My Heart

I started making this heart for a swap I was participating in 

and I was inspired by a class I attended in Dallas with Tim Holtz 

his Heart and Soul class was so informative 

and taught me a lot of different techniques. 

I get so many compliments from everyone who sees it. 

I just love this style.

 I enjoyed making these hearts and I hope the whoever received one will enjoy it 

and I hope they can be inspired from it as I hope you will.

The heart is normal chipboard and I used my Bigshot and a Cuttle Bug clock works embossing folder. I applied Ranger Glossy Accents to the chipboard and pressed kitchen aluminum foil. Then using Tim's techniques of adding Ranger Alcohol Inks and then sanding off with steel wool.

The flowers are cut with Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz die Tattered flowers, the material I used was Diet Coke cans my friends happily supply me with (thanks Sandra) after I cut the flowers I used Rangers Alcohol Inks in of course my favorite colors all shades of purples.

The wings were cut with my Silhouette and embossed 

with an embossing folder sorry I can't remember which one. I then edged them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads in Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender. Then I spritzed them with my own mixture of paint shimmer.

  I then painted the other side of the heart with Adirondack copper paint, and sanded it off and applied TH Broken China and then spritzed it again to give it a purple shimmer. The wings were edged on the embossing to give a grungy look using TH Black Soot.

 The chains were garage sale finds my mother provides me with. I just love old costume jewelry to play with in my paper crafting. The gears are cut with my Silhouette.

Happy Valentines Day

I remember when back in grade school we would make paper bags for our valentines and they would get taped to the edge of the desk. We would all get our valentines and pass them out.

 Today Gecko Galz has started the voting for their design team's Valentines Cards that were listed in the 30 Days of Valentines. So go to their web and vote for your favorite card they are all beautiful cards from a group of really talented women. To vote just use the form. Everyone who votes gets placed in a drawing for a fun Gecko Galz Gift! Voting closes on the 21 of Feb. 

Listed below are the cards I have created.

Valentines Day Cards

Well I went to see my DD Brittany and My DGB Ari in Houston TX

 a week ago and of course the have an Archivers.

 I did a little shopping and picked up the 

Exclusive Valentine Day Card kit, with Tim Holtz stamp set.

 Ok this kit gives you everything to make 8 mini cards,
well I didn't do that I decided to make 8 regular A2 cards

 there was enough paper to do the 8 plus
 there is extra paper left over in the paper pad from
 My Minds Eye Lost and Found 3.
This is a cool kit and well worth the $19.99,
Directions were there for the 8 mini cards but
 as you can see the difference of the cards on the front of the directions and what I had completed.
A lot of my friends wanted the kit too,
so my DD went and picked up there kits and sent them to me.

 Here is a link to Barbara's Blog check out what she had completed.

Gecko Galz January Collection

I love the new images from Gecko Galz. 

It's that time to Be My Valentine again, 

so go check out the Valentine line.

 It is loaded with gorgeous and fun images,

 the digital Heart and Soul stamp set is my favorite.

 Gecko Galz is gearing up for a wonderful Valentines inspiration. Starting Jan 16 to Feb 14 a Gecko Galz DT member will show you how to create one of their cards and with that there will be a product you can save on so go each day to Gecko Galz 

and check out the featured DT member card.

My latest Gecko Galz projects

I hope you are inspired by my creations. 

My Tag for 

Gecko Galz 25 Tags of Christmas

I created this tag with the Gecko Galz

Vintage Christmas digital stamp image, 

first I printed the image onto white cardstock, 

using the Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplates die 

making sure to the image is centered on the tag. 

I then colored the image with Copic Markers 

until desired colors were achieved. 

The tag was then edged with TH distress inks 

The Rosette was cut using TH Mini Paper Rosettes strip die, 

The flourish was made by cutting grunge paper 

with the TH Elegant Flourishes die 

and then coloring with TH distress stain Tarnished Brass. 

The silver 25 was created from Ranger Foil Tape Sheet, 

the foil was added to TH Grunge Paper and cut using 

TH 25 and Reindeer die. 

The seam binding ribbon was colored using 

TH distress stain Pine Needles.

Warmest Wishes Snowman Card

I created this card using the

 Snowman and Little Girl from the 

Gecko Galz Wintertime Collage set #2.

I printed the image out 3 times. 

The first as the main image, 

then cutting the image out and pop doting it up

as the second image

then cutting hats, glove, skirt, and tie also pop doting them. 

Then using Ranger Stickles, to highlight 

and give sparkle to the image.

