Union of Souls

 I have another collection of stamps that are must haves in my book. I adore anything and everything Day of the Dead related, and this new line from Sheena is right up my alley!!!! Here's a card I have created for my anniversary coming up next month. My hubby knows how much I adore this type of art, so he will appreciate it and the sentiment is perfect for a wedding or anniversary. We will be celebrating 14 years of marriage this year.

 

I did a single stamping layout for this card because I wanted the simplicity for the images to be showcased. I did stamp the small flower, color and fussy cut that out and adhered to the top hat with some foam adhesive to give a bit of dimension. 

To make the sentiment pop, I colored over it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen in Moonlight to give it a glow and shimmer when turned on an angle. Just subtle enough.

 I hope you enjoyed my card and check out the rest of the amazing Sheena Douglass Day of the Dead collection over at Crafter's Companion! Happy crafting.


PRODUCTS USED:

• Sheena Douglass Day of the Dead EZMount Rubber Stamp Set - Union of Souls
• Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock
• Spectrum Sparkle Pens: Moonlight
• Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers: LG2, LG5, BG1, GR5, BP5, DR4, PL2, PL3, PL4, IG1, IG2, IG7, IG10, Blender

Because You Make Me Smile

I've got an uplifting card today on the blog. I linked all the products at the end of the post as I usually do, so if you are curious to see what awesome Crafter's Companion products I've used, check that out.

 

I love the soft color palette. It's spring so it inspired me to make something light and feminine. I fussy cut the flowers out and just slit behind the lower one between the leaves to tuck it under and over. Simple touch to create more dimension!

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Thanks for stopping by!

PRODUCTS USED:

• Sheena Douglas Day of the Dead EZMount Rubber Stamp Set - Forever Yours
• Sentimentals EZMount Stamp Set - Imagine
• Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
• Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers: DG2, DG3, FS6, CR1, CR10
• Memento Luxe, Grey Flannel

Day of the Dead Eternal Love Decorative Hanging Art

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE with all heart anything and everything skull or Day of the Dead related. I'm just in love with the colors, patterns, skull designs and the entire meaning behind the Day of the Dead/Dia de Los Muertos holiday. Such a beautiful way to celebrate life of those loved ones that have passed on. It's something I want to even learn more about and to teach my children about. The artwork just speaks to me.

So, when I saw these new and AMAZING sets that are being realeased TODAY with Day of the Dead images, I fell head over heels for! I mean, it's just ME!!!

I used the Eternal Love set by Sheena Douglass. I'm telling you, her sets blow me away! But I loved the male and female images. I had a lot of fun coloring this image and really giving it life. Sounds funny giving life to skull images, right?! ;)

I made the flowers from some tissue paper I had on hand and found some simple instructions online. I used some skull pewter pieces inside of the smaller flowers. I just cut out the image of the sugar skulls and glued that to black cardstock to make it pop, added some twine to hang it and used glue dots on the back of the flowers. I love how this came out, and I will definitely enjoy using this as a decorative piece this October and November.

I hope you enjoyed my project for this amazing release. You can be sure that I will be making many more projects using these sets from the Day of the Dead line by Sheena in future blog posts. Check out all the sets in this release on the website for Crafter's Companion.

PRODUCTS USED:

• Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Day of the Dead, Eternal Love Stamp Set
• Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock 
• Spectrum Noir Blendable Colored Pencils: 043, 045, 078, 029, 065, 067, 011, 009, 108, 110, 120, 077, 026, 033, 068, 071, 087, 105, 106, 114, 034, 036, 050, 004, 007, 008, 019, 022, 024, 029, 032, 058, 060, 038, 082, 061, 063, 113, 015, 016, 013
• Spectrum Noir Blending Solution
• Spectrum Noir Paper Stumps

Thrift Shop Find to Cute Keepsake

Good morning, everyone! I am excited to share a new project with you up on the Blitsy blog today. I have taken a thrift shop find and transformed it into this amazing sugar skull design! Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with sugar skulls / Day of the Dead artwork and design.

I took this thrift shop find:

And transformed it into this:

Want to know how I did this? Check out the full post here: http://blitsy.com/blog/diy/how-to-go-from-thrift-shop-find-to-cute-keepsake