Shabby Chic Butterfly with Blockheads Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Spent a lot of the weekend working on the yard and garden.  I had three flats of annuals and potted them in pots.  We are having unseasonably hot weather --90 degrees F!!!  So, it was too hot to work outside yesterday.  Instead, I made this Shabby Chic Butterfly card with stamps from Blockheads.
----My studio re-do is completed!  I will share photos of that later.  I still have to fine tune things after working in there yesterday.  I really need to move my inks. Have to come up with a way to have my inks on the desk.----
Here is the butterfly.

Materials List:
Stamps: Painted Butterflies and Feeling Regal both from Blockheads Stamps
Ink: Toffee Crunch Memento
Cardstock: cream, kraft, and med brown
Metal Stickers-Nail Heads/Silver
Cream Twill and lace

Instructions:

• On the cream CS, stamp the Large Damask (from Feeling Regal set) with Toffee Crunch ink--stamping off once first.
• Stamp the Butterfly with Toffee Crunch.  
• Rough up the edges of the CS and distress with Toffee Crunch

• Add lace, twill, and Nail Head stickers

Inside

• Stamp the Large Damask image again and repeat roughing up and ink distressing for the inside

I will add a sentiment later when I send the card.  I could add any sentiment to this multi purpose card: birthday, thinking of you, hello, etc.....  I love the monochromatic softness of this color scheme.  The Blockhead's Design Team is really working the Shabby Chic Theme this month on the Design Blog here.  Check out all the good stuff!   

I will be back later today or tomorrow with the photos of my room.  Stay creative!  LOL  See you then.  Love ya.

Karen

Hip Hip Horay---Hippy Birthday Card

Hi Dreamers,
I have been outside working on the yard/garden.  Have all my lettuces, beans, and herbs in.  Lots more weeding to do too!  I am taking a bit of time out to share this Hippy themed birthday card I made as a special order.  I used a cute stamp from My Favorite Things called Doodle Garden "Far Out".  

I repeated the design on the envelope.  

The little Hippy is stamped with black dye ink and colored  with Copic Markers.   The DP is from Cloud Nine Designs.  I stamped the small sentiments from the set on the left side of the card.

I repeated the design on the inside; stamped a B-day sentiment and left room to write a note.  (B-day Sentiment from Stampin' Up.)

Some super fun Challenges for my Hippy Dippy Birthday Card!!!
365 Cards: words of wisdom ---"Love is all you need"---very wise I think.
4 Crafty chicks: birthday
Crafty Cats Weekly: 3-2-1 --  3 DP's; 2 CS's, 1 ribbon
Crafting Musketeers***New challenge Blog***: anything goes
Mad for Markers: for a female

My studio room is done!!  I am just sorting thru a few magazines now to  see which I can live without.  I have already shared a stack with my stamping buddy, Jan.   Share the joy!  I will have some photos ready soon!!  I hope you are having a great day!!  Love ya.
Karen

Audrey Hepburn is a Star with The Stampsmith

Hi Dreamers,
Worked on my studio room re-do long into the wee hours last night.  I have most things put in a place, but I will need to fine tune everything as I begin working again in there.  I really wanted to have my ink pads on my desk, but haven't figure out a good way to store them there.  I will have photos when I get everything put away.  There are still a few things that don't have a home and I will probably remove them from the room.

I do have a new project to share with you today.  I made this project before I tore my room all apart.  My card uses one of the stamps  from the Audrey Hepburn Sheet by The Stampsmith. 

• Stamp the image on glossy white CS with black dye ink
• Color the background with blue dye ink

• Layer onto a yellow card base with two DP's from Authentique Papers.

• Add two yellow ribbons, one satin, one sheer
• Add some footlights at the bottom of the image--AKA yellow rhinestones

Well, today I am off to the nursery with my friend, Reem.  We are going to pick up lots of plants and flowers for our gardens.  This is a yearly event for us--LOL.  We always have a blast!  I have the pick-up truck today, so we can load it up!!  See you tomorrow with a Hippy Birthday card with My Favorite Things--Peace Man.  Love ya

Karen

Blockheads Re-Deux

Hi Dreamers!
My studio room is still in a complete mess.  I have been working on the room and have quite a few things done.  I had to assemble a desk/hutch and spent the day yesterday doing that.  I will have lots of photos when I am all done.  Since I can't get in there and make something new, I thought it would be fun to post some of my favorite past Blockheads Stamps projects.

