Paper Crafter's Library - designer spotlight

If you are looking for my post for day3 of Winnie & Walter's April/May release, please click here.

Guten Tag! I'm delighted to be in the spotlight over at Paper Crafter's Library today! If you haven't been there, you must check it out. There are tutorials, company and designer spotlights, and my favorite feature - the trend watch!

Here's a peek at the projects I created.

Wanna learn more about "ghost stamping"? I'd love it if you headed over to check out my post and have a look at all the other great inspiration to be found. Here's the link to the Paper Crafter's Library blog. Or you can follow their Pinterest boards.

Thanks for coming by.  Happy May Day Eve!

write it on the board (SSS, Paper Crafts, Neat and Tangled)

Between rabbit h-e-double-toothpicks and puppy heaven it's been awhile since I've seen my craft room. Actually just came here to check out the deadline for that ombre beauty over at Moxie Fab (actually had an idea circling in my head) and again I've way missed the deadline.  Where did the last two weeks go?!?!?  But I've something to share that's  pretty hot right now.  Chalkboard, anyone?

The idea for this was born in the annual pumpkin carving parties we've had.  Started them before Halloween hit Germany in order for my kids to get a taste of it.  Well, loads of pics are taken and I thought a photo CD could be a nice gift for friends.  So how about a photo CD holder?

I know there are tutorials out there for CD holders, and string closures, and  pocket books.  Well this kinda combines 'em all.

I cut the top edge off of a CD envelope and stamped with polka dots.  Used envelope as a guide to cut “wrap” from black CS and scored. 

Punched holes in wrap where closures would go.  Punched two circles each of CS and PP for closure, glued together to strengthen and punched hole in middle.  Inked edges.   Cut 12” piece of crochet thread and laid it in a circle on tape around the hole in flap.  Inserted eyelets (catching crochet thread secured at top hole) and set. Tied knot in other end of crochet thread.

Lay wrap flat and stamped subway art design with white ink.  Stamped design again with Versamark and heat embossed white.  TIP:  When doing subway art,  lay all stamps out (various companies/thicknesses) to get design, then carefully place large acrylic block over them and pick up all stamps of same thickness on block and stamp at one time.  Stamped design first with white ink and then slightly offset when heat embossing to achieve smudgy effect. When cooled, smeared white ink using finger. 

Added doodles with white pencil.  Stamped and heat embossed “To/from” on reverse.  Die cut label and stamped/embossed sentiment; adhered with washi. For CD envelope:  I cut a strip of PP 2 1/2 x 5” and scored in the middle.  Sandwiched bottom edge of CD envelope in folded PP strip,  adhering front of envelope to back of PP and back of PP to inside of wrap.

Yeah, it's a wrap!  (pun intended).  Here's the chalkboard effect for a closer look. 

I'm goin' places with this one.

Simon Says Stamp - Emboss it
Paper Crafts September Gallery Challenge - Chalkboard
Neat and Tangled -  #20 Back to the Blackboard

Thanks for looking.

Supplies for photo CD holder:

Paper: black paper Bringmann, PP American Crafts, MME

Stamps: (dots BG) Kars, (Vintage Camera) Maya Road, (Haunted) Cosmo Cricket, (Midnight Feast ) WMS, (Scary Night) Inkadinkado

Ink :  Versamark, Adirondack pigment, white pencil

Tools: die Spellbinders

Other:  embossing powder, crochet thread, eyelets, washi

polka dots for dad (Cloud9, ABNH)

My Dad can handle the fact that his Father's Day card has polka dots on it.  He knows me!  He'll think it's cool that I used this vintage stamp.  Kinda looks like him when he was a lad.  He was/is a handsome guy -  actually did some modelling back in the 50s for the J.L. Hudson Company store in Detroit if any of you remember that wonderful store.  I used to go visit Santa there in their wonderful fantasyland... but I digress.

Here's his card.  Gotta go get it into the mail.

