Tuesday, June 26, 2018

June Color Combos | Rainbow Circles | Unity Stamp Company

Happy day friends! Crystal here with my final installment of June’s Rainbow series for my Color Combos with Crystal.  (Missed the first episode, click HERE  and the second one HERE and last weeks HERE )Nothing says summer quite like a rainbow!  I am so excited to be sharing this card made with  Obsessed with Florals Background stamp  and sentiment from With You I am Home Kit. 

If you have not seen either of these sets yet, you should definitely check it out; I absolutely adore the florals for heat embossing.


On my project for this post, I started out with a white background base since I thought this would especially make those rainbow circles really stand out.


Let me tell you how I made this:

  1. I trimmed a white piece of cardstock to be my card base.
  2. Trimmed watercolor cardstock a quarter of an inch smaller than the card base.
  3. Stamp and heat emboss the Obsessed with Florals Background stamp with white powder
  4. Trim a piece of black cardstock, heat emboss in white the sentiment from With You I am Home kit. 
  5. Using Gansai Tambi watercolor palette, create circles of color starting in the center. Changing color per circle. Let dry.
  6. Place sentiment with foam adhesive on the center of the panel. 
  7. Place the whole thing over the card base.
  8. Enjoy!
I of course made a video for this card! So please press play and let me know your thoughts!  I love seeing your creations on the Unity Show and Tell. Be sure to tag me so I can see it <3





Thank you so much for joining me!
Crystal



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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Rainbow Card Series | Watercolor Edges | Unity Stamp Co

Happy day friends! Crystal here with my third  installment of June’s Rainbow series for my Color Combos with Crystal.  (Missed the first episode, click HERE  and the second one HERE) Nothing says summer quite like a rainbow!  I am so excited to be sharing this card made with  Wild Florals kit and sentiment from Friends Like You.

 If you have not seen either of these sets yet, you should definitely check it out; I absolutely adore the florals for heat embossing.



On my project for this post, I started out with a white background base since I thought this would especially make those rainbow edge really stand out.



Let me tell you how I made this:

  1. I trimmed a white piece of cardstock to be my cardbase.
  2. Trimmed watercolor paper to be the same height as the front of the cardbase
  3. Repeatedly stamped the florals from Wild Florals using embossing ink.
  4. Apply white embossing powder and heat set.
  5. Using watercolors, dab color onto the paper and keep layering.
  6. Hand cut around one side of the florals.
  7. Heat Emboss in black "Hello Friend" from Friends Like You 
  8. With foam adhesive place a strip on the edge of the card base, and place rainbow florals
  9. Embellish with Pretty Pink Posh Gold Metallic Jewels


I of course made a video for this card! So please press play and let me know your thoughts!  I love seeing your creations on the Unity Show and Tell. Be sure to tag me!



Thank you so much for joining me!

Crystal



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Friday, June 15, 2018

Pretty Pink Posh | June Release Blog Hop


Happy day friends! Crystal here with a pretty card post and I am so excited to be sharing this card made with the Geraniums from Pretty Pink Posh. If you have not seen this set yet, you should definitely check it out; I absolutely adore this stamp set.

You should have arrived here from the awesome Jeanne Jachna . If you are lost on the hop, the line up is at the end of this post. 


When Paulina showed us this stamp set, I immediately ran outside to take close up photos of my geraniums, because I wanted to re-create God's amazing coloring! 

I don't know if I even got close, but I am pretty happy about it. 


To make this card I used a light gray cardstock, heat embossed the leaves in silver powder from Simon Says Stamp. 

Then is same heat embossing powder, I heat embossed Best Wishes from the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set 

Next, I splatted white paint. Now for the Geraniums, I stamped and heat embossed a bunch of them on white Neenah cardstock, die cut them with the matching Geraniums Coordinating Dies 


I then colored each one of them using my Copics, and placed them on the card with foam adhesive. As my finishing touch, I embellished with Metallic Silver Jewels 


BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY
There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 6/19/2018. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
MY GIFT TO YOU
I am personally gifting you a Congrats Die and Geranium stamp set. To qualify to win, please go and follow my Instagram profile. Make a comment under today's Geranium project and let me know you are now following or have been a follower. I will select a winner next Friday! 




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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Heffy Doodle Turns ONE | Celebration Blog Hop

Hi there guys! Crystal here AGAIN! Thanks for stopping by my blog for this awesome celebration of Heffy Doodle's first birthday. You should have arrived here from the AMAZING Laura Sterckx . Her project was absolutely stunning, huh?!




A few weeks ago, Lesley and I were planning out the summer calendars, in our conversation I had to ask, "hey, when was official launch date?" So, after much going back and forth June 13th it was. I know Lesley spent MONTHS planning Heffy Doodle's 1st release because she showed it to me at Creativation January of 2017. 6 months prior to the launch! At that time we spoke about my role to help out with the design team coordination and voila I got the coolest role on the planet. So my friend, here we are ONE year later, a couple releases under our belts, with retailers all over the planet. It has been truly an inspiring year. I am truly grateful to be here, celebrating the first of many more (I hope) .

Now onto my project!

For my card, I used a couple sets from the newest June 2018 release.


