Easter Greetings

February 10th, 2013

Finally after a very long time, I am starting to create cards again.

I am starting with an Easter card using a one of 3 digital downloads from Crafty Secrets. See Sandy's post here.

This card uses one of the many images you will get with the "Pretty Vintage Easter Eggs" I slimply printed the image, covered it with Sookwang double sided tape and poured some Glitter Ritz Crystal Clear ultra fine glitter and burnished the glitter until it showed a sparkle.

I used paper from Prima's Meadow Lark Collection and matted the image with Beaded Oval die from Spellbinders.

Happy weekend everyone,

Marisa

Paper Doll Card

Here is a card i made using stamps from Crafty Secrets All Dolled Up Stamp Set.

Deepest Sympathy

This card is made using a sentiment from the "Card Sentiments" stamp set of Clear Art Stamps from Crafty Secrets. DP is from Basic Grey and for frame around the sentiment is used Fancy Tags Two from Spellbinders. The bottom of the card was punch using an Anna Griffin punch.

Smile

January 22, 2011

Wow, I cannot believe that the last time I posted anything on my blog was last year. Were has all the time gone.

I finally had some time to sit down and make a card which I am sharing with you today. This card is made using a new stamp set from Crafty Secret called Arts Bloom. Just check out this amazing stamp set that has 41 different images that you can build with.

The card I created uses 4 different images from this set. Images were stamped with Memento Black ink on white cs and colored with Copic markers. The big flower was stamped 3 more times and colored and cut in various places to create layers.

Sandy will be showing more samples in her blog sometime today, so hop on over to the Heartwarming Vintage blog and check all the new stuff that is coming out soon.

Have a great weekend everyone.

2 Cards for You

November 15, 2010

Here are 2 cards using new stamp sets from Crafty Secrets.

First one up is from the stamp set "Down on the Farm". This is a large stamp set with about 25 different images that you can use to make all sorts of farm scenes. Here is the Farm scene that I created using this stamp set and Copic markers.

 

My second card uses an image from the "Little St. Nick" set and sentiment from the "Christmas Mail' set. I used Copic markers to color in the image and then added some Polar White Flower Soft.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Monday.

Floral Art Frame

November 13, 2010

I simply love making stuff with flowers and when Sandy from Crafty Secrets sent me this "Floral Art" stamp set, I immediately new what I wanted to do with it. So here is the frame that I made using one of the 2 floral images from this small stamp set.

I stamped the images several times on white cs, then cut around the picture frame leaving some of the flower shapes to go over the inside border of the frame. The images were then colored with Copic Markers. I stamped the image 2 more times, colored and cut the individual flowers, distressed the edges of the flowers with a distressing tool and then layered it on top of the flowers on the left bottom corner of the frame. The inside and outside edges were distressed with Vintage Photo Distressing ink.

This is the close-up picture of the flowers that were cut and layered. You can see the layers and how it give dimension to the frame.

Little Blessings

September 17, 2010

Sandy of Crafty Secrets has come out with more wonderful Creative Scraps. For today I have prepared 2 cards using 2 of the images that are included in the Little Blessings Creative Scraps. These new sheets come double sided and the size of the front image matches exactly the flip side. So if you are planning on creating any double sided projects, this is the perfect thing to use.

This first card uses a sweet image of a little girl praying and the sentiment goes this way "I'm sending you a little prayer that God will keep you in His love and care". Now how sweet is that. I cut the image in an oval and mounted it on top of a black core cs that was die cut using the Beaded Oval Nestability from Spellbinders. The die cut piece was distressed to bring out the green part of the cs. After mounting the piece together I added some Sepia Liquid Embossing and let it completely dry. Once dry, I assembled the card, added ribbon to both sides and the corners that was die cut with one of the pieces in the Lattice Pendant die set. Background designer paper is from the Classic Paper Designs from Crafty Secrets.

Now this next card uses yet another image from this same set. The image was cut and then mounted on a die cut piece using the Lacey Squares die from Spellbinders. I added some glitter using the Clear Star Sakura pen to give a little sparkle to the card. I also traced the sentiment with the Clear Star. To the right of the card I used a Martha Stewart Border punch to make the strip and added some flower brads.

