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Happy Hearts Notebook

I had a notebook purchased from the dollar store that I wanted to cover with some pretty papers. I hadn't made up my mind on which collection I would use, but I ended up landing on Happy Hearts so that I could enjoy its pretty colours.

This is a really simple project. I made sure to keep the cover really simple so that embellishments wouldn't catch on other things when I put the notebook away. I used a paintbrush to apply Distress Collage Medium (a favorite) to the cover, then I placed my paper over it, applied pressure with a bone folder to even the paper out and then I used an exacto blade to cut the extra paper off. I got a more precise coverage that way than if I had measured and cut the paper first. I added a border of washi tape for a bit of additional colour.

I matted a 3" x 4" cut-apart image with In the Navy cardstock from Gina K (I recently purchased this navy cardstock and I'm really happy with its deep navy shade). I distressed the edges with my distressing tool and added the image to the top center of the cover. I added two heart foam stickers.

At the bottom, I used a leftover scrap and added a little ticket that was fussy cut from one of the patterned papers, and I layered a chipboard heart in the center. Super simple, but much cuter than the mottled black cover that was previously there.

 

 

 

Teen Spirit Mini Purse

Inspiration: Mini One 6x6 Sheet Purse Tutorial from Maymay Made It Crafts

 I was going through my Watch It Later list on YouTube, trying to see if I had crafting videos that could inspire me to do something different. I almost immediately found an older video showing how to make a mini purse out of a 6" x 6" paper. I was intrigued and knew it would be a quick project, so I grabbed the Teen Spirit paper pad from Echo Park and started crafting. The result is really cute. I would advise using liquid glue for the handles, as I went for mini glue dots and the handles kept twisting, so I think liquid glue would offer a firmer hold.

There's this pattern in the pack that looks like buttons, so I used a circle punch and punched the "Oh yeah" button image out to use as my front fastener for the purse. I added pink gems to the handles and recycled a rolled rose I had left on my desk from a previous project. I had tried incorporating it on projects all week, but it's quite bulky so I avoided adding it to card as I knew this would mean I would require an oversize envelope to accommodate the extra bulk. Here, it didn't matter, so I glued it to the purse and added Stickles to the edges to make it sparkly.

I encourage you to check out this tutorial, this packaging is surprisingly quick to put together, so definitely a good option for mass production.

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Blushing Bride (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Teen Spirit (Echo Park)
Ink: Flirty Flamingo (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Rolled Roses (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Makers); Black Pen (Pilot);
From My Heart Faceted Gems, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up);
Diamond Stickles (Ranger)

 

Night Out at the Randolph

Inspiration: Scrap Our Stash February - Sketch

I have been sitting on those pictures for a long time, as they were taken in 2018. I was waiting for the perfect game-themed papers and when I saw the Family Fun collection, I knew they were going to pair well. I was eagerly waiting for this collection to come out last year and even though it got purchased the second it came out, tonight was the first night I actually did anything with it. 

I followed the sketch pretty closely. I used the teal polka dot paper as my page base (paper #1). I only had two pictures, so I used a 4" x 4" cut-apart for the third spot (paper #2). I used the plaid paper (#3) for the right vertical block, the pawn paper for the middle block (#4) and the striped paper for the strip on top of the pictures (#5). I used the tag cut-apart paper (#6) to add the tag in the top left corner and I cut the ticket patterned paper (#7) to make the strip at the top of the page. I stamped little dots from a Tim Holtz stamp set over it and used a circle chipboard piece for the circle element from the sketch.

I created my title with black sparkly Thickers and little square stickers from the collection's sticker book. I used stickers from the sticker book and from the cardstock elements to embellish around the page, and I stamped the word "Fun!" from the Family Fun stamp set repeatedly at the bottom of the page. I added one more ticket from the paper strip stapled at the bottom.

