bleach....

today really feels more like blech! My grams is back in the hospital, and we have no idea whats wrong this time, just that something is most definitely wrong. I'm hoping things get better with her soon, I really hate seeing her like this. The only upside to something like this happening is I can use my thinking of you/get well cards. Not that that is really an upside, but I'm trying to see the positive in this.

This was done using bleach to create the image and the sentiment. When using bleach you really need to be careful not to get the stamp too wet, or your image (or words) will be blurry.

Stamps: Just Believe
Inks: none
Papers: Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip
Misc: Distressing Tool from Cutter Kit, Bleach

I need to keep this quick so I can get more done tonight as I'll be spending a few hours at the hospital again tomorrow.

Birthday Beware!!

Did you miss me?? I'm hoping that some of you are still out there. I did not mean to take that long of a break from my blog, but life just got in the way. I've still been creating as much as I can, but I never seemed to get a chance to photograph it, let alone get it up here.
I had to create a ton of these for my baby's birthday, I can't believe he's 5 already!! Where has the time gone? He really wanted a pirate themed party, so I ordered the set Beware Pirates for the invites and then asked him what colors he wanted to use. I had a lot of fun creating the first one, but by the time I had done about 15 of them I'd had enough. Doing that much distressing and tearing and sponging takes a lot of time.




Stamps: Beware Pirates
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Real Red
Papers: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Misc: 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Cutter Kit, Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

I think I scored a 10 on this one, not only did I use the entire stamp set on one card, my son said it was the best card I've ever made. He sleeps with one on his headboard every night, it's been almost a month now and he still has it up there. Is there anything better in the world than your child telling you how much he loves something you make?

Thanks for sticking with me over the past 2 months, I promise to get back to posting more often. Hopefully I'll be back to every couple days in no time.

Holiday Mini Swap

I signed up to be a part of a holiday mini card swap, and this was what I sent in. I used the Jolly Jingles Jumbo Wheel, and this is what I came up with. I used the Poppin' Pastels Technique for the background, as well as the Color Spritzer tool. The new pearls are also showcased on here, I love them!! They are so pretty and add the perfect touch to any card or project. I distressed the edges of the Wild Wasabi with the distressing tool from the cutter kit and sponged the edges of the card with Early Espresso Ink.




Stamps: Jolly Jingles Wheel, Tags Til Christmas, Delightful Decorations,
Inks: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Versa Mark, Stampin' Pastels
Paper: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla
Misc: Ornament Punch, Scallop Trim Punch, Cutter Kit (Distressing Tool), Color Spritzer Tool, Sponges, Basic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals

Poppin' Pastels

I love the aged antique look you can give to cards by using the poppin' pastels technique. Very Vanilla is a great color, but you can add a lot of depth to it, simply by dirtying it up a bit with ink or chalks. I chose to use chalks for this look, and I love that the image from the jumbo wheel very vintage is just barely visible on the background vanilla cardstock. Looking at this card now, I should have put a light dusting of the chalk onto the blue flower, it looks a little too bright. I made the blue flower from the 5 petal flower punch by layering 5 of them on top of each other after I had scrunched them up.



Stamps: Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel, Perfect Punches
Inks: Early Espresso, Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, DSP,
Misc: Jumbo Brads, Scallop Trim Punch, distressing tool (from the cutter kit), Curly Label Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Stampin' Pastels, Sponges, Cotton Balls

I will *hopefully* have a great organizing tip video for you later tonight, if it edits nicely for me.

Holiday Mini Sneak Peak

It's never too early to start your Christmas cards! I had a class this past weekend and we were doing distressing techniques, but I also wanted to show some of the lovely goodies from the upcoming holiday mini. This uses a brand new ornament stamp from the set Tags til Christmas and the jumbo wheel Jolly Jingles. I am loving these new jewels, and the pearls are just the perfect finishing touch on this card.


Stamps: Tags til Christmas, Jolly Jingles jumbo wheel, Delightful Decorations
Inks: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi, Jolly Holiday DSP (brand new!)
Misc: Basic Pearls, Sponges, Cutter Kit (distressing tool), Ornament Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Wheel Guide

I love wheels, but I especially love them when they are lined up like this and can be cut apart if you want to. This one in particular can be taken off the wheel and cut into about 12 different stamps!! That is great value, 12 stamps for 10.50!! When I come across wheels like this I have a tendency to order 2 of them, one to cut apart and one to leave on the wheel.

vintage flowers

As most of you know I am really not a fan of pink anything, however I always try to get over that when I am making cards for others. I made this for my gram's 88th birthday and since she loves pink, I used only pinks and neutrals for the main colors. I just love the new set Vintage Vogue, and I really like to distress the cards I make with it. I am also working on a scrapbook page using this set, and of course it is a heritage page.

It is hard to see on these 2 pictures, but I actually embossed the pink cardstock first using the elegant bouquet folder, then I misted the cardstock with water and crumpled it up. When I un-crumpled it and left it to dry it looks like really old paper.
I also sponged a little chocolate chip ink on the edges of all the flowers to soften them up a little, and make them look older as well. I did the same with the edges of the very vanilla cardstock. Stamps: Vintage Vogue
Inks: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Papers: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Misc: Corduroy Buttons, Distresser (from the cutter kit), Crop-A-Dile (to make the little flower centers), 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'