Graciellie Design

It's finally time for our inspiration blog hop! Today we have more project ideas using our new August stamp release . If you haven't had a chance to visit our shop and check out our collection click HERE . To all of you who have been part of our celebration,our designers and followers -old and new-, thanks for making of this new release a success! My card for today features yet again one of my favorite stamp sets from the new collection: Sent with a Prayer . I am using again the leaf images as embellishments (printed and foiled on acetate), thanks to the help of a Samsung laser printer, a Mini Minc machine and Deco foil transfer sheets. The sentiment from the same stamp set was printed and then foiled with matte black Deco Foil to add even more contrast against the brown cardstock. I layered all the elements on this design on a vintage patterned paper panel, that I aged even more applying ink sprays in Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint and also some Pan Pastel in Titaniu...

Digital stamps can be used in so many ways! Today I used an image from my new stamp set Hope to create a lace motif background for my card front and even a coordinating layer for the inside of the card. Main Supplies: Stamps - Hope digital stamp set, Love digital stamp set by Graciellie Design Dies - Spellbinders: A2 Matting Basics A, Victoria Accents, Butterflies 2 / Cheery Lynn Designs: English Tea Party Doily / Poppystamps: Holiday Winterberries / Memory Box: Botanical Stem / Heartfelt Creations: Botanical Wings Frantage Embossing Enamel in Shabby Pink Miscelaneous - Inkjet printer / Fused Pearl beads / Pearl stamens / Leather textured cardstock in white, cream, light brown / Embossed paper in green / Air dry clay heart / Pearl stickers / Gold button / Ink applicator / Brown inks / Acrylic paint / Brush Update: You can edit this background using the online program PicMonkey ("add your own overlay"). You can also recolor and resize the background's ...

I was inspired by a friend not long ago who shared a few videos and cards using glitter paste. I decided to create a duplicate paste hoping it would end up as pretty as the original. Turns out it did. Today I'm sharing a video showing you how I made this shabby chic Valentine's card and how I created glitter paste using supplies I already had in my stash. Main Supplies: Heartfelt Creations Botanical Wings ODBD dies: Ornate Hearts / Angel Wings / Soulful Stitches paper pack Carta Bella Hello Again paper pack Marianne Designs Vintage Butterfly Dreamweaver translucent and gold embossing paste / Palette knife Ranger: Distress Ink reinker in Dried Marigold / Mini mister UHU all purpose adhesive Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter Marion Smith Designs Pearl Stamens - White Miscelaneous: Pearl stickers / vintage style button / gauze / word bead / stencils / pink metallic cardstock / white leather textured cardstock There's also a s...

After I made my vintage inspired Christmas tag (find it here ), I thought I also needed to make a delicate one, using softer colors and lots of layers. Today I have a tutorial to give you even more ideas on how to create some extra special tags this season. Find a complete tutorial on this new Christmas tag HERE . Leave me a comment below to let me know if you enjoyed it. I'll be back with more ideas, tutorials and inspiration for the Holidays soon. Thanks for visiting! Sharing with: Card Mania - Christmas /  Let's Craft & Create  - Christmas / Poppystamps - Tempting Tags

There are always a few gifts to which you dedicate a little more time and effort... Perhaps not all tags will be personalized but some you might want to make with extra special thought. Here is a nice tutorial to help you create a layered and detailed vintage Christmas tag for that special someone. I have a complete tutorial for you! Click HERE to view it. Leave me a comment below letting me know if you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for visiting today. I will be back with more tutorials and ideas soon. Sharing with: Docerela - Color Challenge /  Let's Craft & Create  - Christmas /  Poppystamps  - Tempting Tags

Early this year I discover the beauty that is metallic foiling. Projects seem to come to life when a foil detailed is added and they just look stunning and elegant! Today I have to show you not one but two different projects and tutorials using Thermoweb's iCraft Deco Foil Transfer Sheets and adhesives , featuring a technique I came up with to create a distressed look on your cards. For my first card, I foil distressed poinsettias. I also went ahead and worked with foil on foam die cuts. Learn how I made this colorful clean and layered card  here . For my second card I layered two different Deco Foil sheets to give the distressed background depth and interest. I ended up applying foil to the word bead too! Learn how I made this card here . I hope you liked today's cards and that you found the tutorials helpful! A complete list of supplies is included in my tutorials here . Remember to like my tutorial guides by clicking on the little heart on each of...

Welcome to a new challenge by Our Daily Bread Designs . This week our theme is Father's Day. If you have browsed my blog lately you've noticed I am sharing male cards every Tuesday. The new collection at ODBD includes amazing products for male cards and that motivated me to go back to designing more male cards... I plan to design at least one a month (hope I can keep it up). ODBD stamps used: Good Man ODBD dies used:  Flourished Star Pattern ,  Layered Lacey Squares Dies , Sunburst Background ODBD paper used: Vintage Ephemera Collection To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC243 or to join the challenge click here . You have until June 21, 2015 at 8:00pm EDT to join us. By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate good towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” on the ODBD website, or to be spotlighted on the ODBD Blog at our next challenge. The random prize winner will be posted on our next challen...

