Geek is Chic Card

Hello, Friends!! Design Team Member, Mitsyan Wright, here to bring you more IAR inspiration!!

Recently, I attempted to clean my craft room and got distracted. Apparently, I have far too much stuff that I often forget what amazing crafty treasures I already have. During my "clean up time", I came across an old stamp of a little girl with glasses on and found myself coloring for the rest of the day... Oops!! Where did the time go?! Oh well, there went cleaning!! LOL

I know this has happened to me more than a few times before. Can anyone else relate? 

But then she just inspired me to create a card...

You see, I am a self-proclaimed nerd. I love to read (about any and everything), I love watching the history channel and NatGeo, I love MATH for heaven sakes!! 

And this little nerdy girl reminds me that being nerdy, geeky, brainy, or just plain smart, is OK. I have lots of friends that are also nerd (self-proclaimed or otherwise) and they are all amazing women! Witty & funny and know how to have a great time! So for those brainiac gals out there, this one is for you!!

I Am Roses Supplies Used

Pink Small Summer Cottage Paper Flowers (I am Roses)

White Mulberry Small May Roses (I am Roses)

Medium Pink Edge on Soft Green Roses Leaves (I am Roses)

Peony Flower- Pale Pink Color Paper Roses (I am Roses)

Other Supplies Used

Cheeky Geeky Stamp (The Greeting Farm)

Owl Nerds Stamp Set (Pink and Main)

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Tim Holtz Doily Die (Sizziz)

Tim Holtz Garden Greens (Sizziz)

Thin Fish Tail Banner Dies (Pink and Main)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

VersaFine Onyx Black (Imagine Craft/ Tsukineko)

Clean Color Real Brush Markers (Zig/ Kuretake)

Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)

Girl Squad 6x6 Paper Pad (Pebbles)

110 lb White Card Stock (Recollections)

Green Card Stock (Core'dinations)

CutterBee Scissors (EK Success)

Mermaid Crinkle Ribbon

I first, stamped my image with Versfine Onyx Black ink onto Strathmore Mixed Media Paper. Then, with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers & a water brush, I colored her in. 

Then, using my super sharp CutterBee Scissors, I hand cut my image out.

I created an A2 (4.5" x 5.5") sized card base from 110lb white cardstock and matted it with striped paper from the Pebbles Girl Squad paper pad.

I cut a banner from the pink polka-dot paper (also in the paper pad) using a Pink and Main's Fish Tail Banner Die. Then layered onto my card front.

I die cut a doily from more white cardstock using a Tim Holtz's Doily Die. Then layered that on top of the banner with liquid glue.

Now, here's where all the beautiful flowers come into play. I always start from the bottom up. like so... 

 I die cut stemmed leaves/ vines from mossy green cardstock using dies from Tim Holtz's Garden Greens Die set and tucked them around the doily.

I added the Medium Pink Edge on Soft Green Roses Leaves, then I adhered my little girl in the center of the doily using foam adhesive.

Next, I added the White Mulberry Small May Roses.

I tucked the Pink Small Summer Cottage Paper Flowers between the pink leaves and white roses.

Then, attached a bow made from Crinkle Ribbon.

I attached a large Peony Flower- Pale Pink to the center of it all!! Absolutely gorgeous!!

Lastly, I stamped out the words Geek is Chic onto white cardstock and hand-cut it out with a tiny border around the words and attached it and rhinestone flowers to the bottom of the banner.

And here is the finished card...

I hope you enjoyed today's project and it inspires you to create something beautiful!!

Here's to wishing all my fellow nerdy/ geeky friends an amazing day!

~Mitsyana Wright

Let Your Dreams Bloom

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Life is all about dreams and it's awesome when they become real.

I paired my design team project for I Am Roses today with a beautiful stamp from La-La Land Crafts called 'In The Garden Marci'.

I stamped this little sweetie on X-Press It Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored her with the following Copic Markers.

~Copics~
Skin:  E11/00/000/0000-R20/30/00  Lips:  E04-R32/30
Hair:  E53/51/50/31
Blues:  B95/93/91/0000, White Gel Pen
Flowers:  RV55/02/10-Y15/11/00-YG03
Grays:  C4/3/2/1/0/00

The dies are from all from La-La Land Crafts.  The paper is from Maja designs as well as a digital collection.

