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Decorative Handmade Paper... GORGEOUS!

Nov 162013

When I saw the Muse #43 Challenge Card this week, some decorative handmade papers that a friend gave me on my last birthday came to mind. There were a couple of pieces that really seemed to fit the challenge inspiration with their color and theme.

So, with them and a couple of other holiday themed designs, a few more Christmas cards happened!

I know. I know. So many pictures, but these handmade mulberry papers are just so gorgeous!!

Seriously. GORGEOUS!!

Happy Crafting!
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Stamps: Art Impressions “H-2775 Wishing You..”; SU “Curly Cute”

Papers: PTI Select White, Vintage Cream and New Leaf; Decorative Handmade Paper “Decorative Papers”

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: SU Apple Green Grosgrain Ribbon and Scallop Edge Border Punch

Printed Ribbon Cards

Oct 262012

A couple of years ago I purchased some linen ribbon with the intent to use the cute Santas on the ribbon for Christmas cards. I finally got around to doing it!

The first card is very CAS and took only a couple of minutes to make! Once cut, 2 or 3 threads were pulled off both top and bottom to create a fringe border. The fringe was then colored with a Copic marker to match the stitching on the edge. After taping the ribbon onto the cardstock, the wire which came as part of the ribbon was pulled out of the sides.

The second card has a few layers of cardstock. Designer paper was also used along with a brad on the end of Santa’s hat. The fringe has not been colored on this card.

The wire was again removed after the ribbon was adhered to the cardstock. Santa’s beard was cut out from a second Santa and used to add a little more dimension and fun.

This last card was made using one of the images cut from a printed satin ribbon.

So fun, quick and easy!

Got ribbon?

If you haven’t seen my Sketch Challenge for this month, check it out HERE. You have until November 1st to enter to win a beautiful Tim Holtz Stamper’s Anonymous stamp set called “Flights of Fancy.”

Happy Crafting!
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Cards 1 and 2

Stamps: SU More Merry Messages
Papers: PTI Fine Linen, Scarlet Jewel and True Black; My Mind’s Eye “Lost & Found Christmas”
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic
Accessories: Linen Ribbon; Brad; SU Large Scallop Edgelit

Card 3

Stamps: SU Curly Cute
Papers: PTI Select White, Pure Poppy and New Leaf
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Satin Ribbon; Star Brad; Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Almost sigh

Aug 072012

Made this card for yesterday’s Clean & Simple Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. It was a color challenge using blue and white. (Some people think of aqua/teal as a green. I’ve always thought of it as a blue.)

As I was going to upload the card, I noticed the challenge said, “DARK blue.” Oops. One can get away with claiming aqua to be blue… but “dark” blue? Nope. However, I enjoyed this CAS sketch so much that I decided to use it for some needed Christmas cards. I loved that 3 different coordinating designer papers were used on each card.

I have punched enough of the scalloped squares to make a dozen Christmas cards. Quick.. easy.. fun.. what could be more perfect? (Well I guess I could have read the challenge details a little more closely. There is that. LOL)

Happy Crafting!
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Birthday Card:

Stamps: SU Curly Cute

Papers: PTI Select White; Authentique “Fresh” DP

Inks: SU Taken With Teal

Accessories: Clear Button; SU Scallop Square Punch

Christmas Cards:

Stamps: SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: PTI Vintage Cream and Scarlet Jewel or Pure Poppy; My Mind’s Eye “Lost & Found Christmas” DP or Lily Bee Design “Jingle” DP

Inks: SU Always Artichoke

Accessories: SU Designer Naturals Button and Twine or Glimmer Button and Michael’s Ribbon; Paper Piercing Template; Paper Piercing Tool

FTL200 and a SSIC Challenge

Jul 242012

This card is for a couple of different challenges going on this week. At Stampin’ Sisters in Christ the challenge was to make a CAS (Clean and Simple) card. So I went to the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog, which is a wonderful resource for a great CAS design, to check out their weekly sketch. Well I {loved} it! So I played along. Here it is.

