A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Flower Soft Wednesday!

Well, its the first Flower Soft Wednesday of 2012.  The Flower Soft team has added some new members and I would like to welcome them to the team!  Be sure to check out the Flower Soft Blog to meet all the new members of our very talented team.

Here is a cute project I made using Flower Soft Fuschia Mixed Color in a little different way.

To make this frame, I first die cut some Grunge Paper (yes, it cuts GREAT in the Grand Calibur) using the S4-310 Labels Eighteen.  I used die numbers #3 & 4 to cut the grunge paper frame.  Then I coated the grunge paper with Flower Soft glue and sprinkled the Fuschia Flower Soft all over.  I lightly pressed the sprinkles into the glue since I wanted everything covered really well.  Then after it dried, I finished my card!  I used some more old hymnal papers and the sentiment was printed out using my computer.  The font is called Mom's Typewriter from www.dafont.com.  I have been using it alot lately!  I cut/embossed the sentiment out using S4-324 Ribbon Banners.  Then I used some Antique Linen Distress Ink to sponge around the edges.   The base of the card is Orchid Cardstock #67 from www.discountcardstock.com

This was a really fun card to make!  Thanks for all the nice comments and emails about my first video.  Be sure to let me know if you want to see a specific technique in my next video......yes, I am excited to do a second!  Have a great Wednesday.

My First Video!

Yes, you read that correctly.  I have had a flip video camera for at least the past 6 months, just sitting here in front of me everyday I work at my crafting table.  I have used excuse after excuse to try to get out of making a video and today I decided that I am no longer making excuses.  So I filmed a short video on how I made the musical background paper for this scrapbook page.  Hopefully its okay and you can see it fine.....let me know what you think!  Please be kind.....I haven't really figured out how to edit yet!  LOL

 

 

 

Hopefully this will work great AND I can learn to edit the video better, I will be making more tutorial videos.  So be sure to comment and let me know what you would like to see!!  Hope you have a great day!

Sparkle & Shine!

Happy New Year!!  Hope you all had a great New Year's Eve...we had a great time with good friends and family.  I don't know about you but I was ready to see 2011 go and can't wait to see what is in store for us in 2012.  I think its going to be a great year!

Before the big party started, I took some time in my craft room and created a layout using a great picture of my oldest daughter.  She is posing in front of a covered bridge that is close to our house.  I love this picture!

This is a 12 x 12 layout.  Remember, you can click on the picture for a bigger, better look!

I had actually been playing around with some old music pages from an old hymnal I found at the thrift store.  I tore the pages and started putting them onto some heavy cardstock using Matte Medium.  After I had the whole page covered, I applied another light coating of the Matte Medium and allowed it to dry.  It didn't take too long....After it was dry, I used the Labels One Grand Nestabilities #5 (#1 being the smallest) to cut out the music layer.  I then matted that onto a piece of Kraft cardstock cut/embossed from Labels One Grand Nestabilities #6 (which is the largest in the set).  The "Sparkle & Shine" was printed onto Simply Smooth Vanilla cardstock using my computer printer. I matted it onto some Donna Salazar's Antiquities paper and put it into a cute copper metal frame.  I die cut some Zutter corrugated board using the Spellbinders Creative Book Pages die #2.  I attached a large brad at the top of this die cut and tied the copper frame to the corrugated board using tulle ribbon.  I added the Bling Flourish after it was glued to the layout.  For these bigger, heavier embellishments, I have found that Beacon's 3 In 1 Advanced Craft Glue works great for keeping things right where you want them.  Plus this liquid glue is Acid Free!

I had alot of fun just creating something for my daughter's scrapbook.  I have really been getting back into the swing of scrapbooking.  Maybe one of my New Year's resolutions could be creating at least one layout every week....remember, I said maybe!!  LOL 

Have a great first week of the new year!!

Penny Black/Flower Soft Blog Hop!

We're kicking off 2012 in style with a great combo for a Blog Hop featuring artwork using Penny Black stamps and Flower Soft. I hope you'll be inspired by all the great projects that the designers' have created as you hop along to their blogs. Join us for a weekend-long celebration! 

Here is my project using Penny Black "T for Transparent" set called Flowers & Wishes".  I used some Ultra Fine Black Flower Soft to highlight the center of the flower.  I kept my card simple and made 12 of them.  I am going to give these cards as a gift to a special friend for her birthday.  I varied the sentiments so she can use them for different occasions.

