Vintage Chick

Here's a similar image to the vintage bunny below by the same company. These take a very very light touch if you are coloring them. I just did this with Prismacolor pencils barely leaving any color. It was stamped, as was the bunny, with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink which I really like. I used my plain and scalloped long rectangular Nesties and a little ribbon on a Very Vanilla CS. Paper ? Enjoy!

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Vintage Bunny

This is a sweet little vintage bunny card. The image is from Paper Inspirations. You can't do much in the way of coloring this type image. All I did was highlight the white areas with my white gel pen and put just a slight shading on the grass and sky. Used Close to Cocoa ink and background card stock. Hero Arts pearls on some Mike's bargain ribbon. Enjoy!

Butterfly Business!

Can you believe that this was a humble $1 book from the dollar bins at Michaels. Our Michaels has the butterfly shape, a star, and a posy or scalloped circle shape. I bought a bunch and I'm going back for more. What great gifts and they can be done for so many occasions. I'd love to do a Halloween one, a Christmas one, a friend theme, a bird theme, a garden one.....the list is endless and this is a great project for our times when everyone is watching pennies. I used my stamps here and there but the chipboard letters were what was left from another time and I raided my button box for vintage mother of pearl buttons. I made myself use what I had and didn't buy anything new. This was so much fun to do and I hope you get some ideas. I have to say I was inspired by the blog Mrs. J.'s Creations. She made a lovely heart shaped album dedicated to her Mom and it's exquisite. Try one. I think you'll have a great time! Enjoy!

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Lilacs! Can Spring Be Far Behind???

Today it was blizzard conditions here in Maryland. Mother Nature's last hurrah...I hope! So to combat spring fever, I did this little card. The image is yet another sweet little Lockhart stamp. They are sooooo much fun to color. I used metallic pencils and a blender pen and literally some scraps and a little ribbon. Could be a get well, friend, thank you note, even a sympathy card. Anything is better than the snow!!!

The Milk Man Cometh!!!

I decided to try my hand at the Milk Carton Tutorial from Becky Roberts. I had purchased this tutorial from Becky who is soooo talented some time ago but this is the first chance I had to make it. I used Red Riding Hood Red and Basic Black paper and Red Riding Hood Red ink. I also used my new Friendly Words wheel on the sides and the little medallions are stamped from the A Little Somethin" set. The heart in the center was from Polka Dot Punches with coordinates with all our punches. One really neat feature about these little milk cartons is that you don't have to destroy all your fancy work at the top because the bottom has a secret little trap door opening to use to remove the goodies you place inside! Clever! Becky has several tutorials for sale and all the projects are fantastic. Check them out at http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/. Have fun!

A Note For You

I love Lockhart stamps and this is their newest, Lemons and Bay Leaves. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and blender pens, cut it out with the plain and scalloped nesties background. The paper is SU whisper white, hunter green and Afternoon Tea. The little scalloped edge is a new Fiskar's border punch called Apron Lace. The flourish is from Nottinghill by 7 Gypsies.

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I Think I'm On A Roll!

I think I might be on a roll here, yessirree! I worked on this all day today and am very pleased with how it turned out. The tutorial, if you are interested (why wouldn't you be???) is from Paper Pleasing Ideas blog by Julie Buhler. I have been an admirer of hers for a long time. Thanks Julie for all the inspiration. This little purse-tote contains 8 thank you cards. It could hold more, but I got tired. The background color is SU Not Quite Navy and I used SU Maine Blueberries paper which also coordinates with Old Olive which you will also see used here. The sets used on the front are SU Playful Petals and Sweet Little Sentiments. The cards use SU A Little Somethin' and Sweet Little Sentiments. I used a little bling in the form of Stickles on the front. I apologize for the last photo being a little blurry. Used the same settings, guess my hand shook or something. This is a fun little purse or tote and could hold all kinds of things. Use heavy cardstock, either our SU regular CS or the new textured cardstocks featured in the new catalog...those are really heavy and work well for this type of project. Enjoy everyone!

Thought I was done....but here's another quickie!

