Monday, December 17, 2012

Handmade Dog Thank You Card

Today I'm featuring one of my dog thank you cards from my studio and Etsy shop.




This card features a digi stamp from Meljens that was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and chalks. The paper is from My Mind's Eye and was layered with coordinating patterns. Both the image and sentiment were adhered with foam tape for added dimension. 


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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

You Take the Cupcake

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Today I'm posting two cards using similar stamps from Mo's Digital Pencil and similar paper from My Mind's Eye. When I went to start crafting these two cards I realized the similarities right away and just went with it. I colored the stamps with Prismacolor Pencils and used some chalk around the edges. I layered the DP and then added the paper-punched flowers.





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Sunday, December 2, 2012

First Christmas Cards

Quick post to feature two of my first Christmas cards this year. I'm still trying to find some time to create new stamped cards but it's just not working for me right now. This time of year always gets a little crazy and I always kick myself for not starting in July... maybe next year will be the year I take my own advice. :)





These cards are basically chipboard and lots and lots of layering. Christmas DP is some of the prettiest paper out there and I was fortunate to have some in my stash that match my cut-outs.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Two of a Kind Birthday Card

Today I'm featuring my Two of a Kind card from my studio and Etsy shop.



This stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil always makes me smile. Such a clever concept - and so cute. I used some polka-dot sage, red and white paper I had in my stash and mounted my "Smile" sentiment on a 1" circle, adhered with foam tape. After searching through my mounds of stamps, I figured "Smile" basically summed it up and also made it so that this card can be used for many occasions. 

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Make a Wish Birthday Card

Today I'm featuring my original Make a Wish birthday card from my studio and Etsy shop.



This card was one of my favorites because of the colors. It was one of those cards where everything just seemed to work - all the way down to the cloud DP I had in my stash. The fairy digi stamp was colored with Prismacolor pencils and accented with chalks and the sentiment and paper flower was attached with foam tape for added dimension. When I get a chance I'd like to make a few more of these cards in different colors/variations. Let's see how far I get... :)

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Dandelion Wishes & New Gemstone Necklace

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Today I'm featuring my Dandelion Wishes handmade card and Charcoal Granite beaded necklace.

For my Dandelion Wishes card, I went with some really great floral paper from My Mind's Eye, and then colored the image to match. I adhered the image, paper flower and sentiment with various levels of foam tape for some added dimension and added the red rhinestone center for some color. I somehow broke my jumbo daisy punch in the process though - so that was kind of a bummer but it just gives me an excuse to shop for some more stash!




My Charcoal Granite necklace was made with jungle Jaspar and all natural gemstones. The beads pretty much can stand on their own so I didn't go too crazy with this one. Sometimes less is more, right?




On a different note, I get a lot of e-mails from people asking how I'm able to ship internationally from home. I have an account with Stamps.com which allows me to print postage right from my studio and mail it out in my own mailbox. In terms of international, Stamps.com has a customs form feature where you can fill out your electronic form online and it will include itself within the label. Anything under 16 oz can be placed in your mailbox. My mailman picks it up all the time - I've never had a problem. Hope that helps. Feel free to e-mail me if you have more questions or concerns though!

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Keepsake Box

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Today I'm featuring my Be True keepsake box. This is the first box I've made that wasn't a custom order and I'm seriously considering keeping it myself for a button box. This pattern from Little House Needleworks is one of my favorites - I'm not sure if it's just the colors or what, but I've stitched it many times and I swear I stitch it faster each time I do!

The box is approximately 6x6" with a 5 1/4" square opening. The top lid pops out so I'm able to add the stitching securely. I stitched the pattern on lambswool Jobelan using DMC fibers.




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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Little Girl Birthday

Today I'm featuring my Static Birthday handmade card in the shop. I've always liked this stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil even though it's not the easiest to color. Once I decided to make her a redhead, it was easier for me to decide on a color scheme of tangerine and teal - I thought the colors complimented themselves well. I layered pieces of DP, added some paper fasteners, and made a paper flower that captured all of the colors. The sentiment is popped up with some foam tape for a little dimension.




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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Best Friends

I'm a little late for National Card-making Day, but nonetheless, today I'm featuring my Best Friends card from the shop. The card was created with layers of brown, pink and teal designer paper and features a digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil - one of my favorites I might add. I popped the sentiment up with some foam tape and then added matching DP to the back of the card to finish it off.




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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Back to School Box

I'm sitting in the middle of my craft studio getting all my packages and shipments out for the week and was 97% done with the process when I realized that once again, I never took pictures...  I was able to save the last item before I added tape to the box so unfortunately, I'll have to deal with not having a memory of anything thing else that went out this week.

Marjorie in Michigan requested a custom hand-stitched wooden box top that had a school theme so that her son could use it as a supply box. It was a really cute idea - I only wish I had thought of it! The box is 6x6", the inside being about 5x5". The pattern was a quick one from Lizzie Kate, perfect for the school theme Marjorie had asked for.

Sorry for the picture quality - all I have in here with me is my phone. You can see a tiny part of a wedding box I shipped out today, as well.


For those who are asking, I am finishing up the last of the 30 baby cards I was asked to produce and then it's on to *hopefully* getting some new items up and running. I'm hoping to get at least some new jewelry pieces up by the end of the week. I'm still working on Christmas items. I'm going as fast as I can! :)

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Super Kid Birthday Card

Today I finished up this birthday card using a digi from Mo's Digital Pencil called "Superduper Boy" -- really cute and easy to color with my Prismas. The paper is from a DCWV stack, and I used paper fasteners to add a little more design to it.

I notice that every year around this time I tend to be a little more creative and get myself on a bit of a roll, focusing on new "stuff" rather than just requests. I'm thinking a lot of that has to do with the weather changing. I absolutely love fall and enjoy walking up a little earlier on Saturday mornings planning my crafty "to do" list with a cup of pumpkin spice coffee. The only bad thing is that with fall comes all of the Christmas crafting, and I am so far behind.... eek.



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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Muchas Gracias

Just finished up this fun thank you card with some inventory from my stash. I had this great dog-themed paper I had been trying to find an excuse to use for months now and when I searched through my digis and saw that I had a Chihuahua stamp from Mo's, I figured what better way to go. I went with a pretty clean design and then added the paper fasteners just for a little bit of detail. I thought the sentiment was perfect.

The funniest part of this whole process was that I never realized that the Chihuahua in the stamp had a collar on that said "Spike" until I started coloring him in, and as you all know, I ironically enough have a Chihuahua named Spike so how could I go wrong? :)



And here's my own Spike! He's quite the baby and he loves it that way!
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

So Happy Together

I just adore this digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil because it's so sweet. I colored the image with Prismas and chalks and mounted it to some layered floral paper from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment was stamped with a clear acrylic stamped and mounted with foam tape for dimension. I used paper-punched corner designs for a little extra color instead of the paper flowers I had originally intended on using -- it was definitely overkill.




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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Any Way You Slice It

I created this latest card using a digi stamp from Karen's Doodles called "What a Swing". I just recently came across this shop and I really like it. Her images are so easy to color! The paper came from my stash but I believe that at least the majority of it is from My Mind's Eye. The acrylic stamp sentiment was part of a golf set had been in my stash for over a year so I was excited I finally had the perfect reason for using it. I added the paper fasteners and pearls to finish off the design and that was pretty much it!

Hooked on Craft Challenges is hosting a challenge on cards for men so I plan to enter it there as well.




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