Heartcraft Paper Blog Hop and Challenge #2

Hi everyone,

I am so excited to share with you all my very first creation for the month of August for Heartcraft Paper Design Team, Blog Hop and second Anything Goes Challenge. I was so excited when Monica showed us this month's release! I can't believe it's already August! 😱

Now let's have a look at what I made! Click on each image for a much larger and clearer view. 😊

Now lets see how I made it!! 😊

First I chose the digital stamp I wanted to use "Pegasus at Rest" and cropped and resized it to about 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/2 inches and then printed it onto some X-Press It Blending Card so I could use my Copic markers.

After a couple of days of letting the ink set on the X-Press It Blending Card I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 11 inches by 4 1/4 inches with my Fiskars 12 inch trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base.

I cut a piece of blue cardstock to 6 inches by 4 1/4 inches. I then used an awesome cloud stamp from Katzelkraft with Brilliance Pigment Ink in the colour Moonlight White using the Tim Holtz Travel Stamp Platform. I love the textured look it gives!

I cut a piece of a yellow creamy colour cardstock at 1 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches and used the sentiment "Sometimes it is okay to not be okay" from Kindred Stamps Spoonie Squad stamp set. I stamped it with the Tim Holtz Travel Stamp Platform using Distress Oxide ink in the colour Black Soot.

I coloured in "Pegasus at Rest" with the following Copic marker colours (C0, C3, YG06, BG01 and V12). I then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut the "Pegasus at Rest" image.

I used my Sizzix Big Shot to cut out the sentiment with My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags STAX and altered it to become a stitched rectangle. I also used another die from My Favorite Things called Grassy Edges to cut out a strip of grass with some light green cardstock.

I adhered the grass onto the blue cardstock with Tombow Mono Liquid Glue and then trimmed the card front down to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches using my Tim Holtz 8.5 trimmer and then glued everything onto the card base with Tombow Mono Liquid Glue.
I then added some clear Wink of Stella to the "Pegasus at Rest" image to give it that magical sparkling look.

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And that's a wrap for my first creation for August 2018 for Heartcraft Paper Design Team!
Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my project! If you'd like to "HOP" along and see what the other Design Team members came up with, just click on their names below.

Heartcraft Paper
Judy Markowitz
Rianna Fenning (YOU ARE HERE)
Laura Wolff (NEXT HOP)
Marcia Caradinta
Tina Bickers Turner
Carolina Flores
Tania Cordie
Alina Tanner
Andrea Jacobsen
Patricia Lara
Varsha Gupta

- Ri

Heartcraft Paper "Robot Alien" CELE-BRATE!

Hi everyone,

Today I am showing you my fourth and final creation for the month of July 2018 that I made for Heartcraft Paper design team to show you all! Click on each image for a much larger and clearer view. 😊

Ok so when I saw this cutting file that Monica from Heartcraft Paper created I had the perfect idea on how I would use it! This would be an EX-TREME-LY awesome card for your loved ones whether it be friends or family and is possibly also a fan of a certain UK TV series. 😜

Now lets see how I made it!

First I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 11 inches by 4 1/4 inches with my Fiskars 12 inch trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base.

I then chose the digital cutting file I wanted to use "Party Speech Bubbles" and resized it to about 1 1/2 inches wide by 1 3/4 inches tall on Silhouette studio and flipped one speech bubble the opposite way so it was mirror image and then sent it to my Silhouette Cameo to cut it onto some random piece of Australian A4 white cardstock.

I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the "Robot Alien" image from Kindred Stamps "Time Traveler" onto some X-Press It Blending Card with my Tim Holtz Travel Stamp Platform and then I grabbed the following Copic markers to colour in the "Robot Alien" image (C3, C5, B23, B28, BV25, Y21 and R29).

I then grabbed a piece of Australian A4 sized Arches Aquarelle watercolour paper and used my Tim Holtz 8.5 trimmer to cut it down to 6 by 6 inches so it gave me some room for any mistakes before cutting it down to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches.

I used the following Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks to create the galaxy background (Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Shaded Lilac.

I then added some Brilliance Pigment Ink (Starlite Silver and Moonlight White) to make the galaxy more galaxy and star like I guess? 😄

I used my Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks again to add colour to the "Party Speech Bubbles" but only used (Black Soot, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet).

I then decided to add some Wow! Embossing Powder in the colour Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Glitter to the "Party Speech Bubbles" to make it 'POP' from the background.

