Sylvia Zet for SCACD is HERE!!!!

Happy Friday Friends!  The day we've all been waiting for is FINALLY here!  Today you get to meet all of the Loli and Poppy stamps!  I hope you are enjoying the beautiful stamps that have been created by the newest artist at SCACD...Sylvia Zet has done an amazing job creating these exclusive cuties for SCACD!  If you've come from Danni's Blog then you are in the right spot, if not head over to Elaine's Blog to start the hop at the beginning...you don't want to miss any stops along the hop!

Today I have the honor of "re"-introducing you to Poppy, she was one of the two cutie pies who was previously sneak peeked by my fabulous DT sister Elaine over at the SCACD Blog.

I am totally in love with all of these new stamps!  I just can't wait to get home from work each day so I can color!!  The whimsical fun each of these images has is so adorable!  When I was creating this card I was feeling in a shabby chic kind of mood!  I've used crackle paint on the edges of the papers as well as the doilie and flowers for some added chic-ness!  Paper are from the gorgeous Authentique Uncommon Collection.  Corner resin pieces are from Melissa Francis.

Poppy has been colored with Copics and then I used my pastel pencils to shade.  Poppy's wings have been sparklized with Star Dust Stickles.  Her headband and shirt were treated with Illuminate Smooch.  Her eyes were given a coat of Diamond Glaze for the real-ness factor.  The entire image was then lined with my Viva Decor Hologram Glitter Liner.  The ladybug border was made with my MS punch and accented with some rhinestones....can you tell I am in love with bling?! LOL!  Poppy likes bling too....she told me so!!!!

 Here you can see the crackle paint on the flowers.  Dark pink flowers with pearl center are Delightful Day Prima flowers! I love these tulle like flowers....they are so fun and gorgeous all in one! The remaining flowers are from WOC.

 Here you can see the Doilie and paper that has been accented with my crackle paint.

And one more angle shot...hopefully you can see all the sparkle, shine, and bling on my Poppy image from here!

Now head to the SCACD store to get your very own Loli and Poppy stamp sets!  Loli has her own stamp set and Poppy has her own stamp set.  Each set comes with a FREE stamp!  If you purchase both sets that means you get TWO FREE stamps....how great is that!!!  For our European friends you can get your exclusive SCACD stamps at Quixotic Paperie!

Now head on over to the ultra talented Crystal's Blog, I know she has a beauty to share with you!  Enjoy the rest of the hop and Happy Shopping!

Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R02, Hair: E99, YR24, Y21, Shirt/Headband: R12, R14, R32, Pants: B91, B93, B95, B97, Wings: B00, B0000, RV02, Ladybug: R24, R46, N0, N1, N3, N5, N7, Flowers: R12, R14, R32, Y11, Y15, Y19, YG00, YG09, YG25, Mushroom: E41, E42, E43, E44, Grass: YG03, YG09, YG25, G19, N3, N5

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Peeking In to Say HI!

Hi Everyone~

I hope you are enjoying your week....good news it's the weekend!! YAY!!  I hope you all are controlling your PEEKER FEVER by purchasing your very own The Peeker #2 Collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD?!?!  I can tell you that I totally am controlling my fever by creating with this cuties!  Today I am sharing my creation using Secret Garden Peeker!  Make sure you grab a cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, as this post is a bit lengthy....hee hee

Seriously I am soooo in love with all of these adorable Peekers!!!  Miss. Secret Garden Peeker is so cute, I love how she is so shy, but yet wants to hop on over the fence to go and play with her friends!  The papers I have used on this cutie are the gorgeous and oh-so-stunning Kaisercraft Blae & Ivy!  OMG if you haven't ordered yours yet you sooooo need to get this pad...I love the elegance and beauty in each and every sheet in this pad!  And it has to be good if I love it and there is NO pink in it! LOL!  Susana has some AMAZING new 6x6 paper pads in too....you best go and order your favorites now before they are sold out!  Click -->here<-- to go and see what I'm talking about! :)

Sweet Garden Peeker was colored with Copics and accented with my pastel pencil.  I airbrushed the sky around her.    

