Quick birthday card for a Man
26 Apr 2010 1 Comment
in Birthday Cards, Cards Tags: Grace, Happy Birthday, Twitterpated, wishes
Quick card. Quick post. I had to make a card for my son’s teacher today. I don’t really know what his interests are so I just stuck with masculine colors and stayed away from my sports/hunting stamps. I pulled out my Wishes book and saw a design that appealed to me: Lower Layers.
I actually mixed and matched paper packs on a very minimal level here too. Yes, I’m starting small and will move up to mixing paper packs on a scrapbook page someday. Baby steps, you know.
Recipe:
Happy Birthday stamp set, Twitterpated paper pack, Grace Paper pack, Desert Sand textured cardstock & stamp pad, sandpaper, Twill ribbon, colonial white brads & Indian Corn Blue CS & stamp pad.
Tip of the week – Shimmer paper
11 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Cards, CTMH, paper crafting Tags: Grace, Tip of the week
Here’s a pretty look to add some shimmer to your paper or an element on your paper crafting project.
Take a spray bottle (I used an empty bottle that our CTMH My Acrlix Spritz Cleaner comes in- yes, they are refillable but my label had rubbed off and I like the size of spritz from that bottle) and fill about 1/2 the bottle with water, 5-6 drops of reinker (I used Cocoa for mine) and several drops of Create-A-Shade Pearl Paint. Shake it vigorously so the paint mixes well with the water and reinker. Then spray some scrap paper to see if you need more shimmer (pearl paint) or reinker. Once you are happy with the results spray onto your paper. Make sure you have a large scrap paper under your project. Since the paper has gotten wet it will tend to curl up. Use that to your advantage and crinkle or roll the edges to give it more texture. I had several size circles and one stamped flower that I used to make a flower for my card.
Close up of the flower:
Recipe:
Delightful Things stamp set, Grace paper pack, Bamboo stamp pad & brad, Twilight stamp pad, Cocoa grosgrain, Create-A-Shade Pearl Paint & Cocoa Reinker.
December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop
30 Nov 2009 12 Comments
in Birthday Cards, Cards, CTMH Tags: Blog Hop, Grace, Notice the Details
Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring the December Stamp of the Month – Notice the Details. If you came here from fancyMelissa’s blog you are on the right path. Please follow along below to continue our blog hop.
This set of 41 stamps will help you record all the special days in your life. With phrases like “Marvelously Ordinary” and “Celebrate the Everyday” even your most simple days take on special meaning with this stamp set. I created a birthday card with the SOTM and also featured the stamp set, Delightful Things. I particularly like the center of the flower which demonstrates a pewter brad threaded through a button hole.
Now head on over to Misty’s blog to see what she came up with for the December Stamp of the Month.
Don’t forget the December Stamp of the Month is only available this month. You can even get one for free with a $100 order. Or get 25% off with a $25 order, 50% off with a $50 order, 75% off with a $75 order.
