Follow Your Heart....: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Sea Cliff's Eye's

Today I would like to show you one of the new images from Susana Loves Stamps Collection. This is Sea Cliff Eyes.

She has been colored with Copic’s and Spica Glitter Pens and lots of Glamour dust. I used some diamond glaze for the eyes (loving these eyes)

The paper pad that I used is from Authentique from Susana’s. Love all the wonderful pads she has such a large assortment for anything you want.

Well I hope you all are having a great day and do hope you have visited Susana’s for all the new wonderful things she has in the store.

Sending Big Hugs ((((((())))))))))))))

Friday, March 30, 2012

SUSANA LOVES STAMPS RELEASE DAY!!!

It's Release Day and also time to hop with SCACD!!!

Susana Loves Stamps

Presents

Eyes of Dreams Collection

Eyes of Beauty Collection

***Available to Purchase NOW***

It's time for another wonderful SCACD Stamp Release!!! We are thrilled to bring you 2 new collections that will capture your hearts thru the eyes of these Beauties!!! The eyes are truly the window to the soul and these sweeties capture that feeling :) I am changing things up by launching some new "branding" for SCACD in this case, Susana Loves Stamps. To be clear it does not mean I personally designed what you are seeing but I did have a part in bringing it forward. Look out for more Susana Loves projects in the works!!!

Eyes of Dreams Collection has 4 stamps and 1 bonus stamp only available when you buy the complete set, plus a sweet discount when you buy the entire set.

Eyes of Beauty Collection has 4 stamps and 1 bonus stamp only available when you buy the complete set, plus a sweet discount when you buy the entire set.

Head to SCACD to get yours now!!! And for our International friends, you can find these at Quixotic Paperie!!!

The wonderful SCACD DT and some amazing Special Guests along with the Quixotic Paperie DT have put together a fabulous, inspirational blog hop to showcase these amazing new stamps!!! You won't want to miss it!

Here's the complete Blog Hop List-

Thanks always for your support and kindness!

Hearts and Hugs

Susana and the SCACD DT

Thursday, March 29, 2012

BLOG CANDY WINNERS THURSDAY

We have enjoyed all your comments so much on the sneak peeks!!! Thank you!!!

The Blog Candy Winners are-

Alyce from Dianne's Blog

and

PBrown9624 from Danni's Blog

Please email Danni at dannisdreams at gmail dot com within a week so we can get your prizes out to you. If we don't hear from you within a week, a new winner will be chosen.

We will see you tomorrow for RELEASE DAY and an inspirational BLOG HOP!!!

SCACD SNEAK PEEK DAY 3

Susana Loves Stamps

Presents

Eyes of Dreams Collection

Eyes Of Beauty Collection

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 30, 2012!!!

***Blog Candy Information Below***

Welcome back for Day 3 of sneak peeks for the upcoming SCACD stamp release!!! If you are just joining us, please be sure to check out the previous sneak peeks from Kim, Lorraine, and Melanie!!!

Check out the post a few posts below this one for all the details on this fabulous SCACD release!!!

Today we have 2 SCACD Designers sharing sneak peeks of these fabulous stamps!!!

Danni

Dianne

You need to go to their blogs to see the entire image because...

***Blog Candy Information***

We have some FUN Blog Candy to give away!!!

One stamp, of Susana's choice, from this release will be given away on each Designer's sneak peek blog post!!! So that means there are still 2 chances left to win a stamp!!!

To enter for the Blog Candy you need to visit Danni and Dianne and leave a comment (only one comment per person) on their sneak peek blog post before 9 pm (EST) TODAY!!!

A winner will be chosen from their blogs and then posted here, on the SCACD store blog, at 9:30 pm (EST) tonight!!! DO NOT leave a comment on the Store Blog for the Candy as it has to be on the Designer showing the sneak peek to enter!!!

The remaining stamps that are not shown during the sneak peeks will be revealed tomorrow on Release Day, Friday, March 30, 2012!!! The stamps will be available for purchase at SCACD tomorrow as well as at Quixotic Paperie for our International Friends!!!