My page was getting pretty full and I still didn't have any journaling, so I decided to do a hidden tag. I cut a slit above the plaid paper, slid a cut-apart tag and on the backside, I taped a tab longer than the slit at the bottom of my tag to act as a stopper when I pull the tag out of the page. 

 

 

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

At Christmas, my friend Anne-Marie sent me a beautiful picture of her and her little family. As I was putting my Christmas cards away, I kept this aside so that I could make a page with it and keep it in my scrapbook album. I was trying to decide which holiday collection to use and decided to go for Holiday Magic because I hadn't scrapbooked with it yet and also because I spotted a cut-apart that said "tree farm" on one of the pages, which fit nicely with the picture.

I sort of had a plan when I started this page, but it quickly went out the window as it was not coming out like I would have hoped. But I did keep the idea of using the big swirl background, cut along the colours so that I could distress the edges and curl them for dimension and adding matching stitching to each swirl. (As a side note, I lost a lot of time stitching parts of the paper that ended up being totally covered, but that's what happens when you are not really sure where you are going with a design.) 

I started placing various elements around the picture to create clusters, using cut-aparts, die-cuts, puffy stickers and chipboard stickers. I added matching enamel dots on each swirl. I added a bit of journaling at the bottom of the page.

 

 

Supplies
Patterned Papers, Chipboard Frames, Ephemera, Cardstock Stickers,
Puffy Stickers, Enamel Dots: Holiday Magic (Pinkfresh)
Accessories: 3D Foam (iCraft); Needlepoint Floss (DMC);
Distressing Tool (Stampin' Up!)

 

Flowery Cake

Inspiration: Colour Inkspiration #116 + Time Out Challenge #208

I was tidying up and leafing through old Stampin' Success magazines. One of the samples caught my eye and I decided to see what I could use that I had on hand to do my own interpretation of it. I picked the Colour Inkspiration palette and I mixed a bunch of retired items to create this card.

Here are the ideas I recycled from the original sample: a torn border with a scalloped edge peeking out, the wrapped ribbon, the tone on tone stamping and the metal frame. I've had those Hodgepodge Hardware frames for probably a good 15 years and I'm trying to get them used already. I looked through my sentiment stamps and picked "happiness always" because it filled the frame nicely and the font had the right feel for the main image.

For the image, I used the cake from the Happy Birthday to You set. I stamped it in matching ink colour and on a whim, I decided to colour the flowers in white to make them stand out while remaining very subtle. I had also torn the card base a little crooked and was left with too side a border compared to the original sample, so I looked for a piece of Mint Macaron patterned paper and added a torn strip in between. I decided to emboss the side panel for added texture.

I added a thin strip of Rich Razzleberry cardstock and wrapped a piece of Mint Macaron ribbon around the card. The result still felt a little bare, so I pulled out the Marks stamp set from Woodware Craft Collection and adding markings around the image. I found I didn't have enough Rich Razzleberry on the card, so I added Candy Dots on some of the scallops and to fill the space around the sentiment, I added little Loose Flower Flourishes embellishment. I really don't like the look of the flowers with no centers on them, so I looked through my Crystal Drops collection and used Violet Galaxy to fill in the centers.

 

 

 

  

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Bon anniversaire très chère, Douces pensées (Stampin' Up!); Marks (Woodware Craft Collection)
Cardstock: Highland Heather, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Rich Razzleberry (Stampin' Up!)
Designer Series Paper: Subtles (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Highland Heather (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots, Mint Macaron Ribbon, Silver Hodgepodge Hardware,
Pretties Kit, Scalloped Border Punch, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder,
Loose Flower Flourishes, Whisper White Medium Envelope (Stampin' Up!);
Violet Galaxy Crystal Drops (Nuvo); White Pencil (Prismacolor)

 

Movie Night

My sister and I sat down with my nieces to watch with them our favorite childhood movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was fun to see the movie again through their eyes. They seemed to like it well enough. The page was done using the Family Fun page kit. I only had one picture of that night, so I made it a one-pager (instead of a 2-page layout like shown in the kit pictures) to suit my needs.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Date Stamp (Office Supplies Store)
Ink: Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Page Kit: Family Fun (Simple Stories)
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!)

