Happy Birthday Card

I have one more project to share with you today.

   Today, I'm up on Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's Blog as a monthly blogger sharing my Happy Birthday Card. My card features a variety of dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Inks and Scribble Sticks from Ranger Ink, and adhesive from Tombow USA.

You'll want to make sure to stop by the Creative Scrapbooker Blog to learn how to recreate my Happy Birthday Card at home.

To see my Southern Ridge Trading Company post, head here. 

Thank for stopping by!

- Katelyn

For You Tag

Happy Monday! I'm back on Southern Ridge Trading Company's blog sharing with you my For You Tag. For today's post, I've created this For You Tag that's perfect to add to a gift bag or to give to that special someone in your life. I hope that my For You Tag will inspire you to want to recreate it at home.

You'll want to stop by Southern Ridge Trading Company's Blog so that you can learn how to recreate my For You Tag at home.

- Katelyn

Spring Magic Art Journal Page

Yesterday I enjoyed some time to play in my art journal. I find that I like to do a page or two in my art journal when I'm trying to get inspired or if I just want to play and not have to think how the final project will turn out. So, for my art journal page, I pulled out a variety of dies from ModaScrap, Joset Designs and Suzanne Cannon and stamps from Krista Schneider to create my Spring Magic Art Journal Page. Read below as I share with you how I created some of the elements on my art journal page.

For the base of my art journal page. I started with a layer of dictionary paper and added a coat of white gesso overtop of it. Once the gesso has dried,  using a paint brush, tap Turquoise, Aquamarine and Jade Magenta Nuance powder on the art journal page. Spritz with water. Let the colour dry. 

After the colour has dried, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Circle Background stamp from Krista Schneider and stamp the circles randomly on your art journal page. 

The strips of paper were cut from Joset Designs Decorative Edges 1 die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. After the edges were cut, you'll want to trim them to desired width and lengths. On one strip, sprinkle Turquoise Magenta Nuance powder and then spritz with water. On the second strip, sprinkle Aquamarine Magenta Nuance powder and spritz with water. On the third strip, sprinkle Jade Magenta Nuance powder and then spritz with water. Let the strips dry and then adhere them in the center of the coloured area. Die cut the Dandelion Fluff die from ModaScrap out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Foam square the dandelion fluff pieces and adhere over top of the strips.

Die cut the Spring Magic, A Way With Words Die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Jade and Turquoise Magenta Nuance powder over the words and spritz with water. Let the words dry. Once the words had dried, foam square the Spring Magic and adhere to the left of the dandelion fluff.

Die cut the small Dragonfly die from ModaScrap out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Foam square the dragonfly and adhere it to the top right hand corner of the art journal page. To add some extra interest to the page, rub Black Soot and Brushed Pewter Distress Crayon randomly on the page. Rub Black Soot Distress Crayon in the top left and bottom right hand corners of the art journal page.

To finish your art journal page, splatter Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain randomly on the finished art journal page. Keep the art journal page open to allow for the spray stain to dry.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- A Way With Words: Magic 

- A Way With Words: 4 Seasons

- Dragonfly

- Dandelion Fluff

- Decorative Edges 1

- Circles Background Stamp

- Laundry Party Stamp Set

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- 3mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies Used:

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Dina Wakley for Ranger Ink: White Gesso

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Collage Medium - Matte, Distress Spray Stain - Brushed Pewter and Distress Crayons - Black Soot & Brushed Pewter

- Magenta: Nuance Powder - Turquoise, Aquamarine and Jade

- Misc: Dictionary Pages and Heat Tool

- Katelyn

Thinking of You Card

Happy Friday!  I've been busy playing with the Colour My Flowers stamp set and die set designed by Joset Designs. I love how this card has turned out and by colouring the flowers with sparkle markers, the flowers really sparkle. Read below as I share with you how to recreate my Thinking of You Card at home.