The moment I saw this adorable Peeker I knew that I wanted to make a shaker card with her (Kylie has an amazing tutorial that I followed)!  The scene of this stamp is perfect to add some Green German Glass Glitter (80 Grit) mixed with some Kelly Green German Glass Glitter (100 Grit) ...have you seen the German Glass Glitter that Wild Orchid Crafts carries...oh my word....this stuff take glitter to a WHOLE new level!  The sparkle this glass glitter gives is totally out of this world....so much more sparkly that regular glitter!!!  I'm totally in love!!! WOC carries this is many colors and in medium and fine grit levels...which also mix very well together!t 

To make the shaker part of my card:  

1.  I cut my colored image out with my Labels 1 Spellbinder Die.

2.  I also cut out a piece of acetate using the same die that I used in step 1.

3.  I took my designer piece of paper and my Square Spellbinder Die and cut out a square. *Make sure that you leave enough edge around the square because you will also be cutting out the Label 1 again over top of the square.*  

4.  Now with the same piece of paper that you have from Step 3 with the missing square in the middle, take that Labels 1 die again from step 1 and place the die over the square opening (see I told you that you would be using this piece of paper again :)  When you cut this out it will give you the deisgner paper  frame.  

5.  Now Glue/tape (I used scor tape because it holds the best, in my opinion) your acetate piece to the back side of the frame that you just made in step 4.

6.  Now you will place foam tape all the way around the back side edges of the frame, do not leave any gaps. (If you leave gaps then you will have glitter all over when you shake your card.)

7.  Pour your glitter into the middle of your frame on the acetate.

8.  Attach your colored image to the foam tape.

9.  Finally, shake and look at the beauty you just created!

Now back to the contents of the card:

 The lace is also from WOC!  This is actually two types of the lace at the store.  The top layer with the blue edging is White Kniting Lace with Baby Blue Edging which is layered on top of some Wide White Guipure Lace.  The bow is created with some gorgeous silk ribbon and my Bow Easy...Gotta love being able to get the perfect bow every time!  The corner was accented using a decorative metal corner...I so love the elegance that these add!

 My flower arrangement was made using Wild Orchid flowers that consists of:  25mm Rose, Cherry Blossoms, 15mm Roses, the green 15mm roses are the moss green roses from the classic colour collection (love the beautiful deep color of these!), 5mm closed rosebuds, and Gypsophilas.  The beautiful crochet butterfly is NEW Venise Lace at Wild Orchid...these appliques are stunning!!!  I then added some gorgeous self adhesive pearls to accent this beauty as well as the sentiment on the card (sentiment is from Kraftin Kimmie)!  Foam tape was used to pop up the wings to appear that the butterfly has just landed on the card.

From here you can see all the dimension of the card! :)  I hope you have enjoyed this cutie!  I can't wait to see the beautiful shaker cards you all make now!!!  Please drop by and leave me a link to your shaker card...I'd LOVE to see what you create!

Copic Colors Used: Hair: E11, E15, E25, E29, Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, Dress: B000, B24, B32, RV09, RV19, Fence: E25, E30, E31, E33, E50, E59, E99, Grass: YG00, YG03, YG67, G14, G21, G99, C6, Flowers: V05

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When Sweet Meets Sassy

WELCOME to the SCACD

"When Sweet Meets Sassy"

Blog Hop

Hello....I'm so excited to be the first stop along the SCACD When Sweet Meets Sassy Blog Hop!  If you get lost along the hop, please head to the SCACD Blog for the full line up! Today you are going to be seeing two fabulous collections created by Victoria Case for SCACD!  I hope you enjoy both The Bonita Collection and The Retro Crew Collection!  Each set comes with a freebie stamp, and of course Susana has fabulous prices if you purchase the whole set!

Meet Flora Bonita, she is a part of The Bonita Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD!  Oh my goodness when I first saw this set I was in total awe and amazement over the beauty!  I absolutely love how realistic these images are and how versatile they are!  I'm made my card for a very special friend, but you could use this collection for birthday cards, thinking of you cards, really for any reason...I think they would make gorgeous bridal shower cards!  The papers I have used are from the NEW Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection.  I love how gorgeous all of these papers are!!! 

Flora Bonita was colored with Copics and accented with Copic Spicas.  This was cut out using a SB oval and layer on top of a SB Labels 10.

