travelogue.

I found Tic Tac Toe challenge number 8 to be really inspiring and I used 3 of a kind/holiday (spring break)/color inspiration for my pocket page about our recent Florida trip.

I used my Travelogue collection from Elle's Studio and my March spring break kit from Kelly Purkey. Love both of these sets.


supplies
stamp sets: Scraptastic Club (Sail stamp set); Elle's Studio (Travelogue); Studio Calico (Aloha); Simon Says Stamp! (Life's Journey);  Technique Tuesday (Bring on the Sun); Kelly Purkey (Spring Break);
ephemera pieces: Pink Paislee (Atlas);
chipboard: Freckled Fawn
flair: Kelly Purkey; Chic Tags (Let's Go); 
stickers: My Mind's Eye (Hello World); Studio Calico (washi strips);
project life cards: Elle's Studio; Kelly Purkey;

Paper Wings Productions: the stars danced.

Hi everyone! Today Today I'm at Paper Wings Productions sharing a card I made using the Earth and Sky cling stamp set. This is sort of a baby themed card, which I don't typically do a lot of, but my cousin just had a baby boy so it fits.

I used some white sparkle flocking on the cloud stamps. For the stars I grabbed a stencil and embossing paste and used a light blue shimmery blue embossing powder. The sentiment is stamped with white fine detail embossing powder.

This stamp set has many sentiments and can really be a versatile set to have in your stash. It's by no means a totally baby themed stamp set or I wouldn't get much use of it!

Here's one final look at my card:

supplies
stencil: Hero Arts (Sky Stencil Pair);
embossing paste: Dreamweaver
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Stickum Powder EP300); Lindy's Stamp Gang (Madonna Robe Blue Gold); Simon Says Stamp! (white fine detail);
flocking: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Twinkling Clouds SS107)
twine: May Arts

Paper Wings Productions: I've got sunshine

I don't know about you guys, but my flowers are starting to pop up in my yard and I am really excited to see some color after months of drab winter. When I saw this Black Eyed Susan stamp set, I wanted to make a card immediately!

I stamped my image with Versamark and used white fine detail embossing powder to heat emboss the image. Then I used my Copic markers to color the stamped image and used some distress ink blending around the very edges for the sky and the grass. I thought the colors of my flowers were too bright for the black center of black eyed Susans so I just colored the center the same color as the flowers.

My sentiment is from the Earth and Sky stamp set and I thought it was perfect for these yellow flowers. I adhered my flower to the card base and tied on some twine.

Visit me at The Aviary today!

supplies
ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Shabby Shutters; Weathered Wood); Memento (Tangelo);
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp! (white fine detail)
Copic markers: Y15; Y17; G24

love.

I have been working 50+ hours a week since January which has left almost zero time for scrapbooking. I saw the Stuck?! April 1 sketch and wanted to get some scrapping done tonight.

These photos are from last June, at my grandfather's funeral. It wasn't an unexpected death, but it is still sad. I wanted to use black with pinks and reds to represent mourning and love. Here's what I came up with:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, stickers, washi strips, date stamp: Studio Calico
patterned paper: Doodlebug Design (Sweet Cakes);
stamp: Elle's Studio; Technique Tuesday (It's OK);
ink: VersaFine (onyx black); StazOn (jet black);
die: Kelly Purkey/Simon Says Stamp! (feathers);
journal tag stickers: Chickaniddy Crafts

Paper Wings Productions: Hoppy Easter

Today I'm sharing an Easter layout for Paper Wings Productions! This is my cousin's daughter last Easter. I recently made a card using the Easter stamp set but I wanted to use the little bunny stamps too.

Here's my layout:

I stamped the bunnies with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut them and went around the edges with a black marker for a finished look. I kept the page simple so that the bunnies were the main embellishment. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine and called it done.

Here's a couple of close up shots of the bunnies. I think they're so cute!

supplies
washi tape: Doodlebug
Copic markers: R20; R30; R22; R32;
patterned paper: Studio Calico
enamel dots: Prima Marketing

lucky dog.

Here is Griffey! My mom rescued him from a family she works with that wasn't taking very good care of him. He's a little over a year old and the sweetest little boy.

supplies
patterned papers: Bella Blvd (Rover); Lily Bee (We R Family);
stamps: Concord & 9th (Map Love); Paper Smooches (Lucky Dog);
vellum hearts: Studio Calico (Seven Paper)
cork: Freckled Fawn
chipboard: Pink Paislee

Paper Wings Productions: Easter blessings

I'm on the PWP blog, The Aviary, sharing an Easter card today.

I used distress inks dried marigold and mustard seed to create the sky on my card base. For the grassy hill, I water colored with distress inks forest moss and peeled paint. I like that you can create some depth and the appearance of texture with water coloring.

My sentiment is heat embossed with ultra fine gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp! and my cross is stamped with Versa Fine. I colored the cross with Copic markers and fussy cut it.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
die: Mama Elephant
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp! (ultra fine gold)
Copic markers: E57; BV23; BV20; 
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Forest Moss; Peeled Paint; Mustard Seed; Dried Marigold;)
watercolor paper: Strathmore

little moments.

