Fun with #Altenew Stamps

Hello everybody, just wanted to stop by to say hi and share some cards I created using Altenew stamps.

I had a lot of fun creating these cards.

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Hello Everybody, stopping by just to say hi and share a quick card I made trying out my new distress oxide inks and honey bee stamp and die set that I recently brought for black friday.

Absolutely love the vibrant colors of the distress oxide inks and they blend wonderfully. Love love love the thanks stamp and dis set, great size to fill up the card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great holiday season.

Oh, the places you will GO

Hello! Friends, I am here today with a post showcasing Ann Butler Designs, Lisa Jimenez and Rita Barakat Products in a week long blog hop.

This is a post after a very very long time, its feels really good getting back into posting and sharing my craft with you all.

Products Used:

• ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler Designs - Lattice

• Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, Tangelo, Sunshine, Limelight, Ocean Breeze
• Lisa Jimenez Colorique by Clearsnap: Ruby Slippers, Verdigris
• Rita Baraka's Art Foamies: Hot Air Balloon
• Black marker, embossing paste

Instructions:

Okay so this was the easiest mixed media canvas to put together and came together very quickly.

Step 1: First I put the colorique pigment ink on a craft mat and using a brayer I colored the artfoamies hot air balloon stamp and added some glitter. Loved the pigment inks very easy to spread on the stamp. Artfoamies are also really great very easy to use and you get crisp image everytime.

Step 2: Colored the canvas using Ann Butler Designs pigment inks by clearsnap and then used the lattice stencil and embossing paste on the canvas to create some interest. Also, wrote down this wonderful quote from Dr, Suess's book.

Step 3: Finally, I fussy cut the balloon image and stuck it on the canvas with adhesive foam dots.

Hope you enjoyed this project and will try your hands on these wonderful products.

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Earth Safe Finishes and Stencil Girl Blog Hop

Hi, Friends! today we, as part of Earth Safe Finishes are hopping along with Stencil Girl to celebrate Earth Day.

This mixed media canvas was so much fun to create. Loved working with the stencil girl stencil and the no VOC Earth Safe Finishes products and in honor of Earth Day I Reduced, Recycled and Reused. This was an old canvas project that had not turned out as expected.

Products Used:

Earth Safe Finishes Gesso.

ESF Texture

Earth Safe Finishes Chalk It Up, Plum Preserves, 

Ann Butler Designs Iridescents powders, Sunshine and Rose

Ann Butler Designs Iridescents by ESF Onyx

ESF Pigments Permanent Red, Pthalo Green, Hot Pink

StencilGirl Marrakech 6 Stencil

StencilGirl  Fowl Play Stencil

StencilGirl  Techno Insiders Circle Stencil

Instructions:

1. Firstly, I covered the canvas with ESF Gesso and let dry. The Gesso is so thick and rich and just one coat covered my previous project entirely.

2. I then added some Ann Butler Designs Iridescents powders to give it slight shimmer.

3. The next step was brushing the canvas with ESF Chalk it up in Plum Preserves.

4. then using StencilGirl  Techno Insiders Circle Stencil and Ann Butler Designs iridescent in onyx I stenciled the circles and let dry.

5. next added texture using ESF texture and StencilGirl Marrakech stencil and let dry.

6. Then colored the design with ESF pigments.

7. Lastly stenciled the birds using the StencilGirl Fowl Play Stencil. I have to say I absolutely love these stencils and they have such a large selection that its tough to not find something you absolutely adore.

And now grab a cup of coffee to blog hop with these wonderful designers.

StencilGirl Talk

Mary Beth Shaw

Mary C. Nasser

Chana Malkah Harris

Iris Shalom

Steph Ackerman

Martha Lucia Gomez

Larissa Pittman 

Carol Baxter

Gwen Lafleur

Vishu Reberholt

Janet Joehlin

Jeanne Streiff

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Ann Butler Designs - ETI Blog Hop

Hello, everybody! and welcome to our second Ann Butler Design - ETI Blog Hop of 2016 to get your creative juices flowing.

