Aloha Card - IAR February 2022 Challenge

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Hey there, Crafty Friends!! It's February 15th! And you know what that means... Time for another I Am Roses Blog Challenge!! And boy, do we have a surprise for you!!

If you are new here or are unfamiliar with the I Am Roses Challenges, it is a crafting challenge that is held monthly on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.  Participants create a project using at least 3 I Am Roses products and uplink them to the I Am Roses Blog to enter for your chances to win amazing IAR prizes! Each new challenge starts on the 15th and runs throughout the remainder of the month.

Aaaaand... SURPRISE... instead of our usual top 3 winners, IAR is now choosing 5 WINNERS to each win a $30 voucher to the I Am Roses website!! How AWESOME is that?!!

For additional information, head on over to the I Am Rose Challenge Blog.

And here is my project for this month's challenge...

I am an island girl, born & raised, and I miss home so much! During these cold winter days, I miss it even more! So I created my card to be Hawaiian-themed and surrounded my little hula girl with bright and sunshiney colors! 

I hope you enjoyed my card and that it inspires you to create something beautiful!

THANKS for stopping by!!

~Mitsyana

I Am Roses Supplies Used

Medium Red Gardenias

Yellow Spring Cottage Flowers

Yellow 2-tone SemiOpen Rose Buds

Tangerine Orange Variegated Cherry Blossoms

Small Green Rose Leaves

Tiny Green Rose Leaves

Other Supplies Used

Big Shot Foldaway (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull Heart Mandala Die (Sizzix)

Patterned Paper (Simple Stories)

Hula Anya (Greeting Farm)

Creative Station (Xyron)

Mega Runner ( (Xyron)

Mini Multi-Stick Glue Gun (Xyron)

Alcohol Markers (Diamond Press)

Black Craft Foam (Creatology)

White Cardstock

Eileen Hull Chapter 3 Release Party

Hi, Crafty Friends!!

I'm so excited that this day is finally here... It's so hard keeping crafty secrets! But it was totally worth the wait!!

Thanks for coming to the Eileen Hull/Sizzix Chapter 3 Release Party Blog Hop! We hope you you are as excited as we are! Check out the creative ways the Inspiration and Education Teams have used the Mitten and Snowman dies! We hope that you will be inspired too and share how you use the dies in the Eileen Hull Fan Club.

But wait- there’s more- the Release Party continues! You won’t want to miss the Facebook Live at Eileen Hull Designs at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 1! Join the chat- and a random commenter will win the Snowman die. We are so glad you joined us to celebrate the Chapter 3 release.

Please hop with us through all of the projects and leave comments on the different designers' blogs. A lucky commenter will win the Mitten Box de!! The winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the blogs and announced on Eileen's Facebook Live show on July 7 at 6pm Eastern Time! 

Best of luck to you all!!

Here is my take on Eileen Hulls New Snowman...

Instead of snow, I made...

them into a SANDMAN & SANDWOMAN

What can I say?! I'm from Hawaii we don't get snow!! But we have TONS OF SAND!!

I hope you are enjoying the Release Party so far! And that you are inspired by all the wonderful projects you're seeing today!!

I'll be following up with a full tutorial on how I created this card real soon!

Until then...

Don't forget to stop by each of my talented designer sisters' blogs, leave a comment, and give them some love!!

Designer Line-up

Start HERE (Eileen Hull Designs Blog)

Julia Aston

Jennie Atkinson

Debbie Bankston

Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Pam Bray

Sue Eldred

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Annette Green

Maggi Harding

Lisa Hoel

Anita Houston

Sarah Lizzie

Jenny Marples

Elizabeth Robinson

Tonya Trantham

Cheryl Waters

Mitsyana Wright (YOU ARE HERE)

Nicole Wright

HAPPY HOPPING!!

Paper Pieced Sloth Belated Birthday Card

Hello, Crafty Friends! 

Wow, has it been a while! Spring has crept its head and is finally here! Here in Texas, it went from freezing temps to rain. Warm humid air and...yup, rain... and lots of it! Which just set off a chain reaction that made every flower, weed, tree, and grass send blooming clouds of pollen into the air that has my eyes, nose, and throat hating me right now. You know what I'm talking about... the dreaded seasonal allergies!!

