Crafter's Companion Vintage Vegas 102nd Birthday card

Welcome today. As you may notice these photos were not taken in my studio. I sometimes call my son "last minute logan"....wonder where he gets it?  I finished this one on the way out the door to the party. Quite a special one! 102!! I used some new products from Crafter's Companion. As I was making this, I decided I need more of this collection.  I have only the embossing folder and this die set.  I need the other die set and sentiment set.  

Here's the birthday boy with his card.

Ingredients:

Crafter's Companion Vintage Vegas Collection 2D Embossing Folder Ace Of Spades

Crafter's Companion Vintage Vegas Collection Metal Dies All In To Win

Spellbinders Happy Birthday with Numbers

red foil, black glossy and white card stock

Happy Birthday die with shadow

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I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2025/05/sos548-by-numbers.html until 6.2.25x

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/05/challenge-824-happy-16th-birthday.html until 6.5.25x

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/05/lets-play.html until 6.5.25 (emboss-free-shine) jff

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/05/inkspirational-challenge-342-word.html until 6.6.25x

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/05/cut-it-up-challenge-331-anything-goes.html until 6.9.25x

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-anything-goes.html until 6.28.25x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2025/06/nbus-challenge-75.html until 6.30.25x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

UPDATE:  Vernon Hill passed away the day after his 102nd birthday.  I think he chose to leave us that day...he had a full and wonderful life and was healthy up to the end.  I don't see how one could ask for more.
 

Crafter's Companion Everyday Scenes with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Welcome to my blog and my latest inspiration for Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  This sketch so inspired me that I created an entire set of cards utilizing it.  I made this card set as thank you notes for an expectant mother.  

Here is the sketch this week:

  This was an all day crafting session but so much fun made with so much hope and blessing for the baby.  She ended up coming a bit early but all is well.

The details on these clouds are amazing.  I purchased these on a Facebook resale site, what a great find.

Here's all the pink versions.

The Crafter's Companion Everyday paper pad has so many sweet papers.  It was so easy to create all these wonderful cards!

I kept having to change the papers up because there were only a couple of each design.  I love all the different combos.

I tried to be open to using all the colors.  I wanted to use all the rainbow papers in the stack for this set.

Ingredients:

Crafter's Companion Everyday Scenes 8x8 papers

LDRS Creative In a Cloudy Sky dies

Frantic Stamper Accessory Words #3 dies

Spellbinders Phrases Set One-So Sweet dies

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-297-use-dies-and-or-punches.html until 7.21  #2x

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/07/cut-it-up-challenge-282-look-up-in-sky.html until 7.26x

https://paperdragonflycreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-19-anything-flies-goes-or.html until 7.28 DAx

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2023/07/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-327.html until 7.30x

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2023/07/sos501-no-stamping-allowed.html until 7.31x

https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2023/07/cookie-challenge-182-july-pastels.html until 8.1x

Don't forget to play along at Atlantic Hearts Challenge until Sunday evening.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Kindred Stamps Galactic Hunter with Gemini Fairytale Forest Create a card die set and Atlantic Hearts Sketch

Hello and welcome to my inspiration for Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch #514.  This card ended up being my husband's Valentine's card.  He loves this series.  I invested a lot of time creating this card.  It may not be apparent but I embossed each of the elements of the background forest.  I also used Distress Oxides to color the white of the card.

Here is the sketch:

This is the first layer of embossing.  Clear embossing ink with Distress Antique Linen embossing glaze.  This pen had a blue tint that did not disappear when embossed so the mushrooms did not turn out the color I anticipated.  From here on out I used the Marvy embossing pens in green and brown.

The next layer where the green trees.  They came out a bit darker than anticipated.  I always feel the first time using a new product needs a test run...and this card is just that for this die set.

Here's a close up of the characters and embossing.

and the little guy...

