"Paintable" Flowers with Petaloo

Hello Dear Friends:

I am here to share with you a card made with "Petaloo" flowers..

"Petaloo" carries a whole line of flowers that are "paintable" flowers...
you can alter them as you wish ...

They come in white/cream color and are made in paper - 100% recycled cotton ...

For my project, I decided to "paint" them with "Panpastels"...

very easy and quick...just add the pastels with the foam applicator, make sure to spray them with a fixative
I added some glue, sprinkle some glitter and paint the leaves with pearlescent paint...

The border was punched with a "Martha Stewart" punch and used a die for the word...

Some close ups of those flowers..

and a last view

Thanks for the company 

and see you soon...

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Inlaid Poppies in Vibrant Colors

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Today I am bringing to you this card made with "inlaid" poppies in very contrasting colors!

I first started by doing the background:
I used with this NEW stencil "Blooming Frame" some "Panpastels". These great pastels are so vibrant in color and easy to use. I simply sponge some colors around the frame, making sure that the stencil is secured with removable tape (yellow) to the paper. When finished, remove the scotch tapes and the stencil and make sure to fix it with the fixative spray.

note: I recently found these "removable scotch tapes"..
they are great to work with your stencils...and for masking anything!!!

they are in reality called "Post-it adhesive Rolls" and they are used to label things, they come in white and bright colors, but I am really happy using them with the stencils...because they are paper on one side and on the other they have this adhesive that is strong enough to place whatever you want but they do NOT tear the paper underneath! 
if you can give them a try! (mine in the photo is yellow)

I cut the poppies and the corner dies in black cardstock and cut extra flowers in purple and orange cardstock.

I then used the "Inlay technique"  on the flowers...which consists in inserting pieces of contrasting colors inside the depression on the die cut (like a puzzle, putting back pieces inside) and to add dimension I glued 2 petals on top of each other

A last view...

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Bendi Fold for Thanksgiving

Hello My dear Stamper Friends:
I am bringing to you a Bendi Fold for this Thanksgiving season!

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As a guest author, I  featured a VIDEO tutorial for "Splitcoaststampers" of the Bendi fold card  back in May 2013

and I am extremely pleased to see how many of you have being inspired by this shape and have come up with your own designs  and even "invented/added" extra ways  to display this card from the basic concept!

This is the case of my dear friend, Carol who contact me showing me her "version" of the "Bendi" fold...she named it as a "tent topper bendi fold"...ingenious!

In return, from her concept, I got the idea to make a higher back for the "Bendi" basic  form......
and that is how my card has this taller back that I made with a Tim Holtz "vintage cabinet" die paired with the "hanging sign" and the "flourishes" die to "hang" the "bird cage" from them...

This is the view of the center panel....

I love when we share all these ideas, this is how creativity gets nurtured...

You can see Carol's idea / her version of her " topper" in this Christmas "tent topper Bendi fold"  post / masterpiece that she created at her Blog "Chocolate, Crafts and Bears"

The background papers, first were sprayed with "perfect pearls/pewter" mist and then I  stamped using a Hero Arts stamp background with "Versamark" and then applied "Perfect Pearls" powders in gold and copper. The shimmer in person is so nice...
remember to spray the whole with a fixative...

On the opened right side of the card....
The pumpkin comes from a "Cuttlebug" embossing and die combo and here I used my "Panpastels" to color it, the vibrant colors are so exquisite...

On the opened left  side of the card....
The pumpkin was colored in green and The swirly leaves are "Spellbinders"...

Can you guess how I did the wheat ? 

I took the "Delacie border" die from Memory Box and I cut the picks of that border and place them on top of each other to make them to look like wheat! great isn't it?
see the die below on the supplies list...

This is how it looks opened...

On the front I used a "Stampendous" set of clear stamps and I stamped the sentiment with "Versamark" ink and rub the "perfect pearls" gold and copper (same technique used on the background on the center panel of the card)

And this is how it looks closed...

 
I made this Halloween Bendi card as well...check it out!  just in case you missed it!

Thanksgiving is approaching very rapidly and I am so excited...this is one of my all time  favorite American holidas!

Ok my friends, love to see your creations, let me know if you make one of these....it is all about sharing/exchanging and getting each day a little bit more "knowledgeable" :) in what we like to do!

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NOTE: the pine cone is a "retired" die from "Spellbinders"...

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