faux iron

 

 

I love the "iron" backdrop for these pretty flowers . . .

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink

dies:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  button - papertrey ink

stitched felt cookies (or donuts, in this case)

 

 

mint chip pantone chip!  (our family is obsessed with chocolate mint anything!  I even used glossy accents to make the punched paper look like "jimmies")

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink

dies:  my favorite things, papertrey ink

punch:  stampin' up

embellishments:  felt - papertrey ink, clip - from my stash, glossy accents

stitched layered embellishments

well, this card took me all morning to put together!
 * tip:  I arranged all of the felt flowers on the card front, then took a quick picture with my phone - it made the gluing everything back down a snap!

stamps:  papertrey ink
paper:  papertrey ink
dies:  papertrey ink
embellishments:  felt - papertrey ink; embossing powder

inked woodgrain texture

 

 

I used a beautiful taupe cardstock as my background for soft, feminine colors . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink

dies:  papertrey ink

embossing folder:  tim holz - sizzix

embellishment:  button - papertrey ink

woodgrain inlay

 

 

I have to admit that I had started this card a few months ago, but set it aside because it just wasn't coming together the way I had envisioned, so when I watched Lizzie's video I knew she had the perfect solution!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  papertrey ink, american crafts

dies:  papertrey ink

 

 

 

 

 

faux leather

 

 

I used light, bright colors to keep this faux leather creation from being too dark/serious . . .

 * tips:  I wet the cardstock with plain old water and then crumpled it several times - after it was completely dry, I sponged the high spots with darker ink and then I ran in thru my big shot several times to flatten it out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink

dies:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  washi tape & heart brad - american crafts; baker's twind - pebbles in my pocket

 

colored cotton

my little grandson loves to ride the ferris wheel at scheels - and he'll love this pale blue cotton candy!
    * tip:  I found that making the paper "cone" was much easier with vellum than it was with cardstock

 

stamps:  papertrey ink
papers: my favorite things, papertrey ink

paper scraps with vellum overlay

 

I'm SO glad I'm not the only one with a huge scrap bin - and my goal is to shrink it!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  scraps, papertrey ink

dies:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  felt - papertrey ink; baker's twine - pebbles in my pocket; button - papertrey ink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

paper confetti envelope

I crinkled up a few paper strips, cut some confetti shapes and then attached the glassine bag to a birthday card . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamp:  papertrey ink

papers:  american crafts, papertrey ink, stampin' up

die:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  pompoms - stampin' up; baker's twine - pebbles in my pocket

 

take 10 challenge

I LOVED all of the inspiration photos, but I've been wanting to use a green background, so I chose this photo because it was out of my comfort zone . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink
papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink, watercolor paper
dies:  papertrey ink

august 2017 create along with us

loving all of the fabulous sunflower cards in this month's release . . . they are such a happy flower!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stamps:  papertrey ink

papers:  stampin' up, papertrey ink

dies:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  dots - stampin' up; washi tape - stampin' up