Allergies hit pretty bad and put me down and out for a bit. And it made me miss events and even birthdays. No one likes to miss out on anything let alone birthdays. So for today's project, I'll show you how I made this paper pieced Sloth and created a Belated Birthday Card.

Supplies Used

Xyron Creative Station Lite 

Xyron 3" Sticker Maker

Big Shot Machine (Sizzix)

Sloth (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase - Tropicool Banner (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase - Card Front, Tropicool Leaves Sizzix)

Eileen Hull - Bookplates, Hinges, & Labels(Sizzix)

Tim Holtz - Stitched Ovals (Sizzix)

Tropical Leaves 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Sizzix)

Sloths (Pink and Main)

Eileen Hull ColorBox Blends Inks - Frog, Leaf, Nutmeg. Golden, Ebony (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Archival Dye Ink - Wicked Black (Clearsnap)

110 lb. White Cardstock (Recollections)

Corrugated Cardstock (DCWV)

Cardstock - Moss Green, Light Green, Light Brown, Brown, Dark Brown

Vellum

Black Fine line Pen

White Gel Pen

Red Chalk

Foam Adhesive

Clear Liquid Adhesive

Paper Trimmer

Mini Mister Bottle of Water

I gathered my supplies. I wanted my finished card to be 5"x7". So, I started by first creating the background, I cut a piece of light green cardstock to measure 4 1/4"x 6 1/4". Then I lightly misted it with water. I inserted into this 3D Tropical Leaves folder and ran it through my Big Shot with a multi-purpose platform on Tab 1 and only 1 clear plate.

 Spraying your paper before you run it through will hell the fiber to relax while it's being embossed. It helps prevent tearing and gives the embossing a crisper impression.

Then, I inked over the entire raised image using my Eileen Hull ColorBox Blends ink Leaf. These inks have built-in applicators so you can ink directly onto your paper.

There's no need to wait for the ink to dry either. Next, I applied Golden lightly throughout. Followed by Nutmeg around the edges.

While the ink was drying, I worked on my sloth. I used this adorable Sloth die from Sizzix to die-cut cardstock in 3 shades of brown (light brown, brown, and dark brown). Then shaded all the die cut pieces with Nutmeg ink.

 I ran the smaller pieces through my Xyron 3" Sticker Maker and adhered his little face onto his body. Then used a fine line back pen to draw his eyes and used a make-up brush to dust his cheeks with chalk and added highlights with a white gel pen.

I wanted more of a jungle feel to my card so I die-cut these monstera leaves from moss green cardstock using 2 of Lynda Kanase's Tropicool sets (listed in supply list above).

 I inked over the edges using Eileen Hull Blends Inks in Frog for a big pop of green.

With my Sloth and Background taken care of, I assembled my card...

I cut my card panels and pieces to the following sizes...

  Card Measurements:

Base- 5"x7"

Corrugate- 4 3/4"x 6 3/4"

White Cardstock- 4 3/8" x 6 3/8"

Embossed Background- 4 1/4"x 6 1/4"

I wanted a focal point without blocking all that beautiful embossing. So I used the largest Tim Holtz Stitched Ovals to die-cut vellum.

 Then ran it through the Xyron Creative Station Lite. It gave edge-to-edge coverage that made the adhesive virtually invisible behind the vellum.

I die cut a label using Eileen Hull's Bookplate, Hinges, & Label dies from white cardstock. 

And I found the most perfect sentiment in my Sloths stamp set from Pink and Main. It read... "I'm a little slow, Happy Belated Birthday". It was just too perfect so I stamped it in Wicked Black ColorBox Dye ink. 

Look how adorable the finished card turned out...

Sometimes we're late. Sometimes we miss Birthdays. Thankfully, we have creative ways to make up for it!

I hope you enjoyed this card tutorial and it inspires you to create something... even if it is a little past due!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!

