Teresa Collins Cityscape Card- Craftwell/ Clearsnap Collaboration

Hello, Crafty Friends! It has been a while since I've been in my craftroom... and I am super excited to able to bring you these ULTRA CHIC products from Teresa Collins. The awesome people of Clearsnap have joined together with our fabulous Craftwell team to bring you some inspiring projects for the month of July.

Featured Teresa Collins Products

 

Teresa Collins Cut'n'boss (Craftwell)

 

Teresa Collins Embossing Folder- Design Grids (Craftwell)

Teresa Collins Pocket Dies- Noteworthy (Craftwell)

Teresa Collins Glitz Gold (Clearsnap)

Teresa Collins Loft Black (Clearsnap)

Teresa Collins Wood Mount Stamps- Downtown (Clearsnap)

Other Supplies Used

Black, White, Cream Cardstock Stack (DCWV)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

1.5" Sticker Maker (Xyron)

Clear Embossing Powder (Judikins)

Glossy Accents (Ranger)

First, I started by creating a mini city. I used the Teresa Collins Downtown rubber stamp by Clearsnap. I stamped my image several times on bright white textured cardstock using Glitz Gold and Loft black pigment ink pads. I could have stamped my image on smooth cardstock, which would have given me a smooth and even impression, but chose to use textured cardstock because the inked impression would stamp only the raised texture... leaving the depressed areas white... and mimic the look if lit windows in my buildings.

Next, I dipped my freshly stamped images into clear embossing powder and heat set them with a heating tool. 

Then, I hand cut each cityscape out and cut a few into smaller pieces. Then I ran all my little building through my Xyron "X" sticker maker.

I used one solid (uncut) piece as my front, and then randomly layered the smaller pieces behind it, creating a tiny city.

For my card front, I used the "Be Golden" die from the Teresa Collins Noteworthy set... not for the phrase itself but for the circle shape. I found that this die was the perfect size to create a A2 mat (4"x 5.25") sized card window. This is a wonderful way to stretch the use of your die. I also set aside the cut-out to use on another project for later.

Once my window was cut out, I embossed it using the Teresa Collins Design Grids Embossing Folder. I turned my card front at a 45 degree angle and ran it through my Cut'n'boss machine. This gives me a diamond pattern instead of a square patterned impression.

Because this card front is heavily textured I ran it through my Creative Station Lite for maximum adhesion. This will hold it securely to my card.

I applied it to a A2 sized card made with glossy black cardstock. I cut another piece of bright cardstock slightly smaller than my windowed mat and layered the two together. Then attached them to my glossy cardbase.

For my sentiment, I used the " Love These Moments" die, also from the Noteworthy set, and die cut it from more white cardstock. I cut out 2 of these. Then, replaced one back into it's negative and inked the entire sentiment with Glitz Gold pigment ink. Placing my words back into it's cutout helps to keep it in it's place and help prevents tears on my delicate pieces.

Then, I dipped my inked sentiment into clear embossing powder and heat set it. Now my sentiment coordinates perfectly with my stamped image.

I layered the heat embossed sentiment over the white one and adhered the two together with Glossy Accents. Then used more Glossy Accents to attach to my card front.

The result is this ULTRA CHIC and FABULOUSLY MOD card. 

Very Clean and Very Simple!

Perfect card to give to those who love the city and/or city life.

Hope you enjoyed my project for today!!

Hope you have a very crafty day!!

~ Mitsy

Winter Love - Mixed Media Layout

Hello, Crafty Friends... I have been taking a really big interest into the mixed media world and have  been dabbling a lot with different techniques. Like my mom always said, " you have to try everything at least once to decide if you like it or not".

And, with that, I'm going to dive right in! No hesitating. No turning back. 

 Let's get ready to rumble!! Yup, Mixed Media is about to go down!! 

This just got real! I'm about to get dirty...Oh no!! I hate getting dirty!!

EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!