Do you love my gold flourish?  Well this was done with gold embossing powder and the flourish stamp that can be yours too...it's the BONUS FREEBIE stamp that comes along with The Bonita Collection Set!  I've also used the flourish stamp on the top and bottom of my SB labels 10 to dress it up a bit.  Little butterflies were accented with my Viva Decor Cream Pearl Liner!  Love how these Viva Pens allow you make all the customized pearls that you want! :) You can see in the flourish I have used my Viva Decor Turquoise Pearl Pen to make really tiny pearls.   The bow was made using my Bow Easy!

The large flower is one of the BRAND NEW PRIMA Arcadian Collection Roses that Susana has in at the store!  Oh my goodness is this absolutely gorgeous with the glitter that comes on it! 

Susana has a lot of NEW PRODUCTS in at the store!  Make sure you check them all out over at the store's home page!  For all of our Friends overseas don't forget you can purchase your BRAND New SCACD Stamps at Quixotic Paperie!

Your next stop is the ultra talented Judy Laing's Blog!  Enjoy the hop!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Flora Bonita & flourish stamp by Victoria Case for SCACD, sentiment,
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spicas,
Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R11, R20, Lips: R11, R12, Eyes: B000, B00, B02, B05, Eyeshadow: BV0000, BV00, Hair: E21, E49, E53, E57, E59, Dress: BG18, BG23, BG72, Lilac Spica, Flowers: Y11, Y15, Y17, Y38, E07, R59, Orange Spica, Buttermilk Spica, Leaves: G29, G82, YG21, Shadowing: W3
Papers:Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection,
Tools: SB oval, SB Labels 10, Bow Easy, MS Butterfly Punches,
Embellishments: gold embossing powder,  Viva Decor Cream Pearl Liner, Viva Decor Turquoise Pearl Pen, Prima Arcadian Collection Roses, Cherry Blossoms, 4mm Closed Rosebuds, Ribbon.

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NEW FLOWERS at Wild Orchid!!!

Hi Everyone~ Today I have a VERY special card using some NEW FLOWERS to share with you!  Wild Orchid Crafts has NEW HELLEBORE FLOWERS that will be available for purchase on MONDAY!  Make sure you mark your calendar so you can get yours....these are absolutely stunning!!!


The card I am sharing today is going to a VERY SPECIAL person, her name is Elise!  Elise is going through a very difficult time right now, as she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  Her story of course tugs at my heart so much, as my mother in law is a breast cancer survivor!  I've decided to create a card for Elise to let her know she is not alone in this fight, and that I am sending many prayers for her speedy remission! :)  Hugs to you hun!!!!  Cheryl has a Card Drive for Elise going on right now...please click -->here<-- to find out all the details! 

For my card I've use the Angel of Hope stamp from the Mini Sampler Edition #1 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.  Susana (owner of SCACD) is donating $1 to Breast Cancer Research for every Angel of Hope stamp that is purchased!  This isn't just for October either, this is EVERY time the Angel of Hope Stamp is purchased (in the set or as a single stamp)!  I love this stamp....she is so gorgeous and can be used for many occasions, such as for mine today, or for Christmas, or a thinking of you, or you are in my prayers type of card.  I used some Making Memory Breast Cancer Collection papers.

My Angel of Hope was colored with Copics and accented with a Sakura star dust pen.  The frame my angel was popped up on is made with my Slice....I recently got a Slice and am soooo in love with it!  The pearls on my frame were made with my Viva Decor Light Carmine Paper Pen.  

 Now here is what you have been waiting for.....THE FLOWERS....the large one is the NEW Hellebore,(again they will be available MONDAY at WOC) then I've added Cherry Blossoms, 15mm Roses, and 5mm Closed Rosebuds to finish off my flower arrangement.  Star Dust Stickles was used to gliterize all the flowers. 

I've used three different strands of ribbon to create my awareness ribbon and finished off with the gemstone ribbon!

From this view you can see that I have cut the angel's wings apart and popped the one wing up higher than the other for dimension!  I love the 3D look of it!

NOW....Make sure you head over to the WOC Blog for your chance to win this fantastic candy including some of the NEW HELLEBORE FLOWERS from the fabulous Paul and Siri!!!

