TSSC251

 

Once again, I really love Mary Jo's sketch for this week so I had to play along. 

 

 

I chose Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Baja Breeze for my colors and used the Elements of Style stamp set.

 

Instead of ribbon, I used a strip of Beau Chateau designer fabric and tied a knot around the crumb cake and top note layer.

 

Supplies:

Elements of Style

Soft Suede classic ink

Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede and Early Espresso card stock

Beau Chateau fabric

Basic pearls

Top Note

Chevron Folder

Modern Label punch

Curly label punch

 1 1/4" circle punch

Labels collection framelits

Natural Moments

 

I have seen a lot of great cards using the honeycomb layer and a portion of it cut out for a place to tie ribbon so I thought I would make my version.

 

 

I used some Naturals Composition specialty paper as my background and the Honeycomb layer is Wisteria Wonder.  The sentiment is punched out with the ticket builder punch and I added some taffeta ribbon and also some from the Artisan Embellishment kit.

 

This was a fun and quick card - I will probably make some similar ones in the future!

Notes and Elements

 

Today's card is a simple one, but I used three different stamp sets to complete it - Elements of Style, Nature's Pace and Loving Thoughts.

 

 

I love the way it turned out - the music stamp is a little too long to fit when placed this direction so I cut it off where the right side meets the edge of the Cherry Cobbler layer.

 

Supplies:

Elements of Style

Loving Thoughts

Nature's Pace

Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso classic ink

Early Espresso, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler card stock

dimensionals

snail adhesive

Live in the Sunshine...

This is a hybrid project that I entered for the Artisan Award contest.   The base is a piece of board covered with fabric.  The center was printed with My Digital Studio and then stamped and the scallop circles are made from the wood sheets and then stamped.

The whole thing was covered with Vanilla Shimmer smooch spritz after I put it together.

This one would have been fun to have back but maybe it will make one of the displays at convention.

Suspended Hearts

This is my final project created for UStamp with Dawn and Friends Cool Moves 2012.  I had fun playing with the Hearts framelits on this one and creating a suspension card with them.

There are still lots of great projects in the lineup and all the sets have complete instructions and lots of pictures.  If you would like to join us you can start at www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

Have a wonderful day!

Black and White Thanks

The card I have for you today is another for our Late Night Stampers Challenge this week using our inspiration picture below. 

Again, I went with just black and white for my colors and made a very simple design.    The image behind the sentiment is from Elements of Style and the sentiment is from Pretty Postage.

Supplies:

Pertty Postage, Elements of Style

Whisper White card stock

Basic Black classic ink

Black satin ribbon

Curly Label punch

1" square punch

dimensionals

sticky strip

Wonderful Little Things

I put together a quick little card set using a 6 X 6 page protector as the card holder.  The inspiration for the holder came from this site although I have seem them in other places and made a few before too. 

The card holder has a little piece of velcro to hold it shut so the cards don't fall out.

Supplies:

Full of Live, Elements of Style

Beau Chateau DSP

Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede card stock

Blushing Bride, Soft Suede classic ink

Big Shot

Labels collection framelits

Square lattice impressions folder

Victoria Crochet trim ribbon

vintage trinkets

Simply Scoring tool

pleated satin ribbon

Moments

This is another card I made with some extra items I had punched and die cut awhile back.  I used the Framed Tulips and Perfect Polka Dots impressions folders for the background.

Supplies:

Elements of Style stamp set

Whisper White, Marina Mist, Early Espresso and Soft Suede card stock

Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Marina Mist classic ink

Music notes wheel

Framed Tulips and Perfect Polka Dots impressions folders

Beautiful Butterflies die

1 3/8" circle punch

Boho blossoms punch

1 3/4" scallop circle punch

vintage trinkets

Espresso satin ribbon

dimensionals

TSSC201

I needed a sketch challenge to get some ideas going in my head again!  It has been a slow week for creating things, but hopefully this helped :)

This is Mary Jo's sketch for the week.  I flipped the two bars around behind the layers on my card.

The sentiment is from a retired stamp set and the image behind it is from the Elements of Style stamp set.  I used Crumb Cake and Early Espresso classic inks.