I saw the March color challenge at ScrapMuch?and just recently printed this photo that I knew would  be perfect.

This is my cousin's son at his first birthday party this past summer. I'm not a huge Basic Grey fan, but I did think the Aurora line was perfect for this photo and for this color challenge. I love the star patterned papers and I paired the embellishments from the line with some older coordinating embellishments from my stash.

supplies
label stickers: Lily Bee
enamel shape: Freckled Fawn 
stamp: Studio Calico

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love.

I'm still working my way through my Crate Paper Hello, Love collection. I love this heart patterned paper.

This photo is from May 2015 and it's not a great photo, but it's one of the few that my brother and I have together with our dog Hunter. His health has been declining and it's so sad.

supplies

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March marks the 4 year anniversary of Paper Wings Productions and to celebrate we are offering 25% off everything in our online store for the entire month!  Just enter code CELEBRATE when you checkout.  Thank you all so much for supporting us for the last 4 years! 

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Paper Wings Productions: fly.

I'm so sorry for a late post! I've been working overtime and totally lost track of time and my assignments for Paper Wings Productions! I'm on the PWP blog today sharing this card.

I made today's card using Ken Oliver color bursts in red and orange. First I spritzed some water onto white cardstock. Then I just puffed the Color Bursts onto the card. They're powder so they literally will puff out and then mix with the water.

I stamped my sentiment using the With Wings red rubber cling stamp set. I knew I wanted to heat emboss the word 'fly' because it is in a different font and stands out. To do this,I mask off the part of the stamp I don't want to ink with some washi tape. Then I ink the stamp, remove the washi tape, and stamp the image.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp! (white detail)
ink:Versa Fine (onyx black)

cheers!

Today I've got a birthday card I made for my aunt. My inspiration was the two Simon Says Stamp! challenges: anything goes & inspired by a song.

The base of my card was watercolored using three colors of distress inks. Then I heat embossed the large Unity background stamp with white fine detail embossing powder. I colored my drinks with Copic markers and fussy cut them. The sentiment is heat embossed with gold detail embossing powder.

 

On the inside, I stamped 'it's 5:00 somewhere' and 'birthday' with Versa Fine ink. I grabbed the gold detail embossing powder for 'happy.' This stamp set just makes me want to be on a beach listening to Jimmy Buffett with a frozen margarita.

Cheers!

supplies
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Adult Beverages; Adult Beverages Sayings; Love This); Unity Stamp Co (SMAK Kit Dec 2014 - Moments Like These)
ink: VersaFine (onyx black); Memento (Tuxedo Black); Tim Holtz distress ink (festive berries; aged mahogany; spiced marmalade)
Copic markers: BG10; BG13; R29; R81; RV10; Y15;
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp! (white detail; gold ultra fine detail) 
other: Zig Wink of Stella brushes (yellow; green); 

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Paper Wings Productions: choose to be happy.

Hello everyone! I'm sharing a card today for Paper Wings Productions that could be used for any occasion. I like to have a few of those in my stash that I can pull out at any time.

I used three different stamp sets on this card. The first two were Text Melange and Crowns. I knew I wanted to use this Stacked Hearts die so I cut out a piece of cardstock slightly larger than the die itself. Then I used stamps and heat embossing to cover the cardstock.

I heat embossed some of the text stamped images with gold fine detail embossing powder. For the crowns I used a white fine detail embossing powder and Black Magic embossing powder which is a black iridescent embossing powder.

I covered the cardstock with my heat embossed images in no particular order or pattern since I knew I was going to die cut the heart design from the cardstock.

I attached my die cut to the front of my card. I used a sentiment from Brave Girls red rubber stamp set and heat embossed it with the same fine detail white embossing powder.

Have you thought of using your stamps this way?

supplies
die: Simon Says Stamp! (Stacked Hearts)
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Black Magic EP 255); Simon Says Stamp! (Ultra Fine Gold; Fine Detail)

remember this.

I haven't had time to be crafty in weeks! Finally tonight is a night off work when my boyfriend is working and I had a chance to play with some new stuff.

I made a video earlier tonight of my haul from Scrapbook.com, Simon Says Stamp, and Elle's Studio and then I found this color challenge at ScrapMuch? that I combined with their sketch. I used the new Doodlebug Sweet Things collection with the newest Crate Paper Hello, Love collection die cuts. Then I added a bunch of things from my stash. Here's my page:

This is a picture I took of  Bella a couple of months ago and I just love it. She looks so sweet... but as the journaling says, sometimes she makes me so angry that I question why I ever adopted her. *sigh*

supplies
epoxy stickers, wood veneer: Freckled Fawn
gold clip: from a Studio Calico kit
cardstock stickers: Pink Paislee (Sentiment Series); Teresa Collins (Tell Your Story);
stamp: Elle's Studio (Love You); 

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