Mini Tags Card Set

I've had a wonderful Inkadinkadoo set that I got from Frantic Stamper for awhile and didn't want to put it away until I put it to good use!  I actually used it once before (here) for some other mini cards, but I love the size of the images and coloring them. I decided to make little tags out of them and use them for mini pocket cards.

I chose three of the six images from the "Boxed Wishes" set and colored them up using Copics.




I cut them out and added a circular clip and some hemp twine to each one to make the tags.

Next I created the card bases by folding a 4-1/4" x 5-1/4" Crumb Cake (SU) piece of cardstock.  I trimmed a Blue Bayou (SU) panel to 2-1/4" x 4" for each card and adhered to the card bases.  Using a gold Sharpie pen, I added the dotting around the border.





To make the pockets on the card, I punched Martha Stewart's Trellis Border out of Summer Sun (SU) CS.  I applied glue only to the bottom and very edges of the sides of the trellis borders so the tags could be slipped inside.  I wrapped a 5/8" blue satin ribbon and knotted it around the trellis.

I punched three Pale Plum (SU) CS flowers with a Martha Stewart Cosmos flower punch,  selected the AC Elements Glitter buttons I was going to use and used them as a template to pierce my holes into the center of the flowers.

I threaded the hemp twine through the top of the trellis and then added on the flower and button, then tied the knot on top.

This card set was inspired by the following challenges (turned out quite a few of the "same" challenges out there this week -- lucky me!!  ;0)

Card Positioning System #77:  Sketch
Moxie Fab World: Dancing Lanterns
The Creative Cottage #19 - touchy feely/lots of texture & layers
Creative Inspiration : Anything goes.
Dutch Dares:  Anything goes
Paper Play Challenges:  Anything goes
Blog a Doodle:  Anything goes
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Woodware USA - At Last!

                                  Hello All!

Today I'm excited to (finally) officially announce the formation of the first-ever Woodware USA Stamps Design Team!  This has been a long journey with Woodware as they have been running around the country showing their stamp line (that is new to the US), as well organizing within their own business.








I first noticed Woodware at CHA last winter -- and have created several projects using their stamps since then.  I love their premium quality photopolymer stamps, the fun images and clean lines of their designs! 








The Design Team activities will kick off next SUNDAY AUG. 1 with a blog hop and blog candy to introduce you to my new, very talented DT Sistahs and the Woodward line of stamps  !! I hope you'll join us!




The inaugural Woodware USA Deasign Team is made up of these fun ladies:

Rachel Hope

Harriet Skelly

Bonnie Rose Kempenich

Piali Biswas

Kerry Urbatch

Dawn Knight

Nancy Bush

Meanwhile, please drop by Woodware USA and the  Woodware Blog to get a taste for what's in store!!

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All The Ladies in the House

This weekend I popped into the Heirloom Rubberstamp Show in Grapevine Texas (with Hubby no less!!) and was smitten with  "Loralie Designs" stamps.  These were new to me, so of course I had to obsess over them!! 

All the images are designed by the really sweet and talented artist, Loralie Harris, who is a nearby Texan!  Her stamp line includes lots of fun, versatile, and creative images of women (and a few guys too!).  The images can be colored, layered, paper pieced, embellished, dressed up like paper dolls, etc. etc.!!  Each set comes with optional layering pieces to use and accessorize your image!  Paper dolls unplugged!

Master Thread

Several of the Dare to Get Dirty 2010 challenges over on SCS (see my post here) are incorporated into this card!!  The DGD challenges are a blast!!  I love this time of the year on SCS!! 



I used Loralie's "Jane Adams" image.  I stamped Jane, the leafy rose and the bow three times on some DCWV patterned paper.  I paper pieced her hat and dress then proceeded to accessorize!

I colored the bow with copics, then layered the roses on top of the bow, then attached it to her hat.







I pulled out my beloved Peel-Off stickers -- these ones are "Geo Shapes" by Stampendous and they have hologram sparkles in the center of each piece.

I added a Geo Shape sticker to the rose on her hat and then several around her wrist to create a glam, bobbled-bracelet.








Next I stamped another rose and toiled it up some and attached it to her hip.  Finished accessorizing her with two, gold half-pearls  as matching earrings.  I layered her onto several CS layers of white, black, and more DCWV paper.  

Can't you totally see adding real ribbon, prima flowers, etc., to this image to create a whole 'nother lady!!  This was such a blast!!  I couldn't decide on a sentiment to add, but I left room for one at the bottom -- so many possibilities for this card!!

Can't wait to try out the other two I bought!!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Did I Just Make a Christmas Card?

Egads!!  This didn't start out to be a Christmas card, but when I showed it to DH, we both kind of said it at the same time, "it looks Christmas-y".  So I added a holiday sentiment and sealed the deal!

This is for this weekends Inspiration Challenge that I'm hosting over on SCS.  Hope you can join me!  The web store is awesome!!  I love it!!  It's called "Georgie Love" and it's a source for Australian artists in Victoria to promote and sell their hand-made works to the world. 

