"Celebrate Friendship" Door hanger

     Hi!  This is Joyce Shaulis focusing on friendship this month.  I love sweet little surprises of gifts and so today I will share an idea on how you can surprise a special friend or neighbor with a simple gift.  I made this door hanger plaque that I can hang on a neighbor's doorknob to surprise her when she arrives home. 

 

 

     I used Susan's co-branded stamps, Celebration of Simple, from Unity Stamp Co.  These stamps are super versatile and have endless possibilities.  I also used the mini POP ink in Ice and her Bouquet scrapbook paper.  I stamped with Ice the four banner images on the backside of the scrapbook paper.  Then I cut them out and swiped the edges in Ice. 

 

 

 

 

     Next, I swiped the Ice Mini POP ink onto a small scrap of white cardstock.  Using Mystery, I stamped the sentiment onto the Bouquet paper. 

 

 



 

 

     I cut out the sentiment and edged it in Kiss.  I drew an arrow shape onto the Ice stamped cardstock, cut it out and edged it.  I glued the sentiment onto the arrow.  Then, I painted Bahama Blue on a 5 x 7 matte board.

 

 







     I cut two strips from the Bouquet paper ( 5 1/2" x 1/2").  Then I glued the arrows onto the strips.  Next, I glued down the banner pieces and the sentiment strips.  Using a ruler, I made a dashed border around the banners with a white gel pen.  I edged the matt board with the Kiss ink. 



     Using flowers from my craft stash, I layered flowers and glued rhinestones on top.  See photo for placement. 

     I used a 8' piece of pink ribbon to make a hanger and glued a small paper flower in center of ribbon. 

     I hope you enjoyed this idea to make a surprise gift for a friend, the possibilities are endless. 


Susan K. Weckesser products:
Bouquet scrapbook paper
Mini POP inks - Mystery, Ice, Kiss  https://www.clearsnap.com/
Celebration of Simple stamp set https://www.unitystampco.com/

Other Products:
white gel pen https://sakuraofamerica.com/pen-gel
Bahama Blue acrylic paint https://decoart.com/
assorted paper, fabric and felt flowers
pink ribbon
pink rhinestones
white glue
matte board 5' x 7'
white cardstock

Joyce Shaulis     Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member

Home Is Where You Plant Your Flower Seeds - A Special Card By Lynne Mizera

Happy Day Peeps!  Lynne here with my second project this month for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team.  Today I am sharing this wonderful card I created for a family member who has just moved into their life long dream of owning a home on an acreage in the Rocky Mountians of Alberta... Swoon!

Using the What's Up Gnomey Unity Stamp set and a sheet of Susan's Bouquet card stock I stamped, colored, fussy cut and assembled this very special card in record time!

I love creating with the Mr. Gnomey stamp set because he comes with so many accessories that it is like playing paper dolls with a gnome...

And there is something about that saying which just resonates with me... because for me Home really IS all about "Where You Plant Your Flower Seeds."

I used my Copic markers to color in my stamped images and of course some Ranger's Stickles and Liquid Pearls to add interest and sparkle.

And I popped Mr. Gnomey off the page using foam pop dots so that he was the centre piece... but then I did something just a wee bit different which turned this card into a Gift....

I created wee packages of flower seeds from my own garden this summer and taped them to the inside of the card. Now my family members can start their own garden next year using some of the seeds from our garden... How SWEET is that?!

So thank you for popping in today to see what I am up to, I hope you enjoyed my post and please do leave me a comment if you like what you see!

Lynne  Mizera

for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team  

 

Susan K. Weckesser Products Used on this Project:

Bouqet card stock

What's Up Gnomey

From Inside The Art Journal of Lynne Mizera

Hello Wonderful World and welcome to All Things Susan Weckesser!  Lynne here today with my August project for the Susan Weckesser creative team where this month we are challenging you to "Explore Your World With New Eyes" and to use your Art Journal to share your findings - this is what I created:

My project today is something a bit different from what I usually make because I am sharing with you a page from my personal Art Journal. 

