Happy New Year... Almost!

It's time for our monthly Blog Hop! I can't believe how fast the time is going by... the holidays are almost here and 2019 is just around the corner! To celebrate, I created a card for this month's Stamping Symphony Blog Hop. Check it out:

It's a fairly simple card & uses mostly paper... lots & lots of beautiful glimmer & shimmer on this card! I die cut several pennants from various papers using the Playful Pennants Thinlits Dies & my Big Shot. I opted not to use the coordinating stamp set (Pick A Pennant) on this card.

Here's a better look at all that shimmer. It was difficult to get it all to show up at the same time. I didn't have a "Happy New Year" stamp (and again, I could've stamped that with the coordinating Pick A Pennant Stamp Set), but I chose to use a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings instead. I think it works AND I definitely recommend that stamp set in your stash.

Did you notice those numbers on the card? I cut those out from the Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper.

On the inside, I left plenty of room for a message and added a couple more pennants to the top. Clean & simple!

Here's one last look at some of the elements. To make that "celebrate" pop a little, I die cut one from black & one from white & offset them slightly. It makes it look a little 3D, but without all that bulk!

So, that's it from me today. Thanks for stopping by & make sure you hop along to all the other awesome people below. ;)

1. A La Cards (Leena)
2. Lolly & Sand (Sandy)

3. justBstamping (Barb)

4. Stamping with Jen (Jen)

5. Hofkissed (Steph) << You Are Here

Until next time, stay crafty!

Steph

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $11.50	Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper [146277] $19.00	Gold Glimmer Paper [146958] $6.75
Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.50	Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146667] $49.00	Clear Block G [118489] $6.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840] $31.00	Playful Pennants Framelits Dies [146352] $35.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $13.50
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50

Dragonflies & Tea Lights

I've been inspired a lot by painting and mixed media lately and decided to play around with a piece last night. This is what I came up with:

I posted a few in progress pictures on my Instagram feed yesterday and promised to share the full view today on the blog. I'm so in love with how this turned out!! I started by blending ink (Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay & Emerald Envy) on a wood canvas. Next, I used the Timeless Textures stamp set to add some texture around the edges with Whisper White ink. Once that was dry, I used the splatter image and added heat embossing with copper. As an after thought, I also stamped some small dragonflies throughout in the various inks. Here are some different looks...

Next came the hexagon tea light holders that I created using the Window Box Thinlits. I love the floral cutouts. They fit a tea light perfectly and to continue with the copper accents, I added some copper washi (from the Affectionately Yours pack) and glued a panel of Copper Foil inside so that the light would bounce off of it.

 Lastly, I added the small & large dragonflies that I cut from Copper Foil using the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Mixed Media

Over the weekend I was feeling inspired by something other than cards... that seems to be the case lately anyway! As I sat down to paint with my kiddos and one of their friends, I was suddenly inspired to create a mixed media piece... my first ever I think! Check it out:

I love the way it turned out! I started by painting a background on the canvas in my favourite colours. Since I was just fooling around and didn't quite know what I wanted to do, I headed to my stamp wall for inspiration. I stared until something jumped out at me - my Flower Patch stamp set. Do you ever do that when you need inspiration? Anyway, I began by stamping my larger flower with white paint, followed by the smaller flowers & sentiment in ink. I just kept adding until I was happy.

To spice it up a notch, I added some copper accents. I lightly rubbed my VersaMark pad throughout the background and along the edges. For the white flowers, I used my VersaMark Pen so that I could get the powder exactly where I wanted it. Lastly, I stamped the smallest flower on top of the other flowers that I stamped in ink and then heat those up.

What do you think?

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


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