Dee's Art Utopia

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

CASEplorations #6 - Tenia Nelson

Hi friends! it's time for CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the first of every month, the STAMPlorations girls share CASEs of some of our favorite cards - maybe even one of yours. Be sure to stop by the blog for the sixth installment of CASEd inspiration.

CASEplorations will serve as a starting off point for our Inspiration Project Posts. We show you how we CASE a card so you can, in turn, CASE the inspiration cards we share throughout the month. You can find more details HERE.

Our artist for the month of July is none other than the very creative, know for her trendy and fun designs Tenia Nelson of Jazzy Paper Designs. I am a big fan of unique designs, you will fall in love with her beautiful cards. So let me show you her beautiful card (click HERE to see her original post) and my CASE...

It is obvious how I got inspired by Tenia's card, here is my card.

To make this card, I heat embossed circles from STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge in white on a water color card stock. Then I created a rainbow color wash BG. I also heat embossed the ice cream on vellum using STAMPlorations Sugar Rush, fuzzy cut it and adhered it to the water color panel. To finish the card I stamped the chevrons and sentiment in black and layered this panel with a patterned paper on the card base

Hope you enjoyed it. Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop. I am super excited about this Blog hop as we have a fabulous line up of amazing Guest designers and we have tons of prizes...

As we celebrate our 2nd birthday, all orders of at least $22 ship free worldwide until July 7! Use coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY on checkout.
(If you're a stamp club subscriber, use your personal discount coupon code
to get free shipping on orders of at least $15.)

I want to welcome our Guest Designer "Anni Lerche" of Annikarten, she is a fabulous designer, creates very pretty and adorable cards ;)

THE PRIZES -

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:

1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

Extra prizes for commenting on Deepti's, Shirley's, and Shery's blogs throughout the blog hop:

ONE (1) winner of Party Mates randomly drawn from all comments left on Deepti's blog
ONE (1) winner of PartyGirl randomly drawn from all comments left on Shirley's blog
ONE (1) winner of Party Time randomly drawn from all comments left on Shery's blog

Now let me show you my second project, I used Party Girl and Party Time set to create this card.

To make this, I took a kraft card stock and heat embossed the fabulous party girl in white. To add to the design, I also heat embossed the flowers from The Birds and the Bloom set and stamped some leaves in pigment ink using Trendy leaves. I then took a color pencil and colored the dress and the flowers in blue. Fun and easy !

Don't forget to comment on this post and rest of the hop, HERE and link up your own celebration- or party-themed cards using the inspiration mood board below to win one of several prizes. (Linky will be found on all 5 birthday blog hop posts.) Commenting and linking close on Monday, July 6. Winners are announced on Tuesday, July 7.

Enjoy the party and hop with us !

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Monday, June 29, 2015

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Day 1

This is a very special Blog hop as STAMPlorations turns TWO :) I am super excited about this Blog hop for a few reasons, one I have my second stamp set "Party Mates" being introduced here, two I am so excited to see the cards my teamies have created, three we also have a fabulous line up of amazing Guest designers and last but not the least, we have tons of prizes...

As we celebrate our 2nd birthday, all orders of at least $22 ship free worldwide until July 7! Use coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY on checkout.
(If you're a stamp club subscriber, use your personal discount coupon code
to get free shipping on orders of at least $15.)

I want to welcome our Guest Designer "AmyTsuruta" of Tsuruta Designs, I guess she needs no introduction, she is fabulous, her style is unique and trendy and she is a coffee lover ;)

THE PRIZES -

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog, STAMPlorations designers blogs, and guest designers blogs:

1 winner of $25 gift certificate
5 winners of $10 gift certificate

Prizes for linking up a party/celebration/birthday project:

3 winners of the party stamp sets (1 winner of Party Mates, 1 winner of Party Time, 1 winner of PartyGirl)
1 winner of $25 gift certificate (if STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used) or $15 gift certificate (if non-STAMPlorations stamps/stencils are used)

And to add to the mix, I am also giving away one "Party mates" set to a random winner drawn from the comments made on my blog.

Now let me show you my very first project, I used Party Mates and Party Time set to create this card.

To make this, I took a water color card stock, heat embossed the cup cakes along the edge and then water colored it. I also heat embossed the cupcakes on a black card stock and fuzzy cut it along the upper edge. I added this layer to the water colored base. Added the sentiment on a panel to finish my card.

Enjoy the party and hop with us !

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Friday, June 26, 2015

STAMPlorations Inspiration - June 26th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the July 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for the month of June...

To make this card, I created a stencil of circles on acetate. I then sponged the two largest circles on the card base. I also stamped the other two smaller circles. Then I stamped the flowers, bud and leaves along with the sentiment to finish my one layer card. I am sharing this at Color Q #296, CAS on Sunday #61 - One layer, Less is More Week 229 - Stencilling and AAA card Game #42 - Paste and/ or Stencil

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Blooming Buds and Vignette: Retro Mod shapes; Inks - Distress Tumbles glass, Hero Arts - Butter bar, Pool and Stone wash

Thursday, June 25, 2015

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Coloring on kraft!

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 17th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am showcasing a the step by step process to create this card focusing on coloring a kraft card base :)