Challenge #78 Pop Up Pedestal Card

We have a fun 3D technique for this week's challenge theme...

Pop Up Pedestal Card

Click here for directions on how to create this eye-catching technique. Come join in the fun - share your creations with us, we'd love to see your artwork. Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

You're gonna love what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

 

Dawn Bennett

 

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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Next week our challenge theme is Watercolored. You can use watercolor pencils, paints, crayons, reinkers, ink pads, whatever you have to create a watercolor look. And don't forget to stop by to see what our DT sweeties have created for you!

Happy Stamping! Hope your day is super sweet!

:) stacey

Stamped Background Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #77 Stamped Background is...

Barbara W

 Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Join us at Heirloom NOVI!

We're in Novi. MI all day today at the Heirloom Stamp Show!! 

We'll be here from 10am to 4pm demoing, crafting, and sharing all things Globecraft Memories with you. Stop by our booth to see all of our new product in person, including our new Cool Embossing product and our new Ornaments! Check out a demo Globecraft Memories creator and founder Pat Secrist -- see you there!

His Teddy

There is nothing better than a teddy bear to bring a smile to your face.  Kids love them.  Adults love them.  Globecraft Memories has this fabulous Teddy Bear Bubble Frame and I was thrilled to work with it today.  It's a little different from the other globes in that everything is prepared for you from the color to the individual pieces that create the dimension.  All you do is put it together.

The package contains 3 sheets of perforated die cut teddy bear pieces, the globe and the adhesive squares.

You simply seperate the pieces.  Now the fun begins!

Using the "whole" Teddy Bear as the base, insert the stand in the back and cut a photo to fit within the confines of its tummy.  Glue the photo in place and glue the bubble on top of the photo, then just hold it in place until it dries.

Those white squares are where you now place the foam adhesives.  There is NO guess work on how to assemble Teddy.  Since the foam adhesives are black, they naturally blend in with Teddy's colors.

 Continue to add the layers and the foam adhesives until Teddy is complete.

Look how fun the foam adhesive makes Teddy look.  It's a perfect 3 dimentional Teddy that can be placed on any shelf in the house, even the mantle.

Teddy is completed, but I wanted to add just a little something else.  I added some Temple Stone to his paws, his nose and inside his ears.  It really adds a nice finished look.  Don't you love the added effect these powders give Teddy!

While I put a photo of my son in the globe, you could also put in baby memorabilia, a lock of hair, the first lost tooth, etc.  The possibility are endless, so have fun creating Teddy and don't forget to check out the store for other varieties of frames to work with.

Thanks for stopping by today.

So Cherished Old World Card

Hello, Charlotte here and I am sharing how to make this Old World card.  I wanted to create a card that was more masculine with an Old World flare.  For this project, I used Piccolo Enamel Powders and the Lock and Keys Card and Decor and More chipboard.  

GlobeCraftMemories Products

Piccolo temple Stone Enamel Powder

Piccolo Vintage Copper Enamel Powder

Piccolo Mossy Glen Enamel Powder

Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive

Piccolo Vintage Lock and Keys Card Decor and More

Other Products

Tombo Mono Multi Glue

Prima Chipboard

Cio Close to My Heart Stamp

Kaisercraft Clear Stamp

Prima Printery Collection Paper

Clearsnap Ancient Chocolate Archival Waterproof Dye Ink

Directions

Cut a sheet of cardstock to 8"X6"

Antique the paper's surface by applying a thin layer of dye Ink using a blending tool. Lightly cover the entire surface of the paper.  Cut two additional strips of 8"X3" coordinating paper.

If you want to create a distressed look, use an open flame to burn all the edges of the 3"X8"paper strips. 

Brush a thin layer of Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive on a vintage script stamp with a
brush. Randomly stamp the vintage image on the strips of 8"x3"paper. Sprinkle with Piccolo Fine Black Enamel Powder. If you are using a tidy tray, gently tap the corner of the paper on the tray to remove all the excess enamel powder. A folded piece of paper works just a well. If any stray bits of enamel powder still remain on the surrounding image, use a small paint brush to gently remove the stray enamel powder. Holding a heat gun approximately six inches from the paper, sweep backwards and forwards until the Piccolo Fine Black Enamel Powder starts melting. Do not over heat the image with the heat gun because the enamel powder will burn.

Continue to stamp complementary images randomly on the two strips of "distressed burned" card stock using the same steps listed above. When all of the Piccolo Enamel Powder stamped images are cool, antique the paper's surface by applying a thin layer of dye Ink using a blending tool. Lightly cover the entire surface of the paper. Distress the edges of the strips with brown dye ink. Set the strips aside and move to the next step.

