Steampunk'd Christmas

Hello it's Gracie! Days are going by so fast and Christmas is right around the corner, so there's only a few more days left to make beautiful Christmas projects. Today I have a tag to share with you. To make it I used a very nice stamp set from Sin City Stamps called Steampunk'd Christmas. I honestly love how this tag turned out.

To make my tag I followed these steps:

1. Stamp and heat emboss in gold the largest gear stamp on a beige cardstock tag. I stamped it twice.
2. Stamp and heat emboss in gold a post stamp on the tag too.
3. Apply Crafter's Ink in Aquamarine and Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to the tag using a sponge applicator.
4. Die cut three poinsettias in white and sponge with ink to match the tag's background.
5. Embellish the poinsettias with aquamarine pearl stickers.

6. Stamp the Christmas word sentiment to a piece of beige cardstock and cut a banner.
7. Apply inks to the banner to match the rest of the design.
8. Double mount the sentiment banner to the bottom of the tag using foam adhesive.
9. As a final touch, add jute twine around the poinsettia bouquet and a piece of gold ribbon to the tag eyelet. I roughly sponged aquamarine ink the the gold ribbon to give it a vintage look.

The Steampunk'd Christmas stamp set is so versatile! It gives you so many options to create both backgrounds and focal elements on any paper crafting or mixed media project.

I hope you liked my tag and tutorial. Thank you for stopping by!

Butterfly Canvases

Hello! It's Gracie. This month Sin City Stamps has partnered with Cottonwood Arts. I've used their excellent canvases for various projects of mine, and today I want to share a set of butterfly canvases I've colored and embellished.


Though I have presented these canvases individually, I had the intention of coordinating their design to hang them together as a set. I used 6"x 6" round corner canvases.

Check out How to Make a 3D Embellished Canvas With Pan Pastels by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

Check out How to Make a Shabby Chic Canvas Using a Gelli Plate by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you are inspired to get some Cottonwood canvases to try out some or many of the techniques we've been sharing with you this month! If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog!

Thanks for stopping by.

Colorful Canvas

This month Sin City Stamps is partnering with Cottonwood Arts. Cottonwood Arts offers a variety of art products: canvas notebooks, sketchbooks, cold press blocks and more.

Today I want to share with you a mixed media project I made with a 6 1/2" x 4" Cottonwood Arts canvas. This canvas is really great quality... It can hold many layers of products, which makes it perfect for mixed media.

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps Rosette Hearts stamp set
Sin City Stamps Chickenwire with Butterflies chipboard sheet
Cottonwood Arts 6 1/2" x 4" canvas
Other
Pan Pastels
Crafter's Inks
Sponge applicator
Die cuts
Gold acrylic paint
Tacky glue
Homemade gesso
Textured cardstock in white and beige
Gold embossing powder

I have a complete step by step tutorial on how to make this colorful canvas. Start the guide below to check it out!

Check out How to Make a Mini Canvas With Lots of Texture and Color by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my project and tutorial. If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog.

Shabby Chic Canvas

Hello and welcome! It's Graciellie posting today.This month Sin City Stamps has partnered with Gelli Arts! What a great combination of products! I've had a great time creating personalized backgrounds with Gelli Arts' Gel Plate, and adding details with SCS stamps. It's almost therapeutic the way the projects come together, and how we have no precise control of the resulting background using the Gel Plate (a truly spontaneous artistic process).

Today I want to show you a 6"x 6" pink, gold, and silver canvas I made.
 

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps:
Butterfly Mask
Chicken Wire with Butterflies Mask
Love of Butterflies Plate of Rubber
Gelli Arts 5"x 7" Gel Plate
Cotton Wood Arts 6"x 6" canvas (to be released)
Other
Crackle Embossing Paste
Palette knife
Brush
Baby wipes
Paints: Poster paint in pink and metallic acrylic paints in gold and silver
Embellishments: 2" lace, 3/8" gross grain ribbon, gold vintage buttons, Fused string pearl beads, pearls, crystals
Adhesives: Uhu all purpose adhesive, Bazic two sided tape

I layered many butterflies that I stamped, heat embossed in gold and fuzzy cut to create a 3D effect. The background was created with Gelli Arts Gel Plate. I also stenciled the canvas with crackle embossing paste, which added to the shabby chic design.

I prepared a step by step tutorial for you. Start the guide below to check it out!

Check out How to Make a Shabby Chic Canvas Using a Gelli Plate by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you like my project and tutorial! For more about the products used, click on the links added to the supply list. If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

One Layer Printing & Stamping with Gelli Plates

Hello, it's Gracie posting today. I'm excited to share a project I made for Sin City Stamps in partnership with Gelli Arts, the makers of Gel Printing Plates. I created a stamped image with an amazing background, all in one layer!

Supplies
Alice 2 Art Rubber Stamps - Sin City Stamps
5"x7" Gelli™ Printing Plate - Gelli Arts
Memento Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black
Miscelaneous
Paints: acrylic paint in metallic silver, poster paints in blue and yellow
Cardstocks: white linen cardstock, blue and green leather textured cardstock
Embellishments: 1/4" red satin ribbon, Vynil silver gem
Adhesives: Mounting foam tape, Uhu all purpose adhesive

Tutorial
I have a step by step photo tutorial for you at Sin City Stamps' blog. To view it, please start the guide below.

Check out How to Do One Layer Printing & Stamping With Gelli Plates by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my fun Alice in Wonderland card and it's tutorial! I truly recommend you try out the Gelli Plates, they are very versatile and easy to use. 

