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.

Thanks for stopping by.............

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.

Thanks for stopping by............

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.


Thanks for stopping by................

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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