Then I decided it was too hard to see on the background so ran the "Party Speech Bubbles" through my Brother Scan N Cut then cut out a 0.08" offset with the same random Australian A4 sized white cardstock. I used a Copic marker (Y21) to colour the "Party Speech Bubbles" background.

I used my Tim Holtz 8.5 trimmer again to cut the background down to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches.

I added the letters to the "Party Speech Bubbles" with the Quickie Glue pen by Sakura and coloured the letters in with Copic marker (Y21) and a random fine tip black permanent marker. I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the "Robot Alien".

 

I glued the card front to the card base with Tombow Mono Liquid Glue and then adhered all of the elements onto the card front with some Scotch 3D Foam Tape.

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And that's a wrap for my fourth and final creation for the month of July 2018 for Heartcraft Paper Design Team!
Feel free to let me know what you think of this project in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

Kindred Stamps ~ 2017 December Release Blog Hop ~ Demon Hunters

Hi everyone,

I am the lucky last on the Kindred Stamps Blog Hop! 😊 This is my first time being a Guest Designer for any company and also my first time participating in a Blog Hop!

I am so excited to show you all my projects for the Kindred Stamps 2017 December Release! When I was asked to be apart of the December Release and given this Demon Hunters stamp set I squealed! 😄

I made 3 projects which include an A2 card, an interactive A2 card and 2 bookmarks!

I will firstly start off with the 2 bookmarks. 😊

I die cut the bookmarks using a My Favorite Things die with some white cardstock and then used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks for the backgrounds. The Angel one I used "Peeled Paint" and for Moose and Squirrel I used "Broken China". I stamped the bees from a Lawn Fawn stamp set on the Angel bookmark and the sentiment 'my PEOPLE skills are RUSTY' from Demon Hunters with Brilliance Graphite Black ink. Moose and Squirrel sentiment 'Emotionally Attached to Fictional Characters' from Demon Hunters was also stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black ink, the star background is a stamp set from Lawn Fawn and I used Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink. I added some clear Wink of Stella to the bees and Angel's wings. I then laminated both bookmarks and then punched a hole using a Fiskars punch and then threaded some black and white twine through the punched holes.

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Let's move onto the A2 interactive card! 😄

 

First I cut my card base at 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, and folded it in half. Then I cut the card frame (black cardstock) using My Favorite Things A2 Rectangle STAX Set 1 ( 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" ).

I used another My Favorite Things die - A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2 ( 4" x 5 1/4" ) for the card front using kraft cardstock, to make an interactive opening window for the card using a Lawn Fawn die. I used a My Favorite Things stamp for the 'Merry Christmas' sentiment and stamped with VersaMark ink then heat embossed it with some WOW! Embossing Powder. I thought the card front was a bit too...plain, so I added a cute red button and some red sequins to make the card POP! I also added some clear Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle to the Angel's wings.

Let's take a look inside the interactive card! 😊

I made a Christmas-y background on some white cardstock using Tim Holtz Distress ink "Abandoned Coral" and Distress Oxide ink "Cracked Pistachio" and then carefully used a water sprayer to spritz water onto the pistachio colour to make it look more fun.

I used an alphabet stamp set from Lawn Fawn to create the 'TO: YOU, FROM: and &' and I used 'MOOSE' and 'SQUIRREL' from the Demon Hunters set using Brilliance Graphite Black ink.

The Christmas hats were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black from a Lawn Fawn stamp set (one was mirror image stamped), I used Copic Ciao markers to colour them in and then added some clear Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.

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Last but not least, the A2 card! 😄

 

First I cut my card base at 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, and folded it in half. Then I cut the card frame (black cardstock) using My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 ( 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" ).

I cut the card front with My Favorite Things A2 Rectangle STAX Set 1 ( 4" x 5 1/4" ).

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Forest Moss" for the grass, "Faded Jeans" and "Black Soot" for the night sky and then used Brilliance Starlite Silver with a paint brush to splatter on some "stars".

I used a My Favorite Things die for the sentiment which I cut from some kraft cardstock, the sentiment 'My Prince Charming hunts demons, ghosts and monsters, has a brother and likes pie' was stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black ink.

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All of the Angel, Moose, Squirrel and Car images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card so I could use my alcohol markers to colour them in. Everything was adhered with Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue.

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We are all really excited about this release! We have 8 new sets being released on Friday! Our collection is quite an eclectic one, with something to attract everyone! What are the set(s) you are most excited about!?

