Spray Fun

I know, I know--very strange title today but I thought it very appropriate because that’s what I did…had fun with sprays/mists/spritz. Just thought I’d share some of my fun with you!

First I got out all my sprays/mists/spritz which consist of Dylusions Ink Sprays {these are quickly becoming a favorite!}, Maya Road Mists {totally gorgeous mists}, Smooch Spritz {fun spritz--mine are a bit messy as when we moved over a year ago a few got broke but I saved what I could) and Tsukineko Psst Shimmer Spritz {another favorite}--all of these I got at SCACD!!

For the first project I took out my Dylusions Dotted Flower Stencil and some white cardstock and some scrap paper. I taped my stencil to my cardstock and then covered up the middle section of the stencil with some scrap paper as I didn’t want that part to be sprayed. Back tracking a bit, I am doing this on my craft mat which cleans up easily and then my hubby cut a box for me so I’d have a “spray shield”.

Next the fun comes, randomly I just sprayed the Dylusions Ink Sprays in Bubblegum Pink, Vibrant Turquoise, Crushed Grape and Lemon Zest onto the area with the stencil. I let it dry (shhh…I might have speeded it up with a heat gun) and then removed the scrap paper and stencil. I’m a bit OCD about my stencils being clean so I also cleaned it up with ScraPerfect’s Best Cleaner Ever. I love how it came out!! Now I have a nice corner for a project!

 

Next I wanted to use the Maya Road Mists. I placed my cardstock down, adhered my mini Fish Scales Crafter’s Workshop Template and then misted with the Maya Road Mists in Amethyst Metallic Mist and Iridescent Pearl Mist. Repeated the process above..waited for it to dry and then took the template off-cleaned it,etc. So shimmery and sparkly!

  

For the Smooch Spritz I just randomly spritzed the cardstock to create a shimmery background for future use. (the photos don’t show it well but it is really shimmery)

Finally for the Tsukineko Psst Shimmer Spray I wanted to try something different. I took a darker cardstock and then an embossing folder (isn’t it pretty! It’s one of the new ones at SCACD from Couture Creations called Serene) and sprayed a mixture of Copper, Frost and Gold onto the embossing folder and then quickly ran it through my Big Shot. Gorgeous end result!! and super easy!!

Hope this has given you a few ideas on how to play around with some of the fabulous sprays/mists/spritz that are out there. So much fun and the possibilities are endless--for backgrounds, as a card front, chipboard, in art journals/mixed media…and etc. and etc.!

I’ll have projects using all these soon so stay tuned!

A little notebook

I was in the mood to make something "other than a card" so I dug out some chipboard coasters I have had forever and my new Maya Road Butterflies and some other goodies and created this little notebook.

For my butterflies, I used my Smooch Spritz.  I used Gingersnap on the bottom butterfly and Frosted Grape and Vanilla Shimmer on the top butterfly. To finish everything off I added some Viva Decor Lilac Pearl Pen to make little pearls on the butterfly, some eyelets and ribbon and voila' a little notebook!

Be sure to check out the awesome videos by design team member, Marti on different ways to use chipboard too! Here and here!


supplies:

• notebook size: 4x4
• paper: Basic Grey Kioshi,
• others: Maya Road Butterflies Chipboard set, corner rounder, Smooch Spritz, Viva Decor Pearl Pen,

Color It Sneak Peek!

Have you been checking out all the sneak peeks for the August Paper Makeup Stamps release on the PMS Blog this week? If not, be sure to head on over there and check them out!!

Our blog hop will be tomorrow and the release party will be Saturday night-the 7th at 8:00 pm CST in the PMS forum! Hope to see you there!!

The set we are showing today is called Color It! I can see so many fun possibilities with this set!  I was excited that I was chosen to show you the butterflies from the set!!

I kept my card very CAS (clean and simple) so you could really see the butterflies! I just adore them! The sentiment is this month's freebie...free with any purchase from PMS!

I stamped the butterflies twice and then punched one set out with my square punch and spritzed them with Smooch Vanilla Spritz. The second set I cut out and popped up for some dimension. The score lines were done with my Scor-Pal.


supplies:

• card size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
• stamps: Color It,
• paper: SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, square punch, Smooch Spritz,

**Please be sure to scroll down and see my post from last night too! Thanks!**

FBW #110

Time for another fluttering challenge with my Flutter By Wednesday challenge! This week we are to use flowers with our butterflies, fairies or angels! Super fun!

Be sure to check out the Flutter By Wednesday blog to see the rest of the teams fabulous fluttering creations!

I had fun with my creation! I started by taking my new Crafter's Workshop Flower Frenzy Template and then took 3 colors of Smooch Spritz and sprayed my paper. There were a few places that ran a bit but overall I thought it turned out so fun!! It's so shimmery in real life!


Once I had that fun paper done, I chose Hula Anya to go with it as I just thought she meshed well with it! I sprayed the butterflies with Smooch Spritz too! The flowers in Hula Anya's hair have a bit of Viva Decor Glitter Liner-holographic- on them...so pretty!


