Scrapbook Page

My DH asked me to make a scrapbook page for a child who needs encouragement so this is what I came up with. I used Margasite embossing powder on the images. This powder really sparkles. The solid dragons are black with all the colors of the rainbow sparkling throughout.

I painted the large dragon using Twinkling H2Os and then cut it out and attached with foam tape. The corners look bare so I added EK punched corners.

It's pouring rain here today and I am stucked doing laundry. Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Hugs

Heather

Picture in a Frame

My DH works in a treatment center for adolescents experiencing difficulty behaviorally and socially. One of their clients won a Turn-Around Award at school so I made this 8 x 10 picture for her using stamps and twinkling H2Os. The butterfly and the dragonfly are both from Stamp Zia and are so wonderful to color. The small butterflies are from a set I purchased at a yard sale. The sentiments are from Inkadinkado while the flowers are unmarked. I embossed all of them using versamark and gold detail powder. I used Black Disco powder on the sentiments.

The girl's favorite colors are orange, blues and greens so I did the butterfly in a combination of blues and the flowers were done in Golden Orange. I used Golden Rod stickles on the antenna and dotted areas.

The dragonfly has much more orange and greens on it. I also outlined the sections with gold and dotted with the stickles.


I used an 8x10 frame to hold the picture. I am very pleased with it....hope she knows how proud we all are of her.

Off to pick up one of the boys....my son had 2 interviews for jobs yesterday and was hired last night. We are so pleased with this. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I hope to get some stamping done the afternoon.

Hugs

Heather

Simply a Dragonfly

I attempted to make a stamp simply card but missed the deadline. I used watercolor paper to gold emboss this stamp Zia dragonfly.

I painted it with Twinkling H2Os and a Kuretake Aqua brush. I then outlined it with French Grey and placed it on a scrap of fuchsia paper and then textured gold from DCWV.

On the inside I used the same DCWV Asian design paper as found on the front cover. After layering it on the textured gold I added a label one cut out for the sentiment.

We are having beautiful weather here and it looks like the perfect weekend. Happy Memorial weekend for all my American friends and for the rest of us....have a marvellous time this weekend.

Hugs

Heather

Handmade Gifts Butterfly Hanging

In February Michelle from Inspiration Blooms put out a challenge for handmade gifts. I took part and I think my gifts have all been received so I can finally show you what I made. I am very pleased with these wall hangings. I only had 4 players willing to participate so I only have 4 to show. I made these wall hangings using a chipboard base and 3 different stamps.... the butterfly is from Stamp Zia, the single bloom is from $bin at Michaels and Inkadinkado made the flourish of flowers. I embossed all images with Gold detail embossing powder and then painted with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is from Scrappin Cat. I hope you like these.

I punched a hole at the top with my Crop-a-dil and then using ribbons, Prismas and beads created the hanger.

I had a lovely time making these and I do hope they are enjoyed by the recipients. I am thinking of making something similar as Christmas gifts so you may see more.

Have a wonderful day. Its laundry day in the house...everybody decides to do laundry Sunday night and low and behold, Monday morning see me doing the majority of the laundry. I do so hate folding laundry. Gotta love your children but my land they can dirty a lot of clothes! I know they each use at least 3 towels per shower and at least that many facecloths. I counted today....23 towels and 19 facecloths from 3 teens! Where did I go wrong!!!

Till later

Hugs

Heather

Butterfly Flowers

I had such fun creating this card. I used punches, Twinkling H20s and Stamps Zia stamps and Flourishes stamps. I used the scalloped punch from SU to create the flowers. I trimmed the edges using a brush of Gold Dust H20 and a gold gel pen. Using Martha Stewart`s butterfly punch I created the opening into the inside panel. I also used the Martha Stewart flower punch on the top and bottom edges.

To create the flower stems I used the leaves stamps from I Love Roses from Flourishes and then hand painted the connecting stem.

To add a little stability to the front cover I added the two strips of the background paper and some butterflies. I repeated the use of the Martha Stewart punch on the sides of the inside image.The butterfly is actually a moth stamp from Stamp Zia. These stamps or made of deeply etched green rubber and make a beautifully detailed image. I stamped it using versamark and gold detail embossing powder. Since the rubber is unmounted I put two layers of craft foam under my paper when stamping to get the perfect stamped image. I used Twinkling H20s to paint this image and I am very pleased with it. I actually only used 3 different paints a Petal Pink, Garnet and Autumn Butternut. I love the way you can get so many different colors using only a few colors.

The Happy Birthday Swirl is from a Scrappy Kat sentiment stamp set I purchased at Michaels. I loved painting the image and wanted to create a card giving a peek into the inside and this is what I came up with. I love reading your comments so thanks to all who leave them and please stay in touch.

Hugs

Heather