Friday, October 28, 2011

Retro Style Christmas Cards

Stamps:  Inkadinkadoo Winter Silhouettes, Penny Black Cardinals.  DP:  Basic Grey Nordic Holiday

 Hi Friends,

I made these cards for the IC this weekend.  I get to host again so the website I chose was "Blue Carrot Shop".  I'm drawn to retro pieces these days so I loved wondering around this website.


I chose this "Ezee-Up ChristmasTree Stand" for my inspiration.  The colors are great for Christmas cards, so I made a quick set using some sample papers Fran (Frantic Stamper) sent me and a Christmas stamp set I picked up after the season last year.


Here's close-up photos of each of the cards in the set.  The pearl and jewel embellishments (and the crocheted rosette) are from one sheet of Prima "Say it in Crystals" cut up and divided between three of the cards -- they are an amazing value when you can buy one and make it work on 3 cards!  One of the cards is using part of a another set of the same type of Primas that I had used on a different project.




 
Have a great week everyone!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Hi All,

I was making my Thanksgiving cards and had a hankering to use my Copics.  It's been awhile since I created something with them.  Anyhow, here's the card that I made...pretty intense, huh?  I just kept making the colors darker and darker. 

Then I made this one, just some simple stamping and bling.  I got the idea from a card I saw on Pinterest.  (Still not on Pinterest? What's wrong with you LOL!!!) 
Although my card looks nothing like the one from Pinterest, it was inspired by the use of the tree.  Here's the card, not sure if you can see it if you're not linked in to Pinterest, but just in case to give credit, it's this one!

Have a great week everyone!!  TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Two Different Styles of Cards

Hi Friends!

I've finally stopped to upload some stuff!  Here's a couple of the cards I've made recently and they are completely opposite styles!

The lead photo is a paper pieced designed for this week's Inspiration Challenge.  I was drawn to the pattern and colors of these stripes so that is what got me going!  The flower is a Stephanie Ackerman stamp (her blog is here and you can buy her stamps at Purple Onion) that I paper pieced, then drew a matching birdy to go with it and added it to the top with a mini clip embellishment. 

I made this next card when I got my "You Inspire Me" set from Just Rite (inspired by Michele Woerner's work here). 




I stamped the frame onto an old dictionary page and trimmed it out.  Adhered a TH Rosette that I had made previously that was waiting to be used.  I stamped the "Thanks" from the stamp set in the center.
 
I attached a beaded stem from the Wedding aisle of JoAnns to the card by piercing two holes along the stem and threading short pieces of wire through.  I bent the wires on the back of the card like they were brads. 
And as you can see, I added some gorgeous lacy trim that I had in my stash that I don't remember where it's from!!  The DP is new Basic Grey Picadilly and there's a little more of the old dictionary page used at the bottom.  

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Hello!



This card is for the IC this weekend 'cause I'm hosting again!  I've been looking for a cover for my iPhone lately and came across this website called "Gelaskins" while surfing. Lots of "artistic" work to choose from so it was hard to settle on just one that I liked. I finally went with this print called "Bloom". I liked the color combo and the simple design so I tried to keep with that concept.



My background is glossy paper sponged with distress inks by Tim Holtz. I stamped the bare trees with StazOn ink, sponged a deep pink across the top of the trees and added a few white dots with a white gel pen. The ribbon is some scrap satin ribbon tied with Bowdabra wire and curled a bit.  (Side note -- the Bowdabra wire is so much easier to use than standard craft wire, makes it really easy to create a simple bows; sometimes it's the little things that make a difference, right??).   The ribbon truly is a dark pink magenta that matches the trees IRL!  I added a Websters Pages "Little Whimsies" resin heart embellishment to the middle of the bow after gathering it with the wire.

I hope you'll be inspired by the website! Come join in this weekend!!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

World Card Making Day 2011 Blog Hop!

Hi Friends,
Happy World Card Making Day to everyone!!  What a fun celebration to participate in!  Thanks for stopping by on your WCMD tour!! 

The card and puffy heart I made features vellum.  The base is a panel of vellum embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I used a Scalloped Heart Nestibility to create a window in a piece of “Prima Romantique” paper and placed the embossed vellum behind it.  I layered it onto a light pink cardstock base and added dimensional dots onto the scallops with a Viva Pearl Pen in "Salmon"
Next, all I really had to do was punch out shapes from the vellum and glue them onto the card.  I used a Sizzix Sizzlet branch die, a MS fern punch, and a Punch Bunch Medium petals punch (for the large rose).  I inked the petal edges of the flower with chalk ink so it would blend softly into the opaque color of the vellum.  I grouped additional small Prima flowers with the punched-out vellum shapes and glued them to the main panel.  
Next, I created a little "puffy heart" using Vellum.

I started by die cutting two pieces of vellum with a Nestability Scalloped Heart die.  Next, I stamped a sentiment (Inkadinkadoo) onto one of the hearts with StazOn Jet Black ink.


Keeping the two pieces together, I pierced holes around the edges and sewed them together using red/white twine.  I left  about a ½” inch opening.  I then cut some cotton balls into tiny pieces and stuffed them inside the heart. 



Once it was filled, I closed the opening and glued on a little ribbon holder.  I embellished the finished heart with some die cut leaves and Prima “Say it in Crystals” swirls.



 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!