Happy Halloween Season!

I've been a bad blogger, but I couldn't resist posting what I've been making for the Halloween Season. And yes, it is an entire season in my house-not just a single day. :) This is a fun wooden shadow box that I found. I first painted it black, then sprayed it with a bit of Cinder Glimmer Mist. I put a vintage Bingo card as the background, and layered it with Vintage images and a trimmed out stamped tree using Tattered Angels' new Halloween Hauntings stamp set. The Spooky title is a fun little find from Hobby Lobby for a couple dollars. I have this shadow box displayed with all of my vintage Halloween decorations. It's a perfect fit!





Happy Halloween!
Michelle

Butterfly Card

I am so in love with this beautiful line from Fiskars' Kimberly Poloson called Nature's Flora. It's just stunning. I especially love how some of the papers are embossed. You can further tint with Glimmer Mist, and just wipe the mist off the embossed areas, and still get the shimmer-great resist method. This line also comes with these lovely quotes and other paper diecuts. It made making a gorgeous card super easy. Of course, this card was additionally beautifully enhanced with Tattered Angels Creme de Cocoa Nature Glimmer Glass. I even heated the butterfly and bent the wings so it looks like the butterfly is fluttering in the corner. Did you notice how the magnifying glass is a darker color than the butterfly? I just flipped it over! You can get two different looks in one piece. The magnifying glass is a great frame for the beautiful butterfly sticker.

Be sure to check out the Tattered Angels blog for the month of July-some amazing Giveaways are taking place, and you don't want to miss out! Plus, the Design Team is posting some great sneak peeks of the new product line. You will not be disappointed-this is our best EVER!

Tattered Angels/Cosmo Cricket Blog Relay

I am so excited to have Tattered Angels team up with Cosmo Cricket-what fun products they have! And, they look great with Tattered Angels products. This was really a quick tag card I made using Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday line. To add some shimmer, I first Glimmer Misted the lined paper with Sea Glass, and spread it evenly with a paper towel. As that is very similar to the original color of the paper, it simply added some glimmer and a bit of shading in areas. To bring out the embossing of the Glimmer Chip, this one found in the Nature Embossed line, I lightly rubbed an ink pad across the top. Quick Quotes Powder Puffs are perfect for bringing out the embossing-no goopiness! (If that's a word). The flower was lightly sprayed with Sea Glass too to add some shimmer. Love the yarn ribbon. Remember those in grade school? You could buy a bunch of them in the hair aisle to top off your ponytails!

After warming up with the card, I moved onto a Glimmer Glass album. The Girl Friday line works great with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glass window album! If you're familiar with this album, you'll know that there is a die cut butterfly in the cover of the book. For this cover, I simply covered over the butterfly-however, it is visible on the other side, and looks great. Just another way to use your album.

Here it is on the inside of the cover-even sprayed with Glimmer Mist. The inside cover was also sprayed with a combo of Patina and Sea Glass. The Framed Font pocket watch chip was sprayed with Pink Bubblegum. I'm enjoying Cosmo Cricket's ribbon that coordinates with this line...

Another tag located in the book:

Now this is a fun page... First, I used the Tattered Angels compass Glimmer Screen as the background. Really quick and simple. Then, I adhered a cute pocket which I cut from a child's pair of shorts. Re-purpose those cute kids/baby clothes! This will be a great pocket to hold little trinkets and bits of memories to include in the album, but for now, it's holding another Framed Font chip.

And, one last page, using the butterfly Glimmer Screen on the Bingo card, and accented with Glimmer Glass and a Cosmo Cricket sticker (again part of the Girl Friday line). The Chocolat butterfly chip was sprayed like a rainbow-love the control of Glimmer Mist! Then, for extra pop, I trimmed with Stickles.




Thanks to Cosmo Cricket for sharing their fun products with us! Be sure to check out Tattered Angels' Giveaway for your chance to win some great TA and Cosmo Cricket products. More projects using Tattered Angels and Cosmo Cricket can be found on these sites:

TODAY May 11: Danielle Layton, Maren Benedict, Michelle Jackson, Sally Lynn MacDonald*
May 18: Melissa Phillips, Michelle Van Etten, Yukari Takanashi
May 25: Debbie Olsen, Leah Killian, Liz Hicks, Vicki Chrisman

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I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day!!

After a few days of rain (which I totally loved!), the family went out and did a ton of yard work. Our 1 year old indoor cat Punkin got a little overzealous with his outside adventures however. Don't worry, he did get down. Just in time before the rain moved in again. Which worked just fine, because after yard work, I moved down into cleaning out the craft room. And, we're talking heavy duty organizing. What a wonderful feeling it is having that under control! I wonder how long that will last????