~Mitsyana

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Tropicool Greetings- Hello Card

Hey, Crafty Friends!

Summer is at its end and the summer heat is finally dying down. That doesn't mean we can't still can't take advantage of all this beautiful sunshine. Its rays are inspiring and its vibrancy, mesmerizing! I'll let all that light soak in and fill me with joy. I find that people are often the product of their environment and are often what they surround themselves with. And personally, I LOVE to LOVE. I love to feel HAPPY. I love to LAUGH. I love ENERGY. I also find that when I'm filled with those things and give off those things, the people around me do too. 

Today, I'm sharing some LOVE with this BRIGHT & CHEERFUL Tropical Tucan Card using dies from Sizzix's Tropicool Collection by Lynda Kanase.

First, I gathered my materials...

Supplies Used

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Tropicool Banner (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Card Front, Tropicool Leaves (Sizzix)

Stitched Ovals (Sizzix)

3D Textured Impressions- Tropical Leaves (Sizzix)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink Pads-  Olive, Coral, Pewter, Black Bean (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Petal Point- Enchantment, Boardwalk (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Stylus and Tips (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Art Daubers (Clearsnap)

Cardstock- Gray, Moss Green, White, Yellow (Open Stock- Hobby Lobby)

Vellum (Open Stock- Hobby Lobby)

Mini Spray/ Misting Bottle

Makeup Brush

Liquid Glue

Hemp Twine

Seed Beads

White Gel Pen (Sakura)

Heat Tool (optional)

I started by spritzing down a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of white cardstock with clean water. Then, inserted it into the Tropical Leaves Textured Impression folder and ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot.

I removed it from the folder and let it dry. Then, applied Lettuce ink from Clearsnap's Boardwalk ColorBox Petal Point with a Colorbox Stylus and Tip.

Then, applied Olive (also from the Boardwalk PetalPoint) just over the raised areas.

I die-cut tucan pieces and monstera leaves using Lynda Kanase's Tropicool Banner dies by Sizzix. 

I die-cut the majority of the tucan from a light gray cardstock then added depth by inking and shading the body and wing. I used a ColorBox Stylus and Tip to apply Pewter ColorBox Premium Dye Ink all around the perimeter. Then darkened the shading by adding Black Bean ink on the edges using a ColorBox Art Dauber.

I die cut the feet and beak from yellow cardstock then shaded it with Coral ColorBox Premium Dye Ink. 

When the ink was completely dried, I layered and assemble the paper pieces to create the tucan. Then, I added foam adhesive to give the wing dimension. 

To finish the tucan, I used a white gel pen to draw highlights.

I die-cut the monstera leaves from green cardstock. Then, shaded it with Olive ColorBox Premium Dye Ink using a ColorBox Stylus and Tip.

I used the hibiscus die (also included in the Tropicool Banner set to cut white cardstock. I shaded the centers using Pink from the Enchanted ColorBox Petal Point and a small makeup brush.

Once the centers were completely dried, I spritzed each flower with water using a mini mister. Then, I twisted each petal to add texture and heat set them to hold the added dimension. 

I layered and adhered 2 flowers together using a clear drying liquid glue. Then added a dollop to each center and sprinkled on seed beads.

The beads were set once the glue turned clear.

I wrapped twine across the top of my card and tied it into a bow. 

Then, die-cut an oval from vellum using Sizzix's Stitched Ovals. I ran the oval through a Xyron Creative Station Lite and adhered it directly to the embossed card front.

I added small strips of foam adhesive to the back of the monstera leaves then positioned them around the oval.

I added more foam adhesive behind the tucan and attached it over the leaves. Then attached the flowers with liquid glue.

Finally, I die-cut my cards sentiment out of white and black cardstock. I used the "hello" die from Lynda Kanase's Card Front, Tropicool Leaves set and layered the two pieces together and slightly overlapping one of the die-cuts to give the appearance of a shadow. 

And here is my finished card...

I hope you enjoyed this card and the rest of his summer weather because Fall will be blowing in real soon!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

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The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

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DIY Laminate Earrings Using Die-cuts

Hello, Crafty Friends!! I'm back with team Xyron again and this week we are getting our creative juices flowing crafting with laminate! Yup, laminate! It's not just for protecting documents anymore!!

