Try It Tuesday ~ more sea shell cards!

Hi guys!

I  still have been having sea shells on my mind.  I thought, what about a card 

with sea shells hanging in a fishing net ~ so that was my inspiration for this set of cards.

I chose four coordinating Ranger inks and stayed with that.  Simple stamping on white

 cardstock and then trimming the sea shell images out.  The shells were painted with Wink of Stella for some sparkle.

Products used:

Paper: Quick Quotes/Anchor Aweigh

Ink: Ranger/ Cobalt, Aquamarine, Corn Flower Blue, Sky Blue.

Tumble Dye: S.E.I.

Adhesive: Tombow

Stamps: Deep Red/ Seashell Collection,  Darkroom Door/Background Fishing Net, Stampers Anonymous/ #hashtags.

Sequins: Clear Scraps/ocean

Buttons: Buttons Galore & More

This is not a sponsored post, just me creating with some awesome products!!

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Try It Tuesday~ Butterfly Garden Border stamp by Darkroom Door

Hi guys!

As I promised my creation using one of the Darkroom Door Border

 stamps called Butterfly Garden.  I was really curious how the border stamps would stamp, so I just started stamping on white cardstock. 

 I stamped one row and then another, and another, until I had stamped the entire sheet.

The front of the journal took three rows.  The stamped paper was adhered to the front of the journal, edges sanded and then shaded with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk ink/Midnight Confessions. 

The front is speckled  with Tumble Dye/Black by S.e.i. and Dylusions Ink Spray/Lemon Zest.

I'm sure you are wondering about the gorgeous butterflies~

let me talk you through it!

I watched a tutorial from Richard Garay and had to try to make them. Darkroom Door has a Eclectic/Butterfly that is similar to the one he used in his tutorial, so I knew this was possible. The technique is a 3D technique (can't find it to share) but I viewed it on Facebook.

I'm going to explain how it is done~

1. Using 3 shades of ink, spread (in a V shape) one under the other, on a piece of white cardstock. Just take the ink pad right to the paper. The paper size about 5" wide x 10" long.  The ink space needs to be larger enough to stamp the butterfly on.

2. Stamp the butterfly on the ink space with Archival/Black ink.

3. Fold the paper in thirds and glue (liquid, white paper glue) them together. That will give two layers of cardstock plus the layer the butterfly is stamped on.

3. Cut the butterfly out while the glue is still wet. That is the key.

4. Shape the butterfly, to give it dimension, like it is in flight.

5. When it is dry, seal the butterfly with an acrylic sealer.  I did 4 coats on mine. ( in the tutorial, he did 8 coats)

6. I speckled mine with yellow acrylic paint and added a center to the butterfly.

They take a little time but are so worth it.  I will list the butterfly I used from Darkroom Door in the supply list but it is this one~

There was enough stamped border paper left over that a book mark was created.

Supplies used:

Stamps:Darkroom Door: Butterfly Garden Border stamp, Eclectic/ Butterfly and Enjoy the Ride

Ink: Ranger Archival/Jet Black, Fern Green, Red Geranium and Saffron. Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk ink/Midnight Confessions. Dylusions Ink Spray/Lemon Zest. S.e.i /Tumble Dye/Black.

Embellishments: Prima: buttons. Divine Twine:yellow.

Liquid Glue: Multi/Tombow

Other:

acrylic sealer

college composition book 

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Try It Tuesday~ heart tart tins, different!!!

Hi guys!

Try It Tuesday time :)

You know how I love the heart tart tins, they speak to me all the time. 

 I had found another set of them a few months back so I have been creating!!

I love them this way too :)

I popped up the center heart shaped paper and then decorated the fronts

 with paper and stickers by Bella Blvd.  Each heart tells a different story.

Love Grows Here

A True Heart

Grow In His Grace

These will make super cute gifts or stay super cute on my

 counter, haven't decided yet!  I love creating home decor re-purposing

 something from the past.

Supplies:

vintage heart tart tins

Illustrated Faith/She Blooms by Bella Blvd. collection with stickers

Jillbean Soup/rhinestone embellishments

Tombow adhesive

small easel

twine

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For my project I chose to make these tea stained muslin gift bags.   They are great for gift giving and beautiful to wrap that special gift or keepsake in.  They are not hard to make, just take a little time.  So here we go~

#1. Brew some strong hot tea and soak the muslin bags in the mix for 15 ~ 20 minutes.

#2. Remove from the hot tea and let them dry.

#3. Tea stain strips of muslin (just like above) 3" wide X 12" long.

#4. Twist and roll the strip of muslin. As you are rolling tag it with Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow, to keep it together.  

#5. Clip when necessary.

#6. Now the fun part starts!  Glue on lace, ribbon and the hand rolled roses with

 Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow.  

#7. Glue the buttons by Buttons Galore & More in the center of the roses.

#8. When I had everything glued, I put a heavy book on top of them and let them dry.

#9. They are ready to wrap that treasure in and give to that special someone.

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