Tag-o-rama // Throwback Thursday

Today is a slightly different project - instead of a card, there are TAGS.
Shocker, I know!
I had so much fun making the first small, texture packed, vintage little tag, published in the CREATE November 2012 pub.
The second and third tags were more of an afterthought haha.

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Two Christmas tags using these addicting little wod

Super vintagey...

Don't know if you can see the burlap behind all that shtuff. :)

Some pearls, a sticker, twine, and pretty paper...

And then something a little more elegant....

Some little gems...

Glossy Accents on the ornament to make it look more realistic...

 

And then a CAS modern tag...

Thanks so much for popping in and have a beautiful day!

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Tag 1
Patterned paper: My Minds Eye 'Lost and Found'
Stamp: PTI 'Tag It's #2'
Ink: Ranger, Staz-on
Other: twine, pearls, burlap, button, sticker (K&Company), wooden tag, lace (Hero Arts)

Tag 2
Other: die cut (K&Company), ribbon and gems (Bearydo Shoppe), Stickles, button

Tag 3
Other: die cut (K&Company and Martha Stewart), pearls, ribbon

Paper Smooches // Throwback Thursday

Today's Throwback Thursday (a way for me to clean out my 100+ drafts....whew, this is gonna take awhile...) is circa June 2012.
My thoughts on the card from three years ago:

I wanted to make a boy themed card using the Paper Smooches turtle image.

I'm not quite sure if I like it or not, but I decided to share it anyways. ;)

To create the notebook edge without a notebook edge punch, I simply punched holes, and cut slits with a scissors. Ripping the edges up a bit helps add to the look. ;)

Embossed sentiment to make it pop out from the patterned paper...

Thanks for popping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: LSS
Patterned paper: K&Company 'Cut N Paste', My Minds Eye 'Stella and Rose'
Stamp: PTI 'Mat Stack 1'
Ink: Tim Holtz 'Tea Dye'
Other: gems, Martha Stewart embossing powder, Crate Paper sticker, Tim Holtz paperclips

Tools: trimmer, scissors, adhesive, Cuttlebug, PTI Mat Stack 1 die, hole punch

My Favorite Things // Feathers and Arrows

I was scrolling through my recent blog posts, and (shocker) they're all GIRLY. So here's an older but at least a more masculine card.

I used the My Favorite Things Feathers and Arrows die set - I really haven't used this cool die set as much as I should have.

That's it for today - have a blessed Sunday!

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Cardstock: Canson
Patterned paper: Basic Grey
Stamp set: Hero Arts
Ink: Stazon
Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), twine (Darice)

Tools: Cuttlebug, My Favorite Things Feathers and Arrows die set

Throwback Thursday

Today's card is from July 2014! Now for my comments I wrote at that time:

yuck....mostly the only reason I actually finished this card was because I put a lot of time into paper piecing and didn't want to throw it away.

I do love this My Minds Eye woodgrain paper though...

Thanks so much for stopping in today and God bless!

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Cardstock: LSS
Patterned paper: My Minds Eye "Stella and Rose"
Stamps: Hero Arts "Cuckoo"
Ink: Memento
Other: pearl (Queen and Co)

Tools: sewing machine

My Happy

...that's what cardmaking is for me, so the fact I haven''t made a card in 1.5 month is KILLING ME. It's a good thing I have a ton of school and traveling to keep me distracted most of the time.

Anyways, here's one of those little happies of mine...

Not to brag, but I feel pretty suave and all with the fact that, using a Versamark brush, I wrote that "happy" part of the sentiment! Don't ask me to write more than one word though, otherwise things get messy and illegible QUICK. ;)

Quick card, quick post - I miss cardmaking land and all of you so much!

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Cardstock: Canson
Patterned paper: Crate Paper Maggie Holmes
Stamp: Hero Arts
Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), Versamark pen, vellum

Tools: heat gun circle punch

Missing You

...it's been a crazy couple days getting accustomed to Austria, and tomorrow, we venture to Salzburg!

This is just a quick card I made quite some time back....

I used Tattered Angels shimmer spray for the background, and once it was almost dry, I flicked some water droplets on it and pressed a paper towel over it. I removed the paper towel, and that took with it some of the ink, leaving some the white drops you see on the card.

