Catered Crop–Seeing Red

Hello!  I’m back. I’m sorry I have been gone so long.  Things have been so hectic that I haven’t had the chance to spend time in my craft room for months.  I was able to sneak away to my craft room for a while this weekend and hope to make it a regular event.

I decided to use the Catered Crop’s Seeing Red recipe swap and take the opportunity to cook up some note cards to give to my mother in-law.  Although I only had time to make 4 cards, it was great to spend time in my craft room again.

 

 

 

As always, Linda cooked up a fabulous Pinterest board to help get our creative mojo flowing.   Click on the photo below to go to her Seeing Red inspiration board.

 

 

Don’t forget to link up your Seeing Red creations at the Catered Crop.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Fancy Flourishes & Little Labels from Papertrey Ink
• Inks:  Close To My Heart Hollyhock & Papertrey Ink Kraft inks
• Papers:  Papertrey white CS, My Mind’s Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up 6x6 paper pad, misc. scrap red CS, Starbucks coffee sleeve
• Tools:  Stampin’ Up label punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punches
• Embellishments:  Red & White bakers twine, misc. buttons, Berry Red mixed sequins from My Craft Spot

 

Challenges:

• Creative Card Crew 2W - #71 Twine (week 2)
• {Pin}spirational 2W - #125 - Anything Goes
• Crafting At the Weekend -M,  E3,  #5 Anything Goes + DT Call
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 76 - Anything Goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - 2W (W1)  #129 CLEAN and SIMPLE
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 113 - Anything Goes
• Amusing - W, 2E, no digi -  Die Cuts
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - W - Anything Goes Twist: Anything Goes
• Red Rubber Inspirationals - W, E3, must have stamping: #139 Stay focused on stamping..anything goes
• 613 Avenue Create - W - #91 Anything Goes w/Optional Use a Heart
• Whoopsi Daisy - W, SIO - 2 or More Designer Papers
• The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - W, cards - Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - 2W, E2, SIO - (Week 1) Always Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - 2W, Challenge links on top - (Week 1) Always Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Cards in Envy - 2W, E3, A2 Cards only (4.25x5.5") no more than ¼" thick - (Week 3) Twine
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #185 Anything Goes

Catered Crop–Good Birthdays Recipe Swap

The Catered Crop has a recipe challenge for every one.  Who doesn’t need birthday cards?    I always feel like I am rushing to get them done and popped in the mail on time (or only a little late).  So this is your chance to get a couple birthday cards made before the last minute!  Yeah!

 

 

I escaped for a while into my craft room on Sunday afternoon. Wouldn’t you know that I finally find time to get up there and then  I can’t come up with a single idea.  That is when Pinterest really comes in handy.   After surfing around for a bit, I was inspired by this beautiful card by Joy Taylor at Simple by Design.  I used different papers and changed the layout a bit. 

Of course if you are looking for some birthday inspiration, Linda from the Catered Crop has put together this fabulous Pin-spiration board.    You can click on the photo below to go to the board.

 

 

If you are inspired to make some birthday cards, don’t forget to share them by posting your link at the Catered Crop. 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Beautiful Butterflies from Papertrey Ink, Today, Tomorrow and Always from Mark’s Finest Papers, Dream Text from Stampendous
• Inks:  Tulip & Blush from Close To My Heart
• Papers:  Papertrey white & kraft CS, Stampin’Up Vellum, My Mind’s Eye Six by Six Vanity Fair paper pad
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Fiskars edge punch, Stampin’ Up photo corner
• Embellishments:  May Arts burlap twine, My Craft Spot Toadally Green sequins, misc. pearls
• Techinques:  Stamp kissing ~

Challenges:

• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (February) Anything Goes with a HANDMADE BOW
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Girly Girl
• Make it Monday - W, papercrafts only - Always Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - 2W, E2, SIO - (Week 1) Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create - W - Challenge #58 Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 3E -Challenge #193 (1st week) In Stitches.
• Cards Galore Encore - M, P1, E3 #2 Add a gem, glitter, candi or any bling you fancy
• Crafting Musketeers - M, P2, 1E #10 Butterflies
• Feeling Crafty Challenge - M, P1, E3  #25 Dies and/or Punches
• One Crazy Stamper - M, P1, E5 Anything Goes
• Hiding in my Craft Room - W, 1E - #135  Designer Paper X3
• Bloggers - W, JFF – Two or More Patterned Papers
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 81 - Use a Die Cut or a Punch
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 44 - Anything Goes
• 4 Krafty Girlz - 2W, E3 (W2 of 2) # 11 Anything Goes
• Inklings and Yarns - 3E, JFF - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly W- Lovely Layers
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, - Always Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday 2W, 3E - #121 Stitching
• Tuesday Throwdown W- #182 Anything Wth Wings

Catered Crop–Thank You Kindly Recipe Swap

Today I have a new card for the Catered Crop Thank You Kindly recipe swap.  With Thanksgiving right around the corner it is the perfect time to feel thankful or give some one a thank you card.

For my Thank You Kindly card, I pulled out some Papertrey stamps and dies to create this card.

 

I colored the gemstones and sequins with a copic marker so that they would coordinate with my project. 

As always, Linda has curate a Pinterest board full of inspiration for the swap.  Click on the photo below to go to her board on Pinterest.

 

 

Stop by the Catered Crop and link up your Thank You Kindly projects.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Communiqué Sentiments Mini Stamp Set from Papertrey Ink
• Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa
• Papers:  Papertrey kraft CS, Authentique Gathering 6x6 paper pad, Starbucks coffee sleeve, misc. orange CS
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Big Shot, Papertrey Lovely Layers Dies, Stampin’ Up Photo Corners punch, Creative Memories corner punch
• Embellishments:  YR18 Copic marker, May Arts burlap twine, misc. button & sequins, Hero Arts gem stones

Challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Use a Sentiment/Anything Goes
• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - W, papercrafts only - always Anything Goes
• Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (1st week) Give Thanks
• There She Goes - W - Thanks or Thanksgiving
• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #45: Anything Goes w/optional Twist -Holiday Thanks/Thank you or Hostess Gift.
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st Week) Challenge #33: Anything Goes
• Opus Gluei - JFF, 2W - (2nd week) Challenge #169 - Thank you, thank you very much.
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 67 - Anything Goes
• Card Makin' Mamas - M (1st Friday of the month), 2E, cards only – No.76 - Week 2 - Thankful Tidings
• Craftitude -2W, 3E -  No. 52 - Week 2 - Anything Goes/Use twine or string
• Simply Create Too - 2W - No. 50 - Week 1 - Give Thanks
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 32 - Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - F - Anything goes
• Whimsy Inspiration -M, 3E, SIO - Anything goes

Catered Crop–Washi Tape

Hello!  Linda has another new and fun recipe challenge at the Catered Crop.  The new challenge is to use washi tape on your creation.

 

For my washi tape creation, I decided to go make a Christmas card.  I dug into my stash of coffee sleeves to make these fun banners.  The letter and edge die cuts are all covered with washi tape.

 

 

Linda has curated a board on Pinterest loaded with washi tape inspiration.    You can click on the photo below to be taken directly to her Pinterest board: Washi Tape.

 

 

Don’t forget to stop by the Catered Crop to link your Washi Tape creation.

 

Thank you for looking!   Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps: Snowflake Serenade by Papertrey Ink
• Inks: Papertrey kraft dye ink
• Tools:  Big Shot, Papertrey Banner Builder die, Papertrey Block Alpha Upper die collection, Die-namics Simply Scallop edge die, Sewing machine
• Papers:  Papertrey white CS, Stampin’Up Real Red CS, Starbucks coffee sleeve
• Embellishments:  Washi tape, Baker’s twine
  

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #43: Anything Goes w/optional Twist - Paper Piecing.
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st Week) Challenge #32: Anything Goes 
• Crafty Catz - W, 1E – No.204 - Spots & Stripes
• Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E (no complete digital projects, digi images ok) - No. 1 - Anything Goes
• Scrapping4funChallenges - 2W, 1E - No.5 - week 1 - Christmas or Holiday Card
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 30 - Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W, E5 (W1 of 2) #92- Christmas sentiments
• My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Anything Christmas
• The Stamping Chef - 2W - Spots and stripes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, - Alway's Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO -  Anything Goes
• Die Cuttin' Divas W, must include a Die-cut - #139 Anything Goes
• Party Time Tuesdays W, 3E (2E anything goes wk) - PTT #144 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, - Alway's Anything Goes
• Oozak - M, P1, 3E - Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - M, P1 - Die Cuts/Punches
• Created With Love Challenges - W, 3E - Anything Goes

Catered Crop Recipe Swap–Sequins

Good morning!  Hump day is here!   Have you seen Gieco’s Happy Hump Day commercial?  If not, I’ll put a link at the end of the post so you can check it out.  That camel always makes me smile.

 

Any how, I should get to the business at hand, sequins.  Yep, you heard me, sequins.   Linda, our creative head chef at the Catered Crop, has asked us to use sequins in our projects.    Use lots of them or use just a few, it is entirely up to you.

 

For my recipe swap project, I tried to keep things relatviely CAS.  I tried to be a bit trendy with the coffee theme, sequins, washi and cork all on the same card.  Wowza!   (Is cork still trendy?  I like it and I am going to still use it either way.)   

 

 

As always, Linda put together some curated some inspiring projects on Pinterest.  You can go to her board, Sequins, to find links to all these projects.    Be sure to stop by the Catered Crop to link up your project using sequins.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Heart to Heart  #1 from Papertrey Ink
• Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Big Shot, Papertrey Ink Heart to Heart #1 die, Nestabilities circle die
• Paper:  Papertrey Ink white CS
• Embellishments:  Misc washi tape, sequins

Challenges:

• City Crafter Challenge W - #171 Polka Dots
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E - Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps W - #64 Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly W- Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, -Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (August) Favourite Things (Washi, cork, coffee)
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Die Cuts
• Eureka Stamps - W, 3E, F - Clean & Simple
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (1st week) Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #31: Anything Goes (optional: Twist: Use a Sentiment).
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes
• 2 Sisters - W - #155  Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft - 2E W - #237  Keep it Simple
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - M, P1 - Anything Goes
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.30 - Polka Dots
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 114 - Anything Goes!
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 18 - Anything Goes
• 365 Cards - Day 212 At the cafe

 

 

 

Scrappy Note Cards

Hello!  I was going to post these cards on Thursday but I lost track of time this week.  It has been a bit of a crazy week.  I lost my job of 15 years on Tuesday and I have been busy doing paper work and tying up loose ends.   Although I definitely am not happy that I was laid off, I think this might be the kick in the rear that I need to re-examine my goals and give something new a try.   Maybe I’ll even be able to find something in the crafting world.

 

Anyhow, this is another set of notecards that I made for the fundraiser at my daughter’s school.    I wanted to use up some designer paper scraps that I have been saving.  I like this collection too much to throw out the last few pieces that I had left.  I think I will be turning to this design again in the future to use up some scraps.

 

 

I don’t want to post pictures of each individual card since they are basically the same.  Instead, here is a look at the set of 6 note cards.

 

Happy Friday!   Have a wonderful week end!   Thank you for stopping by.

 

 

While you are here, don’t forget to check out my blog candy give-away.  Click on the photo below to be taken to the details.

