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

Autumn Blessing Die-Namites Challenge Inspiration

Hello, Die Lovers!!

If you haven't yet, stop on by the Die-Namite's blog and join in on our October Photo Inspiration Challenge. There is still some time to get those entries in!! The deadline is Halloween night at 11:55 EST!! So don't forget to link up!  For official rules and other details, please see the original challenge post here.

Here is this month's inspirational photo:

and here is my inspirational card...

I used Die-Namites' Pear Tree Die

Other Supplies used

Cut'n'boss (Craftwell)

Xyron Creative Station with 9" Permanent Adhesive

eBrush (Craftwell)

Thankful Stamp Set (Pink and Main)

Cardstock ( Bazzill Basics)

Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye)

VersaFine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)

Martha Stewart Deluxe Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Sharpies- orange, green, brown, red

PITT Artist Pen XS (Faber-Castell)

Hemp Twine

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

Blue Painter's Tape

2Way Glue Pen (EK Success)

 I started off by cutting a 4.5"x11" piece of cardstock and scoring it at the 5.5" and folding it in half creating an A2 sized card base.  I also cut a 4"x5.25" piece of cardstock and a 3.75"x5" piece of patterned paper to use as mats and ran them through my Xyron Creative Station.

I pieced together my card and mats. Then taped off the edges using painters tape. I airbrushed a circle of orange and yellow to the center of my card using my ebrush machine with orange and yellow Sharpies. 

I used my Die-Namites Pear Tree and cut 4 trees from cardstock and glued them together using a glue pen.

Then I ebrushed my tree using brown, green, orange, and red Sharpies. I added details using a PITT Arist Pen and Diamond Glaze on the pears and bird. I used Diamond Glaze to adhere my tree onto my card. 

Then stamped my sentiment under the tree using a Versafine Onyx Black ink pad. I used Pink and Main's "Thankful" stamp set for the "Autumn Blessings sentiment.

Here is my finished card:

I stayed with the warm autumn colors that reminded me a lot of a sunset... I love golden sunsets!! And, I love how this card turned out. It was a simple, yet elegant. A card that I could easily replicate multiples of. 

 This is such a gorgeous die and I didn't want to spoil it by adding too much fluff and frill, so I kept it simple.  I just added warm bold colors and a bit of hemp twine bow to give it an organic feel.

Happy Fall Y'all!!

Hope you enjoyed my inspirational project!

~ Mitsyana Wright

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!