October 6, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Mixed Media Canvas Art with Ann Butler Designs

Hello to all my dear crafty friends! Vishu here today with a fun canvas project. I had a lot of fun creating this project and towards the end my hands looked just as colorful.

Products I used:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilt Stamps

Crafter’s Inks by Ann Butler Designs, Aquamarine, limelight, Berry

Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents by Ann Butler Designs – Aquamarine

EZ-De’s Flourish 2″ ABC’s by Ann Butler Designs

Tiffany Windsor’s Cool2Cast and black ink

First I prepared my mold using ‘Vishu Technique’ for cool2cast and the focal point of my canvas.

I prepared my canvas my sponge dabbing it with Crafter’s Inks by Ann Butler, Aquamarine, limelight, Berry and Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents by Ann Butler Designs in Aquamarine. Once my cast was ready I colored it using the iridescents limelight and berry colored inks. Finally I dabbed it with some black ink. After glueing it in place on the canvas I stamped the the Alphabhets with EZ-De’s Flourish 2″ ABC’s.

Thanks for stopping by……….

September 8, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Checkered Background Card

Hello everybody! its vishu here, back with another card, which was ezee pezee to put together.

Doesn’t the look gorgeous! very pleased with the results……..

products used:

Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps – 2″ Doily Picnic

Ann Butler Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Limelight,

White and green card stock, ribbon from my stash, want2scrap pearls, dot embossing folder

I created my patterned paper using Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps – 2″ Doily Picnic and Ann Butler Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Limelight, layered my custom patterned paper with white and then green cardstock. I did emboss the white card stock for some texture. Lastly, I embellished the card with a lily stamp, sentiment, ribbon and pearls.

I hope you all enjoyed the project…….untill next time happy crafting.

August 25, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 1 Comment

5 minute – Card Background

A sunny hello to everybody and I hope you all are enjoying the lovely outdoors…..couple week s ago we went on our first tent camping with the kids and we had a blast and so did the mosquitoes now only if they sucked fat instead of blood :). Since the summers are very busy and tough to find time for crafting today I want to share a quick card with you…..I had the most fun making this background.

Products used:

Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps – 2″ Diamonds and Plaid,

Ann Butler Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Tangelo, Aquamarine, Lilac, Limelight, Berry, Sunshine

white cardstock, spellbinder dies, rhinestones, vintage photo distress ink, momento black ink and clear embossing powder.

first I stamped the plaid image and heat embossed it.

then I kept adding the ink to jazz up the background.

Just loved how this background turned out and quickly put together.

Hope you enjoyed the project and thanks for stopping by…..

July 23, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 1 Comment

Stamped Faux Background Card

Hello Everybody! its vishu here today to share a project with you. It has been a while since I made a card so I thought of indulging myself with my love of cardmaking. Summer’s are busy time of the year as there are lot of activities to pack within the 12-15 weekends that we get and to top it kids are off. Today I have a fun, colorful and quick background to share.

Products I used

white, black and lavender cardstock from my stash

Ann Butler’s Crafter’s inks – Clearsnap

Ann Butler’s EZ De’s Easy Design Elements: Checkered Woven Hearts

Momento black ink

First I took the white cardstock and stamped solid square stamp EZ De’s Easy Design Elements: Checkered Woven Hearts in different colors using Ann Butler’s Crafter’s inks – Clearsnap.

Once the ink was dry I used the patterned stamp and inked over it the black ink and my background or should i say designer paper was ready.

here is my finished card.

Hope you enjoyed the project and now its your turn.

Thanks for stopping by……….

June 23, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 2 Comments

Faux Quilted Gift Card Holders

Hello everybody, its Vishu here today. We had an awesome summery weekend and I can’t wait to complain about how hot it is after the winter we have had. Today I have a cute girly project to share. This was a quick and easy project made with stuff I had in my craft area.

Products used:

Cardstock

Ann Butler Faux Quilt 1″ stamps by Unity

Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler

Brads, scallop circle punch, button embellishments

First I cut the cardstock to 7″ X 8″, then score the 7″ side at 1 1/4″ turn the cardstock 180 deg and score again at 1 1/4″. Score the 8″ side at 3″ and 5″. After the score lines I stamped my design and customized them. Fold at the score lines forming a smaller rectangle. Now cut 2 strips 4 1/2″ X 1″ which form the border for the top of the purse and 2 strip of 8″ X 3/4″ strip to form the handles of the purse.

What I loved about using the Ann Butler faux quilt stamps for this project was how easy it was to customize the looks of the purse.

I filled the purse with a gift card and some kisses chocolate.

That is it for me today, hope you all have a crafty day.

May 2, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 5 Comments

Mixed Media fun with Ann Butler Designs

Hello Everybody! its Vishu here, popping in to share my first ever mixed media art. I work with a great team as they inspired me to try something outside my comfort and I am so excited to share this project with you, so with no further delay…..

So what do you all think? I will be honest I was very nervous when I started my project

To make this wall hanging here are the main products needed, I also used stickles at the end to make it sparkly

So first I rolled the Makin’s Clay into a sheet, which was very easy to do and covered my piece of plywood.