Apply a coat of the Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive to the front of the Piccolo Vintage Lock and Keys Card Decor and More Chipboard.
Immediately after applying the adhesive, sprinkle Piccolo Vintage Copper Enamel Powder over the entire surface of the lock and emboss with a heat tool.  While the enamel powder is hot, press a design into the warm enamel powder. (I used a rubber stamp) When the enamel powder cools, cover the entire surface of the lock with permanent black dye ink. Gently rub the surface of the lock with a cloth to remove the surface ink. The ink will remain in the recessed areas, giving the lock a vintage feel.   Glue a rhinestone gem in the upper middle section of the lock.

Glue the two 3"X8" strips of decorated card stock on each side of the 8"x6" piece of paper.  Glue the lock in the opening in the center of the card.

Add any embellishments, I added a metal key, clock face and a chipboard sentiment. Place a piece of black card stock matte behind the 6X8 " design.  Next, tear the paper on the edges of the black mat.

Cut a coordinating piece of 7"x9" card stock. Aggressively run a paper distressing tool over the edges of the 7"X9" card stock. Once the edges have been distressed with the tool, ink the edges with brown dye ink. Adhere the 7"X9" design to a piece of 7.5"X9.5" black card stock.

Thanks for stopping by the GlobeCraftMemories Blog

Challenge #77 Stamped Background

I love the endless design possibilities of rubber stamps, don't you? You can stamp in any color, tap off some ink for a shadow effect, heat emboss your stamped image, or even create your own "custom" backgrounds, like in this week's challenge theme...

Stamped Backgrounds

Come join in the fun - share your creations with us, we'd love to see your artwork. Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

You're gonna love what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week our challenge theme is a Pedestal Pop Up Card click here for directions for this eye-catching technique. And don't forget to stop by to see what our DT sweeties have created for you!

Happy Stamping! Hope your day is super sweet!

:) stacey

Christmas Ornament Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #76 Christmas Ornament is...

Juliet A

 Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Best Thing Evah!

Good morning Globecraft friends!!

Pinky here with one of the "Best Things Evah!" the fun and beautiful 

Easel Greeting Cards. I cannot tell you how much I have fallen in love with these!

I thought it would be fun to decorate the card using some

vintage paint chip paper. This is how I created this card. 

Step 1. Using Beacon 3N1 coat front of Easel card.

Step 2. Lay paper onto glued areas. 

Step 3. Trim off excess paper using scissors and craft knife. 

Step 4. Turn card over, use craft knife and follow lines to cut out flap. 

Now your card is ready for decoration!

I especially like covering the entire card because when you place flap

in correct position, you can see the patterned paper as shown in this photo.

 Really there are endless ways to decorate these card!

It's pretty much the best thing evah~

 Until next time- have fun crafting!

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Creating with simplicity

Out of all the cards I've made using Globecraft Memories products thus far, this is one of my all-time favorites. I think it's the simplicity of the design coupled with that awesome effect I achieved with the Piccolo Enamel Powders.

For this card I used Temple Stone Embossing Enamel and Piccolo Card Decor Set #2. I elected to use only these two pieces from the set. There are enough pieces in these sets to spread over at least three-to-four different cards.

To begin coat the large Piccolo piece with Piccolo Powder Enamel Adhesive. This acts as your glue to hold the enamel powder on while it's being heat-set. Use a heat tool to melt two solid coats then add a third but do not heat through. Heat just enough to create veining; it creates a rustic, textured appearance. I'm in love with the effects that can be created with these enamels. Look at all the colors in the piece; that all comes from one jar!

Paint the small heart-shape Piccolo paperclip with black acrylic paint. When it's dry, give it a coat of Glossy Glastique straight from the bottle and set aside to dry. Glastique comes from the bottle a milky white and turns clear when dry.

Cut a coordinating background paper to fit your card base; mine is 4 1/8 inches-by-5 1/4 inches and it's American Crafts Night Fall Night Watch. 

The sentiments is from Stampscapes, Scenic Sentiments Sheet #1. It's stamped on a cream cardstock from my stash with Jet Black Archival Ink. While you have the Archival ink open go ahead and edge the pattern paper and sentiment block with it - just enough to define the edges.

Thread ribbon into and around the stem in the heart on the enameled piece. Adhere one end to the back of the enameled piece and leave the other end long enough to run out and tuck under the pattern paper. Lay all the elements in place onto the pattern paper and adhere. Tuck the ribbon ends behind the pattern paper and adhere in place then adhere it all to the card base.

This is the perfect little Fall-themed note card to send to a dear friend! Skip on over to my blog to see what else I've been doing with these fun products from Globecraft Memories.

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