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Wednesday, 25 April 2018

may your wish come true... | Be Inspired Blog Hop

It should be no surprise that Magical Day has been one of my favorite stamp sets. I have been using the unicorn for months! I still remember winning that stamp set at OnStage in Salt Lake City - I was jumping around the aisle. I am truly so sad to see it go.

For today's hop I decided to use the wizard paired with the Fairy Celebrations stamp set.

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The background is a layer of tempting turquoise (heat set) and then berry burst over top. The design of the card isn't much unlike my other projects. I often use the Stitched Shapes in the upper central part of the card.... if it ain't broke, why fix it?

The metallic silver thread gives it a little bit of subtle sparkle.

Thanks for dropping by today!

Be sure to keep hopping to my friend, Louise Sharp! I can't wait to see what stamp set she has chosen!

Monday, 2 April 2018

crafting forever. housework never. | World Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Today's blog hop is a very special one.

It's to celebrate autism and to help spread awareness!

Puzzles can sometimes be a symbol of autism so I thought I'd share a special project that myself and my crafty friends are currently doing.

A PUZZLE COLLABORATION:// HOW IT WORKS

During a retreat, we each bought a puzzle.

We then numbered each piece and indicated which direction was "up", as well as signed them.

We then distributed them one by one.

Each person would then create their own design and returned it to the owner.

The end result looks something like this:

The above puzzle was created many years ago and I cherish it for many reasons. There is an extra special puzzle piece created by my friend who lost her battle with cancer a couple years ago. She was a big part of my creative journey.

For my current puzzle collaboration, I created the same piece for everyone with a layer of gesso, as well as bermuda bay refill ink sprayed with rubbin alcohol. There is also some splatters of gold embossing powder (make those splatters before the rubbing alcohol is dry).

In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day, a group of crafters have joined together in a Blog Hop to help spread awareness. We have all created a handmade card with the focus on supporting those people with or in support of caregivers of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Your donation is being given directly to the Organization for Autism Research. Thank you for your support efforts, your giving makes a difference in more lives! If this cause is something, you'd like to donate to you can follow the link here: DONATE

Thanks to everyone for hopping by today. To keep hopping along and checking out everyone's project, follow along the links below. Carolina Evans is up next on the list!

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Thursday, 22 February 2018

Meet Mr. Dragon Pants Face. | Fancy Friday Blog Hop

There he is.

Mr. Dragon Pants Face.

Giving you the stink eye.

A face... oh so perfect for a birthday card.

Wouldn't you say?

Today's project was created for the Fancy Friday Blog Hop team.

This is a team of current and past Stampin' Up! Artisans so it's safe to say that every month you are in for a real treat. Each month we come up with a theme to help inspire ourselves and all of our stamping communities. Thanks to Krista Frattin for designing today's colour challenge logo!

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Back to that face.

Mr. Dragon Pants Face guy comes from the Myths & Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper. All I did was cut him out.

Of course, the background of the card is a little more tangly.

First, I applied the Stampin' Up! embossing paste through the brick mask onto watercolour paper. After it dried (or not. more like I didn't want to wait for it to dry.)

...As I was saying, after it dried, I used my emerald envy reinker and an aqua painter to apply some colour to the background. I dropped a couple specks on to the surface as well to look like rain drops.

After it dried... I really dried it this time with a heat gun.

Then it was a "bit of this and a bit of that".

Oh. You noticed the ballon. I cut that sucker right off the one of those Party Pandas (an exclusive Sale-a-Bration stamp set). I cut the twirly whirly string too. I glued it all together and got perfection!

Inside the card, I continued the wording from the sentiment stamp set and added a knight (to fight off the dragon, of course) found in the Magical Day stamp set which I had previously coloured using my Stampin' Up! Blends.

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for dropping by today - Krista Frattin is up next. Krista's style is amazing and she always seems to inspire me!