The Makin’s clay shrinks slightly as it dries so I overlapped the edges and pinched them with my fingers, this way the shrinkage will not effect your project. Then I did some stamping with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamp Company.

I absolutely had a blast coloring and just thinking about it makes me want to do another project right now :). I used baby wipes to color and add layers to my piece and I thought it was brilliant because I could wipe of the color if it did not look right. To color I used Crafter’s Inks by Ann Butler, Iridescents by Ann Butler and Distress inks.

To finish the project I added a broken hair clip I had saved a while ago and attached a wonderful quote

Now that I have discovered this world of mixed media there is no looking back, it was a lot of fun……….hope I have inspired you to try something new. Until next time…..

April 23, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 1 Comment

Ann Butler Design One Stamp Backrgounds

Hello all, Vishu here again and I am very excited to share my projects with you today and hope to show you all the possibilities, versatility and different looks you can get with just one stamp.

How amazing don’t you think, you could never tell all these backgrounds are made out of just one 1″ stamp. I tried to use the same colors and style so you can really compare.

Below are the main products I used for this.

All the three looks are very easy to create, The stamp I choose was from the Ann Butler Designs 1″ leaves all over stamp set. These are great stamps and especially the no edge design make the possibilities endless.

For the first card background I just stamped the lines vertically on a white cardstock with Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Aquamarine ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and then went back and covered the cardstock with black ink, then just wiped it off with a baby wipe.

For the second background I made a checkered board pattern using the same stamp and ink. I went back and added some glue lines and stuck glitter to give the paper shine, I think the background looks great.

For the thrid background I again stamped the lines vertically on a white cardstock and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, then using the same stamp stamped the lines horizontally with Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Berry ink, let it dry and then wiped it with a baby wipe.

I hope I have inspired you tap into the great possibilities with these Ann Butler stamps by Unity Company. Crafty good bye for now but don’t forget to stop again to see some awesome projects by our Team.

March 24, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 5 Comments

Wonderous EZ-De’s stamps

Hello blog friends, Vishu here with two quick and easy projects. Firstly I have a confession to make I did not work on these projects until last night, have you heard the saying “If it weren’t for last minute my work would never get done” well sometimes this holds so very true for me and I always tell myself to never repeat it again…….but………..well that could be a whole discussion and way off topic for why I am here today so with no further delay here are my two projects a photo frame and a card.

I cannot say enough how wonderful Ann Butler’s EZ-De’s Stamps are, you have got to try them. Both these projects were so easy and quick to create and I realized why Ann named them EZ- De’s (Easy design elements). For the photo frame, I took a white card stock and masked the center with a scrap piece of paper and then stamped a border with the check pattern of the stamp set using Ann Butler’s crafter’s ink, to add some interest I went back and colored the alternate blank squares with my pink Copic marker. Layered it with black cardstock and stuck my photo, to finish the frame I embellished it with a flower. This is such a quick project and a unique way of gifting the special photos to your family members (this one goes to my awesome mother-in-law).

Hope you can see the squares colored with the pink copic marker.

Now the second project was also quick to put together. Stamped my card base with EZ-De’s stamps, added some color using Ann Butler’s crafter’s ink to the cardstock as well as lace. Cut some spellbinder dies and voila.

I added this sentiment for Ann (for all the wonderful crafty goodness), Lisa (for motivating us and being there when we need help) and my wonderful team members (for inspiring me everyday with their work).

February 23, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt 7 Comments

Inked and Stamped Card Holder

Hello everybody, Vishu here today with my very first post an Inked and Stamped Card Holder. Now, before I begin let me tell you I am in love with these stamps so many possibilities and saying “your mind is the only limitation” holds so true for them.

My fellow team members have got my creative juices flowing and I hope my project can do the same. I have not done detailed tutorial before so I am wishing myself some luck 🙂

I made this card box to fit 4 X 5.5″ card.

First I cut 2 pieces of 8 X 7.5″ white cardstock, inked them with Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s ink

Then I stamped them with Ann Butler Designs faux quilt stamps and I have to confess, creating a custom background with these stamps is a piece of cake because of their no edge design I did not need any guide to place the design next to each other.

Now comes the scoring part, so score both the pieces as shown

Cut and remove the portions shaded green.

Round the corners shaded in pink.

Attach the two pieces together by overlapping one flap with the other. Don’t skimp on adhesive, you want the spine to hold together.

Apply adhesive along the shorter sides of the longer flap. I like to use a runner adhesive, because it’s less messy. Fold in the flaps, pressing the adhesive into place.

Then I added the velcro mini dots to hold the two sides together.

Decorated the top of my box with some spellbinder dies and Ann Butler Designs EZ-De’s stamps I just love these alphabet stamps their size and the flourish detail. Finally no project is complete without some bling.

These card boxes are a great gift to pass on some handmade goodness.

I filled my box with four cards and matching envelopes, here is a sneak peak.

That’s it for me today and hope you enjoyed the post, don’t forget to stop by tomorrow for some more creative fun.