A Tattered Birdy and an Altered Purse Project

Hello All and [Almost] Happy New Year!

Today is my Wedding Anniversary and everyone is celebrating tonight (LOL)!  Carl and I have been married 26 years today!  I think after awhile you just stop counting and the years fly by -- I never would have thought 26 years felt this way when we first got married.  It seems like nothing has changed, but everything has changed.  I couldn't be more happy and blessed!!

For this week's Heartfelt Creations post, I have a card and an altered project!

On my card, I used products from the Tattered Blossoms, Arianna Lace and Raindrops on Roses collections.

My little rusted tin birdy is something I found at a tiny shop in NM on our last vacation.  I love rustic, antique, re-purposed findings and I have boxes and drawers and nooks and crannies full of the stuff that I've collected from estate sales, garage sales, second-hand stores, unusual boutiques, etc.   And "some day" I'm going to alter and re-purpose all of it! Ahem...

Anyhow... to get the flowers to have an aged, rusted look, I used Viva Decor 3D Stamp Paint. 

I sponged the die cut pieces with Walnut Brown, Light Blue, Gold and Copper Stamp Paint.  I just randomly added the colors, no particular order, until I achieved the look I was going for.  This Stamp Paint is super shimmery, almost metallic looking and it really has a wonderful shine when you're done with the sponging.  It dries almost immediately so it's perfect for paper crafting. (And yep, you can get all the colors on the Heartfelt Creations web site!)

Up next is a small vinyl purse I altered.  It is a clear pink, vinyl one that came packaged with a blue and green one just like it.  I recall buying the set at one of the big box stores at what I'm sure was a "bargain" price LOL!  I've been wanting to dress them up for years!  Today is the day! The bag "storage" size is about 5-1/2" x 5-1/2". 

To begin with, I inserted two panels of designer paper from the Romantique Garden paper collection into the purse (front and back) facing out to start the altering process.  That gave me the canvas for all the rest of the embellishing.  From there I decorated the outside by adding Arianna Blooms and Heartthrob flowers that I stamped, diecut and shaped from more of the Romantique Garden paper.

I added charms, lace, pearls ("findings" from my yard sale and estate sale scavenger-ing!) and rhinestones to transform it into something fun and almost vintage looking!

The complete step-by-step and product details for the purse AND the card are on the Heartfelt Creations Blog today!  You'll find so much more to inspire you, stop by and check it out!

Back of purse

Front of purse

Thanks for reading this far!  I know this was a particularly long blog post today!!  I appreciate your patience and interest!!

Happy New Year everyone! 

My Etsy Shop is Open!

Hello Friends,

Happy to share with you that I've once again opened my Etsy shop!  This time I'm selling more altered items than cards.  (There are some cards, but not like before.)  I shared a sneak peak of some of the items I made for it on my last blog post that you can check out if you're interested.  And if you have some time, I hope you'll run over and browse my shop called "Itsapassion" on Etsy.  Tell your friends LOL!!  :)

In the mean time, I wanted to share the Pop-up card I made for my parent's anniversary recently.  It's made with a Karen Burniston for Sizzix die called "Zig Zag 3-D Pop-Up". Here is a link to her YouTube video so you can see it in action!

 

I love the way the pop-ups criss-cross each other when the card is opened!  It's adds a fun surprise twist to any pop-up card.  For my card, I designed it with two butterflies that would criss-cross when you open it.

My lead blog post photo shows the outside of the card.  There is no stamping on the outside.  I used brown cardstock for the card base and Mariposa by DCWV DP for the rest of the card.

The butterflies and flower images are all K&Company die cut pieces from the Susan Winget "SW Nature" collection.

I stamped "Happy Anniversary" on a die cut from the same collection for the inside of the card.

The only other embellishing I did was some line doodling around the yellow flowers (to make them pop a little more) and around the perimeter of the card layer, some Ranger Stardust Stickles to the center of the flowers, a beaded wire spray, and some brads to each corner where my doodled lines crossed. 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Card Catch Up!

Hi Everyone,

I'm posting several cards today to try to get a little caught up on some card making I've been doing this summer.  I've been side-tracked by some other crafty projects that aren't necessarily cards, but I'm definitely having fun.  I'll try to get more of those projects up here too.  Meanwhile . . .

Here's my first card that I made for this week's Inspiration Challenge that I'm hosting.  The webstore is "Poketo" and I chose this "Andrea Kang Wallet 2" as my inspiration.  I wanted to make a card in the pink and grey color scheme, but when I sat down to do it, it didn't turn out anything AT ALL like I was envisioning.  I'm a much better artist in my imagination LOL!!  The dies used for this card are Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small, Mini Fanciful Flourish.  Marianne Design #LR0202 border, Oval Nestabilities.

 

I had fun making this next card for my Nephew's BD.  I used three tiny stamps of strange, little bald men that I've had for awhile.  They're from an Etsy website called "Pictureshow."  Their stamps are so funky and retro and I just love them. On this card, I fussy cut the little men and had them grabbing onto a banner that says "Happy" as part of a birthday sentiment that seems to be getting away!

This next card is one I made using a Tim Holtz Blueprint Series stamp set called "Vintage Things".  The images all look like they are still in draft stage on a blueprint.  I embossed the image and sponged colors over the areas kind of randomly.  I dressed it up with some ivory seam binding, a Prima rose, a swirly metal finding and some tiny pink plastic flower buds.

This next group of cards go all the way back to Easter!  Yup, that's how behind I am on posting.  (The lead card for this post up at the top is a close-up of one of them.)  The cards were made using bubble dome kits that I bought at a Scrapbook convention in January.  I tried to find more on line but the store that had them at the show didn't sell them on line.  The good news is, I went to a convention last month and Sizzix now carries a slightly different version - at a much better price!  They are "Susan's Garden" Domes, Item #658434 if you're interested in trying them out.

For these Easter themed cards, I found some vintage background printables on-line and used them for the backdrop of the dome.  Then I just proceded to fill it up with flowers and do-dads and it just could not be easier to create a WoW! card!

This next card is made with a new Heartfelt Creations stamp set that I got that coordinates with my Spellbinders Tattered Blossoms dies.  I stamped the image onto white CS, then die cut the two smallest sized blossoms and layered them over the stamped image.  I added Stickles and bling centers.  The sentiment is SU Perfectly Penned.

And the last one for this posting is an Anniversary card that I paper pieced and colored with Copics.  The stamp is by Art Impressions.  I actually made two different ones but apparently I only photographed this one for some reason!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

My Wedding Anniversary!

Today is my wedding anniversary!  I feel so very blessed!!  The years just disappear - I can't believe it's been 24 years already!  Amazing how much you grow and change over the years and if you're lucky enough to live your life with your soul mate, he grows and changes right along with you!!  What a great man God gave me to share my life with. 

Here's the card I made for Carl!  We got married on New Years Eve so we went with Black and White and red accents for our wedding colors.  And then we had a massive, all out crazy Wedding Reception and New Year's Eve party that night. A night and day I'll never forget!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!