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A Card of Pink Daisies for Heart2Heart
This week, at the Heart2Heart blog, we are Tickled Pink – literally. Our Design Team has been creating projects using all shades of pink and we are asking you to do the same for our June Tickled Pink challenge.
For those of you, like me, who don’t use pink very often, now is the perfect time to get those creative wheels turning. This week, I decided to go big & bold♥ with my patterns and flowers as I created a six-inch card full of Pink Daisies.
Like I said, I don’t use pink very often, so that considerably large floral pattern in the Brushed paper pack was one that I wasn’t quite sure how to use. Instead of setting it aside, I decided to challenge myself♥ to create something with it.
I decided to stick with the classic pink & black palette. Backing everything in black balances out the pattern, and adding big bold flowers helps to tame the design. It almost appears as if those daisies are sitting in a garden among other flowers.
I chose to stamp the daisies in Pixie & Raspberry ink using the rock-n-roll method, then added a layer of heat embossed vellum over the top. In the center of each flower sits a wooden button painted with Raspberry Shimmer and tied with White Twine.
The sentiment was kept simple and stamped onto a stitched circle tucked into a strip of Blue Skies paper. To be honest, I really debated how to add a sentiment to this card and avoid covering up too much of that patterned paper, but I think that the half-circle partners well with the daisy images and it’s a fun way to add a sentiment to a card.
When I was finished, I felt like I needed a bow of some sort, so I dug through my stash and grabbed a Striped Ribbon Bow from my Christmas collection. Can you believe that these are still available on my website?♥ I am going to have to go grab a few more.
BIG, PINK, BOLD, & BEAUTIFUL!🌺
This card has inspired me to use pink more often and I hope it inspired you♥ to join our pink themed challenge at Heart2Heart. Make sure to link up your project before June 30th.
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Welcome to the Brushed Blog Hop
This month, we are featuring a variety of projects using our Brushed collection. This collection has been brought back from the past and brightened with new colors.
If you have come here from Haley Dyer’s Blog you are on the right path! When you are finished taking a look at how I use the Brushed collection on my Garden Puppy layout, you can click on the link at the end to move to the next blog. This blog hop is simple, fun, and full of artwork created by some very talented consultants. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog
At this point in my life, I have more photos of the dog than I do of the kids, so I decided to use some of those beautiful Brushed papers and stickers to show how much our little fur baby loves the garden. Some of you may recognize this collection from years ago. It is a “bring back my pack” special♥ that you can take advantage of during the month of June, with a reworked color palette to match our current color collection. I chose to take advantage of those new, bright colors and created a Garden Puppy layout and a process video showing you how I made it.
How cute is she??!! This layout describes our little fur baby perfectly.♥ She loves to lay in the garden, soak up the sun, and, walk through the flowers.
To create that background, I cut strips of paper from the Brushed and Blue Skies collections and laid them onto some White Daisy cardstock along with a piece that I stamped using both of the Brushed stamp sets.
The borders were cut using my Cricut. I created four of each border, off-setting them slightly, using an image from the Artiste collection. If you struggle to create longer borders for your pages, you can learn how here.
Once the background was complete, I added a stitched frame around the photo and added embellishments to my page. Each one of those butterflies were heat embossed onto vellum♥ and layered onto the bokeh pattern paper from the Brushed collection.
The remaining elements on the page came from the sticker sheet. Don’t you just love all those bright colors?
To be honest, I am “new” to using stickers on my scrapbook pages.♥ For many years, I created my own elements and never bothered to purchase stickers. Now, I am learning how to use each of those stickers that come in my paper pack. I have so much fun creating those clusters!
For those of you who enjoy process videos, I have created one for you showing how I made each of the elements on this layout.
I hope that today’s project inspired you to try something new using that delightful Brushed Collection. Now ‘Hop” on over to Cat Nowak’s Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting tips and other fun ideas.
Remember, the Brushed is only available until June 30th. Contact your CTMH Consultant, or visit the Promotions tab of my website to learn how you can save 20% on the entire collection.