And today, I will be showing you how to make laminate earrings using die-cuts from cardstock... Yes, cardstock!!

Supplies Used

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Box, Tropicool Twist (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull- Bookplate, Hinges, & Label (Sizzix)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Olive, Deep Sea (Clearsnap)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

5" Two-Sided Laminate Refill (Xyron)

Tacky Glue

Makeup brush

Piercing Tool

Round Nose Pliers

Metal Earring Findings

Twine (optional)

These earrings were ridiculously easy to make. If you are a scrapbooker or card maker, you may already have some of these tools! As an all-around crafty gal, my Big Shot and Creative Station Lite are my best friends. But did you know they're not just for card making?

When you hear the words paper or die-cuts I bet jewelry is far from your mind. I hope today's project changes your mind!

First, using the Tropicool Twist die set by Lynda Kanase, I die-cut gecko and palm leaf shapes from random scraps of paper. These were literally just lying around and were leftovers from a previous project. I cut 4 of each die-cut, 2 cut regularly and 2 cut with the image in reverse (mirrored).

Then, I shaded my geckos. I squished a bit of  ColorBox Deep Sea Premium Dye Ink and used s make-up brush to lightly blend the color over it.

I repeated the same thing steps onto the palm leaves using ColorBox Premium Dye Ink in Olive.

Then, adhered the two sets of shaded die-cuts back to back with their matching "mirrored" die-cut.

I ran the sandwiched die-cuts through my Creative Station Lite with the 5" Two-Sided Laminate Refill inserted. And hand trimmed the excess laminate from the die-cuts.

I layered my geckos onto the leaves and glued them in place. Be sure to use a glue that is made to adhere to plastics. Otherwise, you may not get good adhesion and your piece may peel off.

I used my "pokey" tool to pierce holes at the top of my leaves. I opted not to punch holes with a hole punch because even my smallest hole punch was too big and would have left a sizable hole that way weaken the structure of my earing and rip right off.

I didn't want that... and I think you might not want that either.  So I just pricked a tiny hole on each, slipped on a jump ring, then attached earing hooks using my round nose pliers.

And check out how cute these little guys are...

As a final touch and for beautiful gift giving I used another die, this one from Eileen Hull's Bookplate, Hinges, & Label die set, to create the earing backer.

They almost look enameled.

How super-duper easy were these?!!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and give laminating crafts a try! 

Until Next Time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

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The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

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Tropical Thank You Card

Hello, Crafty Friends!! I'm back again with Team Xyron today and we're teaming up with Derwent all week long!! 

\Summer is in full-blown HEATWAVE mode down here in Texas. With temps easily reaching well over a hundred! GAH!! I am melting and dreaming of the beach in a far away tropical location... home! This island girl wants to get back to her island! But that doesn't look like it's gonna happen anytime soon. **SIGH**

Oh well, I can dream.

At last those dreams do stir up my imagination and creativity... Like for this Tropical Thank You card, I created for today's project using Derwent's Watercolour Pencils, Paper, and Brushes!! Keep on reading to see how I made it!

Supplies Used

Derwent Academy Watercolour Pencils

Derwent Academy Textured Surface Watercolour Paper Pad

Derwent Academy Artist Brush Set

Xyron Creative Station Lite

Xyron Creative Station Lite 3" Permanent Refill Cartridge

Pam Bray Flamingo Row Red Rubber Stamps (Blank Page Muse)

Pam Bray Pineapple Red Rubber Stamp (Blank Page Muse)

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink (Imagine Crafts)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Olive, Coral, Black Bean(Clearsnap)

Sizzix Big Shot

3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder- Tropical Leaves (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull Leaves, Spring (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull Bookplate, Hinges,& Label (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase Card Front Tropicool Leaves (Sizzix)

Tim Holtz Stitched Ovals (Sizzix)

Glossy Dots (Pink and Main)

White Cardstock (Recollection)

Chalkboard Cardstock (DCWV)

Tim Holtz Stamping Platform (Tonic)

PITT Artist Pen X (Faber-Castell)

3D Foam Dots

Glue

If you have never tried Derwent Academy Products before, you must give them a try!