Here is a close-up of the Ultra Fine Black I used as an accent for the center of my flower.

 

PRIZES

3 random comment authors will be chosen to receive brand new 2012 Penny Black Valentine stamps.  Just leave a comment on this post to be in the running. 

 

GRAND PRIZE

Use one of the Penny Black Designer’s Blog Hop projects as inspiration and create a new Penny Black stamped project.  Upload it into the Penny Black Gallery by the end of the Hop with the tag “pennyblackbloghop”.  Be sure to let us know which project inspired you!  A winner will be chosen to GUEST DESIGN at the Penny Black Blog!

 

WINNERS

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 4^th here at the Penny Black Blog.

 

Happy New Year!  Here’s your blog hop order, off you go!

Penny Black

http://pennyblackinc.wordpress.com/

 

Jen Buck, Flower Soft

 http://www.thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com  

 

Jenyfur Pohl, Penny Black
http://torn-paper.blogspot.com/

 

Lisa Murphy, Flower Soft

http://www.atimetodesign.blogspot.com/

 

Kathy Racoosin, Penny Black
http://thedailymarker.blogspot.com/

 

Jeanne Streiff, Flower Soft

http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

 

Elizabeth Allan, Penny Black
http://elizabethallan-blog.blogspot.com/

 

Gini Cagle, Flower Soft

http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/

 

Jill Foster, Penny Black
http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/

 

Linda Beeson, Flower Soft

http://pkod.blogspot.com/

 

Kelley Eubanks, Penny Black
http://myfrontporch-kelley.blogspot.com/

 

Debbie Seyer, Flower Soft - You Are Here!!

http://www.debbieseyer.com/

 

Cathy Andronicou, Penny Black
http://candronicoucardcraft.blogspot.com/

 

Dina Kowal, Flower Soft

http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/

 

Peet Roeven, Penny Black
http://scrapalbum.blogspot.com/

 

Cibele Glazer, Flower Soft

http://flowerfoot.blogspot.com/

 

Flower Soft

http://www.flower-softinc.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

The Day After........

Well, it's the day after Christmas and for me, it's a day to relax and rest.  A day to just continue to enjoy the family and catch up on sleep by taking a nap, eating any leftovers and make a few projects just for fun.  I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas full of the love of family and the celebration of the birth of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.  We had quite a wonderful Christmas here in the Seyer household. 

Here is a card I made a few weeks ago for a publication but it didn't get any love.....but I think its one of my favorites!  LOL

 

I used a new die set from Spellbinders called (S5-068) Decorative Dress Form.  This was a set that was part of a new release from Crafters Home.  I found the set of dies at my local scrapbook store, For Keeps Sake.  I love the set....so girly!!  I inked all the edges of everything on this card using Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from Springtime Silhouettes stamp set from Gina K. designs.  I added a 4" Wilton doily, seam binding ribbon and alittle bit of tulle ribbon to complete this card.  My card base is Kraft cardstock from Discount Cardstock

Hope you have a great week!  I will have some really fun stuff to share with you starting January 1.  Can you believe the year is almost over?  Have a great day!

Merry Christmas! FSC43

Hello!  Hope you have all your Christmas shopping done and will have plenty of relaxing time before the big day.  Yeah, right!  Not me, either!!  LOL  But I did take time out to participate in this week's Flower Soft Challenge.  This weeks challenge is to make a project geared around the holidays.

For my card today, I used a digi image that I printed here at home.......I got the image from one of my local stamp stores - Red Lead Paperworks.  Its a great vintage image that I thought would really look great highlighted with some Polar White Flower Soft.

I gave my paper distresser a work out on this card!  LOL  I used a page from an old hymnal for the backgroun.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is stamped onto a circle cut from Standard Circle Nestabilities Sm.  Around the outside of the circle I added the tinsel ribbon.  Here is a close-up.....

I think the Flower Soft Polar White added just the right touch!  I also used some Silver Peel Offs in the corners for some added detail.

Hope you will take the time to play along with this challenge.  Check out the Flower Soft Blog for all the details of how to participate in this challenge.  This week we are playing for a pot of Polar White Flower Soft and a package of Display Globes.   A winner will be chosen next Wednesday so be on the lookout for an email announcing if it's you! If you are uploading your creations to SCS please use the keyword FSC43.

Check out the rest of the DT to see what they have created....

