Heartfelt Creations Wednesday Bella Rose Release

Heartfelt Creations is pleased to present the Bella Rose Collection. This collection is another classic beauty that is a must-have for every stamper or scrapbooker. The artist of this collection, Linda Bontrager, has spent countless hours in her studio, meticulously sketching and drawing this collection to absolute perfection. Because of all the tender loving care, the Bella Rose Collection is nicknamed as "The Baby" by the staff at HC.
The Details: The Bella Rose Collection features 8 new PreCut Stamp Sets that coordinate with a new exclusive Heartfelt Creations die, manufactured by Spellbinders and an existing Spellbinders die. Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by May 17 and one lucky person will win the entire release valued at $149.99. The winner will be announced on the HC blog on May 18.

This LO was done with stamps and dies from the Bella Rose Collection, and my May Kit Grandma's Garden from Swirlydoos. There are so many ways to enhance your papers using the stamps. I did add the Innoscents Flowers 2 PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations to create the flowers in this LO because you know how I looooove my paper flowers!! And for you card makers, this stamp set is a stampers dream. Go head on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see the reveal by the fab team of designers. You will be inspired.









Products Used on This Project

HCPC 3392 Bella Rose House PreCut Set
HCPC 3390 Bella Rose Leaves PreCut Set
HCPC 3394 Classic Bella Rose Precut Set
HCPC 2242 Innoscents Flowers 2 PreCut Set
415223 Spellbinders Blossom
HCD 712 Bella Rose Die

Other: Swirlydoos May Kit Grandma's Garden Martha Stewart corner punch Colorbox Chalk Ink, Prima Eline Pearls ,May Arts Ribbon, Alterations die , Moonshadow Mist spray, McGill punch Starburst, EK success edge punch, Zutter Distresser, Ranger Stickles Icicle

INSTRUCTIONS: Edge distress a 12 x 12 piece of solid cardstock, then ink distress. Cut a fancy shape in pattern paper and adhere to card stock. Cut another smaller fancy shape in solid card stock and adhere to 1st shaped paper. Stamp the paper and machine sew around the shape. Cut a smaller circle and use a corner punch around the circle. Weave ribbon through the holes all around the circle. Adhere to middle slightly off center. Place photo onto circle and adhere. Die cut and stamp the butterflies from matching pattern paper. Stamp and diecut the Rose leaves, color the leaves with spray mist, ink the swirls and spread icicle Stickles over the leaves and butterflies for sparkle. The flowers were diecut, then fussy cut further using the Innoscents stamp. The flower layers were then sprayed with color and scrunched and layered. The centers are a Starburst punch then a pearl added to the centers of the flowers. Attach the die cut hinge to the upper corner. The leaves and flowers were then assembled in a cluster formation and the butterflies were glued randomly around the LO. Some places were ripped around the edges and an edge punch was used underneath the peek a boo distressed rip. Hand made letters (created in Microsoft Word) were used for the title.

Swirlydoos National Scrapbook Day Swirly-bration!!!!!!!!

Today is the DAY!!!

Happy NSD everyone! We are having a Swirly-bration over at Swirlydoos today in honor of National Scrapbooking Day. Check out what we will be doing:

Week-long raffle, to benefit our own charity - iPads for Autism!

Purchase a raffle ticket on the Swirlydoos HOME page for $5.00 and be entered to win a $180.00 Tutto Craft Tote!! There's no limit to the number of raffle tickets you may purchase and all proceeds go directly to putting iPads into the hands of children with Autism! Our winner will be drawn, and announced on May 14th!



Noon - My Ustream Flower class - make sure you are all signed up on Ustream and have joined the Swirlydoos Ustream channel. A supply list has been posted HERE so that you can make your flower right along with me. This is a live show, anything can happen! LOL!! Post your questions and I will answer them. Krissy and Lisa will help moderate so that I wont miss questions while creating for you!!