I chose this "Jenny Lamp" for my inspiration piece.  The leafy vine on the lamp shade is similar to a stamp from SU's "Paradise" stamp set that happened to be out on my desk so I used it.  The colors were even close to the new colors introduced by SU this year, (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE by the way!!)  so it was a lot of fun to get to use them all on this card!

I used Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Wild Wassabi and Cherry Cobbler markers to cover the stamp each time and stamped onto glossy CS.  It's a pretty small stamp so it didn't take much to color it each time. 

The bottom half of the card front is Crumb Cake CS and the sentiment is a SU Chit Chat rub on.  It's layered with dimensionals onto Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso.  The finishing touch is a 5/8" grosgrain ribbon in Real Red.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

A Color Throwdown Challenge - REALLY Challenging!!

Had to post again today!  I finally finished this card that I started for the 100th Challenge "Color Throwdown"  I was determined to use my new "Tweet Summertime" birdhouse image by Impression Obsession that I got from Frantic Stamper (see this link) -- no matter what the colors were! 

And then I saw the colors... a red, pink, light blue and light green combination.  This totally threw me.  But, as I dove in, it started to work a little...


I totally blended and blended and blended using my copics so the colors would appear somewhat "wood-ish, rustic-ish" realistic on the birdhouses!  (Confession: I did use a teeny bit of really light brown on the stand some.) The hard part was that the image has a sunflower coming out the back -- and since there was no yellow in the pallet, I decided to bring out the flower making tools.

I punched a couple of 3/4" circles from red and blue, then snipped them up to make petals.  Dumped a big ole' jeweled rhinestone in the center and there was my "sunflower"!  After that, it all looked unbalanced to me, I knew it needed more texture, so out came the deep pink Flower Soft, and that sort of worked out I think.

I added some more textured to the bottom of the white and red layers with 2 different Cuttlebug folders (those thin 3/4" x 4-1/4" strip-style folders), tied it up with a velvet bow and layered all the colors together. 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Hugs and Prayers

Had a wonderful time this morning going through the talented Stephanie Serrano's Gallery this morning! She is the honored Featured Stamper this week, and well-deserved!!

I chose her  "Spring Suite" card to case. I kept the layout and color scheme, but changed everything out to supplies I had on hand.   I used Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored in the images with Copics.

I used my brand new Gina K "Hugs and Prayers" set - egads!! This set is wonderful!!  It's from Gina's July 2010 release.  I loved just about all of the sets this month, it was hard to choose just one!! 

Congratulations Stephanie!! Enjoy your week!
 
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Love You Card and Dots

Hi All,

I was at the office supply store yesterday and they had boxes of 3-1/2" x 6-1/4" envelopes on sale so I grabbed a box; they just looked like a cute size for cards that I didn't have!  So this is my first one that I made in this size.

I used BG "Green at Heart" 6x6 paper pad and coordinating dimensional stickers.  I stamped the sentiment from Studio G (Series 46) three times - once on So Saffron CS, once on a green print and once on a purple print from the Green at Heart DP.  Used these to paper piece a few of the letters.

Finished it up with peel-offs in the corners and up top!

This card is for todays Inspiration Challenge over on SCS.  Stephanie found another really great webstore for inspiration called "Blue Carrot Shop" just amazes me what's out there and yet to be tapped!!  I chose this retro orange dotted bowl for my inspiration piece.

The dots are 3/4" circles randomly arranged across the bottom.  I cut the layout out with the Top Note die from SU and embellished the dots with buttons and rhinestone flowers.  The little bird is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from SU Trendy Trees. 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Bitty Penguin and Bitty Rose Tree

Hi All,

Pretty simple cards today really...I had a set of blank cards that came with the recessed center and beautiful embossed dotted  frame, and all I did was fill it up!


The first one I stamped with the tree trunk from SU's Trendy Trees set and embellished it with three coral colored Prima Flowers from the "Summer Mix"; The sentiment is from the same SU set.

The next card, the "Bitty Penguin" has a cute little Denami Designs Penguin in the middle with a purple button -- even though the button looks blue, it's quite purple!!  It's from GinaK's Autumn Button Assortment.
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Three Day Weekend!

Hi All,

This is for the Etsy Inspired Challenge and Marks Finest Papers Challenge this week.

The Etsy challenge spotlights the fun Kimmieprout Etsy store.  I chose this set of hand-made buttons as my inspiration, such cute stuff, eh?  The Marks Finest Papers Challenge is to use a die cut on your card.  I used Nestibilities Blossom and Circle dies.

The chipboard birdy and DP is Basic Grey Max and Whiskers collection. The branch is SU's bird punch.  CS used is Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake. 

This 2nd card is also posted over on SCS.  It's for today's Featured Stamper, Charlene!!  I cased her "Let's Use the Rich Color of Teal" card, changing out the materials for stuff I have on hand.  Supplies used are SU Pretty Peone, SU Sweet and Sassy Rub Ons, Momenta Textured paper, White, Black and Tempting Turquoise CS.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!  God Bless America!!