The Raven

Hi everyone! This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for my Newton's Nook Designs post, please click HERE.

This week, the Glitz Digital Team is sharing projects with inks, pains, and mists. I'm up on the Glitz blog today with a project using the new Raven collection:

Okay, first of all, can I say how much I love this collection? I'm a big fan of Halloween papers, and this collection is probably my favorite. Ever. The papers are Halloween-ish, but they could be used for any season (like the papers I used here).

I started with the raven image from the Element Pack 1 and sprayed a digital mist behind him. Then, I used a digital brush from the same Elements and stamped it twice to off-set the sentiment. Once I was done printing the image, I splattered some Mister Hueys over the image. Here's a close-up:

For the Raven papers, I splattered some mist on the stripe, but I thought the triangle paper could use something extra...

I've never lit paper on fire (for a card), but I decided to try it. I used photo paper, which seemed to slow the burn time, and it gave the edges just the right distressing. Strangely, my husband didn't even question why I was standing over the sink lighting the paper with a lighter. ha ha

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

Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Digital elements: (stripe paper from Raven Paper Pack; triangle from Raven Elements Pack 2; sentiment and raven from Elements Pack 1) Glitz Designs at Jessica Sprague.com
Mist: (Opaque White) Mister Huey's

Newton's Nook Designs Magical Wishes

Hi everyone! It's day two of the Newton's Nook Designs' September release!

Both of the sets will be available at midnight tonight in the NND store. My projects for the Boo Crew set are in THIS post.

We're sharing projects using the Magical Wishes set. Rather than using the larger images, I decided to focus on a way to use the small stamps in the set:

I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the star, hat (off of the wizard), and potion bottle. I could have stamped directly on except I used a tag base that doesn't like Copics. ;) The sentiments are from the Magical Wishes set.

Here's they are in close-up:

Ahhh...I love a CAS tag. :)

Want to win a free Magical Wishes set? Comment on the Newton's Nook blog and comment on each of the design team's blogs. You have until 9pm CST tonight for a chance to win.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team's creations!

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day.


Supplies
Cardstock: (Vintage White, White) PTI; (Nightshift Blue) MFT
Clear stamps: (Magical Wishes) Newton's Nook Designs
Die: (Timeless Tags 2 dies) WPlus9
Fibers: (Ivory twine) May Arts; (blue grosgrain) craft supply
Stickles
Copics

Boo Crew

Hi everyone! It's release week with Newton's Nook Designs!

We're sharing two new stamp sets this week, and they're pretty neat-o. You'll be able to buy the sets on Friday at the NND store.

Today, I'm sharing treat bags I made using the Boo Crew set:

I started by coloring and fussy cutting the bear image from the set. Isn't he cute? To make the bag, I die-cut the treat bag and stamped candy from the Boo Crew set in Versamark.

I placed the bear on the box, but it didn't look quite right. I realized it would help to die-cut a window to see the candy. It's always good to see candy. :)

I made a second box using patterned paper. Here they are together:

The tag has a sentiment from the same set. I think I'll make a few more for my kids' teachers. Do you make handmade Halloween treats for your kids' teachers or classes? Please share--I'd love to get some ideas. :)

If you'd like to win a free Boo Crew set, here's your chance! Comment on the Newton's Nook blog and comment on each of the design team's and guest design team's blogs. You have until 9pm CST on 9/12 for a chance to win.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team's creations!

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle

Kim Singdahlsen (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day.


Supplies
Cardstock: (Orange Zest, white, Clear cardstock) PTI
Patterned Paper: (black and white from Basics collection) Studio Calico
Clear stamps: (bear, candy, sentiment from Boo Crew) Newton's Nook Designs
Die: (circle from Limitless Layers; bag from Treat Bag #2) PTI
Ribbon: (Orange Zest) PTI; (orange and yellow stripe) May Arts
Copics

Wassup Foxy?

Hi everyone! Happy Monday!

It's time for another Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.

Want to see the sketch?

I used the vertical version of the sketch to make this card:

I was excited to use my brand new Paper Smooches Royal Cuteness stamps and Royal Icons dies. I LOVE the girl stamp, which I paper pieced and colored. I was going to put her on one of my Paper Smooches tags, but I could not find the die (I still haven't found it--argh!). So, I die-cut the Duo Die 2. When I was looking at the die-cuts, I realized it could look like a mirror. Score!

