Cherry Blossom Tag - CHA....We are on our way with Emerald Creek Crafts!

Today is my last CHA project for Emerald Creek Crafts!

I love charms and the new releases are amazing ~ the cherry blossoms
round charm is a new favourite!

One of the new charms available from Emerald Creek is this gorgeous

 round Cherry Blossom . I decided to use my Distress Paints to add some colour

but in the end I decided that the black was a bit too harsh. I decided to save this charm for another project but painted up another one - this time only adding colour to the flowers & leaves.

The Branch Tree die from Sizzix is 3 layers of watercolour paper all sandwiched together then painted with Ranger Gold acrylic paint using a foam makeup applicator.

Here is a closeup of the texture of the tree & the painted charm.

Thank you for dropping in and checking out my CHA projects for

 Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

~~stay crafty~~

julia


Be sure to visit the rest of the Emerald Creek DT blogs for more exciting CHA projects!

Karon Hughes

Diana Hetherington

Cathy Potosky

Katelyn Grosart

Claudia Neubacher

Shilpa Nagonkar

Come join us over at the Emerald Creek Dares blog and share in our NEW Adventure!

We want to see what you are making with your NEW Christmas presents,NEW purchases, NEW techniques, NEW CHA stuff even if you are one of the lucky few to have yours right away.

Love Defined Tag - CHA Release from Emerald Creek Crafts

It's Day 3 of CHA Release from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies

Today my project features a brand new charm - The Intertwined Hearts 

and Candy Red Embossing Powder. 

This was my first project using the new December Distress 

colour release from Ranger & Tim Holtz ~ Candied Apple.

I started with a tag covered in  2 coats of gesso. I then added some Candied Apple stain, spritzed with a bit of water then dried with my heat tool. I then added some Candied Apple paint at the top of the tag spritzed it with water and let it drip down the tag. Then dried it again with my heat tool. 

I used my Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush to add some splatters in Ground Espresso & Picket Fence Distress Paints.

I used Candy Red Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek on the Heart Charm. Once it was cool I used a small bit of sand paper to distress the charm and then added some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

I was happy to be able to use a set of Mini Nested Stamp Frames from Southern Ridge Trading Company.

The largest frame in the pack was scalloped edged with hearts. Perfect for my Love themed tag.

I first painted the chipboard frame with Candied Apple Distress Paint. Once it was dry I then covered the frame with Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint. After patiently waiting for that layer to dry I used my fingernail to scrape off some of the crackle and reveal a bit more of the red. I finished my frame off with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

I finished my tag off with a sprig of greenery cut from the Sizzix Garden Greens Die and some flowers cut with the Tiny Tattered Florals Thinlits.

Thanks so much for coming by my blog today ~ be sure to drop by tomorrow for my 4th and final CHA project.

~~ stay crafty ~~

julia

Be sure to visit the rest of the Emerald Creek DT blogs for more exciting CHA projects!

Karon Hughes

Diana Hetherington

Cathy Potosky

Katelyn Grosart

Claudia Neubacher

Shilpa Nagonkar

Come join us over at the Emerald Creek Dares blog and share in our NEW Adventure!

We want to see what you are making with your NEW Christmas presents,NEW purchases, NEW techniques, NEW CHA stuff even if you are one of the lucky few to have yours right away.

Time To Soar Tag - CHA Release from Emerald Creek Crafts

It's Day 2 of CHA and I just know that Kim is having the time of her life down in Anaheim!

Here is another CHA project I designed using an Emerald Creek Supplies charm and exclusive embossing powders.

I used the Birdcage Charm from Emerald Creek  painted with alcohol inks.

I added Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder ~ an exclusive blend available only at 

Emerald Creek.

Thank you for dropping in today ~ come back tomorrow for another CHA project featuring a brand new charm from Emerald Creek and another embossing powder!

~~ stay crafty ~~

julia


Be sure to visit the rest of the Emerald Creek DT blogs for more exciting CHA projects!

Karon Hughes

Diana Hetherington

Cathy Potosky

Katelyn Grosart

Claudia Neubacher

Shilpa Nagonkar

Koi Pond - CHA...We are on our way with Emerald Creek Crafts!

Today is the first day of CHA in Anaheim and Kim ~ owner of Emerald Creek Craft Supplies ~ and Nicole of Nicole Wright Designs are at the big show showing off their exciting new products. 

I am absolutely out of mind excited to share my first CHA project.
Emerald Creek Craft Supplies has two brand new set of stamps designed by
  Nicole Wright under the brand Nicole Wright Designs.
One is called Fallen Blossom and is a set of 5 cling stamps. The other one (used on my card)
is called Upstream and comes in a set of 6. They are beautiful!

I was inspired to make a bendy fold card using the Koi images.
There are lots of tutorials for Bendy Fold Cards on Pinterest ~ I used this one
from SplitCoast Stampers.

My card base was cut from 100lb cardstock from Emerald Creek in white then covered in a pattern paper I had in my stash. Once my card was assembled it was time to start decorating with my stamped images and accessories

My Koi images are all stamped on cold press watercolour paper and coloured with a small paint brush and Distress Markers.

I added a few of the small Koi images to my card as well ~ a few hiding away in the greenery.
The greenery is diecut from the Garden Greens die from Sizzix and then stained with Peeled Paint.

The sentiment is from the Stuff To Say set from Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection.
I first stained a piece of watercolour paper with Abandoned Coral before stamping my sentiment with Black Archival Ink.

I added some gold foil along the edges to add a bit of interest.
I just love all the layers created when the card is slotted together.

Here is my finished card ~

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Please came back tomorrow to see
 another CHA project I designed for Emerald Creek.

Be sure to visit the rest of the Emerald Creek DT blogs for more exciting CHA projects!

Karon Hughes

Diana Hetherington

Cathy Potosky

Katelyn Grosart

Claudia Neubacher

Shilpa Nagonkar

Come join us over at the Emerlad Creek Dares blog and share in our NEW Adventure!

We want to see what you are making with your NEW Christmas presents,NEW purchases, NEW techniques, NEW CHA stuff even if you are one of the lucky few to have yours right away.