Sweets

My friend Leisa sent me the most beautiful brown paper bags. They're made by Poppies for Grace, a US stationary company. Technically they're for lollies but I used one to make a gift bag for Leisa's birthday. I started by painting the foliage and birds using watercolours and just a touch of glitter glue. Next up was a
multi-layered flower and a miniature peg to close the bag. I made a tag to match and voila! I was so happy with the result and am brainstorming ideas for the rest of these sweet little bags :-)

Paper gift bag
Embellishments - miniature peg, button, mulberry paper flower, silk flower
Other - watercolour pencils, gold glitter glue, large silver rhinestone

Tag
Ink - StazOn timber brown
Paper - Wild Asparagus
Card - Canson
Embellishments - Darkroom Door photobooth lady, Prima flowers, brad
Other - sandpaper

Seth

It seems all I do lately is make baby cards. I've made more baby cards in the last twelve months than I have in my entire life! The latest is this made-to-order card for my friend Leisa (hi Leisa!). The only stipulation was that the baby's name had to be on the card. And it had to have a banner. So really that's two stipulations! I couldn't resist adding a paper flower - so fun and easy to make, and I found the perfect centre for the flower - an inscribed Making Memories washer - in my collection of charms. Maybe this baby-card making business ain't so bad after all :-)

Paper - GCD Studios, assorted
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - Making Memories charmed washer, Nostalgiques alphabet stickers, Collections gallery print, brad, buttons, silk leaves
Other - sewing needle, embroidery thread, sandpaper

Rock Chic

This set of cards was published in Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft late last year. I'm now caught up on my magazine posts! I have to say I really like these cards. I used lots of Darkroom Door products (the stamps are especially gorgeous) and kept it all very simple. The cream and black colour scheme is a bit of a change for me but I love how it turned out. It was fun, too, scavenging through my collection of ends and ends for musical-themed embellishments. It's amazing what you find when you start looking!

Stamps - Darkroom Door
Ink - StazOn jet black
Paper - Darkroom Door
Card - Canson
Embellishments - Darkroom Door music photochips, Darkroom Door music wordstrips, Darkroon Door music filmstrips, Collections chipboard wings, Scrap FX chipboard music note, music charms, ribbon
Other - Plaid glass finish, sandpaper, jump rings

Small Beginnings

This is a card from a recent issue of Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft. The theme here was beads and I decided to use a small amount of seed beads to fill the centre of a flower. The fun bit was using a needle to apply tiny drops of glue and individual beads to the petals :-) I wanted to keep this card clean and simple so I eschewed patterned paper (eek! I'm not very good with "blank space") and kept the colours to a minimum. The ribbon stem and leaves were fun to make too.

Stamp - Darkroom Door
Ink - Brilliance graphite black
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - Collections butterfly prints, mulberry paper flower, large gold silk flower, seed beads, ribbon

Can You Fly In Your Dreams?

My first post of 2012 and I'm back-tracking to a copy of Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft that was released a month or so before Christmas. I had several projects in this issue, the first being a card I made for the pink/beige/blue gallery. I had an idea for a painted background and then building the design from there, so I used an old credit card to apply the pink and blue paint to a piece of canvas. Stitching the buttons and lace to the canvas was the laborious part but I love the shabby-chic effect. Totally worth the effort. The frame was a little tricky. I realised too late that I should have sanded it before applying the paint - it didn't want to stick!

Stamp - Catslife Press (text)
Ink - Versa Magic Agean blue
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - K&Company metal frame, lace, buttons, porcelain flower, satin wings
Other - acrylic paint, paintbrush, old credit card, sewing needle, embroidery thread

Under The Sea

We're just two days out from 2012 and I'm behind on blogging my 2011 creations. Oopsie! This is one of the (many) tags I still have to share from the collection I made my friend Amy for Christmas. It's one of a handful of boy-friendly designs I came up with. Meanwhile, you may have noticed I've updated my blog with new wallpaper and graphics. I've also been replacing some of the older photographs on the site with new (better) versions. This won't be possible for every card (I've given a lot away!) but I hope to re-photograph at least 2/3 of my collection. Oh, and my New Year's resolution is to blog more often - I have so much to share! See you in 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Paper - Graphic 45
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - Kaisercraft rhinestones, ribbon
Other - hole punch

25 December

My last post before Christmas! The hours are flying by and computer time is *very* limited at the moment. Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog this year and left a comment. Hope Santa brings you all something inky for Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Paper - Imaginisce
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - Imaginisce die-cut numbers, Kaisercraft rhinestones, red velvet ribbon, found clip art
Other - gold glitter glue

A Joyous Christmas

Here's another tag from my Christmas efforts this year! As you can see I've used several pieces of clip art - the wreath came from a store-bought card (it pays to check before recycling them!), the Christmas label is from an issue of Somerset Studio, and the photograph of the little girl is by Collections. Meanwhile, I've just realised I'm short a couple of cards so it's back to the studio for me. Have a lovely weekend!

Paper - Basic Grey
Embellishments - Collections antique photograph, Stampington & Comapny clip art, found clip art, ribbon
Other - gold litter glue, circle punch, hole punch, sandpaper

Santa Baby

It's the week before Christmas and I've finally finished my cards. I've even had time to whip up a handful of small tags for the home-baked goodies we (my mother and I) plan to make next week - ginger snaps, chocolate brownies, white Christmas, fruitcake, etc. I'll try to remember to photograph them before they're distributed :-) Meanwhile, here's a tag I made for my cousin Angus's present. I'm thrilled with the red velvet ribbon. It was a bit of a nightmare to tie (it has a plasticised back which tears if you pull it too tightly) but it was one of my star finds at the Christmas sales last year. Love it!

Stamp - Amazing Creations (baubles), Imaginisce (Santa gnome)
Ink - Brilliance platinum planet, StazOn jet black
Paper - Basic Grey
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - red velvet ribbon, satin ribbon
Other - gold glitter glue, watercolour pencils, hole punch

Merry and Bright

I've just realised I'm running out of time to share my Christmas creations. Where has December gone? Yikes! I made this card for my friend Donna in the States. I thought the pastel colours were perfect for a Minnesota Christmas (which I believe is frigid!). The clip art is something I've been holding onto for a while and this was the perfect card to make use of it. I'm almost finished with year's Christmas cards - just a tag or two to go. I was lucky to have a couple spare from last year but next year I'll be starting from scratch. A daunting prospect! LOL

Ink - Versa Magic sea breeze
Paper - Imaginisce
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - Stampington & Company clip art, Making Memories number stickers, brads, ribbon, timber star
Other - gold glitter glue, sandpaper