The gorgeous flowers I used are from I Am Roses - links are below
T1-2 - Soft Pink Mini Artificial Paper Crafts Rosebuds
T30-15 - White Semi Open Rose Buds
R6-518 - White Pink Variegated Mulberry Paper Flowers
S10-49 - White with Pale Yellow in the middle 2 Tone Paper Flowers 
S4-15 - White Color Paper Flowers
R5-15 - White Artificial Crafts Handmade Paper Flowers
R2-2 - Mini Soft Pink Paper Flowers
R2-518 - Mini Variegated White - Soft Pink Paper Flowers

As always, you can find an abundance of gorgeous flowers for sale here.

Remember to join in the fun and enter your I Am Roses creations in the I Am Roses Challenge Blog. Amazing prizes are available!  We would love to see your creations.

Thanks for visiting today!

Crafty Hugs ~ Pam xx

More details and links can be found on my blog.

Urban Art

Hi!

Tamara here with you. Today I have a pinkish card for you all. I used one of my new Magnolia images from Urban Art stamp kit. Image was coloured up using no-lines technique on watercolour paper.

I used lots of pretty I am roses flowers:

White with Pink in the Middle 2 Tone Paper Flowers 

White Small Craft Paper Flowers

Light Pale Variegated Pink puffy Paper Flowers 

Mixed Pastel Small Arabian Jasmine Paper Flowers

White Mulberry Artificial Craft Paper Flowers  

 

There's still an active challenge over at I am roses challenge blog, the theme is Anything goes. All you need to do is create something, use at least 2 IAR products on it and link it to iar challenge blog. Easy, right!? Did I tell you about the prizes? No? Well, they are AWESOME!!!!. You can get vouchers, not only the winner, but also top 3!!! wohooooo ....   

 

Hugs, t.

Snowy the Penguin Delivering Presents

Happy Saturday everyone! Today, is my youngest niece's birthday and she is turning 16 years old. I seriously cannot believe it!! She's still a kid at heart, and that makes me smile because all the things she wants for her birthday are things that I could see living happily in my home too, LOL! I always love getting her birthday list because she is always specific and knows what she wants. :) One of the things on the list that made my crafty heart melt was "cans of spray paint and a blank wall". I seriously wish I could make that happen!!

 

I decided to make her a birthday card using the beautiful flowers from I Am Roses with Conie Fong's Snowy Delivering Presents. I absolutely LOVE this happy, adorable penguin! And I love that you can make it girly or boyish depending on your colors. Her favorite colors are mint/teal and purple so I stuck to that color scheme.

 

 Copics:

Black: C5, C7, C8, C10

Orange: YR02, YR04, YR07
Teal: BG10, BG13, BG15, BG78

Pink: RV02, RV04, R83, R85

White: C00, C01, Colorless Blender 

Yellow: Y06, YR21, YR23, YR24

Purple: V12, V15, V17, BV08

 

The cute paper is from Pink and Main My Heart 6x6 Paper Pad. I used a scallop circle die from My Favorite Things to frame the image. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Big Birthday Wishes. I also raised the cute penguin on foam tape for extra dimension.

 

 

Don't forget you still have until SEPTEMBER 8th to enter the current I Am Roses Challenge!! You must use at least 3 products from I Am Roses on your entry. The best part is that there are 4 prizes up for grabs!! Don't miss out on your chance to win these stunning paper flowers!

 

Hugs, 

Rosie

Summer Flowers Card

Hellooo...nice to meet u again ladies, 

today I want share my summer flowers card for I Am Roses Blog 

I use cut out paper flowers and mix it with gorgeous flowers from I Am Roses

And I love with the result ...maybe u can find some idea with using die cut beside in scrapbook

Let’s take a look

I used

Mini Soft Pink Paper Flowers (R2 - 2)

Small Pastel Rainbow Paper Flowers (S11 - 426)

Color Cream / Soft green / Soft Pink / Taupe / Peach( S4 - 595 )

Mixed Cream Peach White Cherry Blossoms (S3 - 209)

Mixed Pastel Indian Jasmine Flowers ( R5 - 426)

Mixed Cream / White / Peach Small paper Flowers (S10 - 209 )

Thank you for stopping bye and take a look

XOXO

Hello Friend Card

Hi, Friends! Design Team Member, Mitsyana, here with another adorable card for I Am Roses.

