Thank You

This weeks challenge at Papercraft Star is to make a Thank You card.

I had a piece of color shifting ribbon in my stash that beautifully accents the digital image Halloween from The House Across The Bay. Yes, it's from the Halloween collection! I heat embossed the thank you sentiment on another digi from Vintage Frames, punched it out, outlined the edges and popped it up with some Zapdots.

 

This is a picture that can be used for inspiration if you choose.

 You have until 6am Monday to share your Thank You Card and have a chance to win some digital downloads from our sponsor The House Across The Bay.  I'm sure you will be inspired by the other designers as well!

I'm sharing my card with Passionately Artistic and The Stuff Of Success.

Supplies:

Digital Images Halloween 173 & Vintage Frames 100 from The House Across The Bay

Thank You stamp and punch from Stampin' Up!

Brown cardstock, ink, embossing powder, zapdots and ribbon from stash

Merry Christmas

I just love this reindeer from Lifestyle Crafts! I've had if for a couple of years now and it always makes me happy to see it on one of the Christmas cards I make. I popped it up with foam squares and added a red baker's twine bow. The paper and sentiment  came from Stampin' Up! years ago. The other die is from Spellbinders labels 16 also one of my all time favorite dies!

I'm sharing this card with Sugar Creek Hollow and Lifestyle Crafts.

Be Thankful

Do you ever by stampsets because you really love only one of the set?

I had to have the Gift givers stamp set from Stampin' Up! because I just loved the one with the pumpkins.

They are all cute, but I don't think I'd ever make anything with the rest. If anything I'll let Parker ink them up to make cards for his teacher and grandparents.

I just love this twine color! It's called Cappuccino from The Twinery. The paper came from Stampin' Up! It was from one of those simply scrapping sets.

Where has the year gone? I can hardly believe Thanksgiving is almost here! I love this time of the year!

Time to Be Thankful!

I'm sharing my card with Penny Black At Allsorts, Sentimental Sundays, Sparkles Forum, Stampin' Sisters In Christ, Stamptacular Sunday , Tatertots & Jello and Passionately Artistic.

Thank You

I really love this paper from Graphic 45! Poppy Fields is so fabulous! I'm almost out of it so I need to order more! The base is a piece of Poppy Red cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I love just how heavy their cardstock is! I then cut a piece of poppy Fields to layer over the base. I wanted to highlight just one poppy so I colored it a deeper shade of red, colored the stem a deeper green, then covered it in Liquid Glass. I stamped "Thank You" on vellum using black craft ink and black embossing powder. I trimmed that strip to about 1"wide. Then I made a couple of tiny marks to give me a guide of where to cut with a craft knife. I then slide the vellum under the flower, folded the excess behind the patterned paper and glued the whole piece down in place on the red cardstock. I love that shine on both the sentiment and the flower!

I'm sharing this with Graphic 45, Passionately Artistic, Simon Says Stamp and The Stuff Of Success.

Advent Calendar

This week's challenge for Papercraft Star is to use numbers. So I decided to make an advent calendar and a matching card to give as a Christmas present.

I made a huge white satin bow for the top of the box.

The patterned paper came from BoBunny. It's called Snowy Serenade from the Glitter Series. The shine and sparkle is so gorgeous! I also used a glitter card stock to die cut the numbers.

On the back of the advent calendar I used a digital image "Presented To" to add the finishing touch.

 You have until 6 am Monday to play along with us at Papercraft Star for a chance to win some digital images from our sponsor The House Across The Bay.

I'm linking this up to the following sites Really Reasonable Ribbon, Passionately Artistic, The Stuff of Success, Tatertots & Jello, Lifestyle Crafts, Christmas Inspirations, Creative Inspirations Paint, I Did It Creations, Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas, Little Claire's, Speedy Cats Friends and Wee Memories.

Supplies:

Digital Image "Presented To" from The House Across The Bay Blank Backgrounds 045

Designer Paper from BoBunny called Snowy Serenade

Number dies from Lifestyle Crafts SOPH-16-12, SOPH-17-34, SOPH-18-56, SOPH-19-78, SOPH-20-90

Wish Big stamp and ink from Stampin' Up!

White Glitter paper, cardstock and white satin ribbon from stash

White paint

Chipboard Box from Christmas craft section of Hobby Lobby

Poppy Fields

As soon as I saw this paper from Graphic 45 I knew I had to have it! It's called Poppy Fields.

I just love poppies! They are such a delicate and beautiful flower.

In this picture you can see just how pretty the glitter is. You can also see how I fussy cut the flowers and layered them. They are slightly popped up for a bit of dimension. Did you notice the paper I stamped "Give Thanks" on? I used the same poppy fields paper but white washed it with watered down white acrylic paint to soften the flowers. By doing this the sentiment could stand out. There are some papers I wish would never retire! This is one of them!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges...Creative Card Crew, Die Cuttin' Divas, My Craft Spot,

 My Grafico and Come And Get It.

Sleeping Death

Today is the last day for Stampotique Designer's Challenge Altered Poison Bottle. I really love all the stamps that Stampotique has for sell! After finding this bottle I couldn't help but think of medieval times, and of Snow White. I stamped the head from Linda on white cardstock then stamped an apple over it. I then used a clear embossing powder to give the apple a nice shine. The tag is a digital image called Grunge Tags from The House Across The Bay. The words actually my own handwriting! I have such terrible handwriting I usually print everything if I need someone else to be able to read it! I think I did a decent job making the little skull and cross bones.

Believe

I just love this reindeer die from Lifestyle Crafts! I recently ordered online a sheet of paper from BoBunny called Blitzen. I was hoping it could easily be cut up to mass produce Christmas cards. No such luck, Blitzen was just way to big. So I was able to pull out my die and make a card I like even better :)

The snowflakes and wreath are made with Martha Stewart punches. The sentiment and the punch used for it came from Stampin' Up! I added some sparkle with Windsor & Newtons iridescent watercolor medium. So now to make at least 40 more Christmas cards! I love this time of year!

Love this

In my email newsletter from Lifestyle Crafts I saw this turquoise camera bag! LOVE IT! Wouldn't that be fabulous! I so badly need a new camera and would love to win this!!!

Here's the link to the community projects on their site. I have posted a few of the things I made using their products and dies.

Papercraft Star Challenge 69

This is the photo inspiration for this week's challenge to use a flourish at Papercraft Star.

I hope you will come on over and play along with us. You have until 6 am Monday to win some digital downloads from our sponsor The House Across The Bay.

I liked the feel of the photo inspiration so I tried to recreate it with the digital image White Grunge Squares. The image has a subtle damask and flourish pattern and it has my favorite color brown!

It's hard to photograph but I added an iridescent medium over the image. I wanted it to capture light like it does when it rains during the day.

Here's a picture of the bottle of the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Iridescent Medium I used. Look at the shimmer at the top of the bottle, so pretty. Just a little bit can go a long way. If you put some in a spray mist bottle with re-inkers and water you can create your own glimmer mist. This bottle costs around $9 and can go a very long way!

Supplies:

Digital Images White Grunge Squares from The House Across The Bay

"For You" sentiment, punch and Chocolate Brown card stock and ink came from Stampin' Up!

New Leaf grosgrain ribbon from Papertrey Ink

Windsor & Newton Watercolor Iridescent Medium

Flourish die manufacturer is unkown