I have been nursing the coffee all day today (which probably means I’ll be up all night) but I had a lot of projects and articles brewing in my brain so what’s a girl to do?
PAper: GSD Studios, CArdstock: Neenah, GP, Markers: Copic, Stamp: Kristen Powers, Other: Ribbon (dollar tree), buttons, stick pin and hand crocheted flower
This is a card I made for the December issue of Ready-Set-Create! magazine. I love anything with a coffee cup on it…that and cupcakes…coffee and cupcakes, now wouldn’t that just be perfect!?!
I had a wonderfully relaxing holiday! After the hub-bub of Christmas was over I spent the last two days lounging around in my ne snuggie reading…what a life! It is so nice to relax after the holidays. I made this card a few months ago for the December/January issue of Ready Set Create and wanted to share it with you today:
Paper: K&Co, Cardstock: Neenah, Markers: Copic, Stamp: Jelly PArk, Ribbon: Sew True, Eyelets: Dritz
Oh if you like the crinkled seam binging ribbon you can see a video on how I made it below. Also you can get free shipping on the seam binding from Sew True with this code: 10122F. I reccomend buying the natural color, it crinkles better than white for some reason 🙂
It’s not to late to get your copy of December/January Ready-Set-Create! magazine packed with informative crafting articles, product spotlights and hundreds of scrapbook, card and craft projects, it’s ony $4 and you’ll have lots of new ideas and inspiration!
Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!
I had the idea to make the simple cards after seeing the sketch over at 2sketches4you. I gor the stamp from the dollar bin at JoAnns the other day (it’s one of the Studio G dollar stamps) and I thought of the cute button bits stamps from PTI (I want them but do not have them) and thought that this cherry stamp would be great to use in this fashion. I used a black marker to ink the stem and leaves and stamped that onto my punched circles then stamped the leaves again on a patterned green scrap and paper pieced it. Then I glued on the buttons, easy peasy!
Stamps: Crafty Secrets (hello sweetie) Studio G (cherries), cardstock: GP
For the card bases I cut a 11″x8.5″ white cardstock the long way to make 2-5.5″x4.25″ top fold cards. I used a cuttlebug folder (that a got with a set of dies for $2 at Big Lots in June) to emboss the front of the card, stamped “Hello Sweetie” on the front, tied on a ribbon and viola! It was done!
I wanted cool black and white envelopes for the cards but did not want to use up 2 sheets of this delicious paper to do it so I thought about it and trimmed the 12″x12″ sheet in half and using my scor-pal made the envelopes. I scored the envelope at 3.5″ and 9.25″ (you have to slide the paper down because there is no 1/4″ mark there) then I turned the paper and lined it up between the 3″ and 9″ and scored on the first triangle, then flipped the paper and scored the other side at the first triangle so it is symmetrical. Then I trimmed the rectangles on the top and bottom panels and glued up the bottom flap. It is great to get 2 envelopes form one sheet of paper! BTW if you want an envelope to cut in your cricut out of a 6″x12″ paper use the bb_envie file from my Envelope Bonanza SVG set 🙂 {{Shameless plug}}
Howdy folks! just a quick post to share a card I made for my good e-friend Jenn who had to have her dog put down a few days ago. It is so hard to lose a dog, they fill up our lives so much and leave a void when they go. I hope this card made her smile:
Font, Paper, Frame: Lettering Delights, Rubber Stamps: Cloud 9, cardstock: The paper co
Howdy and happy Friday, wowza it is looking like summer in the northeast and what is more summery than clothes hanging up outside on the clothesline. That is the inspiration behind this card using my new On The Line stamp set from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff, they are on sale right now along with everything else in the LSS shop at MyGrafico for 40% off!
Happy Saturday! Wow what a busy week, but fun too. I had a lot of time to scrapbook and craft this week (my studio is a mess!) and I made this cute new baby card.
