Thank You, Raspberries

Happy Saturday my Paper Maniac Friends!! Today, I am sharing a card with the new Flourishes stamps- Berry Sweet. Have you seen the new release yet?? Ohhhh, it is soooo awesome.

It's a fairly simple card, just a basic cream base, and then I used Spellbinders Labels 10 dies for the image layers. I stamped the raspberry image in memento ink and colored it with copic markers. Then, over the raspberries, I used Glossy accents so the berries looked even fresher! (I have added a close up of the berries, below) I sponged Memento Summer Sky ink all over the image layer to resemble blue sky in the background. The ribbon is yellow double stitched.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!!

{Supplies}
Stamps: Flourishes- Berry Sweet.
Papers: Neenah Cream Cardstock, Bazzil Olive Green.
Ink: Memento.
Accessories: Yellow double stitched ribbon, Spellbinders Labels 10 dies, glossy accents, copics- YG93,97, RV17, 19.

Oh, and one more tiny tidbit of info, you won't want to miss.......

The Paper Maniac Store is having a HUGE SALE on the following items:

Flowers, Felt Shapes, and Sassafras Lass - 35% Off
Everything in the CRAFT ITEMS Section - 40% Off
Basic Grey between 15% - 30% Off
Imaginisce - 20% Off

WOOT!! How cool is that???

You are a Dear Friend, My FWF!!

It another fun Friday Friends with Flair day. Start at the Unity BLOG for the list of awesome chicks who are sharing their art today. Be sure to leave some love along the way, because someone has the hidden flair blinkie for your chance to win a grab bag of 25 random Unity stamps!! How cool is that??

I made this card following the DTGD10 challenges, and this challenge was a sketch brought to us by Kim Teasdale. Its such a fun sketch, if you have the time, come play along in the challenges with us!

This card uses some new Papertrey Ink Harvest Gold stitched ribbon and cardstock. (I LOVE this color- its right up there with Hawaiian Shores and Chartreuse) The pattern papers are from October Afternoon Fly a Kite and Basic Grey Lemonade collections. I used Ippity Stamps- Now and Always, and layered that big flower with different pattern papers. (That has now become a favorite past time of mine-LOL) The SU Top Note die came in handy for the middle of the card. The sentiment comes from the Flourishes stamp set- Gerbera Daisy. The buttons are PTI Vintage Buttons.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!!

Felty Flower Friendship Card

I am having so much fun playing along with the DTGD10 (Dare to Get Dirty 2010) Challenges over on SplitcoastStampers. This one was for Kittie's challenge, called Lost and Found.

Her challenge to us was: Find something that may be lost, old or that may even appear unusable and think of the creative possibilies for a fun project to share with us.

My lost, old, unusable item is the FELT that I found, which was lost in my craft room (forgot I even had it), which I thought I wouldnt really be able to use....until....I found Papertrey Ink dies. These dies will cut right through, just about anything. I made these felty flowers using the beautiful blooms dies. LOVE them!! The flowers are threaded together with Papertrey rustic jute twine and topped with a vintage button. The sentiment is from the Flourishes stamp set, Gerbera Daisy, and is stamped onto a Fillable Frames 4 die cut. The frame around the die cut is from PTI Fillable Frames 4.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Merry Go Round

I have been playing with some of the new FLOURISHES releases. Their last release is soooooo awesome, and Paper Maniac carries them all.

This adorable merry-go-round image is from the "Enjoy the Ride" stamp set.

I made this card for the DTGD10 (Dare to Get Dirty 2010) challenges. Jeanne gave us an awesome challenge to use the colors Red, Yellow, Green and any neutrals on our card. So, I paired this awesome stamp image with some Papertrey Pure Poppy, Chartreuse and Vintage Cream. I sponged Dandelion memento ink around the Spellbinders Labels 9 die cut frame.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you have a FABULOUS day!!

Warmest Thoughts

This is a very interesting stamp image, found in the Unity Stamp Co June KOM. At first, I didnt really know what I wanted to do with it, but one day I just pulled it out and stamped it on a piece of scrap paper, just to see what it was all about. Well, I started coloring it with copic markers, and it started to "come along," so, I went with it. Then, I thought, let me find a spellbinders die that would fit this stamp, and Labels 10 fits it perfectly!! Next, (and this is where I thought the design would fall apart) I sponged around the top of the scene with summer sky memento ink, and the bottom with desert sand memento ink. I finished by painting the wave with Tim Holtz crackle paint. I placed the scene on some PTI Summer Sunrise cardstock and tied it with PTI Lemon Tart ribbon! The sentiment, warmest thoughts is also from the Unity June KOM.