Now here is a sample of one side of the Little Blessings Creative Scraps. As you can see there are so many cute images to use.

On Monday the Crafty Secrets Design Team will be featuring some samples using new products that have been recently released. o don't forget to mark your calendars and come back to see what everyone has prepared for you.

Have a great weekend.

Flower 4

September 13, 2010

Today I am featuring the last flower stamp set that was recently released by Crafty Secrets. This is the Sunflower set.

For this card, I stamped the sunflower 2x on white cs and colored it with varying shades of yellow and orange Copic markers for the flower part. The second stamped image was then cut and I left every other petal attached to the center piece.  This was mounted on top of the first and I lifted the cut petals for more dimension. I also cut out the second set of leaves and place them over the first one. For the center of the Sunflower I added some brown Fun Flock to give it a fuzzy look. Take a look at the whole look of the card.

Here is a close-up of the flower part and see the dimension I achieved by raising the petals.

Keep coming back because there is still lots more Crafty Secret stuff that I will be show casing.

Flower 3

September 12, 2010

Here is the 3rd flower I am featuring in my Flower card series. The flower image is another recent release by Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamp called "Roses"

Image of the Rose was stamped 3 times on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. The layers were made by cutting 2 of the different stamped images in specific places to achieve the dimension for the roses. The cut edges were slightly curved with tweezers to give the added lift to the rose. Clear Star Sakura pen was used along the creases in the rose and edges to give it the sparkle.

This the full picture of the card.

This is a close-up picture of the rose. Here you can see the dimension that was achieved by the different layers and curving the edges.

Here is the entire stamp set that also includes sentiments and a lady bug.

Tomorrow I will feature the last of the Flower series which is the Sunflower.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Office 101 Note Pad

July 8, 2010

Just a quick post today to share with you a note pad that I made using the Office 101 Stamp Set from Crafty Secrets. I got the note pad from Value Village and thought that it was perfect to use with these Stamps. I simply cut my DP from Basic Grey 3-1/4 by 11-3/4 then scored it at 3/4, 1-1/2, 6-3/4, 7 to match the original line of the cover of the note pad. Distressed the edges with Brick Red and Black Soot Distressing Ink and Stamp my images from Office 101 with Black Soot.

Have a sun filled beautiful day.

Art Studio Tag

July 5th, 2010

First of all, I hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th of July.

For today's post I have made a tag using one of the latest stamps that was released by Crafty Secrets - Art Studio. This is a large stamp set with 24 separate stamp images. Perfect for the artist in all of us.

The shipping tag was distressed using Spiced, Blue China and Vintage Photo distressing ink. The stamped images were stamped using Black Soot Distressing Ink. After all the images were stamped I added some Crackle Accents and let it dry. Below you will see the effect in a close-up picture. To finish the tag off I added some bling and ribbon.

Hope you all have an enjoyable evening.

Birdie House Stamp Set and $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway

April 30th, 2010

It is Day 5 of Crafty Secrets weeklong celebration for National Scrapbooking Day. Guess what, it is my turn to select one lucky winner for today's $50 Gift Certificate. All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog, but you better hurry as I will be drawing a winner tonight and Sandy will announce the winners at the Crafty Secrets blog on Saturday, May 1st, National Scrapbooking Day. And that's not all for today, Sandy will be showing you the complete Birdie House Stamp set at the blog and like everyday this week she has samples to share with you and a free Vintage printable. Please check my post on April 26th which gives you the links to the blogs of our Design Team members who will be hosting $50 Gift Certificates on Saturday. There are lots of chances for that special person to win this week in our celebration of this special day.

And for this special day, I have 2 special cards to share with you. Both cards are made using the soon to be released 'Birdie House' Stamp set of Crafty Secrets. This medium size stamp set has 4 different types of Bird Houses (cage) with so much details on them, 3 sizes of birdies, 2 beautiful ornate branches, 3 sayings and 5 other ornamental pieces. A must have for all scrapbookers and cardmakers.