1:00EST - Inspiration Challenge - Swirlydoos always has lots of inspiring ideas! !!! Be here at 1:00 and the challenge will be revealed.

1:30EST - Scavenger Hunt - This will be fun! There are some Swirly trivia questions and a thing or two that you might have to hunt down! Also, check ahead of time to make sure that you can get into the Chat Room. Just sayin'...

3:00EST Swirly Bingo - Those who wish to participate, PM Lisa Valentine at Swirlydoos for a bingo card. She has 40 of them already made and randomly generated on her desktop. She will upload the bingo card to you via pm. A word will be pulled every few minutes until we get a BINGO! All of the words on the Bingo cards have something to do with Swirlydoos. ***Update - As of this morning, she only has 4 cards left!

4:00EST Ustream - I will do a Paper Bag Album - Yes, you read it right. I am going to do ANOTHER Ustream video for you. A supplies list has been posted HERE. For those of you who have always wanted to try one, this one will be easy!!! It was my first as well, and I wanted to pass along the instructions to you!!

**ALL DAY LONG VIRTUAL CROP** - Crop while you chat live with all the Swirly-Girls (and guy) in our chat room! Krissy will be running around like a mad rabbit handing out prizes here and there to keep you on your toes!

Take a look at some of the awesome prizes!!!
A bundle of GLITZ!!
And if you havent seen what the design team has done with the Glitz Line "Laced With Grace", go check it out. Our Kit this month, "Grandmas Garden" is packed full of Glitz Gorgeousness.

Harmonie is a wonderful Canadian scrap company!! Check out some of their products in this prize pack!!
And who doesnt love a Mystery Surprise Bundle of goodies..Whatever it is, Krissy put it together soo you know it's going to be awesome!! It could be yours!! Just come over and join us for the festivities at SWIRLYDOOS!!

OUR CLASS WITH TIM!!!!

OMGoodness...What a blast I had today taking Tim classes with Thelma and Louise!!!! (Kathi and Kathy...
We took the Creative Outlets class with Tim today at the Bayfront Hilton in St Petersburg Florida. In the class we learned so many techniques for using all kinds of product, Alcohol inks, paint dabbers, Perfect Pearls Mists, Distress Inks, the new Stains, Stamping, Distress stickling..All I can say is distress distress, distress!!!! It was so much fun and nonstop creating for 3 hours straight with NO break. Well, you could take a break, but I don't think anyone did!!
When the 1st class for the day was over, The 3 of us walked up the block to a wonderful Italian restaurant for a great lunch and chit chat about everything!! After Lunch we walked another block to Whimsodoodle. It is the fabulous scrap store that sponsored the retreat!!. We spent way to much money. But hey!! It was Tim stuff!! I will confess I bought 8 new Alterations Dies, and lots of other goodies. We made 4 fabulous tags and here is the proof!!

Are they not fabulous!! And Tim gave us all out permission to teach you!! So you know I will be doing a Ustream video on creating one of the tags. My all time fave is the Dressed to Distress tag. I love the sewing theme, and of course it is one of the dies I bought today! It's called Sewing Room. The dress form is so much fun. So many possibilities!! I bought my Compendium book with me for Tim to sign, which he did, and purchased a FAB apron that both he and Mario signed for me. It was a wonderful day! So much fun to be with Thelma and Louise!! I love those swirly girlies!! They were taking all of the classes this weekend!! Crazy lucky chicas!! I have work to do tomorrow for National Scrapbook Day at Swirlydoos, so I skipped out on tomorrow classes, but "Thelma and Louise" will tell us ALL about it!! Here we are!!

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday featuring Swirlydoos...

My Glitz Challenge Layout.
Happy Heartfelt Creations week!! We are one week away from the new reveal of beautiful stamps and dies!!. So don't forget to tune in on May 10th. Head on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see this weeks DT Creations as well as a sneak of the new stamps.
This week I used the Swirlydoos May kit to showcase Heartfelt Creations stamps. The Swirlydoos May kit will reveal tomorrow May 5th. Consider this a sneak peek!!

