Dylusions surprise - updated

Recently I was at the Scrapfest and got to try out Dyan's Dylusions. I had chosen purple and blue, and was instructed to use a stamp and archival black ink.

Well I went a little heavy on the sprays but continued stamping anyways.

Of course you can't see them very well. When I got home I sat looking at it, thinking -that's so ugly! What can I do to fix it? Crafters can usually find some way of hiding or making the best out of something they don't like...right!!!!

 

So I just started to spray the tag with water. Soaked it to death! The sprays, even tho dried, thined out, moved off the tag. But I just let the tag sit there in it's own puddle, on a paper towel over night. When I woke up, this is what I found....a tie dyed tag!!!!! Kinda pretty.....not saved by any means at this point, but interesting how the dylusions reacted to all that water. Likely the paper towel underneath helped to keep some color pooling underneath or whatever. Anyways...just wanted to share.

 

The portion not tie died is how the tag started out! I didn't soak it at the top.

But look, you can see the stamp! Whoo hoo.....(I'm such a kid!)

 

 

 

 

Update:

 

I did some more playing, soaked it some more and then built a card around it.

I used matching colored cardstock, a martha stewart punch,  a die cut and alcohol inked, acytate flower as well as a hand rolled flower and 2 different stamps. Ribbon, ribbon, ribbon.

Both sides were so pretty, I just had to keep it a tag/bookmark, and so I built in a little pocket to hold it in place.

 

The final look of it reminded me of some nebula way out in space!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ornies and Dylusions

This tag I sprayed with red, green and a bit of black Dylusions sprays. Separately I had sprayed another piece of cardstock with red, greens and oranges, and used that to stamp a Hero's Art Ornie. They are heat embossed with Silver Tinsel powder and then cut out and glue dotted onto the tag for dimension. I also stamped the tag with a snowflake, some are embossed with the tinsel powder and some embellished with Gold Perfect Pearls. Also on the corners I emblished with a cuttlebug die cut in green cardstock. The final touches were a ribbon and some gold ink around the edges.

 

 

 

I always to the backside as well....stamped simply with a to: and from: and some gold ink around the edges.

Leafs and Dylusions

Recently I purchased a slew of Dylusions. Now I get to play. They're lots of fun, my fingers get really messy, but the results are fantastic.

 

I sprayed a full sheet of cardstock, with greens and reds, yellows. Once it dried, I stamped the Holly Leaf and clear, heat embossed them right on the sheet.  (make sure the page is completely dry before adding the embossing powder) Then cut around them. Glue dotted them here and there onto a tag which is also sprayed with dylusions (orange, yellow and a hint of green). The ornie is stamped and heat embossed gold, and also cut and glue dotted onto the tag. All the pieces got a bit of stickles to make it sparkle. As well I added a snowflake stamp here and there, and shined it up with some Gold Perfect Pearls. The final touches of a ribbon and some gold ink around the edges.

 

I sprayed the back side of the tag too and just added the same Holly leaf and ornie, stamped and embellished with Gold Perfect Pearls, and a stamped to: and from:

 

 

What the heck is it?

Making my own

Simon Says Stamps asked what your favourite was. Mine is making my own. Flowers are my all time favs. Next to embossing and making my own backgrounds. But recently I purchased Dyan's Dylusions and love... love... love.. it. Which I'm playing with now and will show you soon.

 

For now I'll just share this one:

Simon Says Stamp - Your Favourite

Pink and Brown

Dies, dies, dies. I just love making my own flowers. Here there's 2 different dies to make this 4 layered flower. And another one to make the swirly vines. To add a bit of texture, I ran one of the layers thru the cuttlebug with an embossing folder. And the sentiment frame was cut in the cricut machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entered in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Dies and punches

 

Tie a Yellow Ribbon...

....round the old oak tree! Remember that song? Well I didn't intend on doing the card to represent the song....but rather making the card at last weekends Scrapfest, just happened to remind me of the song. Even then it wasn't until I thought the card needed a ribbon....ha...a yellow one! Who sang that song anyways....anyone remember?

 

This card has lots of layers of acrylic paint on some textured card stock...looks like Brazil paper to me. Some stencils where used and then some stamps and glitter. It didn't turn out at all what was being taught that day. The idea was to leave a real leaf impression. But I got a little behind and missed some of the instructions. Goosssh... I will just have to practice some more at home. :)

 

In the meantime this will be entered in this weeks Simon Says Stamp challenge: Rustification!

 

 

Bridal Shower Easel Card

 

In the Brides colors: hand made roses, embossing folders, nestabilities dies, leaf punch, designer paper, ribbon, a few pearls and a computer generated sentiment.