Start by applying Jet Black Archival Ink to one of the leaf stamps and stamp it onto a piece of Watercolour Cardstock. Repeat the previous step for stamping the leaf a second time as well as stamp the other leaf twice. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to four of the flower stamps and stamp onto the same piece of Watercolour Cardstock. One of the flower stamps, you'll need to stamp twice. Colour the flowers and leaves using the following Spectrum Noir Sparkle Markers: Emerald Green, Holly Leaf, Cosmos, Rose Quartz, Sea Breeze, Moonlight, Pink Garnet, Clear and Moonstone. Die cut the leaves and flowers out using the corresponding dies. Ink the edges of the flowers and leaves using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the 4" Dashing Rectangle out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the dashing rectangle piece using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Words 2 - Thinking of You die set, die cut the "Thinking of You" words out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Blend Jet Black Archival Ink over the entire surface of each word. 

Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the flowers across the middle of the dashing rectangle piece. Adhere the leaves where desired in amongst the flowers.

Use foam squares to adhere the "Thinking of You" sentiment overtop of the middle flower. 

To finish your card, cut a cardbase that measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4". Use foam squares to adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here's a closeup of the finished card.

And here's the finished Thinking of You card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Colour My Flowers Stamp Set

- Colour My Flowers Die Set

- Dashing Rectangles

- Words 2 - Thinking of You

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies Used:

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam

- Crafters Companion: Sparkle Markers - Emerald Green, Holly Leaf, Cosmos, Rose Quartz, Sea Breeze, Moonlight, Pink Garnet, Clear and Moonstruck

- Misc: Watercolour Cardstock

- Katelyn

Emerald Creek Embossing Powder Class at Country Lane

 I just wanted to let you all know that I will be teaching an Emerald Creek Embossing Powder Class featuring Seth Apter's Baked Texture Embossing Powders on Saturday, May.12th at Country Lane in Surrey, BC.  I would love to see you at my class. Scroll down for the description below the photo, which will include the time, cost and how to register for the class. 

Katelyn Grosart from Emerald Creek will be showing you the wildly popular embossing powders from Emerald Creek!!! You will make a card and a tag using the fabulous Baked Texture Embossing powders. The Vintage Beeswax is just amazing! Katelyn will be teaching this fabulous projects on Saturday, May.12th from 10:30am to 12:30pm The cost of the class is $30.00. To register for the class and to get a full list of supplies you need to bring, you can call Country Lane at 604-574-9088. 

I'm looking forward to seeing you in class!

-Katelyn

Live, Love, Meow Tag

Happy Monday! I'm back on Wild Whisper's blog sharing my last post for this month. I've been playing with their Fur Babies Collection, to create this Live, Love, Meow Tag.

All the details and a full tutorial on my Live, Love, Meow Tag can be found on Wild Whisper's blog. Don't forget that when you order the Fur Babies Collection, Wild Whisper will donate part of the proceeds from the collection to three local animal rescues.  Make sure to continue checking out the Wild Whisper Blog as the design team is always creating beautiful projects to inspire you.

When ordering from Wild Whisper Design, make sure to use promo code: DTKatelynG to receive 10% off your order.

Thank for stopping by!

- Katelyn

Scissor Spring Mechanism Designer Challenge

It's time for a new Designer Challenge on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today.  For April's challenge it's all about using the Scissor Spring Mechanisms Die by Becky Seddon. The inspiration for my project was Krista Schneider's Cacti stamp. With the cacti stamp in hand, I set out to create this clean and simple You're so Sharp! Notecard. Make sure to read below as I have a tutorial for you so that you can re-create my You're so Sharp! Notecard at home. Make sure to read all the way down to the bottom of the post as there's some information on how to get in on the fabulous giveaway from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

To start, die cut the small Scissor Spring Mechanism out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. To assemble the scissor spring, slide the two pieces together where the slits are, this will create two diamonds. Cut one of the diamonds off. Fold the top and bottoms so that they face out.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Cacti stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Place the co-ordinating die overtop of the cacti and run it through your die cutting machine. Watercolour the plant pot using Tombow Markers number 969 and 977. To watercolour the cacti use Tombow Marker number 249. For water colouring the top of the cacti, use Tombow Marker number 847. Ink the edges of the cacti using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Dashing Rectangles die, die cut the 3 1/2" dashing rectangle out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the "You're so Sharp!" stamp and stamp at the bottom of the rectangle.

From the Stitched Ovals die, die cut the 2 1/2" stitched oval out of green patterned paper from the Thinking About...Rio De Janeiro Paper Pack. Ink the edges of the stitched oval using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.  

