Hello Creative Friends,
My birthday’s coming up on the 29th and I got a card from my brother and just had to share the little goodie he put inside. He loves antiques and thrift finds so I told him the next time he was out looking to keep an eye out for me some vintage things to paper-craft with. He found this little poem at an estate sale and put it with my card. I love it!
Wish you could see how pretty the texture of the paper is! So hard to share that in the photos. I loved the poem too. Isn’t it precious? Wonderful verse at the bottom too!
Had to show you a close up of the pretty flowers. Also you can see the stripes of texture in the paper a little better. Now I just have to think of something to do with this little goodie!
Hello Creative Friends,
I’m scheduled today for surgery (minor) so I won’t be around for a few days but I’ve set a few posts for you ahead of time for the next week. Please pray for me! My card today says, “Amazing Grace will bring us through”. I thought that was quite appropriate for my surgery day.
I saw a sketch over at Jen’s SFYTT (Sketch For You To Try) and I thought it did look fun to try so I went for it. I used my new Amazing Grace stamp from Verve and dug out some old Stampin’ Up! Bella Rose patterned paper. That paper was one of my favorites. I wish they’d sell it again!
The little frame is a piece of chipboard that I covered with patterned paper and then sponged the edges with Riding Hood Red ink. I had got a pack of miscellaneous chipboard pieces awhile back at Ross. I loved the shape of this piece and I’ve been trying to find something to use it on. I thought it framed the saying perfectly.
Thanks for stopping in and thanks to those of you who’ve already told me you’d be praying for me!
| In My Craft Basket: Stamps: Verve Stamps: Amazing Grace (Plain Jane) Ink: Stampin’ Up! Classic, Paper: Stampin’ Up! Bella Rose Patterned Paper Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss Tools/Accessories: Chipboard Frame, Ticket Punch, Buttons, Crochet Thread, Rhinestone Gems, and Ribbon |
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Hello Creative Friends,
I’m back from a few days of vacation. We took our kids to Santa Cruz where they enjoyed a few days of fun and rides at the Boardwalk and looking for shells on the beach. We all had a great time!
I was privleged to be asked to participate in a blog hop to honor Julee Tilman on her birthday. Julee is the owner and illustrator of Verve Stamps. She is such a sweet person and God has blessed her with such a sweet and sunny spirit. Happy Birthday Julee!
For Julee’s card I used the Verve set, Black Tie Birdies, along with some black and white patterned paper. I stamped the birdie on some white card stock and then stamped it again on bright pink card stock and cut out his wing and made it raised. I distressed the edges of the patterned paper slightly and added some buttons and ribbon to embellish.
There’s some pretty printed balloons in the Black Tie Birdies set which I stamped with black ink on the pink card stock for the card I originally had in mind, but it was a little too busy so I ended up redesigning my card. I just loved the balloons so I whipped up a bag of birthday wishes for Julee and added my balloons to that. The bag template is from Belle’s Printables.
Note for Julee: The bag is filled with genuine California sunshine, smiles, encouragement, blessings, and all the happy things you need for a beautiful birthday!
Thanks for stopping in. Your next stop is Lynda Benton’s blog. Be sure to head over and see what she has created for Julee’s special day.
If you missed the beginning of the Birthday Blog Hop for Julee, just pop on over to the Verve Blog to start at the beginning. You won’t want to miss a thing!
Have a creative day!
| In My Craft Basket: Stamps: Verve Stamps: Black Tie Birdies Ink: Stampin’ Up! Classic, Ink Markers (for faux stitching), Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress (edges) Paper: K&Company (Best of Brenda Walton) Card Stock: Melon Mambo Tools/Accessories: Martha Stewart Corner Punch, Buttons, Floss, and Ribbon Other: Small Handle Bag Template (Belle’s Printables) |
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Hello Creative Friends,
I picked up some of the Mary Engelbreit chipboard teapot books in the Michaels dollar-bins not too long ago. I finally finished one–well actually I think it had more pages but I only did four. I bought a few of them and took them apart so I’m not really sure how many pages they actually had to begin with. Of course four was plenty for me at one time. At first I kept agonizing over that little leaf top to them wondering what to do with it. Finally I just ignored it on all of the pages.
My tea poems and sayings are all just computer generated. I used some of my favorite fonts (Ladybug, Amelie, and Monika). I went around the edges of all the pages with some silver shimmer paint. It kind of looks just flat gray in the photos but it’s really so shimmery looking in person.
I covered the pages with patterned paper and then used some chipboard pieces, various punches, buttons, and ribbons to decorate with. There was a little hole at the top of the pages for the binder ring to go through. I covered that with paper and put my ring through the handle. I wanted it to be more like a book and open and close from the side instead of from the top.
I’m going to put my teapot book with a box of flavored teas for a gift. I found my tea sayings over at The Malt Shop.
Have a creative day!
| In My Craft Basket: Stamps: None; Words are computer generated Paper: K&Company Card Stock: For punch cut-outs Tools/Accessories: Mary Engelbreit Teapot Chipboard Book, Chipboard Shapes, Various Punches, Buttons, Ribbon, and Pearls |
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