 

 

Autumn Leaves

The leaves are a changing! Love Autumn...it's soooo pretty.

I forgot I added a really pretty bow on the top here, but didn't take a photo afterwards.

And I had bought the window sill die from SSS, but covered it all up with the leaves.

Next time I'll leave (no pun intended) some of it showing.

Must be the effects of the full moon  ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simon Says Stamp - Leaf spiration 

Glitter and rolled flowers

Sometimes you don't need ribbon, just glitter!

 

 

 

 

 

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp - Glitter

 

Hero

My two boys are in the cadet program. Which is just the most incredible youth program out there. It just opens the door to these young kids to an amazing amount of activities, opportunities, challenges, education, travel, sportsmanship, leadership....I could go on forever. Their Major is also their Rifle Team coach. As if being a mother and wife, holding a 9to5 job AND being a Major to some 140 cadets, wasn't enough, she dedicates even MORE of her time to her National, Provinicial, and Regional - multiple medal winning Rifle Team.  I've watched her in action week after week. Year after year....I could not keep up!!!! So she is my hero. And here's what I made for her at the end of last season, to show at least a squeek of appreciation for all she does!

 

The album, which is about 6"X 8", includes lots of textures, both types of embossing, brads, stamps, photos, svg cuts, dies, tags, newspaper clippings, and actual targets.....oh and glue. lol. All held together using my Bind It All!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Hero

 

 

 

Time Flies

Playing with tin paper and alcohol inks, stamping and heat embossing.

 

 

As always, a stamp on the inside of the card as well as on the envolope completes the set.

 

 

 

 

Playing along at Simon Says Stamp - Stamptember

3 stamps and 2 dies

 

I'm joining in all the fun at Simon Says Stamp (link below) Today's card has 3 stamps...the branches, the butterflies (stamp and die cut) and the sentiment. The gazebo is a cricut cut, and a spellbinders square frame.

                                        Challenge: Simon Says Stamp... Stamptember

TH CC2...Kraft Resist

Okay, I am super excited that I finally got a chance to buy Tim Holtz second edtion of Compendium of Curiosities. Got it while craft shopping in the States with a friend at Hobby Lobby. Nothing like being able to use a coupon with "books" (unlike at Michaels :(  ) I hemmed and hawed about what to buy with my coupon, either the umbrella man die or the book. I had the unbrella man stamp already and figured I could just cut around it if need be....so I went for the book. Glad I did.

So now I get to play along at Studioi L3. Challenge # 19

But as murphy's law would have it.....I'm super busy now filling orders. So I had to whip this one up quickly to get it in before the deadline.

I discovered that Milled Lavender Distress Ink is quite pale. Both in the mister and inked with the applicator. But the flowers and oval frame are both misted with ML and Perfect Pearls. Then wiped off the access from the embossed parts.As you can see, the  PP is shining thru, but the ML isn't noticable.  The ML didn't show heavy enough around the base of the card either so I used some of the new Picked Raspberry instead. Stamped some of the same color with the florishes and a bit on the shell.

I'm not the best at getting good photos, but this one did capture some of the resist of the roses. There's also resist in  the mailing stamp and there is a tad of it on the oval circle.

Summer Distress Inks 3

 

Summer Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry

Die: Spellbinders BITTY BLOSSOMS, Hero Arts ?? Butterfly

Stamps: Tim Holtz Heart, City Scape and Sentiment highlighted with Perfect Pearls Blue

                             Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Summer Distress Inks

Summer Distress Inks 2

 

Summer Distress Inks: Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry

Die: Sizzix Tathered Florals, Spellbinders BITTY BLOSSOMS

Stamps: Various from my stash.

                                     Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Summer Distress Inks

Summer Distress Inks 1

 

New Summer Distress Inks: Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry

Stamps: Tim Holtz Rock Star Heart, City Scape, Swirls highlighted with Perfect Pearls Blue

Die: Spellbinders BITTY BLOSSOMS

 


                                      Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Summer Distress Inks

Banner Birthday

Hand cut stripes banner style, pasted onto textures cardstock. Beautiful silk bow and a Birthday stamp in Distress Ink. Glitter glue for embellished dots.

 

 

 

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Hand Painted Flowers 70th

 

 

Special Ordered:

Die: Spellbinders FLORAL OVALS Nestabilities

Spellbinders Ovals

Sentiment: Computer generated onto Vellum paper

Hand Painted Roses with lots of glitter, also on inside of card and envolope

 

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

 

Butterfly Thank you

 

 

Dies: Nestibilities Floral Ovals, Spellbinders BITTY BLOSSOMS Shapeabilities

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Punch: Martha Stewart Leaf

Stamps: Butterfly was from Walmart and Sentiment was computer generated

 

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes