You're on My Mind....

We have some family coming to visit us next week and so I have been trying to get the house in order, including my craft room, which also tends to serve as a play spot for my 4 yr old son who always has to be in there with me. Needless to say a number of miscellaneous toys wind up finding a temporary home in my craft room. So while cleaning up and trying to straighen and organize my tools and toys I came across this card I did a while back and I thought I would share it with you. The layout is very simple, however I just really like how it turned out.

The card base is Perfect Plum with Pale Plum (retired SU color) and black accents. The designer paper is from the Razzle Dazzle paper set, also retired. I used the Movers and Shapers Die with the Curley Label insert and the Curley Label punch. I punched the piece of White cardstock and placed it inside the card and then stamped with the Upsy Daisy set on the card front with Perfect Plum making sure to stamp on the white as well. I then used the Movers and Shapers die, again, to cut a piece of Pale Plum and trimmed it down and made the border. To finish the card off - a little white grosgrain ribbon, and some dots with the White gel pen. I love my gel pen. The sentiment is also from the Upsy Daily set and is stamped with Perfect Plum.

I hope you enjoy !

Cracked Glass Technique

I recently got the Friends Never Fade set from the current SU Idea Book and Catalog along with the Greenhouse Gala Designer paper. The two are a perfect match. I love the color combinations of the Greenhouse Gala paper. I don't think I realized how much I like Baja Breeze until this paper came along. I had been wanting to try a new layout and just didn't have the right combination in my head yet, so I just kept putting it off. Well along came Friends Never Fade and Greenhouse Gala and TADA.....

In addition to this layout - I used the Cracked Glass Technique, which I think is really cool. I know that in the picture there is a sharp contrast between the white background and the Cracked Glass piece, but IRL it is not so shocking.

The colors I used in this card are Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizazz, and Whisper White. The Chocolate Chip piece was run through the big shot using the flourishy side of the Perfect Details texture plate and the large scallop square piece was done by using the Scallop Square Bigz clear die by Sizzix. The last few touches are some Pear Pizazz ribbon and the sentiment is from the Love You Much set.

Enjoy.

Just Jawing Birthday

I have a niece with a Birthday coming up at the end of the month and what can you do for the "Tween" scene ? Well, I know that Nevie, short for Genevieve, like most young adults these days, is big into Twilight. Well - I don't have a Jacob or an Edward stamp, but I did have this Stampin' Up! Just Jawing set that I had only used a couple of times and I thought it kind of fit the Gothic-ish scene.



To help keep a "Girlish" feel to the card I used some Retired SU Designer Paper called Garden Party (I think) - The main colors are Old Olive, Orchid Opulence (retired color), and Basic Black. The back ground stamping, the main image, and the sentiment are all from the Just Jawing set. The background is stamped with the stars stamp in versamark. I did some paper piecing for the cross-bones and for the eyes. I used some of the Designer paper for the cross-bones and Orchid Opulence, covered with Dazzling Diamonds for the eyes. And for extra special girly flair - A Big Black Bow. I hope Nevie enjoys her Birthday card as much as I enjoyed making it and seeing how it turned out.



Here's a little secret - I read the Twilight series too.

A place for Birthdays and Special Occasions

So....I'm really bad at remembering birthdays and such. I always think " Oh so and so's birthday is next week" and then the week comes and goes and I have missed getting the card in the mail. So my goal is to be sure to remember the birthdays, and special days, of all of the people who are near and dear to me. So to help me I created this:

I found several Office Max brand rolodex for on Clearance for $2.00. Needless to say I cleared them out of the last 6 they had. I have made several for other people, including a Christmas Gift for my Mom this past year - but I finally put one to use for my own good.

The bird and the leaves are punched with the Stampin' Up! two-step bird punch. The flower is from the SU 5-petal punch and the flower center is a an old pearl brad that I had lying around. The paper is made by Chatter Box - Not sure where I got it from. It was super easy to cut out the paper - I used my Big shot and the Address card Sizzix die. Perfect fit ! The monthly tabs are punched and layered with the 1" and 1 1/4" Circle punches from SU. I hand wrote the months for a more homemade touch.

Let's hope my new system works.

Elements of Style Toile

Well, I know it has been a while since I have posted anything. Time just seems to get away from me and before I realize it.....Well I hope you understand.


My project today is the Toile technique. I have always loved the way Toile looks - So Victorian. This is my first attempt at doing Toile and I hope you like it.

All of the supplies used are Stampin' Up!. I used Marina Mist, Bashful Blue and Whisper White cardstock. I stamped the large flower image from the Elements of Style stamp set, on both the bottom and the top layer with Marina Mist. On the Top layer I then took a blender pen and ink and colored in the flowers and leaves. I took the top layer and ran it through the big shot with the lattice embossing folder for some extra texture. Lastly, the sentiment is also from the Elements of Style set and says 'For You". It is also stamped in Marina Mist - punched with the 1" circle punch and layered with a 1 1/4" Marina Mist circle. Unfortunately, you can't see it well in the photo, but the words "For You" are highlighted with dazzling diamonds.

I do apologize for the quality of the photo - Let's just say I'm not making my millions as a Photographer.