It was fun to do this smaller size card. Pretty simple card but I really like how it turned out!

supplies:

• card size: 3 1/2 x 5
• stamps: Hula Anya,
• paper: SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, Smooch Spritz, Crafter's Workshop Template, CM butterfly punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Viva Decor Glitter Liner,

I had an idea!!!

When Susana shared that she had gotten in Maya Road Chipboard, it sounded so familiar that I looked in my "chipboard" drawer and I found a set of the blossoms, and had an idea....

Sam made me a quick "splatter/spritz/spray zone".

Then I took my chipboard blossom and put it in the spray zone. Ignore the purple spray stains left from the last project...hehehe!

Next I grabbed my beloved Smooch Spritz in Pink Sprinkles and sprayed the blossom pretty heavily.

Next I took the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and lightly sprayed over the blossom.

After it had dried, voila', a pretty shimmery blossom ready for a project!! I can't wait to smooch up some more!!!

Now go forth and shop and shimmer!! Heheehe!

Also sharing a few cute photos that I took of the kiddos this morning~

Have a happy day!

Have you heard??

There's a new challenge blog in town!! Oh, Alice! My blogging friend, Jess, loves all things involving Alice in Wonderland so she took her love and turned it into a challenge blog! 

Their first challenge was posted on Saturday~~ Chapter One: Down The Rabbit Hole.  The first challenge is an inspiration one and one involving glam...how could I not play along!!

I must admit I was stumped at first as to what to do and then it hit me in the middle of the night that I could use Lost In Thought, as she could be glammed up and the mushrooms went along with the inspiration piece. 

So here's my creation~~  I stamped the mushrooms twice and popped one set up on pop dots for dimension. I also used the new Smooch Illuminate on the mushrooms, so pretty! I also used the new color of Smooch Spritz, Spun Sugar on the designer paper--hard to photograph but it has a beautiful shimmer now too.

lots of shimmer and sparkle!!

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
• stamps: Lost In Thought,
• paper: some from my "older than the hills" stash, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,  SU more mustard,
• others: copics, heather flower soft, Smooch Illimunate, spun sugar smooch spritz, CTMH ribbon, gold pearls, gold glimmer shimmerz, stickles,

Before I forget, be sure to check out the new goodies in Susana's store!!

•  Sampler Edition #3  Elisabeth Bell for SCACD
• Gorgeous Prima Flowers 
• Diamond drops and Mini Dew Drops--these are awesome, flat backs, easy to use!
• Lots of other fun stuff, be sure to look around her whole store!!

Victoria Case for SCACD- Aurora Release Day!! Blog Hop!

Are you having fun on the hop? You should arrive here from Marti's blog! If not, go back to the beginning of the hop at Jennifer's blog and I'll wait for you!


Oh my have I been waiting for this day!! I simply {heart} the new little sprite from Victoria Case for SCACD, Aurora. She is just too too cute!
I get the pleasure of introducing Aurora with butterfly! Look at how much fun she's having!!
Be sure to head to Susana's store to order your Aurora stamps!! You NEED these stamps!!

Isn't little Silly Pilly so cute?? You can only get him when you order the complete sheet of stamps...but you know you need them all anyway!!

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
  
• stamps: Aurora with butterfly,
• paper: SU cardstock, TAC retired Frutti Fusion,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU lavender lace,
  
• others: copics, copic glitter pens, Smooch, Creative Inspirations Paint, nestabilities, Fiskars texture plates, Smooch Spritz, stickles, SU Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Tear drops, glue dots,
  

What I did:

• stamped Aurora onto my cardstock with memento ink and colored with copics--you'll notice her eyes are the anime style...if you need a little direction on how to color these, there will be a tutorial by Suzanne on Susana's store site
  
• I added touches of copic glitter pen to Aurora, smooch to the butterfly's spots and Inspiration paint to the butterfly
• I used a sketch by Suzanne that we used last September for a TIOT
• I used my nesties, labels 4, to cut my image out and then sponged ink around the edges while the nestie was still in place
• I used my Fiskars texture plates for the background paper and then sprayed with Smooch Spritz
• To finish the card I added a few embellishments, finished the inside and then added some stickles to the butterfly

Now you need to hop on over to Aud's blog to see more of this fun little sprite!

Sparkly Thursday #4- Smooch Spritz

It's Thursday!! Time to get sparkly!!

This week we're talking about Smooch Spritz! I have to admit that at first I wasn't too excited about trying this product but once I did...I'm in love!!

Things that I love:

• Easy to shake and spray! If you spray just a tad onto a scrap paper first then you tend to not get as many "big blobs"
• Gorgeous colors and shimmer/sparkle
• Easy to mix and combine colors
• Can use a little or alot for different effects
• washes off skin fairly easy--don't ask how I know

I tried to think of something I don't like to be fair in this....I guess that it is a spray and you tend to get overspray but it's not enough of a downside for me.