So, with this new clean craft room, I, of course, had to craft! So, here's a couple of cards I put together:

Love the Prima flowers. This one looks great nestled in the middle of the Creme de Cocoa Glimmer Chip.


No Glimmer Mist on this one, but I made up for it on the second card...

On this card, I used both Patina and Sweet Pea Glimmer Mist. I created a bit of a shadow effect by first placing the Flights of Fancy Glimmer Screen on the patterned paper, and spraying with Patina. Using the same Screen, I wiped it off and then sprayed with Sweet Pea, then "stamped" the image onto a piece of white cardstock. Once dry, I lightly sprayed Patina across the top, then cut the bird out. I added some feathers to the back of the tail for extra interest and detailed with Stickles. I then used dimensional adhesive dots and positioned the bird over it's " shadow." I backed the whole cardfront onto pink cardstock. This card is a bit larger measuring 6x6.

Can't wait to get back in my clean (for now) craftroom!

April Snow Showers Bring Prima Flowers

This is what we woke up to this morning. Pretty, a bit of an inconvenience, but my new garden is gonna love it! I also don't mind, since I know it will melt by this afternoon, and will be about 70 degrees on Wednesday.

I'm bummed though, that this is the last Monday for the Prima blog relay. It has been such a joy to see the creativity of both design teams in working with Tattered Angels and Prima products. I know I had a great time making these. So, here is a little bit of Spring on an otherwise Wintry day.

First, I was so excited to find large paper mache cones at Hobby Lobby. To decorate this, I cut up one of the fabulous Prima stitched mulberry papers-these are just gorgeous! I wrapped that, and sheet music, on which I screened a FDL with English Ivy Glimmer Mist, around the cone. Once in position, I sprayed a few white Prima flowers (love these) and Prima pom pom ribbon with Starfish Glimmer Mist, and once dry, attached to the cone. I further trimmed with crepe paper and added a ribbon to hang. This will be a beautiful May basket for someone special.

Look at that sparkle! I also added some Stickles around the Screened image. I also used these yummy Prima goodies on a Glimmer Glass Window Album. First, I painted the album with a light yellow acrylic paint. Once dry, I sprayed with Pineapple Glimmer Mist. And, when that was dry, I "stamped" a flourish in the corner with a Glimmer Screen and Creme de Chocolat Glimmer Mist. The cover was further decorated with, of course, Prima flowers and Glimmer Glass pieces. I heated the butterfly piece on the right side and slightly bent the wings. Love heating Glimmer Glass!



Close up of the flowers. I sprayed these with Olive Vine, and a bit of Pineapple.


On this page (above), I attached some of the stitched paper and topped it with a cartouche Glimmer Chip sprayed with Olive Vine and accented with some Prima bling. For the page below, I sprayed Prima's felt border piece Olive Vine. These are normally an ivory color, so the Glimmer mist works fantastic! I also trimmed with Stickles.For these pages, I sprayed the ivory page with Olive Vine, and used a foam brush to spread around. I took that same foam brush and sprayed a shot of Chocolate Glimmer Mist directly onto the brush and brushed in some extra color. I then applied the flourish Glimmer Glass piece and added another Prima flower. On the next page, I attached Prima's new cardboard decorative pages. Tore off a corner and sprayed with Olive Vine. I also took a Framed Font frame, sprayed with Creme de Chocolat, and when dry, I applied Crackle Accents for extra dimension. Now, I'm all set for those Spring photos, if Spring ever decides to show up!

Be sure to see more fun projects at these sites:

Liz Hicks
Melissa Phillips
Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Tattered Angels
Prima

Glimmer Screened Card

Glimmer Screens are perfect for cards!

To make this card, I first cut blue cardstock into a card size, and lightly sprayed with Huckleberry GM to soften the brightness. I then inked the edges with a dark brown Quick Quotes Powder Puffs ink pad. For the card front, I cut a piece of sheet music and lightly sprayed with Walnut Gold to add some age. Once dry, I "stamped" a pattern using the large FDL Glimmer Screen from the Tattered Angels Fanciful Stencils starter kit box. I love the detail of these Screens. With it being so detailed, you don't need to use the entire Screen on the card, just a part of it creates an interesting pattern. So cardmakers, use those Screens off the page!

I used a combo of Huckleberry and Riptide GM-love those colors! Get them soon though, because they are seasonal, and will retire. Once the GM was dry, I trimmed the pattern with Stickles. I love how Stickles ocmpliments the shimmer of Glimmer Mist. I then added my message, and adhered the card front to the cardstock. Now, it's all set to go in the mail!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Here is your own little pot of gold! Picture is a bit crummy-this lack of light in the morning is really bugging me. But, anyhow here is a little pot I made and filled with chocolate covered coins. I make these little treat buckets for all holidays-I just love them! Have a fantastic day, and don't forget to wear green!