The bird cage is Dusty Attic that was in the main kit. It was altered with Smooch paint and strung with the May Arts ribbon also in the kit.
The flowers were created with the Flora Grande stamps and die cut with the coordinating Spellbinders Blossoms 3 die, I could have used a darker ink for the stamping, but in real life, the subtle color looks wonderful. Below, you will find the instructions for creating this LO. And don't forget Swirlydoos reveal day is tomorrow!!
Products Used on This Project

HCPC 3374 Flora Grande 2 PreCut Set
Spellbinders Blossoms3 Nestabilities
HCPC 3382 Magnificent Cardinal Rose PreCut Set

Other: Fiskars edge punch Dusty Attic Chipboard Smooch paint McGill starburst punch KaiserKraft rhinestones May Arts Ribbon Chipboard Glitz paper Prima Mask Colorbox Chalk Ink Ranger Stickles Sizzix leaf die

Inked the mask on opposite corners of the 9 x 9 patterned paper and stamped the Cardinal Rose stamp to one side slightly under the inked masked corner. Matted the patterned paper onto a 12 x 12 piece of solid card stock and sewed around the page 2 times. . Matted the photo with decorative edge punch strips and adhered it over a decorative page book paper angling the book page slightly. Adhered to middle of LO. Fussy cut the roses from patterned paper and used Paprika Stickles to outline petals. . Die cut and stamped the Flora Grande flowers in both sizes, 2 - 3 flowers were done for each flower. Cut the flowers in between the petal and wet distress them wrinkling slightly. Layered them and placed a punched Starburst in the middle of each flower, then added a rhinestone to middle. Die cut a few of the small leaf clusters and arranged the leaves, flowers and fussy cut flowers to one corner. Painted the birdcage chipboard with smooch paint. and attached a ribbon and bow on top. Inked the small frame chip board and attached a flower and leafy vine as well as the letter G chipboard. Used tiny letter stickers to finish the name. Printed up some butterflies and adhered them randomly throughout t

***Heartfelt Creations Wednesday***

Heartfelt Creations believes that April showers will bring tons of May flowers. Today, the Heartfelt Creations Blog brings you another set of amazing projects that showcase everything that comes with spring. Take a break from your busy schedule and enjoy all the creativity.
And lets pray for some Texas Rain...A few scrappy sisters are being affected by the horrible wild fires out there!!
Here is my project for Heartfelt creations this week. The photo is my daughter at 2 years old..My my, how the years fly by...Below you will find the instructions on the assembly of this LO. Be sure to visit the HC Blog for more inspiring projects. All of the papers and product used on this LO to create it came from my Swirlydoos kits. Yes, sometimes I have leftovers...Hard to believe...lol..Thats because I order so much from the Swirlydoos Store!!! Krissy keeps it packed with the latest goodies, but WARNING....Those Swirly Savages will hip check the best of them going down the store isles...Even I lose out in the store sometimes...Man those Swirly Savages are fast. (love your girls and one dude!!!)Some things dont stay in the store long!!







Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies used in this LO.

HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers PreCut Set
HCD 701 Posy Patch Die
HCPC 3334 Open Leaves PreCut Set
HCD 707 Falling Leaves Die
HCPC3315 Lily Petals PreCut Set
HCD 704 Perfect Petals Die

Classic Scallop Circle Small Product ID: 354811

Other: Martha Stewart punches, Glimmer Mist, Sizzix die, McGill sun punch ,sewing machine, Thickers letters, Zig Micro pen, black ink