Thanks always for your support as it means so much to me and the DT :D

Hearts and Hugs

Susana and the SCACD DT!!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

BLOG CANDY WINNER WEDNESDAY

More wonderful comments left on Melanie's blog today, thank you!!!

The Blog Candy Winner is:

Brandi

Please email Danni at dannisdreams at gmail dot com within a week so we can get your prize out to you. If we don't hear from you within a week, a new winner will be chosen.

See you tomorrow with more FUN sneak peeks!!!

SCACD SNEAK PEEK DAY 2

Susana Loves Stamps

Presents

Eyes of Dreams Collection

Eyes Of Beauty Collection

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 30, 2012!!!

***Blog Candy Information Below***

Welcome back for Day 2 of sneak peeks for the upcoming SCACD stamp release!!! If you are just joining us, please check out the sneak peeks from yesterday from Kim and Lorraine!!!

Check out the post below this one for all the details on this fabulous SCACD release!!!

Today we have 1 SCACD Designer sharing a sneak peek of these wonderful stamps!!!

Melanie

You need to go to her blog to see the entire image because...

***Blog Candy Information***

We have some FUN Blog Candy to give away!!!

One stamp, of Susana's choice, from this release will be given away on each Designer's sneak peek blog post!!! So that means there are still 3 chances left to win a stamp!!!

To enter for the Blog Candy you need to visit Melanie and leave a comment (only one comment per person) on her sneak peek blog post before 9 pm (EST) TODAY!!!

A winner will be chosen from her blog and then posted here, on the SCACD store blog, at 9:30 pm (EST) tonight!!! DO NOT leave a comment on the Store Blog for the Candy as it has to be on the Designer showing the sneak peek to enter!!!

We know you don't want to miss a thing so be sure to come back every day this week to the Store Blog for updates!!!

The remaining stamps that are not shown during the sneak peeks will be revealed on Release Day, Friday, March 30, 2012!!! The stamps will be available for purchase at SCACD on the 30th as well as at Quixotic Paperie for our International Friends!!!

Thanks always for your support as it means so much to me and the DT :D

Hearts and Hugs

Susana and the SCACD DT!!!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

BLOG CANDY WINNERS TUESDAY

Thank you for all the wonderful comments left on the Designer's Blogs today!!!

The Blog Candy winners are:

Okienurse from Lorraine's Blog

and

Kathi from Kim's Blog

Please email Danni at dannisdreams at gmail dot com within a week so we can get your prizes out to you. If we don't hear from you within a week, a new winner will be chosen.

See you tomorrow with more FUN sneak peeks!!!

SCACD SNEAK PEEK DAY 1

It's time for another SCACD Stamp Release!!!

Susana Loves Stamps

Presents

Eyes of Dreams Collection

Eyes of Beauty Collection

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 30, 2012!!!

***Blog Candy Information Below***

Happy Spring!!!

It's time for another wonderful SCACD Stamp Release!!! We are thrilled to bring you 2 new collections that will capture your hearts thru the eyes of these Beauties!!! I am changing things up by launching some new "branding" for SCACD in this case, Susana Loves Stamps. To be clear it does not mean I personally designed what you are seeing but I did have a part in bringing it forward. Look out for more Susana Loves projects in the works!!!

Eyes of Dreams Collection has 4 stamps and 1 bonus stamp only available when you buy the complete set, plus a sweet discount when you buy the entire set.

Eyes of Beauty Collection has 4 stamps and 1 bonus stamp only available when you buy the complete set, plus a sweet discount when you buy the entire set.

Starting today through Thursday we will be sharing some sneak peeks of these amazing stamps and then we will have an inspirational blog hop on release day, Friday March 30, 2012!!! So be sure to visit every day!!!

(More details below!!!)

Today we have 2 SCACD Designers showing sneak peeks of 2 of the new stamps on their blogs!!!

Kim

Lorraine

You need to go to their blogs to see the entire image because...

***Blog Candy Information***

We have some FUN Blog Candy to give away!!!

One stamp, of Susana's choice, from this release will be given away on each Designer's sneak peek blog post!!! So that will be 5 chances to win a stamp!!!