For this card, I was totally inspired by THIS pin - I'm not quite satisfied with how it turned out, so I may try again later. For the flower, I used the Remember set, then inking up only the blossom part of the flower, I used the second and third generation stamping technique to get a more full effect for the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Canson
Stamps: Hero Arts "Snippets: Miss You So Much"
Ink: Stazon, Tattered Angels, Versamark
Other: sequins

Second card
Cardstock: Canson
Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Happy Trails", Hero Arts "Remember"
Ink: Stazon, Brilliance, Versamark
Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), embossing powder (Hampton)

Happy

...keep those sunglasses on, because I've got another super bright card to share with you today!

I was playing around with WPlus9's Fresh Cut florals (hello, I need their new Fresh Cut Containers...but seriously...too bad I have to save for Austria), trying to achieve THIS look. It's probably just my color choices, but I'm not super pleased with how it turned out. The Studio Calico inks are awesome for the second generation look, and I took advantage of that here, but particularly with the navy ink, the stamp would pick up some of the ink when I stamped the flowers partly over an already stamped image, so the inks started running together, giving it a rather blobby look.

I plan on giving that pin another go, and also posting it here, so you can see the results. ;)

Thanks for stopping in today and God bless!

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Cardstock: Canson
Stamps: WPlus9 "Fresh Cut Florals", Hero Arts "Sundrifter: Love This", PTI "Mini Blooms"
Ink: Studio Calico, Versamark
Other: vellum, embossing powder, enamel dots (My Minds Eye)

Tools: Silhouette Cameo, heat gun

Thanks

It's been awhile, hasn't it? Things have (unsurprisingly) gotten busy here, but now I've finally found a moment to catch my breath and share another one layer card with you.

Again, for the Hero Arts One Layer challenge, and for the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.

I was totally inspired by THIS pin - I used Hero Arts' Two Birds stamp to help me, with a little help from My Happy and the back of two other random stamps for the "blobs", then topped it off simply with enamel dots (thank goodness I had colors that coordinated closely!)

Thanks so much for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Strathamore
Stamps: Hero Arts "Two Birds" and "My Happy", Papertrey Ink "Happy Trails"
Ink: Papertrey Ink, Stazon
Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye)

Go bigger

... with some layouts! *gasp*

I'm on the Pinkfresh blog today sharing some layouts, so, please be merciful - not only am I an inexperienced scrapper, but I'm also very inexperienced at taking pictures of the layouts! (struggling with some serious admiration issues right now for the rest of the Pinkfresh DT's amazing photographs ;))

{note to self - don't use neutral colored backgrounds for your page until I get better at taking pictures}

Being an inexperienced scrapper, I wasn't totally sure what do for my color scheme, so I decided to pull the colors from my friend's pretty dress.
First, some gorgeous peach and mint washi tape and a couple veneer hearts...

...then some super fun veneer arrows...

...and of course, an enamel frame for the photo, and a drop sticker to finish everything off.

For my second layout, I decided to take it easy on myself and print the photo black and white. ;)

I used some cute little enamel stickers from Way to Home to give the photo additional framing, and notice those pretty gold birds? I actually punched those out from the gorgeous gold packaging for the alphabet letters I used below!

I used the super pretty orchid gold foil letters, and then another die cut out of the packaging for the heart. :)

*Phew!*
That wasn't too painful after all, eh? ;)
Thanks so much for stopping in today and have an awesome weekend! 

Thank You

...for being patient with this lazy blogger. ;)
A lot of fun things have been happening around here - right now my sister is actually in labor with her second baby, so prayers would be appreciated! :)

Anyways, just popping in with two cards for the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge...

I was inspired by THIS PIN - the card didn't turn out quite how I envisioned it, but it was still fun to make.

And this card was made using the cuts leftover from the card above. I used the Studio Calico inks for both, by just pressing them against a piece of plastic, adding water, and then just using them as plain 'ol watercolors. By the way, I LOVE the Studio Calico inks - I'm not a super inky/stampy person, but when they first came out with the bundle at a discount rate, I decided to go for it to spice up my pathetic color selection (mainly neutrals). I'm using them all the time now, and like Jennifer McGuire said, the second generation stamping works beautifully with these!

Thanks so much for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Canson
Ink: Studio Calico
Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), sequins (Avery Elle)

Tools: Cuttlebug, Mama Elephant Alphabet die

Paper Smooches Anything Goes challenge

...another super easy challenge and card for ya today!

