Completely In Love

Hey there!  I pulled out some new Wplus9 Design Studio stamps and dies from eclectic Paperie earlier this week to create this sweet Valentine!  The stamps are the new Cupid’s Arrow set, and I also used the matching companion die to cut out the cupid on the upper left.  I saw this sample card made by W+9 design team member Jean Martin, and loved how she cut out the little banner at the bottom of the sentiment so it still fit the die-cut heart, so I stole her idea!  :)  I also added a little border at the bottom using the XO Border die… I just think that thing is SO cute!  The papers I used are Echo Park “Love Story”, and my pink ink is Ranger Picked Raspberry distress ink.  The large die cut hearts are from Spellbinders.

Hope this makes you feel all lovey-dovey!

The Peace and Joy of Christmas

Hi everyone! It Kim Teasdale with today's post and 'tis the season to start making up some Christmas cards... or so the Christmas carols that are already playing in some stores tell me anyway ;) I thought that I would start by coating myself in a lot of glitter and hope that some actually landed on my card to for a little of the Christmas spirit ;)

For the base of this card, I used some of my Authentique Peaceful paper because it has the beautiful snowflakes to start the design off with. I wanted to have a few very sparkly snowflakes so I stamped my Nutcracker set from Graphic 45 (just the snowflakes) in my glue pad and then onto the paper. I quickly added some Glitter Ritz Warm White translucent glitter for some fantastic sparkle. It was kind of hard to capture how sparkly these turned out but you can kind of see in the picture below.

I then distressed the edges of the paper with my Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Vintage Photo inks with my Inkssentials Foam Blender :D After that all that was left to do was to stitched around the perimeter of the card with my sewing machine and start adding some embellishments!

I added some gorgeous Prima Gems that reminded me of gusts of wind and then some vintage seam binding and sheer ribbon. I tied my die cut (MFT Snowflake Die) kraft and vellum snowflakes to the ribbon and finished it off with a black button to keep with the kraft and black matting. The cherry on top of this beautiful Christmas card was the Maya Rd Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins! I completely adore how this card turned out and I hope that you like it too as this card may require some mass producing for the upcoming holiday season ;)

Be Kind

Hey there! Thanks for popping in to the eP blog today.   This morning as I look out the studio window, we've got snow!  Whoooot....the first snow and it is oh so very pretty! 

I've got a cute and super easy canvas for you. When I saw the Ruby Rainbow set from Dyan Reaveley I just knew it was going to be fun and it did not disappoint!  I stamped Ruby and the wings from the set on Summer Fresh designer papers from Simple Stories. 

 

Using a 5x7 canvas board, I first covered with tissue paper for a bit of texture.  The stamp on the tissue paper is from Dyan’s Basic Backgrounds.  I used Archival Ink in black.  I also added a little edge around the board with scraps from the left over designer paper.  Then used Further Around the Edge to add more interest to the border.  I’m almost out of my Glue N Seal which I still love by the way and must order more.  I toned everything down using Ranger Distress Ink in Scattered Straw and Walnut Stain with the Inkssentials Blending Tool. 

For just a bit of detail I colored Ruby’s crazy and happy hair with Distress Ink Fired Brick and her eyes with Distress Ink Weathered Wood using a water brush.  I printed out the words “be kind” on some blank book paper and added some buttons to her little coat.

Hope you like her and was inspired just a bit.  Have a great day and see you again soon!

Quick & Easy Cameo Love

Hi, everyone!  Broni here, and today I have a quick & easy card that really doesn't look quick & easy!  I used the Sweet Victoria stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop.  It's perfect for this type of card!

I stamped my flower outlines in Distress inks on some watercolor paper.  Then I took my water brush and colored them in, using some extra ink that I had smashed onto my craft sheet.  No need to be neat....just slap on the ink!

Next I stamped the leaves in some Shabby Shutters ink, then I spritzed the whole thing with water using a mini-mister.


I dried it with my heat tool, rounded the right edges of it and all my other layers.  I stamped the silhouette in Memento Gray Flannel ink, cut it out and popped it up on Scotch foam mounting tape.  Then I stamped the sentiment in the same Gray Flannel and tied the ribbon on.  I attached all the layers together and I was done!

Here it is again:

Wow!  It took me just as long to put this post together as it did to make the card!

