Smile! It's Your Birthday!

 OMGoodness!! 
All Dressed Up has some FABULOUS new stamps this month,
and I think they may be some of the best!

I was lucky enough to get to used this Awesome new
photographer stamp.
Smile It's Your Birthday.

  

"LIVE IN THE MOMENT"

 

I tried something a little different this time.

The only paper I used was the black paper for the camera die

and the Kraft tag.

 

I added a great Tim Holtz metal tag "Live In the Moment", and

Tim Holtz film strip ribbon.

A Little twine, some pretty flowers, and lace.

 

I wanted to do a vintage look for this stamp.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafter's Café - Add Some Lace

Pink Gem Challenges - Don't Be A Square

ABC Challenges - E is for Everything (Anything Goes)

Avenue 613 - Use Neutral Colors

Crafting By Designs - You Are Beautiful

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Girlie

PolkaDoodles  - Cream & Sugar

Artistic inspirations - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes



Hello SPRING!!

HELLO SPRING!!!

 

I am so glad that Spring has finally sprung!

So in honor of warmer weather, I created a new project with my

latest Thrift Store find and some wonder All Dressed Up digital stamps.

 

I found this at Goodwill and thought I would update it a little with some

pretty papers that I had in my leftover stash.

 

So from this...

 

 to THIS!

 

I think it looks a little better.

 

I used several All Dressed Up stamps for this project.

I used Easter Bunny, Purrfect Together, Always Time for a Cuddle, A Time to Share, Hop To It, Daddy's Little Helper, Love My Sister, Love My Pets, I Love Sunny Days, and Cute Just Got Cuter (freebie). 

 Whew! I think that's all of them.

 

Hope it might have inspired you to join in the All Dressed Up

 Facebook Challenge or the Blog Challenge.

Or even better...BOTH!

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challege - C is for Cats

ABC Challenges - E is for Everything

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards Challenges - Spring Is In the Air

Brown Sugar Challenges - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge - March Photo Inspiration

Cupcake Inspirations - Bunnies

 



Night Night Little One

We've got a great new challenge starting today at All Dressed Up challenges.

Our challenges are always ANYTHING GOES.

How easy is that?

And to make it even easier All Dressed Up has some terrific freebies

you can try out if you don't have any of their stamps.

They are really great!

 

For this challenge I used this adorable image called

Night, Night Little One.

Isn't it just adorable??

 

 

Please join us at All Dressed Up challenges this week, or maybe

even check out our Facebook challenge.

 

 

Lovely Bride Tag

Hope everyone is doing great today!!

I want to share my new tag today with my very first tag tutorial.

Wish me luck!!!

 

This is my tag using All Dressed Up Bride stamp.

Isn't she just so lovely?

 

 

 

I used my favorite Copic markers on this tag.

 

 

I used a Tim Holtz tag and some Graphic 45 Mon Amour papers.

 

And of course embellishments!

Some pretty flowers, lace, ribbon , buttons, and a resin frame.

 

Some glitter, glitter glue, Liquid Pearls, Tim Holtz black distress ink,

and a Tim Holtz paper distresser.

 

Image was printed to about 3 1/2".

Colored with Copics.

 

I tore the top of the paper for a more distressed look.

 

I used the Black ink to go around the edges and I used the distresser tool to rough up the edges.

 

I tried to do a step by step. 

I hope that it helps sort of explain my process with creating tags.

 

Hope you'll join us at All Dressed Up challenges and maybe even join in.

There are some great freebies on the All Dressed Up blog

and a link to the All Dressed Up Etsy store that has some wonderful stamps in it

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Southern Girls Challenges - Add A Little Sparkle To Your Life 

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack Challenges - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee, & Cards Challenges - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenges - Pearls

Sassy Studios - Your Choice (Anything Goes)

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle Challenges - Anything Goes

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

PolkaDoodles Challenges - Tic Tac Toe (Flower/Lace/Sentiment)

 



Princess Tag

I wanted to share my latest tag today.

Perfect for a little girl's birthday.

 

 

I used this pretty little Sweet November princess stamp.

And these gorgeous DCWV Once Upon A Time papers.

I also used a great Tim Holtz princess crown die.

And a couple of more spellbinders doily dies.

Some pretty fabric roses, gorgeous lace, fibers, and pearls.

And of course GLITTER!!

LOTS of glitter!!

 

I would like to enter her into the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Sparkle, Bling, & Embellish

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Tic Tac Toe (3 colors/Free/Die)

Glitter N Sparkle - Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Add a Little Sparkle to Your Life

613 Avenue Create - (White - Pink - Yellow (Gold))

Catch The Bug - BINGO (Designer Paper, Flower, Pearls)

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Paper Sweeties

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mermaids are Magical

Good Sunday Morning!!

I hope everyone is having a glorious Sunday today.

The good Lord above has blessed us with some beautiful February weather,

and I am absolutely loving it!!

