did you notice how clean it was?

5x7 pocketfold invitation, finished with a patterned paper band, satin ribbon, tag and Swarovski crystal.

www.weddingparaphernalia.co.uk/pocketfold-wedding-invitat...

Geli printed background, patterned paper, stamped image, gilding wax, die cut, wooden embellishment.

SSS Wednesday Challenge (Sept 14th 2022)

Simon Says: Little Critters

Simon Says Stamp HANDLETTERED HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wafer Dies SSSD111607

Create A Smile MOUSE WITH PENCIL Mini Collection 2020/2021

Copic Sketch Markers (C00; C02; N05; E21; E57; R20)

Copic Multiliner

Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 (for the nose, the eye and the pencil tip)

Tonic CRYSTAL GLAZE Nuvo 947N

Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Barn Door, Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean

Water drops for the oxide effect

Sealing with Tim Holtz DISTRESS MICRO GLAZE Ranger TDA46967

Therm O Web Gina K Designs MASKING MAGIC Mask Paper 18123

First LO of our new kitty, Molly. Journaling is under the two 4x6" photos: 'We got Molly at the MontCo SPCA the week before Gary's Easter Break from Martin Luther School. When we went into the cat room, she was the only kitty to respond to us with any enthusiasm. Right away, she began 'talking' to us, and stuck her paw out of the cage to

reach for us.

When they took her out of the cage for us we were struck by how BIG she is. (13 lbs, 7 oz by the scale at PetSmart!) We have never had a kitty this big; Butch was an average size tom, and Amelia was quite petite. But when Molly immediately started rubbing up against us,asking for some love, we knew we'd found our new fur-friend.

They told us Molly had been adopted once, but had fought with another cat in that family and had to be returned to the shelter. Since she was going to be an 'only cat'with us, we knew that wasn't going to be a problem at our house.

When we brought Molly home, she marked everything she could by rubbing her cheeks on things. She was surprised the first time she jumped on the waterbed, but joined us there the very first night. She almost demanded attention, with her loud Mrrrrr-ow! and a head butt if necessary, and monopolized laps for the first few days. She has been exploring every nook and cranny of the apartment.

The only tough spot we had was getting her to eat. She didn't like the food we'd bought, and let us know in no uncertain terms. The staff at the SPCA didn't know what she was used to, either. So we did some trial and error and settled on canned food with gravy in it, and dry Frisky's, mixed together. This seems to meet with her approval.

Now she sits on window sills and watches the birds, or lays on the back of the couch while Gary watches t.v. We will show her the kitty door in a little while, but for now she must be an indoor cat. - April 2014'

PP: Max & Whiskers, Basic Grey; CS: Coredinations; Alphas: Oriental Trading Co, altered with acrylic paint - a mix of My Studio Mustard Yellow, Brick Red, Bittersweet Chocolate, and Plaid's Folk Art Buttercream and Metallic Pure Gold; Studio G pigment ink pad, brown; Darice permanent tape runner; Recollections pocket scrapbook album refill, cut down to single pockets.

Included in 5 Jewelry Artists Who Make Stylish Paper Necklaces and Earrings: www.allthingspaper.net/2017/06/5-jewelry-artists-who-make...

The pumpkins for this card were made using 140# cold-pressed watercolor paper. I got out my non-stick craft sheet, and sprayed Spun Sugar Glimmer Mist directly onto the craft sheet. Then I added water from a mini-mister, to thin it out a bit. I dipped the watercolor paper in, turned it over, and dried it with my Heat It Craft Tool (heat gun). I did this multiple times until I got the effect I wanted.

Next, I stamped Hero Arts F5270 Traditional Pumpkin (the shorter one) and G5269 Tall Pumpkin (the taller one) using VersaFine onyx black pigment ink. Once the ink was dry, I cut out the pumpkins. I used a green glitter gel pen from Sakura to color in the stems and add the tendrils. (See a close-up of a pumpkin.)

I made the ruffled from patterned paper covered with autumn leaves (unknown source). Green metallic staples from Making Memories. Card base is Bazzill Carob Cream (chocolate brown) cardstock. "Best wishes" sentiment from Hero Arts CL371 Essential Messages. I stamped the sentiment using VersaMark watermark ink and heat embossed with Stampendous sunny yellow pastel embossing powder.