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Here is a List of the Supplies Used on My Project
Out of This World Cards with Shimmer Brushes
Earlier this week, I showed you some simple tricks to help you with your Shimmer Brushes and promised you a tutorial showing a few techniques you could use on your projects. Well, it took me a little longer than I hoped to finish the video, but it is complete and ready for you to enjoy.
For those of you who would like to know more about how I created each of these cards, you can continue reading about my project after you view video.
My original goal, was to show you how to use our Shimmer Brushes to create a single card, but there are just so many techniques to share♥, so I chose instead, to create three cards and share just a few of those techniques with you today.
Each one of these cards was created using the Aurora Cardmaking Kit. If you are a member of my VIP group or you follow CTMH on Facebook, you were able to join a live event showing how♥ to make the cards in this kit. Well, I decided that since I already have the kit, I would make a few more cards using those wonderful little globe die cuts and my Shimmer Brushes.
Let’s start out by taking a look at the backgrounds I created on each of the cards. All three have a splatter pattern in the background, but each one was created a little differently using a Shimmer Brush.
On two of the cards I created a simple diagonal splatter pattern. One card has more of a condensed pattern while the other is a little larger and more random.
To create the condensed pattern, I removed some of the ink from the Julep Shimmer brush, held it close to the cardstock, and forcefully tapped the brush causing more ink to fly off the brush. On the second card, I removed the excess ink, held the brush a little higher above the cardstock, then lightly tapped the Charcoal Shimmer brush.
On the third card, I chose to add some paint swishes and create a much larger droplet on my splatter pattern. I light brushed the Toffee Shimmer across the cardstock, then loaded the brush with ink and tapped it lightly in a diagonal direction across the cardstock.
Each of these techniques creates a slightly different look to your background pattern.♥ Now let’s take a look at the globes I created and how I used the Shimmer Brushes to create those beautiful blended colors.
The first globe was shaded using a mix of Mint and Lagoon Shimmer ink. I shaded the entire globe in Mint, then allowed a large amount of Lagoon ink to soak and blend into the edges of the die cut.
On the second globe, I used watercolor pencils that I blended with a Clear Shimmer brush. After I shaded the die cut with the green and blue watercolor pencils, I used the shimmer brush like a waterbrush to blend the colors.
Wasn’t that fun?!♥ Now you have a few new techniques you can use when you are creating your projects with Shimmer Brushes. I hope today’s project inspired you to create something new and that you give a few of these techniques a try.
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Here is a List of the Supplies Used on My Project
It’s A Let It Shimmer Technique Blog Hop
Welcome to another Technique Blog Hop where we will be showing you a variety of shimmery techniques as we highlight a few of our current Close to My Heart products!
If you have come here from Krista Hershberger’s Blog, you are on the right path! When you are finished taking a look at my shimmery Out of This World cards and learning some Shimmer Brush techniques, you can click on the link at the end to move to the next blog. This blog hop is simple, fun, and full of ideas. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melissa’s Blog.
For this blog hop, I had a hard time deciding what type to video to create – a tips & tricks or a process video – so I decided to do both. I had so much fun using my Shimmer Brushes to create these three Out of This World cards and I couldn’t wait to share them with you.
Before we get into the tips & tricks portion of this post, I want to show you a few close-ups of those globe die cuts. These were cut using the Thin Cut from our Aurora Cardmaking kit. Aren’t those just stunning?? I just love the look of old globes.
I used our Shimmer Brushes to create the splattered backgrounds and shade two of the globes. If you would like to know how I made each one of these, you are in luck♥. I will be posting a video tutorial on my YouTube Channel later in the week to go along with the video tutorial I have posted below.
♥ Today, I am going to give you a few Tips when it comes to using our Shimmer Brushes. I have also included a short little five minute video for you to view.
For those of you who may want to skip this tutorial and move on with the hop, you can click this link to move on to Melissa Robinson’s Blog.
TIP #1: Store Shimmer Brushes Upright
This may seem obvious to some, but I realized recently that many people do not know that you should always store them upright. When they are stored upside down, the ink can drip into the lid and create quite the mess when you open it.
I like to store mine in our Workspace Wonder Tool Caddy, but I have also seen them stored in a Mason jar or coffee cup.
