Everything Beautiful

Hello crafty reader!  My card for today is for Our Daily Bread Designs' "Stampin In Time Challenge", where we are to use anything recycled on our cards. 

I always love to recycle, as some of you may already know.  I try to save anything that I can possibly use in the future, like the labels that come with the packaging of stamp sets because I can use them for backgrounds of card fronts.  I also save the plastic packaging like that of Spellbinders or Cricut Cartridges.  In fact, I have made mini albums out of them.  

 

Today, some goodies came in the mail - three background stamps from... you guessed it:  Our Daily Bread Designs.  As I was storing my new stamps, I thought I could use the images on the labels.  So I started cutting with one of my Spellbinders dies.

I was in the mood for something mint green and black, so I ended up with this A2 card: 

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  @theoffice, Creative Imaginations, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Our Daily Bread Designs

ink:  Tsukineko

tools:  Spellbinders, heat gun, Tim Holtz distressing tool, sponge dauber

embellishments:  Robins' Nest, rhinestones (Bead Design Co.)

misc.:  embossing powder (Ranger)

adhesive:  Scotch, Zots, mounting tape

Now who would think that my background was just from a packaging label?

'Til next blog!

How Old Would You Be?

TGIF dear reader!  When I found out about Heartfelt Creations' "Decorative Lace Border Die", I got excited.  Spellbinders has not made a die like that before.  Thanks to a good crafty friend from NY, I was able to get a hold of this fabulous tool.

I made a set of four 4.75" x 6.75" cards to show the intricacy of this die.  With white cardstock as my base, I chose four complementing colors from the Earth and Sky cardstock pack of The Paper Company.  I also used the border die from Parisian Accents, along with the other Spellbinders dies.

The cardstock underneath the sentiment is embossed with a Quickutz A2 folder.

The tricky part is adhering the cut image to the card front.  See where the rhinestones are?  Underneath them are glue dots attaching the cut image to the card front.  And I also applied some ATG tape underneath the area where the lace is adhered.  And instead of cutting the die cut shape to the edge of my card front, I folded around both sides.  This way also, it won't be a hassle putting the card inside the envelope and vice versa.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  Wassau, The Paper Company

image/sentiment:  Inkadinkado

ink:  Tsukineko, Stampin' Up

tools:  Spellbinders

embellishments:  rhinestones, lace trim

adhesive:  Scotch, Zots, mounting tape

'Til next blog!

Get MOWtivated

Hello everyone!  If you were able to ready yesterday's blog entry, I mentioned there about a missing stamp.  I did find it.  It was stuck at the end of my Tim Holtz ruler.  So I decided to make another card with the lawn mower image:

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  DCWV, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Unity

ink:  Tsukineko, Copic, Staedler, Spica

tools:  Spellbinders, paper piercer, Martha Stewart edge punch

embellishments:  ribbon, brads

adhesive:  Scotch, Zots, mounting tape

Well, I have to say that this card is dedicated to.... ME! Mowing the lawn is one of my main tasks during summer vacation. Don't get me wrong... I like to mow. In fact, I want to make sure those lines are straight (talk about OCD). I love the look of a freshly mowed lawn.

I'm pretty proud of myself because there's a bow on my card.  I have always been leary in making bows... but at least this one looks ok.

'Til next blog!

For You

Hello crafty friends!  Today I made a card for the latest Unity Challenge entitled "Sun & Fun".  We are to make a card using their summer stamps.  Good thing I have the Watermelon Gazpacho Soup set, which is perfect for the challenge.

I wanted to use the lawn mower image and the matching sentiment.  And as I was putting the pieces together, somehow the sentiment stamp went MIA.  That happens to me quite often, where some small unmounted or clear stamps fall off the desk, or get stuck on a certain tool, and it usually takes a while for me to find it.  The most it took was weeks.  There was also a time when I had to dig in my trash can and search for the darn stamp.  It turned out, it was just stuck underneath my paper cutter.

And because I wasn't patient enough to look for this sentiment stamp, I decided to use a different one instead.  It seemed to work after all.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  Fiskars, Copic, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Unity

ink:  Tsukineko, Copic, Stampin' Up, Spica

tools:  Spellbinders, paper piercer, EK Success edge punch, Sizzix

embellishments:  flowers (K & Co.,), brads

adhesive:  Scotch, mounting tape

 'Til next blog!

Celebrate

Happy Tuesday dear reader!  As I write this blog entry, I'm eating fresh Montmorency Cherries straight from our backyard.  I give credit to my DH for buying and taking care of this tree, as well as the other fruit trees he has planted.

Anyway, here's a quick card I made for today.  No stamping - I just cut the main piece with my Cricut.  I love how the die cut seems to float on the card.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  @theoffice, Paper House Productions, The Paper Co.

tools:  Cricut, Martha Stewart edge punch

embellishments:  rhinestone

adhesive:  Scotch, Zots, mounting tape

'Til next blog!