My blog is called "Creative Smiles" because my designs are the result of incorporating mistakes. With fumble fingers that drop whatever they are holding - repeatedly, it takes a lot of giggles, smiles and creative patience during my crafting process. xx

Showing posts with label Fabrika Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fabrika Fantasy. Show all posts

Friday, September 01, 2017

Fabrika Fantasy's Two Crafty Critter Crazies - Fabrika Fantasy Pegasus

Hello, Critter Loving Friends!
Wishing my blogging friends well, and hoping my Texas friends have not suffered too much loss or damage.
May you all enjoy good health and love --

and now...

A new 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge begins today!

Fabrika Fantasy is sponsoring September's challenge, which ends September 30.
A random winner is selected, and a guest designer for the upcoming month is chosen.

My card features this amazing Flying Pegasus from Fabrika Fantasy.

How do you like the rhinestone panel behind the die cuts?

Raiding my old stash, I found this rhinestone mesh in just the right color, and cut it just a tad larger so a row of the rhinestones shows up on either side of the Spellbinders die cut. More of my Great Aunt Agnes' Vintage Lace was used on either side as well.
Colored with Copic Markers and Distress Inks, I have surrounded the lovely Pegasus and sentiment with Starfire Ultrafine Glitter to increase the magical feeling of the card.


The two beautiful ornate die cuts are further enhanced with
Nuvo Mother of Pearl Embellishment Mousse.
Embellishment Mousse is one of my favorite "new" products THIS YEAR because of its transformative abilities. It is fast drying (almost as fast as you can apply it) and changes ordinary, cheap cardstock into beautifully pearly-metallic satin! You can dry emboss, die cut, heat emboss, apply glitter - anything you would do with paper - even distress it! 

EMBELLISHMENT MOUSSE TIP:

When die cutting very ornate, detailed dies, apply the mousse to the cardstock prior to cutting.

As you can see below, the mousse-covered die cuts adhere easily onto each other. The heat embossed flourish in the top right corner was glued right on top of the moussed die cut.



This card is about as gaudy as it gets! (giggle)

Products Used:

Playing in the following challenges:
  1. The Crazy Challenge #256 Bingo (bottom row) Triple Tear Circle, Rhinestone (mesh layer), lace (vintage lace on both sides) 9/11
  2. The Alphabet Challenge (September 1) "Make Your Mark" (Copic Markers, Distress Inks, Hand-made sentiment, adhered glitter, applied mousse to several layers, applied embossing powder to the fourish) 9/15
  3. International Art and Soul #15 "Layer it Up!" 9/10 (card base plus lace, jewel panel, 6 layers of die cuts
  4. Classic Design Team Challenge #17 Anything DT Goes 10/1
  5. Creatalicious Challenges #122 Anything Goes with Mythical Creations 9/15
  6. Createful Heart Challenge Blog #1 Anything Goes 9/15
  7. DLArt September Linky Party Challenge - Anything Goes - 10/1
  8. Fabrika Fantasy Challenges #13 "Add Pearls or Gems" (rhinestone mesh across the back and sides) 10/1
  9. (ScrapyLand Challenges #72 "Anything Goes with Dies SL Sells" (listed above - SB, IO) 9/5
  10. World Wide Open DT Challenge #25 "Anything DT Goes" 9/15
  11. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1735 Anything Goes 9/3

Looking forward to seeing your critter cards at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge Blog!
hugs,





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Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Silly Scrapbooking Squirrel {Crafts Galore Encore}

Greetings, sweet crafty friends!
(a little freebie awaits you at the end)

It's time for another Crafts Galore Encore Challenge!

STORY TIME!

"Cuteness Escapes to the Country"
(inspired by The cutie Pie Challenge)



Today, Dancing Squirrel is showing off her scrapbook photos of the great fun enjoyed!

Being a "City Squirrel", my cutie, Silly Dancing Squirrel, enjoyed a lovely day, escaping to the country. She scampered up trees, leaping from branch to branch, and chattered the day away with new country friends! While there, Dancing Squirrel made a new friend, and she has promised to come back very soon.

If you follow Pamellia's Beautiful "My Little Craft Things" blog,
you will recognize Dancing Squirrel's sweet friend!

Her new friend is:
none other than Pamellia's Pumpkin!

I am very glad Pumpkin was there for Dancing Squirrel on her first trip to the country.

Pamellia, thank you for teaching little Pumpkin such good manners, and showing Dancing Squirrel the ropes for proper country deportment!



OK, sorry - I got carried away -

 back to the challenge LOL



Our Sponsor this month is KennyK.

The Rules to the Challenge are easy! 
Just create your projects (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme,
and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge site!
This month's challenge theme is  

"Anything Goes"

I am playing with Fabrika Fantasy's pre-colored, silly and darling Dancing Squirrel.


