kraft, cork and polka dots (CFC, SCS, Moxie)

Here I am under the wire for CASual Fridays again, but had to give the kraft challenge a go.  Tore up a cardboard box to source my kraft.

Cork.  I already knew it was good for wine bottles ;)  I've even seen the trees they harvest cork from growing in Portugal.  So I die cut some cork I finally broke down and bought.  Like butter.  Wow.  What a great "Naturprodukt"!

Went with a kinda trendy layout.  Panel with washi strips.  Focal image the red/white polka dot flower combined with cork, reminiscent of my fave 'shrooms the "Fliegenpilz".  Used Penny Black PP that I got in a prize package from Simon Says Stamp.  Great patterns and primary colors.

Playing here:

And at the Moxie Fab "Canvas, Cork and Burlap" challenge.  As well as HYCCT#1230.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies hello:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, recycled cardboard, PP Penny Black

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink : Memento

Tools:die PTI, punch ?

Other: cork, twine, washi

loving sequins (CAS(E), SSS, I am Doe)

Quick post for a quick card.  Had the idea and it came together like I hoped.  And I used up some sequins from my stash.  How great is that!

Picked a great 6x6 pad and punched some 1" circles from it.  Adhered them to cardbase.  Masked them with 1 1/4 " circles and spritzed some Dylusions ink.  Placed sequins then stitched over them.  Stamped sentiment.

All came together cuz of this sketch from the 1st challenge at the new site, CAS(E) This Sketch.  If you love CAS you better check them out.  A great DT at work.

The idea with the sequins came from Shanna's layout over at I am Doe.  Just love it.

And why not one more entry over at Simon Says Stamp's Die and/or Punches challenge.

Have a great week.

Supplies congrats:

Paper: CS and PP American Crafts

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Ink: Dylusions spray ink, Versafine

Tools: punch EKS, sewing machine

Other: sequins

toot my washi horn (Three Cool Chicks, I am Doe, CFC)

Consider this a triple crown challenge.

Take this inspiration photo from I am Doe.

Add the challenge #72 at CASual Fridays to toot your own horn by being inspired by your own blog header.  See above.

And I've had washi on the brain since Day 1 of the Three Cool Chicks Trendy week.

This is what I've come up with:

Some heat embossed leaves turned trees.  And one colorful tree made from washi (store bought and homemade) which I trimmed into teensy strips, adhered to a stamped image as a guide and then fussy cut.  Gave it a washi trunk too.

The photo inspiration is pretty obvious but I really like the simplicity of this card just like the simplicity of my blog header.  And gray.  I love gray as a design element.  And the trees in rows.  Reminds me of the rows and rows of grapevines that surround me.

Thanks for looking.

Supplies thanks:

Paper: card base Buttinette, CS papermania

Stamps: leaves Basic Grey,  sentiment Jane's Doodles

Ink: Versamark, Memento

Tools: 

Other: embossing powder, washi Bella Blvd & Rayher (also homemade from tissue paper)

soft and lovely (CPT, I am Doe, Jay Gee's Nook)

Another quick post to show you a card I made based on the sketch/image over at I am Doe.  Couldn't get this out of my mind.  So many elements I love.  The softness, the typography, the squares and washi.

I used the colors from the color challenge at Creative Paper Trade cuz this photo is just so lovely.  And I used a bit of my scraps from this card I made using a digi notecard from CPT.

And the inspiration board from JayGee's Nook (those pastel "nail polish" dots) has stuck in my head since I first saw it.

Here's my card.  One layer and lovely.

Know how I achieved that soft and lovely look?  Stamping off before stamping the images on the card.  And then I gave the entire card a light layer of white acrylic paint.  Ta da.  Applied the circle and washi over that.

I'm parking this over at Simon Says Stamp's blog because I'm in love with this little stamp set from American Crafts.

Thanks for looking.

Supplies thanks so much:

Paper: card base Papermania, digi paper Creative Paper Trade

Stamps: American Crafts, triple square and bracket sentiment Hero ARts

Ink:Jenny Bowlin, Versafine

Tools: punch EKS

Other: washi Rayher., acrylic paint

washi misted veneer windows (Retro, I am Doe, Moxie Fab)

This was another of those journey cards.  Many detours.  What it came down to was a new mask and a new Glimmer Mist (Puerto Rico = periwinkle if you remember the Crayola box of 64) which still hadn't been put away properly.

And these two challenges.  The sketch over at Retro Sketches.

And this "sketch" over at I am Doe.  You may have heard of Freckled Fawn.  They have the cutest product pictures, always staged with an adorable fawn statue.  There is now a challenge at the blog.  And who wouldn't love to own some more of the adorable washi tape they carry?

I did myself no favor by combining the two challenges.  They have little to nothing in common.  But then I looked at the layout from I am Doe and reduced it to the elements that caught my attention.  And those were:  washi tape, typology, blue and pink and everything very soft and fuzzy as if in a fog.

Thus the misted image.  The vellum windows with the blue and pink birdies underneath.  The distressed typewriter sentiment.  And the washi.  Of course.

TIP:  Be aware if you apply Distress Ink to wood veneer shapes, they turn out A LOT darker than the original ink color.  That veneer birdie is supposed to be Shaded Lilac which was actually a pretty good match for the Puerto Rico Glimmer Mist.  Maybe I shoulda misted Mr. Bird.  Hmmm.

Adding this to the list over at Moxie Fab's Gallon, Quart, Pint challenge cuz I consciously made the decision to overdo the blue and then add the yellow and pink proportionately.

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies Happy Birthday:

Paper: card base Buttinette, CS Neenah, recycled vellum

Stamps: birds Artemion, sentiment The Craft's Meow, template Crafters Workshop

Ink: Distress Ink, Aladine, Glimmer Mist

Tools: punch and corner rounder EKS

Other: veneer Studio Calico, washi Bella Blvd.