I made this card when I was in a bit of a window-card making phase, and used the super cute Enjoy the Show stamp set. ;)

This was such a fun way to use up some enamel dots! And the Dear Lizzy ticket paper worked perfectly with the circus theme. :)

Check out the rest of the design team's super cute cards this week! :)

Erin

Isha

Karin

Savannah

This past week has been my spring break, and it has been GLORIOUS! I can't wait to show yinz some of the cards I made during my free time. :)

Anyways, thanks for stopping in today and have a great day! 

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Cardstock: Strathamore

Stamps: Paper Smooches "Enjoy the Show"

Ink: Stazon, Prismacolor

Patterned paper: American Crafts "5th and Frolic"

Other: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), acetate

Paper Smooches SPARKS Designer Drafts challenge

...popping in real quick with a card for this weeks Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge! This week we were challenged with a sketch...

Not gonna lie, this one was a tough one for me - that is, until I pulled up some long neglected washi tape. ;)

Can we talk about how CUTE this Squeaky Clean stamp set is?! Because it's so freakin' adorable and fun.

Here's the links to the rest of the DT's blogs, so you can check out their awesome samples and be inspired to play along!

Erin

Isha

Karin

Savannah

I'll keep this post short and sweet as this week is midterm week (*scary music cue*) so I'm gonna have my hands full! I'll try to post sometime soon though, with winners from my 500th post celebration, and some other cool stuff! :)

Thanks for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Strathamore

Stamps: Paper Smooches "Squeaky Clean"

Ink: Stazon

Other: washi tape (Target), enamel dots (My Minds Eye), vellum

Special Day

...I had one today - my university finally closed for the day due to terrible weather!

This is for WPlus9's birthday challenge - comfort zone.
The thing is, I don't have a comfort zone, a set style.
I used to be a pretty much shabby chic kinda girl, then I got more simple, then graphic, and now I just kinda wander from one style to another. I do like detail though, and that's pretty much the only consistent thing you'll see in my cards. ;)

I have absolutely no idea how to make the cool "scattered thread" thing look so perfectly imperfect, but here's my go at it. ;)

To continue on with my little "500th post" celebration, today, I'll be giving away a goodie bag filled with embellishments! Just leave a comment, and maybe tell me what your favorite type of embellishment is, and you'll be entered!

Also, I just want to thank you again for all the kind comments - I really appreciate your encouraging and thoughtful responses to my feelings concerning "rejects".
I thought I'd share this little graphic while I'm on the topic...

...it's something I'm really trying to make second nature to me. Till then, the struggle is real. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

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Cardstock: Strathamore, Bazzill
Stamp: WPlus9 "Fresh Cut Florals"
Ink: Versamark
Die-cuts: Dear Lizzy "5th and Frolic"
Other: string, embossing powder (Martha Stewart), doily, enamel dots (My Minds Eye)

Tools: heat gun, Cuttlebug, MFT Framed Greetings die

Paper Smooches SPARKS Anything Goes Challenge

I'm a little bit late with the posting of the newest Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge, as school just started and I was helping a friend with orientation this past week.
Anyways, isn't this a gorgeous inspiration piece? I knew right away I wanted to use the adorable elephant from A Little Lovin' and some enamel dots.

Used some Memento markers on the fabric - I had to back the fabric up with some iron-on stiffener sheets, so that I could cut the image without too much fraying.

I'm particularly fond of this card, as I used a bunch of old supplies - just love actually using them up!
Here's the rest of the design team, so you can check out their amazing samples!

Erin

Isha

Karin

Savannah

That's all for me today - thanks for stopping in and enjoy your Sunday!

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Cardstock: Canson

Pattenred paper: American Crafts "Dear Lizzy Neapolitan"

Stamps: Paper Smooches "A Little Lovin'"

Ink: Stazon, Memento

Other: kraft tag (Maya Road), enamel dots (My Minds Eye)

Tools: iron, sewing machine

Just Awesome

Popping in to share a card I made for two challenges; the WPlus9 Monday Mood board...

...and the Sketchbook Saturday challenge #109...

I love all the sentiments from THIS Hero Arts stamp set, but this one is a particular beaut...

