Vintage Bicycle Gift Tags

Here is a second set of gift tags I made using the same bicycle image as last time. For these I embraced the vintage style of the image and used black ink on kraft card stock. Also, rather than centering the image on the tag, I rather like how it looks offset. I have one more set of tags with this image to share, so stay tuned!

Bicycle Gift Tags

I love hand made gift tags. They dress up a package beautifully, can be made to complement a card or the gift itself, and they are proof that good things come in small packages. And I went a little crazy making them this week!

I used a vintage bicycle image for this set (quite a few sets actually, more about those in the coming days) of gift tags. But while the image itself is of a vintage bike, I think these tags have a very modern and graphic feel to them because of the pop of white against a dark gray background. I love that juxtaposition!

I love these tags so much I have listed them in my Etsy shop to share. Take a look!

Pedal Pusher

Whenever my parents come to visit, my mom brings her crafting supplies with her. Gotta love that! Also gotta love that I get to play with her toys while she's here. :) During their most recent visit I tried out her Pedal Pusher set and matching dies. Such a fun set! It's like playing with paper dolls for bicycles because the basket has so many different filler images. Isn't this bicycle sweet? It's stamped in Coastal Cabana ink, one of SU!'s new In Colors. I think it is a very vintagey looking color and complements that vintage style bicycle well.

 photo credit

Sorta like this!

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Pedal Pusher (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Ruby Rose (SU!), Gray Dot (Michael's)
Ink: Smokey Slate, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Embellishments: enamel dots (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: Pedal Pusher die (PTI), Scallop Border punch (SU!)

Chevron Birthday

Happy Monday! Popping in today to share another birthday card. This one uses my new chevron set by PTI. Fun! The chevron stripes are stamped in Kiwi Kiss and Pacific point inks. I matted the focal panel on Kiwi Kiss card stock, which is then mounted to the card base with dimensional adhesive.

That's it for now, have a good week!

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Background Basics: Chevron Stripes, World's Greatest (PTI)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Kiwi Kiss (SU!)

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Basic Black (SU!)

Welcome Little One

This past weekend I attended a baby "sprinkle" for a friend who is expecting her second baby, a little girl, and this is the card I made for her. (As an aside, do they do baby sprinkles where you live? I had never heard of this term until I moved to the South.)

The little elephant from Sweet Baby was die cut and stamped in Pink Pirouette ink. The gray pattern paper is from Michael's, and the pink paper is an older SU! pattern called Bella Rose. The heart border mimics the heart on the elephant and givers her a place to stand.

I die cut a Mat Stack 1 shape from the gray paper and stamped the coordinating frame in Pink Pirouette ink. The sentiment, from Script Sentiments, is stamped in Basic Gray ink. A little pink button from my stash finishes it off!

Thanks for stopping by!


SUPPLIES
Stamps: Sweet Baby, Script Sentiments, Mat Stack 1 Collection (PTI)
Paper: Rustic White (PTI), Bella Rose dp (SU!), Gray Dot (Michael's)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray (SU!)
Embellishments: pink button
Tools: Heart Border die, Mat Stack 1 die, Sweet Baby die (PTI)

World's Greatest Dad

I have been on a bit of an embossing kick lately. This is the third card I have made recently that is a riff on this same theme. I guess I need clean and simple when I have to get a card done during the baby's nap time!

For this Father's Day card I pulled out the Papertrey set World's Greatest.  I stamped the sentiment and neck ties in Versa Mark on a Wild Wasabi panel of card stock then embossed it all in white. I distressed the edges and adhered it to a white base with foam tape. Easy and done! How about you? Have you made your Father's Day cards yet?


SUPPLIES
Stamps: World's Greatest (PTI)
Paper: Wild Wasabi (SU!), Stamper's Select White (PTI)
Ink: Versa Mark
Other: white embossing powder

4th of July Flagged Border Card

This week's Make it Monday Challenge over at the Papertrey Ink blog is to create a card with a flagged border. Immediately a 4th of July card popped into my head. I have lots of red and blue pattern paper left over from the pinwheel crib mobile I made, so I thought I could put the scraps to good use on a patriotic card. Easier said than done! For some reason, after the initial idea, I really struggled with this card. It was difficult to get all of the little flagged strips to behave and then I was sort of stumped for the rest of the card. I am mostly happy with the end result, except for the stars in the bottom corner. I do like them, but as I was hovering the stamp over the paper to figure out just where I wanted them placed, I hovered a little too close and smeared the ink! Argh! Don't you just hate messing up the final touch of a card? Ah well. I hope everyone's week is going well and that you have something fun planned for your weekend!

*hugs*


SUPPLIES
Stamps: Banner Builder (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), various pattern papers (Michael's)
Ink: Ruby Red (SU!)
Embellishments: baker's twine
Tools: Banner Builder die, By the Numbers die (PTI), Cutter Bee Circle Cutter, Lacey Circles die (Nestabilities)