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Frosted Designs Card Sketch Goes Digital!
Sentiment is from Squigglefly.com The sketch challenge this week on Frosted Designs is sponsored by Squigglefly.com. I wanted to use this sentiment from them so much that I had to make TWO cards! Here is the sketch designed by Diana Gonzalez : As you can see, I even included the butterfly on each! On the…
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Monochromatic With Brown On a Clean And Simple Card Sketch
Sizzix Die Was Used To Cut Hearts Yesterday, I saw the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge for monochromatic cards which also is to include brown. Then I saw the sketch below from Clean & Simple Stamping and knew that I wanted to use both ideas. 159 From Clean & Simple Stamping The base is textured CTMH retired…
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Things Are Not Always Black and White
5″ x 7″ Black Cardstock Base I’ve wanted to “do” collage for a few years but have never tried it until today. This is my first timid foray into this art form… and it is a small attempt, I’ll admit. The bottom rectangle was stamped with a small chevron stamp (several times to make a…
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Welcoming Fall On Kraft Card Base
CTMH Mischief Paper, Barn Red and Black on Kraft This Thanksgiving card is layered on a 5″ x 7″ kraft cardstock base. The other papers come from CTMH’s Mischief paper pack. All the stamping was done with Versamark ink and embossed with white powder. Stamps are from CTMH Say It In Style Stamp Set The…
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Color Corsage Pins to Make Customized Embellishments for Papercrafting
This video shows how I use Adirondack Alcohol Inks and Copic Markers to color beads and pins for unique hatpin embellishments. I’d love to see your creations, too! Please leave me a comment with a link to your photos showing your handmade embellishments. Thanks so much for visiting! Beverly
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Embossed Clear Card …. Seeing Lots of Stars!
Clear Card Embossed with Stars Cuttlebug Folder For this card I followed the Sweet Stop sketch #126 pictured below. It had a spin to it: Starstruck. Awesome timing! I’ve been wanting to try to emboss some of the clear cards that I got from Close To My Heart and this presented the perfect opportunity! It was…
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4 x 4 Square Kraft Clean and Simple Card
Images from the CTMH Treasure Life stamp set embossed in white I love the simple, sweet elegance of white on kraft paper. This is one of my favorite stamp sets and I find that I use it a lot! When I saw that CFC #20 was for a mini-card, I knew that I was going…
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Bling It On!
Ranger Foil Tape Sheet cut with Spellbinders and Sizzix dies in Vagabond This week I’ve been participating in an online class with Jennifer McGuire. I’ve learned a few things, was reminded of tons of techniques that I rarely use and introduced to products that I didn’t know I needed. The foil tape by Ranger is…
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Punches Challenge with Frosted Designs
Edited on 6/21/2012 – Reposted after having been removed for publication. Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch (used 51 Times) This is my artwork for Frosted Designs‘ Fabulous Friday Challenge – Punches. If you’ve visited my blog before, you know that I LOVE punches. So I was very excited to participate today! The picture above was…
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EK Success Parisian Edger Punch used for Handmade Paper Rosette
CTMH Wonderland Paper used for both Rosettes The EK Success punches are easy to use. I love how nicely the punched holes always line up with the guides and how cleanly it cuts. Seam binding ribbon was misted with Perfect Pearls Forever Blue The embellishment in the center of the larger rosette is a retired…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann
Quilts, Cards, Mixed Media, and Other Stuff
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 