Creative Paper Trade - Fall Sweeties

Hi!

Burr,  fall is in full swing here in Northern Virginia! We still have a few leaves left on the trees.  But less and less. The theme at Creative Paper Trade is Fall Sweeties.

I started by adding a piece of textured blue patterned paper to my card base. A heart doily was misted  and inked to give it's custom color.   Sophie, from Paper Sweeties, was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink.  She was then colored in with Chalk and mineral spirits; hand-cut, and dressed in an outfit from Mahalo then adhered to the card front. 

A length of crochet trim was added to the lower portion of the card adding some beautiful blue buttons which have been laced with twine. And to finish my card, a sentiment from You Are Special was stamped onto a pennant banner and adhered to the upper left of the card front.

As mentioned, Inspiration for my card was found at Creative Paper Trade.

Well, that is it for me! Sorry so short. It's the short stack's birthday tomorrow, so I have quite a bit on my to do list. 

I am joining Paper Playtime - Autumn Colors

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

~Tammy~

Recycle It with a Pop of Green

Hello!

**Excited to note that this card was chosen at Little Red Wagon as one of the Featured Upcycle Projects on 8/28/12 Thank you ladies I am Honored and also made Honorable Mention Cup of Tea at The Shabby Tea Room on 9/2/12**

I have a quick share with you today that is all about recycling! Everything on this card was created from my scrap stash including the card base. There are also some repurposed elements as well.

I started with an embossed background leftover from another make. I used the letterpress technique to add the pop of green to the embossed impression. I took the embossed pattern and distressed the edges and curled some corners to give it a worn look. I had a scrap of floral patterned paper laying on my desk and it was the perfect size to add to the center of my card. A length of lace trim and white pom pom's were added to the top and bottom of the floral patterned paper followed by some green baker's twine which was wrapped horizontally around the card front, tied off in a bow and embellished with a pearl. 

As I was cleaning out my closet I realized I had an empty box from my flat iron. (Don't ask me why I had this in my closet still???) As I was headed to the recycle bin, I had an idea to use the corrugated piece on a project. I cut a piece to use and I die-cut a heart and painted it white sanding it up a bit for a worn look. Inspired by Deb Hickman, I used a dress pattern to make my floral focal point. I added a square brad through the layers and glued a fabric button to the top of the brad to dress up the flower.  I die-cut some leaves and added the dress pattern flower to the corrugated heart to complete my focal image.

Finishing touches include two heart stick pins, and a ticket which was stamped creating a sentiment from Inspired by Stamping Little Phrases II.

I am joining along with Our Creative Corner's - Recycle It with a Pop of Green 

I've missed playing in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge so I am joining in there!!!

The Shabby Tea Room - Summer Cottage

Little Red Wagon - Upcycle (Thanks Jessi)

Catered Crop - No stress to Distress (Thanks Jessi)

I hope you have been inspired to recycle things in your projects!

So excited to share that this card made Top 3 at The Shabby Tea Room Last week! Thank you so much ladies for the shout out! 

Hope you have a great week!

~Tammy~

Inspired By Stamping - Day one of June peeks!

Hello crafty friends,

Today is the first day to the June Inspired By Stamping countdown festivities.  We are kicking off the countdown with sneaks at some of the sets being released on Friday.  

So let's get to some projects shall we!

This card uses 6 new stamps from this wonderful set called Cross Stitch which was inspired and co-designed by our lovely design team member Deb Hickman. I love the homespun feel to it! I stamped the small cross stitched hearts twice at the top portion of my card leaving the center open for the  cross stitched sentiment With Love.  The cross stitched bluebird you see in the center was fussy cut and applied with foam adhesive to give dimension. 

The focal cross stitched heart coordinates nicely with the Spellbinders standard heart dies.  I created a hand-cut sentiment banner for the Happy Birthday greeting (which are two separate stamps in this set) 

Below shows you the inside of my card stamped with a greeting from a set called Birthday Greetings.  It's a set that will be incredibly useful for stamping the inside of all those birthday cards you create!

Up next is a coordinating card and home decor frame using Elegant Flowers. This set focuses on gorgeous floral images.

