Just Because

Have you ever had to do something again just because?

I had to try this Etsy Inspired card again. I am much happier with this stamp design. It is called Key to My Heart from Close To My Heart. The background stamp is a London Script, I can not remember who made it. I had to add this to DYSU challenge 8 anything goes. And just I had to add some more bling for the Kraft Journal challenge #7 ;)

Here's the mug from Claylicious that inspired it all.

Etsy Insipred

This mug came from Claylicious. It's my inspriration for the Etsy Inspired Challenge #127 and The Kraft Journal Challenge #7 Bling It Up.

I started by inking up my stamp with craft ink, stamping it on kraft cardstock then heat embossed white. I sponged it with brown ink to make the design pop out. I trimmed it out and layered it onto aqua cardstock. Added the ribbon and bow. I added 3 aqua rhinestones in the bottom right corner. Then layered that piece onto the textured cram cardstock. The stamp came from Close To My Heart. Ta-dah!

Thank You So Much

I used several stamps by Papertrey Ink to make my card; Thank You so much from Damask Designs, the fancy circle from Spooky Sweets II and the Recipe Box Label. The patterned paper is from Sweetness by Pink Paislee. I also used Laceful  from Tapeswell. The rose came from a card kit by Anna Griffin. Check out the following challenges CR84FN, Papercraft Star, Papertrey Ink, and Moxie Fab World.

Cake Stands

I picked up these small wooden decorative pieces for $2 or $3 each from Lowe's. I had my husband cut a couple of small wood squares for the top. Then I screwed the pieces together, filled imperfections with wood filler and painted them white. I picked up a bag of glass rocks from the Dollar Tree and hot glued them into place around the edges.

 

Today I found this fantastic candle stick and square plate on clearance at Hobby Lobby. I paid just over $6 for them both. I really like the square shape and decorative edge, but do not like the roosters.

I used masking tape to create a square straight edge. Then I randomly ripped the masking tape and covered up that rooster.I then sponged shades of brown, burgundy and orange ink all over the masking tape.

The roosters are gone!

And to finish it up I hot glued the plate to the candle stick.

Voila!

Make It Mondays

This is my entry in the Papertrey Ink Make It Mondays Challenge #2. I started with a plain piece of white cardstock and used a swirly embossing folder for a little bit of dimension. I then used several shades of blue and green inks to sponge the sky and grass. I stamped the house and trees from the Boards & Beams stamp set and then used watercolor pencils. I stamped the sentiment from Homemade on vellum. Tada!

Red Damask

The bookmark and card is made with decorative tape from Tapeswell. It's the Red Damask pattern. I really love that the tape is clear so you can see other colors behind it. I am searching for the perfect shade of green to make something for Christmas with it. I'm linking this to Moxie Fab World Challenge - Get Daring With Decorative Tape. I'm also linking this to Paper Sundaes.

Hehehehe

My With Love card was the winner of Papercraft Star Challenge 31!

Check out the link.... http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/2011/02/winner-of-challenge-31.html

Thank you for voting for me!

Just A Note

My card is on kraft cardstock measuring 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square. I used the Stampin' Up! Big Z die called Top Note on white cardstock, then inked it up with Papertrey Ink's tea stain duo. I used a large background stamp called London Script with brown ink to stamp the die cut. The blue bird is from a stampset by

Close To My Heart called Find Your Style. I hand wrote just a note on cardstock, then cut it out and inked it all up. I tucked it under the birds beak and popped parts of the "ribbon" up for dimension. And finally added a rhinestone for the birds eye.

I'm linking my card to the Embellish Magazine, Kraft Journal, PaperCrafting Journey and Passionately Artistic.

Friend

For this card I started with a piece of green butterfly designer paper by Close To My Heart from the Wings collection. I used red ink on a large London Script background stamp then inked up the edges some. The butterfly and word friend is also by Close To My Heart from the Find Your Style stampset. I used dark red ink to stamp the butterfly, sponged it with more red ink and cut it out. I added some green ribbon and a few red rhinestones. Voila!

A Friend Is Someone Who

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart,

and will sing it back to you when you forget the words.

 Isn't that so true!

This sentiment is from the stampset called Find Your Style by
Close To My Heart.

The background is actually decorative tape from TapeSwell,
the pattern is called Pink Twig.

The twine is called Pink Sorbet from The Twinery and the
 flowers are from Anna Griffin.

I am adding my card to the Moxie Fab World decorative tape challenge,
 to Papercraft Star, Paper Crafting Journey, Craft Your Passion,
Paper Sundaes, Really Reasonable Ribbon and to Paper Issues.