Ingredients:

Gemini Fairytale Forest Create a card die set (nbus)

Kindred Stamps Galactic Hunter (nbus)

Momento Tuxedo Black ink

Embossing powders: Distress glaze Antique Linen, Stampin Up Forest Green, Creative Images Verdigris, Judikins Rustique Weather Vane and Patina Bronze using Stamp Affair clear embossing pen and various colors of Marvy Wet Look embossing pens

Alcohol markers: child-Prisma mint cream, Copic G2, Prisma Cinnamon Toast and Spectrum Noir Natural Brown  Hunter-Spectrum Noir Metallic Pewter, Hobby Colour Jet Black, Prisma Warm Black, SN True Black, Brown Grey 9 and Ice Grey 9

other pens:  Pentel Metallic Silver gel and Spectrum Noir Artliner .1

Distress Oxides: Broken China, Crushed Olive and Brushed Corduroy 

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2023/02/38-circles.html until 3.14x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html until 3.28x

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-109-crafts-galore-encore.html until 3.30x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2023/03/dlart-march-2023-linky-challenge.html (alicia o'bryant) until 3.31x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2023/03/nbus-challenge-48.html until 3.31x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-is-blowing-in-with-scrapflower.html until 3.31x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch #514 until Sunday.

Thanks for reading today. 

Alicia

Double Trouble's Crazy Cousin Layers Challenge

Hello, it's time again to be a Crazy Cousin for Double Trouble Layers Challenge.  This challenge is all about layers.  I tried a new fold and piled on the layers.

Here is my project.  Double Trouble asks that you tell them how many layers and trying to count, I believe there is more than 10!!  I die cut, inked, colored, stamped and fussy cut to create this scene.

Here are the details of the challenge. I added pearls to the center of the die cut flowers to comply with the twist.

My card began with this layer. I created the folds and determined what sides would "show" and inked those pieces up with Distress Oxide Bundled Sage.  The center was die cut with the vine die so it didn't need to be completely inked.  The center panel is 5.5"x5.5" to fit the vine die cut.

Here is a side view.  I watched a video but because I die cut the front instead of making that side the back I had to make it work with my changes.  I don't know that I would make it this way again.  

One tip I took from the video was to reinforce the front panel with extra layers.  I die cut another half sheet of the vines and glued it behind just off center to create a shadow.  The bottom is reinforced with a thin layer of die cut "grass". I also glued the die cut layer with the fairy and mushrooms directly on the front panel.  I layered a die cut and inked pieced of grass which was 1.5-2" in height.  I added a drop of glue to the fairy's leg to provide support from the taller grass layer.  I also stamped a mushroom cluster on that layer.

I used Distress Oxide Forest Moss on the next two layers.  I dusted all the layers with green shimmer ink before assembling the card.  The trees are die cut and embossed from the same set and inked with Forest Moss.  The are not sprayed with shimmer ink.  I stamped flowers on the first hill layer.  The two hill layers are opposite sides of the die cut.

I colored the die cut mushrooms and fairy with alcohol markers.  I used Spectrum Noir shimmer alcohol on the dress, wings and hair of the fairy.

The back of the shadow box is a sheet of paper from the kit.  I also cut the flowers and purple vine from printed paper.

Ingredients:

Crafter's Companion Build a Scene box including dies, stamps, pearls and papers

Distress Oxide inks

Spectrum Noir shimmer ink pens

alcohol markers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/w-is-for-woodland-flora-or-fauna.html until 2.24x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2021/01/fun-fold-time-with-hero-arts.html until 2.28x

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/miucb-46-anything-goes-fancy-fold.html until 2.28x

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/february-2021-challenge.html until 2.27

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/260-challenge-lacepearls.html until 2.27x

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html until 3.12

Don't forget to join in the challenge over at Double Trouble Layers Challenge until February 28.  Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Crafter's Companion Poppies and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

It's time for a new sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge. I spent a lot of time on this one.  I searched in my "tag" section of my Scraprack.  I found this great pocket with tag and the project grew from there.  I searched my inventory in Evernote and found that I had a poppy stamp and die set.  I had the striped paper scrap lying around from my recent Dreaming Tree project.  Creating the flowers, background and sentiment were the hard parts.

Here is the sketch:

I began by stamping and embossing the flowers on good card stock.  I think used three distress inks to add color to the flowers.  I wish I had better matched the reds, I thought Fired Brick would do it but it came out brighter than I expected. 

Each flower is four stamped, embossed and inked pieces excluding leaves.  I shaped the flowers with my fingers.  I stamped the sentiment in the same ink as the inside of the flowers aMuse French Roast pigment ink.

I stamped the poppy buds with Colorbox Pistachio and embossed with clear powder as I did all the images.  I didn't want the buds to overpower the flower cluster so I picked a green that more closely matched the green in the paper versus the green in the leaves.  I masked in a few places as the bud and the stem were separate stamps.  All the stamps used came from the same set.

