Crafting By The Beach: Baskets Of Happiness

Thursday, April 21, 2016

You Make Me Happy

Good Morning!

An itty bitty card to share with you today. This will be entered into the Challenges at Stamp TV, Size Doesn't Matter, WOW! Embossing Powder and Simon Says Monday, Butterfly Beauty.

This card measures only 3.5 x 4.5 inches. I finally opened that jar of Texture Paste I bought way back when. Using a PTI Hexagon Cover Plate die cut as a stencil, I smeared on a good amount of the paste. While it was still wet I doused it in some Gold Embossing Powder and let it dry overnight, then I heat set the powder. It did bubble up a bit here and there, but I was able to smooth them down with my fingers. It's kind of cool and full of wicked texture. This was all done on a Spellbinders Decorative Label 8 die cut.

Cheery Lynn Butterfly 6 die cut, which I ran through my Mini Minc with Gold Foil. I also traced the die itself on to black card stock to create a backing. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs, Baskets Of Happiness, which was also heat embossed in Gold Powder.

I'll have to do some experimenting with the Texture Paste....I'm just so pleased I finally opened it!

Thanks for coming by!

Enjoy~~

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Peeking In

Good Morning!

It's such a beautiful day, even if I do have to work! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the humidity has headed for unknown parts.....life is good, knock on wood! ;)

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at MFT Sketch and CASology, Precious.

When I first saw the Sketch I immediately thought window, of course! So I did a cropped/masked stamped image of this sweet little girl (and sentiment too) from MFT, Pure Innocence, I Pick You! I wanted her to be peeking in on the recipient of this card, you know just checking up on them! I also did a cropped/masked stamped image of the bouquet of flowers she was holding, but to be honest, it just looked creepy! You could see her arms and flowers, but nothing more....super creepy! So I looked through a bunch of my other stamps and found this pot of pretty little posies from Gina K Designs, Baskets Of Happiness. Perfect!