Part of my inspiration for this card was the Day 3 prompt in my friend Christy's (Gulfsprite's) 30 Days of Art Journaling class.

Thanks for looking! :-)

U.S. giveaway of itajime papers on the blog through November 5, 2016: www.allthingspaper.net/2016/10/paper-connection-internati...

Getting this in today for 5 item Friday. Used all 5 patterned papers, but added a border punch, a journaling block, some bling and 2 types of title letters. Wanted to love this, so had to keep adding items until I was satisfied. Copied the title off another LOADster...so thank you for the inspiration!!

U.S. giveaway of itajime papers on the blog through November 5, 2016: www.allthingspaper.net/2016/10/paper-connection-internati...

I adore that old cabinet that my dad painted and distressed.

laurelbeard.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/peekaboo-with-lawn-f...

ATC 2.5" X 3.5"

I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends.

I shop for gifts all year around, and then hide them in places about the house where my partner won't find them (if they are for him) and in places out of the way for other recipients who might be visiting.

In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents, and potentially my aged mother-in-law's gifts as well as my own. However another reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper.

They are all done and are nestled under my tree, ready for Christmas Day!

Honey Bee HOT TROPICS 6 x 6 Paper Pad hbpa015 (colored with a big SSS blending brush in Balmy Blue, afterwards shading with Prismacolors)

Simon Says Clear Stamps TOADALLY UNFROGETTABLE sss202396c (the frog and the water lily/leaf, colored with Prismacolors)

Simon Says Clear Stamps HAPPY FALL Y'ALL sss202090c * (sunglass created out of the glasses stamp there, colored with Prismacolors and added some Tonic Crystal Glaze)

Simon Says Clear Stamps DANDELION MESSAGES sss202187 (sentiment, underlined with Uni-Ball gel pen white)

I found three leftover photos I had printed sometime in November, together with a bunch of others. The others were used for some project or another, and these were left. Now that I found them I realised that they show and symbolize a whole year and that's what this mini is about. Patterned papers, printed photos, pens, needle and thread.

Swayzee's first look at Santa.

Dec 2019

stamps: Hero Arts (clouds, kite, sentiment)

pp: October Afternoon

dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts

close ups and a complete list of supplies on my blog

I guess this will also match the colors for March contest on the Hero Arts blog :-)

thanks for looking!

Created for the Lawn Fawn & Operation Write Home Challenge.

More details blogged here: randomchaoslife.blogspot.com/2012/09/lawn-fawn-operation-...

Supply list available on my blog as well.

Thanks for looking!

Playing with this wonderful flower stamp! And all because of Lin! Check out her gallery!!! www.flickr.com/photos/bearpaw14/with/4927115573/

She has made the most beautiful cards with this stencil flower stamp!!

Hello there! A little page I made using the fab Dozens' "Dress Your Nest" September kit (which includes a stamp and custom paper I designed!) If I do say so myself, the cut-out furniture paper is so fun! :) Thanks for peeking!

One day... maybe... hopefully!

It would be lovely!

Cut paper art card based on Greenbeanbaby’s template. Find the tutorial here: http://greenbeanbaby.typepad.com/main/2006/08/cut_paper_illus.html.

Simon Says Clear Stamps SO TALKATIVE sss202385

Hero Arts Clear Stamps Weird and Wonderful CM239

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12 gray and cream backgrounds with fish scale, polka, chevron and stripes pattern.

I am entering this into this months Die Cut Diva's Challenge die-cut-divas.blogspot.co.nz/ to use a die cut or embossing folder with a celebrate theme. A card born out of a die cut gone wrong. Well it didn't cut as well as It was suppose to.

Anyway I still wanted to use this as it gave a dramatic effect to this card by only having part of the die cut showing against the red cardstock.

Supplies: Hero Arts/Sizzix 657851 Bold Pop Design Stamp & Die Cut, Die-namics Modern Morocco, Marianne Designs Creatables LR0138, Sentiment Hero Arts CL611 Many Birthday Messages, Patterned Paper, Cardstock, Black Gems. White Embossing Powder.

