Blue Bird Holiday Card

Hello.  Ann here today with some early Holiday Season inspiration.  I know that the weather is so nice now it is hard to conceive that the Holidays are coming, yet they will be here sooner than we realize.  So while we are having a heat wave in my neck of the woods I am working inside my air conditioned house designing Christmas cards.  So here is my card:

To make this card I used a pre-made white base card (5 x 6 1/2), and some scrapbook and card stock papers as layers (5x6 1/2, 5x 6 1/4, and 4 5/8 x 6 1/4).

 The focus of this design is the Blue Bird (I was inspired by the Blue Jays that are usually flying around in the winter here).  The bird is a canvas die-cut by Linnie Blooms.

I used some Gelatos (creamy acrylic water soluble pastel) in a bright blue, a Teal, and a White.  With some water I smudged the colours with my fingers into the canvas.

I made the birds eye with some Puffy Fabric paint in black and a faux black rhine stone.  I made the branch by using the stencil (also from Linnie Blooms), a faint pencil tracing and filling in with some more of the black puffy fabric paint.

 Once the black paint was dry I distressed it with some white Gelato pastel. I added three light green leaves in more Gelato and glued on some red glass seed beads.

 I made the snowflakes from white paper and a punch, and glued the flakes to the card.  The sentiment (which is so shiny the camera did not make it out) reads Merry Christmas.  I made that with a good old Peel-Off sticker I had and a piece of white scarp of Card Stock die cut with a Little B die.

The supplies I used:
Linnie Blooms Bird
Linnie Blooms Stencil "Flutter"
White pre-folded card Recollections (Michaels)
Card stock in Dark Blue (scrap from my stash)
Metallic Scrapbook paper scraps in Light Blue, and White (From my stash)
Little B™ Die "Party"
Snowflake punch
Red Glass Beads (MultiCraft)
Puffy Fabric Paint in Black (Craft Medley--MultiCraft)
Black Rhinestone (Dollarama)
Gales by Faber Castell (White, Teal, Blue, Green)
Double sided Adhesive Tape (3m)
Aleene's Tacky Glue

To see more of my projects and how to's, please come over to my Blog at www.annmakes.blogspot.com.    Thanks for stopping by.

Journal with Blooms

Hi,  it's Ann here today from the Linnie Bloom's Design Team and the blog: AnnMakes.  I  used a Home Decor Kit from Linnie Blooms:  Rustic  Journal to make  myself a portable watercolour journal to carry in my bag.

I used some Gelatos and some water to alter the natural canvas for the cover.  I also altered the house shape that comes in the kit to make a flap for the journal.

I used pink and gold gelato to colour the blooms and enhanced the centres with big black embroidery threaded knots. I later glued the flowers to the cover.

I finished the inside cover with some vintage dictionary pages and some Mod Podge.

I cut three sheets of watercolour paper into 6 pieces to make 12 pages in the journal.  I used a very simple book making method by making two holes through the papers and the canvas.

 I then used the piece of jute cord from the kit to bind everything together with a double knot.

I sewed a zig zag line on the house/flap.  I also stitched the flap to the journal back on my sewing machine.  I added small velcro to the cover and flap.

Finally to add some whimsy to the cover I used some stamps and Staz On ink for the Bee.

I hope that you are inspired to make your own personal piece with the lovely Linnie Bloom's Kits.

Supplies:
Linnie Blooms Rustic Journal Kit
Gelatos in blues, teal, green , bright pink, and gold by Faber Castell
Staz On black stamp ink by Tsukineko
Mod Podge by Plaid
"Buzzing Bees" stamps from Blue Moon Creations / Spiced Sunshine Stamps
Velcro from Multi Crafts
Dictionary papers from my stash
Water colour paper by Loes Cornell
Sewing thread by Coats and Clark
Aleene's Tacky Glue

Thank you for stopping by.  For more of my projects and how to's please stop at http://annmakes.blogspot.com.

What's in the Tea Leaves?

Well....as much as I enjoy my cup of coffee in the morning...I do so also enjoy my YOGI tea...

and so attached to each  tea bag is a tag with positive sayings/quotes/wordage.

Not to let ANYTHING go to waste ...I have been collecting these little pieces...for my art:

Soooooooooooo...I made a tag...with the tea tag "leaves"...and a Linnie Blooms butterfly, turned into a sweet yellow buttercup for spring!....a little piece of art!

Now, I am on a roll....I have had some mini frames( 4"x5") in my stash for MANY years..that I took and shabbed up, and with an ATC size piece of chipboard, I painted, layered & collaged up 2 more TEA ARTs!

*****I adhered these to the topside of the frame for a different look*****

I used the Linnie Blooms house and the owl ...super cute product!!

Beeeeeeeeeeeeee sure to check out The Linnie Blooms shop...she is adding more fun & yummys all the time!....

creative blessings, 

debbie

Leafy Fun With Pinky **Tutorial**

Good morning Linnie Bloom friends, 

Pinky here today with this Linnie Bloom Canvas card 

perfect for fall or even Thanksgiving. 

These new Linnie Bloom shapes are amazing and easy to work with. 

• Using small leaf stamps (I used Nuts About You from Avocado Arts) and several fall colored inks (Clearsnap Chalk Inks), stamps leaves all over upper part of Linnie Blooms Canvas Full Tree.

•  Spritz entire tree using Smooch Spritz in Gold Glow (adds shimmer). 
• Rub tree trunk with brown ink. 
• Ink edges of tree by hand. 

•  Adhere tree (Beacon 3N1 Adhesive) to kraft paper and trim out. 
• Trim out card (4.5X5) from card stock (CutCardStock) and layer papers. 
• Adhere tree to front of card as shown. 

•  Using foam pop dots- adhere die cut sentiment (Teresa Collins) to center of tree).
• Adhere card front to card base. 

 That's it! A beautiful fall card with a  handmade touch. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and like this card!

Until next time- Keep on creating. 

Pinky Hobbs- Linnie Blooms Design Team

Fall Chalkboard Tutorial by Pinky

Good morning Linnie Bloom friends, 

Pinky here today with a step by step photo tutorial on making this 

chalkboard wall hanging. Especially how I created these 

Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves. 

Using old Thickers- press carefully into Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves.

If Thickers are not sticker enough use extra adhesive. 

Carefully go letter around each one using Smooch Ink.  

 Spritz each Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaf using Smooch Spritz  in fall colors. 

 I also edged each one with Smooch Gold Ink. 

After Smooch dries (10 minutes) peel off Thickers. 

 This is the end result. 

 Create patterned paper base in desired size and lightly spritz 

using same Smooch Spritz to ensure color cohesion. 

 Stitch Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves down using sewing machine. 

 Stitch around patterned paper base as well. 

Paint Genuinely Jane Wood Birdhouse album page using Chalkboard paint.  

 Add embellishments. (Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves was 

spritzed using same colors only without the alphabet).

 Drill two holes in the bottom of the wood page. 

 Thread using Ribbons Unlimited Sheer Ribbon. 

 Now it's ready for your chalk message and it's a beautiful addition 

to your room for the fall! 

The Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves are a wonderful new item in the store.

Be sure to check them out. 

Pinky Hobbs- Linnie Blooms Design Team