Oh well, here I go!!

Supplies Used

Spritzers Dye Ink Sprays- Glacier Lake, Mermaid  (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Petal Point Ink Pads- Aurora, Enchantment (Clearsnap)

Art Screens- Bloom (Clearsnap)

Creative Station w/9" Permanent Adhesive Refill (Xyron)

3" Sticker Maker (Xyron)

Teresa Collins Pocket Die- Love- Memory Collection (Craftwell)

Winter Wonderland- Blizzard, Shiver, Flurries, Chips(Pebbles Inc)

Natural Corrugated Stack (DCWV)

Vintage Sheet Music

Gesso (Liquitex)

Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks (Ad Tech)

Winter Glitter Sprays and Flower Pick (Celebrate It)

Mini Picture Frame (Michael's)

Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Paper Mart)

Gauze/ Cheese Cloth

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

Sponge Daubers (Tsukineko)

Heat Tool (Marvy Uchida)

Die-cut Spatula (Cricut)

Button Shank Remover or Wire cutters 

Tim Holtz Distressing Tool (Tonic Studios)

Micro Beads- Seamist ( Buttons Galore)

First, I took a mini frame

 and remove the backing from it. It is easy to do with the help of your die-cut spatula. Just slide between and across. Try to remove as much excess cardboard as possible. This helps minimize the bulk of the frame.

 Now, I painted my whole frame with gesso and let dry. You can use a heat gun to speed this step along.

Then I sprayed my gessoed frame down using Clearsnap's Mermaid Spritzer. Once dried I used a sponge dauber and the darkest color from my ColorBox Aurora Petal Point to rub the raised areas. Dried the ink using my heat gun and then applied silver from my ColorBox Enchantment Petal Point to go over the dark color I just rubbed on. 

The silver over the black really makes the silver pop!

Then I heat set again with my heat tool.

I set my frame aside and custom colored my poinsettia flower. I love buying just white flowers and embellishments for this very reason. I can custom color everything to fit my needs. Because this is fabric, it takes a much longer drying time than paper. You can help it along with a heat gun but will still need quite a bit of drying time still.

Be careful when using your heat gun at all times! Objects get very hot!

While I was waiting for my poinsettia to finish drying I moved onto my paper. I cut an 8"x8" sheet of Pebbles Shiver paper and  distressed the edges. Then, I sponged on a huge flower onto the background using my Bloom stencil and the teal colors from my Aurora ink pad, I also went along the distressed areas with the same ink.

Then I ran that piece through my Xyron Creative Station. I also cut out random strips from more Pebbles paper and inked the edges of those strips as well. Then I tore a ripped out pages from an old book of sheet music and inked the edges of those as well. I distressed all the edges on my pieces with the same teal colored ink. Once all my pieces were dry they all took a quick ride through my Xyron Creative Stations and Sticker Makers.

I used a 12"x12" sheet of corrugated cardboard by DCWV as my base of my layout and randomly dry brushed gesso onto it.

Once dried, I just peeled and stuck my different panels onto the corrugated cardboard base. 

I added some Pebbles Snowflake Chips onto my layout using Diamond Glaze.

And then, made splatters using my spritzers. I just simply removed the covers and tap the cap to make the dye ink drip off the straw. OOhhhh, I likey!!

For inside my frame I cut out 3 die-cuts of the word "love" from craft cardstock using my Teresa Collins pocket die. Glued and stacked them all together and then inked them... again using the same dark teal color from my Aurora Petal Point ink pad.

For the final touches, I tucked and glued cheese cloth for a bit of texture. To add more texture I used more Diamond glaze and made strategically placed swirls and then covered them with micro beads.

And here is my finished layout...

And then the easiest part was just hot gluing all my pretty elements.

I can't tell you how much I am in love with this frame!!

And I love how the micro beads almost look like an extension of my glittered spray stems.

I am soooo in love with this layout! And, I hope you are too!!