Friday, January 31, 2025

Love You Tons!

 Happy Friday Friends!

Tasha here sharing a new Valentine's Day card created with 5219-Lovable Animals Set and inspired by the current Art Impressions "Highlights" Challenge. This set has four adorable animals, but I just love this sweet elephant with his little bow tie!

The elephant was stamped with hybrid ink, colored with Copic markers, and cut with the included dies. The die also creates the opening on the arms, so you can add different accessories to customize your card or project. Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I used the heart die to cut a red heart and added white accents with my paint marker. I also used my paint marker to add little dots on the bow tie; so cute!

After the elephant was colored, I made a background with puffy clouds and a wooden floor. The greeting "I Love Sharing My Heart With You" goes perfectly with the theme of this card and coordinates with the paper heart; I love it! 

Lastly, I attached layers of black, red, and white card stock, silver glitter paper (I love sparkle), and a piece of heart pattern paper. I also attached white enamel dots to complete the design.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope your enjoyed today's card and will join in the "Highlights" Challenge!






Friday, January 24, 2025

Love You More!

Happy Friday! 

Tasha here sharing a new Valentine's Day card created with the super cute 5005 - Valentine Bears Set and 5741 - Valentines Paper Pack from Art Impressions Stamps!

I have been working on Valentine's Day cards lately and just had to create a card with this sweet little bear stamp. He is adorable with his paper heart banner and little blue top. I started by stamping the bear with black ink and used masking paper to cover him before creating the background. I created a wood floor and covered the background with red hearts to bring in more color and coordinate with the Valentine's Day theme.

After the center card was completed, I added layers of gold glitter paper, red, black, and white card stock, and a piece of pretty heart pattern paper. I also added a "Love You More" sentiment on a simple white banner to complete the design. I think this card will be perfect to send to a special someone this Valentine's Day!

Thank you for checking out today's project and I hope you have a wonderful day!




 

Friday, January 17, 2025

You’re koala-fied to be my Valentine!

 Happy Friday Friends!

Tasha here sharing a Valentine's Day card inspired by the Art Impressions Monochromatic Challenge. Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, it's a perfect time to get started on Valentine's Day cards. I used the Koalas Set for the main image and different shades of pink to go with the challenge theme; I love all the pink colors!

I started by stamping the little koala on to white card stock and also stamped him on a piece of masking paper. Before ink blending, I used a heart die to cut the center heart out and the pink frame. After the heart was cut, I masked the koala and used two shades of Distress Oxide Ink to color in the background. I like how the lighter color around the image looks like a spotlight.
After the heart was completed, I attached layers of pink cardstock and a piece of Art Impressions heart pattern paper. I also stamped the greeting "Happy Valentine's Day"with pink ink to coordinate with all the colors.

Lastly, I added little white hearts to the background of the center heart to complete the design.
I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to create a monochromatic Valentine's Day card!

Have a wonderful day!










Friday, January 10, 2025

 Happy Friday!

Tasha here sharing my first Art Impressions project of 2025! Today's card was inspired by the current Art Impressions "Craft Time is Golden" Challenge and features the 5953-Woodland Critters Set.

Now that Winter is in full swing and we are getting more snow here in Wisconsin, I thought it would be fun to create a little winter wonderland scene. I love owls and this stamp is perfect for Fall and Winter projects, his little scarf is just too cute!


I colored the owl with Copic Markers and used the included dies to cut the image out. To go with the "Golden" theme, I create a sparky gold glitter frame which looks awesome with the blue snowflake background. Art Impressions has great pattern paper!

Lastly, I added layers of blue, white, and brown card stock, pine cone pattern paper, and a scalloped frame using the same snowflake paper behind the owl. I also attached a "Thinking of You" sentiment to complete the design.

I hope you enjoyed today's project are will participate in the "Craft Time is Golden" Challenge!








Friday, December 13, 2024

Warm Christmas Wishes!

Happy Friday!

Tasha here sharing a holiday themed MB card inspired by the current Art Impressions Teeny Tiny Challenge. To create my card I used the 5442 MB Santa Christmas Set, 5324 MB Cat Accessories, and the 5322 MB Den Set from Art Impressions. This little scene looks so peaceful and perfect for the upcoming Christmas holiday! 

I started by making the MB card base with holiday cat-themed pattern paper and stamped out all the little pieces. Also, each of the MB sets include the coordinating dies making it super easy to cut all the tiny images out. 


