Orange & Blue Baby

Hi there,

I've been MIA lately, because i have been packing. I'm moving next week so i've been packing like a fiend!! I will not be posting as often in the next couple of weeks, but once i get unpacked and settled i'll be back to posting regularly. :)

Since i will not be making anything new in the next couple weeks i'm sharing a card i made for a friend a couple of weeks ago. Her sister is having a baby in a few months and she was going the baby shower and needed a card. The card had to be gender neutral since her sister decided to be surprised, and her sister was having a orange and navy themed baby shower. So here is what i came up with:

I'll back next week briefly with another card i made a few months ago!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Dana

Make It Monday #69

Hi there!

***** Click here for my PaperCrafts Gallery Idol 2012 Post *****

I've been making some Father's Day lately and saw that this weeks Make It Monday involved sketch's, i liked a couple of them and though that they would make great Father Day cards.

I used this sketch for my inspiration:

This card is quick and easy! I stamped the ties along the bottom in different inks. Then i added a thin strip of orange cardstock.

And last stamped the sentiment Happy Father's Day and Dad in brown ink. Easy, huh!?!  Another Father's Day card in my stash!

Oh and if you haven't already take a peek at PaperCrafts Gallery Idol 2012 and i'd love your vote!!

Thanks!!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Worlds Greatest

Ink: Papertrey Ink: Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tide, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Canyon Clay

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic Cream

CAS-ual Friday's Put A Bling On It

Hey there!!

I made today's card for a friend who saw a similar card i made months ago.This one just like it for a friends wedding with purple and flowers. The card also includes a little bit of bling so it fits great with this weeks CAS-ual Friday's Challenge: Bling!

I started with the sentiment, which is from Papertrey Ink free 4th Anniversary Tags. After printing out the sentiment i cut it out with a circle die and added little glitter dots around the sentiment.

Next i stamped the frame in black ink on the cardbase and again on scrap cardstock. With the scrap piece i cut out the inner frame and used it to mask the cardbase. I stamped a solid flower in purple ink multiple times inside the frame.

As the inked dried i found some purple ribbon that matched (the ribbon looks a little bit bluer in the pic then it really is!) I looped the ribbon on each side of the sentiment, adhered it to the cardbase and notched the edges. Last i added the sentiment circle with pop up dots.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Digital Stamp: Papertrey Ink: 4th Anniversary Tags
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Vintage Labels, Day Dreamer
Ink: Colorbox: Lavender
Ribbon: May Arts
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic Cream. The Paper Studio:Kraft
Glitter Glue: Ranger

Paper Crafts 2012 Gallery Idol

Hello!!

I'm so exited to be in Paper Crafts 2012 Gallery Idol, Top 20! All the ladies are super talented and i am honored to be included!  Today kicks off the voting for Round 2, only the top 15 are chosen, so make sure you vote for your favorite (me, right!?! hehe) :D  Click here to vote!

The theme this round is You Color My World. First here is my card, then i'll get into the details!

For my card i really wanted to try making fabric flowers. I've seen them everywhere, even watch A How To months ago, but never got around to actually making one. So... since color was the theme and i don;t have much fabric let alone all the colors of the rainbow, i decided to dye some fabric.

I started with a fine small count white linen and cut lots of strips, about an inch or so wide. For my dye's i used the ink refillers from Papertrey Ink. For my 1st attempt i used too much water and my strips came up to light for my liking. So i started again and this time only used about a tablespoon of water (i just eyeballed it).

I used small disposable plastic cups and a wooden dowel to stir and move around the fabric strips. For the darker colors (purple and blue) i ended up adding a little bit of water after they the strips where in

Next i laid them out to dry on some parchment paper. Luckily i had some plastic bin lids that made great drying racks!

Now i'm all about experimenting before i start on the good stuff, so i cut a couple extra strips and tried my hand at making the flower, because if it didn;t work out, i was going to have to come up with another plan for my colored strips!! 