My First Crafty Secrets Card and the Fun Continious

April 29th, 2010

Today is Day 4 of Crafty Secrets week long National Scrapbooking Day celebration. It is Julie's day to host the $50 Gift Certificate. So be sure to go to her blog and leave a comment. She will be selecting a winner tomorrow night and Sandy's will annouce the winners on Saturday.

Don't forget to check out the Crafty Secret's blog as well, Sandy has some more vintage printables and samples to share with you.

Come back tommorow to my blog as I will be hosting the giveaway tomorrow and have a special card to share with you using the newest Crafty Secrets stamp set (Birdies at Home) that will be available soon.

Card I am sharing with you today is my very first card using the Seaside stamp set by Crafty Secrets. From the first moment I started using their stamps, I was hooked. In fact, I would say that 80% of my blog posts were done using a product from Crafty Secrets.

I am also including the original post that I did back in May 2008 to describe the steps taken to product this card.

Sending You Sunshine
May 28th, 2008
This was for today's sketch challenge at Splitcoast. Most of the stamps used in this card is from Seaside by Crafty Secrets. The sand in layered 2 times and stippled with creamy brown. Ocean was heavily sponge with Aquatic Splash, Sea Breeze andOcean Depth. Sky also was sponge first with Aqua all over except for the sun which I masked. Second layer of the sky was sponge with Cyan and used scallops to mask the clouds. Last layer of the sky was done using Peacock. Sun was sponged with Summer Sun. Added little birds and larger birds. Added the lighthouse and watercolored it with grey/black. Each of the seashells were stamped individually and colored with a variety of colors (seashell, burnt sienna,papaya cream,pixie dust, creamy brown with blue/green and yellow highlights. Cut each image out and randomly placed them along the sandy beach. Seagull was stamped in Black StazOn on white cs. Used rope around the diamond with was sponged with Aqua. Sentiment is from MFT By the Seashore which was stamped on cs sponged with Aquatic Splash.
I totally enjoyed making this card.

Have a wonderful day full of sunshine and happines.

Memories

April 28th, 2010

Today is Day 3 of Crafty Secrets National Scrapbooking Day week long celebration. If this is your first time hearing about this, it is not yet to late to have a chance at winning a $50 Gift Certificate. Everyday, starting Monday, April 26th, one of our Design Team member is hosting the $50 Gift Certificate giveaway. To get a complete listing of who is hosting which day this week, simply scroll down to my post on April 26th. Today is Michele's turn for the giveaway. Simply leave a comment on her blog and she will select one lucky person. Sandy will be announcing the winners on Saturday in the Crafty Secrets blog.

I have another card to share with you today and stamps for this card is once more from the Mermaid stamp set of Crafty Secrets. I got the idea for this card some years back from one of the first card making magazines that I got. When I saw the assortment of shells that were included in the Mermaid stamp set, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. I started of by arranging the different shell pieces on an acrylic block and then stamped the images onto vellum with Brilliance Moonlight White ink. I heat set the ink and once it was dry, proceeded to dry emboss the outline of the stamps with an embossing tool. The vellum was placed on top of a foam so that when I traced the outlines with the tool it would raise the portions of the image. Then I colored the embossed images with Copic markers. For the rest of the background, I used a grid to guide the holes that I poke all around the images. Border of the vellum was cut with a deckle edged scissor. The stamped piece was adhered to designer paper from the Pastel Paper Designs pad of Crafty Secrets with brads. Finished the card off with ribbon, pearl button and a memories tile.

Hope you are all enjoying visiting the blogs of our Design Team were you will find so much inspiration.

Day 2 National Scrapbooking Day Week Long Celebration

April 27th, 2010

Don't you feel the excitement building. Today is your second chance at a $50 Gift Certificate that Sandy is giving away. All you have to do is hop on to Pam's blog and leave a comment there, she will draw a number on Friday night and the winner will be announced on Saturday, May 1st.