The papers are from the Brights Pattern Pack and I used some Brights glimmer brads as well.

Fairytale

Another card made with some of my scraps and already stamped images this weekend.  I had the sentiment all stamped and layered adn the butterflies cut and embossed in my stash so this card went together quickly.

I added some flowers from Elements of Style in the background and the image in Bashful Blue is from the Strength and Hope stamp set.

Supplies:

Full of Live, Elements of Style, Strength and Hope

Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake card stock

Bashful Blue, Basic Black classic ink

Beautiful wings embosslit

basic rhinestones

scallop edge punch

Elements of Style

This is a little card and gift set that I put together using the Beau Chateau designer series paper and the Elements of Style stamp set.

For the card, I attached a folded piece of Marina Mist that measures 5 1/4" x 8" to a Early Espresso base of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

The gift portion is a simple little post it note holder that measures 3 1/4" x 6 3/4" and is scored at 3 1/4" and 3 1/2".

Supplies:

Elements of Style

Beau Chateau designer series paper

Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake card stock

Crumb Cake, Marina Mist classic ink
neutrals, soft subtles buttons

Crumb Cake seam binding

dimensionals

Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder

large oval punch

scallop oval punch

Musical Elements

We are using punches our cards this week at Late Night Stampers  so my first one uses 5 different punches :)

I actually had a couple of these elements leftover from a scrapbook elements swap I did at VC Rocks so this card went together quickly and easily! 

Supplies:

Elements of Style stamp set

Music notes wheel

Framed Tulips impressions folder

Early Espresso, Marina Mist and Whisper White card stock

Marina Mist and Early Espresso classic ink

hemp twine

5/8" Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon

vintage tags

small and large oval punches

1 3/4" circle punch

2 3/8" scallop circle punch

boho blossoms punch

dimensionals

Pink Elements

I am trying out the new designer series paper, Beau Chateau on this card and combined it with the Elements of Style stamp set.

I used some retired 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette striped grosgrain ribbon that I cut down the middle and frayed and added some Victoria crochet trim ribbon to is that I also cut down the middle.  The little tag is one of our vintage tags.

Supplies:

Elements of Style stamp set

Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake card stock

Marina Mist, Early Espresso classic ink

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

1 1/4" Pink Pirouette striped grosgrain ribbon

vintage trinkets

vintage tags

sticky strip

curly label punch

Vanilla shimmer smooch spritz

dotted scallop ribbon border punch

sponges

TSSC183

This card is my take on Mary Jo's sketch challenge this week.  I am not really thrilled with how it turned out, I think maybe some sponging would have helped.

Supplies:

Elements of Style stamp set

Soft Suede, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Regal Rose card stock

Soft Suede, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz classic ink and markers

Newsprint DSP

modern label punch

Baja Breeze seam binding

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

1 3/8" circle punch

scallop circle punch

dimensionals

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Simple Butterfly

I made this card without a sentiment so one can be added on the inside when it is used.  It is a quick and easy one to make using the Elegant Lines impressions folder and the Beautiful Butterflies die along with the Elements of Style stamp set and Springtime Vintage fabric.

Supplies:

Elements of Style

Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, Whisper White card stock

Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi classic ink

Early Espresso Marker

Springtime Vintage fabric

Beautiful Butterfiles die

Elegant Lines impressions folder

basic rhinestones

dimensionals

VC Rocks Blog Hop

Welcome  to the VC Rocks Blog Hop!  You may have come from Brenda Hugar's blog and you can go back to the master list at the VC Rocks blog at any time. 

This month's blog hop theme is anything but a card so I thought I would share a couple fun projects. 

The first is one I saw on our demonstrator website and thought I would try it out with a different die along with the one the demonstrator, Nicole Slaubaugh used.  Hers was created using the Matchbox die and you can see I added a couple butterflies and basic rhinestones to the top of mine.

Before you put your card stock through the Big Shot, you need to use some fabric and glue stick and cover the card stock.  Then, when you place the card stock on your die, make sure the card stock side is next to the die, not the fabric side. I used the Springtime Vintage fabric on these  two boxes.

