happy birthday

 I've got another birthday card to show you today.

I picked out some papers from the Pink Paislee Prairie Hill 6x6 paper pack. I also used off white and brown cardstock. I also used a piece of  white paper lace I had cut with a Sizzlits Vintage Lace die. I cut the butterfly with my Alterations mini butterfly die set. I hand cut the little butterfly body.

I used some Distress Antique Linen ink and Distress Broken China stain on the crinkle ribbon to distress it a bit. I used Kaiser pearls for the butterflies trail and on the sentiment.

The scalloped circle is the small die from the MFT open scallop doily duo set. I used my Creative Memories circle cutter for the inside of the scalloped circle. Any circle cutter or die would work as long as it fits inside the small doily. The sentiment is stamped with Distress Walnut Stain ink and Our Craft Lounges Tweet Thang stamp set.

 Inspiration Emporium has all of the Our Craft Lounge stamps on sale, you should check it out, now would be the perfect time to buy! You can use my discount code IEIRISGARDEN at check out for a 10% discount!

You still have 3 days to upload your birthday creation at the IE Journal for a chance to win $50 in store goodies!

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Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

 

play, giggle, live

I've got mixed media journal pages to show you today.

I used my Dylusions journal, pulled out some supplies and went to town!

 I love to do mixed media canvases so I thought I'd give it a try in my journal. The pages are very sturdy from all the paper, mod podge and paint. 

I love using bits and pieces of this and that to create something fun. I got the OK tags out of an old file cabinet I got at an auction. I used Tim's numbers remnant rubs here and there, I'm loving the rub-ons, they add the perfect touch to the project.

Here's a pic of the supplies I used. I ended up not using the small Prima flowers and white enamel accents.

This is how I started. I covered both pages with terminology tissue wrap and tore pieces of  Prima hello pastel paper and randomly adhered them to the pages. The tags were next, then the ribbons, lace and trinket, the paint and gesso, the paper doll, houses, sun and adage tickets. Last was the large Prima flower the Tim Holtz numbers rub-ons and liquid pearls. I did the outlining with Faber-Castell big brush pens in cold grey, dark sephia and light phthalo green. If you use a gel medium or mod podge over your papers you can outline with the big brush pens and blend with your finger, it makes your pieces pop off the page.

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Well, that's it, hope I inspired you today!

Go check out the Inspiration Journal for this months challenge, you could win $50 in products from the store. Who doesn't love shopping?!

Inspiration Journal guest

Hi bloggers, it's my turn to guest post this week for the Inspiration Journal.

This months challenge theme is birthdays or celebrating.

I decided to make a pocket card for money or gift cards.

 To make the card I cut a piece of white cardstock at 4 1/4" vertically, scored at 5 1/2" and scored again at 1 1/2" from one end, folded and creased. I cut another piece of white and embossed it with my notebook texture fade and adhered it under the flap on the card front.

Next, I cut a piece of grey and white polka-dot paper from the prima hello pastel 6x6 paper pad and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I cut pieces of different papers from the pad and made flags and adhered them to the flap.

For the insert, I made a tag and attached a strip of paper with my tiny attacher to hold the money. I punched the corners of the insert and card with a SU! corner punch.

I traced along the top of the flap with my tracing wheel for the faux stitching.

I made the flower with my alterations mini paper rosettes die with a piece of paper from the idea-ology vintage shabby paper stack. I added the prima metal bird paper clip and the happy birthday sentiment from idea-ology label letters.

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                  Make sure you upload your celebration work of art for your chance to win $50 to spend at Inspiration Emporium!

Thanks for stopping by!
 

happy 4th!

Happy 4th bloggers!

The challenge over at the Inspiration Journal this month is celebrating America or any birthday.

I had some great 4th stamp sets by Our Craft Lounge, I used various stamps from 3 sets, Patriotic Parade, Life's a Picnic and All about the USA. These and all of the OCL sets are on sale at Inspiration Emporium!

I stamped them with Archival Jet Black ink on vanilla cardstock. I colored them in with Distress and Copic markers. I stamped over each image with a block stamp by Stampers Anonymous and Distress Antique Linen ink. Then I used my 1 1/4" square punch and punched part or all of the stamped image and adhered it to the navy blue cardstock. The punched border along the bottom is punched with a fleur de lis EK Success punch. The ribbon is May Arts.