Well, summer is coming to an end and fall will be here soon! I'm totally excited about this, probably more than I should be, but I'm counting down the days! Counting down the days till cooler weather and changing colors. 

The turning colors of fall leaves are what inspired my project for today. I love the warm glow of all the yellows, oranges, reds, and browns! It just makes me feel like rolling around in a pile of leaves and throwing them in the air like confetti!!

For this card, I used the following I Am Roses products...

Cream Yellow Daisy Paper Craft Flowers

Small Pastel Rainbow Paper Flowers

Beige Cream Large Romantica Roses Flowers

Taupe Small Spring Cottage Paper Flowers

To make this card, I cut my white 110 lb cardstock to create a  5.5"x 5.5" card base.

I used patterned corrugated cardstock and gold embossed cardstock from DCWV to create nested mats. Then layered and attached them to my card front using my Xyron Mega Runner.

I stamped this super cute House Mouse image onto mixed media paper and colored it using Derwent Inktense Color Pencils. Then cut out the colored image using a Pink and Main's Stitched Circle Die.

I added it to the card front then trimmed the bottom with a flower lace.

Then surrounded the image with gorgeous I Am Roses Flowers. I inked around the center od the daisies with Tim Holtz' Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink. Then attached all my flowers using tiny amounts of quick-grip glue.

Lastly, I die cut my sentiment using Diamond Press' Hello Friend Die from Black cardstock, then attached it to the card.

I can't get enough of these stems!! Besides having gorgeous flowers, almost all I am Roses' flowers have a 2"-3" wired stem! And not just their flowers... their leaves too!! Which make for the cutest Curly-Q's. 

I love how all these textures and warm colors came together. And right now, I'm really envious of the mouse sunbathing on the sunflower. For now, I'll have to wait It's still scorching over 100 degrees down here and nowhere near relaxing lounging weather!

I hope you enjoyed my project for today!

Come back and see us soon!!

~Mitsyana Wright

Gift boxes "Botanica" from Julia MITRA.

Hello there!

It's Julia here to inspire you with a noble forest charm.

This year my vacation was in the country and I often walked in the woods and was inspired by herbs and flowers, textures and aromas. So the idea of creating these gift boxes called "Botanica" was born.

I like botanical themes and natural decor. So I used themed scrapbook paper, and various decor to her: die-cuts, cutting, flair buttons, sheets for painting from the collection "Botany Summer" (Fabrika Decoru), as well as many natural elements.

In this project I used a lot of stunning flowers:

Cream Yellow Daisy Paper Craft Flowers

Dusty Green Small paper Flowers

Celery Green Small Spring Cottage Paper Flowers

Yellow Cream Small Summer Cottage Paper Flowers

White with Pale Yellow in the middle 2 Tone Paper Flowers

To give the colors a little forest of negligence and naturalness, I painted parts of the flowers with Magic paints from Fabrika Decoru.

I chose the colors: Natural Siena, Burnt Umber, Olive, Green Earth and a little of Golden Sand.

In the layers you may notice roundels of natural cork, and even sprigs of colored chipboard.

Beautiful flowers compliment the charm of the Nature!

The second box is similar to the first and has the same arrangement of elements and decor.

On the background of the project and in layers you can see a lot of die cuts - Cherry Lynn French Pastry, MFT leaves, AgiArt spring twig and some foliage dies.

Die cuts, like many paper elements, I toned slightly with Distress Vintage Photo by Ranger.

Another beautiful element are butterflies!

The final touch is my favorite splashing technique using liquid drops "Chocolate" and "Beige" from Fabrika Decoru!

How do you pack your presents?

I am sure that family and friends will like the beautiful package no less than the gift itself  (lol).

Thanks for watching!

I'd like to remind you about our August IAR Challenge. A winner and a TOP 3 will get wonderful prizes from IAR!!

With ♥, Julia)