Miss Lilly Summer - DT Project for LBBS

I'm here with my 3rd and final project as a guest designer for Little Blue Button stamps.  I have had a blast with each of my projects and I decided to make something big for my final one.

I used some chipboard pennants from Fancy Pants which I have had in my stash forever.  I covered them in paper from the Endless Summer stack from DCWV (also an oldie).  I decorated each of the banners with a doily from Michaels and a spellbinders out of the patterned paper.

Then they were decorated with flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some acrylic flowers and butterflies.  All the laces are from my stash and then I also used some iridescent flat back pearls from MB Treasurista.

I absolutely love the way it turned out and Miss Lily Summer is so adorable.  Below is close up pictures of each of the banners.  Be sure to stop by my youtube channel for a video of it.

Miss Lilly Summer was coloured up with Copics (colours listed below).  I added some glitter with Wink of Stella on her skirt and the ribbon on her hat and then I added some crystal accents on her sun glasses.  I decided to make the popsicle into a fudge-sicle - mmmmm!

Hope you have enjoyed my projects for Little Blue Button stamps - head on over to their website and get yourself some of these stamps and digi's for yourself!!
http://lbbstamps.com

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Accordian Bean

I was playing around with different folds for cards and came across the accordian card fold from Splitcoaststampers.  The card base has been sitting on my desk for weeks just staring at me - so finally I matted it up and added some super cute Beans from the Magical Bean kit (which you can still buy right now at the Greeting Farm or Not2Shabby).

 It is so adorable!!  I added some black doily dies from My Favorite Things and some spellbinder shapes with the stamped sentiment.  All the paper is from the Citrus Stack from DCWV.

You can see the sparkle from the Wink of Stella on the images and the black doilies.
Check out my youtube channel from a close up look!

Here is the colic marker colours that I used on these two images.

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Miss Lilly Glasses - Guest DT for LBBS!!

Hi Everyone!

I have my second project for Little Blue Button stamps and I am so super excited about this one.  I decorated an envelope from the DCWV Vintage Collector line and she is adorable!!
I coloured up Miss Lilly Glasses with my Spectrum Noir and Copic markers and added some paper from the Authentique Sweetness collection.

For the base on the envelope I used one of my new dies from Mama Elephant which has a scallop card base and a stitched layer for inside.  I die cut some floral paper from the Vintage Collector and a vellum piece for the inside.  The sentiment "Just Eat Ice Cream" is fussy cut from the Authentique collection and I added a sprinkling of sequins all over.

The marker colours that I used are listed below and for some additional interest I added diamond stickler to her headband and her dress and glossy accents to her glasses.  I really do love the way this one turned out.

If you would like a closer look please visit my youtube channel to see the video on this project!

Spectrum Noir:
Dress - PP1, PP4, PP5, BT3, BT5
Copics:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, R20
Hair - YR20M YR21, YR23, E33

Check out Little Blue Button Stamps for some great rubber and digi stamps - http://lbbstamps.com


Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Guest Designer, Little Blue Button Stamps - Yah me!!!

Hi Everyone!

I am so happy to be coming to you today with a project for Little Blue Button Stamps.  I was chosen to be a guest designer for the month of June and will be sharing three projects with you.

So, for my first project I started with Sweet Geisha Charlie and I wanted to alter an item.  I chose a paper mache note pad holder that has been in my stash for quite some time.  I started by colouring it with black gesso and then covering it with patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Enchanted paper line.

She turned out so sweet.  I coloured her up with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers and added some glossy purple with a Sakura gel pen.  I used the Tim Holtz Ornate frame for the background and stood it up with a picture frame backing that I pulled off of one of the Micheals $1.50 ceramic frames.
Added some little white doilies from my stash and decorated with roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and cherry blossoms from I am Roses.

Check out my YouTube channel for a closer look and a list of marker colours used.
Stay tuned for more projects before the end of the month - thank you so much for stopping by.

Sorry - forgot to share the link to Little Blue Button Stamps - check them out for some great rubber and digi stamps - http://lbbstamps.com

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Mermaid Fun

Here is another card that I recently made.  

I was playing around with water colour paper and Tim Holtz distress inks and the turquoise background is what I ended up with.  I really love the texture that it creates on the card.  And totally reminded me of water so I pulled out one of my Kraftin Kimmie stamps.

I coloured her up with my Copics and Spectrum Noir markers and then added a super sparkly layer of Lindy's Satmp Gang Scintilating Silver! My fav!!

Here's a good look at the front and inside of the card.  Head on over to my youtube channel to see more =)

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

It's about time...

Wow, it has been a long time!!

