Imagination Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing my first mixed media canvas I created for Sin City Stamps. I want to say that this is so different from what I normally create but I loved the quote and I just let my imagination go!

Sin City Stamps Supplies

Pattern 2 Stencil

Die Cuts- Ballon, Frame, Flower Outline, Daisy Border Chain, Stars

Silver/Blue 1/2 Round Flat Back Embellishments

Double Edge lace

Gear Charms

Globes Stamp

Butterfly Button

Other Supplies -  canvas, Gesso, Molding Paste, Beacon Fabric Adhesive, Glossy Accents, StazOn Ink (Brown), ColourArte Twinkling H2Os (yellow rose, sky blue, persimmon, moss green, blue bayou), miscellaneous small alphabet stamps, brown journaling pen. Graphic 45 Paper,  paper lace doily, sand paper

To create this canvas I started by first applying Gesso to my entire canvas. I then added some texture to my background by applying some molding paste over the Pattern 2 Stencil. 

I then added some patterned papers and die cuts onto the canvas. 

I continued layering a few more dies cuts and some lace.  You'll notice that the colors don't necessarily match.  That won't matter once I am done. 

In added my gear charms and bits of a paper doily and then applied gesso again over the whole project. 

I then stamped my Globes Stamp using my StazOn Ink. 

I then randomly painted my canvas using my ColourArte Twinkling H2Os. I just kept laying colors until I was satisfied.  I then painted my balloon with Twinkling H2Os

I then used a combination of my alphabet stamps and my journaling pen to add my quote. I topped the balloon with my butterfly button.  I then sanded my edges to smooth the edges and lightly sanded my gears to allow the metal to shine through. Once again here is my finished project. I hope you are inspired to step outside your comfort zone and create something!   Just let your imagination take you away! 

Flowery Gift Box

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this flowery gift box I created for Sin City Stamps.

Sin City Stamps Supplies

Die Cut Box

Classic Spark Stamp Set

Flower Die Cuts

Flat Back Embellishments

Bright Pink 1/2 Round Flat Back Embellishments

Ribbons - White Lace & Light Blue Satin

Other Supplies - VersaMark, Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder, Picket Fence Distress Stain

To create this project, I started by stamping the background with the Diamond background stamp from the Classic Spark Stamp Set with Versamark and then adding the Embossing Powder.

I then recolored my die cut flowers with Distress Stain.

To finish off the gift box I wrapped lace and added my flowers and embellishments for flower centers. I then topped the gift box off with a bow. Hope you enjoyed this project!

Flowery Congratulations Card

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this flower-y Card I created for Sin City Stamps.  To create this lovely card I used the following products

Sin City Supplies

Flower Border Die Cuts

Sin City Stencil Pattern 2

Butterfly Buttons

Pink 1/2 round Flatback Embellishment

Other Supplies

Faeber Castell Gelatos, Faeber Castell Glass beads, Pebbles sticker accents, Black Soot Distress Ink

To create this project I started by laying my stencil on my card base. I then mixed my gelatos and glass bead medium.  I then applied that mixture over the stencil.  You can see the result below!

While the background was drying, I recolored my die cut using my Distress Ink

I then attached the border to my card. I topped the border strip off with the pink 1/2 round Flatback embellishment and added the sticker greeting and the butterfly button.  And here is the final project.

Spring Booms Pillow Box

Chris here and today I would like to share with you this beautiful pillow box!
To create this project I started off with some amazing die cuts & stamps from Sin City Stamps.
Sin City Stamps Supplies include
Pillow Box Die Cut
Flower Die Cuts (3D and outline)
Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2 Stamps
Sin City Ribbons-Dark purple, white double lace, and light purple
Other supplies used include Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Dusty Concord

I started by stampin my pillow box with the Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2 Stamps

 I then folded my box and added some die cut flower outlines.

 I then created my 3D flowers by "rolling the up". You can see the flower before I started on the left and the finished flower on the right!

 I then attched my flowers to the pillow box and added the ribbon. You can see how I put the first  two ribbons together here. To complete the ribbons I added another bow in the light purple ribbon.

 And here is the finished project! I hope you enjoyed this project!

Happy Easter card

Chris here sharing this fun card made from the pre-made card base from Sin City Stamps. 

You can see that there are notches  on the front of the card.  They fit into little slots on the back of the card, and because the front of the card is longer than the back the front ends up being rounded and 3 dimensional.

I started off with the card base and added some faux stitching around the greeting on the front of the card.  I then decorated the inside of the card with some American Crafts papers to create a sky and grass.

I added the flower flatback embellishments from Sin City Stamps and added some hand-drawn stems.  Don't worry the stems don't have to be perfect, you are just going for a field of flowers as the background for your card. Once your background is done, fold your card and you are finished. 

Spring Gift Box

Chris here and today I am sharing this cute little gift box from Sin City Stamps. I started of with the gift box. 