I cased the idea for this card from Melissa Schultz on her blog buggin2stamp. This fabulous butterfly is from a new Inkadinkadoo set called Gem Stone Insects. The sentiment is from SU Seeing Spots. Paper is SU Old Olive and K&Co. Ribbon is velvet from Mike's. Enjoy!

Spring Pennant Banner

Well this is the "biggie" I have been working on. Haven't felt much like doing things since the funeral but I knew I had to make the effort. And what an effort it was! I really enjoyed this project. Many materials were used but I'll try to give you most of them. Of course, this uses the Big Shot Pennant Die. I was hesitant to buy this at first but I know I'll use it now again and again for different holidays. I love the way it turned out plus there are actual pennants where the triangle faces sideways, cards and pouches to make with this die. The background triangle is SU Certainly Celery. Then the DP is SU Delicate Dots from the SAB catty and Bella Rose in addition to some older discontinued papers from SU. The cutouts of the bunnies, chicks, and flowers were heaven sent. They were off of 4 vintage style cards I bought at Mike's $1 bin. I have tried to purchase more because they are so nice but so far all the other Mike's I've been to here are out of them. The vintage print of the lady in her Easter bonnet I got in some blog candy I won. Beneath her I used the new SU Flower Burst Embosslit die for the Big Shot. The top one is the actual size. The other two I cut down with the Pinked Edge Nesties (I thought that was a clever idea!) They were shaded with Rose Red Ink. The panel that has SPRING on it uses the Big Shot Flower Layers die which was cut multiple times from 3 shades of pink, edged with Rose Red and layered with a brad in the center. Both of those panels use the SU Little Leaves Sizzlit die. The letters were K&Co. The sunflower panel features the front of an actual seed packet by Marjolean Bastin. I used the SU scallop edge punch and Julie Buhler's directions on her blog, Paper Pleasing Ideas, to make the frame. The punched flower is the Bigz Flower, Daisies 2 die, edged with different inks for dimension. The leaves are from SU Playful Petals stamped in Hunter Green on Old Olive CS. Stickles were used around the scallop of the frame. The pearl brads at the bottom are from the bridal section in Mike's. Be sure to click on the pictures for a larger view. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email. If you'd like to try your hand at these, I'd be glad to help you with a Stampin' Up! order for any of the Big Shot products or other supplies. It's a fun machine! Have a great weekend everyone!

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A Thank You

Using some leftovers from the card below I made this thank you. I have soooo many to make and send. Folks have been so very kind to us during the last three months. I used the same papers and inks as below but used the SU Playful Petals new set and SU Sweet Little Sentiments which is a Hostess Set you can earn for a $150 dollar workshop. It has wonderful sayings and I don't have enough sentiment stamps! Everything is popped up on dimensionals.

Thoughts and Prayers

I CASED this card from cardcrazy on SCS. Changed things up a little but basically it's the same. This wonderful tree is from the new Thoughts and Prayers set that SU cannot keep in stock! The Designer Paper is To The Nines and I didn't think the new DP would be worth the extra cost but let me tell you this paper is worth every penny. Very heavy, textured. Would be great for three dimensional projects. Colors are Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Sage Shadow and Whisper White with Sage Shadow ribbon. The sentiment is one of several wonderful ones from the same set as the tree. Gotta get your hands on this one. I know I'll use it over and over. I used my Nesties for the circles and the medium oval SU punch for the sentiment.

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Long Ago......In Better Times.....

Rest In Peace

After and long and hard fought battle my brother went home to be with God early this morning. I want to thank all of you who have been so kind and all those who have offered your thoughts and prayers in the last 3 months. It means more than I can say.

Vintage Valentine

I won an issue of Somerset Life as blog candy and enclosed with the issue were some wonderful goodies. The image and the lace were part of the package. I used SU Kraft cs and Basic Grey DP, SU Choc Chip ribbon, the vintage lace, a bit of wide satin ribbon with a flower, wedding brad and hat pin. The brad and pins came from Michael's. I distressed everything with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.

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