The magic of light

 

oday I will be sharing with you a little project I had a wonderful time preparing.  I have shared with your my love for lights. Lights can say so much…can express moods so easily. Lights can tell you a story in one little glimpse. It is magical…some lights dance or guide, some cry and others celebrate.  Today I choose to celebrate a gift…your friendship.

I had this project in mind for a little while since I came across this lovely Mica paper over Paper Temptress store. So I got this lovely golden mica paper that has a lovely metallic sheen and a perfect opacity to make a lantern. The next step was easy, picked super cute shape box from the Silhouette library and cut the paper. Assembly the little box is super easy since the cut pattern has some guides. After assembly the box I added a battery operated flicker candle (Please do not use this with real candles, for sure a fire hazard).

The little lantern was already looking so cute just like so, but since we are talking celebration here I added little bow made with a  gorgeous red velvet ribbon also from PaperTemptress. For a little extra charm a three tiny jingle bells (from SU) and a little paper vine colored with copics (silhouette library die cut). Here you can see how this mica paper has a super nice color (by the way you can find other colors over PT too).

I can see this little project being adapted to all kinds of celebration..don’t you think? Oh, and even if you don’t have a fency shmensy machine to make intricate cuts for you. You can trace a simple pattern and cut with a craft knife, the results and the glow would be just the same! No good hand coordination? Pull your circle punch…a lovely polka dot pattern would be cute too! Let it glow!

Thank you for dropping by! I will be seeing you soon with another brand new project. Till then lots of light your way!

Hugs,

anaRy

A sassy Santa

eason…yeap that is the season for me to pull out my glitter stash out and use it without a tiny bit of remorse! LOL. I love the stuff, what can I say? Powder thin or bite size I am in for a little twinkle twinkle in my cards. Yes..I might have been at “the birdcage” in my past life…yes, I meant “at”..not “in”..LOL You will figure it out ; ).

I already shared with you that I love little lights all over the place..so I am in full blown mode thinking on how to adapt them to my own environment lol..Oh you just wait lol. For now I will be focusing on making a few holiday cards to share with you. Proof that Gilli can be adapted to fit any season…here she is….Gilli Parisian with her cute little Santa helper outfit..Super Sassy ha? Check it out.

I colored Gilli with copic markers. I added a couple lines to give Gilli outfit a Santa belt.  . In a separate piece of paper I doodled a little Santa hat. After cutting and pasting the hat over Gilli’s head I added some white flocking. I think the flocking gives such a nice touch  ; ). Talking about touch I wished I could rock these shoes LOL.  I made the pattern using copics…and added…stickles..of course :).

Now I was happy to be able to put something that I learn from buddy Wini a few months past..a super cool candy cane border made using score tapes. You can see how here. Lot of inspiration over Wini’s blog. I loved how this came out. I used 3 different glitter colors…2 different whites…one is glamour dust ( I loooove this stuff) and a vanilla color that I got as freebie from a British mag. The red was also part of the freebie.

The base for this tall card was created using a design from the silhouette sd library. I added stickles to the lacy cut to give a festive look ( like I need excuses lol). The little pearls are made with Liquid pearls. The die cut tree is also a silhouette library design. I was able to add tiny balls to the tree by using liquid pearls. Last but not least…the paper. My Minds Eyes (Signature Christmas).

I hope you enjoyed this holiday project. I would love i f you could join us for the greeting card challenge over The Outlawz. I am sure with you there the party will be even more special!

See you soon!

anaRy

 

♥♥♥  A beat bit more

♥♥ New book at BookEndz!! Join us for a little reading a little crafting! You can win some cool stuff!

♥♥ Oh, if you would like to rock some pleats on your images and pull your coloring to the next level…hop to CMC class 5! Gosh you will love the new class with Suzanne!

A very furry Xmas!

I there! Are you starting to enjoy the season yet? I hope you are. One of the things I love about this time of the year are the lights. I think there is something special about strolling around by hundreds of little lights adorning tress and paths…makes me so happy! I wish people would keep them throughout the winter. It looks so magical!

Today I will share with you a project that has a story behind it. This project evolved from one idea to another. I will explain. I am participating on the BookEndz  book club, my BFF Suzanne had this genius idea to combine Craft and book reading! Ta-dah! You should come in. It is fun. The last  book was Emily and Einstein. Lovely lovely tale. Today is the wrap up party and also the debut for the December book. See perfect timing for you to join (I heard you can in goodies). So this Gilli card started with Gilli strolling with her furry friend …like this…I though the card was lovely and fit the theme of the book  : )…but I kept on thinking about a tree…

So I had this idea…  I wanted to make a tree…hummm…not flat but with dimension…So why not a ribbon tree!! Now seriously, sometimes I wonder what people think when they learn how long it takes us to make a card lol. So, don’t you think the whole look got a bit more festive ? lol. Now Gilli is partying with my other DT friends from Through the Craftroom Door Room magazine! Gilli Stamps is the current challenge sponsor….SO come  and join us!!!!!!

Gosh I have to confess I loooove getting my fingers glued! Sometimes with all this fancy schmency tools we get now a days…we forget how fun is to work with basics..Scissor, paper and glue!

For this project I used Gilli Stroll rubber stamp colored with copic markers. The little doggie was done by hand and also colored with copics. I cut the stamped image using Martha circle cutter tool. The edges were inked with 2 tones of chalk ink. Rhinestones from studio G and the candy canes were made by hand using Mikes ribbon.  The cute papers are from My minds Eyes and Studio Calico. Gilli Stroll was stamped on copic Xpress paper.

I hope you will join us for the BooEndz club party and also for the Craftroom Door Room challenge!! See you there and over there too lol (I just killed the grammar…again lol). By the way…if you  enjoyed the coloring on this project and would like to learn how to color pleats and  some cool fur join Color me Creative Class 5 by Suzanne J Dean! This class is a blast!!!!

hugs

anaRy

This & That

Gilli Stroll, Copic markers, Copic Multiliners, Copic Xpress paper, My Minds Eyes Paper, Studio Calico Paper, Twine, Ribbons, Rhinestones by Studio G, Swirls (Silhouette sd library), candy canes (handmade using wire ribbon from Michaels).

 

♥.♥.♥ A beat bit more!

♥. Gilli Store will be opening soon! Stay in touch! You don’t want to miss this opening .

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