ColourQ #224 challenge card

I am was very happy to be able to participate in the latest Colour Q challenge.  Take a look at these colors:

I have to admit..I wasn't too sure about these colors.  I would never put them together in an outfit myself but it does look good together on that shirt in the inspiration photo.  So...I was anxious to see how they would look on a card.  Here is my end result. 

Sorry about the bad photo...these color really do look quite nice in real life!  I know you are thinking...what a Mother's Day card...too early for that..Valentine's day is next...right?!  Well you see those hearts there..this was supposed to be a Valentine's card.  I used a file coming soon to my store.  It was fun cutting the outline and placing the hearts randomly in the overlay.  I love this Happy Day stamp set from Papertrey ink.  I knew I wanted to use it for the sentiment on the card.  The only problem is I had purchased a partial set and Valentine's wasn't included in the set I received (duh..should have checked first!).  So I figured Mother's day would be the next best thing to use with the hearts.  I have to say normally I'm rushing to put together a Mother's day card a day before the holiday so it will be nice to have this in my stash.  Let's see the hearts were stamped with various patterns using the Happy Hexagons stamp set from Papertrey Ink.  The stamps just so covered the hearts so if I didn't get them lined up exactly I had some white spots but that didn't really bother me too much..I just stamped the white spot again to cover it.     I loved having another use for this well loved stamp set.  After piecing the hearts in I ran the entire card front through my Grand Calibur using a Stampin' Up texture plate. Love how it integrated the hearts into the card while giving it a store bought texture.  Some space beads, rhinestones and twine finish up the card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please come back again!  Enjoy your week!

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Technique Tuesdays: Making a 3-D Paper Button, a freebie, and membership file peek.

I love this technique! It is soo easy to do and a great inexpensive way to get coordinating light weight embellishments for all your paper crafting project. Oh I almost forgot I did not create this technique....you can find the original amazing tut by Fraulein here.

A couple hints:
*Be careful when you sand your buttons..don't sand so much you loose the shape of the button. Umm a hexagon can quickly turn into a circle before you realize it (don't ask me how I know this!--tee--hee)

*If you have access to Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel use it as you will get amazing looking buttons without all the work of adding layer upon layer.

*You can use any type of glossy accents in place of the embossing powder but you will need to leave your buttons set for a long time probably around 8 hours depending how thick you put on the liquid. You will have a hard time avoiding the holes using this but you can use a hole puncher like a Crop-a-dile to punch the holes after completely dry.

Plain buttons are wonderful but....there are soo many options for decorating your buttons. I will share only a few below.





Remember you can click on the photos above to see them larger and see the details of the buttons. All of the buttons I used are in my buttons galore file. Click below if you'd like to purchase it.



Below is my completed card using one of the buttons I made. You can see it in the center of the flower. I just love how it coordinates with my background paper of my card! It's hard to tell in the photo but I used Copic At You Spica glitter markers for the Greeting on the purple letters and black letters. I just love these markers...the subtle glitter is great as it doesn't fight with the dramatic glitter of the swirly (used glitter glue on it).



If you like the notebook edge block pictured on my card you can only get it by purchasing my quarterly membership. Posted below is a peek at the whole file you will get if you pay for the membership.



My card is going to Janice, Jan's (Sam & Hailey Designs) mother who is undergoing radiation therapy for cancer. Shirley Clark of Paperthreads started a wonderful program where you mail her a card for the chosen recipient and she send the cards to the person in need of cheering up. It's absolutely wonderful! You can find more info about this on Shirley's blog.

If you would like to purchase my membership you can do so by clicking the Ad below. I have posted an explosion box with a flower/bow and 3-D tree plus the one above so far (scroll down to previous posts to see images of these). I have many more files planned which will appeal to all types of paper crafters including home decor, cards, and boxes.



Thanks for stopping by and letting me teach you about paper buttons. As a parting gift I'd like to give you a set of button files so you can start making your own 3-D paper buttons right away. The zip will include the AI, KNK, GSD, WPC, and SVG formats. Even though this file is free it still follows my terms of use (included in zip). Please do not share this file. Send them to my blog to have them download it. Click on preview to download. It will only be free for 24 hours so grab it quick!

Freebie expired sorry!


I'm off to go shoe shopping...I hate my wide feet! Looks like my daughter is going to have the same problem! UGH...didn't want to pass that trait on to her!

Have a great evening and once again I apologize for being late! Hope to see you next week for another technique. Also, if you come across any techniques you just love. Please pass them along so I can feature it on my blog. E-mail: shellysart@verizon.net

Shelly

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Frugal Fridays

Howdy!
I know we are all cutting back on our spending with the economy being bad. So I have started a new series on my blog called Frugal Fridays where I will offer a file currently in my store for $1.00 on that Friday only. This Fridays special is:

My Clothes Line Baby cards. There is a both a girl and boy version. At only a $1.00 it pays to get both then you are ready no matter if the baby is pink or blue! Plus don't forget you can enlarge these to any size you need making them good for scrapbook pages or even home decor items. I think the bib and socks would look great decorating a lampshade. Click on the previews below to purchase the cards. Hurry though as this sale will end tonight midnight CST.

Clothes Line Baby Boy Card



Below is a card a wonderfully creative member of my CDT, Kelly created. She is known for her love of Cuttlebug embossing folders. Here she used the argyle on the baby onsies, bib and socks....too cute!

Clothes Line Baby Girl Card

Below is a card a former member of my creative team Laury Vaden created. I miss her as a team member but she now has a spot of her own at Paperthreads as a designer. She has some amazing designs...see her store here!





While we are on the subject of being frugal...I thought I'd share the above photo of my kids in their Halloween costumes. I know once again they aren't cooperating with the camerawoman! Anyway, Tyler was so proud of his pumpkin. He picked out a face from my build a jack-o-lantern file and he used it to poke holes into his pumpkin then he carved the eyes and nose his self...he asked me to do the mouth. I was quite impressed with how well he did. Yes sir I think in a couple years he'll be coordinated enough to poke holes in paper for me to do some paper embroidery! Well I can only hope!

We got his race car driver costume at the Good Will store for only $2.00 and the hat was on clearance at Wal-mart for $1.00 I think. Doesn't it match perfectly! I was so thrilled we didn't have to spend a lot on costumes this year! However, Tyler had a growth spurt so I had to figure out how to make his costume longer and I am not a sewer! I found some red and white tape and fashioned them to mimic his stripes on his sleeves....this worked Yeah!

We got my daughter's costume on clearance and my Mom was nice enough to fancy it up by adding the little flower sequins and pearl paint. She is definitely not an angel in mannerisms...but she did look awfully cute!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join me here next Friday for another $1.00 file!

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