Flourishes Timeless Tuesday

This week the challenge for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday is to make either a card with an ornament or an ornament. 

I used a Spellbinders Doily die and a Papertrey Ink Snowflake Die to make the shape of this ornament. The snowflake die was too small for the image so I cut the points off and individually attached them around the doily die. I stamped the Wedded Bliss image and surrounded it with a couple different types of glitter. The holly leaves are also a Papertrey Ink die. I decided to leave the sentiment off since the image says it all:)

My friend Rosemary is a guest designer for the month of October on the Flourishes blog. Many, many years ago whenever I started giving her  handmade cards she would ooh and aah and ask me "how I did you do that?"Just look at her now! Guest designer and avid paper crafter. It's been fun to share this hobby with her and compare notes:) 

I love all of the Flourishes silhouette images and look forward to seeing new ones. Have a great week!

Week # 83 in The Shabby Tea Room

Hello and welcome to this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge. This week Sheri is our host and she has chosen this beautiful inspiration photo:

 Sheri asks that we create a card/project using hand made flowers and the colors in the photo.

For my card I used the Digi My World image Manequin Card. I printed the image onto 2 different patterned papers. I trimmed the frame then paper pieced the dress with Cosmo Cricket paper. I made the flowers with a Spellbinders die and many layers of colored vintage typing paper spritzed with Glimmer Mist.

Digi my world is our sponsor this week and the lucky winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to Digi My World. There are so many darling images to choose from.

Be sure to click on over the the other Shabby Girls' blogs for more beautiful cards using these great images.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Melissa Bove

Sheri Holt

Fran Westmoreland

Charlene Cundy

I can't wait to see what you create for this fun challenge.

Have a great week.

The Shabby Tea Room Week #82

Hello Shabby Tea Room friends. I hope you are all enjoying the Fall season so far. This week Melissa is our host and this is her very pretty Fall inspirtation photo. She asks that we create a card/project with a Fall theme.

One of my favorite things about fall is getting the candles back out and making the house smell pretty. 

Our sponsor this week is

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps.

The winner of this weeks challenge gets to pick out 5 digital images!

I used the Robyn's Fetish digital Scarecrow & Pumpkins image. I love the little birds hanging out with the scarecrow. For my card I stacked two picket fences {Papertrey Ink die} and placed the rails accross the middle to hide the place where they join. The burlap leaves were cut with Papertrey Ink's Turning a New Leaf die.

I'm looking forward to seeing your take on this week's challenge.

For more Fall inspiration check out the other Shabby Girls' pretty cards.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Melissa Bove

Sheri Holt

Fran Westmoreland

Charlene Cundy

Hi

The Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger inspiration photo this week has so many of my favorite things in it.

I had so much fun making a card for this week's trigger

 on World Card Making Day!

 The pennants, doily and button card were cut with Papertrey Ink dies. Those floral glass buttons are some favorites from my jar of old buttons. I so love them!

Week #81 in The Shabby Tea Room

This week in The Shabby Tea Room Char is our host and she has asked us to create a card/project using Chevrons, and to use the colors Blue, Green, Orange,Yellow, Brown and Cream.

Here is the pretty inspiration photo: 

  Our sponsor this week is JustRite Stampers, and they have provided the following new stamp sets as prizes!

Autumn Labels Twenty Two

Autumn Words

Aren't they wonderful? And just in time for creating beautiful Fall projects. 

For my card I used an image from the Shabby Chic Labels Four set. These images are so pretty. They coordinate with the Spellbinders' Labels Four dies which makes the creating process so simple. I couldn't resist adding some yellow translucent glitter to those blooms. The 'Friend' stamp is also from the Shabby Chic Labels set.

I'd love to see what you come up with for this fun challenge.

Please click on over to visit the other Shabby Girls for more inspiration.

 Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Melissa Bove

Sheri Holt

Fran Westmoreland

Charlene Cundy

Thanks for visiting and have a great week.

   

The Shabby Tea Room Week #80

Today I have the privelege of posting my first card as a designer for The Shabby Tea Room. I am tickled shabby pink to have this opportunity! I love all the shabby chic and vintage inspiration in the Tea Room.

For week #80 in The Shabby Tea Room Debbie has chosen the theme of Vintage White and this gorgeous inspiration photo. I would love to curl up in front of this chippy fireplace with some lit candles and the current Paper Crafts mag.

The challenge this week is to create a card/project using all neutrals - white, cream, kraft, brown, and/or black.

For my card I used the adorable digital image Elle & Andi from this week's sponsor Elephantastic.

I used Papertrey Ink's Damask Designs stamp set and Damask Impression plate with Ranger's Antique Linen distress ink. The patterned paper is Melissa Frances' Fifth Avenue. The glittered frame is from Tattered Angels and the sentiment is from Flourishes' Wedded bliss set.
The winner of this week's challenge will get to pick out 4 digital images from Elephantastic.

I hope you have a chance to participate in this week's challenge in the Tea Room! Please visit the rest of the Shabby Girls' blogs for even more inspiration.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Melissa Bove

Sheri Holt

Fran Westmoreland

Have a fantastic week. 

Wishing you Sunshine

Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday technique is to stamp using acrylic paint.
I've always wanted to stamp with paint so I decided to give it a try.

I used FolkArt paint in School Bus Yellow for the flowers. Sometimes when I use Papertrey stamps I get what looks like slightly darker lines on the outline of some images. On the sunflowers it kind of looks like I added a second darker color, but I didn't. I love how it looks.
I added some Melissa Frances Vintage Glass Glitter to the flower centers to jazz them up a little.
I hope you give this a try if you haven't stamped with acrylic paint before. It's fun!