I loved how this tag has a neat envelope.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Spring Showers papers

Sheena (Crafter's Companion) Poppy Victorian Floral stamps and dies (several years old)

Colorbox Pistachio pigment ink

a Muse French Roast pigment ink

Tim Holtz Distress ink:  Wild Honey, Fired Brick and Mustard Seed

Spellbinders Label die

Judikins clear embossing powder

masking tape

tag and pouch from stash 

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2020/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html until 4/30x

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2020/04/challenge-133-anything-goes.html until 5/1x

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-198-our-beautiful-earth.html until 5/1x

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2020/04/anything-goes-challenge-week-beginning_28.html until 5/6x

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html until 5/15x

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch 

challenge.

Alicia

Tea Time Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for  

The Tea Time BLOG HOP

This is a blog hop featuring projects based on a hot cup of tea.
So grab a nice cup of tea and sip along while you hop!

Connie Can Crop , is the beginning of this hop! But you should have arrived from Charlotte's blog

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday at 10pm to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have three awesome sponsors for this hop!!

Sue Kracker from Sue's Paper Craft

 has graciously donated this beautiful Tea cup and saucer

AND

Cathie's Evil Queen Crafting

is giving away this gorgeous Set of 8 Ribbons!! WOW!

AND

Rebecca Ann Designs

is giving away 2 wonderful Stamp Sets from CTMH

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects. Free Shipping to our USA friends but Worldwide will be asked to pay shipping if they win.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments on every blog to be eligible to win. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 5/15/19 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

I decided to play with my HSN Crafter's Companion purchase.  I got suckered into a CC's set last year and of course, I had to get all the subscription sets.  This Tea Party Create-a-card was one of those shipments.  There products are great but I found absolutely no instructions on this particular set, so I was really winging it considering this was the first card I produced with ANY of the Create-a-card sets.  I did make mistakes but we all know how easy it is to cover those up, I hope you can't figure out my mistakes and this card looks perfect now!

The inside of the card, great pop up but NO instructions...I have created several Karen Burniston Pop-up cards so I used that knowledge to assist.

Ingredients:
Quick Quotes Windsong and Chiffon papers
Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking ink
Crafters Companion Tea Cup Create-a-card Dies
Our Daily Bread Designs stitched circle die
Spellbinders label Twenty dies
Technique Junkies Alice in Wonderland Quotations (sentiment)

be sure to hop over to my friend Sue N.

Here's our line up in case you get lost along the way.

Connie

Kim

Shannon 

Cindy

Liz

Cathie

Holli

Sandy

Charlotte

 Alicia

Sue N.

Veronica

Sarah 

Sue K.

Miranda

Julia

Rebecca Ann

Nikki

EK

Amanda 

Be sure to join us next month for our
Love Sports Blog hop!

I can't thank you enough for checking out my blog today. It means the world to me and I hope you truly enjoyed it. May it inspire you to create something wonderful!   Scrappy Hugs!  

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2019/05/2019-spring-summer-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/ until 5/10

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-28-springsummer-with-three.html until 5/19x

https://threeamigosbloghopchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/05/three-amigos-blog-hop-challenges-food.html until 5/31x

http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-140-teacoffeecocktails.html until 5/23

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/05/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-243.html until 5/30x

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/pile-it-on-challenge-154-beverage.html until 6/1x

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

Tim Holtz, Crafter's Companion and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to today's inspiration for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I saw the "window" image and ran with the whole window theme.  I recently purchased this Tim Holtz Window die and matching pediment die and have been wanting to use it.  I found the Crafter's Companion curtains to decorate the inside.  I stamped on top of a navy dot paper with navy ink.  Next I cut with the matching die.  Perfect!

Here's this week's sketch:

For the life of me, I can't find this quote stamp in my stash now, so I can't say where it is from...if you know leave me a comment below.  I layered die cuts to make it stand out.

Ingredients:

Our Daily Bread Designs Double Stitched Circle dies

Crafter's Companion Chair Create a card stamps and dies

Tim Holtz Sizzix Window and Windowbox die

Tim Holtz Sizzix Pediments die

Quick Quotes Navy and Mocha Moma Powderpuff Chalking ink

Stampin Up Midnight Muse ink

misc papers and card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-350-stitching-real-or-faux.html until 3/16x

Don't forget to play along with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia