Belle Papier {pretty paper}

I love Mondays. I know not many people do but I love getting back into the routine, working on the laundry, getting things organized for the week. And being that I work from home, Mondays are usually much quieter than the weekends. I can actually get things done. Don’t get me wrong. I love Fridays too and spending the weekend with my family. I guess I just love something about every day of the week.

This morning I found some quiet studio time and created a couple ETC.  Printable cards  to share with you. I’ve used Copic markers on them both. Did you know you could use  Copics on ink jet printed images? I wrote a short tutorial about it at Every Thing Creative this morning with some tips on getting started. Check it out here.

Thanks for stopping by!

I’ve been having some fun playing with some new Inchies and Twinchies. I’m sure you’ve seen Inchies. One inch little squares of cuteness. They are now available in other colors besides black and white. For my first card I had a little stamping fun creating a collage with some of the different Assorted Neutral Inchies.

To stamp a collage with the elements going from one color to the next, simply butt them up together and stamp before adhering to your card with spaces in between.

Cozy Christmas

For this Cozy Christmas design, I had some fun creating a unique layout with some darling Cosmo Cricket mini papers, Jolly by Golly. Cute, cute, cute! I used the new black Twinchie to form a tag for my main sentiment layer.  You can probably guess that Twinchies are just like inchies only two inchies square in size.To embellish my design I used Dew Drops to add dimension to the little paper hats. The sentiment is a sweet definition from Hero Arts, Three Holiday Messages.

Happy Creating!

I have a fun and quick gift set to share with you today. A matching card and mini notebook set. Have you ever seen those darling little Making Memories stickers that all fit together like a puzzle? I thought they’d make a fun border along the side of the card and notebook. While I was at it, I even used the sweet dotted paper that was part of the sticker packaging.

Notes 4 U

Supplies: Melissa Frances notebokk, thickers by American Crafts, ribbon by Creative Impressions, stickers by Making Memories.

Have a simply wonderful Saturday!

Just a quick card from me today. A few weeks ago I had printed some Printables onto Avery Printable Fabric and created some projects. I still had this Lord is my Shepherd image piece and finally got it made into a card. The image comes in color so it’s super quick and easy to use. The Avery Printable Fabric can be stitched or ironed on but in this case, I just used some adhesive on the back and a couple staples as accents.

Supply List: The Lord is my Shepherd Printable by Every Thing Creative, Kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics, patterned paper by Basic Grey and Prima, twine, flower by Prima, mini clothespeg by Canvas Corp., stapler

Quick Tip: Look for fun new ways to get more mileage from your printer.

Have a great weekend!

It’s the time of the season for giving. I’m crazy busy trying to finish off  my shopping list. I have a lot of people to buy for. I haven’t started wrapping yet but that is on the agenda this weekend. Which got me thinking about creating some tags for those special gifts. I’d love to have you play along with today’s Ways to Use Tags challenge. You can check it out here.

I’ve been enjoying following along with the 12 Tags of Christmas at Tim Holtz and the CLASSroom over the past few days.  There are some super fabulous techniques and inspired me to get inky for my No Peeking Tag.

 No Peeking Tag

This tag is super easy to create. I simply sponged on Distress ink on the tag and then flicked it with some water droplets. The tag was quick to dry with my heat gun and then I stamped my Night Before Christmas stamps randomly over the surface. I created the fun clear tag by layering a clear epoxy merry christmas sticker over a clear Fragment tag. To make it stand out, I lightly pressed the back of the fragment ink my white opaque Stazon pad to get a light sprinkling of “snow”.

Quick Tip: I use a Ranger Non-stick Craft sheet over my work surface for  inky projects to make cleanup easy.

Supply List:
Stamps: Night Before Christmas stamp set (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Paper: avery Tag
Ink: Worn Lipstick & Peeled Paint Distress Inks by Ranger, Black Archival ink by Ranger, White Stazon ink by Tsukineko
Other: twine, Fragments tag by Advantus, Grungeboard snowflake by Ranger, ric rac by Creative Impressions, Tim Holtz Mini Attacher, clear epoxy merry christmas sticker by Making Memories

Have a wonderful day!