 

Snow Day and Video Games

Inspiration: Just Us Girls #620 + Simon Says Stamp Monday (food/drink)

Ever since Lawn Fawn released its Screen Time stamp set, I've wanted a cute couch stamp to go with it so that the two kids would have somewhere to sit while playing video games. I got way too excited when Window Scene: Winter came out last fall with that couch that I had long been waiting for. (By the way, I'm following Lawn Fawn's release week and I saw that there's a Window Scene: Spring set coming up - not surprised, I was kind of expecting a series based on the fact that the first had a colon followed by winter, but now I'm really  curious to see what's in the set along with the Spring scene...)

I went through my 6" x 6" paper pads and noticed that Into the Woods was matching the Fusion challenge colours very nicely. I made wallpaper out of the teal paper, then I stamped and colored the window scene and added white-embossed falling snow. I cut curtains out of the orange grid paper and the curtain rod out of copper foil paper. I also did the two hanging elements out of foil paper as well.

I stamped the couch on white cardstock, colored the feet with markers and paper pieced the upholstery with paper from the same pad. I used another patterned paper for the cushion. I used my markers to add a bit of shading. The stamped and colored various images from the Screen Time set and die-cut them out with the matching dies. I created the wood floor out of paper from the same pack and added a thin white strip of cardstock to create the baseboard. I assembled my scene, using dimensional adhesive to pop up the images in the forefront. I added mini gold pearls to the holes in the top part of the curtains.

I mounted my card front to a Tango Tangerine card base and then I looked at the finished card, trying to decide if I was going to include a sentiment or not. I liked the little speech bubbles, which could easily be worked into the scene without hiding the rest of the details. I try not to make too many English cards, because most of the cards I send out are in French, but once in a while, I will sneak an English design in there when I feel I have better options in that language than I would in French. I'm glad I went with the speech bubbles, they work really well with the overall scene.

It was so satisfying to put that card together, as that couch scene has been a long time coming!

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Screen Time, Window Scene: Winter (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Tango Tangerine, Whisper White, Copper Foil Sheets (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Into the Woods (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Tango Tangerine, Island Indigo (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Dotted Rectangle Stackables, Screen Time, Window Frame (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Markers (Copic); Stampin' Dimensionals, Metallic Pearls (Stampin' Up!);
White Embossing Powder (Wow!); A2 Teal Envelope (Envelopes.com)

 

DJ Megan

Inspiration: January 2022 Page Maps Sketch + Festive Friday #103

1) Neutrals (black and white)

2) Texture (tulle)

3) Circles

The Simple Vintage Lemon Twist collection from Simple Stories has been sitting in my stash since its release last year and I had yet to use it. I love the bright and colorful patterns, but I was not really sure what to use them with. I've also learned from previous experience that I don't find crafting with a palette of only two colours (red and green at Christmas, orange and purple at Halloween, etc.) easy because it makes it harder to layer without elements getting lost. Despite being aware of that challenge, I still let myself get tempted by this beautiful line.

I used a picture of my niece pulled out from a past calendar. She's wearing black and white, which helped tie in with the paper line, and the picture is oversized, which helps fills the space on the page. I used the black and white Buffalo check for the background and the newspaper print pattern for the center block. I liked that it says "Singer's" everywhere on it, as it ties nicely with the image of my niece wearing headphones. I matted the paper with the teal paper from the Basics kit, which helped add some plain colour on a very busy page.

