Sweets....

Hello there Journey friends,

As I sit here at home enjoying my snowcation from school, I've been having a ball creating yummy Valentines.  Do you make handmade Valentines and share them with family and friends??  Yes, I'm looking ahead to next month and am getting excited for all the fun that will occur next month.  

I have quite a pile of retired black and white printed paper from Fun Stampers Journey and I've been working on whittling away one page at a time.  I decided to use some of the distressed stripes (I'm in love with stripes lately) and some leftover pieces of our yummy printed Vellum Designer Prints...

If you take a closer peek at the golden panel, you might notice the Bubble Bubble stencil was used to create this yummy pattern.  I applied Modeling Paste over the stencil and onto some watercolor paper with my finger.  This allowed me to control the amount of paste I was using in each little stencil hole. After finishing the stenciling,  I rapid set the paste with my Heat Gun and let it sit for a little while as I glued the vellum panel together.  I also punched a little heart from the Love Is punch and added some golden ric-rack for extra sparkle.

After the modeling paste was completely dry, I applied antique gold Rub-n-Buff over the tip (using my finger) then burnished it with a cloth.  This gave the golden color some added shine.  The next step was applying this embossed panel to the striped printed paper and applying the second panel over that.  To give some contrast and extra texture/dimension, I applied half of a red chocolate cup wrapper (Wilton has some fun colors) behind the panel.  Adding some Journey Glaze to the heart gave this card some of the finishing touch it needed.

Other items used in creating this card include Black Journey Twine, Oatmeal Cookie cardstock, Dimensional Foam Squares, Journey Craft Glue, Black and White Journey Basics printed paper (the thin scrap of paper on the vellum) and an A2 whip cream card base.

I LOVE YOU...Snow!

Hey journey friends,

I'm sure you already know but we here in Northern VA (and the rest of the North East) are being bombarded with an epic snowstorm/blizzard this weekend.  It's awesome, I love it and it's just what I've been wishing for all winter long!  Yes, I'm crazy...Crazy in love with snowstorms.  :)

Soo...after shoveling a billion times, trying to coax my puppies outside to go potty AND slathering lotion all over my frostbitten face, hands and legs, I headed up to my crafty room to create...a little LOVE note, per-se.

I love to use up my scraps...I usually do it on "Scrap Sundays" but today my pile was calling me.  I used some FSJ Clear Pigment Ink and Journey Gold Embossing Powder on some watercolor paper, heat set that then splattered some Cranberry Bliss Silk on it.  I didn't let it dry all the way and spritzed some Gold Color Splash over that.  It made some of the silk spread like crazy so I took a towel and rubbed it around on the watercolor paper.  After that dried, I added more Gold Color Splash spritzing then splattered some Gold Silk over that.

Assembling the little focal panel was easy with a few scraps of leftover project papers (Black Licorice Cardstock, Vellum Designer Prints, half of a red chocolate wrapper, some golden ric-rac, a few Love Is punched hearts and some Journey Black Twine.

I'll be back again to share some more Snowmageddon creations soon!

Sweet Journey...HYCCT1506

Hey there stamping friends,

I'm back with another fun card created for the Splitcoaststampers Hope You Can Cling To 2015 card drive.  This card was created for Stacy's Hearts for Hope challenge #6.  In this challenge she requested that we incorporate the use of three hearts and a tad bit of red.  SOOO...Here you go...Enjoy!  

I was able to use my Gelli plate on the blue-ish panel.  I also did some experimenting to see if my re-inkers would mix well with the white acrylic paint and lay well on my Gelli Plate.  It DID!  You can't quite see it on the Cranberry Fusion red circle punch, but I stamped the honeycomb ATS image on the circle with Pomegranate ink.  

The background was stamped with Clear embossing ink and I use clear embossing powder over that.  It gave a nice shiny image and added a lot of texture.  :)  The sentiment tag was stamped using the Bezel Blocks ATS and Versafine Onyx ink with clear embossing powder over that.  I also swiped some Buttercream ink over the card base then rubbed off of the embossed parts to heighten the contrast.  

I hope you enjoy this card.  I know it will find a home somewhere and will bring a smile to someone who needs it.  :)

March Kit of the Month Is HERE!!!

Yipee!!! The wait is OVER!!! Today is the day we can spill the beans, toss the bottle, and let it float away...It'll have a fabulous journey!

Introducing the newest Kit of The Month:  

Wish in a Bottle!  

(original photo edited with permission from Richard Garay)

I'm sooo excited to get my kit in the mail!  I can't wait to fill those yummy bottles and play with texture!!! This will be an amazing kit to play with and I'm so looking forward to this bottle journey!!!
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Join me throughout the month for my adventures with this kit.  Grab some extra FREE inspiration sheets and get stamping!