New Technique

 This was a new technique to me that our stamp group did over skype. 

We added some inks to our glass mats and then spritz with water and used a pallet knife to move the inks around to kind of blend them and then we added tissue paper over the inks and let it absorb, then carefully take off and let dry. Once dry we crinkled the tissue paper to give it some lines and then added glue to our cardstock base and laid the crinkled tissue over the glue, you can even add more crinkles as you bunch it up after layering it on top. Let that dry.  

Take your anti static pouch to run over the background, then take your embossing ink and lightly run over only the raised areas from your bunching up the tissue paper. Then add your embossing powder and heat, it gives such a neat look to your background.  I liked it so much I made a few and will be using more in other cards :)

Cardstock base was 4 1/4 x 11 inches, scored at 2 1/2, 3 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4. We took a piece of cardstock and embossed it and added our sentiment for the inside at the bottom.

• Provocraft - Leafy Branch Embossing powder
• Cardmaking magic - Birthday Verses stamp set
• Elizabeth Craft designs - Happy Birthday die
• Crafter's square - Leaf Sticker ($ store)

This card does not stand up on it's own.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Purple birds

 Don't you just love how we as creative people can make our birds any color we would like :) I saw many of these type birds on Pinterest and thought they would be cute for my oldest sister who recently had a granddaughter.

You cut circles, I did two different sizes, don't quite fold in half leave a little room to be able to peek at the paper behind, double sided paper is the best for this.  I added a heart punch to their bottom feathers and leaf punches for their wings. Black pen for the legs and eyes. For the beaks I just hand cut a triangle.

• Spellbinders - Circle dies
• P13 - Secret Garden paper pack
• Little heart punch (tail feathers)
• Martha Stewart - Leaf punch
• Fiskars - Grass border punch
• Whimsy stamps - Simple sentiments stamp set

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

In the Garden

 49 and Market has some very delicate laser cut elements in their collections and this one is one of them, I was hand delivering this one to my girlfriend so it worked out ok to pop it up with foam dots and not worry about the mail crushing it.

• 49 and Market - Krafty Garden 6x8 paper pack, Krafty Garden Mini Laser Cut elements (flowers and butterfly)
• Stickles - Shabby Shutters on Flower centers

I think the close up shows more of how delicate the stems are.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Autumn

 I hadn't used this embossing folder in quite some time and I thought I would make it into an Autumn tree, coloring it with markers and adding a stamped Autumn display with it too.

• Darcie - Leafy tree embossing folder, colored w/markers
• Penny Black - Fall Fence stamp set, colored w/markers

I would like to share my card today with these Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday challenge

Can you handle the Pressure

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Birdie Birthday

 Feels like it has been awhile since I used one of my bird dies and since I hadn't used any for my hubby's nieces birthday card yet I thought it was about time :)

I cut my bird from pieces I had done on my gelli plate, the branches I added a little extra ink and the sentiment sticker was silver so I added a little blue pen to go with the flowers.

• Simon Says stamps - Layered Chickadee die (papers from gelli plate print)
• Memory Box - Fresh Foliage die
• Craft Smith - Seaglass paper
• Ecstasy crafts - Happy Birthday silver sticker colored w/blue marker

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, Have a great week!

Connie