Today I am sharing an Ann Butler Design and ETI inspired jewelry pendant. Such a fun, simple and quick project to put together; a perfect gift for your yourself or loved ones.

Products Used:

• Ann Butler Designs Iridescents powders, Rose

• Ann Butler Design Iridescents by ESF, Sapphire, Limelight
• EasySculpt Epoxy Modeling Clay
• Silicone molds, gloves, glue

Instructions:

1. Mix equal parts of EasySculpt Epoxy Modeling Clay and mix them together as per the instructions in the box.

2. Once mixed press the clay into the silicone mold pressing the clay into the delicate parts. let the clay dry for 5 hours before taking it out of the mold. Honestly I .absolutely love this product so easy to use and once dry you can file it or sand it

3. Once it dried I painted it with Ann Butler Designs Iridescents and iridescent powders. For  this pendant I painted the flower with iridescent powder in rose and iridescent ink in limelight. The frame was painted with Ann Butler Designs Iridescents Sapphire. I then glued the flower to the frame.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, below are some close pictures.

Now click on the links below and hop with us on this Ann Butler Design - ETI bloghop

Ann Butler

Beth Watson

Einat Kessler

Irit Shalom

Larissa Pittman

Madeline Arendt

Paula DeReamer

Steph Ackerman

Tammy Santana

Vishu Reberholt (you are here)

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ESF Canvas Art

Hello, Crafty Friends! stopping by today to share a ESF Canvas Art. I had a lot of fun creating this canvas and was very quick to put together.

Products Used

• Earth Safe Finishes Gesso
• Earth Safe Finishes pigment ink, permanent red, organic yellow,
• Ann Butler Design Iridescents by ESF, Onyxiridescents
• Earth Safe Finishes Copper powder
• black marker lace, black ink, stamp, glitter

Instructions:

1. First cover the canvas with a layer of ESF Gesso and let it dry.

2. Using ESF pigment ink I colored the canvas to give it depth.

3. Using a black marker I drew the design

4. Then added glitter and Ann Butler Designs Iridescents to the shoe

5. Next I added the ESF copper powder to the pillow and let it dry.

6. stamped an image to the corner of the canvas and added words to the canvas.

I hope you enjoyed this project.

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Ann Butler Design - ETI Blog Hop

Hello, everybody! and welcome to Ann Butler Design - ETI Blog Hop, this our first blog hop of 2016 with loads of inspiration get fuel your creative sides.

Today I am sharing some Ann Butler Design and ETI inspired coasters. Such a fun, simple and quick project to put together; these make perfect handmade gifts to all the lovely people in your life.

Products Used:

• ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler Designs - Lattice

• Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, Tangelo, Sunshine, Canyon, Deep Woods
• EnviroTex Lite
• Sentiment, texture paste, glitter, cardboard coasters tiles

Instructions:

• First color the tiles using the Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, Tangelo, Sunshine, Canyon using sponge daubers.

• Then add texture using ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler Designs - Lattice and texture paste. Just before the paste dries add some glitter.

• Now mix EnviroTex Lite as per the instructions that come with the box which is the most crucial part and add a layer of EnviroTex and let dry.

I absolutely enjoyed making these what a perfect gift, easily customized based on certain events or personalities of friends and family.

Now sit back relax and enjoy all the other creative ideas by clicking on the links below. Don't forget to leave a comment on all the blogs to be entered into a giveaway.

ETI Resin Crafts 

Beth Watson

Heather Little

Irit Shalom

Larissa Pittman

Madeline Arendt

Paula DeReamer

Steph Ackerman

Tammy Santana

Vishnu Reberholt (you are here)

DIY hairpin with Ann Butler Designs

Hello, Everybody! My goal and prayer for this year is positive thoughts at all times so with a toast to the power of positive thinking I wish you all a very Happy 2016. Today I want to share this quick DIY hairpin with Ann Butler Designs.

We were given a theme for this month which as you must have guessed is Fabric. Keeping that in mind I created this DIY hairpin with Ann Butler Designs products and fabric.

Products Used:

Ann Butler’s Designs Iridescents paints by ESF –  Sheer Russet

Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: sunshine

canvas fabric, lace, button and hot glue

Instructions:

Cut the canvas fabric in strips and roll it creating a flower. Use hot glue to glue the fabric. 

I then painted the flower using Ann Butler’s Designs Iridescents paints by ESF –  Sheer Russet and let dry. I absolutely love this product and reach out for it everytime.

Next paint the lace with Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap in sunshine and hot glue it around the canvas flower and hot glue it to the hair pin.

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Embossing with Art Screens

Hello, All ! Its been a while since I have posted on my blog its just that life got in the way which I am sure you all understand. Stopping in today to share thow to emboss using art screen/stencil to emboss my paper.......which also means I just doubled my collection of embossing designs. So, without further adieu here is my project.

Products Used:

• ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler Designs

• Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, limelight, Tangelo, sunshine, bark

• Cardstock, sentiment stamp, paper flowers

Instructions:

• First I inked a white cardstock using  Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, limelight, Tangelo, sunshine, bark inks.
• Then I embossed the cardstock with the ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler Designs.
  The sandwich I used for this technigue, embossing plate, rubber mat, cardstock, art screen/stencil, base plate, now run it through you die cut machine, I used Grand Calibur. Below are a couple of photos to show you how it looks, I colored the debossed side also so you can see how well the art screen embossed. You have the freedom to use the embossed or debossed look depending on your design or mood.

 

The rest of the card came together pretty quickly with some layers, sentiment and paper flowers.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and thanks for stopping by......

ESF Mixed Media Card

Hello, Dear Friends! Popping in today to share another ESF Mixed Media Card. I tell you I am really have fun making these mixed media cards.

 You have so much creative freedom and sometimes you know when the card does not turn out like you had imagined, well with mixed media I feel if you keep working and just try things it turns out even better. Like the card I am sharing today. When I first made the background page, I wasn't really happy with it but just adding the black edging made all the difference and I think the card turned out even better.

 So what do you all think?

Products Used:

• ESF Texture
• Earth Safe Finishes Gesso
• Earth Safe Finishes pigment ink, permanent red, organic yellow,hot green
• Ann Butler Design Iridescents by ESF, Sheer Silver
• Earth Safe Finishes Chalk it Up, Cherry Jubilee, Key Lime
• Cardstock, screen/stencil, stickles, lace, black ink, color dauber, stamp.

Instructions: 

1. First cut a piece of white cardstock depending on the size of the card base you intend to use. My cardstock is 4 X 5. 25.
2. Apply 2 layers of ESF Gesso. Let dry between layers
3. Add color to the white base with ESF pigment ink and let dry. Love these pigment inks they are so concentrated that just a drop goes a long way.
4. Then add texture. Here I added texture using a die cut and ESF Texture and let dry.
5. Add color to the texture using ESF pigment inks and let dry.
6. Edge the cardstock and texture with black ink using a dauber.
7. Paint a piece of white cardstock with Ann Butler Design Iridescents by ESF. I used Sheer Silver and painted 3 layers to get the color I wanted.
8. Stamp your image on the Iridescents colored paper.
9. Color the image using ESF Chalk it Up paint and stickles.
10. Finish the card with some layers and embellishments.

Here is a closer look at the mixed media background. The background with all the ESF rich colors just pop. Love all these amazing products by ESF that are completely safe, non toxic and environment friendly.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Love how this ESF Mixed Media Card turned out.

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Faux Quilt Ann Butler Background

Hello, Crafty Friends! How is everybody doing today?. Today I would like to share a faux quilt Ann Butler background card which came together pretty quickly.

Can't believe we are halfway into September already, where does the time intend to fly too, just feels like yesterday that we were welcoming 2015 and I had hopes of accomplishing so many things. Well, on the flip side I still have 3.5 months to accomplish my tasks. 

