The Open Sea

Today I have another card I made over the holidays while crafting with my mom. This one uses the SU! set The Open Sea. I had fun playing up the nautical theme!

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The colors I used are Night of Navy and Sahara Sand, with some Very Vanilla thrown in. Behind the ship is lightly stamped an image of the ship's log.

The Sahara Sand pattern paper has text on it, but I also stamped the compass rose image over top. Behind the main image I ran a length of Very Vanilla satin ribbon, then rather than using a knot or bow, I tied twine around it. I like how this looks!

Enjoy your weekend! 
 

SUPPLIES
Stamps: The Open Sea (SU!)
Paper: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Pattern Stack Neutrals dp, Pattern Stack Regals dp (SU!)
Ink: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand (SU!)
Tools: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Embellishments: Very Vanilla ribbon (SU!), twine

From the Heart

Hello and happy new year! While I was home visiting family for Christmas my mom and I had a chance to do some stamping together. Being at her house meant I got to play with her toys! I'll be sharing several cards over the next few days that I made while home. This first one uses the SU! set Collage Curios.

I die cut nine circles and stamped each of them with one of the fun vintagey images from the set.  I alternated between two shades of pink, and using the wreath vs. the distressed circle border. The Eiffel Tower was stamped in brown to make it stand out. After stamping all of the circles I antiqued the edges and ran them through the Cuttlebug with a Canvas impression plate to give them a distressed look. It's the little things. :)

 

The lovely sentiment is from another SU! set called Watercolor Trio, and the flourishes are from PTI's On the Farm. 

For the inside I repeated the bee image and the flourishes from the front. It took me a while to get there but I am quite pleased with how this one turned out! I hope you like it, too!
 

SUPLIES
Stamps: Collage Curios, Watercolor Trio (SU!), On the Farm (PTI)
Paper: Natural White, Pattern Stack Neutrals Collection dp (SU!)
Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, River Rock, Chocolate Chip (SU!), Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Tools: Edgelits Large Scallop die (SU!), Circle Nestablities (Spellbinders), Linen & Canvas impression plate (PTI)

Vintage Style Holiday Tags

Hello, friends! I have been having fun making Christmas tags for the fast approaching holidays. Some years this gets left to the 11th hour, but I'm getting starting early this time! These tags have a simple yet elegant look, mostly thanks to the gorgeous script font.

I made a set of 8 and they are now available in my shop.  I love how they turned out, I hope you do too! :)

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Hand Penned Holidays (SU!)

Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!), Tea Dye (PTI)

Embellishments: brown satin ribbon

Tools: Crop-a-dile

Wreath & Swirls card

I have another Wreath for All Seasons card to share today. It started out with the wreath on the lacey circle die and kept going from there. The berries have red glitter on them for a bit of sparkle and the sentiment is from SU!'s Teeny Tiny Wishes, which I cut down into a banner shape.

 

The background panel was stamped with BB: Sheet Music and also Fancy Flourishes before being run through my Cuttlebug with the Linen & Canvas impression folder. The edges of the Real Red panel were distressed before sewing it all together onto an Always Artichoke card base. It makes for a very worn and vintage look which I love! Both the lacey circle and the sentiment are popped up with foam tape. 

The inside was finished to match with more sheet music and flourish stamps. I hope you like it! Both this card and my previous Wreath for All Seasons card are up in my shop, be sure to take a look! :)

 

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons, Fancy Flourishes, BB: Sheet Music (PTI), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)

Paper: Always Artichoke, Real Red, Very Vanilla (SU!)

Ink: Always Artichoke, Real Red, Crumb Cake (SU!)

Embellishments: red glitter glue

Tools:  Lacey Circle die (Spellbinders), Linen & Canvas impression plate (PTI), sewing machine

Spider Web Cupcakes

Happy Halloween! I did a bunch of baking yesterday and this is one of the confections that came out of the kitchen, spider web cupcakes! The chocolate cupcakes are just a box mix (don't judge, it was a busy day) but I did make the cream cheese frosting.  To create the web effect I used Wilton's black decorating gel and drew three concentric circles on each iced cupcake. Then with a toothpick I pulled from the center outward through the frosting. Easy!

Have fun tonight!

Christmas Wreath

I'm moving right into holiday mode with my card making, and Wreath for All Seasons is getting a lot of love! The background panel was created by first stamping the sentiment, which I found in the Michael's $1 bin a few years ago, in Cherry Cobbler ink. Then I scored lines above and below the sentiment to help set it off from the background stamping, which was done with BB: Tin Types in Crumb Cake ink.

The focal point is a Mat Stack 1 die stamped with the wreath image. A few buttons and a banner behind finish it off! I really like the vintage and homey feel this has to it. I hope you like it, too! :)

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons, Background Basics: Tin Types (PTI), Michael's $1 sentiment
Paper: Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla (SU!)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake (SU!)
Tools: Mat Stack 1 die, Double Ended Banner die (PTI), scoring board (Martha Stewart)
Embellishment: buttons

Boo!

At long last I am back with a card to share. With Halloween next week I finally got my act together and made some cards. How is October almost over?

The pumpkin was stamped in Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive ink and then fussy cut out. The hills I also cut free hand. The hills are stamped with Text Style and I tied a small "Boo!" tag onto the stem of the pumpkin.

It's a bit hard to see in the photo, but the Very Vanilla background layer has been impressed with my Linen & Canvas impression plate. I antiqued the edges of all of the layers with Tea Dye.

The inside has a matching spider web in the corner and the sentiment is from Holiday Best.  I have some other projects to share with you soon and I'm hoping to get some baking in as well. See you soon!

xoxo

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Carved & Candlelit, Tiny Tags, Holiday Best (SU!), Text Style (PTI), Creepy Crawly (Inkadinkadoo)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake (SU!), Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Crumb Cake (SU!), Tea Dye (PTI)
Tools:Jewelry Tag punch (SU!), Linen & Canvas impression plate (PTI)
Embellishments: embroidery thread, buttons