I stamped images from Terri Sproul's Wish stamp set and Anime Fairies 2 Stamp Set with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

I folded the card along the fold lines and folded the gift box, gluing along all the tabs except 1 (to leave room for filling :D) I topped off the gift box with some Sin City Stamps Ribbons and a Flat back embellishment.  You can add any sentiment you would like to finish it off!  Happy Creating!

Make A Wish

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this card I created using a "Ready Made" card base from Sin City Stamps!  These make such stunning cards, but yet they are super easy.  You can dress them up any way you like!  For this card I started out with the card base and backed it with white card stock.
I added a quick stamped greeting using Terri Sproul's Wish Stamp Set and topped off the card with a Sin City Stamp's Diet Cut Flower and Butterfly Button. 

Two Hearts Card

Chris here and today I am sharing this fun LOVE card in some non-traditional colors.
I started with the amazing Heart Overlay from Sin City Stamps.  I adhered the overlay over some glitter cardstock by Doodlebug.  I replaced some of the punchouts back into the overlay and topped the card off with 2 die cut hearts!   Hope you are inspired to get creating!

Lacy Valentine Card

Chris here and today I am sharing this card I created using Sin City Stamps new overlays!
I started by creating a card base from a 5 1/2 x 11 inch piece of white card stock.  I then cut a 5 1/2 inch square from Doodlebug Glitter Card stock.

I then added the scroll overlay over the gillter card stock.  I did use Spray Adhesive to adhere the overlay since getting things to adhere to the glitter card stock can be difficult.  

I added Sin City's Double edged Black Lace.   I then added a paper doiley.   I cut a greeting block from Authenique and wrapped twine around the block, tying on a heart key charm.

I then added some die cut flowers topped with jewels!

Here is the final project again!

Romantic Love Card

Chris here and today I would LOVE to share with you this fun romantic card perfect for your valentine!  To create this card I started with a Sin City Die Cut Tag. To dress up the tag I started by overlaying the tag with Sin City Stamps Stencil Pattern #2  

I then stamped over the stencil with my Versamark ink and added Ranger Black Sparkle Embossing powder.  

I then heat embossed the tag.  I place my tag on a piece of patterned paper that was matted on black card stock. I added the LOVE die cut onto the tag.  I then topped off the card with a paper rose and a die cut heart, and some Sin City Flat Back Embellishments.

Be sure to check out SIN CITY STAMPS for these and many more die cuts!! 

Blue Bird of Happiness Card

Hi Chris here and today I would like to share with you my pretty little blue bird card. Ain't he just sweet!  To recreate this card you will need:

Sin City Stamps Supplies:

Brick Wall Stencil 

Around the House Die Cuts

Blue Sheer Ribbon

Other Supplies: Pacon Mixed Media paper, Modeling Paste(Liquidtex), Tim Holtz Distress Inks(Pumice Stone, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, Prima patterned paper, Tim Holtz Embossing Diffuser Plates, foam tape, flower.

After cutting a piece of mixed media paper the size of your card. I applied modeling paste over my stencil.  I purposely left the surface a little rough for extra texture

I then lightly ink my bricks with Pumice Stone Distress ink,  I then continued layering Distress Ink in Tea Dye, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso, to get the brick to the color I wanted. Once I was satisfied I attached my brick background to my card base.  

I then cut my patterned paper to the size of my card.  I used my  Tim Holtz Embossing Diffuser Plates as a template to cut the center oval from my card front.

After cutting out the oval window I attached the card front to the card using foam tape, and added the bird cage and my blue bird. 

 I added a small flower and a ribbon bow to finish off my card.  You can see what a difference those little touches make to the finished card.  

How to dress up your Die Cuts

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this tag I created using some these amazing die cuts from Sin City Stamps.

Supplies needed for this project include:
Sin City Stamps Supplies
Anime Fairies 2 Stamp Set
Pattern 2 Stencil 
Around the House Die Cuts
Light Pink Sheer Ribbon
Mixed Flatback Embellishments (little flower)

Other Supplies: Pacon Mixed  Media Paper, Tim Holtz Sizzix #8 Tag, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Victorian Velvet, Core'dinations Tim Holtz Card Stock, Liquid Pearls, Gesso, Gold Sharpie, Pebbles-accent greeting, ColourArte-Twinkling H2Os - Black Cherry, Beacon Fabric Tac, Toule Netting










After die cutting my tag from the mixed media paper, I gently inked my tag using my Pattern 2 Stencil .















I then stamped over the stencil using my Anime Fairies 2 Stamp Set. I then matted my tag on cardstock and set aside while I dressed up my die cut.

When I started, my background of the die cut was blue like this 

I added Gesso to the blue die cut to make the chair white.  I then added a color wash using ColourArte-Twinkling H2Os - Black Cherry.  After drying,  I  added the overlay.  

To dress up the die cut even more I added some "rivets" on the arm of my chair using a gold sharpie.  I then added some "buttons" to the chair back using liquid pearls.  

I then added my chair to my tag and topped my tag off with a double bow (a smaller bow placed on top of the larger netting bow), and added a Mixed Flatback Embellishments (little flower) on top of the double bow. I added a sticker quick greeting and viola!  all done.