Petals for the Pittmans

I am here today to  tell you about my involvement in a fundraiser - Petals for the Pittmans -  for a member of our creative community,  Larissa Collins Pittman. She and her husband Gary are facing some difficult medical challenges. You can read all the fundraiser details  at the Polka Dot Orchard Blog. I was given a digi design to use and absolutely love it . It is one of many digis that will be included in an exclusive set by Polka Dot Orchard  that will be available to purchase in their Etsy shop for a limited time only . Anyone who links up any floral project will be eligible for one of many prizes.  If you use the exclusive digi set,  you will get a bonus entry for prizes. We hope that you are inspired to become involved and create along with us.

My card uses a sunflower digi by Phyllis Harris, made exclusively for this fundraiser. It was perfect for me because I love to fussy-cut. 

• On a yellow card base, I adhered a piece of  Studio Calico Lemon Lush paper. I cut the paper to include the words - Hello, Today, Forever, Life, The Best is Yet To Come and Stop Everything & Dance.
• I printed the sunflowers, fussy-cut them and then colored them with a collection of my favorite markers.
• The sunflowers were popped up with some foam tabs. 
• A gold glitter pen was used to highlight some areas on the petals.

The Polka Dot Orchard Design Team has created some wonderful cards and I hope that you will take a look at all of them. Please take some time to go to the Polka Dot Orchard blog and get inspired.  And be sure to look at the floral digi set made especially for this fundraiser.All proceeds from this  set in the Etsy shop will go to the Pittmans. 

Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity once again .

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

GIU Day 3 - Sense of Wonder

Welcome to my Wednesday post for Day 3 of my week as the Unity Stamp Company's GIU gal. I am also being featured on the Unity blog today. I chose a stamp designed by Phyllis Harris that I have had awhile and had never inked up. I absolutely love her designs and am in awe of what everyone does with the stamped images, but was a bit hesitant to create one of my own. I knew it would have to be a bit more than just a bit of coloring to do it justice.. So I got out my new favorite craft supply--whipped spackle !! And of course, glitter ... The beautiful stamp I used is Sense of Wonder designed by Phyllis Harris. Her amazingly sweet images are brought to life with your supplies and imagination. The sky's the limit !!

I started out by using a stencil and adding embossing paste to the L side of a tag. I wanted to use a paper with a background and thought of a vintage French textbook that I found on the Volunteer cart at the hospital I work at. My friend Benedicte'  lives in La Muraz, France and always sends me amazing photos that she takes of her garden, house etc... This tag makes me think of her...

The supplies I used are as follows :

1. Prima Marketing Inc. Julie Nutting Tag Pad ( Hancock Park )
2. Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ( Harlequin )
3. Faber Castell Whipped Spackle ( this stuff is Dreamy !! )
4. Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter  ( Sugar Shimmer )
5. Heidi Swapp Acrylic Butterflies
6. Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler & staples
7. Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolors
8. Tim Holtz Distress Markers
9, First Year French textbook by O'Brien & Lafrance  1958

As I mentioned above, I am love with spackle, embossing paste etc..  I layered  some spackle onto the L side of a tag and then glittered it up and let it dry overnight..  I colored the image with my Distress Markers and used the Yasutomo watercolors for the grass... Its hard to see but it is very shimmery. For the polka dots on the dress, I used a pencil eraser that I inked up from my stamp pads.The butterflies were stapled on and bent to look like they were flying. I used a Spectrum Noir turquoise marker to color the staples to match the butterflies. A few colored rhinestones were also added to the girl's hair bow and dress. Wink of Stella Glitter Clear added some sparkle to the bottom of the dress and the butterfly..

I had such fun designing and making this tag !! I hope that you like it.. Thank you again for all of your kind comments on my previous projects.. I will not be replying to any comments ( unless there is a question ) in order to make choosing my 2 winners a bit easier.. Remember to comment each day on my blog post for a chance at a Grab Bag of 25 Unity stamps.. Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity and taking part in my week as the GIU gal..

Love this book !!