A pocket full of wishes

Hello Crafty Friends... I hope you all are having a beautiful weekend so far!! 

I have for you today on my project for Die-Namites Dies' monthly inspiration challenge!!

This month's inspirational picture makes me feel warm and cozy! And I love the cool color scheme!!

So for my inspiration piece I chose to follow those cool colors!

But instead of a winter theme I chose to do a birthday card. My family has many birthdays in the month of January... including that of my husband and youngest son! So with that in mind a birthday card was a perfect fit!!

Supplies Used

Heart Branch Die (Die-Namites)

Jeans Pocket (Die-Namites)

eBrush (Craftwell)

Xyron Mega Runner

Sentiment Die (Taj Clubhouse)

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)

Red Sharpie Markers

Polka-dot Craft Paper (Craftsmith)

White Cardstock (Bazzill Basics)

Red and White Polka-dot Paper (Martha Stewart)

Red and White Twine

Stitched Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon

Red Flower Button

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

Gesso (Liquitex)

With a paint brush and gesso... I made paint splatter onto my patterned paper. I used a heating tool to speed drying time. I applied heat on both sides to minimize bowing and warping.

I used my Xyron Mega Runner to apply adhesive to my card front and attach it to a 4"x 5-1/4" white cardstock mat.

 When the sharpies are pushed too far into the adapter head it has a tendency to splatter... perfect... just the look I was going for!! I add red splatters along with my white ones.

Using white cardstock I die-cut both a Jeans Pocket and 3 Heart Branches.

   

 

The pocket I kept white. But I airbrushed all my stems using a red Sharpie and an airbrush (ebrush) machine.

My stems were too long and hanging out of the pocket too much. Much too long for my card... so I trimmed about 1 inch off each branch.

Then I glued my pocket a slight diagonal and glued my heart branches into the pocket and once the glue dried tucked in a few birthday candles. 

 I stamped my sentiment "a pocket full of wishes" along the top of my card. I figure this a perfect sentiment since it is customary for everyone to makes a wish before blowing out candles.

For a finishing touch, I made a quadruple loop bow made from red and white twine. Then I used a turquoise grosgrain with red stitching to make a regular looped bow and layered it over my twine bow, tied to them together, and topped it with a red flower button. 

And here is my finished card...

I hope you enjoyed my card and are inspired to join in on our challenge fun!!

For more info on the Die-Namites Challenge or to upload your project, please click here!

You could be the next winner of a $25 gift certificate from Die-Namite Dies!!

Thanks for stopping by and...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~ Mitsy

December Challenge and Photo Inspiration

Hello, my  crafty friends!! More holiday inspiration coming your way! And it's time for another Challenge!!

Come on by the Die-Namites Blog for our monthly challenges. Each month we'll have a challenge with a photo as our inspiration. This month's photo is:

Use this as inspiration and just create!

You can enter your projects for your chance of winning a $25 Die-Namites Gift Card. 

To find out more about our monthly challenge or to link your challenge project, see the original post here.

I like the organic feel of the inspiration photo. All the natural textures and colors. It gave me a very woodsy/ rustic vibe.

I didn't go the rustic route... but kept the neutral color palette.

Here is my challenge project:

I started off using my Cricut electric cutting machine to cut my card base.

I found an awesome cut file in the Cricut library for a trifold card... You can find the same file in the subscription area of Cricut Design Space.

It's a trifold card complete with score lines and a frame.

I used my Xyron Mega Runner to adhere my panels to the outer right-hand flap and onto the inside middle panel...

And because it had a 1/4" refill in it, I even used the Mega Runner on my frame!

For my focal point, I used Die-Namites' Pinecone die.

And, guess what, you can get 15% off your next purchase... that's right not just off this die but your ENTIRE purchase!! How awesome is that??!! Just use my special code mitsyana15 during checkout!!

I used my manual die cut machine to cut two die cut pinecones out of craft cardstock. This die is just GORGEOUS!! And these dies just slide out of the die!!The die has poke holes but never had to use them or a poke tool to get my pieces out!! And that is just AWESOME!

Then I ebrushed my pinecones using brown and green Sharpie Markers.

Supplies Used

Pinecone Die (Die-Namites)

Xyron Mega Runner

Cricut Explore Air

Trifold Card File (Cricut DS Subscription)

Patterned Paper (Craft Smith)

Craft Cardstock

Hemp Twine

3D Lacquer

Green and Brown Sharpie Markers

eBrush (Craftwell)

All I Want For Christmas Stamp Set (Oak Tree Stamps)

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)

Then I used my liquid adhesive (3D Lacquer) to attach my pinecones to the flap of my card.

I tied a quadruple loop bow out of hemp twin and also attached with liquid adhesive.

And, last but not least I stamped my sentiment from the "All I want for Christmas" stamp set with VersaFine onyx black ink.

And here is my finished card: 

I love how elegant this card turned out!

This inside panel I left blank for writing or if I wanted to attach a gift card.

Hope you enjoyed this card and are inspired to join us in our challenge fun!!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING FRIENDS!!

~Mitsy

Die-Namites Photo Inspiration and Challenge

Hello Crafty Friends... 

Today I'm sharing my take on the Die-Namites Inspiration Challenge!

 I love fall and all the lovely colors. So I chose to mimic the inspiration photos' deep rich colors and earthy feel. I also loved the woodgrain background so I kept that in mind when designing my card.

For my project I  I chose to make a 5"x7" sized card. I really loved that woodgrain as a background so I embossed with my Teresa Collins Woodgrain Cottage embossing folder a 4 3/4"x 6 3/4" mat.

I shaded the raised embossed image and cut a 4 7/8"x 5 7/8" piece of white cardstock to layer it over.

Then, I ran both pieces through my Xyron Creative Station.

I used Die-Namites Budding Vine and Beautiful Flowers Dies as my focal point.

         

   

You don't need leaf dies to replicate the the challenge photo. Unlike the inspiration photo, I currently do not have any leaf dies (which I need to remedy... there's no such thing as too many dies if you ask me). So, instead, I opted to use my floral dies and shade them in deep oranges and reds. For me, the fast and easiest way to color and shade is airbrushing... I rarely bring out sponge daubers and ink pads anymore.

I airbrushed my flowers using an eBrush machine and orange, red, green, and brown Sharpies. 

Then I ran that piece through my Xyron 3" Sticker Maker.

And layered it over another flower die-cut I cut out of chipboard that I painted white with gesso.

Speaking of gesso...

I love how painting the buds on the Budding Vines with gesso makes them look a whole lot like pussy willows... don't you think so?!

I also love the metallic element in the inspiration photo too... but instead of wrapping my flowers I chose to mount my flowers over a bit of gold cord I looped into a circle. For a little more shine a sprinkled a bit of metallic sequins throughout.

I used an EK Success Lattice Punch for the decorative strip in the center and layered over an orange strip of cardstock, and matted over white.

Then I flicked a little bit of gesso onto my card with a paintbrush.

Once that dried, I stamped my sentiment from Pink and Main's Thankful set.

Then I fishtailed it with my scissors, added a foam dot in the center to raise the middle, and tacked down the ends with my Xyron Mega Runner.

I think this card definitely screams FALL!!

I hope you enjoyed my card and that it inspires you to join in on our Halloween/ Fall Challenge!! Enter your projects and you can win a $25 voucher to the Die-Namites website!!

For more info (details, rules, and/or to link your fabulous "Challenge" projects) click HERE!

I can't wait to see all the wonderful entries!!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING EVERYONE!