Good morning all!
As I mentioned last week, Two Peas in a Bucket asked me to be a guest blogger!! I was so excited! Today is my day, so my card has just posted over there. Check it out HERE!!
I used mostly Hero Arts and Tim Holtz products because they sell them on the Two Peas site. I didn’t mind at all because I LOVE Hero Arts and Distress Inks are just so cool. You probably can’t tell from the photo, but I used a Tim Holtz product called “Perfect Pearls”. I bought it at the scrapbooking convention in May. It’s a pearl-looking powder that you mix with water in a misting bottle. You spray it on paper that has been inked with distress inks and it make it look all shimmery. I love it – it is so beautiful in person.
Another new product I used is the yellow flock. It’s a very soft powdery fuzz that you adhere with glue. My daughters touched the butterfly and looked at me totally amazed saying, “Wow – it feels so real!!”. I love to impress my kids!! When I told them that there are some people in Europe that read my blog, they almost didn’t believe me. My 9-year-old said, “You’re famous, Mommy. Do you think you’ll have to start wearing sunglasses to avoid the paparazzi?” Then my 5-year-old asked if I was going to get a limousine! I love them.
Anyway, the flock is VERY cool.
Enjoy the video and have a great week!
Supplies:
- Hero Arts Branch Background Stamp
- Hero Arts Traditional Butterfly Stamp
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Broken China and Black Soot
- Tim Holtz Perfect Pearls
- Versamark Ink
- Stampin’ Up! Embossing Powders: White and Black
- Two-way Glue Pen
- Stampendous Fun Flock, Sunshiny Yellow
- Papertrey Ink White Cardstock
- Stampin’ Up! Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Black
- Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
- 3/8 inch Black Organza Ribbon
- Stampin’ Up! Mini Glue Dots
Thanks for visiting my video blog! I post a new video every Wednesday and sometimes an extra when I have time.
Hi, Darlene! Fun video and beautiful card! I was wondering what the plastic template is that you used, when making the white dots with the Uniball Signo pen. Would you mind e-mailing me and letting me know? It looks cool! Thank you!
Hi Anne – it’s a template that comes with the mat pack sold by Stampin’ Up! The pack has a paper-piercing pad (totally useful – mine is worn out!), a mini cutting mat, and the template. http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=105826
Darlene
The card looks great!! I really love the texture to the butterfly! You are such a talented woman!! Can you do some Xmas cards/tags soon? I really need to get a move on my cards and I would love to see what ideas you got for the upcoming season!
The girls are hilarious!
Monica
Beautiful! Simply beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.
Ter
Darlene,
You do such a great job and your designs are so nice! No wonder Two Peas selected you! Truly inspiring – thank you. Love the videos – keep it up!
I have just come to your blog via two peas and I must say how I love your work, gorgeous. I only have one complaint
could you please list the music you play in your videos, some of the songs I know but being on the other side of the world there are some I have not heard but really like, in other words I like your taste in music, please share,lol, see not so bad a complaint after all.
cheers,
sue.
Beautiful card, Darlene!
I really love the dimensional butterfly and how you added the texture to it. Congrats again on the Two Peas guest spot! The video was great and I loved watching you do the emboss resist technique!
I still haven’t been able to get around to my next video yet. But hopefully soon.
This is a beautiful card. I love it!
Sure Susy – no problem! I’ll start including the song in my future posts. Thanks for watching!
You are simply superb, what an amazing technique…
I have my head full of ideas now, just need to execute.
TFS…
Hello,
I appreciate all the cards a lot which you post on your blog. They are all so beautiful the some as the others. With for time a different technique. It continue is a real pleasure to look.
Cordially
Catherine
I love this card, it’s so classy.