The giveaway is...

My Mind's Eye: Penny Lane "Feeling Groovy" - SO cute! 

Included are: "14 sheets of cardstock paper - some are printed on both sides and some have die cut edges. Plus over 45 mix and match accessory pieces including die cuts, frames, journaling cards, titles, and transparencies."

So if you haven't entered into the giveaway, click HERE and it will take you to the post! :)

Again, a HUGE thanks to Pumpkin Spice for donating such a wonderful prize! 

Be Inspired Wednesday - Embossing powders

Scroll down for my Betty Bee's Buzz post and a giveaway! :)

This week at Passionately Artistic we were instructed to use embossing powders as a resist or to distress. I decided to use them to resist.

I have never done this technique before and really enjoyed it! 

Recipe:
Embossing Powder: Filigree Gold purchased from Paper Trey Ink™, a la Mode in white™
Paper: Paper Trey Ink White™, Ripe Avocado™
Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink Satin Dark Chocolate™
Hero Arts gem stones
Sentiment: Hero Arts™
Ink: Momento in brown and Color Box in Olive
Stamps: My Mind's Eye: I believe Stamps™

Instructions:

1. This card is a typical 4.25"x"5.5".  
2. I heat embossed the gold leaves and sentiment using Filigree Gold embossing powder.
3. Then I used a piece of paper towel to rub on the olive ink and worked it towards the center.
4. Heat emboss the white wreath stamp onto the Ripe Avocado™ card stock. 
5. Use a piece of paper towel to rub the Momento ink onto the edges of the free hand cut paper.
6. Place piece of Paper Trey Ink Dark Chocolate Satin ribbon around the card. Adhere.
7. Use a foam dimensional to pop the wreath cut. 
8. Make a bow from the Dark Chocolate satin ribbon. Adhere.
9. Place Hero Arts self-adhesive gems™ where some of the berries might be. 

Now hop on over to Passionately Artistic to see what else the Design Team has created for your viewing pleasure! :)

This also qualifies for Kim's challenge at Off the Wall Craftiness:

The balloon swatch is a little more yellow so I changed that to gold. I hope that's okay! :)

Thank you using "How can I resist" tutorial and a giveaway! :)

June over at Betty Bee's Buzz created a wonderful tutorial for Monday Motivation as to how one can use heat embossing to accomplish a resist effect. She also gave other techniques on how to resist without heat embossing even siting a crayon example! I thought it was fabulous! Head on over to her post here and check it out! :)

Now we honey bees get to elaborate on her tutorial by incorporating it into our Wednesday posts. My Wednesday post will actually have resist technique as well, so I am posting this one a little early. :) 

Recipe:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love: Repeat™, Cosmo Cricket: Nutmeg: Maple™
Card Stock: Paper Trey Ink™
Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink™
Stamp: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found: Madison Avenue "Pretty" Stamps™
Embossing Powder: a la Mode™
Sentiment: Tiny Type Letters by Cosmo Cricket™
Tree Sticker: EAD Designs Fall Harvest™
Embossing: A2 Script Texture Emboss Folder™
What look like mini brads: Imaginisce Glam Rocks - Pearl
Imaginisce iRock

Now fly on by to Betty Bee's Buzz to see what the Monday Motivation was and don't forget to follow (there is a giveaway going on right now) and then stop by again tomorrow to see what the rest of the honey bees are up to! :)

This card also qualifies for my friend Kim's challenge over at Off the wall Craftiness. Here is the inspiration photo:

Hmm.... I just noticed that I got over 200 followers! Thank you so much for liking me that much. I am going to give away a paper pack donated by my sponsor at Pumpkin Spice!!! There is a LARGE amount or paper in this pack and I will get the details/a picture for you later. 

Just leave a comment on this post (and become a follower if you like me - but not required) and tell me which of the honey bee's projects you like the best! :) I'm sick, so I won't give a time exactly when I will draw, but it will be soon. :)

Present Shape Card

I couldn't help but play with this kit some more! I love it! Wouldn't this line make the sweetest wall banner for a little girl's room? 

Anyway, I designed this on my Gypsy™ in London while we were on vacation there. I looked up the papers and thought it would make a cute present shape card.

I used the polka dotted flocked transparency, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist™ and Stickles™ - all came with the kit. For the glimmer mist, I simply sprayed it on a paper towel and used it to "ink" the edges of the accordion cut and tag cut.