After looking at the fireplace and Christmas tree, I thought it would be cute to have a little kitty sleeping by the warm fire. The 5324 MB Cat Accessories has several cats to choose from and this one fits perfectly on the chair from the 5322 MB Den Set. It's awesome that you can mix and match your MB sets to make customized projects!

Lastly, I added little cat-themed details to go with the design. I drew in paw prints on the gifts, and added a little paw print on the letter to Santa. I'm sure this sweet little kitty is going to have a wonderful Christmas!

I hope you enjoyed today's card and will join in the Teeny Tiny challenge!







 

Friday, December 6, 2024

Snowy Greetings - Dare 2B Artzy IG Hop

Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog!
This weekend Dare 2B Artzy is having a fun Instagram Hop and the design team will all be sharing holiday inspiration projects. My project is a fun gift card holder that features the ice skate from the D2BA Winter Wonderland Stamp Set.


To go with the ice skating/winter theme, I used light blue colors and a piece of snowflake pattern paper. I love how these colors give an icy look to the project! I also attached several white enamel dots to the center of several snowflakes to add in a little more detail to the front.

The inside of the holder has four (4) pockets and I decided to add in to purple pockets for an extra pop of color. You can actual fit at least six (6) pockets in this holder (maybe more), but this was the perfect amount for me. Red and Green pockets would also be fun for a Christmas design or pattern paper would also give a fun look to the inside.


Lastly, I attached the sentiment and a small velcro dot to close the holder. I also add extra glue behind the velcro to make sure it stays in place.

Thank you for checking out today's project and I hope you will check out the Dare 2B Artzy Instagram Hop. (Click Here)


Have a great day!

_______________Gift Card Holder Instructions_______________

 

Step 1: Cut a piece of card stock to 3" x 11" (Heavy Weight cardstock)

 

Step 2: Score the base at 8-1/2", 7-3/4", 4", and 3-1/4". 

 

Step 3: Use bone folder to crease all the score lines.

 

Note: The shorter section is the top of the holder.

 

Step 3: Create your pockets (I used four (4) for this project).

Cut a piece of card stock to 6” x 4”

 

Step 4: Score the card pockets at 3-1/4” and 1/2"

 

Step 5: Turn the paper and score down at 1/2"

 

Step 6: Cut each pocket as shown below:

 

Step 7: Use a bone folder to crease all the score lines.

 

Step 8: Add liquid adhesive to both tabs to create the pocket.

 

Step 8: After you assemble the pockets, use a small circle die or punch to cut the same size hole each pocket as shown below. This makes it super easy to pull the pockets.



 

Step 9: Use liquid adhesive to attach the pockets to each other. 



 

Start by glueing the first pocket to the inside center of the card base (do not go over the score lines) and stack the remaining pockets on top of each other.


*Reminder: The shorter folded side is the top of the holder.

 



 

Optional: For the final pocket, pull up the bottom of the holder and attach it to the top pocket. This will allow the pockets to pull open when you open the holder. 

 

Step 10: To complete the project, attach a small Velcro dot to keep the holder closed. 

 

Step 11: Decorate with pattern paper and enjoy! 










Joyful Snowman Card!

 Happy Friday!

Tasha here sharing a Christmas card featuring the 5802 - Joyful Snowman Set from Art Impressions. This set has the cutest little snowmen stamps and several greetings for holiday cards and projects. I think this snowman would also look great on gift tags.

To begin, I stamped the snowman and used the included dies to cut the image out. For the coloring, I used  teal, purple, and blue Copic Markers and added a light pink for his cheeks. I also used a white gel pen to create a design on the hat and scarf, I love coloring clothing!

To make the background, I added a pattern paper for the sky and cut a hill out of white paper to look like snow. I also attached several small white enamel dots to go with the snowy sky. 

After I completed the background, I attached a metallic teal frame and stamped a sentiment with teal ink. I think this sentiment goes perfectly with the joyful snowman and I like how it looks with the silver glitter frame.

Lastly, I added layers of plaid paper, dark teal card stock, and silver glitter paper. All of these colors look so pretty together and in person the glitter is so sparkly. Teal and silver colors always look awesome on winter cards and it's one of my favorite color combinations.


I hope you enjoyed today's card and are having a wonderful day!