I added two circles cut out of patterned paper with circle dies and I layered a few Bits and Pieces over them. I created my title with two alphabet sticker sets, and the library card comes from the cut-apart sheet. I'll add some journaling to it when I have a moment. I added two tags at the bottom, one from the Bits & Pieces kit, with teal ribbon stapled behind it, and one from the cardstock elements stickers. I tied a piece of white polka dot tulle trim at the bottom and glued a decorative brad in the center of the bow. I added two hearts from the Bits & Pieces to the side of the picture, topped with rhinestones.

 

 

 

Supplies
Patterned Papers, Bits & Pieces, Decorative Brads, Cardstock Elements: Simple Vintage Lemon Twist (Simple Stories)
Accessories: Bermuda Bay Chevron Ribbon, White Polka Dot Tulle Trim, Mini Stapler,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Black Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Stampin' Up!);
Black Glitter Alphabet Stickers (Heidi Swapp); Lullaby Thickers (American Crafts);
Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

 

Birthday Girl

Inspiration: December 2021 Page Maps sketch + Festive Friday #103

1) Baked Goods (the cake)

2) Stripes

3) Texture (textured cardstock as page base)

 

I have been wanting to use the Hooray! collection from Crate Paper for a long time and I finally found a birthday picture that I wanted to scrapbook and pair with it. For her fifth birthday, my niece wanted a Moana-themed party, so you can see her here with the intricate birthday cake my sister had made for her. 

I started by doing the ink smooshing technique on a white cardstock piece using an acetate. Because I hadn't applied gesso to the cardstock, the result was a little more blotchy than I would have liked, but with all the layering that I did, you don't really see it a ton once the page is assembled anyway.

I had initially done a long patterned paper panel at the right of the page like on the sketch, but it didn't look as good as when I had just my paper strip, so I edited this piece out of my design. I decided to roll the top of the paper strips to add texture and take advantage of the double-sided paper. I used the October calendar cut-apart in the bottom left corner and I layered another calendar piece, using the backside pattern, to break up the white a bit. I circle the birthday date on the calendar with a gold marker and I used a dotted rectangle die to cut the calendar out. I used the llama chipboard and a few cardstock stickers to create a cluster. I also added a chipboard tag in the top left corner, embellished with a cardstock heart sticker, ribbon and a gem.

I drew journaling lines and added my handwritten journaling on the right side and my date on a little sticker note. I glued white pompom trim at the bottom of my picture and added holographic sequins around the page this finish it off.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Textured White (American Crafts)
Ink: Watermelon Wonder (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Chipboard, Cardstock Stickers: Hooray! (Crate Paper)
Dies: Dotted Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Bling Stickers (Recollections); Frayed Denim Say It in Crystals (Prima Marketing);
White Pompom Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!);
Mini Scalloped Decorative Scissors (Fiskars); Black Pen (LePen);
Sequins (Cartwright's)

 

Lemon Twist Thinking of You

Inspiration: The Paper Players #578 + Tic Tac Toe #148 (Sentiment + Embellishment + Die Cut)

The Simple Vintage Lemon Twist collection fit in perfectly with the colour challenge, so I went through my papers to see what they would inspire me. I fussy cut the image on one of the cut-apart pages and layered it over a piece of plaid that was die-cut with a zig zag rectangle die.

I had the Foundation 6 die set on my desk and I was inspired to test out the label dies. I used the label die twice, once on Mint Macaron and a second time on Bermuda Bay. I kept the brighter colour for the outline edge and I ran the paler piece in the Finial Press embossing folder for texture. I added a ticket from the Bits & Pieces pack and stapled it in place with my mini stapler.

I went looking through my French sentiments and I pulled out the large "Thinking of You" from a Stampin' Up! set. I embossed it in black powder on vellum cardstock. I first die-cut the sentiment with a stitched oval die, but I wasn't liking the look so I bubbled cut the words instead and decided it was a better look. I added it to the center of the card.

