The Paper Players PP417: Claire's Theme Challenge

 

I'm linking this card to the Paper Players Theme Challenge below. 

This past Saturday evening I was working on cards at the crop I was at for the weekend. I was so happy when I finished this one. I was writing down all my products so that I could blog it when I got home and could get a decent photo. That's when I realized I had placed my image and sentiment in the wrong spot. Everything was pretty well adhered so I couldn't move anything. I set the card aside and then came across the Paper Players challenge. My card worked perfectly for this challenge!

 

I used distress oxide ink in walnut stain for my project. This is actually the second print using the Tim Holtz woodgrain layering stencil. When I pulled the stencil off the first print I spritzed the stencil with water and then laid my mixed media cardstock on top of the stencil to get the ink off. 

The leaves are some from my stash that I made with distress oxide inks using the stamp and die set from Reverse Confetti. I made quite a few to use in various projects. 

I diecut my circle using a Spellbinders die and stamped the image using Gina K Designs Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set. I love how this card turned out.  

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #229

It's hard to believe, but I used five dies for this card! I die cut the circle, the stitched banner, the hello sentiment, the flowers and leaves and the border on my background. All supplies are listed below. 

For my background I used distress oxide inks. I added the ink to my craft mat and spritzed water on it. I then crumpled up some plastic wrap, dipped it into the various inks and then dabbed it onto my card panel. I wasn't quite sure what ink combinations I wanted to use. I looked on my Pinterest board that I  have set up called Color Combinations and decided to use one that I pinned from Simon Says Stamp. Since I don't have mustard seed in distress oxide, I substituted fossilized amber. 

For my flowers and leaves I used a wreath die from Spellbinders. I just cut it apart and used what I wanted. I used the leftover scraps from by background pieces. 

This is my card as a Design Team member for this weeks Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! Stop by and play along if you can, we'd love to have you!

Supplies:
Kat Scrappiness: Fancy Scalloped Stitched Border Dies
Taylored Expressions: Stitched Banner Stacklets Dies
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Standard Circles Small
Spellbinders Shapeabilities: Wreath
Simon Says Stamp: Painted Hello Die
Ranger: Distress Oxide Ink: fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, peacock feathers, picked raspberry
Nuvo Crystal Drops: Ebony Black

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Everyday Memories Mini Album

I have to tell you how excited I was to come across this little book! I have been following Ginger from My Sisters Scrapper for quite a long time and love her mini albums. She has a mini album that is very similar to this one but no pages and a bit smaller. 

I've been searching for something very close to that one. I wanted something that had a few pages. I wasn't too concerned about the size. A few weeks back I found exactly what I was looking for on a Blogger friends blog. My friend Susie from Creative Cafe made the book I was searching for. Check out her blog, she makes beautiful books!

This book measures approximately 5.25 inches in width, 8 inches in height and 1.25 inches in depth. I love this book! 

I used a paper pad I've had in my stash for ages. It's by K&Company and is called Que Sera Sera. The  patterns are beautiful. I usually buy "collections" so I have embellishments, stickers and chipboard pieces to choose from when I decorate my books. I fill in with stuff from my stash. I had no embellishments for this paper. I racked my brain for ideas of how to decorate the cover. I went to a few Michael's, Joann's and even Hobby Lobby looking to see if I could find something and came up empty handed. I just didn't see anything I liked. That led me to shop in my own craft room! 

For the cover I used three different die sets for the flowers and leaves. I used Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage, Heartfelt Creations Ariana Blooms and Sizzix - Donna Salazar Rose Creations. I die cut the flowers/leaves from patterned paper from the collection. I added pearl bling to the flower centers. I cut the doily from a Prima die called Doilies One and then dyed it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The metal corners are from Momenta. The word sentiments are from Tim Holtz Idea-ology stickers called ChitChat. I inked all the pages with vintage photo distress ink - my favorite! I used an old Creative Memories corner punch for the photo mats and flaps. On the pockets I used my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board. 

The rest of this post are just photos of the inside pages, spine and back cover. I didn't do any embellishing on the inside. The book isn't that large and I wanted to leave plenty of room to add photos. Embellishments can always be added after the photos have been adhered to the pages. There are 6 photo mats inside pockets and two small booklets inside two pockets. In addition to the mats and booklets there is room for over 40 photos in the book. Of course some of the areas can be used for journaling too. 

I love waterfall photo pages!

This is the page with the two pockets that hold two small booklets that will hold four photos each.

I live the flaps on the page!

That's it! I've already started the pages for more books. I've gone through all my patterned paper and have decided to cut into the collections that I've been hoarding because they are too gorgeous to use.

