Pumpkin Ride and Some Cool Jewelry

Happy Friday!  Today I have a post for Stampendous that has a fun Halloween card and two pieces of jewelry made from bezels by HHH Enterprises, so, this post may be a little longer than most.  We're celebrating all the fun pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns from Stampendous this week and I'm sharing a card I created for the catalog using Pumpkin Ride.  I love this sassy little girl!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Pumpkin Ride
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Doodlebug Design, Inc™ Haunted Manor™ Collection’s “Tombstone” and “Gallery of Ghouls” Patterned Papers
Copic® Markers (E50, E51, E53, E21, E93, E25, E27, E29, E35, E37, V12, V15, V17, YG00, YG01, YG03, YR14, YR16, YR18, YR23, YR24, YR27, Y15, Y17, C0, C1, C3, C6, C7)
May Arts Ribbon®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®
Glue Dots®
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image and color with markers
2. Trim image to desired size
3. Create standard A-2 card base with a tent fold
4. Trim patterned papers as shown
5. Adhere layers as shown
6. Tie bow and attach as shown

 Next up I have a simple leaf bezel in an antique gold finish.  This was, by far, the easiest jewelry project I've ever done!  I sure do like the results!

Here's what I used to create this project:


HHH Enterprises® 28mm Pewter Leaf Bezel Pendant, Vintage Gold
Stampendous® Paprika Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Honey Opaque Embossing Powder
Stampendous® Olive Opaque Embossing Powder
Stampendous® Caramel Fragments
Stampendous® Ochre Fragments
Fast Finish™ by Beacon Adhesive®
VersaMarker™ Watermark Ink Pen
May Arts Ribbon®
Miscellaneous Twine

Here's what I did to create this project:

1. I scribbled on the inside of the bezel with the VersaMarker
2. Next I sprinkled on embossing powder in small sections
3. Heat embossing powder until all has melted
4. Sprinkle on some fragments
5. Cover fragments with Fast Finish, set aside to dry
6. Once dry, thread ribbons through and tie

Okay, I have one more project to share with you.  I hope you aren't falling asleep yet!  This one is really fun.  One of the coolest things about this project, I can switch out the contents whenever I want to!  I can change it for seasons, holidays or occasions, whatever suits my needs.  This is a round shadow box pendant-locket so I can open it up with the flip of a hinge!

Here's what I used to create this project:

HHH Enterprises® Round Shadow Box Pendant-Locket

Stampendous® Halloween Charms Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Stampendous® Trick or Treat Color Fragments

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink by Tsukineko

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink® in Spiced Marmalade

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Acetate Sheet

Fiskars® 1.5" Circle Punch

May Arts Ribbon®

Here's what I did to create this project:

1. Punch out white cardstock piece
2. Stamp images onto circle
3. Ink circle with distress ink and place inside pendant
4. Add in a pinch of fragments
5. Punch out another circle with acetate piece
6. Stamp bird image onto acetate and place in front glass and close
7. Thread ribbon onto pendant

I tried to give you a close-up side shot of the pendant to show the bird but it's hard to see how it seems to be floating inside.  It looks really cool in real life.

Well, that's it for me today.  Sorry for the length but I wanted to get it all in on one.  Hope you have a wonderful day and a great weekend.  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Hooray!

I wish I had a stamp that says "Hooray!"  It would have been perfect with Bootsie, the image I've used today from Rick St. Dennis for the Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog.  Bootsie is just one of the images available for this period and I fell in love with him the minute I saw him!  He's totally adorable!  We have six cats and of those six, not a single Siamese but I do love them and this one just called out to be colored as such.  Here's my project using #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, & 10:

Here's my project with the semi-hidden tag pulled out:

And just to show you how he dances through the flowers, here's a little short clip:

Here's a list of what I've used to create this project:

Bootsie by Rick St. Dennis

Copic Markers

Bazzill Cardstock

Neenah Cardstock

Basic Grey's "What's Up" 6x6 paper pad

Fiskars Tag Die

May Arts Ribbon and Twine

Zip Dry Adhesive

Action Wobble 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed my little project.  It was a lot of fun to create!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow as I'll have another post for your viewing pleasure!  See you soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Zen Butterfly

Hello, crafty friends!  It's a new year and we've had a new challenge at Dreamweaver Stencils, Clean and Simple or Lose the Weight!  I have to admit, I like to keep most of my cards relatively simple anyway so it really wasn't too hard for me to play along with this challenge.  This is one of our fantastic new stencils, Zen Butterfly, LL 3037,  and I absolutely love it!  I think it's gorgeous and could even be used to create lovely fairy wings if you were so inclined.

The technique I used to create this card used embossing powders on double-sided sticky paper.  It's a fun technique and gives you the chance to be a little creative with the placement of your powders.  I used Recollections Embossing Powders that can be purchased at Michaels.  I would give you more details but my craft studio is in the basement and I've just had knee surgery and can't make it down to my studio just now to retrieve the information.  My apologies for this!  I'll come back and update when I can access my room!

Here's another angle to try to show you how sparkly my lovely embossing powders are!

Here's the list of my teammates that have more projects for your viewing pleasure:

Dream It Up!

Lea Kimmel (me)

Louise Healy

Stacey Rumsby

Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan

Pam Hornschu

Cherylynn Moser

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  

Hugs,

Lea

Truck of Gifts

Hello there!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Today I'm sharing a card with you created with some great Stampendous® Stamps!  This card uses Truck of Gifts for the main image and  Holly Bird Perfectly Clear Stamps™ and Christmas Charms Perfectly Clear Stamps™ on the tag.  If you've gone shopping on "Black Friday" you may have brought home your own truck of gifts!  For me, I'm staying home and as far away from the mall as possible!  So, here's my card:

I love this old truck!  Definitely one of my favorite stamps for creating masculine Christmas cards.  Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color as desired and trim closely around edge
Create card base from Bazzill
Trim patterned background paper
Trim mat for image
Create bow and adhere to lower portion of patterned paper
Adhere patterned paper to card base with bow attached
Adhere image to mat and then adhere matted image to card
Punch out tag and stamp as shown
Using glue, adhere glitter to tree branches as shown
Tie tag around ribbon and, using a foam mounting square, attach to the card

These are the products I used:

Stampendous® Truck of Gifts
Stampendous® Holly Bird Perfectly Clear Stamps™
Stampendous® Christmas Charms Perfectly Clear Stamps™
Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter
America Crafts® Jolly 6x6 Paper Pad
Bazzill® Embossed Dot Card Stock in Red
Bazzill® Green Card Stock
Neenah® Classic Crest Solar White
Fiskars® Tag Punch
Beacon Adhesives® Zip Dry™
Archival Ink™ in Vermillion
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink™ in Iced Spruce
Aunt Lydia's Crochet Thread® in White
Seam Binding in Dark Red
Copic® Markers as listed:

• Sky - B41; BG0000
• Truck - G21, 24, 28; C00, 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; E35, 37, 39, 43, 44; R35, 37, 39
• Christmas Tree - G94, 99; R35, 37
• Gifts - R56, 59; BG72, 75
• Pine Tree Needles:  G94, 99
• Snow - BG0000; 0 (Colorless Blender)

Easy peasy, right!?  That's all there is to it!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again real soon!  

Hugs,

Lea