Enjoy Life Brusho Card

 I created this fabulous card for our monthly team meeting. I was so excited when it won first place!
I cased Erica Cerwin’s Brusho Spray starch/ Saran Wrap technique for fun! The bike also moves on this card as I used part of the Barn Door thinlit and washers.

To create this fun card, here are some instructions I used the Enjoy life stamp set :

For the Brusho background (this is very messy FYI)

1. Cut a 3 3/4” x 5” piece of shimmery white Cardstock. Spritz card with water. 

2. Sprinkle yellow brusho on bottom 2/3 of Cardstock. Then sprinkle top 1/3 of paper with Brilliant Red Brusho.  Spray with laundry starch spray. Take empty aqua brush and spread the yellow and red  Brusho powder horizontally.

3.Sprinkle Prussian Blue Brusho on an acrylic block. Tap aqua painter in blue powder and apply in tiny vertical Brush strokes o bottom of paper for green grass. Rinse aqua painter.

4. Tsp aqua painter in blue powder and do horizontal strokes on top of paper for purple sky. Then spray more starch on.Apply crumpled  Saran Wrap over paper and let dry overnight.

5. Stamp bike on vellum with Stazon or momentous black ink. Fussy cut bike out.

6. Cut Blackberry Bliss Cardstock to 4”x5 1/4” . Set aside for later.

7. When dry stamp grass.  Mount onto 4x5.25 Blackberry Bliss Cardstock. Use half the barn door track Framelit and run through Big Shot.  Then attach center of bike wheels to washers on the track
8. Stamp sentiment in Blackberry Bliss ink onto Whisper White Cardstock and mount onto Blackberry Bliss Cardstock cut with Stitched Framelits. Attach black thread to back and sequins to front of sentiment.
Enjoy!

Graduation Gift Jars

I made these cute graduation gifts for my niece and cousins kids. They turned out so cute!
I got the money rolled up from a post on Pinterest a couple of years ago.

These are half pint jars that I got at Hobby Lobby on sale for 1$ each. There is 25$ rolled up like diplomas in 1 $ bills. I tied the dollar bills with retired bakers twine. The school colors are black and teal and I found these fun tassels at hobby lobby too.  Here are some instructions on how I made these adorable gifts.

1. I measured around the jar and found that they were approximately 10.5 inches. I also measured the diameter of the lid which was 3 inches.

2. I cut one strip of  3/4 “ x 11.5” basic black for the band around the lid. Using the Layering Circles Framelits, I found that the 2nd largest smooth circle fit perfect and cut out a circle of Basic  Black Cardstock.

3.  Using tear n tape, I adhered the circle and the band to the jars.

4. Next I cut out a 4x4 inch square of Basic Black Cardstock. I punched a small hole in the center of the square and added the gold cord trim with tassel. I knotted the cord and taped it to the underside for  reinforcement and then attached the cardstock using Tear n tape to the top of the jar.

5. I used the following stamp sets: Thoughtful Banners and Labeler Alphabet
6. Next I stamped one of the thoughtful banners in Momento Black ink and in Island Indigo stamped congrats in side the banner. Then using the Duet Banner punch, I punched the banner out. Then using the scotch tape I covered the uation part of the graduation stamp. Then I inked it in Momento black, next removed the scotch tape and stamped on Whisper White cardstock. Next using the Labeler Alphabet I stamped 2018 in Momento ink and then used a oval framelit to cut out the saying.
6. I cut out the 2nd smallest Stitched Oval framelit in Island Indigo, and ran it through the big shot. Next I adhered the white oval on to the Island Indigo oval.
7. Next I cut out a 1 inch by 11 inch strip of Basic Black cardstock and attached it to the jar using tear n tape. Then I adhered the ovals on to the black strip. 
8. Then I used 2 foam dimensionals on the back of the banner and placed over the ovals on the jar.

Petal Passion Tote

I am just loving Stampin’ Up!’s Petal Passion Suite! I like the artistic black and white dsp and I just love the adorable bird in the stamp set. I made this cute tote bag and cards for my daughter’s church youth group.

The fun card I made for our team swap in January. 

Here’s how to make this cute bag:

1. Out of Basic Black cardstock, cut 2 pieces measuring 1"X11" and score at 1/2". Using the reverse punch on the envelope punch board, round corner edges.

2.  Burnish score lines, and add tombow glue leaving 1 1/2" on both edges. 

 3. Adhere together and when dry use a bone folder to add curves to the handles of your bag.

4. Cut a piece of basic black cardstock measuring 4 1/2" X 8"  Score at 1" around all sides. Burnish all sides. Snip 1" in on the longer sides. Feel free to wedge the cuts.

 5.  Use tombow glue and adhere box together, folding in sides.

6. Using the Petal Passion dsp, cut 2 pieces measuring 4 1/2" X 9". Add tombow glue starting half way on a short side followed by long side followed by 1/2 of the other short side. 

7. Adhere 1 piece of the cut dsp and attach to bottom of the box. 

8. Add more glue to the rest of the black Box.  Attach 2nd piece of dsp by adding a line of glue down both short sides of paper and adhere to box.