But it all worked out wonderfully (or at least i think so! lol). I die cut some small circles and used glossy accents to adhere the fabric to each circle. I started in the middle, putting down glue, twisting and laying, more glue... you get the idea!! :D

Once all the flower's were made i cut some leaves and arrange the flowers and leaves to my liking. Before i glued them down i added a sentiment in the bottom right in brown ink. Last i added rhinestone to each flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you will take a look all the Gallery Idols cards and vote for your favorite!!

Thanks!!

Dana

Supplies:
Fabric: White Linen: Joann's
Ink refillers: Papertrey Ink: Lemon Tart, Blueberry Sky, Royal Velvet, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Spring Moss.
Ink: Papertrey Ink: Dark Chocolate
Cardstock (cardbase): Papertrey Ink: Rustic White
Leaves: Green paper scraps
Circle Die: Spellbinders
Punch: Fiskars, Circle
Rhinestones: Unknown

Sunday's Bits & Pieces #20

Hi!!

I have a card that i only used bits and pieces from my scrap drawer. But first i want to thank everyone for the kind and encouraging comments in making it to Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Top 20. I am honored to be among a great group of very talented ladies!! Check back tomorrow for my Round 2 card.

This card is super easy and fast to make! Of course it helps that all the pieces were already made! I dug around my scrap drawer and found a flower that i had die cut from cork. I also found a pink rosette and a die cut shape.

I stamped the sentiment make a wish in brown ink on the die cut shape and adhered it to the a kraft cardbase. Then i adhered the cork flower to the rosette. I added a pink button to the flower center and cut some leaves from green scrap paper.

Last i adhered the leaves and then the flower to the cardbase.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Tropical Wedding

Hey there!

Long time no see!!  :) I'm moving in 3 weeks, so i've been spending a lot of time packing and organizing. I have also been making cards!! Lots of projects for friends and design team!! So to kick off what i have been making i have 2 wedding cards i made for friends at work.

One card was used for the wedding shower and the other for the whole office to sign and give to the bride to be. The theme for the wedding shower was pink, orange and tropical. So for one i went with a little more tropical, the other, same colors but a little bit more elegant.

The first one i used a flower stamp, that was the closet i had to a tropical flower. I found some cardstock in pink and orange, and stamped the flower and embossed it in white. I cut them out and added some embellishment to the centers. I also used markers to darken some of the flowers.

Next i made by cardbase, then inked up a background stamp in pink and orange. I stamped it off once on scrap paper then stamped it again on the card base. I added the sentiment Happily Ever After in a dark tan color.

Last i added the flowers, die cut leaves and twine to the card front.

For the second card i die cut fabric with PTIs card base-ics die and stamped the background with pink and orange ink. I did the same thing with mat stack 1, but i didn;t ink the background.

I used a heart die and cut out hearts from pink, orange and white cardstock. I pieced together the hearts to make it look like the hearts coming together at the white part. I adhered the heart to mat stack 1.

I adhered mat stack 1 to the card base-ic along with wrapping twine around the card base-ic. I stamped the sentiment along the bottom and then adhered the card base-ic the cardbase. Then last i rounded the corners.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Flower Card:
Flower - Stampabilities (i think, i just packed my wood stamps, so i can't say for sure :)  )
Ink: Papertrey Ink, Pink & Orange
Sentiment: Hampton Art, 7 Gypsies
Leaves: Papertrey Ink Die
Twine: May Arts
Background: Hero Arts

Two Hearts Card:
Dies: Papertrey Ink: Card Base-ics, hearts, mat stack 1
Ink: Papertrey Ink, Pink and Orange
Twine: May Arts
Stamps: Papertrey Ink, Love and Marriage, Hero Arts

Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop

Hello!

Today i have a card for Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop. This month they have another photo for inspiration:

Photo Credit

I started with a lime green cardbase and matted it with some black & white pattern paper. I added black twill ribbon to the card front.

Next i die cut two layers of Mat Stack 1. On the white layer i stamped the sentiment in black ink then i stamped a hydrangea image with versamark ink. I then embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Then i used a green marker to color the spaces in the stamp that were not embossed. I adhered the Mat Stack layers to the card front and added a green button.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Day Dreamer, Happy Hydrangea

Dies: Mat Stack 1

Marker: Memento

Embossing Powder: Hampton Art

Button: Unknown