The vintage photo is from a memories of a lifetime CD-ROM (Sandra Evertson-Baby) and the hat was one of the freebies I gave away during the virtual crop. the banner is from the Pretty Princess set and colored it with copics then stamped “Oh happy day” over it (crafty secrets) with brown ink. the post mark stamp is from the only CTMH set I own (and love!) Other than that I used bits and scraps lying about, that is what I love about shabby chic, anything goes…now, if only someone I know would have a baby girl!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
Here is a fun technique! Paper marblizing! All you need is a pan of water and some oil based paint. Look what you can make
Stamps: About Art Accents, Tool: Scor-pal
I used the sketch over at Oriental stamp art and Geisha stamps from About Art Accents to make this simple card, it only took a few minutes (that rarely happens folks, LOL!) I also wanted to keep the layout simple so I could show off my hand marblized paper. Here is how to do it:
Fill a tray (you can use a disposable aluminium tray, or dedicate a metal or glass pan for this purpose, you won’t want to cook or eat out of the pan again after this project 😉 with water at least an inch deep.
Drip drops of thin oil base paint on to the surface with a skewer or toothpick. I used gold leaf paint but any thin oil pain will work. If your paint is too thick mix it with mineral spirits to thin it to the consistency of cream. Drag a toothpick through the paint to make interesting swirls.
Lay a sheet of paper on the surface of the water making sure the whole paper makes contact, lift the paper out and hang to dry.
variation: I wanted a pink shimmer on my paper too so after I swirled the paint I let the paint dry a bit (3 minutes) on the surface of the water then I sprayed it with some pink glimmer mist before pressing my paper, it is a subtle effect but quite lovely!
Marblilicious!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
serâ‹…enâ‹…dipâ‹…iâ‹…ty: (noun) an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
That explains this project. I was lucky enough to get published agin last month in Vamp Stamp News, I was extra lucky to be the winner of 10 back issues of VSN and I was even more lucky to pick the April 2000 issue that had load of goodies in including the template I used for this project. I also had the “Girlfriend” pad of collage papers and stamps from Crafty Secrets that I thought would be perfect to use being October and Breast Cancer awareness month.
A girlfriend gift! Paper: K&Co, Collage stuff: Crafty Secrets, Template: Nancie Waterman from Vamp Stamp News April 2000As you open the book the flaps fold out to reveal more surprises 😉I love the funny collage clips in this pad from Crafty Secrets!"I got your back" A great reminder to do your monthly breast self exams girls! If you notice in the first photo you see the ribbon loop, that is so you can hang the card up, maybe in your powder room so you wont forget to do your exam EVERY MONTH! It saves lives ladies 😉I love the caption "It takes a long time to grow and old friend" with the old ladies.Here is the card closed, it is very dainty, I added a ribbon rose and a strip of scalloped paper and thats it.
This was pretty quick to make. I made a version of the template so I could cut it with my Cricut and SCAL software. The little scallop frame was from the free font Kutups. I cut the template from a sheet of double-sided K&Co pattern paper and clipped bits from the collage pad and adhered them to the layers. I stamped the pin-up lady, phrase and awareness ribbon on a cream panel and adhered. This template would make an excellent gift card or ATC holder. Mine was 3 3/4″x2 3/4″ but you could eek out a slightly bigger version (3″x4″) if you stretched the template to the full width of the paper. If you would like a copy of the template (and 3 other fabulous envelope templates) you can order the April 2000 back issue of Vamp Stamp News here. While you are at it why not subscribe? It is $3 (or less) an issue if you do, I consider myself an advanced stamper and I always find inspiration in the pages of VSN but even if you are just starting out I’m sure you would enjoy it too.
Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!
Printable Bingo Card: Lindsays stamp Stuff, Letters: Sizzix bar dies used with craft foam, punch: Martha Stewart
and I must admit i feel pretty cool to scrap a photo the day I took it! When my son came home I asked how school went and her had a great report! I wrote my jornaling on the Library Card and attached it to a tag and slid it in the scallop pocket that you can download for free from this post. The Bingo Cards are new in the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Shop today. you get a sheet of 6 printable cards that you can use over and over. The background is white so to get a vintage look I simply printed it on cream cardstock. This saves your ink cartridges too! Here is a preview of the bingo cards:
School Bingo Cards Printable Sheet (Lindsay's stamp Stuff)
We have another hidden freebie this week and it is a spooky one! Be sure to check out the Design Team’s blogs to find it and see the terrific work they have for you this week:
On a sad note one of the original members of the design team passed away this week, Michelle Hale was jogging Monday morning when she was hit by a vehicle, my heart goes out to her family and friends, she will be missed greatly in the stamping community as well.
Thanks so much for stopping by, til next time happy crafting.