I took an already beautiful frame and dressed it up a bit. I created a background paper starting with kraft cardstock stamping the rose image in red ink. I added s strip of burlap to the center. A die-cut of cream cardstock was used to serve as a mat for the rose images and sentiment (which you will see more from this set tomorrow from other Inspired By Stamping design team members)

The rose was stamped and fussy cut and mounted with foam tape for dimension. 

This card as well as the frame uses a technique I like to use a lot called repeat stamping. This allows you to create your own designer paper. I simply took the rose and rotated my stamp as I stamped my cardstock. As with the frame, a single rose was stamped and fussy cut and mounted with foam adhesive for added dimension. The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from Cross Stitch.

My final sneak I have for you today is a card using some background patterns called Background Basics

I created a banner across the top using the images from Background Basics.  The possibilities are endless with this set. 

The focal sentiment is from a previously released set called Small Fancy Label 4. The flowers can also be found in the IBS store. 

I hope you have enjoyed todays projects, and please pop over to see what the other talented Inspired By Stamping Design Team gals have created for your viewing pleasure. 

Deb Hickman

Irit Shalom

Joanna Munster

Kendra Sand

Joanna will be giving away blog candy to one lucky customer. They will receive their choice of 1 6 x8, 1 4 x 6 and the Vintage Sayings stamp sets.  Be sure to leave a comment each day to increase your chances. Also note on Friday and Saturday ONLY, Shipping is on Inspired By Stamping. Enter code: freeshipping

**I am personally entering my Wishing you the Best banner card at The Ribbon Reel - Use a die-cut, ribbon plus the colors 

(CORAL, BRIGHT/CHARTREUSE GREEN & BLUE) **

as well as the Pink Elephant - Use Vibrant Colors

**I would like to enter my frame project at Our Creative Corner - Embellished Frame

Thanks so much for sharing a bit of your day with me.

~Tammy~

Shabby Garden Birthday Card

Hello~

I hope you all are doing well. Not feeling a 100%, but sharing a card I made but have not posted yet.  The weather has not been very sunny, so my pics are not great. I have tried a couple of times to reshoot. I guess I am just gonna role with it. 

I used a variety of pretty things to create this card. I had a die-cut from K & Company in my stash with some pretty flowers and a sweet scripted saying that I thought was the perfect look for this card.

Lots of doilies, pearls, buttons and lace Oh my. Oh yes, and Roses too!

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Inspired By Stamping All Year Wishes II.

I hope you enjoyed this shabby birthday card. I was inspired by The Shabby Tea Room - Garden Party.

City Crafter Challenge blog - A Rose is a Rose.

Papercraft Star - Birthday Card

Moxie Fab - Doilies and Lace

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Flower

Our Creative Corner - Shabby Chic Theme

Crafty Creations Challenge - Pastels, Pearls, and Lace

Thank you for stopping by! 

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping: All Year Wishes II

Paper: CS: PTI, PP: My Minds Eye, and DCWV

Ink: Palette - Charcoal 
Other: Buttons: PTI, Twine: Joanne's, Crochet Trim: Hobby Lobby, Pearls: Michael's, Dies: PTI, Spellbinders, Flowers: Stash

Celebrate...

Hi!

I have another BRIGHT card for you.  I had to laugh because I created a "scrappy" bright card yesterday that are the same exact colors in a challenge I came across today. I usually don't do brights that often, so my jaw fell open when I saw that Our Creative Corner has a color challenge to use Bright Pink, Bright Purple, Bright Yellow, and Bright Green plus theme your project around celebrations.   My card yesterday was a thank you. Too funny!

Here is what I came up with!

This card is quite a bit more simpler than yesterday's card, but I like it just the same, and I think I can get away with giving this to a guy!  (maybe?) I always need birthday cards in my stash, and I never have any that work well for guys because I tend to put buttons, lace, and fluffy bows. I had to refrain from adding bling to this number. *wink*

The stamps I used were from PTI: Dot Spot and Practicing Creativity: For The Love of Dots.   I adhered a die cut ric rac to the front panel. Lastly, I added my stamped focal panel to the Kraft card base.  

I am going to play along again over at The Kraft Journal: Anything Goes!

Hope you have a crafty day!

~Tammy~