Fun Pieces and layers.
I also changed the color of her daisy chain crown:


A great time using older die cuts, punches and VERY MUCH OLDER papers! LOL


And then things got a little wonky:


Love those new "Next Level" embossing folders - the embossed areas are like tiny pillows!


Interiors using some leftovers 
and a freebie sentiment for you!


your freebie!

(not sure who originally said this)

These are for personal use. They may not be used by companies or for profit:

One is in png and jpg.
To download, click on the sentiment first to enlarge it, then right click to download to your hard-drive.

.jpg:



png:

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Now it's your turn to play at


Products:

  • Image: Fabrika Fantasy's pre-colored Dancing Squirrel.
  • SB Fleur de Lis Squares (card 1)
  • SB Classic Squares (card 1)
  • Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish (card 1)
  • SB Luscious Labels One (interior)
  • SB Grand Decorative Labels One (interior)
  • SB Fleur de Lis Rectangles (card 2)
  • SB Classic Scallop Squares (card 2)
  • MS Floral Crochet PAP Deep Edge Punch, Sm Butterfly punch, Sitting Bunny punch (card 2)
  • EKS Large Butterfly punch (card 2)
  • Sparkle N Sprinkle: Lady Luck Glitter, Brushable Glue, 
  • Lace, Flowers, Rhinestones
  • Next Level Embossing Folder (puffed hearts in the Dotted set)
  • Paper: Tim Holtz Coordinations blue cardstock (card bases), white, green, black, rust, tan, KandCompany,

Playing in the following Challenges please:
  1. Avenue 613 - #178 Anything Goes! 6/4
  2. Crafting by Designs (June) Anything Goes 7/1
  3. Crafting from the Heart - #114 Anything Goes 6/5
  4. The Cutie Pie Challenge - (May#99) "Cuteness Escapes to the Country" 6/4 (NOTE: I have posted a little story featuring The Cutie Pie Challenge toward the top of my post
  5. Crafting With Dragonflies - #58 Animals 6/10
  6. Die Cuttin' Divas - #268 Anything Goes with Die Cuts (I have listed my dies above) 6/5
  7. Inspiration Destination #88 Anything Goes 6/6
  8. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #34 Anything Goes 6/4
Stamping Hugs,








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Friday, January 01, 2016

Dancing Squirrel {Crafts Galore Encore}


Happy New Year!

And Welcome to my first blog post as a Crafts Galore Encore Challenge DT member! 
May 2016 be the best Year ever for my sweet crafting buddies and your families.
We are experiencing our warmest Winter ever, here in Central Florida.
Very strange to have the air conditioner whirring when so many others are contending with slush and ice! Still, no complaints...

(note to my blogger buddies: apologies for being absent from commenting. I am seriously ill and still not able to do much on line - hope to catch up soon)


The Rules to the Challenge are so easy! Just create your project (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme with up to 3 entries, and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the CGE Challenge site! That's it! This month's challenge is easy-peasy - ANYTHING GOES.

Our fun, imaginative sponsor this month is Fabrika Fantasy. 
I'm playing with Fabrika Fantasy's silly and darling Dancing Squirrel which  includes FIVE files!
  • a colored image in both JPG and PNG formats, 
  • a black and white image in both JPG and PNG formats, 
  • and a bonus colored image including background in JPG format - 
  • all for $3.00!



After coloring with Copic Markers, I added several of the daisies from Dancing Squirrel's crown so that it is raining flowers as she dances! This card measures 5.5" x 7.5".

In 2015, I vowed to use "old stash" on each of my cards, and largely, I succeeded. This year, I want do even more! Remember a decade ago when Michaels (and other Big Box Stores) carried all those cute decorative buttons? My dragonfly buttons were clamoring to play with Dancing Squirrel. Made of Resin, they are coated withmSNS Starfire Glitter.

BEFORE:


AFTER:
AN EASY FIX WHICH BRIGHTENED UP THE CARD


Looking forward to seeing your masterpieces this month at Crafts Galore Encore Challenge!

Products:
Challenges I'd like to play in pretty please:
  1. Creative Card Crew - #103 Anything Goes 01/12
  2. Tuesday Throwdown - #274 Anything Goes 1/4
  3. Crafting from the Heart - #92 Anything Goes 1/2
  4. Love to Scrap - #68 Anything Goes 1/2
  5. Crafty Creations Challenges #305 Anything Goes 1/4
  6. Inspiration Destination Challenges #66 Anything Goes 1/4
  7. C.R.A.F.T #344 "Anything Goes" 1/5
  8. CCC Digi Creations #40 Anything Goes 1/13
  9. Petal Lu (Jan 1) Anything Goes 1/12
  10. Sisters of the Craft - (Jan) Anything Goes 2/1
Stamping Hugs,


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