Crafting with Lifestyle Crafts

Hello and Happy day to you all.  It feels like the days and months are flying by me and after all that I still have a lot to do.  Today I’d like to share a hanging project I created using Lifestyle Crafts Dies.

I used the Envelope Basic Set Die

You can purchase this directly through Lifestyle Crafts at $39.99, but with my discount code CARDSBYALICE you get 20% off your purchase.  That’s 7 dies at 20% off…it’s a deal!

I made pockets with this die set so I can hang it on the wall.  It can hold photos, letters, receipts and whatever paper items you wish.  Super fun!

See you next time and have a great day!

50% off at Lifestyle Crafts…hooray!

Happy Monday everyone! Lifestyle Crafts is having a 50% sale for my readers. What does that mean? It means that the people at Lifestyle Crafts thought you should ring in the New Year with an awesome sale and new products!

All products are 50% off using my special code CARDSBYALICE at checkout. Grab the dies, letterpress plates, embossing folders, etc., that you’ve been looking at before they sell out. Sale good from 1/21/13 – 1/27/13. Most importantly, go create something fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine’s cards

Valentine’s Day is coming and I’m sure everyone is wondering what to get or in my case what to make?  I try to keep it simple because we just had the expense of Christmas and so I try not to buy anything.  Here’s a couple of ideas on what you can do.

I used a favorite stamp background from Hero Arts and mostly everything else is from Petaloo.  These new Petaloo Vintage Dazzlers are a must have for your craft supplies.  They come with 4 themes in a pack, 2 of each which gives you 8 total.  They also come in different themes, like Halloween, Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.

Petaloo’s NEW Valentine release is super duper darling and I know you’ll love the colors.  Keep in mind you can use these colors again for an anniversary, Christmas or any other time these colors call for.

Wishing you a lovely day and come back soon!

Stickles are my go to tool.

Stickles are my favorite go to tool when it comes to glitter.  I love using them on all my crafty projects.

I love using them to enhance flowers, chipboard, stamps or wheat ever you want to add glam to.

I love to outline flowers with Stickles.  It adds that extra glam especially objects with muted colors.

You can purchase Stickles in all sorts of colors to match your projects.  If you use your Scrap-Mart.com coupon code you can get them for 40% off.  How nice is that???

Merry Christmas!!!!

I can’t believe how fast time flies and every year seems faster than the last.  Thank you for being part of Cards by Alice and for supporting me in 2012.  I have made so many new friends on here and love seeing all of your creations.  It’s nice to be part of something even though it’s through I don’t get to see you in person.  May the holidays bring you closer and make you Merry!  Happiness and love to you all!

Here’s one of the cards I taught at this year’s Scrapfest 2012.  Thought I share it on here since it’s Christmas.  Just a little fun.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Alice XOXO

Inks, Sprays and Stamps…take 2!

I have a new love for color.  Ever since I bought a few of Tim Holtz’s distress  and Dylusions sprays I’ve been creating these mix media pages.  It’s so therapeutic to sit and paint and make a mess that turns into something beautiful.  Here’s a little peek at what I did with inks, sprays and some white paint.

I also added some stamping to my  page and some 3D embellishments to give it that extra flair.

First I covered the entire page with Gesso by GoldenI inked up the page with my favorite colors by Tim Holtz’s Distress inksThen I used white acrylic paint to cover and blot out dark tones or areas I wasn’t happy with and then used more distress inks to touch the areas
I stamped my flower stems and text and inked up the edgesAdd embellishments

You too can create this and your own art by just playing with the inks, sprays, stamps and whatever you wan to add.  It’s bee fun getting inky with you today.  Make sure you visit Scrap-Mart.com to get all your craft supplies.  Also use the 40% coupon from Scrap-Mart.com called, STOCKING…don’t forget!

Inspired by Ribbon with Scrapbook Steals.com

Welcome and thanks for joining me during Scrapbook Steals Blog Hop event.  I’m super excited to be part of this hop and the talented group of ladies to share our creations using American Crafts Glitter ribbon.

If you hopped here from Stephanie’s blog then you are in the right place.  If you some how lost your way and don’t know the order of the hop here’s all the talented ladies that participated and the order in which you should hop from and to.

Scrapbook Steals. com

Julie Evers

Cathy Caines

Stephanie Dang

Alice Carman – You are here

Deb Routledge

********************If you’d like to enter to win a $20 ScrapbookSteals.com gift code here’s what you need to do.***************************

Visit each of the designers’ blogs and leave a comment every stop along the way (including this post). This month’s random winner will be one lucky person who left a comment on one of the five blogs! 

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Using a circle die/punch cut out 3 circles and glue the strips of glitter ribbon on top of each circle using fabric glue. Trim off the excess and you have a nicely glittered circle.  You can accomplish this with different shapes for texture on any craft project.

American Crafts Glitter Ribbon can be purchase through Scrapbook Steals.com in a package like this or by the spool.

I enjoyed using American Crafts glitter ribbon to create these adorable flower heads and stems.  You can use this same technique to decorate gift packages, tags, cards and mix media pieces.

 The next and last talented designer is…

Deb Routledge.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Stains, Sprays and Fiber Paste

I really love these sprays by Ranger called, Dylusions Ink Sprays.  The bright happy colors are sure to steal your heart and there are so many possibilities as what you can create with them.  Ranger carries so many wonderful product the very talented Mr. Tim Holtz

My project today is made with many Ranger products like these Dylusions Ink Sprays, Tim Holtz’s Distress Inks, Stains and Stickles.

I used  two different types of Canvas from Canvas Corp. One is made from Canvas and the other is made from burlap.  Both are perfect to use for mix media projects.  I used Tim Holtz’s Distress Stains on the burlap canvas which is the smaller of the two.

I also used Fiber paste from Golden.  It’s a paste that already has fiber mix in so when you spread it over the canvas it will create this texture and you can ink it.  The texture picks up on all the inks and creates imperfections with dark and light tones.  It’s super fun!

These flowers are called Color Me Crazy flowers by Petaloo.  They come in white so you can color them whatever color you want to match your project.  Aren’t these cool?

Come to Scrap-Mart.com to get all your crafting supplies.  This month’s 40% coupon code is STOCKING.

Are you Knotty or Nice?

Have you seen what’s new at Lifestyle Crafts….lots of new dies!!!!  So many goodies and if you use Coupon Code CARDSBYALICE you get 20% off.

I’m drooling over these dies, but will have to see if Santa will be visiting this old girl on Christmas…LOL

I do in fact have this die set which is the cutest snowflake set from Lifestyle Crafts.

There’s 5 dies total in this set so I love the different sizes so you can layer or use one at a time.

Just adding a little glitter makes this snowflake die pop off the card.  Looking forward o see what you create with it.

Visit Lifestyle Crafts today and see where your inspirations lead you.  Have fun shopping!!!