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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Sparkly Sunglasses with WOW! Embossing Powder

I saw the cutest piece of art by Jen B Peters that I've been dying to recreate in card form. Check her out, she's awesome!

Jen B Peters awesome piece!

My Card

There are lots of ways to create glittery sunglasses but I have some WOW! embossing stunners just begging for attention so that's how I did it. I mean just look at these colors...

I coated these die cuts...

...with VersaMark and Turkish Nights embossing powder (and black for the "lenses").

I cut the circle into pieces to create the rest of the frames and assembled.

To add the dark pink to the top of my heart frames, I just applied a little pigment ink with a blending tool, then clear embossing powder and heat set.

And I love them! I think I might need to create more with my other WOW! colors.

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,
Carly

supplies:
Essentials by Ellen Make It Beautiful
Concord & 9th Love Always
Hero Arts Infinity Nesting Hearts
Mama Elephant Tutti Frutti Ink Pad
WOW! Embossing Powder Turkish Nights

Thursday, May 11, 2017

today...

I'm over in The Classroom today at Ellen Hutson LLC using one of my favorite Pretty Pink Posh stamps sets and fashioning some DIY raindrop sequins.

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

Thursday, May 4, 2017

BCRF Courage + Scrape Art

The Ellen Hutson LLC BCRF fundraising set Courage, is so lovely but my very favorite part of the stamp set is the beautiful sentiments! I wanted to create more cards highlighting the encouraging words and I've by excited to try "scrape art", a technique I've been seeing around the Pinterest neighborhood. Here is the result:

Without any pink acrylic paints on hand (shameful I know), I turned to my Nuvo Drops. And they worked beautifully for this easy & striking technique.

Apply drops of chosen medium to cardstock.

Use a flat edge like a squeegee or old gift card (or Disney pass, haha!) to apply gentle pressure to smooth paint into lines.

So easy right? Have a great day!

Have a great day!

xo,
Carly

Monday, May 1, 2017

UNITED WE CONQUER! Ellen Hutson BCRF Fundraiser

Too many of us have been touched by cancer, too many friends & family lost. I am honored and proud to be part of a company creating for the cause of ending this terrible disease.

In honor of three amazing mothers, Chaitali, Julie and Ellen, teamed up to find a way that they could make a difference and honor these very special women in their lives and actively contribute to finding a cure for breast cancer. Together they have created the Courage Stamp & Die Set.

$25 from the purchase price of each Courage Stamp & Die Set will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

The Courage sets are filled with beautiful flowers and powerful words of encouragement. I combined flowers & leaves stamped in pigment inks, with some embossed white cards to create a set of cards.

A little more info from Ellen, Julie & Chaitali:

We know that many of you are affected by this disease or other forms of cancer and we are turning to you for help. After much research our team made the decision to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. BCRF is the highest rated breast cancer organization in the nation. To learn more about BCRF please visit their website at https://www.bcrfcure.org

Through this fundraiser, it is our goal to educate and raise money for research and support services for patients and survivors battling breast cancer.

Won’t you join us?

Donate, stamp, share, create—there are many ways you can contribute! Visit the Ellen Hutson BCRF fundraiser page to find out how and to follow our progress.

Together we can!

Thanks so much for stopping by and keep hoping along! Your next stop is Chaitali's blog. And here's the complete list in case you have gotten turned around.

Carly Tee Minner - You are here!

Nichol Spohr

Big Hugs!
Carly

Thursday, April 27, 2017

more mousse love

I'm over in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson LLC with what I think might be one of my favorite new techniques, markers over mousse!

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

Monday, April 24, 2017

multi-tasking mousse

I love & adore multi-tasking supplies! I love the creativity they encourage and they help keep my crafty stash in check (sort of, haha!). And I have found a new one that is knocking my socks off, Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. You can do everything with mousse...gild, watercolor, color over, color under, use with stencils, use with all kinds of paper & embellishments...the list goes on.

This card was creating for my sweet friend Laura's bday, using mouse with embossed images for a resist technique. I not only wanted to create something pretty for my friend but I'm also trying to talk her into getting some of her own mousse, LOL!

To create this card, I stamped in VersaMark on white cardstock and embossed in white (clear would work too.) Then I just applied the mousse over the top.

For a very smooth and saturated mousse finish, try applying with a soft cloth or sponge. Also apply multiple coats of mousse in various directions, with a moment to dry between each.

See the color change in the above photos? That's the gorgeous shimmer of the mousse! I use Pink Flambe mousse for this project but if you are thinking of just dipping your toe in, I suggest Mother of Pearl mousse to start. The mousse is easy to tint with water-based reinkers.

And make sure to check out more about mousse this week in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson(the team has some crazy cool projects and I have another one to share on Thursday that I'm pretty excited about). And because I'm an enabler (ask Laura), mousse (and all Tonic) is 15% off this week at EH. Here's a link :)

xo,
Carly

supplies:
Flora & Fauna Oh Hello Friend
Savvy Happy Birthday Stacked
MFT Blueprints Blueprints 13
VersaMark
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Pink Flambe
Smoothie Blending Sponge
Solar White
Licorice Twist

Thursday, April 13, 2017