Recipe:
Artful Delight November Kit
Cartridges: Sweethearts™ and Tie the Knot™ (tag)
Button: Paper Trey Ink™
Twine: Paper Trey Ink™
Adhesive: Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™ and Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive™
Sentiment: Hero Arts™
Embossing Powder: A la Mode - white™
Heating Tool: Coloriser by EK Success™

Instructions:

1. Weld two short presents together from Sweethearts (there is a tall present version as well).
2. Create another front of present. Cut out of flocked transparency.
3. Use layer of bow and cut out of desired paper.
4. Adhere flocked transparency layer to front of card.
5. Use Stickles where lines of box and bow would be. Let dry.
6. Adhere bow to box.
7. Cut one 1.75" circle tag from Tie the Knot™.
8. Ink edges using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist™ that has been sprayed on a paper towel. 
9. Cut one 1.25" blank monogram feature from Tie the Knot™ (found on the lips page).
10. Stamp sentiment onto blank monogram feature scalloped circle, and heat emboss with white embossing powder.
11. Cut a .75"x8" strip of paper and score every .25". Bend into accordion shape and put one Extreme Adhesive Square™ at the end of it to hold the two ends of the paper together. (I LOVE those squares!)
12. Use two more Extreme Adhesive Squares to adhere accordion shape to tag. 
13. Use hot glue to adhere sentiment stamped scallop circle to accordion.
14. Tie a bow with the twine through the button after looping it around the tag. 
15. Adhere button and twine to card using hot glue.
16. Put it on the top of a present or attach it to a gift bag and give it to someone special! :)

This picture is just to show you the flocked transparency. Those purple polka dots are flocking on the clear transparency. How cool is that? So my present is actually shiny in real life. 

Enjoy your day today and I hope it is fabulous! :)

This card also qualifies for Jenny at Wee Memories' Birthday Bash Challenge where Artful Delight is a sponsor this week!!! Head on over and play! Happy Blog Birthday Jenny!!!

Snowflake Ornament

I made this ornament for a Cricut Circle challenge. I am really excited about how it came out! :) I hope you like it too an can't wait to put it on a Christmas tree this year. :)

What is exciting is that while I purchased the Christmas Solutions cart because I LOVE it, it is now a promotional instant download if you have a Gypsy! It just comes with it after you register and update it! I'm not sure how long it will be available, but you don't even have to buy this cart if you have a Gypsy! How cool is that! 

I haven't been able to update yet as I have a Mac. Soon, hopefully as I can't wait to download Smiley Cards and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More as well as Indie Art! :) 

Anyway, here is the project! :)

Recipe:
Cartridge: Christmas Solutions™
Embossing: A2 Snowflakes Emboss Folder™
Paper: My Mind's Eye: I Believe Collection™: "Trees" and  "Candy Cane Stripes", and DCWV Glitter Paper
Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink Pure Poppy Saddle Stitch™
Crop-a-Dile™
Glitter Glue: Studio G
Brads: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found: Union Square Brads™
Adhesive: Glue Arts Perma Tac™ and Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive™

Instructions:
For the Christmas bulb:
Cut the blackout, base, and shift buttons and then flip them and cut them again all at 4.5". Each layer should be cut out of different card stock.
Emboss the blackout layer with the Snowflakes Emboss Folder™
Adhere all layers together.
Punch hole in top using Crop-a-dile™and add eyelet

For the Snowflake:
Cut the blackout and base layers at 3 inches.
Use Studio G red glitter glue to dot on all the polka dots on the pattern paper.
Punch small holes in the middle of the snowflake.
Put brads through on both sides.
Adhere all layers together.

Tie the snowflake to the Christmas bulb using the Paper Trey Ink ribbon!
Hang it on the tree! :)

This qualifies for Cricut Cardz Challenge of "use something with an 's' " - snowflake! :)
This also qualifies for Wee Memories Challenge #29 "Anything Goes"! :)

Be Inspired Wednesday - A Thanksgiving color card

This week at Passionately Artistic we have been asked to use green, orange, and brown along with a Thanksgiving theme. This is the card I created. :)

Recipe:
Card stock: Paper Trey Ink Perfect Match: Ripe Avocado™, Orange Zest™, and Dark Chocolate™
Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink Saddle Stitch Ripe Avocado™
Embossing: 5x7 Holly Ribbons Emboss Folder™, Swiss Dots Emboss Folder™
Cartridge: Winter Woodland™
Adhesive: Glue Arts™ and Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive™
Button: Paper Trey Ink Holiday Mix™
Twine: Paper Trey Ink Rustic Cream Button Twine™
Glossy Accents
Ink: Momento™, Versamark™
Sentiment: Hero Arts CL272™
Embossing Powder: Filigree Gold™

Instructions: 

Cut Branch 2 card feature from Winter Woodland at 5.5" out of Dark Chocolate.
---Note: I left the real dial size off, but it did not translate to the leaves, so that is why the measurement is different--
Cut leaves at 2.25" out of Ripe Avocado.
Emboss leaves with swiss dots.
Ink around edges of leaves with Momento brown ink.
Ink the top of the raised dots with Momento brown ink.
Cut layer for background out of Orange Zest.
Emboss Orange Zest background with Holly Leaves Emboss Folder™ using your Cuttlebug™.
Adhere orange layer to back of brown front of card using your Glue Glider Pro™ or other adhesive.
Stamp sentiment (this one is from Hero Arts™) using VersaMark ink.
Pour gold embossing powder over the top and shake off all excess.
Using heat embossing tool (I used EK Success Coloriser™ and LOVE it), emboss sentiment
Doodle around all edges and on acorn as well as branches and leaves as desired.
Use button twine around button and adhere to acorn using small pop dot.
Add ribbon and secure with Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™ on the back of the bow.
Smile and enjoy your card! :)

Now pop on over to Passionately Artistic to see what the other ladies have made. Link up your project just to share with us at the bottom if you would like! Have a wonderful day!