Sometimes its nice to not layer up the card too much.

Products Used:
Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Lilac, night
Ann Butler 1"Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps 
Cardstock, lace, border embossing folder, glitter pen, image stamp

Instructions:
1. Cut the top layer of the cardstock depending on the size card you want and then lay your faux quilt pattern on an acrylic block. With Ann Butler Design Stamps you have a lot of flexibility on how you want your pattern to be as these stamps don't have edges so they work beautifully and you can come up with limitless options. Once you are satisfied with the pattern stamp it on the card. Here I used Ann Butler Design Lilac ink pad.
2. Then I defined the edges of the quilt pattern with glitter pen. and edged the cardstock with black ink
3. Using an embossing folder embossed one side, added lace and the stuck on an image.

Hope you will try a similar faux quilt Ann Butler Background technique.

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ESF Mixed Media Card

Hello again! Two days in a row.........wow thats a personal record Lol. so today I am stopping by to share my first mixed media card using ESF products. Have you tried Earth Safe Finishes products? you will be amazed my the versatility and the fact they are environmentally safe.

So what do you all think?

Products Used:

• ESF Texture
• Earth Safe Finishes Chalk It Up, English Tea, Cherry Jubilee, Plum Preserves
• Earth Safe Finishes pigment ink, permanent red, organic yellow
• ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler
• Cardstock, Flowers, sentiment stamp, black pen, 

Instructions:
1. Dab a piece of white cardstock with ESF Chalk it up on this card I used English Tea, Cherry Jubilee, Plum Preserves and let dry.
2. Now add texture randomly using the art screen and ESF texture and let dry.
3. I mixed a couple of drops of pigment with water and made 3 different colored water red, yellow and orange and sprayed on the card.
4. once the cardstock is dry I used a black pen and defined the texture.
5. Finished the card with some stamping, flowers and stuck it on a black card base.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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Quilt Background with Ann Butler Design

Hello Crafty Friends! just popping in to share a card with a quilt background using Ann Butler Design.

Isn't that a cute card? I love how versatile the quilt stamps are just so many possibilities.


Products Used:
Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Berry, limelight, Tangelo
Ann Butler 1"Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps
Cardstock, sentiment stamp


The quilt background so easy to make with Ann Butler's no edge stamps. On a piece of white cardstock I stamped the image alternating the inks and viola the background is ready. Finished the card with layers and a sentiment and image.


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Happy Birthday Ann

Hello Everybody! Welcome to our Birthday hop and join me in wishing Dear Ann a Very Happy Birthday. Ann has been an inspiration, great to work with and extremely generous and patient since I have known her almost 1.5 years ago. So here is to you Ann, hope the coming years bring you lots of laughter, good health and happiness.

 And now don't forget to stop by all the other blogs to celebrate an amazing artist and an equally amazing person's birthday. Happy Birthday Ann.




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Home Decor with ESF

Hello Everybody!.....popping in today with a home decor piece using ESF products.

So how is everybody's summer coming along..........I am trying to do too many things at one time like most of us got to make the summer count.

Products Used

Earth Safe Finishes Chalk It Up, English tea, Cherry Jubilee, key lime pie

Earth Safe Finishes Gesso 

Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents Sapphire

stamps, wooden tile, black ink

Instructions:

1. Apply 2 layers of Gesso on the wooden tile and let dry between layers.

2. Now apply ESF chalk it up english tea and let dry.

3. Take ESF Chalk it up on your craft mat and add a little water, now use baby wipes and dab the paint on you stamp image and stamp it on the wooden tile.

4. Using a black ink pad stamp your sentiment.

5. Paint a border using ESF iridescents, I used sapphire.

I absolutely loveeeee ESF products they are so much fun to work with and are so thick and rich in color, a little bit goes a long way definitely worth having in your craft stash. Hope you enjoyed this home decor piece with ESF products.

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Custom Apron with Ann Butler Designs

Hello Friends! today I am stopping by to share this fun custom apron with Ann Butler Designs.

