Monthly Archives: July 2009

Ok so… here I am back spreading a little Christmas cheer. lol You thought I was finished with Christmas in July. Nope. Believe it or not, I’m actually getting back into the groove of Christmas designing. Actually…the truth is that I pretty much design for Christmas year round. It may be for pub, for release or stamp designing but Christmas never seems to get too far away. Anyhow…you know how some designs you just love more than others? This is one that I really like. It just all kind of came together.

Christmas Cheer

I mentioned Lisa’s new Vintage Christmas Expressions set the other day and here’s a better peek at it. Actually…it’s a peek at most of it as I put together most of the sentiments onto one large acrylic block and stamped it to create my own custom paper full of text. I love using this technique and it’s always a great look. Don’t you just love the vintage look of these sentiments? Christmas Expressions has been my favorite Christmas sentiment set and now this one is pretty much tied for first place. 🙂

Quick Tip: To make those spectacular Prima swirly rhinestone embellishments go further, I cut one in half at a natural break in the design. This makes it fit onto a card much better and gets me two products instead of one. After all…they are gorgeous but they are NOT inexpensive.

Supply List:
Stamps: Vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM line) by CHF
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento Ink byTsukineko, Brushed Corduroy Distress ink by Ranger
Paper: Simply Smooth Vanilla cardstock by CHF, Christmas Magic 8×8 paper pad by Little Yellow Bicycle
Other: sewing machine, Voila die cut and bling by Prima, ribbon by Creative Impressions, button by Autumn Leaves, Labels 3 die by Spellbinders

Take care and have a great day!

Some weeks I create so many projects that I just don’t get time to share them all. These are a couple of those projects and the first one works especially well for this time of year. There’s also so much traveling during the summer months and post cards are still a great way of keeping in touch. My second design is a quick masculine notepad, military style. Both of these projects are from the We Remember stamp set.

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Missing You

For this first design I  pulled away from the military theme of this set and just focused on the mail/missing you aspect. Pairing it up with some fun Cosmo Cricket paper you get a great travel look.

Stamps: We Remember (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Paper: kraft cardstock by Bazzill, patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Black Memento ink by Tsukineko, Cranberry Adirondack ink by Ranger, Vintage Photo Distress ink by Ranger
Other: buttons by Autumn Leaves, Linen thread, chipboard by Maya Road, sewing machine, stapler, distress crackle paint by Ranger

Masculine Notepad

It doesn’t get much easier than this! A collage stamped piece of Kraft cardstock is adhered over the notepad to make a custom cover.

Quick Tip: Combine different Spellbinders dies together for unique look.

Stamps: We Remember (The Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black & rich Cocoa Memento ink by Tsukineko, Cranberry Adirondack ink by Ranger
Paper: Kraft cardstock by Bazzill
Other: Nestability dies by Spellbinders, brad, ribbon by Creative Impressions, notepad

Take care!

I’ve been stamping up a storm and one of the stamps I’ve been playing with is my next Scrapblock. You can catch a sneak peek at it here today on the lower half of my card design. As you can see, it works well with the Vintage Text Scrapblock (stamped on the top third). I know the ink is fairly light but this is a peek after all. wink. I also wanted to be able to stamp over top of it for a collage look. Simple layout, simple stamping…simply Saturday. Scrapblock release date: next Friday. 🙂

Beautiful Things

Stamps: Newspaper Ads Scrapblock by CHF
Vintage Text Scrapblock by CHF
Freesia by CHF
Ornamental Beauty by CHF
Ink: Pear Tart & Rich Cocoa Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, Suede Brown Dark by Prism
Other: ribbon by May Arts, felt heart & Pin by Fancy Pants Designs, bling by Prima

Have a good one!

It’s week two of CHF’s Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge and the challenge this week is paper piecing. I always love paper piecing and thought I’d play along and have some fun. I was actually inspired by one of the submissions to look at stamps in a new way and try paper piecing a stamp that I normally wouldn’t thing of trying this technique with. I was thrilled with how it turned out. The paper piecing entries so far are super creative. If you’re looking for a little inspiration…here’s a link.

This image is a sneak peek at a new Shady Tree Studio release called Embrace Christmas.  I just love the snowman with his arms wide open. I’m really excited that Lisa has a new Christmas sentiments set out from her Mona Lisa Moments line. It’s called Vintage Christmas Expressions and I love the great style to all the sentiments.You can see the entire set here.

Snowy Christmas

Here’s the close-up. I popped the sentiment up on dimensional foam tape to highlight it. For the image, it was fun to get a little creative  and make a patterned fence and sky.  It sort of adds a whimsical look.

Quick Tip: Use some of the same papers for layers that you do for the paper piecing to tie the design together.

Embrace Christmas (Shady Tree Studio) by CHF
Vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento ink by Tsukineko, Cranberry Adirondack ink by Ranger
Paper: Wassail 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey, Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Have a great weekend!