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I hope you have enjoyed this blast from the past!  I will keep working on my room all this week and I am hoping to be up and running by next Monday.  Through out this week I will post a few things that I was able to make  before I dismantled my studio room.  I wish you a lovely day.
Karen

Spring Flowers in My Garden

Hi Dreamers,
I snapped a few photos of the garden yesterday.  Lots of pretty flowers are making a lovely show!

Detail of above.

We are getting rain right now.  Good thing I shot the photos yesterday!  Hope you are having a great day!
Love ya.
Karen

Cards Created with Napkins and Wax

Hi Dreamers,
We had Card Ministry this week.  We had plenty of cards made and did not really need too much.  So, the members decided they wanted to learn something new.  I had learned how to make cards with napkins and wax a while ago from my stamping buddy Elaine Fellows.  This is the technique I demonstrated to the members at Card Ministry.  It is fairly easy--very messy.  But the finished product is pretty impressive.  Check it out.

 I stamped directly onto the wax with Stazon ink for the butterfly card.

 Butterfly Napkin by Ideal Home Range



Materials Needed:
A block of wax--the kind for making candles.  (I purchased from Michaels Craft Store)
A Craft Iron or a small travel iron.  (Do not use you regular iron--you will get wax all over it!)
Napkins
Cardstock
ribbons
Sentiment stamps
Stazon ink

Rooster Napkin from Amscan, Inc.

Instructions:

• Cut area from napkin that you want to make your card from
• Separate the napkin layers
• Lay the napkin on top of white CS
• Lay down lot of layers of newspaper to protect your work area--this is very messy
• Heat up the iron
• Run iron over the block of wax
• Run the iron over the napkin to transfer the wax
• Repeat until the napkin is completely adhered to the cardstock--usually about four layers of wax.
• Make two if you want to add a dimensional layer.---As on the butterfly and Floral cards

 See the cool effect of the wax!  Very antiquing!

Inside

 I added a fun sentiment of the inside ( Firecracker Designs)

Floral Napkin from Jo-Ann Stores



And, a couple more views.  I cut out the flowers and used dimensional adhesive to bump them up.

And, how about a few fun challenges for my Napkin Wax Cards!!
Simon Says Stamp: things with wings
Creative corner: things with wings
My time to craft: show us the inside--rooster card
Sister act: anything goes
Fashionable Stampers: anything goes

I am still working on my studio room.  Worked on it all day yesterday.  I decided to wash the walls and windows too.  LOL   I removed the old blinds and replaced them with new ones.  I was able to get my old table unloaded and removed from the room.  Also removed a few other pieces.  I have lots to do yet.  Haven't even started putting together the desk with hutch.  That will probably have to wait until Monday.  Have a great weekend.  Love ya.
Karen

Mother's Day Card with Stampsmith Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Since Mother's Day is this Sunday (already!!) here in the US, I thought I would take a few minuets to share a Mother's Day Card.  I made this card for a friend and the card is already in the mail!  I used a pretty little girl photo stamp from the set called "Thank Heaven for Little Girls #1" from The Stampsmith.

• Stamp the Pretty little girl with black dye ink on Glossy White CS
• Layer onto Real Read CS (Stampin' Up).

• Add some pretty Mother's day paper (Karen Foster)

• Add a polka dot ribbon
• Color the Flowers with Stickles glitter glue
• Add some dots of Stickles to the background area

Challenges for my pretty little girl Mother's Day Card:
365 Cards: Mother
Aud Sentiments: mother, child, baby
Paper Crafting Journey: anything goes
Divas by Design: anything goes
Celebrate the Occasion: Mother's day
Creative Card Crew: bling/glitter
Created with Love: Mother' day
Eureka Stamps: mother's day
Love to Scrap: anything goes
Pink Elephant: mother's day

I am still working on my studio re-do.  All I have done so far is make a bigger mess!  LOL  I cleared the spot for the new bookcase (which I pick up tonight) and vacuumed.  I decided to wait on putting the new desk and hutch together until I had the bookcase.  I can move the supplies from the old table to the bookcase and then fold up the table.  Makes a lot more sense than moving everything twice.  So, for today, I am going to put up some new blinds.  And, I really should mow the lawn.  Mowing the lawn is not craft related, but someone has to do it.  LOL    I have several cards that I finished before dismantling my studio.  So, I can keep you supplied with fun projects over the next week while I work behind the scenes on my room.  I hope you are having a great day!!  Love ya.
Karen