Sunday's Bits & Pieces #25

Happy Sunday!

Hope your Sunday is going good!! Its been a busy week, so i haven;t been able to post, hopefully next week will be better! :) But i did get in a card that i made for my Sunday's Bits & Pieces, a card made from scraps and left over embellishments. I have been making Christmas cards this week, so i used some scraps left over from them.

For card set i had stamped a whole page with green leaves, cut it up to for panels for each card. Left over were some strips that i used for this card. I laid the strip horizontally across my card. Next i found this red scallop sticker frame, that i added to the card with pop up dots.

Next i used a Christmas Stamp. (i will be making Christmas cards whenever i can, i have two craft sales i am doing Nov & Dec and need to have a ton of Christmas cards for them!) I stamped the sentiment to the right of the frame in black ink.

Last i added red glitter glue (for holly) inside the frame and the dot for the 'i' in Holiday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway WINNER

Good Morning!!

Today a quick post to announce the winner for my Shaping Up Giveaway! Thank you so much for everyone for hopping with us, we hope you had fun and found some inspiration along the way!!

The winner is, chosen by Random.org....

Congrats, Edna!!!  I'll be emailing you shortly for your mailing address, but if you don't see it today, email me!

Dana

Sunday's Bits & Pieces 24

Happy Sunday!

I have a quick little card that i made from my scrap bin. But first i just want to remind you that today is the last day to leave a comment in the Shaping Up Blog Hop and Giveaway. Click here to see the post and comment!

Ok now on to the card! I used a blue card base and a sentiment stamped in black. All the other elements i found in my scrap bin. I don;t have many extra elements since moving and i think i have used almost all on this card, lol! 

I found the note card die cut and added this to my cardbase with pop up dots. The flowers were already stamped, i just cut each out and added to the bottom right. I also already had a couple clouds die cut and added those at the top of the note card.

Last i used a small butterfly punch, from some scrap pink cardstock. I added it to the flower with a tiny pink pearl. I also use a piece of scrap green and a circle punch to make the leaves.

Using elements and scraps is super easy and a time saver!! I hope this inspires you to make a card with nothing but your bits & pieces!!

Have a great day!!

Dana

Supplies:
Dies: Papertrey Ink: Note card and clouds
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (not sure the set), My Thoughts Exactly: Sentiment

Papertrey Ink July 2012 Blog Hop

Hello!

**Click here to see my Shaped Up Blog Hop & Giveaway post!! (there's prizes!!!)

Its time for Papertrey Ink's monthly Blog Hop and we have this photo for inspiration:

I really like these colors, very summery!!  I had a good friend who needed a Bachelorette card and she wanted a denim/white eyelet trim, country chic card. I had the eyelet part, but wasn;t really sure what do to, until i saw this picture, i knew these colors would go great with a denim color and white eyelet trim.

First i had to come up with some denim. I recently moved and didn;t keep my denim fabric. But i came up with what i think is a good alternative. I used some blue textured cardstock and PTI Linen impression plate. Before running it through my Big Shot, i inked up the impression plate with white pigment ink. I used an older ink pad, i didn;t want major coverage just the hint of white. You can kind of see it in the picture, but it looks really good in person!!

Next i stamped and embossed the flower image in white, along with the sentiment 'celebrate.' Then i did the flowers again on white cardstock. I used all the colors in the inspiration picture to color the flowers. I just pressed each ink pad onto a clear blog and used a little water and a paint brush to color the flowers and leaves.

I then cut out each flower and leave and adhered them to the card. I added a bit of white eyelet trim around the blue panel and last added some alpha stickers to spell lets.

Since this card is for a Bachelorette party, i used 'lets celebrate' on the front and on the inside stamped 'the bride'

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies: (everything is Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted)

Stamps: Stitches & Swirls, Happily Ever After

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse

Embossing powder: Hero Arts

Alpha stickers: Authentique 

Trim: Joanns

Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hello!!

Welcome to the Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway, if you arrived here from Erin's blog you are in the right place! If you happened upon my blog today (yay!!) and don't know, this is a fun and inspiring Shaping Up Blog Hop and Giveaway!!  You can find the full Blog Hop List here, everyone is linked up, so you can start anywhere!!

Not too long ago i made it to Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Top 20. Laurie Willison set up a Facebook group were have all been chatting, getting to know each other and having a blast. As a thank you to Paper Crafts and all the wonderful crafters who participated this year, we thought it would be fun to do a little Blog Hop and Giveaway!! We all like prizes, right?!?! Well if you do, keep reading!!

This months Paper Crafts Gallery Challenge is all about Summer Shaped cards, and we figured this would be a fun theme! So each gal has a shaped card for your viewing pleasure AND a giveaway!!! Visit each blog for your change to win!! Details for my giveaway is below!

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Instead of doing just one shaped card, i did 4 MINI shaped cards!!  I think these make the perfect little love notes!