Here's a close-up:

Yep, that's my shirt in the mirror. LOL!

I masked off and stamped the sentiment from Smoocheroos horizontally across the banner. I kind of missed the polka dots on the sketch, but I'm counting the stripes. Okay? ;)

I hope you'll be able to play along with this week's SPARKS challenge. You can link up your projects HERE.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI; (silver) Bazzill
Patterned paper: (peach polka dot) Bo Bunny Basics; (floral from Hello Again) Carta Bella
Clear stamps: (girl from Royal Cuteness; sentiment from Smoocheroos) Paper Smooches
Dies: (girl from Royal Icons; frame/mirror from Duo Die 2) Paper Smooches; (banner) PTI
Digital element: (yellow stripe paper from Stargazer) One Little Bird for The Lilypad
Copics

Not Your Typical Back-to-School Card

Hi everyone! I'm not going to lie--I want to do some online shopping, so I'm going to make this post short. ;)

It's the first CAS-ual Fridays challenge of the term, and we have four new designers. Woo hoo!

It's a two week challenge to share your back-to-school projects.

I have little kids, but I made a school card for an older girl:

Other than the stars, I did all of the design work myself. In Photoshop, I simply used different fonts and colors to create the sentiment. I love the scrolly font for the "punch." hee hee

For the stars, I recolored the star image from One Little Bird's Crazy for You digital kit. I thought the stars worked with the back-to-school theme.

Here's a close-up:

Yup. Pretty non-traditional for back-to-school.

Do you want to make a school project? The winner of this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge will win a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson.

You can link up your projects HERE.

Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Night) Paper Source
Digital element: (stars from Crazy for You) One Little Bird for The Lilypad
Fonts are from Dafont.com

Yours Truly

Hi everyone! Last week it was announced that I'm joining the new Glitz Designs Digital Design Team. I have been grinning ear-to-ear about it...I love Glitz, I love digital. It's just awesome.

So, what does being on the team mean? I'll be sharing the digital sets over at Jessica Sprague. It also means trying to keep up with the super talented design team members (I've been seeing their layouts--whoa! I've got to say, it's a little intimidating!)

This week on the Glitz blog, we're sharing projects using the Yours Truly collection. I made a couple of cards. I went ultra-CAS for the first one:

I used a digital journaling card from the Yours Truly Embellishments #2 and simply enlarged it. I wanted to do a little something extra, so I took scraps from Embellishments #1 (the yellow zigzag is part of a Polaroid frame) and the Paper Pack to frame the sentiment. Super easy! It was so quick and easy, I made three more for a card set. :)

Here's a close-up:

For my second card, I used the same three kits to make a more layered card:

For this card, I resized, printed, and layered papers and the Polaroid frame. *sigh* I love these papers. I wish I could wallpaper my house in that navy blue. ;)

For the ephemera, I recolored the text to make it more of a focal point. Here is a close-up:

Did I mention that the Yours Truly Embellishments #1 and Paper Pack are on sale for a $1 and $2. Seriously? What a deal! The sale is for today (Wednesday) only. You can follow the links above to find them.

You can check out my cards and the rest of the DT over on the Glitz blog. It would be great if you would leave some love over there. :)

Last week, I had a two-part giveaway. The winner of the first giveaway is:

Shelly

The winner of the second giveaway is:

richardbreaks

Thank you so much for your comments! Shelly and Richard, I'll be contacting you or you can e-mail me at redballooncards at yahoo dot com.


Have a great day!


Supplies
What You Bring
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Other paper: (Premium White Photo Paper) OfficeMax
Digital elements: (journaling card from Yours Truly Embellishments #2; navy and red papers from Yours Truly Paper Pack; yellow zigzag frame from Yours Truly Embellishments #1) Glitz Designs

Whatever You Are
Cardstock: (White Woodgrain) Simon Says Stamp
Digital elements: (girl ephemera from Yours Truly Embellishments #2; navy, grey, and red papers from Yours Truly Paper Pack; yellow zigzag frame from Yours Truly Embellishments #1) Glitz Designs
Ink: (Dandelion Fireworks) Tsukineko
Embellishments: (sequin) Hobby Lobby; (red transparency from Fact or Fiction) BasicGrey; (wood veneer star) Studio Calico
Marker: (Y13) Copic 
Twine: (red) Divine Twine