Warmest Wishes

is a stamp from a discontinued

Stampin' UP! set.

Edge of image and back ground was

 colored with Weathered Wood TH Distress Ink,

 the background was embossed with

 Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder,

 then it was heat embossed using 

Versa Mark Ink and then 

Blue Pearl embossing powder from Stampendous. 

The ribbon is misc seam binding in cream color.

WOW! IS IT ALMOST CHRISTMAS TIME??

I have been doing some swaps as of late, and the 

one I have just completed is a Match Box Ornament.

 I created the match box Gingerbread House 

using cardstock, glitter, misc bling, the 

Stampin' UP Scentsational Season dies, 

puff paint, shimmer sprays

 and Viva Pearl Pen.

 Each box was filled with mini Christmas buttons, brads and foam stickers.

Happy Thanksgiving

My Fall Cards

This is the card samples from My Fall Card Class. I hope you get some inspiration from them. I used a OSW (one sheet wonder). The sheet I used was a 8x8 (at the bottom of this post), Using my alcohol inks from Ranger I covered the 8x8 page and used the pieces to create these cards. I love using alcohol inks. The leaves were cut using the Tattered Leaf die, by Tim Holtz and also using his Autumn Gatherings die. I have just been in love with all of these products. I know when I get in my studio and get to working I find I am using his products more and more.I think I will have to purge a lot of my inks and use his the most. 

All of the colors I used were 

ALCOHOL INKS

     Terracotta

Mushroom 

Sunshine Yellow

Sunset Orange

Lettuce

Meadow

Ginger

Currant

Latte

Distress Stains & Pads

Rusty Hinge

Peeled Paint

Wild Honey

Vintage Photo

Frayed Burlap

Aged Mahogany

Archival Ink Black

and

Distress Crackle Paint Rock Candy

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Card 6

Card 7

Card 8

Card 9

I hope you have enjoyed my cards if you have any questions just ask. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope everyone and their families have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

GECKO GALZ 

TRICKS AND TREATS 

BLOG HOP

Welcome to the 2^nd Annual Gecko Galz Tricks and Treats Blog Hop

 I am the next stop on your “hop” welcome to my blog! If you started here you might want to go back and start at the begining at the Gecko Galz blog so you won’t miss anything!  

We have 15 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage images, that we are giving you for FREE! Each blog you visit will have a free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, mine is "Picture Perfect". Also make sure you collect all the secret words on each blog so at the end of the hop you can enter to win our wonderful treat.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

• First is the ephemera collections for each month for an entire year. That is 60 different sets! This is a $120 value
• Second prize is a $50 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz website….you pick it and we send it!
• Third prize is one free digital collage set each month for an entire year, you get to pick the collage sheet you want each month and we send it off to you! This is a $24 value
• And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz  COLLECTIONS!!! That will be 1 paper pack, 1 digital stamp set, and 5 collage sets for the entire year! This is a prize worth $240

Read on to learn how you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all 15 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect all eleven words and at the end of the blog on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to the Gecko Galz website where you will email us the phrase the words make up. This enters you in the contest. On October 31^st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on our website and on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the Gecko Galz site and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

Finally, we are having one more give away! If you post our Gecko Galz badge (found on the Gecko Galz Blog) on your blog or website you will be entered to win a Gecko Store Gift Certificate worth $25 - super easy right?  Just post a link to your blog on the Gecko Galz Blog so we can come visit :).

My Secret Word is;

IF YOU

Now go to the next site and collect the next word plus your next FREE collage sheet.

 Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 

 Carol Salisbury

Hazel Harler

Starr Timmons

Barbara Bird

Joan Lindle

Penny Walker You Are Here

Sherri Levington

Debi Ryan

Heather Hudson

Sharron Rogers

Gerri Herbst

Jules Eickmeier

Helene Huber

Leanne Seed

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet “Showtime”

As well as the samples I have made using the images

 

Who doesn't love cupcakes

This is a cupcake I quilled for a friend on her birthday. The cupcake is from a kit from Quilled Creations. The cupcake is in two pieces large enough for a Hershey's Kiss, After it was created I used Glossy Accents from Ranger to give it a gloss and used it as the adhesive. If you are interested in learning more about quilling just let me know.

Yeah Me Again!!

Yeah Me! I won another blog hop. Paper Haus blog hop was launching the new magazine that debuted yesterday. Well I haven't been able to see the new magazine (not available for iPad yet) but the cover is awesome. I will have to check it out on my computer when I can get on it. If you get the chance go over and check out the new magazine at thepaperhaus.com I can't wait to see it.