There’s still a week left to play along in my sketch challenge. If you haven’t seen it, check it out HERE. In conjunction with the challenge, I’m giving away a sweet brand new set by Stampin’ Up called “Hoop-La-La.” So cute!

Thanks for dropping by today.
Happy Crafting!

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Stamps: SU Curly Cute

Papers: PTI Select White and True Black; Graphic 45 “A Ladies Diary” Designer Paper

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: KaiserCraft Pearls; Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly Punch; Craft Concepts “In Stitches” Embossing Folder

Peace and Good Cheer

May 012012

The Clean and Simple Challenge on Splitcoaststampers as well as this week’s Stampin’ Sisters in Christ Challenge gave me the inspiration I’ve been needing to get started on my Christmas cards. Yeah!

The design was inspired by Heather Telford’s beautiful cards. She even has a step by step tutorial. Gotta love that!

Thanks for dropping by today. Happy Crafting!

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Stamps: Waltzing Mouse ‘Festive Foliage’; PTI ‘Holiday Sparkle’; SU ‘Curly Cute’

Papers: PTI Vintage Cream; SU Handsome Hunter

Inks: SU Sage Shadow, Handsome Hunter and Chocolate Chip; VersaMark

Accessories: Rhinestone; Gingham Ribbon; Clear Embossing Powder

Bee Happy

Mar 172012

Cut.. Stamp.. Emboss. That’s the order that works best for me. On today’s set of cards the shaped borders were cut first with a couple of different dies from SU’s Adorning Accents collection.

Next the borders were stamped with the coordinating stamps for each cut design. And lastly the borders were embossed with the coordinating embossing folders.

And before you go… just wanted to show you a fun paper rainbow that my granddaughters made. Their mom took a picture of them next to the display. So fun!! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

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Card1:
Stamps: SU Bordering on Romance, Just B and Happy Together
Papers: PTI Select White and True Black
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics:

Accessories: PTI Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon; Floral Brad; Nestabilities Classic Circle Dies; SU Adorning Accents Die and Embossing Folder

Card2:
Stamps: SU Bordering on Romance and Curly Cute
Papers: PTI Select White; SU Tempting Turquoise
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics:

Accessories: PTI Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon; Embossing Tool; Ornare Piercing Pad; SU Adorning Accents Die and Embossing Folder

Button Buddies

Dec 212011

A friend of mine has her birthday in a couple of days. It must be kind of a bummer (or a relief depending on your perspective!) to have your birthday right in the middle of the Holiday Season. So today we went to lunch, and I gave her a birthday card.

Added a little scored line for some interest on this CAS design.

Since I had SU’s Button Buddies out, I made a couple more cards with this fun set.

The vases on both of these cards were made by inking up the stamp and then spritzing it with water before stamping.

I have no idea who in the world I could ever give this next card to, but I think the little piggy in this set is SO cute! lol

After stamping this ‘little’ guy with Chocolate Chip, I colored the image in with a Pretty in Pink marker. Like the effect. And the corduroy nose just cracks me up!

We are going to celebrate Christmas at our house tonight. It just worked out better for our Seattle son. That’s the beauty of having adult kids. You can kinda do what ya gotta do to make it work. Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!!

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Cards 1 and 2

Stamps: SU Button Buddies, Teeny Tiny Wishes and Curly Cute

Papers: PTI Select White; My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found Sunshine Designer Paper

Inks: SU Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue and Real Red

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon; SU Buttons; Rhinestones; Paper Piercer and Template

Card 3

Stamps: SU Button Buddies and Bring On the Cake

Papers: PTI Select White and Dark Chocolate; SU Pretty in Pink

Inks: SU Chocolate Chip and Pretty in Pink

Accessories: My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found Burlap Trim; Provo Craft Cuttlebug Seeing Spots Embossing Folder; Floral Ribbon; SU Corduroy Button; Brad; 1″ Circle Punch

Show Me the Paper

Sep 212011

Paper. Oh how I love it! I recently bought three of Authentique’s new designer paper bundles and just had to create a sketch to show them off. Here it is.Card Base: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
Base for DP: 4″ x 5-1/4″
DP Panels: 1-1/4″ x 5-1/8″
Sentiment Panels and Borders: 4-1/4″ x 2-1/2″
4″ x 2-1/4″
4-1/4″ x 2″
4″ x 1-3/4″

And here are the cards!