Now Art Journals are many things to many people, but for me my Art Journal is the place I go to create without barriers, and where I remove all my "should's" and "have to's" and I just make stuff from my heart.  It is private, it is personal and I don't usually share...

but not only am I sharing these finished pages with you today here on the My Sweet Earth blog, but over on My Own Blog I am also sharing the physical and mental artistic process that I go through as I create from this very personal place.

I hope you enjoyed this little peek into my personal Art Journal today and I hope it inspires you to go out and "See Your World With New Eyes" and then to come back and create without boundaries something in your own art journal.

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

for the Susan Weckesser Creative Team

Susan Weckesser Products used on this project:

Bouquet Card Stock

At Ground Level Unity Stamps

Autumn Grunge Unity Stamps

 

Art Cards by Shilpa

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

I am back with my another mixed media creation.

I would like to share with you fun Art Cards, today.

These art cards are easy to make and very satisfying when you have little time for creative work. 

Lets see the process of making:

I made two cards. For the base I cut out 3 3/4" * 4 3/4" paper from Bouquet Paper.

On one card, I adhered pink washi tape and on another Green one.

Applied gesso with palette knife, randomly on the surface.

And Created texture with stencil and modelling paste.

I stamped flowers with black archival ink. I've used Pink and Green Neon Inks from Hero Arts to bring the color on these cards. I also used gold acrylic paint for more interest.

I stamped one of the leaf branch from Susan's " What's up Gnomey" set. Fussy cut it. Colored it more with watercolors and gold acrylic paint.

To create interest, I created layers of torn issue paper, text paper, gold flowers on the background, and placed my lovely leaf on it.

Here are individual card photos.

Hope you liked all my creations with Susan's lovely stamps, stencil and design papers.

This is my last post here and I would like to say Thank you so much to Susan, Peggy and all my team mates for your support and love!

Thank you readers for your kind comments and love for my work.

Products used here:

Whats up Gnomey stamp set

Bouquet Paper

Arise- Journal page by Shilpa

Hello Everyone,

We are celebrating mixed media month so all designers are presenting their exceptional mixed media creativity.

I love my art journal play and today I would like to share one page which I created with Susan's stamps, stencil, papers and other mediums.

I've used Susan Weckesser designed "Fly Away" stamp set and Doodle stencil. 

I started off with adhering washi tapes on the page. To prime the surface I applied coat of gesso. Next I created texture with 3D mat medium and stencil, randomly on the surface.

When texture paste dried, I used acrylic colors and my fingers to get this look. :-)

Next layer was with Susan's Doodle stencil and black acrylic paint.

For more texture, I stamped mini dots from Susan's Grunge Fun and coffee archival ink.

Further, I stamped clouds and sun on the design paper and cut it to add on the page as a focal point.

When I added quote, my page was complete.

Hope you liked my page and got inspired.

Thanks so much for stopping by, see you in two weeks!

Products Used:

Susan Weckesser designed Fly Away stamp set

Doodle Stencil

Grunge Fun Stamp

Bouquet Paper

Friendship Card

Hello! Welcome Peggy here to show you my friendship card made exclusively with Susan K Weckesser paper line. I chose my background paper and cut it to the size of my cardbase. 

I used punches to make a lattice fence, butterfly and decorations for the house. I only needed two sheets of Susan's paper line as this fabulous paper is double sided.  I also accented with crystal lacquer and stickles.  I cut clouds and used a punch for the flower used as a sun. 

Today's Susan K Weckesser Supplies: 

Live, Love, Create paper found here: http://www.susankweckesser.com/product/livelovecreate/

 Bouquet paper found here: http://www.susankweckesser.com/product/bouquet/

I hope you have enjoyed today's friendship card and I encourage you to check out Susan's Products here: http://www.susankweckesser.com/shop/

Have a great day!