Be Yourself

Guess what?  My planet's solid than ever... almost.  I'm very happy with my revamped paper station, ribbon storage and my craft desk had some changes as well.  I just need to get rid of some more clutter, and it's all good to go.

Speaking of clutter, while going through them I saw this paper bag from a recent craft show purchase.  I really liked the colors and design so I decided to keep it for a later project.  Along with a found paper tape measure, I was able to make this card:

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  Bazzil, Paper Reflections, Me & My Big Ideas, recycled paper bag, leftovers

image:  Tim Holtz

ink:  Copic, Ranger

tools:  Spellbinders, Janome Sew Mini

embellishments:  flower (Prima), trim, paper tape measure, twine

misc.:  UTEE, Glossy Inkssentials

adhesive:  Scotch, Glue Dots, mounting tape

With a part of the paper bag for my background, I painted the left side with Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Chipped Sapphire.  It's my first time to use Distress Stains, and I really liked it.  I sewed my new background on coordinating cardstock with zigzag and running stitches.

It was a challenge for me to use this image by Tim Holtz, but I held my breath and started to color with Copics.  I guess it worked with my background very well, and I love the outcome.  See the center of my flower?  That's melted UTEE poured on a small ceramic mold.  I made a bunch of them, and I finally get to use one on a card.  I also colored the center of the flower with Distress Stain to go with the color scheme.  It doesn't show so well, but I covered the sentiment with Glossy Inkssentials for more pop.

I really enjoyed making this card - not my typical style, but I really like it.

Don't forget to check out Oozak's challenge this month - all about SPARKLE!  Click here to join and get the chance to win some fab goodies. 

'Til next blog!