It's time for a sketch challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs . Today's sketch was so much fun to play with and it also made my design look elegant! As promised last week I'll be sharing male card ideas throughout the month. My card for today would work well for any occasion and even for a lady, since it incorporates all sorts of elements. I used 3 different patterned papers from the new ODBD vintage collection and cut two banners included in the same paper pack to add them as elements to my card. I picked black as my accent color and followed the sketch vertically. I really like the new stamp set and I think it matches the design perfectly! To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC242 or to join the challenge click here . You have until June 14, 2015 at 8:00pm EDT to join us. By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate good towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” on the ODBD website, or to be spotlight...

Hello there! Today a new video tutorial is up for my handmade flowers series. This time I'm showing you yet another way of making beautiful flowers using the same dies used for Handmade Flowers 1. This technique can be used with any flower punch or die cuts and doesn't require any special tools. Here's a preview of the flowers I made and the card I created with them: Supplies : Heartfelt Creations Botanical Wings dies / Our Daily Bread Designs: Fancy Foliage and Flourished Star Pattern dies, Rustic Beauty Papers / Spellbinders: Mary Border Strip and A2 Card Creator A dies/ McGill: Flower Tweezer / Ranger: Peeled Paint and Shaded Lilac re-inkers, Minimisters, Ink Blending Tool / UHU All Purpose Adhesive / Bead Landing Word Beads / Recollections Iridiscent Rhinestones / Lara's Crafts Jute Twine / Miscelaneous: Foam tape, Leather textured cardstock in white, light green and light brown, water mister I was inspired on the recent Cardabilities sketch to put this c...

New week, new challenge! It's time for a sketch challenge ar Our Daily Bread Designs . I went for a classic clean and layered style using beautiful papers, dies and stamps from ODBD. Supplies : ODBD Stamps used: How Sweet the Sound / ODBD Dies used: Umbrella dies , Doily Dies , Flourished Star Pattern Die / ODBD Paper: Blushing Rose Collection I used a light brown cardstock for my card base and layering. The beautiful papers go along well with the light brown tone. I used jute twine, pearls and a brad as finishing touches on the card. I was inspired in the elegant cards created by various teammates but particularly by Lisa Somerville who has such a way with paper. She is really amazing with layering and patterned papers! I hope you enjoyed this post! To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC238 or to join the challenge click here . You have until May 17, 2015 at 8:00pm EDT to join us. By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certifica...

A new month of challenges and wonderful releases is here! Have you seen Our Daily Bread Designs new release? It's just gorgeous and full of many, many new stamps and dies that I know you'll love. So today I am sharing a card I made with some of the new products for our Color Inspiration challenge . I decided to use yellow, blue and green from the color board. I didn't know how my design would turn out because this are not my usual colors, but I am really happy with the result. I used two paper collections from ODBD: Rustic Beauty and Blushing Rose . The handmade flowers were made with the new Birds and Nest   dies set, that includes two different flower dies. I will be sharing a video tutorial on how to make flowers with this set tomorrow, so stay tuned. I finished the flower bouquet with flourishes and leaves die cut with the Fancy Foliage set. I used the beautiful Quatrefoil Pattern die, cutting it roughly to give the card a mixed media feel. I ...

Welcome to my post for this month's House of Cards challenge: Bokeh . Have you tried the Bokeh technique before? Well, I knew the technique but had not tried it yet. This technique imitates a photography effect that plays with light. I hope you get a chance to visit the House of Cards blog to see all the different samples that will be shared starting today and of course to join the challenge with your take on the Bokeh theme.  I want to apologize for the pictures because it is raining and I had to take them in my craft room. The card looks prettier in "real life" but you can sure see well the Bokeh background. I used earthy tones for the background, because I wanted to make a vintage card. Something basic to have for this technique is a circle stencil, at least that makes the process way easier. I used a homemade stencil with different sizes of circles created for me by my friend Sue (here) and applied four colors of ink with a sponge dauber. I used Distress...

Today I'm sharing a shabby chic card I created for House of Cards . This month's challenge is to use butterflies and/or colors from the inspiration photo. I went for the butterfly theme only, without knowing where to start and after a few handmade flowers and stamped butterflies I hit it off. I am so happy with how the design turned out! The butterflies were stamped with my set Parisian Postcard released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, fussy cut and added to the card around the sentiment's label and handmade flowers. Since I used blue for the flowers, and followed by brown for the butterflies and sentiment, I decided that my patterned paper from the recently released Floral Frames Paper Pack (available on Etsy here ) would go together perfectly. I accentuated the color scheme with a light green. I used a few die cuts to add even more texture, layering and depth to the design, after all it is a shabby chic card! I stenciled the patterned paper with crackle embossi...