On the second box I used the Box #2 die and that piece of cardstock is covered completely with fabric. The boxes both were very easy to work with.

Finally, I just decorated with some flowers and butterflies (Beautiful Butterflies Die, Beautiful wings embosslit and Fun Flowers Die) and added some fun little embellishments (basic rhinestones and vintage flower adornments).

Supplies:

Very Vanilla card, Baja Breeze, Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz card stock

sticky strip

Springtime Vintage fabric

glue stick

Matchbox Die

Box #2 die

Big Shot

Fun Flowers Die

Beautiful Butterflies Die

Beautiful wings embosslit

dimensionals

basic rhinestones

vintage flower adornments

River Rock stitched ribbon (retired)

Vintage Trinkets

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

The next project I am going to share is just made with a shadow box frame as the base, this one is an 8" x 8" frame.  I embossed the flower image from the Elements of Style stamp set on two corners of some Presto Patterns Specialty paper (now retired) and then brayered Bashful Blue ink all over the paper.   

The background piece is Night of Navy that has been run through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder and distressed a little bit.  This is what it looks like outside the frame.

And a close up...or two :)

The color spritzer and Night of Navy marker added some more texture to the base paper and I sponged everything else with Bashful Blue classic ink and some Champagne Mist shimmer paint. 

Supplies:

Presto Patterns specialty paper

Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White card stock

Elements of Style, Faith in Nature stamp sets

Big Shot

Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder

versamark

white embossing powder

brayer

color spritzer tool

Champagne Mist shimmer paint

sponge dauber

library clips

music notes wheel

antique brads

white taffeta ribbon

sticky strip

snail adhesive

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the projects... now you can go and see what Kristi Jaenisch has in store for you.





Another Shadow Box gift

After I finished the Shadow box I made for the UStamp with Dawn and Friends Worldwide Showcase blog hop, I decided to make another one for my niece that is getting married in July.  This one was also a shower present and I used their engagement picture too.

I always have trouble taking pictures of the projects that have glass on them so hopefully the following ones help you get a better idea of how it looked...

I used shimmer paper for the rose and embossed it with clear embossing powder over Early Espresso ink and versamark.  Then I added water and reinkers, but wasn't completely satisfied with the color so after it dried I added some sponging.

Their colors are Turquoise and Chocolate so I tried to go with that theme, it doesn't show up well, but on the right side I stamped the roses again and then used a sponge dauber to add some color with Champage Mist shimmer paint. 

The grid pattern paper is actually some of the Love Letter designer series paper that I brayered Tempting Turquoise over.

The butterfiles also have some Champagne Mist shimmer paint and Early Espresso ink added to them as well as those awesome little pearls.

The stamp sets I used were Elements of Style and Manhattan flower and the Designer papers were Love Letter and Newsprint.

Elements of Style

This is Mary Jo's sketch for the week...

I kind of flipped it on it's side and changed the circle into a butterfly :) 

Supplies:

Elements of Style stamp set

Early Espresso, Whisper White and Marina Mist card stock

5/8" Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon

hemp twine

scallop edge punch

scallop oval punch

large oval punch

Beautiful Butterflies die

dimensionals

vintage trinkets

Square lattice impressions folder

TSSC176

Another great sketch from Mary Jo this week, and here is my interpretation.

Supplies:

Whisper White, Daffodil Delight card stock

Elements of Style stamp set

Sunny Garden designer series paper

Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade classic ink

Beautiful wings embosslit

vintage trinkets

basic rhinestones

2 1/2" circle punch

1" circle punch

Happy Valentine's Day

Well, Valentine's Day has a little more meaning at our house than some others since it is also our anniversary.  13 years today :)

I decided to scrap a couple pictures from our wedding using some extra pages I had from my Stamp Club a few months back. There are a few extras added and I might have gone a little overboard with the pearls, LOL! 

The stamp sets I used on this layout are Elements of Style, Filled with Love, Notes and Details and Word Play; the Designer Series paper is Love Letter and I used the Boho Blossoms punch and layered the pieces adding a pearl in the middle for some accents.  There are a couple of Vintage brads on the 1 1/4" striped Riding Hood Red Grosgrain ribbon as well.