Cherry On Top Wine Bottle Tag Swaps

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Hey y'all. Happy Monday. I hope everyone survived the weekend ok. We had a blast at our concert in Hershey, Pa. even though it shut down about 30 minutes early because of the storm. We were getting lightning strikes near the stadium. We only had about 30 minutes of moderate rain and that was it. Boy were we surprised to get back to our room and get our messages about the Big Storms here at home. Although I didn't lose power at my house my A.C. died. It had been sluggish for a few weeks but it finally went sometime Friday or Saturday. :'( This meant getting a technician out to my house on OT yesterday. I won't even say how UGLY that was. All things considered, it could have been worse. The technician was nice and finally this morning I had some cool air in the house. It was 88 when I went to bed at 11.

Needless to say, no MDS Monday today. In fact, I wasn't even able to stamp. I got started a couple of times but it was simply too hot. So, for today, I have a project that I made a few weeks back for a team swap. It's similar to a previous post but I stepped it up some.

Here's today's project-

Embossed Wine Bottle Tag featuring
Happy Birthday With A Cherry On Top

I started with a base of Pool Party  and layered Daffodil Delight and Whisper White c/s on top of that. My previous tag just had squared off ends. For this swap I used my Scalloped Border Punch on all three layers. I then used my mat Pack and Piercer to make "holes" in each of the scallops. This mimics the design on the pedestal.

I inked the pedestal in Versamark and Pool Party Classic Ink and stamped it. Next I coated it in Clear Embossing Power and Heat Embossed it. This tag actually has pretty uniform color, but many didn't. At first I was upset that they weren't "perfect", but after heat embossing I decided I really liked the uneven look. (Bet you never thought you'd read that on this blog did you!?!) They turned out looking like old glazed ceramic pieces. Soooo pretty! I stamped the glass dome with Versamark and then covered it with Heat and Stick powder and Dazzling Diamonds, love the sparkly, crystal effect. The sentiment, cake layer, & cherry portion were all inked with Stampin Write Markers and stamped.

Wanna know another "you won't believe it" secret... I didn't use my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig! Not once!!! Go figure. This Scaredy Cat was Fearless that night! :) The top layer was popped up on Dimensionals. Then I got to wondering if there was anything else I could do to really make it special for swaps and I remembered I had some Real Red Dazzling Details, so I went back and added that to all of my swaps.

Here's a closer look-

I made 24 and not counting the time it took me to cut the c/s I spent about 4 hours straight making these. They were well received. :) In fact I ended up swapping them all and I do mean all. Do you ever forget to save one of your swaps out for yourself? I do it all the time! At least I remembered to take pictures. I realized near the end of the meeting that I had forgotten to save one and so I tucked my last remaining one down in my swap basket for myself. As I was getting ready to leave someone asked if I wanted to swap. I told her I had given out all but my last one which I was taking home because, silly me, I had forgotten to save one for myself. She saw which one it was and said. "Oh I saw those and was hoping to swap for one!" How could I not swap at that point!?! I couldn't. Like I said at least I took pictures. LOL! I can always make more, right? Right!

Can I just say, that was a lot of work on swaps. I had planned on doing about 50 of these for convention swaps. I think I would have been NUTZ, by the time I was done. :) Here's a picture of them all-

Wine Bottle Tag Swaps

Hopefully I will be returning home to a cool house tonight and will be able to get some stamping done. I hope you are cool wherever you might be as well.

I hope you liked today's project. These tags are one of my most requested items. They can be super simple or really stepped up like these. I hope you'll try some. I'm sure you'll have great luck with them. I have multiple posts with them so if you want to see more or get specific instructions just use the search feature here on my blog. I love hearing from you and read all comments, so if you get a chance I'd love to hear what you think about today's project. If you'd like to +1 or Pin it, I've put the buttons on my sidebar for your convenience. Friends and Followers are always welcome too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you'll find your way back here soon! Till next time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storm to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe,

Shan

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"Magnificent" Quilted Faux-Stitched Card / End of the Week Technique #27

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Hey y'all. Happy Friday! I guess I should say Happy Good Friday or Happy Passover too. I hope you have had a great week and are looking forward to an Amazing weekend.