Well I've still been crafting but mostly posting on my youtube channel which I am happy to say is up over 1500 subscribers.

I thought I would come over here and give you some pictures of what you've been missing out on.  And I promise that I am going to keep sharing with you.  Life gets pretty busy but if I don't find time to craft I am definitely not a happy person to get along with =)

I have recently purchased quite a few new stamps from Simon Says Stamp, the Greeting Farm, Mama Elephant, Some Odd Girl and much more.  I made it a goal to make something with everything that I buy and start using up some of my stash.  No use keeping it lying around to look at when I could use it on some amazing projects.

Anyways, here are some of the cards that I have made recently.  If you want to take a closer look just head over to my youtube channel and check out my video's.

Hope you keep watching, I have some exciting news coming in July!!

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Fun with the Envelope Punch Board

So I finally broke down and bought the envelope punch board and all because of Bona at LiveLoveScrap.  She has made some truly amazing projects and I wanted to get it on it :-)

So the first thing I did was make some envelopes - of course, it's an envelope punch board isn't it - lol!!

Here are a couple of my decorated envelopes for Halloween.  I have no idea the company that these stamps came from - they were deep in my stash and I had even stamped and coloured them last year too.


Then  we have the super cute Happy Meal box that Bona created.  I just fell in love with this and had to make it.  She does have a tutorial over on youtube if you are interested.  Head on over to my youtube channel and the link is in my video on the envelope punch board.

To decorate these I used some of my super cute Saturated Canary digi images which are coloured with my Copic and Spectrum Noir markers. 

Take a look and enjoy!!

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Happy World Card Making Day!

Happy World Card Making Day!  I got the chance to make one card today - so far.  And I took a video while I was doing it.  So head on over to my youtube channel and check it out.  It's the first time I've done a start to finish video, a little long but I'm sure you'll enjoy it. 

I used my favorite Amazing Grace stamp from Our Daily Bread and did some embossing with Verdigris embossing powder - another fav of mine.  Then I finished it off with some Wild Orchid Craft flowers and a Studio Calico wood veneer butterfly. 

Hope you all had a great day and made cards :-)  Check out my video here.

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Tea Party!!

 Madison and I went to a fundraiser tea party for the London Insurance Professionals and if you wore a hat you received an extra draw ticket.  That to me was a challenge - so out came the paper and up came the videos on youTube.  You'll have to check out my video to see both our hats up close - I gave mine away to a cute little girl at the tea party ;-)  And there is another finished altered tea box that I decorated that of course I forgot to take a picture of.

Here is pic of the both of us with our party hats on.  They are so cute!!

 

And Madison was lucky enough to win this super cute owl teapot that looks awesome in my kitchen - lol!

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Mod Podge Melts

I saw some video's on YouTube and decided to play around with my Mod Podge Melts.  I had made them a while ago and just left them in a box because I really didn't know what to do with them.  Well let me introduce you to my new  favorite products - Black Gesso and Inka Gold Metallic Rub!!

Here's a close up of the finished embellishments.  Some are painted with black gesso and the others are painted with acrylic paint - a mix of blue and green, to give a patina look to it.  I absolutely love them.

 I loved the how the owl turned out so much that I had to add it to my little Halloween sign.  Perfect addition to my project.

Check out my VIDEO to see how to do these.

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Altered Pocket Watch

I told you I love Halloween and I've already finished another project.  I wanted to use another of my Saturated Canary images that I purchased - fly girl - and the original ones that I printed were pretty big so I decided to make a Halloween decoration for my house.

I picked this Want2Scrap chipboard pocket watch from the steampunk album kit.  It's an old one that I've been hanging onto in my stash.  I started off by covering it with some patterned paper and distressing the edges with Black Soot distress ink.  I then mixed up some texture paste with glimmer mist to get a light lavender colour.  I love the way this turned out.  And used my new Crafters Workshop template - Aspen Trees.

 Here is a close up before I did anything else too it - the trees are so cool and spooky at the same time.  I also used my palette knife to soften the edges and spread some texture paste around the whole project.  After it had dried I sprayed some orange glimmer mist and splattered black, orange and purple all over.

She is so super cute.  Just had to finish it off with some flowers and leaves from I am Roses and a little bit of bling.

Check out the video here.

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

A Spooky Card Share

 I haven't forgotten about my blog.  I know, I just like to take breaks - actually it's all YouTube's fault.  It's just to addictive and I spend all my time over there, watching and uploading videos.  Well I'll try and spend some more time over here too and what better time to start then gearing up for Halloween.