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• Cibele Glazer
• Jennifer Buck
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Seyer
• Jeanne Streiff
• Linda Beeson
• Lisa Murphy
• Vicki Garrett

Goodie Box for Discount Cardstock

Here is a cute box I made using some cardstock from Discount Cardstock.  I love how simple this little box was to make and it turned out looking so fancy!  My favorite type of project!  I can't remember where I got the instructions to make this box but when I find them, I will share....its was so simple.

Supplies Used:

• Posh Spruce Satin Sparkle, Posh Cherry Satin Sparkle, Simply Smooth Ivory
• Dies - S4-205 Eyelet Pendants, S4-214 Eyelet Borderabilities Petite, S4-352 Spiral Blossoms Two, Grand Calibur - Spellbinders Paper Arts
• Accessories - Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad; Rhinestone Flourish - Want2Scrap; Tulle Ribbon, Scor-Tape, Scor-Pal

 

Best Friends Ever!

This is going to be a quick blog post tonight.  Just got back from picking up my daughter at College.  There and back again in one day makes for a LONG trip!  But I am smiling and glad to hear giggling and excited chatter from all 3 sisters being together again.  Now I can really get into the Christmas spirit!

Here is a card I made a few weeks back (before the big Christmas project rush) and I wanted to share it with you.  Its pretty easy and uses some super cute Echo Park paper.

Supplies Used:

• stamps - Springtime Silhouettes - Gina K. Designs
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar Crest #110 - Discount Cardstock
• Patterned Paper - Echo Park 6x6
• Dies - Scallop Egdeabilities Petite, Labels 1 - Spellbinders Paper Arts
• Accessories - Labels 1 Nestabling (Want2Scrap); ribbon

It's Virtual Stamp Night on SCS!!

Yep, its that time again.....Virtual Stamp Night on Splitcoaststampers.  I always tell myself I am going to do a bunch of the challenges and then I only end up getting one or two done.  Well, I got off to a great start last night!  I completed 2 challenges and plan to do some more tonight.  There will be a challenge announced every hour on Splitcoast from 12 pm until 11 pm (eastern time) today ....HERE is a link to the Master Challenge thread so you can participate in all the fun!

Here is my first card for the "No Business Like Snow Business Challenge" from last night.  Remember, you have 45 minutes to complete the challenge AND challenges can't be combined!

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - Snowflakes background stamp -November Kit of the Month (Unity); sentiment (Hero Arts)
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar White #110, Blue #67 - www.discountcardstock.com
• Ink - Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx (Colorbox); Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
• Accessories - Cool glittery snowflake - For Keeps Sakes goody bag!!; velvet ribbon (PTI), Rhinestones (Want2Scrap)

 

Here is my card for the "Jack Frost - Frosted Image Tech" Challenge.  This is a new technique for me and it was alot of fun.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - Fabulous Flourish (Hero Arts); sentiment (Heartfelt Creations)
• Cardstock - Gray Cardstock #67, Simply Smooth Ivory
• Ink - Jasmine & Chiffon Mix'd Media Inx (Colorbox); Tuxedo Black Memento
• Accessories - Lacey & Nested Pennant die, Banner die (Spellbinders Paper Arts); Pennants Rhinestone Nestabling (Want2Scrap), Tulle, Fancy Button

I hope you will join me for some Virtual Stamp Night fun tonight!!  I will share what I got done in the next couple of days.  But before I get to have fun creating stuff......I gotta bake some holiday goodies!!  Wish me luck!  LOL

 

Join Me for Pretty Packaging Class!

Here are the projects we will be making during my next class at For Keeps Sake on December 17 at 10:30 am-12:00pm. We will make 5 different projects using Spellbinders Grand Templates - Hexagon Petal Envelope, Hexagon Pinwheel Top Box and Grand Labels 11 Nestabilities plus a gift card holder using 2011 Heirloom Ornament set.  It will be tons of fun and I hope you can join me.  Just call For Keeps Sake to reserve your spot!

If you live too far away to join me for this class but would like to make these projects, please email me at debbiemom23cs@hotmail.com for info about a Class To Go Option.  I will have the projects all cut/embossed plus instructions for making each one for $25 plus shipping/handling.  They will be shipping on December 16 so you will have time to make them for Christmas!

Hope you are having a great week!  It snowed here a bit this morning so it is really starting to feel like Christmas!