Have a FABULOUS day!!

IPPITY HIPPITY HOPPITY

Hey everyone, its MONDAY, and that means......its time for another IPPITY HIPPITY HOPPITY!!

Start off at the Ippity Blog to find the list of talented ladies who will inspire you with their Ippity Stamps today. For this card, I used the Now & Always and A Moment in Time stamp sets. The large solid flower in the Now & Always set is perfect for making your own background paper!! AND, I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the sentiment stamp from A Moment in Time. If you cant read it, it says: Love you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.

{Supplies}
Cardstock: PTI- Chartreuse, Cream.
Stamps: Ippity- Now & Always, A Moment in Time. PTI- Fillable Frames 4.
Ink: Memento- Tangelo, Pear Tart. PTI- Fresh Snow.
Accessories: Fillable Frames 4 die, foam tape, Copics- YR12, 15 and Y35.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your Hippity Hop today!

Celebrate

I just love the way these colors "go" together.

Kraft+ Orange Zest + Hawaiian Shores= FABULOUS!

I adore the Papertrey Ink stamp set, All About You. The big flowers and leaves are so fun to work with. I also LOVE Fillable Frames #5 and the matching die.

This card has a Kraft base, with an Orange Zest layer- that was impressed with the Sunshine impression plate from PTI. Then I colored in two large flowers from the All About You stamp set, cut them out, along with two sets of leaves. Then I stamped the fillable frames 5 frame onto Kraft cardstock using PTI fresh snow ink. I then used the matching die to cut the frames shape, created the scene on the front of the card and tied it all together with hawaiian shores ribbon. I added two hawaiian shores buttons for the flower centers too.

I am having sooooo much fun with these new Papertrey releases. FUN- FUN- FUN, I say!!

Have a great day!

Recycling is Cool!!

Happy Saturday Peeps!! Have you checked out the Paper Maniac inspiration this week?? We are making cards with recycled items. I made this quick and easy card using some recycled tissue paper from one of my daughter's birthday presents, a stamp from Unity's Store Kit, The Right Words and some orange stitched ribbon.

I loved the bright pink color of the tissue, and thought, I could "do something" with that, so I folded it up and brought it downstairs to craftyland!

For this card, I just scrunched it in different directions and then glued it down as I went across the card. Then I placed the orange ribbon right over it.

Don't you just love the sentiment on this stamp?? It is sooooo true, we really do hold hearts forever.

Have a fabulous weekend!

***UNITY FWF*** Friendship Rainbow

Happy Friday Peeps!! It's time for another super-fun installment of Unity's Friends With Flair (FWF) Fridays. Check out the UNITY BLOG to get the list of awesome chicks who will be showing you some great projects today!! Don't forget to leave some love on the blogs you visit, because someone has the blinkie and will choose a winner from the comments!! What's the prize, you ask? Its a grab bag of 25 random Unity Stamps!! So, lets get hoppin....

I made a very simple card for you today. First, and I'm not sure you can see it here, I stamped one of the flowers from the Ippity stamp set Now and Always in Desert Sand Memento ink on the kraft paper, to make a watermark effect. Next, I gathered up some ribbons in the colors of the rainbow, making sure they will stretch across the cardfront and then layered the colors to form a rainbow.

Next, I stamped the focal image- here, I used the friendship stamp from The Right Words, the stampin' store kit for July, (available at PaperManiac for a great price, I may add). I then cut around the focal image using Spellbinders large and small classic circles dies, and layered them on top of each other.

Finally, I added pearls, in all the colors of the rainbow, around the top and bottom halves of the circles. My daughter freaked when she saw this card, as she loves rainbows just as much as I do. She said, "mommy, can I have that card?" SO, now that its posted, I am going to give it to her! :-)

Have fun on your HOP!

Unity Birthday Wishes

Wow, I'd have to say this would qualify as a masculine card! (I rarely ever make a masculine themed card, and I certainly didn't TRY to here). I just think the color scheme would be appealing to boys, men, guys, dudes, etc! :-) Or, maybe its the plaid impression showing through on the blue layer? Something just screams boy on this card.