TFL

card using Lawn Fawn's Critters In The Sea, Hats Off To You, Bake Me A Cake, and Sophie's Sentiments stamp sets. American Crafts and K & Co papers. Colored with Copic markers

Made for challenge on here WTC www.flickr.com/groups/wtcs/

I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends.

I shop for gifts all year around, and then hide them in places about the house where my partner won't find them (if they are for him) and in places out of the way for other recipients who might be visiting.

In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents, and potentially my aged mother-in-law's gifts as well as my own. However another reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper.

They are all done and are nestled under my tree, ready for Christmas Day!

using the "Blue Skies" stamp set from Lawn Fawn and patterned papers from Echo Park Papers "Totally Teal" Mini Series

Thanks for looking xx

created this card with the wonderful new 'Spring Fling' collection by Teresa Collins! Totally adore the colors and patterns in this collection!!!

I used the 6x6 paper pad as well as the die cut sheet

I also used a Whimsy Stamps stamp from the 'Birthday Letter Seals' stamp set

did some distressing and sewing, dressed it up by adding a stylized flight tail using tiny white pearls and put some glitter on the butterfly :)

thanks for looking!

Jacqueline fr. sent me some wine labels to play with (Thanks Jacqueline!). I find this collage-vintage style really fun, so different from my usual CAS style. Learning new things!

patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket

kraft cardstock from Bazzill

stamp by October Afternoon

card using Lawn Fawn's Critters in the 'Burbs, Admit one, and Bake Me A Cake with papers from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist 6x6 pad

created this card using lots of patterned papers from October Afternoon's 'Farmhouse' collection,

a stamp from Inkadinkado,

crinkled seam binding, twine, a pearl brad, distress inks, white spray paint and my beloved mini sewing machine :)

thanks for looking!

scalloped edge card using Spellbinders dies (Edgeabilities and Labels 25); Vintage Finds papers from Teresa Collins

I've done a step-by-step tutorial on how I made this card, you can see it on the Spellbinders blog if you are interested :)

Thanks for looking!

Background made with an Artistcellar Stencil called "Apparatus." Sentiment from Hero Arts CL417 Huge Hugs and stamped frame from Hero Arts CL281 Whimsical Frames. For more information, please see my blog, Gaal Creative. Thanks for looking! :-)

Lawnscaping Challenge #7 Design Team sample. "Create Patterned Paper With Stamps." Using Lawn Fawn's "Lunar Lights" for the shopping bag, background paper, and cat food cans, "Critters In The Burbs" kitty, "Teeny Tiny Backdrops" for the stars, and "Harolds ABCs." Colored with Copics.

For more info, check out my blog:

christygetscrafty.blogspot.com

In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents, and potentially my aged mother-in-law's gifts as well as my own. However one reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper.

Colors in this pp reminded me of the pretty handmade quilt that was given to A, on which she sat beneath the fall trees with her family. I colored the stamens yellow with glitter glue and fussy cut several of the flowers, popping them up on foam sticker dots. The last of the fussy cut flowers is the journal spot, tucked under the photo of A. I asked her mom to tell me about the quilt so I could document it there - who made it, the occasion on which A got it, etc. I think A, and others coming after her, will be interested in where such a beautiful item came from. i distressed the edges of the LO - thinking of the wear that years can bring to an heirloom like this quilt.

PP: floral, Darice; pink lace motif: Recollections 6x6" All Seasons Pad; Scrappy Cat glitter glue; distressing: Core'dinations Sand It Gadget; Pigment Ink: Plaid Enterprises

I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends.

I shop for gifts all year around, and then hide them in places about the house where my partner won't find them (if they are for him) and in places out of the way for other recipients who might be visiting.

In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents, and potentially my aged mother-in-law's gifts as well as my own. However another reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper.

They are all done and are nestled under my tree, ready for Christmas Day!

A little page I made while guest designing for the lovely 'Up the Street Scrapbooking' in July. :) The July kit - 'Homespun Appeal' is so full of fun vintage-inspired goodness!

Blogged, here: michelleclement.typepad.com/blog/2010/08/up-the-street-lo...