Happy Birthday

A quick Tuesday morning post, this is a card I made during my visit with my sister. I purchased a few Memory Box die cuts and could not wait to try them.



I love this button, again my sisters extensive button collection to the rescue. Thank you again Barb for letting me have freedom with your button jars.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper –Fancy Pants, The Stamps of Life-birthdays 2celebrate, Memory Box die cuts, embossing folder twine and button. 

Cheers,

Nina

iSpy Sketches #27

Its cloudy out doors and although it is perfect for weeding my garden  the bees were getting annoyed with me. So I am spending some quality time in my craft space, isn't the sketch from iSpy sketches fun this week.



I would like to say I was being a little lazy by just punching out chevrons but they put up a good battle :).  and I will be prying my glued finger apart later. The orange twine was sitting out so I figured it would work with the paper I was using. 

Supplies: Natural Ivory and brown cardstock, Designer Paper –Indie Chic, Hot off the Press-Tiny words, Prima flowers, twine,  pearls, misc punches.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #27

Good Morning - Its time for a new Merry Monday Challenge. I found this stamp in a sale basket when I was out shopping with my sister... who can resist Riley :).

Simple layers for this card, I cut the shape out for  the center cardstock then added  the coloured image in behind. I finished with twine and  button.  I added the sentiment after  as I felt the card just did not seem finished.

 

Supplies: Natural Ivory and brown cardstock, Designer Paper –Ta Da Creative Studios, Riley - Santa in the Chimney, twine and button.

Stop by Always Playing with Paper to see what the  Design Team members have created, we would love for you to play along with us for Merry Monday.

Cheers,

Nina

Friday Mashup #70

I purchased some Prima Petal pins while on vacation and left them out for inspiration, The Friday Mashup Challenge this week is perfect.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project with a "Stick Pin on it."
2. Or Make a "Vintage" project.
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Vintage project with a Stick Pin on it."

This paper looks vintage to me,  I distressed the edges of the background with ink and a sand block. The flower is a spellbinder die that I  distressed the edges and made it multi layered. I finished with some twine , pearls and the stick pin.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Glitz, Inspired by Stamping-The Sky's the Limit, Prima-Petal Pins,  Pearls, Spellbinders die cuts, misc punches and twine.

Cheers,

Nina

Freshly Made Sketches #46

It has been wonderful to be so active in my craft room this past week, it seems like my momentum just disappeared through the spring.

I hope to visit and join in some of my favorite challenges this weekend, I am excited to have a long weekend to play with my supplies. 

 

Isn't this paper adorable, it called for inked edges and a little distressing but I help back and tried for a relatively clean card.... I have lots of scraps though .... :).

I was determined to use this spellbinders die, but to do what I wanted I needed to flip the sketch. I layered the background, top strip and focal piece. I stamped the image and sentiment before adding gems, I finished with an embellishment and twine.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, Stacey Stamps - Solid Wildflowers, Hot off the Press - Tiny Words, Recollection gems,  twine, Spellbinders, misc punches

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #78

Happy Friday everyone, another work week comes to an end. The week felt unbelievably long, I think that was mostly because I had trouble coming out of vacation mode J. We have a new challenge for Playing in Paradise today, Angela is our hostess this week and for our inspiration she has focused on colours.

Did I overdo it on the paisley :), the card did not look quite this wild when I made it. I used simple layers and added a little texture. I finished with a sentiment and pearls.

Supplies: Natural white and blue cardstock, Design Paper – Authentique, The Stamps of Life-standup4sentiments, embossing folders, Recollection pearls.

Thank you for stopping by, please visit the Playing in Paradise blog to see what the challenge team had created. Join in the challenge fun and you could win a prize.

Cheers,

Nina

Authentique July Card

I am sneaking a last minute card in for the Authentique July card challenge.

I used simple layers, added a little texture then finished with the smallest amount of Glossy Accents on the butterflies. I also added a little embroidery floss and a worn button for a little excitement :)

Supplies: Natural white and navy cardstock, Designer Paper - Authentique - Fresh Collection,  Stampers Anonymous - Como22 Flutter, Hot off the Press - Tiny words,  misc punch, button, embossing folder.

Cheers,
Nina

Designer purses

I fell in love with this designer paper. I don't have a clue why as I am not a girly girl and don't collect purses or shoes :).

The sentiments are popped up with foam tape and I finished with ribbon and a button I sneaked out of my sisters fantastic button stash.

Supplies: Natural white and  blueish cardstock, Designer Paper-Imaginesce, The Stamps of Life - numbersforcake,  misc ribbon and button.

Cheers,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #157

A quick second post for today, I thought I would try a new challenge Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I could not quite get a photo I was happy with, seems to be the theme this week :). I think it is all the background black. I wanted to show off my new watercolor pearlescents, they add wonderful color an sparkle.

I used three layers of cardstock, then ran it through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder. I stamped the image and heat embossed with silver then coloured with red and green pearlescents. I finished with some silver pearls.

Supplies: Natural white, rust, silver and black cardstock, Hero Arts - Large Blossom,  Close to my Heart - Pearls, embossing folder, silver embossing powder.

The pearlescents was purchased at Ever After Scrapbook in Kelowna, I saw the idea for this card there. Please check the blog for the original card.

Cheers,

Nina



More Goosebumps

Happy 1st of August... The summer seems to be melting away.

I think I am like most crafters, when I get something new I want to play with it. When I went shopping with my sister I picked up a few pieces of designer paper and Goosebumps. I could not wait to use this beautiful paper. I decided to use goosebumps on both panels.

I took the photo in full sun in hopes of displaying the texture and sparkle that the Goosebumps created, unfortunately you can only faintly see it.  You can find a Goosebumps project sheet HERE.

I popped the second panel and sentiments up with foam tape and finished with the pearls, twine and button.

Supplies: Natural White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Authentique, The Stamps of Life - daisies2garden, Goosebumps, Recollections- Pearls,  misc twine and button.

Cheers,

Nina