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Monday, April 23, 2018

"Under the Sea"...

Good morning Blogger friends!

Today, I'm so excited to share "Under the Sea" from the Tutti Designs April 2018 release. The eleven nautical themed dies in this release are now available for purchase in the Tutti Designs Store. They are amazing and a must have for your die cut collection!

When I hear, "Under the Sea", I can't help but think of the Little Mermaid, Sebastian the crab and all of the fun characters from Disney's Little Mermaid movie. It's one of my all time favorites and the reason the new Under the Sea die is now a favorite too!

I decided to create a whimsical card using this new die. One that gives a magical, fantasy feeling of life below the ocean surface...

Here's my inspiration using the new Under the Sea, and the Believe Word Set.

"Believe"

Wow, this Under the Sea die cut is so elegant cut from gold metallic cardstock. I wanted to show off all the details without using a lot of embellishing. The card base is an older embossed cardstock that I've had in my stash for years. It's layered with water color patterned paper that has a tiny gold fleck design. I matted this with a fine edge of white cardstock. The minimal embellishing includes blue dew drops for water bubbles and a sparkly, gold starfish.

The sentiment, Believe, is also cut from the gold metallic and matted with the same cardstock as the base. It fit perfectly in the frame created by the Under the Sea die.

Dew drops are always a fun embellishment to use as water droplets.

Featured Product

Tutti Designs Believe Word Set

Tutti Designs Under the Sea

Thank you for stopping by to share my "Under the Sea" inspiration for Tutti Designs!

Be sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store for all available die cuts in the most recent release along with the full inventory of Tutti Dies.

You'll find more inspiration on our other Tutti Designs sites:

Tutti Designs Blog

Tutti Designs Facebook Page

Tutti Designs Pinterest Projects

Have a happy Monday!

Vicki
He"artful" Validation of Vicki

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Double D Challenge..."Treasured Friend"

Good morning blogger friends!

Ahhh, half way through April and the weather is finally taking an upturn temperature wise and the flowers are blooming. It's time for our second challenge of the month on the Double D Challenge Blog and we have a great theme to go along with it..."Friendship". Team Darlene is hosting along with the help of Team Diane.

This is a perfect challenge for me this week. I will be attending a weekend crop with friends I haven't seen in a long time. We are all excited to share stories and time together. I can hardly wait to see everyone!

As always, we have a fun mood board to inspire you...

And, along with the Top Creative Winner and Top 3, chosen by the Design Team, we are offering the prize below to one lucky winner chosen by random.org. See the challenge guidelines in the Double D Challenge Blog sidebar. You have until April 29th to play along.

Here's my "Friendship" inspiration...

"Treasured Friend"

This A2 size card has many layers with lots of added dimension using dies cuts. I used distress inks to color the butterflies and added Wink of Stella to the top lacy wings. The sentiment is from an older stamp set in my stash.

From my stash...

Bazzill Cardstock

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Close To My Heart Friendship Bouquet Stamp Set

Creative Expressions Organdy Ribbon

May Arts Twine

Memory Box Elliana Border Frame

Memory Box Stitched Vivienne Butterfly

Memory Box Waltzing Butterflies

Prima Patterned Paper

Spellbinders Banner

Sue Wilson Creative Expressions Catkin Stems

Wink of Stella

So, come join the fun! Link your "Friendship" inspired project to our Double D April "Friendship" Challenge post today. You could be the winner of our awesome prize!

I hope my "Treasured Friend" card has inspired you to play along!

Thanks again for stopping by....come back soon.

Vicki

Monday, April 16, 2018

Tutti Designs Wallet Card

Happy Monday, Blogger friends!

Today, I'm sharing an easy, peasy basic money wallet that is multi purpose. Great for birthdays, anniversaries, and even Mother's Day!

I've used the Tutti Designs Dotted Nesting Ovals and Flower Joy for this project.

Measurements

1. Cut an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock (from the short side) to 7" wide. Save the 1 1/2" x 11" piece to use later for the belly band.

2. Turn the larger piece 90 degrees counter clockwise (to the left) and cut to 8 1/2". Save the 2" x 7" piece for embellishing.

3. Score the 8 1/2" x 7" piece at 3 1/4" and 6 1/2". Fold and crease along the score lines.

4. Cut the 1 1/2" x 11" strip to 9" in length. Score at 2", 2 1/8", 5 3/8" and 5 1/2". Fold and crease on score lines. Adhere to make the belly band closure.

5. I embellished the wallet folder using vellum layered over white cardstock. You could also use patterned paper for this. I cut the top fold vellum/cardstock to 2 1/4" x 6 1/4". If you are not using any type of border, then the dimensions would be 2 1/2" x 6 1/4". The bottom fold vellum/cardstock is cut to 1 3/4" x 6 1/4".

6. I used the Dotted Nesting Ovals and the Flower Joy to embellish the wallet.

Featured Product

Tutti Designs Dotted Nesting Ovals

Tutti Designs Flower Joy

Thanks for coming by today!
Stop by the Tutti Blog where you will find daily inspiration using the fabulous dies from Tutti Designs.

Be sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store for all available die cuts in the most recent release along with the full inventory of Tutti Dies.

You'll find more inspiration on our other Tutti Designs sites:

Tutti Designs Blog

Tutti Designs Facebook Page

Tutti Designs Pinterest Projects

Have a happy Monday!

Vicki
He"artful" Validation of Vicki

Monday, April 9, 2018

"live in the moment"

Good morning Blogger Friends!

I'm back from vacation and trying to get my mojo up and running again. It's nice to get away for a short time, but always a good feeling to be back home. When we arrived, the crocus, daffodils and pansies were in bloom. Not nearly as warm as Florida, but I was inspired by the blooming flowers.

Today, I'm sharing a card created with Tutti Designs Delicate Rose, Dotted Nesting Circles, and Musical Stave die cuts.

"live in the moment"

I cut a chipboard stencil using the Delicate Rose

and placed it on the card base so that the design would be the central focal point when additional layers were added.

I inked over the stencil with distress inks

then heat set the ink a little and layered glass bead gel over it. The gel is opaque going on, but dries clear and you can see the glass beads. It's one of my favorite mixed media products. I'll save the chipboard piece for another project.