Challenge I would like to enter:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Recipe:
Stamps: Angel of Hope from the Mini Sampler Edition #1 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics,
Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, Shading: W3, Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, E59, Dress: RV00, R20, R22, R43, Wings: RV00, R43, BV0000, BV20
Tools: Slice,
Embellishments: Viva Decor Light Carmine Paper Pen. Hellebore, Cherry Blossoms, 15mm Roses, and 5mm Closed Rosebuds, Ribbon, Gemstone, Star Dust Stickles

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SCACD Little Acorn Sneak Peek

I'm SUPER pumped today because I get to share with you a preview from the DUAL MINI RELEASE from SCACD!  If you haven't read my previous posts.....I'll share the info again, we are having two mini releases--one from Elisabeth Bell and one from Victoria Case for SCACD!  Both of these mini sets will be released this Thursday (Sept. 30th) so mark your calendars because you don't want to miss this release....I'm telling you they are all a MUST have!!!!  And don't forget that Susana has some AMAZING Blog Candy at the store blog!  Click -->HERE<-- to go and enter!  So today I'm using one of the cute NEW Victoria Case images called "Little Acorn" from the Mini Little Acorn Set! 

She's so sweet with her cute little ladybug!  She's definitely a favorite from this new release....I absolutely love her!  Papers are from the NEW Basic Grey Pyrus Collection, boy do I love this stack!  Gorgeous colors!  Corners have been jazzed up with my Viva Decor Dark Brown Pearl Pen.

 

Little Acorn was colored with Copics and accented with a white gel pen.  Her little ladybug friend was decorated with my TonerTex pen and Red Foil.  Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram was used on her hair ties for extra sparkle.  Stamped the swirly leaf frame and then used Metallic Rub On in Sky Blue to add a soft shimmer to the edges.  Love the sparkle and shimmer that the Metallic Rub On adds! 

As I promised last night, this card also showcases the Epiphany Crafts Flower 20 Button Maker!  I love how you can customize your buttons to match your project with these fun tools, and I think they are very reasonably priced, and SUPER EASY to use!  They truly punch like a dream.  If you have arthritis or problems with your hands and you are worried about punches being too tough for you, these certainly are NOT a concern at all!  You hardly use any pressure when punching.  I've also used my Bow Easy to create the beautiful bow. 

Flowers are from the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts.  Arrangement consists of 35mm Large Wild Rose, 25mm Wild Roses, Aster Daisies, 15mm Rose, 8mm semi-open roses, 5mm closed rosebud.  All flowers started out white, I used my Copic ABS to get the exact colors to match my card.  Then flowers got a coat of Illuminate Smooch to jazz them up!

I hope you've enjoyed this sneak peek!  Wait until you see the rest of the collection at the SCACD DT's Blog Hop on Thursday, Sept. 30th....seriously all these stamps are gotta haves!!! :)  If you haven't already signed up for Susana's WONDERFUL NEW RELEASE CANDY, make sure you head over to the SCACD Store Blog HERE to sign up now, you only have until Wednesday to sign up!

Challenge I would like to enter:

Friday Sketchers - Jeanette's Sketch

Recipe:
Stamps: Little Acorn by Victoria Case for SCACD (will be released Thurs. Sept 30th), Artistic leaves (Hero Arts), Essential Sentiments (MFT),
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, White Gel Pen,
Copic Colors Used: Acorn: E01, E15, E29, Hat: E41, E42, E43, E44, Skin: E000, E00, E11, R02, Shading: W3, Hair: E25, E49, E53, E59, Eyes: E0000, E02, E04, Pants: BG000, BG01, BG05, BG09, Shirt/Shoes: Y32, YR21, YR24, Ladybug:T02, T04, T06
Papers: Basic Grey Pyrus Collection
Tools: Epiphany Crafts Flower 20 Button Maker, Bow Easy, Word Window Punch and Modern Label Punch (SU)
Embellishments: Viva Decor Dark Brown Pearl Pen, TonerTex pen and Red Foil.  Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram, Metallic Rub On in Sky Blue, Illuminate Smooch, 35mm Large Wild Rose, 25mm Wild Roses, Aster Daisies, 15mm Rose, 8mm semi-open roses, 5mm closed rosebud (Wild Orchid Crafts), Ribbon, and Raffia.

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