If you would like to check out this cute art rubber stamp, click on the link added to the supply list or click here to be directed to Sin City Stamps store! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

PanPastel Florals

Hello! It's Gracie from Graciellie Design. It's time to show you my last project for this month's collaboration between Sin City Stamps and PanPastel. What an amazing collaboration should I say! In this opportunity I made a card featuring a technique I really enjoy, colored dry embossing.

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps - Love of Butterflies (sc4) plate of rubber
PanPastel - Violet, Violet Tint and Permanent Green
Other
Blender marker
Embossing Folder
Papers - Beige leather textured cardstock, lilac metallic cardstock
Adhesives - Mounting tape, two sided tape and Uhu all purpose adhesive
Lilac gross grain ribbon

I have a step by step photo tutorial for you. To see how I made my card, please start the guide below.

Check out How to Color a Dry Embossed Background With PanPastels by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my card and tutorial. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lilac Canvas - Pan Pastel & Sin City Stamps

Hello and welcome. It's Gracie from Graciellie Design and I'm excited to be here once more, to share with you a new project. This month Sin City Stamps has partnered with PanPastel, and I am very excited! My teammates have been presenting such creative projects on the Sin City Stamps' blog showcasing products from both companies, and they've done an amazing job.

PanPastel is such a forgiving medium, it blends so well, it can be corrected with a simple eraser, and it has such rich color, it's is a delight to work with them!

For my project I used PanPastel in Lilac and Lilac Tint together with Sin City Stamps chipboard pieces and rubber stamps. I made a canvas, embellished with handmade flowers and many other elements.

Supplies
Sin City Stamps: Love of Butterflies rubber plate, Chicken Wire with Butterflies Mask, Chicken Wire w/Butterflies Chipboard Sheet, Chicken wire with Butterflies Chipboard Book,
PanPastel: Violet, Violet Tint
Cottonwood Arts: Cottonwood Arts Thin 6"x 6"Canvas (to be released), Angled Cut Art Sponge - Sofft Tools
DreamWeaver Pearlescent Embossing Paste
Add a Little Dazzle metal sheet
Miscelaneous: Ribbon, lace, glitter, acrylic paint, vellum, cardstock, various adhesives, pearls and crystals

I have a step by step tutorial for you! Please click on start the guide below to check it out.

Check out How to Make a 3D Embellished Canvas With Pan Pastels by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed my project and tutorial as much as I enjoyed making it and I hope you are inspired to try it out too! If you have any questions feel free to contact me through a comment here or at my blog.

Vintage Double Fold Halloween Card

Hello everyone! It's Gracie. Welcome to my final post for this month's amazing partnership between Sin City Stamps and Altered Pages. We have certainly had so much fun creating our projects, and I hope we've inspired you with everything we've shared too!

Today I have a vintage, double fold Halloween card, using sweet Halloween images from Altered Pages, and chipboard elements from Sin City Stamps.

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps Alice in Wonderland Chipboard Book 
Sin City Stamps Chicken wire with Butterflies sheet Chipboard
Sin City Stamps  Love of Butterflies Plate of Rubber
Altered Pages Vintage Halloween Collage
Altered Pages Antique Halloween Collage
Altered Pages Halloween 1950s Collage
Altered Pages Bright Green Cardstock 8.5 x 11
Altered Pages Bright Orange Cardstock 8.5 x 11
Altered Pages NIJI Oil pastels
Altered Pages SKULL Ribbons
Other
White linen, light brown Leather textured, and beige Feuille carstocks
Light brown burlap ribbon
Copper and Clear embossing powders
Distress Inks in: Old Paper, Vintage Photo and embossing
Color Box white pigment ink
Patterned papers from my stash
Small wood clothespin
Vintage gold button
Various adhesives

As you can see, every side of the card was matted and embellished, except for one, which was left that way in order to write a message to the recipient.

To learn how to make this card please check out my Snapguide below. Just click on the Start the Guide button and follow each step.

Check out How to Make a Vintage Double Fold Halloween Card by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

If you have any questions about this project, don't hesistate to contact me through a comment here or at my blog.

I do hope you enjoyed seeing my card. If you'd like to make a card like this, and would like to purchase the products I used, click on the linked supples listed above.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time!

Vintage Fairy Album

Hello! I'm Gracie from Graciellie Design and this is my very first post for Sin City Stamps. Today I'll be sharing a vintage/shabby chic fairy album I made using products from Sin City Stamps and from our blog partner for the month of August, Altered Pages. I will guide you through each step of the process through a photo tutorial.

Everything on this album was made from scratch, from the handmade flowers to the inside pages... To make it, I used the following materials:

Main supplies
Sin City Stamps Chicken wire w/ Butterflies Chipboard Book
Sin City Stamps Love of Butterflies Plate of Rubber
Sin City Stamps Chicken Wire with Butterflies Mask
Altered Pages' Fragile Fairies collage
Altered Pages' Fairy Wings Collage
Altered Pages' Alphabet F Collage
Altered Pages' Library Card
Other
Poster paint
Acrylic paint
Inka-Gold
Distress Inks
Pigment ink
Leather textured and metallic cardstocks
Spellbinders dies
Pearl stickers
Pearl stamens
Vintage button
Adhesives
Ribbon

To see how I created my album, please start the guide below and follow each step.

Check out How to Make a Vintage Fairy Album by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed my project and tutorial. To purchase the products I used to create this album, please click on the corresponding link on the list of supplies. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me through a comment here or at my blog.  

Thanks so much for your visit.