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Communique Curves Sentiments from Papertrey Ink
• Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa
• Papers:  Papertrey white CS, My Mind’s Eye Quite Contrary Jack & Jill
• Tools: Sewing machine, Scor-buddy, Stampin’Up 1-1/4” circle punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch
• Embellishments: May Arts Jute twine, misc. buttons

Challenges:

• Charisma Cardz - 3E, C10 - Things with wings
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - SIO – Anything goes
• My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge - 2W, 3E -  (ends Sep-26) Anything goes
• Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (ends Sep-26) Use a sentiment on your card
• Simply Create - must be digital/papercraft - Always anything goes
• Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #139 Things with Wings
• Stamp n Doodle - music on site -  anything goes
• Waste Not Wednesday - JFF - always "use your forgotten stuff" (old, scrap DP)
• Whimsy Inspiration - 3E, SIO - #53 anything goes
• Creative Craft Challenges - 2W, 3E -Anything Goes
• Papelitos Stamps 3E - #12 Anything Goes
• Use It Tuesdays - 2W, must use hoarded supply's & say what you used - Anything Goes (old, scrap DP)
• Creative Mondays - 2W - (2nd week) Anything Goes
• Lollipop Crafts - 2W - (1st week) 2 different punches or dies
• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
• Pile It On - It`s a Stitch Up
• Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - 1stW Use more than one die cut or punch

Medallion Christmas Card

This is another Christmas card that I made for easy mailing. It is my attempt at a single layer card. (Check out all the beautiful single layer cards by my blogging friend Kathy at The Lucky Stamper.)

I kind of think these medallions look like fancy snowflakes. Kind of… My DH said that this is his favorite out of all my Christmas cards.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Mehndi Medallion and Signature Christmas stamp sets
• Inks: Stampin’ Up Real Red, River Rock, Old Olive
• Papers: Papertrey white CS, Stampin’ Up Real Red
• Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey Edgers Collection #1 die
• Embellishments: Misc. gemstones

Challenges:

• Annabelle’s Stamps challenge – Christmas card
• Bling it On – Christmas
• Creative Belli – Christmas (Gemstones are all from my stash)
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Christmas Sparkle
• Stampin’ With the Dragon – Christmas Bling
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – Sparkle & bling
• Totally Stampalicious – Sparkle

Christmas Card & Blog Candy Winner

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I have another Christmas card to share today. This is another card that I made to be easily mailed. The white snow flake is made from a coffee filter spritzed with glimmer mist.

Thank you to every one that entered my blog candy drawing.

The winner of the 2 My Mind’s Eye Six by Six pads (Darling Dear & All Spice) is….

Lucky number 13 – Annette A. of My Clever Creations!

Annette, please email me at shestamps11-blogs(at)yahoo(dot)com with your snail mail address and I will get these in the mail to you.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you have a fabulous week end!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Tree Trimming Trio from Papertrey
• Inks: Stampin’ Up Real Red & Whisper White
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Stampin’ Up Real Red
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Provocraft embossing folder, Papertrey Damask snowflakes & edgers collection die
• Embellishments: Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, misc button & twine, coffee filters

Challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps – Snowflake
• Crafty Calendar – Cold & frosty
• Creative Crafts – Stitching
• Deep Ocean Challenge – Let it snow
• Delightful Challenges – Anything goes
• Do You Stack Up – Winter
• Dutch Dare – tic tac toe ( Embossing, stamped, diecuts)
• Going Grey w/ Scrap Creations – snow
• Made Especially for You – Snow or snowflakes
• Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge – Add stitching
• Quirky Crafts – Snow
• Squigglefly – CAS Christmas
• The Kraft Journal – Let it snow

OWH Blog Hop

I can’t believe it is already Memorial day and time for the OWH hop. I found out about OWH about a year ago when I stumbled onto a blog hop similar to this one. I loved what they were/are doing for our troops and had to join in. Since then, I have sent a couple of boxes of cards and joined in every blog hop that I could to help raise awareness. Well, enough of the jabber, I will get on to my projects. I know there are a lot of stops on the hop and you don’t want to miss any of them. Don’t forget that I am offering blog candy for the hop. You can find all the details in the post following this one or by clicking HERE.

I have 2 cards to share with you today. I tried something a bit out of my style on both. No digi stamps where used on either card! That is really unusual for me.