TIP #2: Pull the Lid to Open – Do Not Twist
This is another little blunder I have seen commonly done with our Shimmer Brushes. Many people will “twist” the lid open, unsealing the ink within and creating quite the mess. (Just ask my 10 year old niece how fun that is.)
Now, there are a few times that you might want to twist open that brush which leads us to my next tip.
TIP #3: Twist to Release Pressure
I often travel to locations in the mountains where there is an increase in elevation and, when I take my Shimmer Brushes, the pressure increases in the base causing it to drip ink all over when I go to use it. I have found that I can release that built-up pressure by carefully unscrewing the tip and pulling out the brush, then tightly screwing the tip back on.
After I have replaced the brush tip, I will brush the excess ink off onto my All Purpose Mat or a scrap piece of paper before I begin to use it.
There you have it.♥ Just a few tips & tricks for using those awesome Shimmer Brushes in your stash. Oh, by the way – our shimmer brushes are NOT labeled with the colors at the top. That is something I did using a label maker.
I can’t wait to share with you how I made each one of those Out of This World cards. I will be posting the process video, later this week, showing you how I used a few of my Shimmer Brushes to create backgrounds, blend watercolors, and create a blended alcohol-ink-like look. Now ‘Hop” on over to Melissa Robinson’s Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting tips and other fun ideas for using Shimmer on your projects.
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Cute as a Bug Scrapbook Page | Video Collab
I am so excited to share with you another video collab from our Creative Design Team. This group of ladies has been such a blessing to me and it all started because sweet Jayma Malme had the idea to get all of us together to create some projects each month – JUST FOR YOU♥. This month, we are showing you some Creative Ways to use Tags and you are NOT going to be disappointed.
I decided to create a Sweet as a Bug layout with an”extended tag” background for these adorable photos of my nephew. Isn’t he the sweetest??♥ He happens to be almost 21 right now, so I am sure he is going to roll his eyes when he sees this layout.
For those of you who prefer to head right on over to the video collab, you can click on the video below and it will take you to the list of tutorials on YouTube. For those of you wish to see a few more details about this layout, you can keep on reading.
This layout was created using a variety of scraps from the Stitched Together & Mixed-in Papers. I chose to use our Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts to create the illusion of an elongated tag behind the photos. All I did was cut two of each tag from Stitched Together and Mix-Ins paper AND a PML Card from the Stitched Together pack.
I love having PML (Picture My Life) cards on hand for projects♥. They are designed for pocket scrapbooking, but I have found that they are great to use as photo mats, journalling boxes, and for little accents like that tag when you don’t have a paper to match.
In fact, I used quite a few of those PML cards on this project. One as a journaling box, one as a sentiment accent, one for the tags, and one for that adorable large ladybug. Yep, I cut that little gem out by hand and I am glad I did.♥ It is the perfect accent for this page.
I also added a few Ladybugs from the sticker sheet and some delightful wooden buttons onto the page. At the time, I wasn’t quite sure if I would use “Cute as a Button” or “Cute as a Bug” for the title, so I decided to add both elements on this layout.
To create movement, I added thread trails with White Twine to help those buttons to feel “grounded” and create the illusion of flying ladybugs. When making a thread trail, simply draw loops onto your page with a pencil then trace the lines with a fine tip glue pen. (I like Art Glitter Glue & Tombow glue pens because they dry clear.) The twine is laid down onto the glue trails and topped with a few wooden buttons. Really simple to do and it makes a fun addition to any project.
My last minute addition to the page was the title. Like I said earlier, I was struggling with this and wanted something to fill that empty corner of the page.
I started out trying to created something on my Cricut, then realized that I hadn’t use stamps for a title in a long while, so I dug out that big, bold Chronicle Type alphabet and went to work. I used a stamping platform to avoid making any stamping mistakes, added a few tiny hearts, and label-maker label to complete the title.
All in all this layout turned out super cute and I can’t wait to add it to my scrapbooks. I hope that you enjoyed this video collab project and that you learned a few new ways to creatively use tags. You can view the full list of Creative Design Team creations HERE on my blog or in the description of my video.
For those of you who wish to recreate this layout, you can find a complete list of supplies I used below. Please tag @misscarriescreations when you post your creation so that I can see what you made.
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