H2H - Spotlight On...

You guys, have you seen this November Stamp of the Month? I love it. I have been making cards left and right with it. When I found out that the challenge for this week the challenge at Heart 2 Heart was going to be Spotlight On...I decided I wanted to create a scene featuring a blue sky. I have always loved this technique but for some reason I really have only done if a couple of times so this was super fun to revisit it.

To create this look I stamped two trees onto White Daisy cardstock. I took the first tree and added some ground cover and then attached it to some Candy Apple cardstock. On the other piece I stamped the little bird and some little stars using VersaMark pad and then I put some embossing powder on top of that. I then used a sponge dauber to swirl around Sapphire ink creating a night sky. Next I used a Thin Cuts - Basic Circle to cut out part of the scene and matched it up to the first tree.

To finish the card off I mounted it on my favorite buffalo pattern paper from the Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet and added some Clear Sparkles.

I really wanted to add a little bit of the Silver Embellishing Thread around the bottom but I couldn't find it. I must not have ordered it so I ordered some and I will add that to the card once it comes to finish it off.

Please make sure you stop by the other H2H Design Team Blogs to see what they came up with using this fun technique.

Supplies

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Candy Apple

Paper Pack - Hello Pumpkin 

Ink - Black, VersaMark, Sapphire, Candy Apple

Stamps - Seasonal Trees

Other - Clear Embossing Powder, Circle Thin Cuts,  Clear Sparkles

Spotlight: Just be yourself and bloom!

Welcome to our monthly spotlight blog hop. You should have come from Carol's blog. This month we are featuring Just Blooms. I love these little flowers, they come in big flowers, little flowers and in various shapes and colors. I have them all but my favorites are the ones are the little colonial white ones. They can add so much to any project. Today I thought I would just showcase a card.

I decided to add some green buttons to my card for the centers of each flower.

These little flowers are also perfect to stamp on or to dye. You can dye them with reinkers or you can even sponge them to gradually build color.

Here is my completed card. I used one of my

favorite papers from the Twitterpatted paper pack. This paper is so fun and flirty which is exactly what I think of when I see these girls from the Be Yourself stamp set.

Here is another view of the card

Now you can continue on to Helen's blog and see what fun fabulous blooms she has at her blog.

Spotlight Wishes

Hello and welcome to my blog. I hav  been working on revamping it and really love the way it has turned out. Please take a moment to look around and let me know if you like my new layout. Tonight I am posting about our Wishes Card Confidence Program Each month a group of us like to place a spotlight on current products that you may or might not have. If you do not have exactly what I have used, please just sub out the paper and products that you like. Hopefully you have found your way from Lori Browns blog if not and you are just starting out here please enjoy our hop.

 Lets face it some people really got it going on when it comes to making cards. Personally I love to make them as they are instant gratification. They are also a great way to use up some of your scraps from scrapbook pages. Sometimes I can come up with something and sometimes I need a little help to get me started. That is why I love our card confidence program. Wishes is a fabulous book full of detailed sketches, instructions, and samples.

Here is the sketch that I am using tonight

Now I didn't put all the cutting instructions or the samples on here but if you would like some details please let me know and I can get them to you. If you would like to own a copy of this book you can order one here.

I decided to use up my leftovers from my Cherry-O workshop on the go kit. I just think this kit is so much fun. I do appologize my colors are a little funky in this shot. the colors are Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, and the B&T pattern paper. The stamp set is called Bowl of Cherries.

Here is another shot where you can see some of the layers. I cut out each of the cherries as well as the bowl and used pop dots. I also love the way the crochet ribbon looks with this pack of paper. Ohh la la...

Please enjoy the rest of the spotlight on Wishes hop....next up is Melissa Burch I hope you enjoyed my card.

Oh and one more tip...when applying your Glitz set it aside and let it dry. I found my card stuck to my book. Whoops...lol no harm done though it is still all glittery and in the right spots.

Details:

Wishes - City Scape pattern

Bowl of Cherries stamp set

Chocolate Cardstock

Sweetleaf Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

B&T pattern paper - Cherry O

Crochet Ribbon

Pop dot

Stardust Glitz

Tulip, Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate Ink

Spotlight on Veranda...soft delicate elegant memories

I would like to welcome you to the spotlight blog hop. If you came from Lori's blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened to come along my blog today please feel free to hop on over to the others to see what current paper pack they featured this month. Each month we try to use what we have and showcase all the awesome things that can be done. I decided to use a Veranda Level 1 kit. I looked though my photos and saw my girls...aww I have had these photos for over 10 years. I thought it was about time I put these lovely photos in a book. I have always just loved them and have a big giant one that hangs on my wall.

Up above you see some stitching, actually it is faux stitching done with Something Special I love this little set because it is so versital. I also used the My Stickease that comes in the kit. Here is the page

I also used the little butterflies from Just Blooms

Next I want to move on to a memo board that was cased from Doresa Lambrecht she did such an amazing job with it I didn't change a thing.

Next I did some cards

Wow can you beleive that this is all still from a level one kit???

The first card again uses the Spring Just Blooms and the Stamp of the Month this month Flower Pot and Authentic I also watercolored on this card.

Next is a simple card with some layers of stamps from Authentic

Scince I wanted this to look layered I stitched using the little stamp from above again and then I sponged around each of the parts of the level one base to make it look like separate peices. I also added a little butterfly for some demension.

Last but not least is a card with a flower that was inspired by my daughters purse. I took 6 punched circles and glued them down at the base. I then curled them up and put a big brad in the center to bring it all together. I thought it was a pretty fun flower and I hope you like it too.

There is no stamping on this card.

Here is the whole kit all together

Now hop on over to Carols blog and see what she came up with.