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Here’s a card my dd (15) created, using an image I did with a simple mask and the new Heart Strings set. I took a bunch of pix of the masking part, so you can see how easy this really was to do.

Finished card:

Stamp sets used: Heart Strings Digital images: Conversation Heart Words (freebie)    Colors: Triart/Copics    Inks: Memento-Black;  Brilliance-Pearlescent Sky Blue   Extras: ribbon-stash; circle punch 1.5 and 1 1/8″, scallop punch 1.5″

How to create the heart/flower:

Step 1:

Stamp the single swirl image on plain copy paper and cut out. Don’t worry about the dots, just cut out the swirl part and heart.  Use a 1″ circle punch and punch out a mask for the center. I use ZIG 2 way glue on the back of my masks, to make them sticky. (let dry before using or you won’t be able to remove it..lol)*

Step 2:

Place your circle mask in the center of your card stock. Use a transparency to figure out where to stamp your first image. (Stamp the image on the transparency with staz on ink, and lay it over the circle)

Step 3:

Stamp the first swirl.

Step 4:

Now place the swirl mask over the image you just stamped, and carefully stamp the image a second time. I tried to line up my swirls so the base would be at the edge of the circle mask, and the outer edge of the swirl would just overlap the ’stem’ of the previously stamped image.

Step 5: repeat step 4 (carefully moving the mask to the last stamped image as you work your way around the circle mask) Watch the angle of the stem portion of the image, so they lean the right way.

Continue stamping until you have completed the circle.

Step 6:

Remove the circle mask, and stamp the XO image inside. Color as you like. (as you can see in the card above, I cut out this image following the line of the top of the swirl.)

* (For a more in depth masking tutorial watch this video. )

TFTI

I saw a post a while back on how to color your own Dew Drops, so I thought I’d give it a try.

When I was finished, I was going to store them in a doo dads container (you know the kind you can buy at craft stores for about 1.99?) but they are so deep, and since it’s one big lid I kept mixing up the colors.

I thought, hmmmm..I need something with smaller wells, and individual lids…what could I use? Suddenly it hit me! PILL BOXES!! the kind you use to set up your daily pills, 2 weeks at a time-they are PERFECT to store these babies in!!

We had just bought a bunch of them at the dollar store to take to my mom, so I run (seriously, I was so excited, I RAN) out into the living room, grabbed one of the new boxes and opened it up and ….well, see for yourself! (click the thumbnails for larger photos)

Tips:

• I bought my bag of ‘dew drops’ at Michael’s. They are about 5 bucks for this big ol bag! They are hanging in the vase filler area, where they keep the green floral foam. These bags hang above where the foam is sitting.
• To measure the right amount of dew drops for your container, use a spoon and scoop in some plain ones first. I used a Wendy’s spoon, and 2 scoops filled up my wells nicely. This way I knew how much to make of each color. And I still have plenty of plain ones to color at a later date! (that bag holds A LOT !)
• Squirt 2-3 drops of ink into the corner of the baggie, after you put the dew drops in the bag. Seal bag shut and shake em. You can use the same bag for the same shades of one color. Start with the lightest color and move to the darker shade.
• Alcohol Inks dry super quick, for the other inks/paints  I dumped them out onto a half sheet of paper and let dry before pouring them into the well.
• To remove those little bumps/edge pieces and smooth out any rough spots on your dew drop, file lightly with an emery board!

Libby Hickson, one of my Creative Council has written a snow globe card  tutorial for Split Coast Stampers, and she used the images from Gifts of Love!! !! It’s SO awesome, and she totally makes this gorgeous card look easy to make!

Side view

Here’s the link to the SCS post: click here

If you aren’t a member, you can view her video tutorial on you tube, here!

Hope you’ll give this tutorial a try!!

I’ve gotten a few emails asking what is the easiest way to print out your digital files. If you don’t have photo software, or you aren’t familiar with photoshop, PSP, etc…try using WORD to print your images.

Here’s a pdf you can download with all the instructions, and step by step images to guide you!

Hope it helps! how-to-use-word-to-print-out-your-digital-files1

(ps-this is my first time creating a pdf for download. let me know if there are any problems!)

Part of my cleaning weekend included a trip to the home supply store, which meant a bit of time perusing the paint chip areas! I picked up some really KOOL ones, and can’t wait to play with them. For now…here’s a standard 3 fold paint chip.

Paint chips galore!!!

I used the pumpkins from Harvest Fun, to create a growing pumpkin….enjoy!

Stamp sets used: Harvest Fun (pumpkins) Hangin Around ScareCrow (vines, and verse)     Inks: Memento-black (embossed it with clear ep)       Colors: TriArt markers, BIC, Sharpie       Extras: Nutbrown Flower Soft

OH<  Did I mention my dh was with me, and thought I was picking out colors for our house? He kept giving me this “please no” look….he finally came up to me (he was doing his shopping while I was browsing) and whispered…”Is that for your scrapping stuff?” giggle…I did put him out of his misery when I replied..”NO, it’s for our  bedroom walls! Don’t you LOVE it??” bwaa haa haaa

Ok, back to the card…he he he

Here’s my first paint chip.

Steps:

Stamp the pumpkins, heat set (I embossed them) cuz the paper is slick, and the ink did not dry.

Stamp the pumpkins getting larger as you go into each panel. Used memento ink

Now add the vines (stamped image) and vines on top of pumpkins hand drew with Sharpie in a nice viney green. Notice I stamped one vine for the small pumpkin, then 2 vines for medium growth, and 4 for the full grown pumpkin.

Trusted Sharpie

Here’s the vines and vines close up…

Close up of viney action

and now color in with the TriArt markers, BIC, (Copics if you use those)

Oh MY! look how it's grown!

add a nice chocolatey brown mat:

Added the vines, ready to mat

Layer onto card base, fill the boxes with ‘dirt’ (the brown Flower Soft..) Add the phrase, and we’re all done!

Finished card-isn't that a fun paint chip?

TFTI!

PS- I was going to insert the links to the stamp sets and Flower Soft I used, but my shopping site appears to be down for maintenance. (I’m changing servers, and I guess today is the day they are doing the change over!! LOL Hope it comes back on line in a jibby! Sorry for any trouble this causes !)

Pamela