I tied a piece of thick black twine and added a piece of black and white baker's twine as well, then I added a decorative brad and I was happy with the final look. I used cardstock stickers to decorate the inside of the card and the matching envelope as well.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Paix et reconnaissance (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Vellum, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Decorative Brads, Bits & Pieces, Cardstock Elements: Simple Vintage Lemon Twist (Simple Stories)
Ink: VersaMark
Dies: Foundation 6 (Queen & Co); Zig Zag Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: A2 Teal Envelope (Envelopes.com); Black and White Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Finial Press Embossing Folder, Mini Stapler, Black Stampin' Emboss Powder (Stampin' Up!);
Black Twine (Recollections); Brush Daubers (iCraft)

 

Dad's Vintage Car

Inspiration: Hand Stamped Sentiments #382(inspired from the cute van in the image) + As You See It #268(A Favorite Technique of Mine Is... Fussy cutting images from patterned papers)

I wanted to use the Buenos Dias! collection from American Crafts. The cute pink vintage car caught my eye on the cut-apart page and since the text above it was in Spanish, I decided to fussy cut the image to use it individually. The Spanish text finished with "felicidad" so I thought I could cut the end of the word off so that I could use "dad" alone. That became the starting point of the card.

The cut-apart sheet also had tags, which reminded me of the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch, so I cut a few elements to mirror the sketch. I matted the tag with peach glitter paper from the Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad from Memory Box, punched a hole and threaded peach seam binding at the top. I glued the car over the sentiment and I added a couple of flower stickers to hide the text better. I also cut out the little flourish that were around the text on my car cut-apart and use one of them as the light beam at the front of the car.

For the circle, I got my recently purchased Doily die set from Coco and Reno and used the larger circle on patterned paper. I was not happy with my first pattern selection, so I went back and used the softer tile pattern instead, which looked much better. To make the layered banners, I used my Foundation #4 dies from Queen & Co, which the die used for the scalloped rectangle is also from.

I finished the card with Candy Dots and acrylic shapes. I repeated some of the same elements on an A2 Sapphire metallic envelope to finish off the set.

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Blush Blossom (Stampin' Up!); Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad (Memory Box)
Patterned Papers, Acrylic Shapes, Stickers: Buenos Dias! (American Crafts)
Dies: Foundation #4 (Queen & Co); Doily (Coco & Reno);
Planner Essentials (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Accessories: A2 Sapphire Metallic Envelope (Envelopes.com); 
Subtles Candy Dots, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Peekaboo Peach Seam Binding (Stampin' Up!)

 

Spring Birdhouse

Inspiration: Hand Stamped Sentiments #382

I loved the bright mix of colours from the inspiration picture and I decided to make a spring-y birdhouse in those shades. I used Powder Pink for the birdhouse base and added Flirty Flamingo accents to it. I used the grey cardstock from the Woodgrain in Neutrals pack for the post and the inside of the birdhouse. The bird and leaves were die-cut out of Island Indigo cardstock, and I sponged the same ink colour on white cardstock to get a paler wing in a similar shade for the bird.

For the background sky, I used a piece of Spiffy Speckles paper and I sponged Island Indigo ink over a Cloud stencil to create clouds in a matching shade. I framed the card with a Stitched Rectangle Frame. I used Powder Pink cardstock, but I inked the edges with Flirty Flamingo ink so it wouldn't look so flat.

Inside the birdhouse, I stamped a sentiment that says "Sometimes, good things disappear to make room for even nicer ones" and embossed it in white. I struggled to get a good impression because of the woodgrain texture, but I was reluctant to switch to smooth cardstock. Not my best embossing job, but I decided I could live with the little imperfections.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Pensées à la plume (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Powder PInk, Flirty Flamingo, Island Indigo, Thick Whisper White (Stampin' Up!;
Woodgrain in Neutrals (Lawn Fawn)
Patterned Papers: Spiffy Speckles (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Island Indigo, Basic Grey, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!); VersaMark 
Dies: Magic Iris Birdhouse Add-On, Stitched Rectangle Frames, Rolled Roses (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: White Embossing Powder (Wow!); Cloud Stencil (My Favorite Things);
Blender Brushes (Waffle Flower); Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)

 

Simple Bubbles

Inspiration: Lawn Fawnatics #118

Clean and Simple is not usually my crafting style, but when I saw the Lawn Fawnatics challenge, it reminded me that I still had not used the Bubbles of Joy set and I thought it would easily be used for a CAS card. 

I pulled out the Bubbles stencil and blended a mix of Pink Pirouette, Fresh Freesia and Seaside Spray ink to create three bubbles. I added the shadow using the same inks. I then colored various mice from the Bubbles of Joy stamp set with Copic markers, die-cut the images out and added them to the card.

I went looking for a large sentiment to fill in the space on the card. I chose "a little note" from an older stamp set, stamped in VersaMark and embossed in Aqua Tinsel embossing powder from Ranger. I added Iridescent Bubbles from Studio Katia to the card and Glossy Accents to the stamped bubbles. I also stamped the little star and POP word next to the small mouse to make it seems like he's running around bubbles to pop them. I rounded the bottom corners with my Corner Chomper.

I used my leftover images on a soft purple envelope and added sponging made with one of the stencils from the Bubble Background set. 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Bubbles of Joy (Lawn Fawn); Plein de voeux (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Fresh Freesia, Petite Pirouette, Seaside Spray (Stampin' Up!);
Tuxedo Black (Memento); VersaMark
Accessories: Bubbles of Joy Dies (Lawn Fawn); A2 Envelope (The Paper Cut); 
Aqua Tinsel Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents (Ranger); Markers (Copic);
Iridescent Bubbles (Studio Katia); Blender Brushes (Waffle Flower);
Corner Chomper (We R Memory Makers)

 

Love

Inspiration: Lasting Memory Layout challenge #585

I really liked this week's Lasting Memory Layout challenge, with the paper patchwork and stitched frame around the page, so I went looking for two vertical pictures that could work. I found some older pictures of my dad holding his first granddaughter. You can see how pleased he is to be spending time with her, so those are nice pictures to add to the scrapbook album.

In retrospect, I wish those pictures had been changed to black and white before I printed them because I found the purple pyjama to clash with a lot of paper collections I would have liked to use. I went digging and the Dreamer collection from Mintay caught my eye. I love the crackled paint background, so I used it as my base and then I did some maths with a rule of three to figure out how big each paper square was supposed to be to keep similar proportions. For the bottom row, I was able to use some of the cut-apart images and make them a little narrower. I used a few different patterned papers for the other blocks. They were getting a little lost against the busy background, so I inked the edges of each paper with grey ink to make it stand out more, which really helped.

I loved the stitched border with the little heart sprinkled in there. I used two small heart punches and silver glitter paper, then I used my t-ruler to pierce all around the page, and then I looked through my needlepoint floss to find something to match. I have a full DMC collection since I'm a cross stitcher, but I keep leftover floss from kits in my craft room and try to use those colours first when I can so that it gets used up. Here, I tried THREE times with various shades of blue and I was disliking the result enough to go back and undo the stitching and start over. After the third try, I gave up and went to my DMC collection to handpick something that matched better. I'm glad I did, as the blue now stands out enough to show without overpowering the soft colours of the page. It really adds a nice touch to the page.

For embellishing, I remembered I had the Watercolor Floral collection from Prima, which has really close colours, so I pulled out the ephemera and puffy stickers and added a few of those elements to the page. I used the Lacy Hearts Stackables dies and the Outside In Stitched Hearts dies from Lawn Fawn to create a cute heart to layer over the picture, and I added a bird fussy cut out of the patterned paper.

I matted my right picture with plain collage paper to make it stand out and I added the date with stickers over the banner at the top. (Truth be told, I used a date stamp to add the date initially and stamped upside down, so this became a fix to hide my boo-boo.)

