Barbie dresses, part 2

When I was in Finland this summer, we did few trips to Tallinn, and there is an EXCELLENT craft store there. Tons of trim laces and embroidered trims! And they are super cheap!

So I bought some trims and made some pretty fancy dresses for my niece.

pink dress with tulle lace embroidery on top (2 piece dress)

pink dress from behind

My niece wanted a rainbow coloured fairy dress. This has separate top and skirt

and the fairy dress needed some wings too!

old dress top made into 2 piece top and skirt!

old pillowcase cotton with silver trim (2 part dress)

two part dress, bottom is a see through lace, with white fabric underneath

this dress was made from an old pillow case!

this was made from the decorative neckline of an old T-shirt!

this dress was made from ribbing - super simple!

Barbie dresses, part 1I

As some of you already know, I've been busy making some Barbie clothes for my 4 year old niece.
I started this past July at the cottage, and made few dresses and skirts.

I was super proud of these pants!

the red skirt was made of an old Xmas doily!

the black skirt is made from embroidered trim.

This tulle 'mess' spreads glitter like crazy :-)

and this dress is WAY too heavy, barely stays on from all the weight!

Fall is here - and I MADE SOME CARDS!!!

Okay, it has almost 4 months that I haven't touched my stampin' supplies! Well, I did unpack my latest shipment, but didn't create anything with them for several weeks.

I got back to Ottawa at the end of September, with a terrible cold, so had to recover from that. Then tried to get everything unpacked and pack things for the Thanksgiving weekend at the cottage (and plan the meals too). Then finally got home from there, and of course, had to unpack the Thanksgiving stuff.

Then the house needed a through cleaning, after all, nobody cleaned it while we were gone.

Detail of the leaf and layers

So, now the house is clean (except my craft room is a mess, since everything I brought back from the cottage and from Finland, I just tossed into the room, and closed the door. So next job is to put things back into their places.

But I did manage to create few cards, using some new stamps and tools.

The supplies for the first card were: Seasonal Layers and Stitched shapes framelits, Wood Textures 6"x6" designer series paper, 3/16" braided linen trim (holiday catalogue) and the card stocks are: Whisper White, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand, and the leaf is cut from copper foil sheet.

The second card actually has two variations.

The card base is Sahara Sand (oh wait... it might have been the new Gray Granite... didn't write it down and was debating which one to use... now I cannot remember.. oops...)

Tin Tile

The embossed part is Whisper White, and I embossed the first card with the gorgeous Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. See the detailed picture on the right.

Corrugated

The second version uses the Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Both folders are from the Holiday Catalogue. This one I find crinkles the paper more than the Tin Tile folder, but it actually didn't bother me, as corrugated seldom is smooth anyways.. right???

The flowers are made with Varied Vases stamp set and the matching Vases Builder punch. The background for the flowers is from the Wood Textures 6"x6" designer series paper pack, and was cut out with the Stitched Shapes framelit die. The colours for the flowers are Mango Melody and Olive Green. The greeting ('Hello' and 'Thanks') are also from the Varied Vases stamp set and were stamped on a wood grain paper from the Wood Textures 6"x6" designer series paper pack, and I cut the ends with scissors. The base ribbon is 5/8" burlap ribbon, and the top lace is a retired lace ribbon (as I realized I didn't have the new lace trim!)

close up of the flowers

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Watercoloring with Brusho Crystals

I love Brusho Crystals, but I don't have the patience to work with them properly 😀

Well, I just don't let them dry in-between colours, and then things turn brown.
Like this first card, I wanted more 'blue sky' effect, maybe a hint of red as a sunset, but I put both colours in at the same time, and then went over with a brush... oh well... it turned reddish brown. But the green part actually turned out really neat, almost like a gate to a different world. The stamp is  from Enjoy Life stamp set, designed by a fellow Stampin'Up! demonstrator Connie Fitzgerald as part of her Million Sales Achiever. Quite an achievement, I must say. And I'm also very happy to say, that I don't see myself reaching that level, so I don't have to worry about designing a stamp set (although I'm pretty sure Stampin'Up! would have someone help me...)

The greeting is cut out of Brusho Crystal coloured paper using Happy Birthday Framelit.

The second card uses the same stamp set 'Enjoy Life' and the background is also made using Brusho Crystals, but this time I kept the colours a bit more separated, and went over sideways with a paintbrush.

Both cards were made using Shimmery White card stock, which can handle watercoloring better than regular Whisper White card stock. I still haven't been able to keep my card bases straight... maybe I need to dry them with heat gun....

Summer holidays are here - just breath!

I thought this was a perfect card for Tom to give out at the end of the school year. Being a teacher (in high school) is tough, so Tom is looking forward to this summer break, and I figured his colleagues must be feeling the same, so they would appreciate this card.

I made few different kind of designs and then made a bunch of the ones I liked best. All are made using Colourful Seasons stamp set and matching framelits. he card base is thick Whisper White card stock on all. And the colours are Early Espresso and Pacific Point.

The first one actually has nothing cut with a framelit and is very simple, single layer card. I stamped the blue square with inked stamp block (didn't add any water, as I wanted a 'grainy' look on this. Then stamped the greeting and the seat frame in Early Espresso and the canvas seat in Pacific Point.

The second version had the same background, but instead of stamping the chair, I cut out a chair from Shimmery White card stock using the adirondack die from the framelit set. This also is a single layer card.

The third card (which was my favourite), Has a watercolour effect brushed using a paint brush and Pacific Point ink (I wetted the Shimmery White card stock base with spritzer bottle before spreading the ink.) This card has two layers, the Shimmery White card is glued on a Whisper White card base. And the chairs are popped up with mini-dimensionals.

Thank You with Flowers

Last week I got one of my flowerbeds back in order, and I guess was inspired by that to create some flower cards.

The first one uses a 'shrub' stamp from 'Enjoy Life' stamp set. I used 4 different colours stamping the image multiple times at the bottom of the Whisper White card stock. The colours were 'Soft Sea Foam', 'Gray Granite', 'Balmy Blue' and 'Petal Pink'. The card base is 'Gray Granite'. I also used the new Petal Pink and Silver Bakers twine.

The second card is made using 'Varied Vases' stamp set and Tropical Escape 6x6 paper. The 'Varied Vases' is also designed by a fellow Stampin'Up! demonstrator Mary Fish, who designed this set as a reward for Million Sales Achiever. The colours used for stamping are 'Berry Burst', 'Soft Sea Foam', 'Balmy Blue' and... oh well.. one of the pinks... I think Powder Pink or Blushing Bride... Cannot remember and didn't write it down. the flowers are then coloured using Blender Pen and matching ink, to create a more subtle look.