I was having a play with some new paints from Paper Artsy.  Fresco chalk, they're called.  You can stamp on 'em no problemo!  Even on acetate.  The image is stamped with Stazon on the front of an acetate tag.  I painted the back of the tag and stamped polka dots on it with paints.  Love how they show through subtly.  Notice the paints on the paper tag?  The creme and blue are Fresco.  The brown standard acrylic.  See how smooth the Fresco colors are.  Fun, fun, fun.

Joining the fun here.

And here cuz it's the last big hurrah, themed Anything Goes .  Lucky me, I got to guest design with the lovely ladies this month.  You can see my card here.

Appreciate your visit, friends.

Supplies Dad:

Paper: Bringmann, recycled acetate

Stamps: image a la carte, polka dots KARS, sentiment from Fish More WPlus9

Ink: Memento, StazOn

Tools:  die MFT, paint brush

Other: Fresco paints, masking tape

card with a history (KIS, Moxie Fab, ATCAS)

This card had a previous life.  Remember this fiasco?  Well, left with a dry-embosssed-with-a-frame-but-with-the-focal-image-die-cut-out-of-it cardbase, and motivated by two challenges and a need to clean up more little pieces laying around on my ironing board... I created this card.

The fabric scraps from some placemats I made in a previous life were my starting point.  They just looked like a banner to me - flattering in the wind, ya know?  Which reminded me of a window.  Or a frame.  So I stamped a WMS fabric pattern onto the frame in light yellow, as well as the sentiment.  Chose kraft to fill the window (that came from the practical idea to stiffen up the card front since SO MUCH OF IT WAS MISSING!)  And of course there would be embossed fluffy clouds and birds sailing past.  Duh.

Nasty past it had.  But it turned into a cute pick-you-up card.  Stamped "just because" inside and figure it's heading to BFF's Mom who could use it.

Playing at:
Keep it Simple - #5 Frame
Moxie Fab World - Make a Card with a Window
Addicted to CAS - #4 Embossing

Appreciate your visit.

Supplies for Thinking of You:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette, kraft ?

Stamps: clouds Kars, border WMS , sentiment American Crafts

Ink : Versamark, Versamagic, Distress Ink

Tools: square die Sizzix, sewing machine

Other: fabric scraps, thread, embossing powder Stampendous, veneer Maya Road

tag a la Kelly A. (Ellen Hutson, Cupcake Inspirations, YCU)

Take a ride on the good ship lollipop!  Check out Kelly A.'s tag at Ellen Hutson's Classroom on Day 8 and you'll see what I mean.  Wouldn't expect anything else from Lawn Fawn, would you?

Well I combined Kelly's sweet feeling tag with the inspiration photo from Cupcake Inspirations #190 - Frosting the Snowman.  No kidding:

Amazing.  I'll spend 1+ hour creating a tag but can't imagine putting so much work into cupcakes.  DS would devour these - all of them - in under five minutes...

Here's my creation.

Blue polka dot BG and snow.  White heat embossing and watercolors.  Bonbon colors and sweets.  LOVE Kelly's addition of a snowflake on the tag hole - definitely a trick to remember.

Also sneaking in one more entry at Young Crafter's Unite #16 - Happy Holidays.

Happy weekend.

Supplies for Merry Christmas:

Paper: CS DCWV, white linen texture printer paper

Stamps: snowman Alley Way Stamps, BG kars, American Crafts, sentiment Hero Arts

Ink : Versamark, watercolors

Tools: circle punch

Other: Stickles, twine, eyelet, fun foam snowflake sticker

it's a birthday party (SCS)

Here's another card for HYCCT at Splitcoast Stampers.  This challenge #1219 is "A Birthday in Pink".  As in frilly, frou frou, cupcakes and doilies.  This is the closest I can get to that...

The detail photo above shows the damask BG I stamped for a bit more interest and frou!  Otherwise, pretty simple.  Stamped CS and cut a present from it.  Added washi and the washi flower.  Stamped a "shelf" for it to rest on.  A touch of lace and a lacey sentiment.