I used the MS Wild Flowers punch around the page set, punched around a 12 x 12 piece of blue cardstock. Cut a 9 x 9 piece of patterned paper, centered and sewed it to the punched card stock. Punched a circle using MS corner punch to create decorative circle and offset it slightly to right. Matted the photo and adhered over circle. Created the large flowers by stamping the Lily petals on white cardstock, die cutting them out and spraying with glimmer mist. Wrinkle petals slightly, dry, and assemble in layers staggering petals, large on bottom 2 layers and smaller petals on top. Shape flowers after they are dry. The middles were created using the sun punch and you can find the photo tutorial of the assembly on my blog HERE. The leaves were also stamped, diecut and colored with Glimmer Mist. Bend and shape for dimension. Assemble your leaf and flower cluster to your liking. The small posy patch flowers were used as fillers. The Spellbinders scallop dies were diecut using leftover card stock in 2 different sizes, layered, inked and the number 2 was adhered to middle. The name and all around journaling was done with a brown Zig Pen. The small die cut flourishes were also used as a filler. The butterflies are files I created and printed up, cut out and inked. Files for all of my butterflies can be found HERE over at the wonderful SWIRLYDOOS!! Feel free to use them for your projects.

Swirlydoos Round Robin Challenge

Round Robin Challenge at Swirlydoos is headed to week 4!! Here is my lift for week 3. I had to follow the awesome Manda and Erin...Not easy to lift and twist....lol... I do love that every week is a new challenge, and with all the controversy on lifting in the scrapbook world going on right now, this a place where lifting is a MUST...And you dont feel guilty. You can lift directly down to the paper and title, or you could put your own twist on it and make it yours. We all tend to put our own style into it and that makes if fun. So here is my lift from our group "Leaders Of The Pack" and if you live in Swirlyville you know what that is in reference to...MANDA!!...And my own twist on a wonderful following.

The DA gate was cut in half (the other half used on another LO). If you were lucky to get the April Technique kit at Swirlydoos this month, you know how much fun it was to alter chip board. On the gate I used the Gloss Glue as the base, then brushed some Pearlex Powder on it, then covered it with Crackle Accents. I touched a few places with Liquid Pearls. I also covered the butterflies with a light coat of the Crackle Accents, as well as the flowers.
You can find the tutorial for the Purple Passion Flowers here on my blog. Make them any color you want. I used Glimmer Mist in the new color Puerto Rico...(My ancestral homeland!!). Reminds me of the color of the water and sky..sooooo blue!!.
I learned a new technique using a new product!! Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical Mica!! And our very own DT member Camilla Ekman did a wonderful tutorial on using the tech kit and altering Dusty Attic Chip board. The magical Mica is MAGICAL!! It leaves these serious bits of black mica behind that gives the finish a stone look. And Camilla's Tutorial on The Mica Chipboard Hinge is awesome!! Thanks for the tip Camilla!! Krissy does Secial orders for Swirlydoos Subscribers, and she just closed out an order for Lindy's Stamp Gang Products...My word, cant wait to get mine. I think I need more Magical Mica!!.
Just another close up of the gate, flowers and butterfly!!
Head over to Swirlydoos for a world of inspiration and tutorials..And just around the corner is National Scrapbook day!! Swirlydoos has a day full of planned activities with prizes!! The Lovely Lisa Valentine (our schedule Coordinator Extrordinaire) is putting together the scheduled activities!! Details coming soon!!!! The day will include picture and Ustream Live classes, games, crops and much more!! It is gonna be a blast!!!

Hearfelt Creations Wednesday..And a winner!!

Hi Everyone,
Today Heartfelt Creations is pleased to announce the winner of the Springtime Cardinal Collection. Everyone that posted a comment on the HC blog or the design team members blogs since last Wednesday's release was eligible to win the entire new release. The lucky winner is: Marilyn (newfiecrafter) Marilyn says: Beautiful card the cherries look good enough to eat . Like also how you stamped the cherries on the printed paper. She had posted a comment on Krisinta King's blog. She will be receiving the entire Springtime Cardinal Collection. Congratulations Marilyn!! You are going to love the collection.

