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Good morning everyone! It is finally Friday! Today’s featured cards will conclude this week’s Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Cards week here at Scrap N Grow.

Set of 2 Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Background Cards

Supplies Used:

Add A Little Dazzle Metal Sheets

Valentine Background Embossing folder by Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Ribbon from Michael’s

Heart Trinkets from Stash

Close Ups:

Heavy Metal Valentine Background Card Close Up #1

Heavy Metal Valentine Background Card Close Up #2

Here is another card variation using the same embossing folder.

Set of 2 Heavy Metal Valentine Background Cards Variation #2

Supplies Used:

Add A Little Dazzle Metal Sheets

Valentine Background Embossing Folder by Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Embroidery Thread

Adage Tickets and Hinge Clips from Ideology

Close Ups:

Heavy Metal Valentine Background Card Close Up #3

Heavy Metal Valentine Background Card Close Up #4

Thank you for stopping by. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day featured cards.  Next week, I will feature a few Valentine’s Day gift ideas.  Thank you again. Have a great weekend.

Michelle

Good morning everyone. Today is day four of Scrap N Grow’s Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Cards Week. Today’s featured cards focal image is from Provocraft’s Heart Blocks embossing folder. Metal is from Add A Little Dazzle and the die cut hearts are from Tim Holtz’s Sizzix Alterations line.

Heart Blocks Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Cards

Heart Blocks Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Card Close Up #1

Heart Blocks Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Card Close Up #2

Heart Blocks Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Card Close Up #3

Heart Blocks Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Card Close Up #4

Thank you again for stopping by. Please stay tuned tomorrow for another Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day card idea. Have a fabulous day!

Michelle

Good morning. Hope your week is going well.  Today, I have another heavy metal Valentine’s Day card to share with you.  I aptly named this card the Queen of Hearts.

Queen of Hearts Heavy Metal Valentine’s Day Card

The focal image is a Provocraft embossing folder called Queen of Hearts. I embossed white Add A Little Dazzle metal. Once embossed, I used various Faber Castell Big Brush Pitt Pen Markers to color the image. I referenced a playing card to guide my choice of colors. I am really pleased with the results.  This card was fun to color and create. I also answered a burning question that I have had for awhile. Will Faber Castell Big Brush Pitt Pens permanently color metal? The answer is yes!!!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Please stop back again tomorrow for another set of heavy metal Valentine’s Day cards idea.  Have a great day!

Michelle

Good evening blog friends.  How was your Monday?  I had the day off today from work today and am recovering from our recent 24 snowfall of 18 inches that fell from late Saturday evening through Sunday.  Apparently, this snowfall was the Twin Cities 3rd largest snowfall total on record.  In between shoveling, I made a batch of cookies to send to my dad and made a few holidays cards pictured below.

Noel Ornament Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Bazzill Red, White, and Green Card Stock

Carved Ornaments Sizzix Die By Tim Holtz

Noel Movers and Shapers Sizzix Die By Tim Holtz

Ten Seconds Studio Metal- Barn Red

Birds and Reindeer Embossing Folder Set By Sizzix

Holiday Wishes Stamp Set By Stampers Anonymous for Tim Holtz

Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Sanding Tool

Metallic Brads and Ornament Cord String

Holly Branch and Pine Branch Punches By Martha Stewart

Christmas Red Stickles

Inkessentials Glossy Accents

Crop A Dile Hole Punch

Reindeer Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Red, Green, White, and Black Bazzill Card Stock

Grunge Paper By Ranger

Seasons Greetings Embossing Folder By Provocraft

Snow Tree Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Reindeer Flight Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint: Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, and Clear Rock Candy

White Sparkly Fluff

Jingle Bells

String

Sanding Tool

Holiday Lamp Post Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Red, Green and White Bazzill Card Stock

Christmas Backgrounds and borders Set of Embossing Folders and Coordinating Stamp Set by Stampers Anonymous for Tim Holtz

Ranger Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, and Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Holiday Lamp Post Bigz Die By Sizzix for Tim Holtz

Vellum

Holly Punch By Martha Stewart

Ranger Christmas Green and Red Stickles

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Stay tuned, as I will be back tomorrow with a few more cards and a bonus Paperie In Bloom project on Wednesday.  Have a great night.

