Showing posts with label Crafty Secrets DT. Show all posts
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Crafty Secrets Design Team Gift Bag/Envelope Challenge

Good morning blogging friends! Today, is the Crafty Secrets Design Team monthly challenge. For this month Sandy and Vicki challenged us to make a gift bag using an envelope. Click HERE to watch a video on how to make the gift bags using an envelope! Each of the Design Team Members picked a theme for their project and I picked Halloween.


I made a Halloween treat bag and a matching Halloween Tag for my project.


I started with a 6 1/4'' x 6 1/4'' envelope. I sealed the envelope and then cut off the fold at the top allowing for the opening. Then I scored the three sides with the folds at 1/2''. To create the decorative edge I used E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities® from Spellbinders™ and then I inked all the edges with Old Paper Distress Ink.


The pattern paper is from the Creating with Vintage Patterns CD from Crafty Secrets and I inked the edges with Dusty Concord Distress Ink.


I used some of the images and chipboard pieces from Crafty Secrets Halloween Vintage Postcard Kits to embellish the treat bag.


I layered the papers, chipboard pieces and a few Halloween die cuts as shown. Then I added green trim and black lace to the top of the treat bag. I added some Purple Rhinestones along the scalloped border and then I added some glitter for a little sparkle and filled the treat bag with some yummy chocolate!


To create the tag I started with a piece of Simply Smooth Ivory and stamped several images from the Costume Cuties Stamp Set from Crafty Secrets. Then I inked the edges with Old Paper Distress Ink.


I used Copic markers to color the images.


I layered the papers, added glitter and rhinestones as shown and then I added green trim and black lace to the top and bottom of the tag.


In this picture you can see some of the sparkle from the glitter.



Please be sure to visit each of the Design Team Member to see what they have to share with you. With all of the different themes I know I can't wait to see what they created!!



Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Fantastic Day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Supplies
~Envelope Treat Bag~
Crafty Secrets: Halloween Vintage Postcards, Halloween Creative Scraps, Creating with Vintage Patterns CD
Paper: Discount Cardstock Soot, Lime Denim; Ivory 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 Envelope
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Dusty Concord, Old Paper Distress Inks
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ 72 Count Purple Rhinestones; Clearsnap Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitters, Glue Gloss; Martha Stewart Antique Silver Glitter; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ 3D Foam Squares; Green Trim, Black Lace Trim, Black Ribbon, Hot Glue Gun

~Tag~
Crafty Secrets: Costume Cuties Stamp Set, Vintage Postcard Halloween (Moon)
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth Ivory, Soot
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink; Copic Markers
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ 72 Count Purple Rhinestones, Baby Bling Silver Rhinestones, Bat Ribbon Trim (sold at consumer shows); Clearsnap Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter, Glue Gloss; Martha Stewart Antique Silver Glitter; Beacon Adhesives 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue; Green Trim, Black Lace Trim, Black Ribbon, Hot Glue Gun
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge "Retro Inspiration"

Good morning blogging friends! Today, is the Crafty Secrets Design Team Challenge. Each month our DT Coordinator, Vicki Chrisman picks a theme for us to work with and this month the theme is Retro Inspiration. Here is the card that I designed for the challenge. The fun image of the lady is from the Girlfriends Creative Scraps. The floral background paper was printed from the Creating With Vintage Patterns CD. I simply hand cut the image around the black frame and added an die cut to the side as an accent piece. I used S5-071 Twisted Metal Tags and Accents from Spellbinders™. Here is a close up of the designer paper. The Creating With Vintage Patterns CD has over 70 Color Pattern Papers. In the lower right corner I made a flower with leaves to match the designer paper using Frosted Pink Prismatic, Herbal Garden Medium Prismatic, S5-067 Anemone Flower Topper and S4-327 Floral Flourishes. For the flower center I stamped one of the images from Lacey Patterns Stamp Set on to Ivory paper and then placed a 1/2 Clear Epoxy Circles on top of the image and hand cut. I added the flower center, curled the petals and then added Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter.For a finishing touch I added a few Baby LeCreme Pearls from Want2Scrap™ to the card.

Please be sure to visit each of the Crafty Secrets Design Team Members so you can see what they have been busy creating.


Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the blog hop and have a creative day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi


Supplies
Crafty Secrets: Creating With Vintage Patterns CD (designer paper), Girlfriends Creative Scraps, Lacey Patterns Stamp Set, 1/2 Clear Epoxy Circles
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth Ivory, Frosted Pink Prismatic, Herbal Garden Medium Prismatic
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S5-071 Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, S5-067 Anemone Flower Topper, S4-327 Floral Flourishes
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ Baby LeCreme Pearls; Clearsnap Glue Gloss, Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ 3D Foam Squares
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge - Fairies - Altered Fairy Frame

Good morning blogging friends! It's that time again for another Crafty Secrets Design Team Challenge. This month our challenge is to create a project with a Fairy theme. For my project I altered a frame. I used the one of the colored papers, a frame, corner embellishments and clusters of roses from the Creating With Vintage Patterns CD from Crafty Secrets to create the background paper. I hand cut the image of the little fairy, added Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter to the wings and used 3D Foam Squares to add some dimension. The image of the fairy is from Mini-Vintage Creative Scraps from Crafty Secrets. I cut apart the White Pearl Finesse Swirls from Want2Scrap™ and added a piece and then add some Pink Pearls at the end of the swirls. I added some glitter to the roses.Down in the bottom corner I added a fairy sitting on the moon. The images of the fairy and moon are from Altered Fairies Creative Scraps from Crafty Secrets. I added glitter to the wings and the moon.This sweet little fairy image is from Mini-Vintage Creative Scraps from Crafty Secrets. I distressed the edges and added glitter.Here is a close up of the corner images and the frame. I tore and distressed the paper around the inside edges of the frame and added glitter.
Supplies
Crafty Secrets: Creating With Vintage Patterns CD, Mini-Vintage Creative Scraps, Altered Fairies Creative Scraps
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White
Ink: Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ Finesse Swirls White Pearls, 72 Count Pink Pearls; Plaid Mod Podge; Finishing Files; Clearsnap Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter, Glue Gloss; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ 3D Foam Squares

Please be sure to visit all of the Crafty Secrets DT Members and see what they have been busy creating to share with you.


Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope you enjoy the blog hop and have a wonderfully creative day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge - New Products - Play Ball

Good morning!! It's time for another Crafty Secrets Design Team Challenge! This month our challenge is to design a project with some of the fantastic New products from Crafty Secrets. I used the New Play Ball stamp set from Crafty Secrets to design this fun Baseball card. This would be perfect for a little boy's birthday. To start I stamped the image using Rich Cocoa Ink and stamped on to Simply Smooth White cardstock. The I added color to the image using Copic markers.Next I stamped several of the images, added a little color with a red Copic marker and then hand cut the images. Then I used the Grand Calibur and S4-335 Star Circles #4 to cut/emboss the die cut shape. Then I inked the edges of all the piece with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Inks.To create the background I stamped the star image with Lady Bug ink and then inked the outer edges with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.Here is a close up of the image of the little boy playing ball.I added some of the images to the bottom half of the card.
Supplies
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Play Ball Stamp Set
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Really Red 80#
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa, Lady Bug; Ranger Antique Linen, Vintage Photo Distress Inks; Copic Markers
Dies: Spellbinders Grand Calibur, S4-335 Star Circles #4
Accessories: Ranger Red Stickles; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares

Please be sure to visit the Crafty Secrets Design Team Members to see what they have been busy creating to share with you.


Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Crafty Secrets - NEW CD Creating with Vintage Patterns - NEW Design Team Members

Good morning!! Today I have a digital layout to share with you using the NEW CD Creating with Vintage Patterns from Crafty Secrets!The NEW CD will be available very soon!! Here is the digital layout I designed using one of the patterned papers from the CD. I also used one of the frames and several elements for embellishments. I added the little bouquets of flowers to the top border and by the picture frame. Then I added some doilies, buttons and a piece of pink lace trim. I changed the color of the lace to match the paper and I added a really soft drop shadow to several of the elements.

