Monthly Archives: March 2008

I thought I’d step out of my box for this card design and use a smaller card size than normal. I just love these skinny little cards and am wondering why I don’t use them more! They are sweet, quick and fit perfectly in that 3 5/8″ x 6.5″ standard envelope size that you can buy anywhere.

Before I tell you about my card, I’d like to tell you about a new release today. Cornish Heritage Farms is releasing a new line by Tom Allen, called Friendly Kritters. These images are sooo sweet and so much fun to color. These images are not line art but are converted from full color art to a shaded stamp image in much the same way that Richard and Liz expertly design the Thomas Kinkade stamp line. Once stamped, these images are very easy to color. For hints on the best inks and papers to use with this line, check out the tutorial here. To check out the darling new releases…the Tom Allen Friendly Kritters stamp line. I’m busy stalking my mail delivery in hopes that my new stamps are arriving today. Sigh….gotta love that Canada Post. 😉

U R A Hoot

This fun little card measures 3.5″ x 6″. I found this little scrap of My Mind’s Eye paisley paper while cleaning up and just could resist pairing it up with this fun little owl. This is the largest owl from Kim Hughes’ new U R A Hoot stamp set by Cornish Heritage Farms. I couldn’t resist adding in a brown circle from my stash for her to sit on. The circle also provides a great place to anchor my fun embellishment combo…American Crafts felt flowers paired up with a button, some Creative Impressions ribbon and a darling little Fancy Pants pin.

I just had to have a little fun glitzing up my pretty bird. I colored her by watercoloring with my Adirondack dye inks and then added some fun glitter for sparkling eye shadow. A little stitched ribbon bow in her hair and she is definitely a hoot. 🙂 After cutting this little owl out with tiny scissors, she curled up a little at the sides because of the watercoloring. Instead of gluing her down well, I just adhered her in the middle as the curling paper seems to give her a little dimension.

Have a super fun day!

Sympathy cards are ones that I find very difficult to make. I always seem to be at a loss on where to begin. How can you convey how you feel?…simply…you can’t. This is a card design I made a few weeks ago for a good friend of mine. She lost a precious pet that was very dear to her. I decided to just make a very pretty card design and attach the purple velvet bow with a little dog bone clip.

This design uses the Silhouette Blooms 1 stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms. I know you’ve seen me use it a lot but really…I just love it so much, I just can’t stop! I over-stamped the silhouettes with my Spanish Script Backgrounder and added the sentiment and some sponging on the edges. This is one design where I didn’t use any patterned paper. I created my own with the Pretty Pattern Backgrounder. After adding a little stiching, I turned up the image edges and added a couple brads by Creative Impressions. The dog bone clip and some May Arts velvet ribbon finish it off.

Wishing you a very happy Monday! It’s a short week so I’m off to get things done!

Stamps:
-Silhouette Blooms 1 stamp set(Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
-Pretty Pattern Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
-Spanish Script Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
-Black, Currant, Wild Plum Adirondack Ink by Ranger
-Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger

Cardstock:
-Natural Smooth cardstock by Prism Papers
-Purple Prismatic cardsotck by Prism Papers

Accessories:
-bone clip
-Purple Velvet ribbon – May Arts
-brads – Creative Impressions-

It’s simply Saturday again. This weekend I have some simple scrappy style cards to share with you. These cards are both designs using sketch layouts from the CardMaker’s Sketch Book. I love these sketches! So fun and easy to use. I originally created these designs for a review on Craft Critique but wanted to share them here as well, along with the supply lists.

My good news for the day! Wohoo! I just found my recharger 5 minutes ago! Yippee! I’ll be able to take some photos now and have something new to share with you soon! I’m feeling good today! Last night we had a fabulous time out. Nothing like a 3 hour dinner at the Keg with good friends. 🙂 As a renovation update…today it is actually warm enough that the snow has melted off the roof. My guys are busy putting in the kitchen skylight and doing some re-shingling of the roof. Can’t wait! I’ve really needed some positive news after being told Monday I’d be without a kitchen for another 4 weeks!

Flourished Thanks

This first card uses a4.25 x 5.5″ card layout. I paired up this new Making Memories die cute paper with some dotted MME paper for a fun look. The swirls are clear flourishes from Maya Road. I sponged the back of them with White Opaque Stazon ink to help define them. The thanks sentiment stamped in Black Stazon ink is from the Silhouette Blooms 2 stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms. Some Prima flowers set with American Crafts eyelets finish off the design.

Carpe Diem

I’ve been having fun lately combining fun prints from different lines and companies for a bright funky look. This design uses a layout from the 5.5 x 5.5″ square card designs. Patterned paper is from My Mind’s Eye and Autumn Leaves. The big chunky floral button is a Buck Naked Chipboard button from Cosmo Cricket. The quick rub-on transfer sentiment carpe diem (seize the day in Latin) is from Royal and Langnickel and I added a tiny rhinestone sticker on it to dot the i. As for the rest of the embellishments…some Robin’s Nest Dew Drops accent the shape and the fun embroidered ribbon comes from Making Memories.

Quick Tip: Using a black cardstock base with bright colors really makes them pop!

I hope this inspires you today to have a little scrappy card fun. If it does…feel free to link your design in the comments section below. I’d love to come and take a peek!

Have a simply wonderful Saturday,

I just love these silhouette flower stamps. I’m sure you know that by now…I just can’t seem to stop using them! 🙂 I’ve also been having so much fun with pink lately! For this design I simply stamped in bright pink and then overlaid it with solid black flowers. With the scrappy style bling, I think this would be fun to send to a friend.

On another note…I’m STILL searching for that charger!!! How can this be? Can you feel my pain?! 😉 One bright spot this morning…I woke up to the latest Paper Crafts Connection newsletter. It has a link to some sneak peeks for the new PC 101 special publication. If you click on the Thanksgiving Wall Hanging project, it’s one of mine. 🙂 Another thing getting me through today…we’re going out for dinner with friends tonight and NO kids. I hope I don’t sound like a terrible mother but with this renovation…I totally need a night out. 🙂

Hello With Style

As you know, I love stamping on patterned paper. I used my Silhouette Blooms 1 stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms, some fun embellishments and great die cut patterned paper from Creative Imaginations.

Wohoo for Friday! Have a great weekend!

Supply List: Stamps: Silhouette Blooms 1 (Kim Hughes Line) by Cornish Heritage Farms, Ink: Pink Passion, Black, Chocolate Chip – SU, Cardstock: Pink Passion – Stampin Up, Patterned Paper – Creative Imaginations, black velvet ribbon – May Arts, jewelled pin – Makin Memories, button – My Mind’s Eye, ribbon – Michael’s, felt flower – Prima Marketing