Thanks for looking.

Supplies special day:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette, CSNeenah

Stamps:  BG CHF, dots Kars, flourish CHF, sentiment Hero Arts

Ink: Amuse Studio, Memento

Tools: 

Other: washi, lace

hello MIM and farewell CPS (PTI, CPS, SCS)

Another twofer.  For my first card I used the technique from PTI's Make it Monday - using positive and negative die cuts.  As amazed as I always am by die cuts themselves, it seems to be the cards made with  negatives that really catch my attention.  Hmmm.

Anyway.  Where did I get my color combo?  No idea.  Just felt right.  Let's just call it vivid violet meets lethal lime green ;)

Made a rough layout first -very helpful.  I started by picking the PP (this is also going to the HYCCT #1214 which calls for "text".  There's text on this PP).  Picked colors for CS.  Die cut roses and leaves.  Die cut tags.  Die cut leaves extending over the tag from the tag.  Since I don't have a stamp for the leaf die, I inlaid the leaf  (embossed with numbers - is that text too?) into the negative area.  Attached the other leaves onto the tag, then popped up the roses.  Stamped sentiment on smaller tag and adhered along with seam binding bow.  Stamped cardbase with text stamp.  Attached tag.  Added some bling for balance.

Second card kind of evolved from the first.  Had an interesting creative process with this.  HYCCT #1224 calls for the "kissing technique."  Happen to have a still-unused Hero Arts cling stamp which I figured would work well for this technique.  Used a still-unused BG clear stamp to kiss with.  Whether it was the combo of the two materials or because I used dye ink... the result was kinda crazy.  So I decided to use just a strip of the purple madness.  But how?  Went to the PC with my purple strip and looked at old CPS sketches.  Ta da.  Hello #111.  TIP:  Even though Tami M. is stopping CPS, there is an archive of all the old sketches!

Now, you might know that I rarely follow a sketch 100%.  So this is what happened.

Creative process you ask?  More like "a series of fortunate? unfortunate? events."  Yellow?  It's across from purple on the color wheel.  Polka dot stamp?  It was already out.  I actually kissed it with the text stamp (from my first card since it was still laying around) once it was inked up but you really can't tell.  Washi?  Happened to be laying on my ironing board.  Sentiment on a "tab" of crazy PP?  Was the first 6x6 pad I grabbed with colors that I thought could work with this - was thinking light turquoise.  Picked this.  Result?  It's either funky or ugly.  Haven't decided.

Happy day, friends.

Supplies card #1:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, CS DCWV, PP K&Co.

Stamps:  Papertrey, BG CHF

Ink: Adirondack, Versafine

Tools: tag die MFT, leaves die Spellbinders, rose die PTI, embossing folder Sizzix

Other: seam binding, bling

Supplies card #2:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, CS Neenah, PP American Crafts

Stamps:  flowers BG and sentiment Hero Arts, dots Kars

Ink: Adirondack, Versafine

Tools: die Spellbinders

Other: washi tape

victorian music soothes the soul (Moxie Fab, SCS)

Pink.  Could be Breast Cancer Awareness.  Could be the Tuesday Trigger from Moxie Fab world.  Could be both.

Hybrid card coming at you.  Got your sunglasses on?

Heat embossing (notice how I stamped the image with yellow before embossing to give the skyline a glow). Distress inking.  Sentiment printing with the PC.  Stamping of the music scores.

This is the Tuesday Trigger:

And there is a "Music Soothes the Soul" challenge in HYCCT at Splitcoast Stampers.  Pink plus music.  I'm in!  I really liked the title so decided to use it as my sentiment.  I used a freebie font from Creating Keepsakes cuz it's kinda soothing too.

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies music soothes the soul:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, CS Neenah

Stamps:  music Crafty Secrets, skyline Kars, sentiment font CK Cursive

Ink: Distress Inks

Tools: PC

Other: black embossing powder