For the first card, I was lacking mojo and was poking around on Pinterest trying to find some inspiration. I loved this card by the very talented Laurie Wilson and decided to CASE it and give it a bit of my own spin.

After completing my CASE of Laurie’s card, I felt my mojo coming back and made this card. It is a bit different my usual style, but I like the results.

Your next stop on the hop is Shelly(http://shellysangelheart.blogspot.com/) .

Thank you for hopping by today. If you get lost along the way, you can always find the complete blog hop list by clicking the Blog Hop button at the top of my post. Don’t forget to scroll down or click HERE to enter in my blog candy give away.

Supplies for the “Thinking of you” card:

• Stamps: None
• Inks: None
• Papers & CS: Papertrey kraft CS, PaperStudio black CS, Bazzill Basics green CS, misc book pages
• Tools: Big Shot, Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder, Stampin’ Up 1-1/4” & 3/4” circle punches, Martha Stewart 1” circle punch, Sewing machine
• Embellishments: DMC floss, Stampin’ Up Love & Happiness rub ons

Supplies for the “Hello Sunshine” card:

• Stamps: Papertrey Handwritten Notes
• Papers & CS: Papertrey kraft CS, Georgia Pacific CS, Bazzill Basics blue CS, misc. scraps from October Afternoon
• Inks: Close To My Heart chocolate
• Tools: Sewing Machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Papertrey Banner Basics, EK Success punch
• Embellishments & other: Misc. felt from Hobby Lobby

Challenges for “Hello Sunshine” card:

• Cooking it up with Katie – swirls (center of sun), sunny, sentiment
• Crafting for all seasons – anything goes
• Crafty Card Makers – challenge yourself (different style)
• Creative Card Crew – anything goes
• Creative Friday – summer time
• Digi Doodle Shops Best – anything goes
• I Did It Creations – anything goes
• My Time To Craft – die cuts
• Paper Issues – Summer
• Paper Shelter – anything goes
• Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge – here comes summer
• Pinterest/Soapbox Creations – inspired by something on pinterest (HERE)
• Pixie Cottage – sketch and/or here comes the sun
• Truly Scrumptious – anything goes
• Tuesday Throwdown – Stripes
• Woodware USA – Anything goes

Joy Christmas Card

I made quite a few of these cards to mail out this year. Although they are mostly the same, I did switch up the ribbons, gem stones, and paper with in the same pack. I forgot to take pictures of them before I mailed them and this is the only one I have left.

Thank you looking!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Snowflake Serenade from PaperTrey, Winter Trails from Inkadinkado
• Paper & CS: Papertrey white & kraft CS, Close To My Heart Misteltoe paper pack
• Inks: Close To My Heart Cranberry & VersaMark Dazzle Champagne
• Tools: Stampin' Up edge punch
• Embellishments: Misc. ribbon & gemstones

Sentimental Sundays: Christmas Cards for OWH

This week on the Sentimental Sundays blog, we would like you to make and send Christmas cards to Operation Write Home. If you are not familiar with Operation Write Home, they are an organization that sends blank handmade greeting cards for all occasions to deployed service members to write home on. They’ve mailed approximately 500,000 cards so far—and are still going strong! Our challenge to you is to make cards to send to them for our nation’s heroes.

I was able to get 10 cards in 4 different styles completed to send to OWH. I tried to keep them relatively flat so that they would be easy to mail.

OWH has a few important guidelines which you can read here; it’s important especially to remember that glitter is NOT allowed (it’s a safety hazard to our heroes), handmade cards only, and OWH needs A2 sized cards. “Operation Write Home” needs to be on the backs of your cards—it can be stamped, handwritten, or printed on labels. Please include a packing slip inside your box or envelope, and mail them to any of their shippers listed on the Mailroom page. In your package, you can also include notes written to a deployed service member. We are asking that you make and mail your Christmas card to OWH this week, but the dead line for all Christmas cards is a postmark date of October 30th.