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Baby Girl Mini Album

I thought it was time I made a mini album. Over the Memorial Day weekend while cleaning and purging my craft room I realized I have all these cute paper collections that I bought specifically for books. That's when I decided I better get busy. Many of the collections I have aren't newer ones, but that's okay. They'll still make cute books! The paper collection I used for this book is called Baby Mine from Carta Bella. The collection came with twelve double sided sheets of patterned cardstock. I also used some papers from the 6x6 paper pad. This collection had some chipboard accents that I also used. 

Before I started I had to figure out which pattern I wanted for the cover. I finally settled on the alphabet sheet and I'm glad I did. I used two different patterns from the 6x6 paper pad for the cover. One I die cut with a Prima die called doilies one. The other piece was cut using a double stitched rectangle from Our Daily Bread.

I used two of the chipboard accents on the cover. The flowers are from Recollections, Prima and Jolee's. The leaves are by Recollections. The beaded strip along the binding is a beaded ribbon from Celebrate It. The ribbons are called vintage blush rose antique also from Celebrate It.

On the inside I didn't want to overwhelm the pages with embellishments. I tried to keep it as minimal as possible so that there is room for photos. I used stamps sets I had to add sentiments throughout the book. The sentiments above are from the Sweet Baby set by Technique Tuesday.

The sentiment on this page is from Fishers called Precious Baby Quotes. 

There's room for over 50 photos in this book. I love how it turned out! 

For my next book I think I'll finally break out the Graphic 45 Cats and Dogs collection. I've had it forever so I think it's time to use it! This book will be heading to Florida to my cousin. I hope they love it!

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You're Freaking Amazing

After I had this card almost completely adhered down, I questioned my choice of colors. 

Has that ever happened to you? 

To make matters worse, when it was already glued to the card base I noticed that I had it so off center it look ridiculous. I ripped it off and centered it correctly all the while wondering if I was wasting my time. 

Then I realized why I liked it so much and decided to just go for it. I created the background and the scalloped circle with distress ink and saran wrap. I couldn't waste the cool background. I was on a roll  last night until after midnight making these awesome backgrounds.....and I made quite a few!

Products used for this card: distress ink: spiced marmalade, mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio and picked raspberry, Versafine onyx black ink, Simon Says Stamp you're amazing die, Paper Issues: snarky stamps: freaking sentiments, Spellbinders shapeabilities foliage and nest abilities lacey circles.

Maybe it will grow on me.....

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Purple Flowers

 

This is the second Rubbernecker stamp that I bought at Scrapbook Expo this past weekend. It's called 3 Flowers. I didn't line it up exactly like I should have, but I still liked the way it turned out and decided to go with it. I'm sure I'll get lots of practice lining it up going forward. I'm so glad I decided to pick a couple of their stamps up to try. I really love the quality of them. I also like how easy they are to work with and how they don't look so perfect. I love the watercolor look. I plan to pick up more of their stamps and I'm going to try using some of my Brusho colors to stamp them. I'm actually kicking myself that I didn't pick up a few more stamp sets!

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 Products Used: Rubbernecker Stamps: 3 Flowers, Distress Ink, Spellbinders Nestabilities, VersaFine

Happiness

 

I love yellow and I don't think it's any secret that black is my favorite color! Every card I used make always had black somewhere on it. I still use black ink but I've gotten away from using as much black as I used to. I'm trying to broaden my horizons and use a few more colors. 

I love this sentiment from the Choose Happy stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. In fact every sentiment on this set is wonderful. Background is from the Stampin' Up Timeless Textures set that I have fallen in love with. 

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 Products used: Stampin' Up: Timeless Textures, Simon Says Stamp: Choose Happy, Distress Ink, VersaFine Ink, Dictionary Paper, Spellbinders Nestabilities

You Are Pretty Darn Amazing

Here's another card using gelato's. I actually made the background awhile ago and just set it aside waiting to be inspired to create something with it. I kept looking at it and finally decided to use an Avery Elle stamp set with a coordinating die. The stamp and die are called Simply Said:You. The three gelato colors I used are cotton candy, grape and blueberry.

I found some cardstock in my stash that matched the background to use for the die cut. It wasn't a real heavy weight cardstock so I cut it twice and adhered it together. I used Memento ink in called bahama blue. The splatters were done with the same color gelato's as the background. The white die cut is called Fancy Labels. Very simple card with bright colors!

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Fusion One Year Anniversary Celebration Challenge

This is my second post of the day. That usually doesn't happen, but I have been scrambling to get some cards finished for a few challenges. I have another one ready for tomorrow. 

For this card I just used the sketch for the Fusion Challenge. You can use either the sketch, the photo or both. My base is white cardstock from PaperTrey Ink and the patterned paper is Bohemian Bazaar from Graphic 45. I die cut doily using a Prima die, some foliage using a Spellbinders die and the sentiment was cut using a Fancy Die by Hero Arts and cardstock from Simon Says Stamp. The green leaves and the flowers are from Recollections. 