The font, the sentiment itself - I know so many people that this card and sentiment would be perfect for (what can I say? Awesome people just tend to congregate around me ;))

That's all for me today! Thanks for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: LSS
Stamps: WPlus9 "Fresh Cut Florals", Hero Arts "Snippets Miss You So Much"
Ink: Tim Holtz, Papertrey Ink, Stazon
Other: kraft paper (SEI), glitter tape (American Crafts), enamel dots (My Minds Eye)

Excited

...to be a part of the Paper Smooches SPARKS Design Team!!

Here's the card that I made for the call...

Using the Party Posse stamp set, I stamped and heat embossed the sheep, and framed her with an inked-and-heat-embossed wooden frame. My older sister, who is a big fan of sheep (mostly for their wool ;)) and pink, appreciated this card. ;)

If you really look at it, you can see a small strip of brown on the left side of the frame - when I was stamping the sentiment, I hadn't cleaned the extra ink off my block, so it got on the paper. Luckily, it doesn't show up too much, or I would've had to cut the second sheet of this pretty patterned paper from Dear Lizzy.

Thanks for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Canson

Stamps: Paper Smooches "Party Posse"

Ink: Tim Holtz

Patterned paper: American Crafts Dear Lizzy "Polka Dot Party" and "5th and Frolic"

Other: wooden frame (Studio Calico), enamel dot (My Minds Eye), ribbon (stash), embossing powder (Hampton Art)

Tools: heat gun

Because I'm not studying Latin

...because I have a sore throat. Again.

Just popping in to share a card that was published in February '12 CREATE magazine...

I can't usually pull off that neat clean-and-graphic-with-a-punch card, so I'm pretty proud of this card. :)

Now I'm going to vegetate on a couch and try and sit this silly sickness out.
Thanks for stopping in and God bless!

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Card recipe
Cardstock: LSS
Patterned paper: My Minds Eye
Stamp: PTI
Ink: Staz-on
Other: string, pearl

Funky elephant

Hola! I'm just popping in quickly to enter a card in a couple challenges. ;)

This card is for the Stickers & Tape Challenge in the Moxie Fab World, and for the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember blog hop (I used the Paper Smooches A Little Lovin' stamp set)

The story behind this card; usually when I'm making a project using washi tape, I go through a couple differant rolls and rip off various lengths to get the look I want. Instead of throwing this pretty washi tape away, I just stuck it on the side of my cardstock organizer (a little metal mabober).
So for this card, I really did use my scraps! As opposed to those cards where you could use scraps, but you end up using an uncut sheet and then make it look like it was a scrap. ;)

I used some enamel dots that I found on clearance at Michaels - .99 a pack!

Anyways, gonna spend a little more time on Photoshop before I head off to sleep, so peace out and thanks for stopping in!

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Cardstock: Canson, SEI
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink: Stazon, Colorbox
Other: Stampin' Up washi tape, Martha Stewart embossing powder, My Minds Eye enamel dots

Tools: heat gun

Sick

...of being sick. :(

While I'm confined to my couch and laptop, I figured I may as well post another dusty draft.

'hb2u'...never used this sentiment on a card before as I was always afraid the recipient wouldn't understand it, but I put my fear behind me when I made this...

Some old Basic Grey alpha stickers....

Thanks so much for stopping in and have an awesome day!

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Card supplies
Cardstock: LSS
Patterned paper: My Minds Eye "Stella and Rose"
Stickers: Basic Grey
Other: hemp cord (Bearydo Shoppe), button (stash)

Tools: circle punch

Vintage Trio

I hadn't played along in a Tuesday Trigger for awhile, so I figured I would give the Vintage Vagabond a go, despite it being very out of my comfort zone (ETA: I just realized I missed the deadline - oops!)
Also for Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes).

...and then THIS pin also helped me sketch-wise.

Used some little odds and ends I've been saving up; an old necklace pendant and a vintage metal button.

A little sparkle added using some glitter and a glue pad.

Thanks so much for stopping in and God bless!

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Cardstock: Canson
Patterned paper: My Minds Eye "Be Amazing", SEI "Field Notes"
Stamp: Hero Arts "Antique Flowers and Butterflies"
Ink: Essential Glue Pad
Other: gem (Darice), pearl brad (Michaels), button and pendant (stash)

Tools: Cuttlebug, Hero Arts "Antique Flowers and Butterflies" die