Did you see the announcement on the Heartwarming Vintage Blog about the New Design Team? Awhile back Sandy, owner of Crafty Secrets had the first ever design team call for Crafty Secrets!! Over 60 people applied and I know Sandy said it was a very hard decision! Out of the 60 people who applied 8 New Designers were added to the team!!

Please Welcome~





Also here are the current Design Team Members that will be continuing with the Design Team.


Heidi Blankenship *that's me ;-)


Julie Campbell


Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Wonderful Weekend!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge (Masculine Theme)

Good morning! Today is the Crafty Secrets DT Challenge and for this month our challenge was to create something with a masculine theme. I have a link list at the bottom of this post for all of the DT Members so please be sure to visit each of their blogs to see what they have been busy creating. I know I can't wait to see what they have been up to!!I designed a card with a masculine theme using the Car Classics and Photo Studio stamp sets from Crafty Secrets. All of the car related stamps are from the Car Classics stamp set and I used the film strip from the Photo Studio stamp set. I love the red, white and black color combination and I think it looks very striking. Here is a close up of the car from the Car Classics stamp set. I used Copic markers to add the color. I used these four shades for red R17, R27, R29, R39 for the card and C0, T5 to color in the gray areas.The banner is also from the Car Classics stamp set. I stamped the image using Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers and hand cut. Then I place a piece of black ribbon behind the banner and used 3D Foam Squares to add a little dimension to the banner. For a finishing touch I added a few pieces for Baby Silver Rhinestones 100 Count from Want2Scrap™ on the crown.To create the border along the bottom I used the film strip stamp from Photo Studio and the small car images from Car Classic fit perfectly in the spaces. I used Copic markers to add a little color and distressed the edges. I added black ribbon behind the border to finish it off. I added another piece of the black ribbon to the top and a few pieces for Baby Silver Rhinestones 100 Count from Want2Scrap™. All of the cardstock is from Discount Cardstock. I think this would make a perfect card for Father's Day (which is right around the corner!), a birthday or just a thinking of you card.

Supplies
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Car Classics, Photo Studio
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Soot, Berry Red Double Mates
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Coipc Markers R17, R27, R29, R39, C0, T5
Accessories: Want2Scrap™ Baby Silver Rhinestones 100 Count; Joann's Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares; Distress Tool

Please be sure to visit each of the Crafty Secrets Design Team Members listed below and the Crafty Secrets Blog!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope you have a beautiful day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge (Paper Piecing)

Hello and good morning! Did you all have a wonderful holiday weekend? I sure hope so!! Today is the Crafty Secrets DT Challenge and the theme for this challenge is paper piecing. We could use any of the Crafty Secrets stamp sets and solid colored or printed paper. Here is the card that I designed. I used some of the New Craft Secrets CD Papers to create my project. I used the Blue Damask and Sandra Damask (pink) to create my flower and banner on the card.For the flower I used a stamp image from the Dahlia stamp set and stamped it three times with Rich Cocoa ink on to the Sandra Damask Paper. Then I hand cut the images having each one a little smaller so I could layer the flower.Here is a close up of the dahlia flower. I inked the edges with Rich Cocoa ink and then added White Pearls from Want2Scrap to the center and Diamond Stickles to the edges. For layering the flower I used 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue from Beacon Adhesives. I used folded pieces of light green ribbon to create the leave.To create the banner I used Blue Damask and Sandra Damask (pink) from the Crafty Secrets CD Papers and stamped the banner pieces using stamps from the Artsy Banner stamp set. I hand cut each piece and the word blocks are from Crafty Secrets Altered Fairies Creative Scraps.Here is a close up of the banner once it was all pieced together. I inked the edges of the Blue Damask pieces with Antique Linen and then I inked all of the pieces with Rich Cocoa ink and edged the pieces with Diamond Stickles. I used 3D Foam Squares for the layering. To finish off the banner I used a piece of vintage lace trim and some Turquoise Baby Bling from Want2Scrap and a couple of buttons.I love all of the dimension from the layers!The sentiment is from the Glamour Girls stamp set. For a finishing touch I added White Pearl Swirls on each side of the dahlia from Want2Scrap.

Supplies
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Dahlia, Artsy Banners, Glamour Girls
Paper: Crafty Secrets CD Papers Damask Blue, Sandra Damask (pink); Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth Ivory, Gray Cloud
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
Accessories: Crafty Secrets Altered Fairies Creative Scraps (word blocks); Want2Scrap White Pearl Swirls, White Pearls, Turquoise Baby Bling; Ranger Diamond Stickles; Beacon Adhesives 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue; Joann's Casa Collection Light Green Ribbon; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares; Buttons, Thread, Aunt Gail Lace Trim

I can't wait to see what the other girls have been busy creating!! Here is a link list so you can visit each of their blogs. Sophie La Fontaine is the Guest Designer for April for Crafty Secrets. Sophie doesn't happen to have a blog but you can see her design work on the Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Blog.
  • Vicki Chrisman Team Leader
  • Pam Hooten
  • Heidi Blankenship
  • Linda Duke
  • Michele Kovack
  • Flo Teixeira from France
  • Melissa Phillips
  • Julie Campbell
  • Mary Hamer
  • April Guest Designer: Sophie La Fontaine
    • (you can see Sopies work on the Heartwarming Vintage Blog)

    Thanks you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Fantastic Day!!

    Hugs & Smiles,
    Heidi
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    Saturday, March 19, 2011

    Crafty Secrets and Eclectic Paperie (Shabby) blog hop

    Good morning! Yesterday was the Blog Hop with Crafty Secrets and Eclectic Paperie and I had other commitments for my blog yesterday so Sandy, owner of Crafty Secrets posted my projects for the Blog Hop on the Crafty Secrets Blog and now I get to share them here with you today. If you missed the Blog Hop yesterday here are the details and you could have a chance to win some great blog candy!! Both EP and Crafty Secrets will be giving away prizes. A total of six prizes all together! You can find out more about the prizes on the Heartwarming Vintage and Eclectic Paperie blogs. ( linked below). The more DT blogs you visit and leave comments on, the more you increase your chances to win one of the 6 prizes. Winners to be announced on Monday. **Edit** Sandy from Crafty Secrets added a few more prizes!! So you know what that means--even more chances to win!!!

    I have two projects to share with you today. The first one is a tag I designed using Wonderland Tea Creative Scraps and Greetings from Wonderland stamp set from Crafty Secrets. I hand cut the tag image, rabbit, key hole and ticket from the Wonderland Tea Creative Scraps. I used Copic marker BG72 Ice Ocean to color in the checker border and on the ribbon. Then I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I stamped the sentiment on to the tag and the cat onto Simply Smooth White Cardstock and colored with Copics.I added a black eyelet to the top and added the ribbon and added Pink Stickles to the roses.

    Supplies
    Stamps: Crafty Secrets Greetings from Wonderland
    Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White
    Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Copic Markers
    Accessories: Crafty Secrets Wonderland Tea Creative Scraps; Ranger Pink Stickles; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares; Ribbon, Eyelet

    For my second project I designed a sweet little boy card. I think the Little Boys stamp set from Crafty Secrets is so adorable!I started by stamping several of the images from the Little Boys stamp set using Rich Cocoa ink. Then I started to add color using Copic markers. Next I added the greens for the shirt and the grass. I used three Copic colors for the hair.These are the Copic colors I used for the skin, eyes and cheeks and lips.After all of the coloring was done I used the Grand Calibur, S4-307 Reverse Wonky Rectangles #6 and S4-324 Ribbon Banners from Spellbinders to cut/emboss the die cut shapes. Then I inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. To add a little texture to the grass I added Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft.I stamped the image of the frog, colored with Copic markers and added a 3D Foam Square to pop him up.I stamped the images of the airplane, colored with Copic markers and added a 3D Foam Square to pop it up. I also added faux stitching lines around the edge.For the base of the card I used LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven.

    Supplies
    Stamps: Crafty Secrets Little Boys
    Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White; WolrdWin Green, Blue
    Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
    Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven #2, #3, S4-307 Reverse Wonky Rectangles #6, S4-324 Ribbon Banners
    Accessories: Flower Soft Glue, Ultra Fine Sage; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares


    Crafty Secrets Team

    The E-Team:

    Thank you so much for stopping today and I hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

    Hugs & Smiles,
    Heidi
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