That's it for me.  Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Make Art Love

Hi, everyone, Barbara here with a little project I did for the recent Make Art Blog Hop here at eclectic Paperie. I was giddy with excitement when I received the Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Art Parts Hearts Love & Stars to play work with. You might have figured out that I love to alter stuff for home décor items so this was right up my alley! When thinking about what I was going to do, Valentine’s Day came immediately to mind, since there were hearts and LOVE involved. But I didn’t want to do Valentine’s Day. I thought about Christmas. Almost did something with that. But, in the end, I decided to do something that I can use year ‘round in my home—it will hang on a cup rack under a shelf on my newly painted yellow dining room wall. We don’t have to have an occasion for LOVE, right? It’s there all the time and *I* love how this little wall hanging expresses that constantly—every time I look at it. I’m simply in love with it :)

OK, I started by covering my larger heart with Kraft corrugated paper. To do that, I simply applied my adhesive to the heart and slapped it down on the back side of the paper. Then I trimmed around the heart with a craft knife and sanded the edges with my Idea-ology Sanding Grip Block. 

Next, using my Adirondack Paint Dabber – Aqua, I put a coat of paint just on the tops of the corrugation so I’d have some contrast. Then I went around the edges with my Adirondack Paint Dabber – Pool. Just a little darker shade for more contrast, then I sponged the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and my Inkssentials Foam Blending Tool. Here’s a closer look at that.


You can also see that I used some bling—LOVE vintage/distress mated with bling. Love. It. This is a Prima Doodle Deux Swirl and I used the whole thing ;-) I cut it up in pieces and sorta just filled in where I needed pieces to cover the large heart.

On to the smaller heart. I covered it in the same manner as I did the large heart, but this time I used Echo Park - For the Record (Documented) paper. I sanded the edges and sponged them with distress ink, as well. Before I adhered it to the larger heart, I tied around some vintaged-up seam binding, embellished with one of these  Maya Road Trinket Pins - Vintage Pearl.

Then I adhered the small heart with hot glue and went about embellishing it. I painted the LOVE sentiment with a Adirondack Paint Dabber – Pitch Black and popped it up on Scotch Foam Mounting Tape, cut into little strips. I didn’t take a picture of it, but here’s a little hint: if your foam will show, color it with a marker to make it blend in to either the background or the popped up element. In this case, I colored the visible edges of the foam with a black Copic marker.


I finished my project off with a die-cut flower and a wire handle—perfectly embellished with a button from the Buttons Galore and More Ice Collection. 

And that's it for me today--thanks so much for stopping by!



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Stamps: None
Paper: For the Record 2 (Documented) (Echo Park); Kraft corrugated paper
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Adirondack Paint Dabbers in Aqua, Pool, Pitch Black; Prima bling, Wendy Vecchi Art Parts, floral wire, button, foam tape, sanding block, foam blending tool

 

Let Us Give Wplus9 Thanks...

I just love creating cards for Fall, so when I got these new Wplus9 stamps and dies from eclectic Paperie recently, I just couldn’t wait to create something!  Take a peek at this…
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This is the Pretty Patches Pumpkin stamp set, and I used the matching Pumpkin die to cut it out.  The pumpkin is stamped wtih Ranger Spiced Marmalade distress ink, and the little leaf with Aged Mahogany.  The papers I used here for the fence and background are from the new Autumn Spice paper pad from Lilybee Designs.  For the layout of my card, I was inspired by the Retro Sketch #33 from a week ago, flipped upside down.



On the inside, I stamped the Pretty Patches Pumpkin again, adding the heart to the center and the sentiment from the set.


Happy stamping!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Thankful Tag

Happy Friday!! It's been a great, but long week and I'm ready for the weekend, how about you?  Well how about some crafty time - have anything planned?  I carved out a bit of time this week to play with some new goodies I got from eclectic Paperie.

Have you checked out the variety of Wplus9 stamps at eP? Kim just added a bunch and I believe is even planning on restocking some that went quickly!  These stamps are so nicely made and so classic - they're hot!  I used Pretty Patches: Apples today for a fun tag!  (all the products used are linked at the end of this post)

Most people know I'm not much of a technique or distress stamper - I totally shy away from things that require lots of layers or inks.  But I have been having fun giving some new-to-me products a try!  I think these awesome Kraft Tags from Inkssentials are so much fun, a nice big canvas to start with.  I started by using a Ranger Paint Dabber in Lemonade to distress my tag - streaking it up and down to sort of simulate wood. I then sponged the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

The papers (Bluebell) and washi tape (Smile) was from My Mind's Eye - love the colors in this collection! The apple was die cut (using the Wplus9 matching Apple die) from an Inkssential Sticky Back Canvas ATC - great texture and it took ink beautifully!!

Attach this baby to a bag of apples or a nice homemade apple pie - viola, instant present!  Be sure to sign up for the eP newsletter (it's on the bottom left of the webpage) so that you can stay on top of what's new and all the great deals!  Hope you have a fantastic Friday!