I hope you will join the Sentimental Sundays challenge to make and send Christmas cards to OWH to support our troops. Stop by the blog to download your free sentiment set from Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

Winter's Butterfly card:

• Stamps: Winter's Butterfly by Hero Arts
• Papers & CS: SU Wintergreen DP, PTI dark chocolate & kraft CS, GP white CS
• Inks: SU Mellow Moss & Sage Shadow, CTMH Chocolate
• Tools: Fiskars edge punch, Creative Memories corner punch
• Embellishments: Misc. ribbon & gemstones
  

Red & Green Tree Cards:

• Stamps: Tree Trimming Trio by PTI
• Papers & CS: SU Dashing DP & Real Red CS, PTI white CS
• Inks: SU Old Olive, Real Red, Chocolate Chip
• Tools: Fiskars edge punch
• Embellishments: Clear stickers (mfg unknown)

Blue & White Tree Cards:

• Stamps: Tree Trimming Trio by PTI
• Papers & CS: SU Ballet Blue, PTI Kraft, GP white
• Inks: SU Ballet Blue, Craft Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
• Embellishments: Misc. white ribbon & clear stickers (mfg unknown)

Challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge - T=trees (for the blue & white tree card)
• Belli Challenge - Old Stamps ( I bought all these last year and then never used them)
• Crafty Card makers - CAS (Snowflake card)
• Fab N Funky - Wha' Eva'
• Fussy & Fancy - Christmas colors
• Gingerloft - Anything Goes
• Paper Romance - CAS (Snowflake card)
• Sarah Hurley - Snowflakes (Snowflake card)
• Simple Doodles - Color me with dots
• Your Next Stamp - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #16 - Ribbons or Lace

The new Sentimental Sundays challenge, "Ribbon or Lace" is up and there are free sentiments from Raindrop Echo Designs for free download.

Feel free to use the digital sentiments provided, but you don't have to. You can choose to use any stamps you have in your stash, or stickers, rub ons, whatever you like! The only requirement is to follow the theme and use a sentiment on your new project. How easy is that? I hope you will join us.

I decided to alter a little notebook that I purchased from PaperTrey and to use both ribbons and lace on my project. I tried my hand at making crinkled ribbon. I purchased some Hug Snug seam binding on Etsy. I misted a piece of it lightly with rubbing alcohol. I then used 3 different copic markers in 3 different but similar colors to color the ribbon. It doesn't need to be perfect as long as it is mostly covered. I then put it in a plastic baggie and spritzed it a little more with the alcohol and smushed it all around until the ribbon was completely colored. (By using the 3 colors, it gives the ribbon a slightly varigated color that looks really pretty IRL.) I then spritz in some Pearl Glimmer Mist to give it some shimmer. I pushed all the ribbon down into a corner of the baggie, twisted it up, and let it sit over night. The next morning I dumped it out of the baggie onto a paper towel and let it finish drying. Ta da - custom crinkle ribbon. The hardest part for me is the planning so that I have drying time. If you don't use the Glimmer Mist, the alcohol inks dry pretty quickly.

To add a little extra ribbon to my project, I threaded some thin silk ribbon from PaperTrey through the buttons. So what do you think?

Thank you for stopping by today. Please stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to link up your "Ribbon or Lace" project for your chance to win.


Challenges:

• 2 Sisters Challenge - Stitching
• Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - Lace
• Ellephantastic - Shabby Chic
• Raise the Bar - ABC (anything but a card, blue striped paper, crinkle ribbon)
• Scrappy Frogs - Stitching
• Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
• Wild Orchid - One for the Girls
  

Supplies:

• Images: Take Note from PTI
• Papers & CS: PTI kraft CS, October Afternoon Thrift Shop, GP white CS
• Inks: CTMH Chocolate, Juniper, Blush inks
• Tools: Paper piercing tool, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Big Shot
• Embellishments: Paper Trey silk ribbon, misc. buttons & lace, Hug Snug seam binding (colored with Copics), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist pearl, Zig chocolate marker