9. Cut 2 pieces of Basic Black cardstock measuring 3/4"X 9" . Use tombow glue and adhere to too outside edge of bag.

10.  Adhere handles onto bag.  

11. Add gold faceted gems to handles like in photo below.

12. To create the little bird charm, Use the petal palette stamp and framelits. Punch hole and attach to bag. You could use baker's twine if you wish. I used the beaded chain I got at the craft store.

Beautiful Butterfly Shadow Box

I had fun creating this project as  a make n take at our We Stamp Christmas party.  I thought it would be fun playing with the brusho powders. I tried to keep it simple since I had to prep for around 30 make n takes. Even though I cut embossed and scored everything it still ended up being tricky, but fun!

 
I also made a stepped up one in Yellow where I used the marbled background stamp and the petals and more framelits and butterfly framelits.

 

Aren't these boxes just adorable?  I found that my favorite paper so far  to use with the brusho powders in the white shimmer paper. For the box I was inspired by a youtube video made by Blossom Tree Papercraft.

Here's the tutorial.

 

1. Cut a 4 ¼ by 4 ¼ piece of shimmer white cardstock. Stamp and emboss butterfly image from Beautiful Day set in white. Lightly wet image with Aqua Painter filled with water. Sprinkle 6 taps of blue prussian brusho powder for the blue one or 5 taps of yellow and 2 taps of moss green. Keep the powder to the lower 1/2 of butterfly. Using Aqua painter, brush over powder and work your way up for an ombre effect. Let dry.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   2. Cut Whisper White Cardstock to 8 ¼ X 8 ¼. Score at ½,1,1 ½, and 2 inches. Repeat for all 4 sides. Then on 2 opposing sides score to the 2^nd horizontal score line at 2 ½ and 5 ¾ inches.
   
   
   
   
   
    3. Remove intersecting 2 inch squares in each of 4 corners.
   
   
   

4. On opposing 2 ½ and 5 ¾ score lines, cut beveled edges
to look like picture. 

 
5. Then punch 2 1/8^th inch holes in top of beveled edge like photo.using your favorite choice for adhesive- I used fast fuse, adhere Butterfly square to center of shadow box. 



6. Cut 18” ombre ribbon and thread through punched holes.

7.Next burnish all edges. Use tear n tape on top and bottom beveled edges on the side facing table. Fold scored lines and attach to top and bottom of butterfly. Make sure it makes a good square box shape.

8. Next Apply tear n tape to straight sides on the outer most fold and side facing table. Fold in one side at a time and tuck under beveled edges. For better attachment use a little tombow glue or glue dot on straight corner being tucked into beveled edge.



9. Hold corners until glue holds. Add 3 sequins

 

Stampin' Blends 101

I am so excited that Stampin' Up! has just released its new line of Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers and are available to purchase!  I have been having so much fun with these new markers, especially, with the help of my daughter Shayla, who has been using alcohol markers in her artwork for the last several years!  At first I was kind of bored with just coloring with markers until my daughter opened my eyes to some basic art principles and ideas and applying them to my stamped images to give them a more real and life like appearance!  After that I was hooked!  Here are some pictures of flowers that I have stamped with Momento Ink and colored in with the markers to show off all the new Stampin' blend colors.

The two small flowers show case the difference between the Light and Dark Shades of the Marker color. The pansy showcases a blend of the Light and Dark Markers and the largest flower showcases the blends and the addition of other Stampin' Blend colors and how you can use them to make your artwork more vibrant and life-like. The swipes of color with letters like DOO and LCC  represent the initials of other Stampin' Blends like Dark Old Olive and Light Calypso Coral.  For example, with the Daffodil Delight  large flower, we shadowed using Light Rich Razzle berry(which gave the flower an exotic flare), Light Pumpkin Pie, Dark Crumb Cake and Dark Pink Pirouette.  I thought it would be fun to have my daughter do a series of Stampin' Blend videos teaching some art fundamentals and techniques along with how you can also use the Stampin Up Watercolor Pencils for some fun effects.  

Here are the rest of the Stampin Blend color cards I made with the help of my daughter Shayla.

To purchase these awesome markers, just visit my Stampin up Store, Shop with EZPZstamping&crafting

Happy Halloween Twinkies

Here's a quick and EZPZ idea to dress up the Halloween Twinkies. I volunteered to bring individually  wrapped cakes for the Kindergarteners cake walk at school tomorrow. So here is how I dressed them up a bit.

I just cut a 2x6 strip of Spooky Night dsp and wrapped it around the Twinkies and adhere with fast fuse. Next I wrapped basic black bakers twins around the dsp and tie a bow. Then stamp and punch the label from the scaredy cat stamp set.

Sunflowers and Vintage Leaves

I just love fall!  I really miss fall in Utah but I am slowly adapting to life in Arizona!  I was so excited when my cousin asked me to create a class with a Fall theme and Thanks for her church group.  I created the following cards and had 5 cards in each box.

I just love the look that the dynamic leaves embossing folder made on the Clear acetate boxes that are in SU! holiday catalog. I even got asked to do this same class for my church group in November.