I sprayed some of each color onto white cardstock so I could have a reference of the colors.

I photographed the swatches at different angles so you could try to see the shimmer/sparkle.


Another fun thing that I thought of is to use your punches! You can use both the punch itself (adhered with removable adhesive) or the negative space to act as a stencil of sorts with this fun spritz. After they dry--which is really pretty quickly, punch out with a circle or shape of your choice and voila' an easy, sparkly embellishment.

I used my snowflake and heart punches here to show you but you could do so many wonderful things--flowers, stars, borders, etc!!


Here's a few cards I've done recently with the smooch spritz on the background.

I just used one color on Nora--vanilla shimmer

I used vanilla shimmer and gold glow on Belle. I absolutely love this color combo!

Here's a few more *ideas* I thought of for each color:

• vanilla shimmer- good base coat before adding another color--lightens it, ice, snow, ice cream
• cherry ice-Valentine's Day backgrounds, hearts, flowers,ornaments
  
• frosted grape- could make grapes out of circles, stars, flowers, mystical background for fairies and such
• gingersnap- stars, candles, sunshine, ornaments
• gold glow- stars, hearts, candles, angel halos
• electric blue- ornaments, snowflakes, stars, borders, skies
• silver foil- ornaments, stars, mixed with gold glimmer and vanilla shimmer for a cool background,
• emerald sprinkle- trees, leaves, ornaments, shamrocks, 

Thanks for coming by for Sparkly Thursday!! I'm taking the next two weeks off for the holidays but then I'll be back on January 7, 2010 with our next sparkly featured product, Smooch!

TIOT #48- New Year's Bling!

Welcome to the last Try It Out Tuesday for the year! We will resume the fun challenges on January 5th!!

Our challenge today is New Year's Bling! Make your cards sparkle, shine and brilliant in any way (stickles, glitter, embossing, rhinestones, pearls, Smooch, Shimmerz, etc).  Well, if you've been to my blog at all, you know that I LOVE this challenge!! LOL!!

Be sure to visit Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, to see how you can play along with this challenge and also to see the other design team members creations!

I needed a card for Belle's dance teacher so I thought Belle would be a fun stamp to use today.

I couldn't decide which photos were the *best* so you get a few to look at!

supplies:

• card size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
• stamps: Belle,
  
• paper: some from my stash
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
  
• others: copics, apricot shimmerz, vanilla shimmer and gold glow smooch spritz, CM cutting system, stardust pens, copic glitter pens, stickles,Christmas tree tear drops, glue dots,
  Martha Stewart punch,

What I did:

I stamped Belle onto my cardstock twice with memento ink and colored both images with copics. I used shimmerz on her tights/leggings. I masked off the floor on one of the images and sprayed the cardstock with Smooch Spritz--love this stuff!! I will be talking about the Smooch Spritz on Thursday but one thing I forgot to do on this project is to spray the smooch spritz on some scrap cardstock first...that helps get most of the bigger splotches out and gives you more control. Then I cut out Belle on the other image to layer onto the bottom spritzed piece. I used my CM cutting system to cut the ovals out.

I dug in my stash of paper to find something to go with Belle and then figured out the layout--which I kept very simple. I added some embellishments, some touches of copic glitter pens, stardust pens and stickles to finish the card.

Nora

Boy, whoever thought of this week's flutter by challenge was crazy...oh wait, that was me. LOL! 
This week's theme is winter. Brrr....when I think of winter I think of blue, not sure why but I do. So that's why I colored sweet Nora in blue. It seems like a very simple card but I just adore how it came out. In real life it's so pretty the way the smooch spritz shimmers.

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
  
• stamps: Nora,
• paper: SU cardstock,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
  
• others: copics, vanilla smooch spritz, cuttlebug embossing folder, Petaloo Dazzlers, CM cutting system, frosted lace stickles, stardust stickles,
  

What I did:
I started by stamping Nora onto my cardstock with Memento ink and then colored her with copics. I used my snow dots cuttlebug embossing folder on my background paper and then spritzed it with Vanilla Smooch Spritz!! Oh my!! I am in love...hard to see from this photo how gorgeous this stuff is! I'll be doing a feature on it next week on Sparkly Thursdays!!
To finish the card I cut out my image and a mat with my CM cutting system and adhered everything and added a few embellishments and some stickles.


One more little tidbit to pass on...did you know that Susana has a *Specials* section?? No, well take a peek, lots of great things there at great prices!! Selected Spellbinders dies even!!


One more thing...I am doing okay with dealing with the loss of Heidi. It's hard and I'm hoping that red, swollen puffy eyes are the new "in" thing but I'm finding that Freckles helps alot with her puppy like self. Creating helps me take my mind off of missing Heidi too. Thank you all for your support and kind words.
Here's one of my favorite photos of Heidi this summer.

and one of Freckles the same day