Do What Makes Your Heart Happy

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)

Thank you so much for stopping by, today! 
Your visits and lovely comments just mean so much to me and are very much appreciated!!!

I know it has been quiet here on my blog, lately! I am still working "behind the scenes" to get some projects done but I had to deal with some health and other issues during the last weeks and months... 

Slowly but steadily things seem to get back to "normal" and I hope I will be able to show more cards and other projects here on my blog again, soon!!! :)

But now onto my project for today: Above you can see a little sneak peek of my project for IMAGINE Crafts. I have used some of my favorite products here on this card: Radiant Neon inks along with Versamark and the super awesome verdigris embossing powder from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko!

You can find the card as a whole plus detailed and pictured step-by-step instructions on the IMAGINE Crafts blog! 

For a list of supplies, please refer to the grey box below this post.

I would be delighted if you hop over there and take a look (and maybe leave me a comment? :-) )

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you here on my blog again, soon :)

Sylvia xx

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Big Treble" inks + embossing powders - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Radiant Neon "Electric Blue" + "ElectricGreen", Versamark; Verdigris embossing powder tools - IMAGINE Crafts: Craft Mat, Sponge Daubers, Ink Blushers; Spellbinders die cutting machine; heat tool stencils - Dreamweaver: "Fan Pattern - LJ813"  dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Treble Clef Fri-Dies"; Spellbinders: "classic circles lg"; Paper Smooches: "Streamers" others - white cardstock; Kaisercraft: rhinestones "ice lagoon"; dimensional foam pads

IMAGINE Crafts + Dreamweaver: "Endless Possibilities" Blog Hop

This week IMAGINE Crafts and Dreamweaver Stencils are featuring a Blog Hop showcasing our fabulous products and providing some inspiration for you to get creative!  Be sure to leave your comments on each artist's post that you visit for your chance to win a fabulous prize that includes IMAGINE Crafts and Dreamweaver products.  Contest closes at 11:59pm PST on Sunday, June15th.

   

And here is my project using Versamark, gold Embossing Powder and some Delicata Silver from Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts together with the "Heart n Ribbon" stencil from Dreamweaver:

Unfortunately it is very hard to catch the gorgeousness of the golden embossing together with the sparkly, shiny silver stamping in a picture (it looks soooo beautiful and elegant in real life!!!)

Here are the "how-to"s for my anniversary card:

step 1: cut white panel slightly smaller than card base

step 2: affix stencil with washi tape to the upper third of the panel:

step 3: using a sponge dauber, pick up some  Versamark ink and dab it through the stencil:

step 4: remove stencil and generously pour gold embossing powder over the Versamark ink:

step 5: shake off excess powder and use a heat tool to melt the embossing powder:

step 6: stamp sentiment with Delicata Silver underneath the embossed image:

step 7: embellish with rhinestones

step 8: mount panel onto white card base using dimensional foam adhesive

Here are the other posts from the Artists In Residence for today:

Darsie Bruno

Isha Gupta

Baerbel Born

And presenting the posts from the Dreamweaver Design Team for today:

Dream It Up!

Pam Hornschu

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Louise Healy

Gill Wilson

Kristine Reynolds

Laura Drahozal 

Lea Kimmel 

***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like “Sorry this page cannot be found” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture or the blog’s name) and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.