With the Stitched Ovals dies still out, die cut the 2" stitched oval out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the stitched oval using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.  

Adhere the 2" White Soft Finish Stitched Oval to the 2 1/2" Patterned Paper Stitched Oval. Adhere the 2 1/2" patterned paper stitched oval to the middle of the cardfront.

Adhere the scissor spring mechanism to the back of the cacti image. Adhere the scissor spring mechanism to the middle of the 2" stitched oval.

To finish your notecard, cut a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 5" x 7 1/2", score at 3 3/4". Adhere your cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few close up photos of the You're so Sharp! Notecard. 

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For today's challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away a $20 Gift Card to use on our website to 3 winners. 

To enter simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Facebook Giveaway Blog Post or the Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post and tell us What Elizabeth Craft Designs dies or stamp sets would you use with the Scissor Spring Mechanism die set to create a card, scrapbook layout of home decor item?

We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing 

The winners will be announced on Friday, April 20th on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog and our Facebook page.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

- Cacti Stamps

- Cacti Dies

- Dashing Rectangles

- Stitched Ovals

- Scissor Spring Mechanisms

- ModaScrap: Thinking About...Rio De Janeiro

- Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6mm

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo & Blending Tool & Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Tombow Markers: 969, 977, 249 & 847

- Katelyn

Chase Your Dreams Art Journal Page

 I'm excited to be back on Wild Whisper's blog sharing my third post for the month. I've been playing with their No Place Like Home and Classic Woodgrains Collection, to create this Chase Your Dreams Art Journal Page.

All the details and a full tutorial on my Chase Your Dreams Art Journal Page can be found on Wild Whisper's blog. Make sure to keep on checking out my blog and Wild Whisper's blog because myself as well as the rest of the design team will be sharing lots of projects featuring the Wild Whimsy Collection and the Fur Babies Collection. 

When ordering from Wild Whisper Design, make sure to use promo code: DTKatelyn to receive 10% off your order.

Thank for stopping by!

- Katelyn

Adore Spring Tag

I'm up on Southern Ridge Trading Company's blog sharing with you my Adore Spring Tag today. Spring is definitely here and the flowers are starting to bloom here on Vancouver Island. So for today's post, I've created this Adore Spring Tag that's perfect for that special someone in your life. I hope that my Adore Spring Tag will inspire you to want to recreate it at home.

You'll want to stop by Southern Ridge Trading Company's Blog so that you can learn how I created my Adore Spring Tag at home.

- Katelyn

Salty but Sweet Notecard

Happy Monday! I'm back on Wild Whisper's blog sharing my second post for the month.   I've been playing with their Wild Whimsy Collection and have created this Salty but Sweet Notecard.

All the details and a full tutorial on my Salty but Sweet Notecard can be found on Wild Whisper's blog. Make sure to keep on checking out my blog and Wild Whisper's blog because myself as well as the rest of the design team will be sharing lots of projects featuring the Wild Whimsy Collection and the Fur Babies Collection. 

When ordering from Wild Whisper Design, make sure to use promo code: DTKatelyn to receive 10% off your order.

Thank for stopping by!

- Katelyn

World's Best Fur Babies Card

I'm back with one more post to share with you today! I'm up on Wild Whisper's blog today sharing my first post for the month.  For my post today, I've been playing with their new collection - Fur Babies and have created this World's Best Fur Babies Card.

For all the details and a full tutorial on my World's Best Fur Babies Card, you'll want to stop by the Wild Whisper blog. Make sure to keep on checking out my blog as well as Wild Whisper's blog because myself and the rest of the design team will be sharing lots of projects featuring the Wild Whimsy Collection as well the Fur Babies Collection. 

Thank for stopping by!

- Katelyn

Birthday Wishes Card

Happy Monday! I hope that you had a wonderful long weekend with family and friends. I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today sharing my Birthday Wishes Card. To create my card I used some dies from Joset Designs, Els van de Burgt Studio and ModaScrap.

You'll want to make sure your way over to Elizabeth Crafts Designs Blog to read all about how I created my Happy Birthday Card, so that you're able to recreate it for your home. 

- Katelyn