Paradise Lost: Deco Sheets

Saturday, 9 December 2017

Bright Lights Blog Hop - Scrap 'n Stamp Designer Challenge

Hello & welcome! You should have arrived here from Tara's post on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog.
Be sure to visit each blog on the hop and leave a comment for a chance to win a Lawn Fawn die from this months new release. Let's get hoppin'.

This month we were given the challenge of using the Lawn Fawn String of Lights die set.

- Here is my finished card -

I started with a piece of white cardstock that was 4 7/8" x 4 7/8". I took the 'string' part of the die set and placed it across the cardstock like in the photo below. I put it through my Big Shot and then removed the 'string' part. This left me with

I cut out the top layer of my balloon in red glitter paper, the bottom layer of the balloon in white cardstock, the string and lightbulb base in gold glitter paper.

I inserted the gold glitter string between the two pieces of the cardstock from step one and adhered with some doubled sided tape. I then flipped it back over and stamped my sentiment.

I then adhered my lightbulbs down along the gold string.

Next I adhered my white cardstock to a piece of 5 1/8" x 5 1/8" black cardstock.

I added some Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon to the edge and Barn Door Distress Crayon around the lightbulb with a detailer water brush.

Tara Nixon Cox

Julia Chupik - that's me!

Karla Yungwirth

Nancy Frustaci

Amy Rysavy

Karen Warner

Amber Trubiak

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Friday, 18 November 2016

Oh Deer! ~~ Wild Whisper Blog Hop

It's an exciting day! Today I am participating in a blog hop featuring a paper line from a brand new Canadian design company, Wild Whisper.

Wild Whisper launched on November 1 with an fabulous line-up of boutique products that includes paper, cork, chipboard & wood veneer, embossing powders & sequins.

If you are following the blog hop you may have come here from Kim Evans blog post - Adventure Awaits! There are plenty more fun, inspirational & creative ideas ahead. So get comfy and be inspired!

I chose the Holiday Style 12x12 paper pack & Holiday Style card pack for my project.

I absolutely love the rustic designs paired with the muted colours.

Gorgeous, right? I had a hard time choosing which paper to use because it was all so pretty!

In the end I ended up not using using any paper - my tag used 2 cards from the Holiday Style card pack.

I started with a sheet of kraft cardstock that I trimmed to 7.5" x 3.5". I cut a 2" circle at one end and scored it at 2.5" from the end with the circle.

I took the 3"x 4" Oh Deer card & rounded the bottom corners. I also used the 4"x 6" green Antler card and trimmed it down to fit the base of the tag & again rounded the bottom corners.

I then inked both cards and the kraft base first with Walnut Stain Distress Ink then Ground Espresso Ink with my round ink blending tool.

I spritzed the Oh Deer card and the kraft cardstock with some water for the droplet effect.

For the deer head - I first applied the green deco sheet from the Tim Holtz Holiday pack to some heavy card and die cut it out using the Dashing Deer die from Sizzix. I then inked the edges of the die cut the same way I did the cards.

To assemble my tag I used some score tape to adhere the Dashing Deer to the kraft cardstock at the score line. Next I stuck down the green Antler card and finally using some dimensional foam I stuck down the Oh Deer card. I added a bit of paper string and some brown sequins to the Oh Deer before I stuck it down.

My Dashing Deer was looking a bit 'naked' so I inked up some crinkle ribbon and tied it around his neck and added a Candy Cane charm from Emerald Creek.

I covered the charm with Candied Apple Distress Paint and roughly wiped some off once it had almost dried.

My finished tag is now done and ready to pop on to a wine bottle - perfect for a hostess gift!

Please leave me a comment and you will be entered to win a prize pack of both paper collections and coordinating card packs from Wild Whisper! All comments left prior to 6pm MST on Nov 25, 2016 have a chance at winning! Winner will be announced by Wild Whisper on Saturday, Nov 26.

p.s. you have to leave a comment on all the participating blogs & videos in the blog hop to be eligible.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I created with the Holiday Style pack from Wild Whisper

now head on over to YouTube to see another fabulous creation from

Tori Bissell

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