already graduated college...yikes, Im gettting old! While I was browsing on pinterest a few days back I seen this AMAZING card made by Carrie Gaskin...I loved it so much I just had to lift it! I think it totally screams "Back to School" and even though I don't have a person to give it to I wanted to play with some fun colors... :) You can see Carrie's original card here. Thanks Carrie! 

I did change the numbers to letters and added more buttons. The letters are made with my cricut using "schoolbook plantin". I also made the schoolbook paper with white cardstock and a black marker with tiny punch holes. 

The pencil made from a popsicle stick was also a scraplift idea from Tracy F. at sb.com. 

Pure GENIUS! 

I colored the pencil with smooches and a black copic marker. 

Hope you are inspired as much as I was today...have a great day! 

Hugs!