I've been inspired recently from Bona at LiveLoveScrap with all of her beautiful projects and she's been using quite a lot of Saturated Canary digi images, so guess what, I went shopping!  But this shopping was fun, I didn't have to pay any shipping costs and it was instant gratification because you get your images right away to play with.  I play around with the size, print of the image and voila - it's time to colour.

I was going through my stamps and realized I didn't have many Halloween stamps - I probably do and just can't find them right now - so I picked out a couple of images.  Here is the first one that I coloured - Rollerskating Zombie.  I love how she turned out.

 I created a circle easel card with my mini8 punch - love it.  Added a ton of layers and used some of my Halloween spellbinders.  When I was all done putting everything together I added some glimmer mist of the whole project (really love the effect on the black cardstock) and splattered a little bit of black chalkboard spray.

Check out the video here !


Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Playing with Prima Dolls!

 I finally got my hands on the Prima Doll Stamps and had to play with them all weekend.  I got to play with one so far but check out what I made.

The first one is a sign made out of a page of chipboard from a Michaels chipboard album.  Patterned paper is all from My Minds Eye.

She is just so sweet, I love how she turned out. 

This sign is hanging right above my craft room door on the inside so that I can stare at it all the time. 

I absolutely love it!  I used pretty much every technique I could think of.  The base is patterned paper with tons of glimmer misting, molding past, torn paper, gesso and goosebumps.  The turquoise through the middle is cheese cloth sprayed with glimmer mist.

The flowers are from I am Roses and Craft Supplies 1.  With tons of embellishments from Prima and Michaels.

Check out the video on You Tube here!

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Girly Grunge Altered Canvas

Hi everyone.  Sorry I have been MIA - I have however been keeping up with posting videos on my you tube channel and am 1 subscriber away from hitting 100!!  Wow, can you believe it.  I am so excited.  I'm going to come up with a challenge for a giveaway so you'll have to check in on my you tube channel to get in on the fun.

In the meantime I thought I would share some still shots of my fun altered canvas.  I pulled out one of my favorite pictures of my daughter Madison from when she was a cute little three year old - my how they grow :-)

I have watched so many start to finish videos and everyone makes it look so easy, it's not easy but it is super fun and super messy.  I started off with a 10x10 canvas from Michaels and put a nice layer of Gesso down.  I added some crepe paper streamers and some paper doilies with gel medium and then added in a full crochet doily that I got at the thrift store - yes on top of being a dollar store junky I am now a thrift store junky.

I took some pointer from one of my fav you tube inspirers - msliberty25 - Miranda is super talented and has the most amazing girly grunge and all sorts of projects.  I wanted to try her embossed tin tape technique - you'll see little bits of it shining through here but you get a good view in the video.  I also added some paper leaves from Michaels in the $1.50 bin.

Once I had all the base glued down and another layer of gesso, I started spraying with glimmer mist.  Now everyone else always comes out with a super bright and colorful project - mine seems a little pastel but the colors are still vibrant in person - it's give a nice shabby look to it. 

 I embellished with quite a few items from my stash.  Some bloomers trim that I've been hanging on to - okay I'll admit - hoarding.  Some rhinestones, music note washi tape, prima wood clock, I Am Roses black roses and cherry blossoms that I sprayed with my glimmer mists. 

And many other various things that I just fell in love with. 

I really love how it turned out and will have to do one for my son now.  Definately something that I will do over and over again.

Check out the video over on my you tube channel.  And don't forget to watch for my upcoming challenge.

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Cute Cards with my new Camera!!

I know it's been a while since I've posted - I feel really bad - I have still been posting You Tube video's but I've been slacking on the posts.  So sorry.

I had some exciting stuff to share today though and a new toy to play with.

I bought a new camera today!!  Yes, I finally got a Canon Rebel T3i - woohoo!!  Just look at the quality of these pictures.  No photo box, no special lights.  This is so exciting and has been so much fun to play with today.  The kids and I did some stamping and colouring at the kitchen table, Jonathan was being a goof.

The other day when we were at Michaels I was checking out the $1.50 bin and found some super cool items.  One of the items I'm sharing today is these super cute wooden shapes.  Glasses!!  There were some others, like purses, shoes and martini glasses but the glasses were the only ones I wanted.  I had something in mind right away.

Take a look...

We started out with this super cute LaLa Land stamp with the Koala hat.  Totally reminded me of my daughter Madison - she has a panda hat.  These ones are the perfect size for the glasses.  Below is Madison's card.  We added some tulle for her skirt and painted the glasses with nail polish so that they would be glossy.

Here's a close up of her super cute face.  Stay tuned for more - Madison forced me into going out today to buy more LaLa Land stamps.

Don't you just love the photo quality.  I am so excited and can't wait to share more.

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah