Sweet baby card

It was a busy week for babies around here!  One good friend had her little girl on Friday and another had her baby shower on Saturday.
I made a couple of variations on this card for them.  I love this patterned paper from October afternoon and thought it would make a cute, but not overly girly card.

Supplies:

Card - Blossom - PaperSource

Paper - Sidewalks - October Afternoon

Banner Die - Lil' Inker

Stamp - Studio G (from the dollar bins at Michaels)

Ink - Steel Blue - Fresh Ink

Twine - Pink & Yellow - Whiskers Graphics

Peonies? Poppies? Some sort of hybrid?

I bought this stamp from Impress ages ago and have always loved it.  I decided to play with some Copic Markers and my favorite - PolyShrink.

Since I didn't have a pinky marker, I used a poppy-ish color and turned my peonies into poppies!

Supplies:

Cardstock - White - PTI

Stamps - Peony - Impress, Sentiment - Sophie's Sentiment - Lawn Fawn

PolyShrink - White - Lucky Squirrel

Ink - Graphite Black Brilliance - Tsukineko

Markers -Salmon Red, Yellow Green & Light Walnut - Copic

Ribbon - Impress Rubber Stamping

The Swing of Things

After a long holiday trip, I'm struggling to get back into the swing of things.  I've made a few things for a publication call and finished a couple of baby gifts, but haven't gotten around to making anything for fun.


I got a lot of great stamps and dies for Christmas, so today I made a card with some of those.  I was looking to make something to brighten my mood.

The alignment on the pencils needs some work, but overall, I love it!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Khaki (PaperSource), Colors (The Paper Studio)
Stamps & Dies - Happy Trails set (Papertrey Ink)
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black - Tsukineko

Bunko Gift

I've been hosting Christmas Bunko for several years now and like to come up with a cute little gift for all my friends.  I've mentioned my addiction to shrink plastic before, so I wanted to come up with something using it.  I decided on keychains (who knew it would be so hard to find key rings that would work though!?).

Since I was making 11 of them, I went for a simple design.  First I stamped the sheets using 2 Basic Grey stamp sets and several colors of Fresh Ink.

I let the ink dry overnight.   I cut the sheets into rectangles, punched holes for the key rings and 'cooked' them at 325 until they were done.  

They came out really cute!  Too bad there were a couple of mishaps - I wish there was one left for me!

For the packaging, I stamped some little muslin bags I got from Etsy using my favorite stamp of this season.

Supplies:
Shrink Plastic - Frosted Ruff n Ready Shrinky Dink
Stamps - Flowers - Basic Grey, Partridge/Pear - Savvy Stamps
Ink - Red Current, Tomato Red, Celery, Mango, Ginger, Pool, Navy, Provincial Grey (Fresh Ink)
Key rings - Darice
Muslin Bag - Clever Thoughts on Etsy

Happy Anniversary to me (a little late)

I've been busy, then under the weather for the last several days so my post is a bit out of date.  My 13th wedding anniversary was Monday.  I made a cute card for my husband with some new stamps I just received from Papertrey Ink.

It was such a sweet sentiment - (inside it says 'is my favorite thing to do'.)  I thought it was perfect for my sweet husband!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Khaki (PaperSource), White - (Recollections)
Stamps - Chair-ished set (Papertrey Ink)
Twine - Mandarin, Lemondrop & Cappucino (The Twinery)
Ink - Ginger (FreshInk), Distress Antique Linen & Tea Dye (Ranger), Brown (TPC)
Marker - Copic Light Walnut 

Its not paper, but its still pretty!

I went to a Wreath Making workshop at Monticello yesterday with a slew of friends.  It was so fun and the finished product is beautiful (if I say so myself!).

All of the greenery and embellishments are supplied at the workshop and everything is harvested from the Monticello area.  I can't remember all of the different items I used, but the long brown and whitish things are okra pods!

Can't wait to do it again next year!

Thinking summer (a little anyway)

I've been experimenting with some different materials for my cards lately.  My favorite so far is shrink plastic (Yes, like Shrinky Dinks of our youth!).

I bought a package of it a couple of years ago at a local craft store's going out of business sale, but never got around to trying it out.  There are still some kinks to work out, but we're getting there!

For this card, I die cut and stamped the PolyShrink plastic and used it along with some of the same images die cut and stamped on white card stock.

I tried a few different inks with varied results (I think I'll do a post on that soon.)  The best (but still not perfect) was Fresh Ink from Impress Rubber Stamps.  The impressions definitely work out better if the ink pad is a little drier.

Supplies:
Cardstock - Ripe Avocado (PTI), White & Kraft (Recollections)
Shrink Plastic - PolyShrink (Lucky Squirrel)
Stamps & Dies - Simple Sunflower (PTI)
Ink - Mango, Honey, Fig (Fresh Ink), Colorbox Espresso (Clearsnap)
Punch - EK Success

After looking at the photo, I think it needs a little something more.  I'll have to work on that later!