To make this I :
1. Created a wash of color using Taylored Expressions Liquid watercolors in Blue Corn, and Apple Green.
2. Heat Embossed in white the Hello You from HD Big Bold Words. 
3. Heat embossed in silver the I miss our chats from Wingman stamp set
4. Die cut clouds from Swirly Cloud dies
5. Heat embossed partial letters from the Hello You in silver and adhered over the white Hello You with foam adhesive
6. Colored, die cut and adhered the birdies from Wingman.
7. Splatted TE Blue Corn water color over all of it.



 This card was quite simple to make, and I certainly enjoyed coloring those birds from the Wingman stamp set.


 Now time to tell you about a few thing regarding this hop!

GIVEAWAY!

Two lucky winners will receive a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle store. Leave a comment on each stop to qualify. Comment eligibility will close on 6/23/2018 at 12pm PDT

Winners will be announced on June 24th on the Heffy Doodle Blog

COUPON!
Receive 20% off your order by using code : HeffyBirthday2u
Coupon is only available on from June 13th -June 17th. This is a great time to get your new release stuff!

Your next stop is Nina-Marie Trapani

If you get lost along the hop, please follow the line up. Everyone has worked super hard working on projects to celebrate Heffy Doodle's first birthday. Happy hopping friends!

Cheers!

Crystal




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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

June Rainbow Series | Color Combo with Crystal | Episode 2

Happy day friends! Crystal here with my second installment of June’s Rainbow series for my Color Combos with Crystal.  (Missed the first episode, click HERE) Nothing says summer quite like a rainbow!  I am so excited to be sharing this card made with Look Up to You Birdie kit and sentiment from the same set.

If you have not seen this set yet, you should definitely check it out; I absolutely adore this stamp set. it's a smaller set, but quite fun to color!



On my project for this post, I started out with a white background base since I thought this would especially make those rainbow die cuts really stand out.



Let me tell you how I made this!

  1. Trim a white piece of cardstock to fit over cardbase.
  2. Using Distress Oxydes I blended from the top of the cardstock to the bottom in the following color order. Candied Apple, Pickled Raspberry, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Wilted Violet.
  3. With Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Edges die, I trimmed sections of of the blended cardstock.
  4. Using foam adhesive on rainbow panel cloud-like shapes, these were placed over the card base. Leave enough space for sentiment placement.
  5. Stamp sentiment from Look Up to You Birdie.
  6. Place colored and hand cut  birdies in between the rainbow panel with foam adhesive.


I of course made a video for this card! So please press play and let me know your thoughts!  I love seeing your creations on the Unity Show and Tell. Be sure to tag me!

https://youtu.be/fcWUEpOhwck

Thank you so much for joining me!

Crystal



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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Rainbow Card Series | Episode 1 | Unity Stamp Company

Happy day friends! Crystal here with my first installment of June's Rainbow series for my Color Combos with Crystal. Nothing says summer quite like a rainbow!  I am so excited to be sharing this card made with the gorgeous florals from You Are Forever Beautiful kit and sentiment from the same set.

If you have not seen this set yet, you should definitely check it out; I absolutely adore this stamp set.



On my project for this post, I started out with a white background base since I thought this would especially make those rainbow paint strokes pop.



Let me tell you how I made this!

  1. Trim a white piece of cardstock to fit over card base.
  2. Heat Emboss the flower from You Are Forever Beautiful using white embossing powder
  3. Heat emboss the sentiment in black powder
  4. Using a large watercolor brush, create a store moving from the outer edge of the card towards the center.
  5. Repeat step 4 with each color
  6. Allow a couple minutes drying time and add a second layer of color. Feather the ends by lifting the brush.
  7. Add splatters of white pigment ink or white water color
  8. Add Pretty Pink Posh jewels or embellishment of choice such as sequins.
  9. Mail it!




I of course made a video for this card! So please press play and let me know your thoughts!  I love seeing your creations on the Unity Show and Tell. Be sure to tag me!





Thanks so much for spending some time with me. Come by next Tuesday for the 2nd episode of this month's Rainbow cards series.



Crystal 



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Friday, June 1, 2018

Heffy Doodle 2018 June Release


Hi there! Welcome to my stop of the Heffy Doodle June Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Sindu Jay Blog. I am so excited to share this project made with this release. I feel that Lesley has knocked it out of the park with this set of stamps and images. 

For my card I am using the super popular Oceans of Love


This set has super fun sentiments and those ocean critters are adorbs! Ok, now on to my card:

For my card, I stamped the critters on to the teal card stock using a matching ink. 



The sentiment was stamped on an MFT die and surrounded by the ocean animals adhered with foam adhesive. 



To finish, I added Pretty Pink Posh Clear droplets.

Now, for the Giveaway! 

One lucky winner will receive a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle store. Leave a comment on each hop to qualify.
Winner will be announced on Friday, June 8th on the Heffy Doodle Blog.

The entire release is available now for purchase at the Heffy Doodle store. 

I hope you continue to hop along, your next stop is Heather Hoffman

If you get lost, here is the line up for the blog hop.  

Thanks so much for hopping along with me, until next time

Crystal 



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