E M Papers

I found a fun printable DIY card company, E M Papers. They are doing a March Wedding Giveaway - Invite and RSVP. Here's the link to it on their blog. They are a one-stop for shop for printable paper goods of all kinds including printable greeting cards, printable wedding invitations, calendars and gifts. Easy to use, download and print goods are instant, unique and reusable.

You Are My Hero

I really like making masculine cards with Papertrey Ink's woodgrain impression plate.  The stamp set  is Father Knows Best.

Note: Do not sand grey paper then swipe with a white craft ink pad. Not cool. I'm not sure if the grey is gonna come out of my craft pad. Now it's a softer white. lol

I'm linking this card to Papertrey Ink, Embellish Magazine, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Paper Issues and to Cuttlebug Challenges.

Hehehe

I'm super excited about a couple of emails I  received!!!

The first one was from Beth Moore and then from Babette Switzer they told me I was the lucky random winner over at The Kraft Journal!

And to top it off I see a comment from Bonnie at Really Reasonable Ribbon, "Congratulations Jennifer! Your beautiful card made the Top 3 over at challenge #19 on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog. Come on over and pick up your 'Top 3' badge. :) "

Hehehe lucky me ;)

Lucky Me

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I think I'm officially obsessed with decorative tape! I really love all the decorative tapes that Tapeswell offers. To make the hat box and card I used the green Scroll decorative tape. The hat started off as a plain kraft brown paper mache box. I flipped it upside down and glued green textured cardstock to chip board, cut it into a circle, then glued it onto the lid to make the hat bottom. I then covered the rest of the box in green paper and added the tape over it for a fun pattern. The tape actually helps to protect the box from the paper wearing off. To make the four leaf clovers I added the tape to a celery green cardstock then used a heart shaped punch. I found a fancy label shape punch from EK Success at Hobby Lobby to make the buckle. The sentiment came from Stampin' Up! I also found the gold chocolate coins and pipe at Hobby Lobby. My son Parker is so cute, he believes chocolate coins are magic!
I'm linking this project to Papercraft Star, Kraft Journal, Anything Goes, Aly's Sunday Challenge, If The Shoe Fits, Card Makin Mamas, Allsorts, Shelly's Images, Delicious Doodles, Sew Many Challenges, Tellen's Place and Easy Craft Projects.

Forever In My Heart

Oh, I just think those little bunnies are the sweetest!

Especially the baby, he's so cute, he makes me smile. :)

The bunnies are from Close To My Heart. I stamped them on kraft cardstock, colored them with Prismacolor pencils, then cut them out by hand. The card base is also kraft cardstock layerd with Distressed Dots in Harvest Gold from Papertrey Ink. The yellow and cream dot paper is recycled from the paper that came in the package with the stamp set. I love seam binding ribbon! I love the romantic vintage, shabby chic feel to it. I need to get the Bow Easy Tool, so I can make pretty double bows. I'm linking my card to CR84FN, The Kraft Journal, DYSU and Passionately Artistic.

Life Happens

I really like this spring color combo of pink, purple, green and brown. This is my interpretation of the

 Mojo Monday sketch 180. Embellish Magazine is using this color combination with music. Papercraft Star also has a challenge for songs, book or movie inspiration. Kraft Journal has a cute as a button challenge. Really Reasonable Ribbon and  DYSU are both all about green. The green paper is from Close To My Heart called Wings, it has little butterflies all over it. The sentiment "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" is my favorite quote by John Lennon.

So true!

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!