 

Today I get to share my latest Lacy Sunshine Design Team project

using a super cute Lacy Sunshine mermaid image called Oceana & Nigel.

 

 

I colored her with my Copic markers.

The background is done with Twinkling H2O paints.

(I have added directions below)

I also added some glitter in the water, and some Liquid Pearls

for my clouds and my pearls.

I used some pretty fibers for my ocean surface and added some sea shells.

I used a Martha Stewart lace punch on the bottom of my tag.

 

 

 

Twinkling H2O Tutorial

 

If you haven't used Twinkling H2O paints before, they are super easy to use.

They are little pots of dried out paint you just add a little water to.

 

You need a paint brush, a little glass of water, and your paints.

Wet your brush and rub around on the dried paints.

Do this a couple of times to get the paint wet.

You don't need to actually pour water in, this wetting it will be plenty.

And you can repeat as often as necessary.

 

After your paint is wet, simply brush it onto your tag, or paper.

I used different blues and purples for my water depths.

When I added my next color, I went over the edges of the last color

to blend them together.

 These are the Twinkling H2O colors I used for my water.

I used the lightest blue for my sky as well.

(for my clouds, I used Liquid Pears and just smeared a little on the tag)

 

After I used the Twinkling H2O's, and let them dry, I sprayed

some Tattered Angels Glitter Mist Spray - Dazzling Diamonds- to

create a more watercolor blended look than I had.

You can also use Lacy Sunshine sprays for this as well.

 

I hope that you will check out the other wonderful projects created

by my terrifically talented Design Teammates.

And maybe you might feel inspired to enter our challenge on the

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.



All Dressed Up Necklace

We have a brand new challenge starting over at the

All Dressed Up blog today.

And my fellow Design Team members have created some beautiful

projects that I hope you'll stop by for a look at.

They are an extremely talented bunch of ladies.

For my project this time, I decided to make a necklace for

a gift for a special little girl.

I used part of one of the 3 images of

All Dressed Up's Wear With Style digital stamp.

I colored her and added her to a pretty oval pendant.

I used some pretty paper with roses and I added a couple

of little boggles to the top of the pendant.

Hope you'll join us over at All Dressed Up challenge blog!

OH! and don't forget about our Facebook Page!

Lots of great inspiration over there too.



Valentine Strawberries

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Here, we've got snow coming

But still going to be a good one.

 

I want to share my latest card.

I did a gift card holder for my husband's Valentine's gift.

 

 

For my card holder, I used the Sizzix XL Canning Jar die.

I used some really pretty Sweet Preserves papers for my jar.

They are from Nit Wit Collections.

I colored a white doily to match my papers, a little bit of twine

 with a silver key charm,

and some Ranger silver metallic paper for the jar lid.

 

My stamp is an adorable Lacy Sunshine stamp called

Coco's Chocolate Covered Strawberries.

I used this stamp because my husband LOVES strawberries.

And chocolate covered strawberries are the perfect Valentine's Day icon.

I used Glossy Accents on my strawberries to add a little

extra something to them.

For extra dimension, I pop dotted the image up.

 

 

 

I cut out a little groove in the side for the gift card to sit in.

I put a little piece of a foam dot on the back of the card to hold it

to the back of the card.

 

 

I would like to e enter this into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations - LOVE

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - Y is for "You Choose"

Pink Gem Challenges - Love Is In The Air

Lemon Shortbread Challenges - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

 

 

 



Love... is sharing!

All Dressed Up have some wonderful new images

over in their shop today.

And some fabulous inspiration from my DT sisters over on the

All Dressed Up blog.

 

I got to use this adorable new image for my latest project.

Love... is sharing

Isn't it precious??

 

 

I went with a shabby chic look.

I used some Michelle Roo's digital paper

 A pretty doily die, some pretty flowers, a lace bow, frontage, and liquid pearls.

 

I hope you will check out the new stamps at All Dressed Up

and join us in our latest challenge.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - Y is for "You Choose"

ABC Challenge - A is for Animals

Pink Gem Challenges - Love Is In The Air

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

 

 



Magical Whimsie

I hope everyone is having a fabulous day!!

l want to share a new tag I made using one of

Lacy Sunshine's whimsie images.

Jada Amphibia Briar Whimsie

Cute, huh?

 

 

 

I tried to make it magical.

I used my Twinkle H2O's for my background colors.

From light blue to purple.

I added some purple glitter to her dress, and some frontage around her.

I used Liquid pearls for my pearls.

I added some pretty fibers to my water, along with some glitter,

and Twinkle H2O's for a little shimmer.

I used some Tim Holtz Brass stain around the edges.

I added a gold die cut, with the word Magical on it for a little extra color.

 

I hope you'll check out all the images at Lacy Sunshine.

And maybe join in the fun of one of Lacy Sunshine's challenges.