To enter for the Blog Candy you need to visit Kim and Lorraine and leave a comment (only one comment per person) on their sneak peek blog post before 9 pm (EST) TODAY!!!

A winner will be chosen from both blogs and then posted here, on the SCACD store blog, at 9:30 pm (EST) tonight!!! DO NOT leave a comment on the Store Blog for the Candy as it has to be on the Designer showing the sneak peek to enter!!!

We know you don't want to miss a thing so be sure to come back every day this week to the Store Blog for updates!!!

Thanks always for your support as it means so much to me and the DT :D

Hearts and Hugs

Susana and the SCACD DT!!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

SCACD IS OPEN AND LOTS OF NEW PRODUCTS!!!

SCACD is now back open after some store maintenance and full of LOTS of new products so let's get to it!!!

New 6x6 paper pads- Jillibean, Memory Box, Simple Stories, Pink Paislee, Lilybee and more- HERE!!!

New Memory Box Dies, can we say WOW!!!- HERE!!!

New Dylusions stamps, stencils and sprays- HERE!!!

New Kraftin' Kimmie stamps- HERE!!!

New Luminarte Products-these are amazing- HERE!!!

Be sure to check out the videos, at the top of the Luminarte section by Marti Wills for these MUST HAVE products!!!

New Stamping Bella stamps- HERE!!!

Fun new Couture Creations Embossing Folders- HERE!!!

New Petaloo Chipboard- HERE!!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow when some FABULOUS SCACD FUN starts!!!

Happy Shopping!!!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Review for Best Glue Ever and a Cutie!!!

Good morning crafters! Before I talk about ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, I have the adorable Give Peace a Chance image by Sylvia Zet for SCACD to show you.

Can you hear her saying, 'He loves me - He loves me not - He loves me....'?

I love her beautiful flowing hair!

Paper is from the Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings 6x6 paper pad. I thought the 'tye-dye' look was appropriate for this image lol! She's colored with copics: Pants - B97 B95 B93 B91 B37 C7 C5; Top - G28 G24 G21 G20; Flower - YR24 YR21 YR20 YR14 R14; Hair - E35 E34 YR21 YR20; Skin - E11 E00 E000; Flower Centers - E18 E17 E13 E11 E02; Flower Stem - YG67 YG63 YG61 YG11; Shoes - E47 E44 E43 E42 E41 E40 C9.

Products and supplies used: Give Peace a Chance stamp; Sentiment is from the Ticketed stamp set by Stampology; Kaisercraft Paper Pad (out of stock on Sweet Nothings, but check out the fabulous selection Here); Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad; Sepia VersaFine Ink Pad; Faded Jeans Distress Ink; Copics (check out Susana Loves Markers Here); Stardust Stickles; Transparent Gloss Gel; Glamour Dust; MS border punches; paper doily; tulle; flat back pearls; button; Tim Holtz scissors (used to cut the shank from button); dimensional foam and BEST GLUE EVER*

*BEST GLUE EVER REVIEW

OK... I am not an OMG girl, but My Goodness, this is the BEST (not kidding!) glue E V E R ! ! ! This is the first card I've created using ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever. I must say that I was skeptical. I mean really... isn't glue pretty much glue??? This glue totally blew me away! From now on, I will use this for my adhesive instead of my ATG; Tombow or Glue Glider Pro.

The ONLY thing that I was not happy about was adhering the tulle which was knotted in the middle. For that, as well as the button, I will continue to use Aleene's Super Thick Tacky Glue.

You only need a small amount of Best Glue Ever. It does NOT wrinkle paper and holds extremely well. A definite plus to using this glue over various tapes is that you can reposition your paper if you don't get it right the first time! It dries permanent, but if you want repositional, you can apply to the surface and let dry before adhering to another surface. I'm tellin' ya that they got the name right on this one!!!

You can find Best Glue Ever *Here*

Who would've thought I'd write a novel on glue??? Ah... the life of a crafter :)

Thanks for joining me today :)

Love and blessings ~

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Loves Me

Here is another one of the new images from Victoria Case at Susana’s Custom Art and Cards. Oh this new release is just to die for.