One lucky person will win a $10 credit to the shop! Will that be you?

All you have to do, in order to win, is to visit the following blogs and comment on their posts! Easy Peasy! ALSO, one of our Creative Team Members will be giving away a card she created from this release, find out if you are our lucky recipient by heading over to the Kindred Stamps blog!

Kindred Stamps

Fanciful Spaces - Hannah Rubenstahl

R. Winn Creates - Rachel Winn

Cards by Salima0705 - Salima Abdullah

The Frolicking Fairy - Marcia Caradinta

Crafty-Angel - Hayley Warren

Perky Penny Paper Arts - Joanne Soukup

DaggDesigns Blog - Molly Dagg

RiCre8s - Rianna Fenning (YOU ARE HERE)

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A BIG thank you to Audra and the team from Kindred Stamps for giving me this wonderful opportunity! ❤️

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I hope you all enjoyed my Guest Design Team projects for Kindred Stamps.
Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to let me know what you think of these projects in the comments below.

- Ri

Magical Unicorn Shaker Card

Hi everyone,
I made this Magical Unicorn shaker card for Nini's Things.

~My Process~

Firstly I cut my card base and coloured cardstock at 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" then I cut out the centre of the coloured cardstock so it would be a border frame at 1/2" all around.

I then used Memento ink pad in Tuxedo Black to stamp out the unicorn and the stars from Kindred Stamps 'Magical Unicorns' stamp set onto X-Press It Blending Card and to stamp out "(I believe in you)" from Lawn Fawn's 'Believe in Yourself' stamp set onto the coloured cardstock border frame.

I coloured the unicorn and stars with Copic Ciao markers and then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out all my coloured images. I used Memento's pen in Tuxedo Black to touch up the stars edges and added Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen in (Clear) to add some shine and also used Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen (Black) to add dimension to the unicorn's eyes as well as Wink of Stella brush pen (Clear) to add some sparkle.

I made my shaker pouch with a heavy weight A4 sheet protector and made it slightly larger than my border frame center, I used the WRMK Fuse Tool to seal in the shaker mixes from Nini's Things (Mermaid Scales and Springtime).

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Milled Lavender) with a blending foam onto the card base. I then adhered the shaker pouch to the back of the border frame with Ranger Wonder Tape and then adhered the shaker and frame to the card base with Scotch Foam Tape.
I adhered the stars with Ranger Glossy Accents and used Ranger Wonder Tape to adhere the unicorn to the centre of the card on top of the shaker pouch.

Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below.

~Products Used~

Card base and coloured cardstock are 3 1/2" by 3 1/2"
Coloured cardstock border frame is 1/2" all around

Accessories: • Wink of Stella brush pen: Clear • Memento Pen: Tuxedo Black • Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Clear and Black • Coloured cardstock from Target Australia • X-Press It Blending Card • Ranger Glossy Accents • Ranger Wonder Tape • WRMK Fuse Tool • Marbig Heavy Weight A4 Sheet Protector • Scotch Foam Tape • Nini's Things shaker mixes: Mermaid Scales and Springtime • Brother Scan N Cut • Copic Ciao markers: BG10, Y08, Y35, B05, BV02, RV04 and RV23 • Ranger Blending Foam: Mini •

Ink: • Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black • Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Milled Lavender •

Stamps: • Kindred Stamps: Magical Unicorns • Lawn Fawn: Believe in Yourself •

- Ri

Doctor Who Pop-Up Box Birthday Card

Hi everyone, 

I made this Doctor Who Birthday Card for my Dad because I love him very much and it's also his 50th Birthday in Australia today. Let me know what you think of this card in the comments below.

~Products Used~

Accessories: • Sakura Gelly Roll Classic (White 08) • 185gsm ED Kraft Brown Paper from Eckersleys • Coloured cardstock from Kmart • Coloured cardstock from Kaisercraft • Copic Ciao markers: BG93, E21, E11, 100, B05, C1, C3, C5, E79, E59, E37, E35, B99, B39, Y35 •

Dies: • Lawn Fawn: Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up •

Ink: • Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black • Dew Drop Brilliance: Starlite Silver and Galaxy Gold • Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Picket Fence • Faber Castell PITT Artist Pen Big Brush: White •

Stamps: • Kindred Stamps: Time Traveler • Lawn Fawn: Happy Happy Happy, Yay, Kites! and Harold's ABCs • 

-Ri