That's it, now create your master piece and upload it to the Inspiration Journal, you could be the winner!

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I hope y'all have a fun, safe 4th!

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there is love

This months challenge at Inspiration Emporium is weddings, anniversaries, anything that inspires you for this month of  wedded bliss!

I did a canvas in white with handmade lace flowers and die cutting goodness.

The pics are my mom and dad, they are my fave pics of them, so I use them in a lot of projects.

They were married in 1946.

Remember "The Wedding Song" by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary?

I know some of you do, for those of you who don't or you just want to hear the song I've included a link to the video.

I've always thought it was the perfect song for the big day.

So beautiful and gentle, it tells the story of love.

All of the chipboard pieces are painted with Distress Picket Fence crackle paint and sprinkled with glitter. The dies I used are Tim Holtz mini love struck, mini butterflies and regal crest by Sizzix. I cut the pic's with my Spellbinder's classic ovals large.

The background paper is a piece from the Tim Holtz 8x8 collage paper stash. I painted a light coat of gesso over it to tone it down and wiped off some with a wet wipe.

I applied a large piece of lace diagnally across the canvas with multi medium. I painted it on and layed the lace down over it and went around the sides. The "there is love" is from chitchat verbages.

I added some small Kaiser pearls here and there.

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Here is what I used to make the flowers.

Cardstock scraps, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8" circle punches, Fabric-Tac, vintage lace, beads, hot glue gun. 

I punched the circles from the cardstock and glued the end of the lace to the center of the circle with my glue gun. I started twisting the lace and winding it around the circle putting spots of Fabric-Tac down to hold the lace in place. After I was happy with the flower, I cut the lace and glued the end to the back. I squeezed some glue in the center of each flower and sprinkled on the beads.

That's it, hope you're inspired to play along this month.

Go check it out!

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Hope you have a beautiful day!

 

Adore Prima tag journaled!

Good morning bloggers.

Humph. I'm having so much trouble uploading my first pic on my posts. They've been uploading sideways. I finally got this right by uploading it at the original size. This stuff gets on my last nerve!! If someone can please tell me what's wrong, I'd really appreciate it!

(it's cut off part of the right side)

I made this tag last month for Inspiration Emporium, needless to say it didn't get blogged, stupid computer.

Now, I'm showing it to you journaled. I've started journaling my tags if I can, not too lumpy or bumpy. I thinks it's a nice way to showcase them.

For the background I painted on some Bundled Sage Distress paint, just painted it on straight from the bottle. Then I used my Prima Sunrise, Sunset stencil and Archival Aquamarine ink to make the little flowers. I colored the centers with my Gelly Roll white 08 pen and outlined them with my Sakura Micron black 08 pen. Next, I added some old Kaiser rub on flowers.

I'm loving Prima flowers lately. I have oodles of them from a few years back, the tiny ones, remember those?

I bet I could wall paper my stamp room with them lol!

I added the vintage lace to her skirt by running a strip of adhesive with my ATG gun and pleating the lace with my fingers, it's easier than you think.

Supplies:

stamps - prima doll stamp. paper - dylusions journal, prima divine 6x6 paper pad, tag, white cardstock. ink - archival jet black and aquamarine, copic markers e00, e57. acces. - kaiser pearls, may arts velvet rick rack, vintage lace, adage ticket adore, washi tape, tim holtz facets, prima divine flowers, distress paint in bundled sage and broken china. tools - tracing wheel, prima sunrise, sunset stencil, mft large scallop die, tiny attacher.

You can get the supplies at my fave store Inspiration Emporium. Not only do they carry the latest supplies for todays trends, but, they are good people and will go above and beyong to help you shop!

use my discount code ieirisgardenat check out for a 10% discount!

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Hope you have a great day!

Prince Albert tin flowers

 Hey blogger friends!

I have a fun altered project to show you today.

A vintage Prince Albert can filled with vintage mold flowers.

I really don't know what these molds were used for, I know there are Jello molds, I have some that say Jello on the bottom. They may be candy or cake molds? I don't know.

I have collected them for quite awhile.

