Belle Papier {pretty paper}

I’m back stamping! And I’m so excited to share a sneak peek of my latest stamp set with you. I have to admit, this one is my favorite. I’ve been wanting a vintage baby set for so long and then actually had the opportunity to design one myself. This set is near and dear to my heart. I love being a mom and I love babies. There is just nothing like them. I’m probably going to sound a little over the top when I say this but designing a stamp set is a lot like giving birth. There’s joy and pain and effort, time and so much patience and if you want to create great set, you put your heart and soul into it as well. This set is my last for the moment and it’s definitely a labor of love. Hope you like. Here’s a little peek…

Rock a Bye Baby

Supply List:

Stamps: Baby Dear (the Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms, Ink: Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink by Ranger, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink by Tsukineko, Paper: Kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics, Simply Smooth Vanilla Cardstock by Cornish Heritage Farms, Petite Papers by Webster’s Pages, Other: flower by Prima Marketing, ribbon by Making Memories, Copic Markers, sewing machine, paper doily, pin by Fancy Pants Designs

Have a beautiful day!

Thursday again and time for another challenge. Once again I wanted a challenge that would challenge me to use something I haven’t used in a while. This time it’s a color. When I first started card making 6 years ago…I was in love with purple, Lovely Lilac to be precise. That faded fast and I’ve had a bit of an aversion to the color since. As purple is still hot in the fashion industry we’ve seeing a lot of it in paper crafting as well, I thought it would be a good way to make myself give it a whirl again. I’d love to have you play along…check out the challenge here.

The gorgeous Basic Grey Wisteria paper was a great way to create with purple. The beautiful prints and different tones of purple made it easy for me to get a good dose of purple.

Ever After

Keeping it short and sweet today…here’s a few of the design details…

• Strips of patterned paper pieced and stitched together to form the background
• main image is a combo of paper piecing and coloring with Copic markers
• sentiment is stamped and punched and then adhered with dimensional foam tape

Supply List:
Stamps: Botanical Bliss set from All Things Considered line by CHF
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento Ink
Paper: simply smooth white cardstock by CHF, Wisteria 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey, kraft cardstock by Prism
Other: sewing machine, May Arts ribbon, flower by Prima, pearl sticker by Basic Grey

Have a great day!
Julia

I love buttons! They are such a simple, inexpensive embellishment but I love the dimension and warm feel that they add to a project. I have two stamped projects to share with you today.  I actually made them weeks ago but am just finding some time to share them now.I’m still on my home projects kick and the house is looking much more homey. I’m lovin it. Of course, my list and hubby’s list are still a few miles long but hey…baby steps! It’s hard to live in a constant renovation. Come to think of it, for the past twenty years, I can’t think of a time when we HAVEN’T been renovating.

Button Swatches

This is a quick little card featuring my Sew Special stamp set. I simply stamped the little swatches, stitched them and added some buttons.

Supply List:

Stamps: Sew Special (the Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Memento Ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF
Other: sewing machine, buttons, thread

Friendship

This sweet little image in another Sara England rubber stamp. It’s colored with Copic markers and then die cut.

Supply List:

Stamps: A Walk in the Woods (Sara England line) by CHF
Script Essential Expressions (MLM Line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, patterned paper by Fancy Pants Designs & October Afternoon
Other: buttons by Autumn Leaves, linen thread, Labels 1 Nestability dies by Spellbinders, sewing machine, Copic markers

Have a beautiful day!

Another peek at Sew Special today. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but one of the details I’ve been using on all my Sew Special projects is stitching. it’s just such a natural fit both for me as well as the set. This design in corporates a darling little mouse image from the set, lots of stitching and some sweet green and pink paper to create a baby girl card design. If you don’t like to sew on cards, try out some faux stitching instead.

To my Feedblitz subscribers…my apologies for so many Feedblitz updates yesterday. I have no idea what is up with that!

Cute as a Button

Supply List:

Stamps: Sew Special (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth Vanilla by CHF, patterned paper by MME, green cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Other: sewing machine, die by Spellbinders, copic markers, ribbon by Prima, button by Autumn Leaves 

Looking for some more sneak peeks? Jean Franks Beck & Laura O’Donnell have come up with the most DARLING designs using my new set.

See you tomorrow!

And so it begins…another busy year of school, lunches, homework, practices etc. On one hand I’m so grateful for the return to scheduling, a little peace and quiet during the day but oh…I’m going to miss the long days of summer, time on the water, the smell of sunscreen, sticky ice cream kisses and lazy morning snuggles. There is just nothing quite like summer. We ended up eking out  the last few days of summer on the sand over the weekend and so it was a great way to finish up. This morning the backpacks are packed,lunches have been made, the back to school photos taken and now we’re off to meet the new teachers. Wish us luck as three of the four attending school this year are starting a new school.

Seeds of Thanks

I put this card together with some things that  I had on my desk. I love creating without any pre-conceived idea in my head…just putting things together for the fun of it.

Supply List: cardstock by Bazzill, patterned paper & Wild Card by October Afternoon, Seed annual piece by Crafty Secrets, flower by Prima, chipboard by American Crafts, sewing machine, ribbon, corsage pin

Candlelit Winter

This card is an early Christmas card using a Shady Tree Studio release, Home for the Holidays. It’s actually more of a square shaped image but I wanted it long and more narrow so I die cut it with a Spellbinders die.

Quick Tip: To create a candle glow effect, take a very light yellow Copic marker and flick the color away from flame.

Stamps: Home for the Holidays (Shady Tree Studio line) by CHF, Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko, Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, kraft cardstock by Bazzill, Blush Red Dark cardstock by Prism Papers, patterned paper by Little Yellow Bicycle, Other: Nestability die by Spellbinders, button by Autumn Leaves, embroidery thread, velvet die cut by Prima, Copic Markers

Take care and have a great day!