I guess I love making things for my daughter as I have quite a few projects customized for her and she loves making things for me because I have more artwork and hearts than I know what to do lol.......though I love her little surprises for me.....like today I got a heart card in the mail from her.

Products Used:

Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Blueberry
Ann Butler 2″Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps 

Ann Butler 1" Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps

ColorBox Background Basics by Ann Butler  Checks 1 

Ann Butler Design's EZ-De’s Flourish 2″ ABC’s

Stickles

This was such a quick project to put together. First I stamped the name using Crafter's ink blueberry and Ann Butler's 2" ABC stamp set. The ink pads are so juicy and work so well with fabric that I absolutely enjoyed working. I am sure you know how frustrating it can get when the products you use don't work like they should.

Then I stamped with Ann Butler's faux quilt stamps and i cannot tell you how much I love these innovative stamps they are so much fun to work with.

Lastly I stamped the Checks 1 stamp and blinged it up using stickles. 

So what do you all think? a custom apron with Ann Butler Designs........such a wonderful gift to give to someone.

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Calender with Ann Butler Designs and Deflecto Frame

Hello Crafty Friends! Today I want to welcome you to a fun blog hop using Ann Butler Design products and Deflecto frame. For the hop I made this fun Calendar.

Products Used:
Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Ocean Breeze and Berry
Ann Butler 2″Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps 
Ann Butler's 1" EZ De's by Kellycraft
Craft Frame 8 X 10 by Deflecto
Cardstock, metal rings, 3 X4 calendar sheets for 2015, transparency, black sharpie

Instructions:
1. Stamp the cardstock using Ann Butler's crafter's ink and stamps to create beautiful background and attach the printed calendar sheets.
2. Cut your cardstock to insert into the frame
3. Stamp your design on the cardstock. This was really easy using Ann Butler Design's faux quilt stamps. These stamps just have endless possibilities......Loveeeeeee them.
4. Now I cut a sheet of transparency to fit into the frame and handwrote a quote. I love to read quotes and so I thought this would be the best way to add an inspirational quote everyday or month to inspire me when I look at the calendar.
5. Drilled two holes for the metal rings so I can hang the calendar sheets.

I hope you enjoyed this project and please don't forget to leave me a comment. Now are you ready to be blown away ..............stop by my fellow crafter's blog to be amazed with their creativity.

Ann Butler
Larissa Pittman
Einat Kessler
Zoey 
Steph
Irit
Roberta
Vishu
Paula
Beth

Thank you.

Ann Butler Art Screen Background

Hello All! just popping in again to share another beautiful card I made using Ann Butler Designs Art Screen. Does'nt it look all glittery.

Products Used:
Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Sunshine, Berry, limelight, Tangelo
Ann Butler Design's Art Screens- Lattice
ESF Texture
Cardstock, Colorbox daubers, gold glitter, paper roses, sentiment stamp

Instructions
1. Use Ann Butler Crafter's ink and art screen on white cardstock to get your back ground image
2. Now move the art screen so the open squares fall on the not inked area and use the ESF texture to get the raised look.
3. While the texture is wet add glitter and dust off the access and let dry
4. Finally I stuck the white cardstock on a black card base and embellished it with paper roses and a sentiment.

Here are a couple of close ups of the background using Ann Butler Art Screens.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you try this.

ESF Texture fun

Hello everybody! hope you all had a great weekend. Just popping in to share a quick project. Isn't this ESF Texture treat box cute?

Products used:

• ESF Texture
• Earth Safe Finishes Chalk It Up, Cherry Jubilee
• Ann Butler Designs Iridescents powders, Onyx
• Earth Safe Finishes No VOC Wax 
• ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler  

So first I used the ESF Texture with the Art Screen by Ann Butler and let dry. Then painted the stars with chalk it up paint. Now I mixed the iridescents powders with the ESF no voc wax and painted the leftover stars and my treat box was ready.

here is a closer look.

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