Anyway, its super Clean & Simple, just a Kraft base layer, a smaller teal blue layer (core'dinations) with corners rounded, impressed with the picnic plaid impression plate from Papertry Ink, and tied with some Papertey Orange Zest stitched ribbon. Then I just simply stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card and colored the letters with Copic markers. The sentiment comes from the Unity Stampin Store Kit for July- The Right Words. I LOVE this kit, it has a lot of really cool sentiments for pretty much any kind of card!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Acrylic Birthday Wishes

This is the first acrylic card I have ever made!! I like how you can make different scenes show through the clear paper! Now, I just need to figure out a way to photograph these kinds of cards better.....anyone?? Im open to suggestions. :-)

I decided to use these adorable hot air balloon images from Papertrey Ink, Up Up and Away, again. I am soooooo addicted to this stamp set, it is so versatile and can be used for pretty much any kind of card. I paired it with Fillable Frames 5, and its matching die cut. The stitched ribbon is Papertrey- Orange Zest, and the green block is Papertey- Simply Chartreuse.

I don't know why, but everytime I see these balloon images, I just want to hop into one and go for a looooooooooong ride. (And, I am not a heights person either- in reality, a balloon ride would really freak me out!!) Its nice to dream though, right??

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you are having a wonderful, safe, happy summer!

Painted Birthday Wishes

Here's a challenge- use paint on your cards. That is our theme at Paper Maniac this week. And, I must admit, at first, I didn't quite know what I wanted to do for a card- as I really dont use paint on my projects all that much!

Then, I got to thinking- I have a bunch of acrylic paints in different colors, I have smooch paints (which are totally cool) and I just got Tim Holtz CRACKLE paint!! So, yeah, I just had to use the Crackle paint. Have you seen it? It makes some awesome effects on stamped projects.

I knew right away that I had to use it with this huge rose stamp from Papertrey ink. See the close up below- the crackle paint makes it look all crystally and wet, like fresh rain.

I stamped the rose image on some Echo Park Summertime pattern paper (can you see the pretty design on the rose?) Then I highlighted the petals with a coordinating copic marker. Then I painted over the entire image with the crackle paint. (This paint takes a few minutes to dry, so don't adhere it to your card right away. The wait is worth the finished look).

The leaves are stamped on Neenah solar white paper and colored with copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Check out the Paper Maniac BLOG for some more inspiring painted works of art this week!

A Very Special Birthday!!

This card was made for a very special birthday. My sweet daughter, Amanda Panda is turning 5 today! Yep, 5!! I cannot believe how fast those 5 years have just flown by. So, in honor of her, I made this card, with tons of ORANGE accents. Her favorite color is orange. She also loves rainbows, so the small balloon is all rainbowy for her! She is literally going to freak when she sees this. :-)

{Birthday Wishes}

Cardstock: PTI- Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores.

Pattern Paper: Echo Park- Summertime.

Stamps: PTI- Up Up and Away.

Ink: Memento.

Accessories: PTI- Orange Zest stitched ribbon, moroccan motifs impression plate, copics, foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

IPPITY Floral Thank You

Happy Hippity Hoppity Monday!! Its time for another fabulous and inspiring Ippity Stamps blog hop!


Here is a super-simple thank you card I made using some new release Ippity stamps. The stamp set is called: Now and Always (and I sell it right here on my blog). The sentiments come from the Papertrey Ink stamp set called: Thank You inside and out.


I really liked making the layered flowers on this card. Can you tell?? I think this large flower is the only Ippity stamp I have used from the latest release. (I may have to change that soon, but for now...here is another flower card. lol.) I used two small sheets of pattern paper: from October Afternoon- Thrift Shop and Fly a Kite. Then stamped the large flower 3 times on each sheet of pattern paper. I then cut out the layers and rearranged them, adhering with dimensionals, and topped with a coordinating button, from PTI. The leaves are stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers.
Here is the inside of the card as well.

{Thank You}
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White.
Pattern Paper: October Afternoon- Fly a Kite, Thrift Shop.
Stamps: Ippity- Now & Always. Papertrey Ink- Thank You inside and out.
Ink: Memento.
Accessories: Papertrey Ink buttons. Jillibean Soup twine. Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Check out the Ippity Blog for the list of inspiring chickas that are playing along today!