In the mean time I have another mermaid card to share with you today. The image is another one of the many stamps you will find in the Mermaid Stamp set that was recently released by Crafty Secrets. The image of the adorable mermaid was stamped on white cs with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then colored with Copic markers. Used a little bit of Liquid Pearl on the part were there was a pearl in the image. Around the image, just at the border of the die cut, I added some clear glitter from Glitter Ritz. Frame and label were cut using Spellbinders dies. Background paper is from the Radiant Paper Designs from Crafty Secrets.

Hope you all are enjoying our week long celebration. Oooops don't forget to pass by the Crafty Secrets blog, Sandy has some more news to share as well as another vintage printable.

National Scrapbooking Day Starts Now

April 26, 2010

Today, Crafty Secrets is starting National Scrapbooking Day Week long celebration. There are lots of prizes to be won ($500 worth) and free Vintage Printables. All you have to do to have a chance at a $50 Gift Certificate is create a sample and enter it to win or visit our featured DT member's blog and leave a comment. Each day starting today you will have a chance to win. Draws for the winning comment will start to be drawn on Friday night and winners will be announce on Saturday, National Scrapbooking Day - May 1st.

Before we start, let me introduce you to our newest DT member - Deborah March. What better way to start this week off with Deborah hosting the first $50 GC giveway. So hurry on over to her blog, just simply click on her name above and enter in a comment. You just may be one of the lucky winners. While you are visiting her blog, do take a glance around to see her beautiful creations. You certainly will not be dissapointed with the talent she brings to our team.

Following is a listing of the dates of our giveaways and the designers blog that is hosting the giveaway.

April 27th - Pam

April 28th - Michele K

April 29th - Julie

April 30th - Marisa

May 1st - Vicki, Heidi, Linda, Melissa, Michelle and Flo.

I also have a card to share with you today. Stamps used for this card is from the Mermaid stamp set of Clear Art Stamps by Crafty Secrets. Background paper is from the Radiant Paper Designs which is also of Crafty Secrets. Other ingredients used for this card is Shell Border and Corner punch from Martha Stewart, lots of half pearls from Kaiser Craft, lace ribbon, Glimmer Mist and Antique Glass Finish Liquid Embossing.

Hope you are enjoying this wonderful Monday.

Challenge and Sample

June 18, 2009

First upload will be 1 card with 3 different versions. This card was made for the challenge Darlene posted on Paper Craft Planet on Sunday. OK I know, I am a little bit late posting my card. I have been really busy with work and other stuff that I have been neglecting.

For Darlene's challenge she asked us to make a project using items that start with the letter "P". So for this card I used an image from the Little Dolls Images & Journal Notes from Crafty Secrets. Background paper is from the Pastel Paper Designs also of Crafty Secrets. Just simply cut the images on the sheet. For those of you who used to play with Paper Dolls, you know what to do with them. You dress them up with the outfits. In the sheet that I used there were 2 different outfits with matching hats. Used the smaller frame in the Scalloped Edge Frame from Spellbinders for the border around the paper doll image. Added some Pink Liquid Pearls around the embossed dots on the border. The die cut border is also from Spellbinders - Classic Lace Border. Added the little pooch off to the corner and ribbon just along the end of the Classic Lace. The saying - "My Paper Doll" are stickers from the Baby Girl Heartwarming Vintage Stickers.

So what did I use in my card that started with the letter "P"

P for Paper Doll

P for Pink

P for Pearls (Liquid Pearls)

P for Polka Dot Ribbon

P for Pooch

P for Paper Sticker Letters

P for Perfect Pink Classic Lace Border

I know, I think I got carried away trying to think of inventive ways to make sure "P" was used in this card.

The next card that I am sharing with you today is from the new stamp set - Mouse Party. This set will be availabe starting tomorrow, June 19th. For this card I used 4 stamps from this set to make my scene. The older mice was ready to take a picture of the clown mice just as he was coming out of his hole. Images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then colored with Copic markers. Cheese was stamped colored and cut and placed on top of the main panel. Main panel was mounted on black cs and I added some red pearls on top. Background DP is from the Earthy Paper Designs from Crafty Secrets and die cut with the bigger frame of the Scalloped Edge Frame from Spellbinders. I wove some ribbon in and out of the holes.

Hope you enjoy my cards today. Thanks for looking.