And now on to my LO for this Wednesday's reveal. The photo is our daughter on the morning of her 16th Birthday. I plopped a tiara on her head as she will always be our princess. I love the flowers and leaf stamps I used. I also used the script stamp on the background paper. see the instructions below to see how this LO was constructed and don't forget to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see what the designers have done!!






Products Used on This Project

HCD 703 Daisy Patch Diecut
HCPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers PreCut Set
HCPC 3367 Vintage Life Background PreCut Set
HCPC 3376 Distressed Leaves PreCut Set
452069 Labels 4 Grand Nestabilities
HCPC 2294 Aztec Gold Sunflowers 1 PreCut Set

Other:Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Invisibles Paper Martha Stewart punches seam binding ribbon McGill star punch Bazzill card Stock Art Institute adhesive Ranger Stickles Colorbox black ink Zig Pen ATG tape gun

INSTRUCTIONS:

Sprayed 2 different colors of Glimmer Mist on to the Invisibles paper. Randomly stamped the Vintage Life stamp on paper in opposite corners. Cut a circle of cardstock and using a MS corner punch,punched around the edge of the circle, then cut out part of the middle to form a ring. Adhered slightly offset to the middle of the page. Punched a strip using the MS Garden Gate punch. With a double slot punch, punched the strip then wovedyed seam bindingthrough the strip. Using a tiny scallop border punch, punched strips then adhered the strips to the back of the photo along the edges. Attach the ribbon strip piece to the matted photo and then center onto the circle. Die cut the daisy patch flowers using cream card stock and spray with Glimmer Mist (the color I used is Puerto Rico). After they dry, stamp with Daisy patch stamps using black ink. Stack each flower using 2 cuts and stagger petals. Curl edges under slightly. For each middle, I used 5 star punch pieces. You can see the assembly of the middles for the flowers on my blog HERE. Stamped, cut and colored the leaves, then touched them up a bit with brown ink. Arranged the leaves and flowers on the page. Die cut the Spellbinders labels in 3 sizes. Stamped the sentiment onto the smaller one, then using pop dots, layered the labels, then adhered to page. Punched a decorative strip for the top right corner and placed a flower and leaves on it. Printed up some butterflies, and placed them randomly around page. Did some journaling around the photo using a Zig pen in black.

Purple Passion Flower Tutorial

PRODUCT LIST
Card Stock in cream or white
Glimmer Mist or your favorite Color spray
Chalk ink (not shown in picture)
Adhesive (glue) Tim Holtz Tattered floral Die
McGill Sun Punch
Craft Dryer
Nonstick craft mat

Step 1.
Die cut 2 of the spindley flowers from the Tattered Florals die for each flower you make.


Step 2.
Working on a non stick craft mat, spray both sides of your flowers with your favorite color mist. I used Glimmer Mist for this tutorial.

Step 3.
Move the flowers around in the Glimmer Mist very gently as these die cuts are delicate when wet. Make sure the color is saturated throughout the card stock.

Step 4.
Using a craft dryer, dry them until they are 90% dry. Leave ever so damp, just enough to wrinkle the petals up a bit by pinching the individual petals until they are distressed. Then hit with the craft dryer one more time to completely dry. Or air dry.

Step 5.
Using your choice of craft adhesive, stack one flower onto the other staggering the petals.

Step 6.
Punch out 5 sun shapes. I used a patterned paper. You could use card stock and mist it whatever color you want.

Step 7.
Using the thin handle of a paint brush, cup 4 of the sun shapes around the end of the brush handle and form tight cup shapes. Leave one sun shape flat.

Step 8.
Stack the cupped shaped suns one into another to form a cluster. then place the cluster onto the flat piece.

Your finished flowers..They reminded me of the passion flowers in my mothers garden. The color is brilliant. For these flowers I used Glimmer Mist in Trunk Bay and Puerto Rico. I touched them up with Colorbox Chalk Ink in Wisteria.