Michelle

Good evening everyone.  I feel like it has been forever since my last post, 6 days! Yikes!!!!.  I sincerely apologize, for my attention has been focused on our design and finishes for our lower level. We are meeting with a few more contractors later this week and hopefully afterwards, we can begin to move forward and implement our design. Once construction resumes and remaining finishes are selected…..I will then resume my regular posting schedule of 2-3 posts per week.  I have so many fun things planned for the upcoming holiday season.  In the meantime, I have a few more metal embossed Christmas cards to share.  They were very easy to create and assembled in under 30 minutes.

December Calendar Metal Embossed Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Bronze God Ten Seconds Studio Metal Sheet

December Calendar Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz By Sizzix

Rosette Decorative Strip Die: Tim Holtz By Sizzix

25 Mover and Shapers Die: Tim Holtz By Sizzix

Card Stock: White, Silver, and Gold

Metal Embossed Snow Flurries Christmas Card

Supplies Used:

Brrr Blue Ten Seconds Studio Metal Sheet

Snow Flurries Embossing Folder- Tim Holtz By Sizzix

Card Stock: White, Silver, and Blue

Ribbon- Michael’s

Snowflake- Maya Road Chipboard painted silver with Ranger Silver Paint Dabber

Rhinestones and Crystal Baubles- From My Stash

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I am going to try real hard to wrap up my planned Paperie In Bloom projects this weekend, so I can return to my regular posting schedule next week.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Michelle

Good evening everyone.  I am delighted to share another Paperie In Bloom project today, a note card.  Paperie In Bloom is a monthly blog series.  Each month, I showcase a featured bloom and then throughout the remainder of the month, I showcase different projects/ideas that highlight the bloom.  This month’s bloom is the aster.  Pictured below is an aster note card I made earlier today.

Paperie In Bloom: November 2012 Aster Note Card

This 5×7 card was fun to make and includes several elements.  The inspiration for the card was the seed packet.

Supplies Used:

Green Grass and Grape Bazzill Card Stock

Kraft Card Stock

Poison Ivy Ten Seconds Studio Metal and Burnishing Block

Branches with Leaves Sizzix Embossing Folder

Garden Encyclopedia Background Stamp and Royal Purple Staz On Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Dusty Concord, Forest Moss, and Walnut Stain

Tonic Distresser

Recollections Pearl Embellishments

Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pins

Ribbon from Michael’s

Pop Dots

Thank you for taking time to stop by today.  I will be back on Monday with another project. Until then, have a great weekend everyone.

Michelle

Good Morning everyone.  As promised, I am back today to show you a gift I made for my girlfriend who lives and breathes Halloween year round.  She coordinates and manages the Halloween parade  in Anoka, MN, also known as the Halloween capitol of the world.  Recently, I took an online class called Pumkins & Cider with Christy Tomlinson.  She is a great instructor and a wealth of information. Her classes are geared for both budding and seasoned artists.  One of the projects taught in her class, Pumpkin Santos Cage Doll was taught by guest artist teacher, Chrissy Gardner.  I fell in love with her primitive cage doll Pumpkin Santos and knew it would be a perfect gift for my girlfriend.  I watched the instructional videos, printed out my supply lists, and went to work on creating my own cage dolls. I made two, one for my girlfriend and one for me.

Pumpkin Santos Cage Dolls

Pumpkin Santos Cage Doll Close Up #1

Pumpkin Santos Cage Doll Close Up #2

Out of respect for Chrissy and Christy, I am not going to post instructions or supplies as the class is available for purchase. See Link above. For my girlfriend’s birthday card, I altered my card slightly from yesterday.  Her birthday is the 14th, hence the plaquette and the interior sentiment is Happy Birthday.

Pumpkin Birthday Card

Pumpkin Birthday Card Interior

I am going to deliver her gift today, I am sure she is going to love it.  I have displayed my cage doll on my dining room table.  Have a great day everyone.  I will be back tomorrow with another inspiring project.

Michelle

Good morning everyone!  It is finally Friday and also the start of a long holiday weekend for many including myself.  I have a few things planned but no travel, just staying close to home this weekend.  In lieu of sharing a new project today, I instead wanted to take the time to thank everyone for the wonderful comments and encouragement regarding my new blog feature called Paperie In Bloom that I launched earlier this month.  I started this feature on the first of August and featured the hydrangea bloom.  Throughout the month of August, I created several other projects that highlighted or showcased the hydrangea.  So I thought that with today being the end of the month,  I  would compose a recap post featuring each of the Paperie In Bloom projects featured throughout August with their appropriate hyperlinks.  I have decided to hold till Monday before showcasing September’s Paperie In Bloom since it is a holiday weekend, otherwise my intention is to showcase each month’s bloom on the first of the month.  Thank you  again everyone for making my new Paperie In Bloom series a success. Be sure to stop back on Monday for September’s featured Paperie In Bloom bouquet.  Until then, enjoy a recap below of each of the projects I featured throughout August showcasing the beautiful hydrangea.  See you on Monday.  Have a great and safe holiday weekend.