This is Love’s Me and I have used some Viva Decor Inka Gold paint on my chalk board.

Images have been colored with my copic’s and Spica Glitter Pens.

Lots of Glamour Dust and Glamour Dust glitter paint on the flowers.

So hope you all have gotten your hands on these cuties !!! They are so much fun to color.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Let's Get Inky/Messy, LOL!

With all the new mixed-media items in Susana's Shop, I felt the need to get inky/messy, LOL!

I took an Inksentials Craft Tag - Manilla #8 and inked with several Ranger Distress Inks. After that, I embossed it with my Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Vintage Dressmaker. I then used more distress inks on the raised areas. Then I broke out my new Luminarte Products and went to town. I used Silk Acrylic Glazes (Emperor's Gold, Carmen & Nutmeg) and Mica Powders (Yellow Rose & Indian Copper) mixed with Jacquard Gum Arabic Powder. The shimmer of these - it's off the wall! The Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes - Dressform was painted with Black Gesso from the Claudine Hellmuth Studio Kit and then brushed with the Luminarte products for shimmer. Pearls were created with my Viva Decor "Cream" Pearl Pen and "Walnut Brown" Gloss Gel Pen.

I tried to take another photo to show you the shimmer, but it's still hard to see. The shimmer is off the wall IRL!

Ooh and you need to check out the Maya Road Mini Spools hiding on the back shelf in the store. I think the photo is misleading - they don't seem as teeny as they are IRL. See my photo below - they're next to a DIME! I fell in love with them. I painted the middle of the spools with "Copper" Precious Metals Paint and "Gold" Precious Metals Paint , inked the top & bottom portions with Distress Ink, and then poked a My Minds Eye Lovely Pin through them and attached to my ribbon. Oh and Copper Magic Mesh under the ribbon.

Thought I'd give you a peak at my mess, too, lol! Thank goodness for the Scraperfect Cleaner! There have been a couple questions on it. Just remember - if it's a heavy duty cleaning job, let the cleaner soak in for a few minutes, then rub/scrub around with hands (if brushes, rub the bristles between your fingers) and then rub/scrub with paper towels or cloth. Reapply if really dirty. Then rinse. I love that it's not a harsh or toxic cleaner since my son & pup like to get into everything, lol.

After rubbing/scrubbing:

After rinsing - brushes and mat are good to go and get inky/dirty again, lol.

Hope I've inspired you to get inky/messy today!

Give Peace a Chance

I am back again with another one of these gorgeous Sylvia Zet images for Susana’s Custom Art and Cards . I can’t tell you enough how adorable these images are!!!

This image is Give Peace a Chance !!! I have colored her with my copic’s and used spica glitter pens. I added some diamond glaze to her eyes.

Papers are from the new Glitz Paper - 6 x 6 pad - Vintage Blue Fancy

I have used some of the chipboard corners from Make it Crafty and covered them with some glamour dust and used some Zva Creative Pearls on them.

I so hope you are enjoying the new release and hope you have gotten yours.

Best Fishes!

Good Morning Everyone, Happy Tuesday!!!! Crystal here and todayI would like to share a creation I made using this beautiful image by Sylvia Zet for SCACD!!!! This cutie's name is Elania, you can find this image along with many others HERE!!! Hope you enjoy my creation today!!!

(Please click on the picture for a larger view)

Isn't she beautiful??? I had so much fun creating this card, I LOVED coloring her hair blue, mermaids can be whatever you want they are magical :) I also added some fun flock to the bottom of my scene to add a little texture as I saw it as sand. The paper I used today is Splash by Echo Park, I just thought these designs and colors were perfect for this cutie!!!!

I found these cool plants in my flower stash...It reminded me of seaweed so I just had to add it along with a shell charm and beads.

Have you checked out SCACD lately, LOTS and LOTS of new stuff along with the BRAND NEW Spellbinders and the New Prima Papers are in...oh my word BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, Have a GREAT Tuesday Everyone!!!