For the title, I wanted something simple, so I looked at the title stickers I had and found the word Love in the Happy Hearts foam stickers. I added a little heart epoxy sticker on it for colour. I added pearls, Doo Dadz and epoxy hearts around the page to finish embellishing and added some handwritten journaling on the right bottom cut-apart.

 

 

 

Supplies
Patterned Papers: Dreamer (Mintay)
Cardstock: Silver Glimmer Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Pack: Watercolor Floral (Prima Marketing)
Dies: Outside In Stitched Hearts Stackables, Lacy Hearts Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Plain Collage Paper (Tim Holtz for idea-ology); 
Happy Hearts Foam Stickers (Simple Stories); Princess Sparkle Doo Dadz (Buttons Galore & More);
Satin Silver, San Marino, Amethyst and Bluebell Pearls (Studio Katia);
Pale Pink Sequins (Simon Says Stamp); Stampin' Dimensionals, Small Heart Punches (Stampin' Up!);
Puffy Alphabet Banners Stickers (Elle's Studio); Glacier Caves, Cherry Blossom and 
Essentials Black & White Enamel Dots (Altenew); Mini Heart Stickers (Doodlebug Design)

 

Staying Warm

Inspiration: Festive Friday #102 (pink + sparkle + hearts)

This is another background piece that was created when I played with my white woodgrain cardstock. This time, I inked the background using a blending tool and Distress Oxide pads in Kitsch Flamingo, Spiced Marmalade and Wilted Violet. I pulled out the Drawn Hearts stencil from Simon Says Stamp and I decided to try dying white texture paste with Nuvo's shimmer powders. I was pleasantly surprised: you barely need any powder to get a very strong and even color. I usually use reinkers, but I'll have to remember that option as it worked really well. 

I loved the result I got and when I sat to craft today, I kept circling back to this piece but I couldn't find what to use with it, as I didn't want to hide it too much. Since inspiration was not coming, I was just about to pull it back and then I spotted some purple clay discs I received as a freebie with an order on my desk. Purple is one of my less-used colours but I noticed that it was matching my paper well, so I thought I could make a shaker using the Picture Perfect dies from Avery Elle. The wheels were now rolling, so I sat back down, pulled the background paper again and this time, I got going on my card.

I made the shaker out of holographic paper and I used Peekaboo Peach cardstock to stack the same die-cuts several time and create the box. I added acetate underneath, filled the shaker with the clay discs and additional sequins, then I added more acetate and my holographic piece.

I had put aside my Warm Wishes stamp set from The Greeting Farm, hoping to use it again soon, so I inked the little girl and the cute bundled bear and colored them both with Copics in matching colours. I don't have matching dies for this set, so I fussy cut it out. To fill in the space more, I die-cut the film strip out of Flirty Flamingo cardstock and added it at the bottom of the card, layering my images over it, popped up on foam adhesive. 

At the top, I added a little heart die-cut with the Mixed Media Motifs dies from Sizzix. I found the sentiment "sending our best wishes" in a Stampin' Up! set, which I bubbled cut and added to the shaker.

I didn't want to cut the hanging part of the film strip as I liked having it go over the edge, so I made an oversized envelope out of Flirty Flamingo paper in a larger size to accommodate the card. I added another heart from the same dies set on it.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Warm Wishes (The Greeting Farm); Voeux sincères (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Marigold Morning, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo (Stampin' Up!);
Holographic (Recollections); Solar White (Neenah)
Envelope Paper: 2015-2017 In Color (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Flirty Flamingo (Stampin' Up!);
Kitsch Flamingo, Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide (Ranger)
Dies: Picture Perfect (Avery Elle); Mixed Media Motifs (Sizzix)
Accessories: Clay Discs (Queen & Co); Violet Brocade Shimmer Powder (Nuvo);
Window Sheet, Stampin' Dimensionals, Texture Paste, Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!);
Markers (Copic); Sequins (Cartwright's); Drawn Hearts (Simon Says Stamp)