Look at all that scrumptious dilly-icious designer paper (dp)!! The panels were all embossed to add some great texture and to tie the different strips together into one cohesive piece.

After cutting each strip for the front of the cards, there was a small piece leftover. I added each of these to the inside of the corresponding cards. There was no waste of this precious perfect paper!

Here are the individual cards with their recipes listed directly below them.

Stamps: SU Flight of the Butterfly
Papers: PTI Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate; SU Yoyo Yellow and Melon Mambo; Authentique Blissful DP
Inks: SU Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Flatback Pearls; Buttons; Grosgrain Ribbon; SU Butterfly Punch; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU Curly Cute
Papers: PTI Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate; Authentique Blissful DP
Inks: SU Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Buttons; Grosgrain Ribbons; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU Hello Blossoms and Voeux mignons (Teeny Tiny Wishes)
Papers: PTI Select White and Dark Chocolate; Authentique Journey DP
Inks: SU Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Rhinestones; Grosgrain Ribbons; 3/4″ Circle Punch; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU Language of Friendship and Three Little Words
Papers: PTI Select White and Dark Chocolate; Authentique Journey DP
Inks: SU Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Rhinestones; Grosgrain Ribbons; SU Bird Builder Punch; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU Baroque Motifs and Sincere Salutations
Papers: PTI Vintage Cream and Pinefeather; Authentique Splendid DP
Inks: SU Handsome Hunter; Copic G29
Accessories: GG Ribbons; Prima; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

For both the above and below cards, a Copic marker (G29) was used on SU Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon to match the PTI Pinefeather cardstock.

Stamps: SU Bring on the Cake
Papers: PTI Vintage Cream and Pinefeather; Authentique Splendid DP
Inks: SU Handsome Hunter; Copic G29
Accessories: GG Ribbons; Prima; Paper Piercer and Template; SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Thanks for dropping by today. If you decide to play with this sketch, I would love to see what you have created. Please leave me a link and SHOW ME THE PAPER!! *grin* Happy Crafting!

Flower Fest

Jul 252011

Got some new SU toys! Here is a card made with the “Flower Fest” set.

SO much fun! The flower center’s brad was colored with the darkest Copic used on the leaves. Makes for a pretty good match!

Over the past few months I have been trying to simplify my designs to a more clean and simple style. Must say it has been a difficult journey. I continually look at a “finished” card and feel like something more just has to be added. The punched eyelet border on this card left some little tiny white circles. I took some of them and glued them to the flower lines. It really muddied up and distracted from the simple sweetness of the card. Dang. Too late to take them off as the glue really stuck and removing them would leave marks on the pink card stock. (I tried.) Double dang! LOL

Sigh. When will I learn?!? But whatever. I’ve got more new toys to play with, so life is good!

Happy Crafting!!

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Stamps: Stampin Up Flower Fest and Curly Cute

Papers: Papertrey Ink Select White; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Inks: Stampin Up Always Artichoke and Rose Red; Copics:

Accessories: Stampin Up Fancy Flower Punch, Eyelet Border Punch and 1″ Circle Punch; Making Memories Ribbon; Brad

Sketch Challenge Rotated.. Again

Mar 162011

Dyslexia. It’s the only excuse I have for always twisting and turning a sketch. Here’s today’s sketch at Splitcoaststampers and then how I saw it.

And here’s my card:

Seriously.. what’s up with that? This is truly how I saw the sketch until I was finished. That’s when I finally realized what I had done.. again. Well fortunately it is “allowed” to flip the sketches, so guess it’s all good. After all having fun is the real goal, right?