Artful Delight November Sketch, kit, and first DT post!

YAY for November - time to start getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas and hot chocolate and apple cider. The weather has only recently turned chilly here in San Francisco and I am thrilled to start baking and roasting more.

You see, when you live in a 450 Sq. Ft. place, and you roast something on a hot day - it turns out you are roasting yourselves! So on cold days I like to bake or roast as an eco-friendly way to heat up the house and get us fed! :)

Anywho, I did this LO right after we got back from London and Paris, so that romantic trip was on my mind. Here is what I did with one such memory:

This is my first post as a member of the Artful Delight Design Team and I am SO excited to show you this AWESOME kit that Leeanne and senior DT member Jamie have put together! 

Let's see... how many lay-outs have you seen me do.... EEK! I was so nervous about this, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out! Thanks to fellow DT member Debbie who created the sketch! Good goin', girl! 

I moved the elements around, but they are all in there. :)

Here is the Sketch:

Here is my take on it:

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Storybook™ (background for picture and swirly thing at the bottom)

Embossing: Cuttlebug Victoria Emboss Folder™

Everything else came from the November Kit! 

My opinion on the kit:

Okay, seriously... who includes both Stickles and Tattered Angels as bonus items in a kit?!? I just LOVE that. She hit all the major elements. 

I couldn't believe how much stuff just kept coming out of my box. It was really incredible. I have supplies for months! 

These patterns are sweet and whimsical and incredibly romantic. I loved them. 

The flocked transparencies are SO cool. I will be using them very soon... In fact... one of them made it onto my spiderweb card I did a few days ago... :)

There are rub-ons, thickers, alpha sets, stickers, glittered transparencies, prima flowers, ribbon, twine, chipboard, and so so much more. I was in embellishment overload and therefore embellishment heaven!

One disclaimer: She meant to throw in some solids, but filled the spot with embellishments. Next month you can guess there will be solids. :) 

I have never seen a kit like this and am SO thrilled to be on the DT sharing such a great product that Leeanne has put together.

Here is a small picture of November's kit and what is included (the pic doesn't do it justice!):

Pattern Paper

Fancy Pants - Lilac House Collection - 12x12 Double Sided Paper

1 sheet Heirloom

1 sheet Tapestry

1 sheet Chamomile

1 sheet Weeping Willow

1 sheet Garden Gate

1 sheet English Garden

1 sheet Rose Damask

1 sheet Lavender Leaves

1 sheet Photo Board

1 sheet Needlepoint

1 sheet LH Strips

1 sheet LH Cards

1 sheet Printed Transparency

1 sheet Flocked Transparency

Embellishments

1 sheet Lilac House Glitter Cuts

1 sheet Lilac House Rub-ons

1 sheet Lilac House Sticker Elements

1 sheet Lilac House Sticker Alphas

1 sheet Bo Bunny Jazmyne 12x12 Adhesive Chipboard Stickers

1 package American Crafts Thickers - Stroll in Chestnut

5- 5 inch Doilies

10 - Prima Essentials Flowers - So Cute

10 - Prima Sprites no. 3 Flowers

12 - Tim Holtz Idea-ology- Adage Tickets

3 - Prima Flowers - Lilliput Roses in Iris

1 1/2 feet - Bean Stalks Ribbon - Jillibean Soup

1 1/2 yards - Been Stalks Twine - Jillibean Soup

5 - Maya Road Trinket Pins - Brown and Turquoise Leaf

BONUS Misc (included)

1 bottle Stickles - Waterfall

1 bottle Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Juneberry Wine

Isn't that kit beautiful? You will get the whole Lilac House Collection Pack which retails for $24.99. The best part is this kit is only $27.99 for a single month purchase. Which means you will get ALL those other great products for only $3.00. That is a FABULOUS DEAL!!

You can click HERE to buy the kit!

Come and use this month's sketch for a chance to WIN December's kit... I can't tell you what it is, but I AM SO EXCITED about it and I can tell you that it has (at least) one of my favorite-favorite products in it!

If you sign up to purchase the monthly kits on a regular basis and you win one of the challenges, Leeanne either extends your subscription by a month or refunds your money for the kit you won - I'm not sure which, but I will find out! So go ahead and sign up because she is working hard to make sure these kits are AWESOME.