The Places You'll Go

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. For Father's Day, my kids made books for my husband using a Tinyme printable (this site has some cute printables). If you follow me on Instagram (@jocelyn_olson), I shared a funny drawing my son drew. :)

Anyhoo, I'm up on the Maya Road blog today talking about three different styles of embellished cards. Here is one:

This card was a product sample for Maya Road, and I needed to use the necklace. The chain is long, and it's a heavy necklace, so this card took a bit of engineering to attach the necklace. I put the long necklace chain in the Maya Road Linen Treasure Bag and ran a few stitches through it. These bags are great for giving small presents are party favors (wouldn't it be cute for a pirate party?).

The cute Camera Clip was altered using gold liquid gilding...I'm addicted to gilding things! I used Crate Paper's Journey collection.

I have two other cards on the Maya Road blog. I hope you'll swing by and check them out!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stamping on Patterned Vellum

Hi! Happy Wednesday!

I'm on the Altenew blog today sharing a card and some tips for stamping on patterned vellum. I hope you check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies

Stamps: (Super Script, Floral Motifs) Altenew

Ink: (Jet Black) Altenew; (Brilliance Lightning Black) Tsukineko; (gold splatter) Lindy's Stamps Gang

Patterned paper: (grid 6x6) Studio Calico; (vellum from All That Glitters) Webster's Pages; (stripe from Shimelle) American Crafts

Embellishments: (Gold Metallic, Flat Gold, Lime sequins) Neat & Tangled; (Strawberry Burst, Clear 4mm) Pretty Pink Posh; (gold puffy heart) Studio Calico

Friend

Hi everyone! Are you doing anything fun this weekend? My niece and nephew are visiting, and it's always great to see them. :)

My friend Taheerah has a column on the Winnie & Walter blog, and she video-interviewed me for the column. :) I'm also sharing a Winnie & Walter card on the blog:

The "flower" is the tree ring in the Winter Woodland set that I watercolored. I layered a piece of fringe, awesome Citrus Bliss wooden heart, a Sunshine Glow sequin, and a label with a sentiment using The Big, the Bold, and the Happy set.

Here's a close-up:

I dug through my stash and found these cool acetate and foil leaves from Studio Calico. The leaf die-cut is The Big, the Bold, and the Extras Cut File. It's always hard to photograph foil, but I managed to get a shot of how cool the foil looks.

Taheerah also made a card based on my card, which you can see over at the Winnie & Walter blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Is it Thursday already? Yikes--the weeks are flying by!

Today I'm participating in the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop. Yeah! Paulina's hops are awesome--great themes, lots of gorgeous cards, tons of prizes. :) The theme this time is watercoloring. Easy, right? The hop will be officially starting tomorrow (Friday) morning at 6am PST.

To kick things off, I'm sharing a watercolored card:

I started by die-cutting the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo Die 2 frame out of smooth bristol. Love that die! It's great for so many projects. Next, I die-cut the Flowers and Leaves using my Cameo. The black die-cut is a little atypical me, but I wanted something bold and, well, different. :)

I lightly traced the outline of the die-cut on the Stitched Duo Die frame so I knew which colors to use. For the watercoloring, I used several spray mists and intentionally went way over my sketched borders for an artsy look.

The sentiment is from the Sending and Wishing set from SSS. I also added a few of the new Pretty Pink Posh iridescent sequins (Strawberry Burst and Sunshine Glow).

For the background, I embossed the cardstock using the stitched circles from the Stitched Duo Die 2. Here's a close-up:

Here's the scoop:

• Leave a comment here and along the hop for chances to win prizes. You can find the links at the Pretty Pink Posh blog. 
• The hop starts Friday (6/5) at 6 am PST. You can link up your watercolored cards on the Pretty Pink Posh blog until June 8th at 11:55 pm PST. 
• If we can get 100 entries, Paulina will donate a $20 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson or Simon Says Stamp. For every 100 entries (up to 500) there will be an extra $20 gift certificate. 
• When you link up, you'll be entered to win prizes from the fantastic sponsors! 

That's it from me. I hope you'll join in the blog hop! Have a great day!

Many Thanks

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week!

I'm up on the Altenew blog today sharing a card using the Doodle Blooms set. I stenciled the background of the card, which may be my new favorite way to make a background. ;) Anyhoo, I hope you check out the post (HERE).

Thanks for stopping by!