I used the biggest butterfly die (that i have anyway!) from Papertrey Ink. I pulled out a piece of cardstock and laid the butterfly at one edge. I marked the cardstock just a little bigger then the die, this is my fold line. I moved the butterfly to the other side of the line and made another mark, this is where i cut my cardstock.

After folding the cardstock, i placed the die over the fold so just a tiny bit of the top wings are past the fold. I ran it through the Big Shot several times (twice is not enough).

Once the cards were cut i used the remaining cardstock and embossed it with an impression plate. Then i die cut 4 butterflies. I used the matching stamp and and stamped each butterfly with a different color.

Next i stamped the Love You stamp, inked it up and stamped it 4 times. I cut each by hand and made a tiny tag out of them. I adhered each die cut butterfly to a butterfly card. A little bit of the top wings will overhang, you only notice if you look at the back.

I created a loop from twine and placed the loop between the two wings on the inside of the mini card, wear the antenna would be. I threaded one tail with the tiny tag, then pulled both tails up through the loop. I added a pop up dot behind the tiny tag to keep it in place.

These were super easy! I went with soft colors, but you can do them in any colors!

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Now on for the prize and details!!! :)  For my giveaway all you have to leave a comment! You have until Sunday July 29 at midnight. Monday July 30 i'll post the winner!

The prize includes:
Tim Holtz Cling Stamps: Seamless Experience
Papertrey Ink: Dye Ink Pad: Spring Moss
Papertrey Ink: Dye Ink Refill: Classic Kraft
7 Memento Dual Markers: Colors Include: New Sprout, Dandelion, Bahama Blue, Rose Bud, Summer Sky, Pear Tart, Angel Pink7
3 Spools of American Craft ribbon

And if you have already made a card for Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge or want to make one you can link up your own Shape card. The linky is connected through out the blog hop, so you only have to upload your card once, it will show up on the blogs that are including the linky!




Next stop on the hop is Laurie. Thanks so much for stopping by!! :)

Dana

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic Cream
Dies: Papertrey Ink: Beautiful Butterflies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Beautiful Butterflies, Love and Marriage.
Ink: Sweet Blush, Lavender Moon, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Classic Kraft
Twine: May Arts

Papertrey Ink Stamp A Faire 2012

Hi!

I have a quick post for the cards that i made for Papertry Ink Stamp A Faire. I was only able to get 3 done today, but some is better then none!!! Regardless, i have lots of notes and ideas! I'm not going to go into any detail, but let me know if you have any questions! :)

Ribbon Challenge

Limited Supply Challenge

And last Tie-Dye Challenge



Thanks for looking!!!

And just a reminder tomorrow is the Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway, so be sure to stop by!!

Dana

Sunday's Bits & Pieces #23

Good Morning!!

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! So far today i have a couple cards to share, i hope to have a few more for Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire! Yesterday was busier then had planned so i was only able to do one card yesterday. I hope to do a couple more, get some pics and post them today!

The 1st card i made for Sunday's Bits & Pieces, a card mad just from extra embellishments and scraps. And this card is made just from scrap paper. I wanted to make a card from the stamp set and use a particular stamp, so i dug through my scraps and used some pattern kraft paper.

I die cut the keys and lock from pattern paper, it is a nice light kraft color with a white graph. I then inked up the matching stamps and stamped each key and lock. Next i trimmed the flower pattern paper to fit my Kraft cardbase and inked the edges, I also stamped the sentiment at the bottom.

The pattern on the paper luckily was clear enough for my sentiment, otherwise i would have had to come up with something to stamp on first and i didn;t have anything in extra in my embellishment drawer.

I punch two wholes at the top and threaded twine through each hole. Then i added the keys a couple on each side and last added the lock. Then i tied the twine in a bow. I also added just a touch of glossy accents to the bow, so that way if someone undid the bow they would loose the keys!

Last i adhered the panel to the cardbase. I also just got a new camera that i am using, so i only have one good picture of this card, but i did better with the next one! :) 

My next card i made for Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-faire, make and take, i used the small flower in the Natural Beauties stamp set, then i experimented with the inks, i preferred using Hibiscus Burst and Pure Poppy, i didn't think that Raspberry Fizz created very much contrast.

I left off the tiny orange flowers, because i felt that the there was enough to the pattern, at least to my liking! :)  I scored the vellum twice at the top and bottom and a used a new sentiment.

I will have a table at a craft sale this coming Saturday at a Church Palooza and wanted to have some cards with religious sentiments and so i was at Hobby Lobby earlier to get a few, since i'm not religious i really don;t have much in my stamp collection. So the next few cards will have those new sentiment stamps that i picked up.


Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Key Card:
Pattern paper scraps: American Crafts (not sure of the collection, but i think its a Pebbles line)
Kraft: The Paper Studio
Ink: Ranger: Walnut Stain
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Lock in Key (along with matching dies)

Flower Card:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Stampers White, Vellum
Ink: Papertrey Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Simply Chartreuse. Stazon: Black
Stamp: Papertrey Ink: Natural Beauties, Sentiment: Stampabilities