The first things I made were Christmas ornaments. I have some tiny ones that aren't pictured below, I forget to get them out, you can see the ornaments here and a Halloween bouquet here. I've picked up a few Prince Albert can's too. I have one on my fridge, I use it to hold pens and a tablet for grocery lists.

This one is a giant fridge magnet, a pretty decoration for the fridge!

I plan on making fridge magnets out of the big ones, just the flower with a magnet on the back.

You could use it for any decor you want.

 I used Tim Holtz alcohol inks to color the flower petals. Just squeeze it on the flower and smear it around with a q-tip, so easy!

I almost forgot, it the past I used tin snips to cut between each scallop, this time I couldn't find them, so I used Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, worked like a charm!

Supplies:

ink - distress vintage photo and antique linen, adirondack alcohol ink in red pepper, terra cotta, denim and bottle. paper - prima nature garden 6x6 paper stack. (center of flowers) acces. - prince albert can, tin molds, wood shish-kebab skewers (stems), tissue tape, prima wood embellishments (leaves) crinkle ribbon, magnets, ideaology fasteners and findings. tools - tim's scissors, 1 1/2 circle punch, crop a dile, glue gun, e6000 and blending tool.

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Well, that's it!

Don't forget to play along in the Inspiration Emporium quote challenge this month, there are already some great uploads, check them out!

Have a great day!

 

come fly with me

Hey bloggers!

I've got art journal pages to show you today.

I used my small flea market journal because I wanted to use the Prima Hello Pastel and Fairy Rhymes stamp sets, the smaller stamps work in the small journal better for me. I'm in love with all things Prima lately, they have so many cute stamp sets, paper, embellishments, stencils, washi tape and fabric tape the list goes on and on! 

These journal pages turned out busy, busy!

Layer after layer of Dylusions and Archival inks and
Distress markers.

I used the fabric tape for the first time, oh my, I love it!

I used it for the black and white border around the pages.

You could color it if you want, I left it as is.

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Supplies:

stamps - prima hello pastel and fairy rhymes, date stamp.

ink - dylusions pure sunshine, campso teal and white linen spray inks, archival rose madder, monarch orange, jet black and distress markers (to color the fairy and flower stems).

acces. - small art journal, distress stickles in antique linen, chit chat verbages, jelly roll 08 white and sakura micron 08 black pens, prima fabric tape, tim holtz tissue tape.

tools - prima 6x6 crackle and flourish stencils, dylusions 5x8 dotted flowers stencil.

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When I went out this morning to take pictures of my journal pages I saw this little girl.

Looks like she just came out of hibernation by the mud on the side of her shell.

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Remember to upload your your May project at the Inspiration Journal, you could be a winner!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

 

Inspiration Emporium guest poster

Hey bloggers!

Today I'm the guest poster over at the Inspiration Blog.

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Thanks so much!

 

hello!

 Happy Monday bloggers!

Today I'm showing you a card, yes, a card, I can't believe I still remember how to make one! I've been making so many journal pages lately, but, when I saw the sweet Prima stamps, it had to be a card!

Inspiration Emporium has got so many cute Prima stamps, paper, flowers and embellishments coming in, it's so hard to choose!

                                                                                 

I made this card with the new Fairy Rhymes #10 stamp set. 

The stamps I used are the tea pot and cup, the banner, butterflies and hello sentiment.

I stamped them on vanilla cardstock with Distress Black Soot & Worn Lipstick ink. I colored the butterflies and banner with Copic bg10, bg72, y11 & g21 markers. I cut the 2 little banners in the corner of the image from the Prima Divine 6x6 pad, the card background is from the pad too. 

I colored the crinkle ribbon with spun sugar Distress Stain and I attached some vintage tatting above the ribbon with my tiny attacher. 

I cut the vanilla doily with Die-namics open scallop doily duo and used 1/2 of it.

The main image is backed with pink cardstock.

The flower and leaf are from Prima's new wood embellishments, colored with Copic markers with a Kaiser pearl in the center.

Remember to play along in Inspiration Emporium's monthy challenge for a chance to win $50 in IE goodies from the store! And, use my discount code ieirisgarden when shopping to get 10% off your entire order!

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Have a great Monday!