Be sure to stop by the Fusion Blog and check out all the beautiful cards!

Fusion One Year Anniversary Celebration Challenge

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Color Throwdown #324

This challenge made me so happy! I'm always up for creating a card with red, black and white. This is one of my favorite color combinations. 

For my background I used both a Sizzix and a Darice embossing folder for the black and red cardstock. The white is a Nestabilities Fancy Label that I die cut. I used the Tim Holtz Marker Spritzer to create the background on the label using Distress Markers in black soot and festive berries. The sentiment is a Simon Says Stamp die that I cut. I am really loving all of the word dies that I seem to be collecting. So much faster than always stamping!

I'm linking this card up to the Color Throwdown Challenge. There are really some beautiful cards over there from the design team and cardmakers that have joined the challenge. I hope you'll check them out!

Color Throwdown #324

Stay warm today! Temps will be in the 30's by Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday Challenge 377

Whew...I just finished my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge! I was even able to get a half decent photo before the sun went down. I had planned to finish my card yesterday so I wouldn't feel rushed today but I got detained with other stuff. 

I used DCWV's The Old World Stack for the patterned paper and PaperTrey Ink cardstock in vintage cream for my base. The die cut is called Arianna Lace from Heartfelt Creations by Spellbinders. I used the edge punch from EK Success called dotted scallop for the edges on the the pinkish/maroon colored cardstock. The butterfly was punched with a Martha Steward punch. For the sentiment I used a Hero Arts stamp set called Find Joy. Gems are also from Hero Arts. 

I haven't played along with a Mojo Monday sketch for a long time! I used to love creating from their sketches. Hoping to be able to do them every week if I can squeeze it in!

Mojo Monday Challenge 377

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Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #167

One of my goals for 2015 is to participate in more challenges. I really enjoy doing them. I got away from doing a lot of the things I love the last few years because of other happenings that have gone on in my life. I think I'm off to a pretty good start so far and it's not even the new year yet :)

This card is for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #167. Super easy, fun sketch to work with! I used a mixed trio of patterned paper from October Afternoon that I picked up at this years warehouse sale. I love plaid! To be honest.....I really didn't need any more paper. I have so much that I will more than likely never use it all in my lifetime. I could probably also say that about all my other scrapbook related products. Unfortunately that doesn't stop me from buying more!

I used a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs for my sentiment and for the small label shape I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Large Labels die. The enamel dots and stickers are from My Mind's Eye and October Afternoon. Base cardstock is from PaperTrey Ink. 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #167

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Unscripted Sketches #253 - You Are Simply The Best....Thank You

First off, thanks to everyone who played along with the Unscripted Sketches Blog-iversary Sketch this past week! We really appreciate it!

Congratulations to Pam! She is the winner of the Hero Arts Sympathy Stamp Set! Please contact me by 6 pm Sunday, April 20th with your mailing information. If I don't hear from you I will choose another winner. Here's what Pam said:

"Great stenciling! What a lovely card. Congrats on your 5th year. I've subscribed to your blog via email for a long time and follow on FB. Would love to win this set. Sympathy cards are often so hard to make (shared on on my blog -http://pamspaperandink.blogspot.com/2014/04/with-love-sympathy.html recently). Love the sentiments in this set."

I also want to let you know that this will be my last week as a member of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team. I've had a great time the last five months creating a card from their sketches each week and am grateful that I had the opportunity.  Now for my interpretation of this week's sketch!

I can't resist creating with kraft, black and red.....ever!

I am so in love with stencils! For this card I used the Tim Holtz Burlap Layering Stencil. Instead of using ink I chose to use Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Black Gesso. Love that stuff! 

The pennants are called Nested Pennants from Spellbinders. These cute little dimensional butterflies are by Recollections. 

I used a Technique Tuesday stamp set called Mama = Love by Ali Edwards for my sentiment and finished the card off by adding some sequins. I sure have a ton of those. When you buy a package you get a million! I better start using them more so I can make a dent in my stash of them :)

Be sure to stop by out check out all the other Design Team Members Blogs:

Adriana

Billie

Debbie

Henna

Kimberly

Michelle

Patty - that's me!

Rebecca

SarahKaye

Susan

Tammy

Hope you'll join us this week with your take on the sketch above. All the details are on the blog post over at Unscripted Sketches!

Products Used For This Card:

Base Cardstock - PTI 

Ink - Ranger Archival - Jet Black

Stamp - Technique Tuesday - Mama=Love by Ali Edwards
Spellbinders - Nested Pennants
Mixed Media - Claudine Hellmuth Studio Black Gesso
Butterflies - Recollections
Stencil - Tim Holtz Burlap Layering Stencil
Misc - Sequins