Spring always seems to be the time to think of new birth and so here’s a sweet new baby girl design for today.
Once again, its a mixture of old and new. Ive used the DIY Thickers to create the sentiment. They are made of white fabric covered chipboard and look lovely without any technique whatsoever.
I love creating square cards. It always makes the layout so easy to balance. By cutting them to 4.25 inches square they will fit well into the standard card making envelope.
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Anyone besides myself addicted to Pinterest?
It’s such a great place for inspiration.
A few months ago I saw a bunch of great wreath ideas that were made from picture frames. I knew it had to go on my must-try list.
The next couple weeks on the Maya Road blog, the Roadies are sharing some Wreath Inspiration. I hope you’ll join us!
My wreath was created from an old picture frame. It was purchased at Michael’s years ago and since then has been a few different projects. Don’t you love when you can recycle and reuse things?
My frame/wreath is all decked out for spring in a shabby goodness style. I’m loving all those Maya Road goodies mixed together.
Today I’m sharing this project on the Maya Road blog with projects lists and how to’s. Check out the details here.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Posted in Maya Road, Papercraft projects
It’s officially spring although it certainly doesn’t look like it here in Ontario. I’m looking forward to warmer temperatures, melting snow and my favourite Spring flower popping up from the earth. I adore daffodils. So sunny and fresh looking. If I had to pick a colour to represent Spring it definitely would be yellow!
A little bit of this and that makes a fun study in lemon. Once again I’m using up my bits and pieces to make a fun card. It’s a fun way to clean the stamp room and it’s also a great way to ease back into creating.
Wishing you some sunny spring weather!
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I’ve been searching for a little inspiration lately. I needed a bit of a break so I took it, but for some reason, this time it’s been really hard to get back to designing again.
So…..
What to do?
Well, I turned to some of the things I’ve done in the past.
It wasn’t any one of these things on their own but probably a combination of all of them. And so finally, I’m back in my craft room making things. I hope it lasts!
Part of what got me designing again was a challenge. I love the CASE Study Challenge Blog and it’s been awhile since I’ve participated so it was one of the first places I went for inspiration. What clinched it was the muse for March is my good friend Julie Ebersole. Julie has been inspiring me for YEARS and I just had to play along with this challenge. This weeks inspiration piece is just stunning so please, check out the card and the challenge here.
I was inspired by the beautiful white embossing on Kraft cardstock and her stunning use of the pop of warm vibrant color. The simple layout is basically the same too.
To change it up, I’ve created my card in my own shabby, embellishment cluster style. I couldn’t resist a new Hero Arts stamp I just ordered that arrived in the mail. I just adore that Eiffel tower and this card design is going to find it’s way to my sweet daughter. She loves mail and all things Paris so I know she’ll enjoy it.
The embellishments are an eclectic combo of many different colors, manufacturers and items. I always find it so fun to play around with seeing what will mix and match together.
Happy creating!
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Not too many weeks left until Spring. I’m actually still enjoying winter but I know that I’ll be excited when the Spring weather hits. It’s always so nice to shed that bulky heavy outerwear and to watch the earth come alive again.
I love chipboard for creating fun and dimensional cards. This sweet Maya Road When Skies Are Grey set inspired this design. Perfect for spring or for someone who is a little under the weather.
You can find the details of this design and another sunny card on the Maya Road Design Team Blog. Check it out!
Have a sweet and sunny day!
Posted in Card Designs, Maya Road
Surprise Julie!
A very happy birthday 50th goes out to Julie Ebersole today. As long as I’ve been stamping, Julie Ebersole has been inspiring me. I love Julie’s superb design skills, her fabulous sense of humour, her kindness and her leadership in the crafting industry. I first got to know Julie through splitcoaststampers.com and was thrilled to hear from my stamping hero wayyyy back in 2006 asking me to be part of the Dirty Dozen Design Team. Wow! Can it really be that long ago?!
While I’ve never had the privilege of meeting Julie in person, I’m thrilled to be a fellow designer in the CLASSroom with her and be part of a few of her online classes. Julie’s designs are clean and simple in style but always have that great pop of spectacular that makes me smack my head and think…”why did I not think of that?!” If you’ve never stopped by her blog, you REALLY need to.
Julie, I hope this is an extra special birthday for you. Wishing you everything wonderful! Thanks for all the inspiration. I wish I had half the creativity you do!
My style can be quite a bit different from Julie’s but for her birthday card, I tried to keep things a little more clean and simple in honor of Julie. One thing Julie and I do share is a love of aqua and so I just had to incorporate that color into this design.
I also know that Julie is quite partial to polka dots, just like myself and so I’ve pulled out a dotted background stamp and dabbed it with Distress Stains to create the background.
Most of the embellishments in this design have been altered. The Thickers number stickers have been colored in with a Copic marker to match the rest of the design. The little epoxy button sticker has a cupcake rub-on added to it and the chipboard butterfly has been color with a Silver Leafing pen.
I’m excited to be just one of many crafters taking part in today’s surprise blog hop for Julie. Next on the list is the very talented…
Cheiron Brandon: My Crafty Life – Cheiron Brandon
You can also find the entire list in the CLASSroom here.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll take the time to wish Julie a very happy 50th birthday. 🙂
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Paper Smooches is showing off their CHA release during the entire month of January. 37 designers are participating along with the PS DT, so there will be a ton for projects to inspire you this month. Paper Smooches is known for their fun and whimsical hand-drawn stamps. They decided that it was time to broaden their product line to include DIES and wood mount stamps!
I have a project to share using NEW PS product that releases on February 1, 2013 at www.papersmoochesstamps.com along with many retail stores around the globe.
You will find a new blog link (or two) to follow every day in January at the PS Blog.
Paper Smooches is giving away $500. Worth of product! Hidden on FIVE of the participating blogs is a prize package worth $100. each. The prize includes a variety of stamp sets, wood mounts and dies. Comment on as many blogs as you can to increase your chances to be one of the five winners.
Deadline is January 30th – winners will be announced on the PS Blog on January 31st.
I was so excited to design this sweet card for today’s design. I’m just back from the Bahamas and the beautiful waters inspired the color combo.
This card features the new Big Blooms Dies. It’s great that Paper Smooches now carries dies. This die set is actually three flower dies and coordinates with the Big Blooms stamp set. I’ve used two of the three dies here to create these pretty flower accents. Die cutting the flowers from crepe paper gives them a great texture and makes them easy to crumple and add dimension.
I’ve also used the Simply Said stamp set to add sentiments to this design. The love sentiment is small and makes a sweet accent on a burlap tag.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Good luck on winning one of the fabulous prize packages!
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