Pretty Patches: Apples (Wplus9)	Pretty Patches: Apple Die (Wplus9)	Inssentials Sticky Back Canvas ATCs
Inkssentials Surface #8 Kraft Tags	Ranger Paint Dabber Lemonade	Ranger blending tool
Bluebelle 6x6 MME	Smile Decorative Tape - MME

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Distress Halloween Tag

Hello, everyone!  It's Broni here and today I'm showing you a Halloween tag I made using lots and lots of Distress inks!
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I printed my little Dragon Cutie image, cut her out, and colored her with my Copic markers.  I also added a second colored layer of vellum to her wings.

The manila tag was sponged heavily with Crushed Olive, Dried Marigold, and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks then spritzed with some Dylusions spray inks in Pure Sunshine and Fresh Lime.  The entire outer edge was sponged with Black Soot Distress ink.

Then I lightly stamped the Honeycomb background stamp from Market Street Stamps in Black Soot Distress ink and added some swirls with Black Diamond Stickles.

I also stamped the Dylusions sentiment from The Right Words in Black Soot and cut it out.
Finally I added some bling, Halloween tapes and ribbons and mesh to complete my tag.

I hope you like it!

Thanks so much for dropping in!  See you soon!

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Hello Fall Tag (Guest Post from Shannon Sawyer)

Hi there!  Shannon here again this week with another great fall tag, created with products from eclectic Paperie!

This week I made the larger tag (Ranger Kraft Tags #8) and I created a little pocket on that tag to be able to hold the wooden tag set I also made. I did put a heavier bookboard tag behind the large tag so that it could hold the weight of the wooden tag set. These wooden tags from Maya Road were a lot of fun to play with. I have not used them before and I highly recommend them.

I painted the tags using the Claudine Hellmuth Studio Mini Acrylic Paints. The paints come in three sets of Urban, Contemporary and Metropolitan.  I, of course, had to get all three!  The size on these paints are  great, they don't take up too much room, and the colors are so vibrant. Once the paint on the tags were dry, I went over each of them with the Claudine Hellmuth Mini Gloss Medium. I decorated the large tag and all of the smaller wooden tags using the 6x6 Simple Stories Harvest Lane pad.

As you can see there were lots of little quotes and goodies to cut out of those papers for me to embellish these tags with. In the past I've always bought the 12x12 Simple Stories pads, but I now really like the 6x6 size. The little paper goodies you can cut from this size pad (and for which they are known)is a great size when doing smaller projects. They'd be great for ATCs as well.

 I tied the wooden tags together using The Twinery twine in Lemon Drop. The little pocket for the wooden tags was just something I made really quick with some cardstock and I gave it some color using Distress Inks in: Broken China, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade.

My sister is hosting Thanksgiving this year and I've made her a little gift to bring over, I'm going to tie these wooden tags to the top of the boxed gift, I thought they'd be a perfect little embellishment for the gift. That's about it, I hope you like it!

Next week is my last week to make a project for eclectic Paperie and I'll give you a hint...it just might be a Halloween themed project. If you get a chance check out the products and great prices at eP!

Apples for a Friend

Hello eP fans!

I had a customer recently request a card with apples I had listed for sale on my blog, and here I had sold it already and forgot to take it down!  So I contacted the customer and offered to make another as similar as I could to the original, and she said “just another apple card would be fine…” so this is what I came up with.  I hope she likes it!

The apple stamps I used here are from the Apple of My Eye stamp set from Flourishes, and I stamped and colored this with Copics from the eclectic Paperie store.  The papers used are Simple Stories “Harvest Lane”… just LOVE this line for Fall!  I embellished with various Nestabilities die-cuts, button, thread, pearls, tag, etc. and a seam binding bow hand-dyed with some Scattered Straw Ranger distress reinker.  My cardstock and paper edges were also sponged with Antique Linen distress ink, using the Inkssentials Foam Blending tool, and my Non-Stick Craft Sheet.


Happy stamping!

Friend

A few nights ago I got crafty, I got inky, I got a tiny bit grungy, I played with Dylusions templates (I used Dotted Flowers on this tag) and I had so. much. fun!  It's been far too long since I created a tag and since I had all of my supplies spread all over the table I decided to go for it!

I created a short video showing how I created the base for the tag, which you can view at the bottom of today's post.

And then I got to work on what to add to the tag.  I opted to fill a pocket with some Tissue Tape flowers.  (Love making these flowers with tissue tape; you can view a video by Tim Holtz on how to create these here.)  Once my flowers were created I added buttons from the Fanciful Accoutrements collection (snip the shanks off the back of the buttons using Kushgrip scissors so the buttons lay flat on the flower).  The stems were created using a border stamp from the Further Around the Edge stamp set from Dylusions.  (Love her border sets!)  The pocket was created by stamping the pocket image from A Pocketful stamp set, from Wplus9, on to sticky back canvas.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the pocket.  I then layered the sentiment over the pocket using foam tape.  I added the sentiment, created by using a variety of stamps from the Pocketful set, last along with some ribbon. 