Michelle

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012

Blooming Hydrangea Bouquet

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Bouquet

Hydrangea Note Cards

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Note Cards

Hydrangea Picture Frame

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Picture Frame

Hydrangea Mixed Media Canvas

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Mixed Media Canvas

Etched Hydrangea Glass Vase

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Etched Hydrangea Glass Vase

Hydrangea Stamped Candle

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Stamped Candle

Hydrangea Pillow

Paperie In Bloom: August 2012 Hydrangea Pillow

Thank you again for stopping by and have a great Labor Day weekend.

Good morning.  Today, I completed my Iris note card this morning as promised yesterday.  It turned out better than I originally envisioned.

Iris Note Card

The embossed Iris image is from I Brake For Stamps and is stamped onto Inkessentials Specialty Stamping Paper. I then water colored the Iris with various colors of the Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  This was my first coloring attempt using markers for a focal point stamped image.  I am overall pleased with my results.

For the card’s mat, I used a piece of Ten Seconds Studio art metal cut to the size of my desired embossing folder.  The embossing folder I used is Fleur De Lis by Darice.  Afterwards, I lightly sanded the metal to highlight the embossed image.  I then die cut the embossed metal sheet with Tim Holtz’s Mover and Shapers Die: Mini Baroque.  Next, I used pop dots on the backside of the metal sheet and adhered the metal mat onto the focal image sheet creating a shadowbox frame.  I liked the effect this created.  I then continued to add addtional card mats to the card front and to the card’s interior.

Lastly, I dyed a piece of Vanilla Stampin Up seam binding ribbon using Dusty Concord Distress Stain for the bow before adhering  my bow offset at the bottom right hand corner of the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  We have some company coming later for dinner and tomorrow kicks off my first official day of vacation. I am going to try and continue to post in the coming week, though it may not be daily.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will come back again soon.

Good evening.  I met my goal today of making graduations cards. I have several friends kids graduating this year and felt inspired to make my own cards.  My featured card today was inspired by a card that I came across on the Splitcoast Stampers gallery under graduation. I liked the pop up and interactive element of  this style of card. I saw several other variations of this card and one of the pictures included a link to a tutorial on how to make the card base. Click here for the tutorial.

Exterior of Graduation Card

Interior of Graduation Card

Supplies I used:

Spring Card Tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers

Scor Pal Score Board

Stampin Up Go Graduate Digital Brush Set

Stampin Up Word Play Stamp Set

Embroidery Floss

Jumbo Brad

To start, I used black cardstock and followed the tutorial for making the folds for the spring card.  Instead of folding the card to spring up, I instead folded it such so that the sides tucked in instead of allowing the card to spring up. This allowed me additional interior real estate to place a pocket for a money gift or the graduate.

Afterwards, I added decorative paper to the cap’s top. I then fumbled through Photoshop Elements to alter and print my digital image of the feet.  This was quite the experience as I have never used a digital stamp before.  I then adhered my digital images to the bottom front panel of the card.

After competing the exterior of the card minus the tassel, I felt the interior of the card looked a bit plain.  After a bit of thinking, I decided to cut additional squares of decorative paper for the top area and formed a pocket by adhering a half square of plain black cardstock over the decorative cardstock.  This will provide me a place to tuck in a money gift for the graduate. I then decided to add another sentiment element just above the feet image.

All that was left now was the finishing touch, the tassel.  Today’s card is for my girlfriend’s daughter whose school colors are green and gold.  I decided to use gold embroidery floss for the tassel.  As I was attaching the tassel to the brad, I wish I had little numbers “12″ on hand to add to the tassel. Instead, I die cut numbers from Chip Block, a Tim Holtz decorative strip die and adhered them along the side of the cap.

The completed card measures approximately 5 1/2x 5 1/2 and will require a special size envelope and additional postage.

I apologize in advance if something does not make sense in this post.  Somehow in the middle of writing and previewing the post, my auto save feature failed and I had to start over, thus writing this post has consumed over 4 hours. Argh!  Please feel free to email me or post any comments or questions you may have.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will come back again soon.

Michelle