For this week's EWT I have a card I CASE'd from Tracy Wegener over at Paper Crafter's Library. You can see the video here. She showcased this card and technique and I liked it so much I wanted to do my own.

Here's today's card-

Faux Stitched Card, Domestic Goddess DSP, Perfect Words Stamp Set

I started with a base of Basic Grey c/s and layered Daffodil Delight and Pool Party c/s on top. This card opens up on the side which is a little different than most of my cards. In fact this may be the first one like this on my blog. Both the Daffodil Delight and Pool Party layers are popped up with dimensionals. I hadn't originally intended for there to be a layer of Pool Party showing around the top and sides of the DSP, but apparently my measurements were off just slightly somewhere so that's what ended up happening. I kind of like it though. The Pool Party Layer was run through my Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder for a sweet detail.

For my DSP layer I chose five pieces of DSP from the Domestic Goddess collection. It's so cute and the colors are just sooo cheery! The five pieces were cut at 1 3/4' x 1 1/2' each and then layered over each other at the 1" mark. I really like the look of this card but I think next time I will try the pieces at 1 1/2" squares so the DSP isn't quite so high. This was the first time I had used the Faux Stitching technique and while I think this card would have been cute with just the DSP, I think this technique really makes the DSP "Pop" 

I laid my "quilted layer" on my Pool Party layer to determine where to stamp my sentiment and stamped it write over the embossing using my Basic Grey Stampin Write Marker to ink it up. I used Perfect Words which is a "Hostess Set" but you can choose it with your free product $'s with a qualifying purchase.

For this technique you just need a few supplies-

Mat-Pack and Piercer and a Fine Tip Marker (I used my Stampin Write Marker, it's great because it has a brush-tip end and a fine tip end and they coordinate perfectly with all of my cardstock colors and DSP's)

Step 1- Use you Mat-Pack and Piercer to make your holes. Stampin Up's Guide in the Mat-Pack has lots of different sized holes. I chose the smallest ones and positioned it so the area where my DSP pieces met up was in between 2 rows. I then made a zig-zag pattern using my Piercer to make the holes. Do this for all the areas you want your "stitching" to be.

You would do a straight line the same way- just line up the edge of your guide along a grid line to make sure your "stitching line" was straight and then decide how many holes you wanted to skip in order to determine your "stitch length".

Step 2- Connect your holes. I used the side of Mat-Pack as a ruler to make sure my connecting lines were straight. I then used my Basic Grey Stampin Write Marker to connect all my holes and my DSP was all stitched up giving a "quilt-like" appearance.

Step 3- Congratulate yourself on the addition of a very nice focal point!

How stinking simple was that!?!

I adhered this to my embossed Pool Party layer with Tombow, (it works so much better than SNAIL for embossed pieces) wrapped some Calypso Coral Bakers Twine around my layers, tied it up with a cute little bow and the front of my card was finished. Oh and I used a Mini-Glue Dot behind my Bow to make sure it stayed in line and didn't droop on me.

Here's the inside-

I stamped the rest of the sentiment from the front of the card in Basic Grey on a Whisper White background.  To this layer I also added a strip of coordinating DSP that I sponged first with more Basic Grey. I then sponged the outside of my Whisper White c/s with the same color and my card was finished.

Such a easy card! It looks like it took much more effort than it really did. In fact, I think it took me longer to refer to the video to get all the measurements and cut the cardstock just right, than any other portion of the card creation. LOL!

What do you think of this technique? It's definitely one I will use again, especially now that I see how easy it is. It's a good technique to add that special touch or maybe to "frame" a focal point or just to add a decorative frame around the edge of your card. This also makes for a great addition to your scrapbook pages.

Well, that's all I have for today. I hope you liked today's card and I hope it inspires you to try something new today. As always, if you make something with this technique I would love to see what you came up with.

If you liked today's card, I would love it if you left me a comment. It's great when I get to hear from you! Also, if you liked it, please feel free to +1 or Pin it. I've added the buttons to my side-bar for your convenience. Friends and Followers are also welcome. :)

I hope to see you back here next week for an all new MDS Monday project. My friend Jas is leaving in the morning so I will be back to my regular design schedule. I hope you have an Amazing weekend full of Family, Friends, and of course plenty of time for creativity! Happy Easter and Happy Passover to you all.

Till next time-

Be Safe,

Shan

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