And now here's the short video on how I created the base of the tag.  You can use these same techniques on any tag, using a variety of stamps, inks, and stencils.  Then you just need to add your decoration!!  Fun times!!  Enjoy!

Product Spotlight - Wplus9 Design Studio

Welcome eP friends!  Today I'm excited to chat about a company that has quickly become one of my favs that are providing the stamps and dies that I turn to again and again...Wplus9 Design Studio! 

 

Wplus 9 was founded by Dawn Woleslagle in February 2010.  One of Dawn's commitments was to bring customers the highest quality in paper crafting supplies, which include cling stamps and metal dies (made in the USA).

I love that Wplus9's designs are truly varied...there is something for everyone's design tastes and I adore the coordinating dies.  I love that Dawn is offering not only dies that work with certain stamp sets but also stand alone dies, such as their popular Quilt Cuts dies or the Pinking Squares set.  And the stamp quality...exceptional!  A clean stamped image each and every time.

 

You'll find that Wplus9 images are bold and attention grabbing. They have no problem taking center stage, making completing that project a snap. Whether you're just starting out in card making or a "seasoned scrapper", you'll find that their stamps and products are a great addition to your collection.

 

And I'm so excited about Wplus9's products that this week I'm offering 25% off of their dies and stamps!  Just use code W925 when checking out!!

Supplies used on my samples:
A Pocketful and Coordinating Die
Pretty Patches: Apple and Coordinating Die
Country Charm
Sticky back canvas
Distress Inks: Wild Honey, Fried Brick, Spun Sugar, Pumice Stone, Crushed Olive, Faded Jeans, Black Soot

A litte bit of shabby and a whole lot of embellishments!

 Hi everyone! It's Kim T. and I'm up to bat with today's post :) I originally made this card to play along with an embellishment challenge hosted by TSG but thought that since it's absolutely loaded with lovely eP goodies, that it would be perfect to share here as well :D

So let me tell you what I did for this card. I started with some Maya Rd. Felt Pearl Posies and Mini Canvas Butterflies. Because these started out as a creamy colour, it allowed me to attack them with some Ranger Distress Re-inkers to dye them! All I did for the posies was to add a little Ranger Distress Milled Lavender Re-inker and Ranger Distress Tattered Rose Re-inker to about a teaspoon of water and let the posies soak up the mixture for a few minutes! I did the same with some die cut felt leaves with a little Ranger Distress Peeled Paint Re-inker and Bob's your uncle :D I just let them air dry while I assembled the rest of the card and then stuck them on with a little Tombow Multi adhesive.

For the little canvas butterfly, I actually pulled out my Ranger Distress Wild Honey Stain and smooshed some of the colour into it and then ran it under the tap for a second to dilute the colour a little. It was pretty solid and because it's already an intense colour I wanted to just soften it up a little :)

I paired my embellishments up with the My Mind's Eye Fiddlesticks paper pack and distressed it with both Ranger Distress Antique Linen and  Ranger Distress Vintage Photo to have a bit of a shabby look to go with the flowers. I love how this card turned out and I especially adore the handwritten look on Happy Birthday sentiment because it fits right in with shabby delight. I finished the card off with some additional pearl embellishments and some vintage seam binding that matched the Sahara Sand cardstock that I used for the matting :D

Thanks for coming by today!

Shades of Autumn

Hi, everybody!  It's Broni here!

Recently I needed to make an Autumn card.  And, you know, every once in a while I just like to get really inky!

I spread several different colors of Distress inks (shown below) onto my craft sheet, spritzed with some water, and laid my Sticky-Backed Canvas ATC and my Maya Road Mini Canvas Tag into the ink.  I picked them up, dried them with my heat gun, and then repeated the process until I got the saturated look that I wanted.

After embossing the kraft card base with a Spellbinders die, I adhered the canvas, using the embossing as a frame.  I stamped the framed leaf onto a Manila ATC in Archival coffee ink, and painted with the same Distress inks as above.  I cut it out and mounted it with Scotch foam mounting tape.  I also stamped the sentiment onto the canvas tag using the same ink.

After tying the ribbon around the card front, I attached the canvas tag with a piece of Cappuccino twine.  It's also attached with mounting tape.

It took a little while for all the ink to wear off of my fingers when I was through.  But it was worth it!

Have a great weekend.....and get inky!

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