The quality is absolutely amazing. I was super impressed with the thickness and quality of the paper. It holds up great to water and moisture with very minimal warping. So far I am loving it!! 

And these watercolour pencils are HEAVEN!! When water is added the pigment practically pours from off the tips!! So creamy, so rich, so yummy!! I know, it sounds a lot like I'm talking about food! I think once you try them you'll want to gobble them up too!

Ok, back to creating...

I started by using my stamps in a stamp platform. I inked up the flamingo from the Flamingo Row set with Onyx Black ink and stamped the same image a couple times for a deep and dark impression. I found when watercoloring outlines tend to fade. Stamping a couple of times helps preserve the dark outlines.

Then I used my Derwent Watercolour Pencils to color in the image. I applied water with a brush from the Artist Brush Set and blended the color out.

For deeper richer pigment, I dipped the tip of my watercolour pencil directly into the water. Then applied the dampened tip onto the areas that I wanted concentrated color... it spread like BUTTER!! OMG... I'm in love!!!

After my image was fully dried, I hand cut out my flamingos and set them aside to work on my card base and background.

I took out a fresh sheet of textured watercolor paper and scribbled light green color pencil over half the surface. Then with the other half, I scribbled dark green.

Then with a wide brush applied water over top to create a two-toned watercolor wash.

For my card base, I used 110 lb white cardstock to create a top folding A2 sized card. I inserted the front flap into my Tropical Leaves 3D Embossing Folder to emboss just the front. For 3D folders, it's important to only us one cutting plate when running it through. Otherwise, you could severely damage your machine.

I cut down my colorwash sheet down to 4"x 5.25" piece centering the gradient of color. Then also embossed it with the Tropical Leaves embossing folder.

I applied Olive dye ink and Coral dye ink over the embossed areas to really make all the details pop.

Then used my Tim Holtz Stitched Oval Dies to cut an opening to create a frame.

I removed the center oval. Then inked all the edges with Black Bean dye ink.

I stamped out these pretty flowers from the Flamingo Row Stamp set. I used the leftover watercolour paper from my flamingos so I wouldn't be wasteful of this fabulous paper. I've noticed when I find awesome products I tend to treat them like gold... and nothing goes to waste.

I wasn't' going to use the stems and leaves so it didn't need to be stamped perfectly. As long as I had a great impression from the flowers, that's all that mattered.

I also stamped out some pineapples on more remnant watercolour paper, then colored my flower and pineapple images with my pencils and blended them out with water.

Once my images dried, I hand cut them all out.

See, I told you I treat awesome products like gold... I used this big leftover piece from my color wash to die cut stemmed leaves.

Then added tiny details and outlined the leaves using an XS PITT Artist Pen.

I ran my embossed frame through my Xyron and attached the frame to the embossed card front.

I attached foam adhesive dots to the backs of my flamingos and attached them to the card, tucked their lags behind the frame, and had their bodies peeking out the center opening.

Then I adhered the leaves, flowers, and pineapples around the opening of the frame.

I die cut the word "thanks" from plain white cardstock using a die from Lynda Kanase's Tropicool Leaves Card set. Then attached it to a black label I created using a die from Eileen Hull's Bookplate, Hinges, and Label set from Chalkboard cardstock.

I adhered the word to the label. Then ran the label through my Xyron Creative Station. I switched out my 5" cartridge for a smaller 3" refill to cut down on waste...  this is another "GOLD" product... so I barely make waste. 

For a final touch, I added glossy dots to all of the centers of my flowers.

And here is my finished card...

I hope you all enjoyed today's tutorial!!

I really enjoyed using the Derwent products. The quality was just amazing!!

I hope you are inspired to give them a try!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

DISCLAIMERS

This blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

This blog contains affiliate links, clicking and shopping through these links helps to support and run the Up On Tippy Toes blog at no additional cost to you.